Extreme Club member Colin Whelan of Clarendon Hills plots his next move in a game at Fox Paintball. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Hinsdale Central High School's Extreme Club members spent Oct. 29 at Fox Paintball for their last outing of the year. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Extreme Club presidents Lukas Rakauskas, a junior from Willowbrook, and Paul Loss, a junior from Clarendon Hills, take a break in the Easter Island paintball course. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
On a course that looks like someone's apocalyptic vision, an Extreme Club member advances in a game of Capture the Flag. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Two Extreme Club members wait behind a large barrier for their chance to advance. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Two Extreme Club members raise their hands and guns up, signifying that they've been hit and are out of the game. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Club members advance during a game of Speedball, using guns that are capable of firing up to 10 paintballs a second. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Extreme Club co-President Lukas Rakauskas watches the Speedball action from outside a protective net. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media
Pete Pintz jokes about “not knowing any better” six years ago when students asked him to be faculty sponsor for Hinsdale Central’s Extreme Club. But the 34-year-old biology teacher believes the club, which offers Central students the opportunity to compete in paintball, is a great …