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Dan O'Brien, Hopscotch Champ!

Published: May 21, 2009 11:59 AM
By Kidsday Reporters, 10 and 11, Baldwin,Syshime Garret-Yarde, Andrea Raymond, Julianna Polo and Nicholas Harris  Kidsday Reporters, 10 and 11, Baldwin

Why do you want to break the record for hopscotching?

I love the challenge. Hop Scotch wasn't something that I would have chosen first, that's the record I want to break. I love a challenge, and I like just getting better at things. It was a game I played when I was a kid. I was a playground rat. I would be the first guy when the bell would ring at recess. I would be on the swings or we would...