By Emily Casey | Contributor
J.K Rowling’s best-selling novel series Harry Potter is where the magical sport of quidditch was born. Wizards riding flying broomsticks and chasing after a golden snitch seems impossible to recreate in real life, but today, quidditch is a nationally recognized sport.
Middlebury College founded quidditch in 2005, and in 2011, the Baylor Quidditch Organization was founded.
Baylor University’s own quidditch team made it to the round of 32 in the U.S. Quidditch Cup in Round Rock this past weekend. While the game comes from Harry Potter, the quidditch that is played by many today, including Baylor, loosely follows the game description in the books.