One night several months ago, David Barnett was watching the band Weezer’s music video for the song “Troublemaker” when a crazy idea hit him.The video holds the world record for the largest dodgeball game ever — 50 people on each team. Barnett, a student at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, couldn’t help but think how easy it would be to break the record.Barnett and two of his friends, Andrew Carmichael and Margeaux Marks, are hosting a dodgeball game at the Parade Ground on March 28 in hopes of shattering the Guinness World Record and to raise money for Baton Rouge Food Bank.The three high school students first requested official papers for breaking a world record from Guinness in November, Barnett said.”I had almost given up on hearing back from them, but eight weeks after requesting the papers they finally got back to me,” Barnett said.To make the record official, the group needs at least one referee, media coverage and at least two important people from Baton Rouge to witness it, Barnett said.They’ve already had huge success recruiting people to play in the game.”We invited all our friends on Facebook,” Marks said. “Last time I looked I think it was up to 586 people.” Barnett said they’re hoping to get 1,000 or more people.But having a game this big is going to take a lot more than just people showing up to play. The balls and uniforms cost money, causing the three to search for sponsors. Marks said they plan on using at least 300 balls in the game, and each one costs about $20.”We’re hoping that Dodge dealership will sponsor us,” Carmichael said. Anyone can participate, but people under the age of 15 need a parent to sign a waiver for Guiness. Participants need to bring either five canned goods or a few dollars to donate to Baton Rouge Food Bank, Barnett said.”We talked to Baton Rouge Food Bank [on Tuesday], and they are thrilled to be working with us,” Barnett said.On the day of the event, people will sign in a log book before receiving a T-shirt and being assigned to a team. If interested in playing, people should look for “BIGGEST DODGEBALL GAME EVER” event page on Facebook. The group still needs about 400 people to meet their goal.—-Contact Nichole Oden at [email protected]