The White Falcon - 30.07.1993, Blaðsíða 8

The Cards deal an unbeatable hand
Story and photo by J02 Carlos Bongioannl
Somehow, they made it look too easy... as though giants had stepped onto
a playing field designed for little leaguers. They were the men from the
35TH Supply “Cards” softball team, and they dwarfed all competitors in last
weekend’s championship softball tournament
With the help of a strong, steady flow of wind, and an innate ability to
swing the bat, the Cards launched, smacked, clobbered, powered and sent
sailing more home run balls in one game than a true gentleman would care
to recount. It was a bashing an opponent would rather soon forget.
Although Rockville knocked a couple over the fence during the champi-
onship matchup, they couldn’t compete with the “big bats” of the Cards. For
that matter, nobody has been able to compete with the Cards for several
years. They now have an impressive 65-2 win/loss ratio over the past three
years.
“We do something no other team does,” said assistant coach Tim
Brumfield. “We have hitting practice before every game, no matter what the
weather is like. Even if we were to play the ‘Keflavfk Blind School,’ we’d
be out there practicing.”
Brumfield also admitted that their team has the advantage of cohesion,
since five of the Cards ’ players have played together for a minimum of three
years.
“We have a high commitment level,” added teammate Rob Johnson. “We
also have a little more experience on our team with the average age of our
players being between 25 and 30. In a league like this, the age factor is going
to make a big difference.”
Interestingly, the top four finishers in last weekend's tournament were all
from the Ice League. This CFK Team finished third with AIMD following.
The four teams from the Fire League that took part in the tourney were
Hospital A, 35 MSSQ, VIM9 and 56 RQS.
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Rob Johnson of the Cards demonstrates the reason for
team's success: the ability to hit homers.
End of season softball standings
Co-ed League wins losses Ice League wins losses Fire League wins losses
35TH Supply 8 0 35TH li 0 Hospital A 10 2
Other CFK 7 1 Rockville 9 2 35 MSSQ 10 2
Hospital 5 3 AIMD 8 3 VP-49 9 3
NAS Security 4 4- This CFK 7 4 56 RQS 8 4
NAFVAC 4 4 NAS Death Squad 7 4 35 SPS 8 4
932 ACS 3 5 35TH Maint. I 6 5 MCSF 7 5
NSGA 3 5 NCTS 5 6 NAVFAC 6 6
Weapons 2 6 NASPWD 5 6 That CFK 4 8
AIMD 0 8 NAS Security 4 7 35 Maint. II 4 8
Comm Comp Flight 2 9 57 Black Knights 4 8
HospII 2 9 Puffin Pounders 3 9
35TH MS/AMMO 0 11 35 Supply II 3 8
NSGT 2 10
Outstanding PRT performers from around the base
Naval Computer and
Telecommunication
Station
EM3 Devin Ball
DM1 Ricky Caldwell
RM1 Vivencia Cavone
RMSN Rickie Cook
ET3 Rebecca Davis
LT Joel Deare
LTJG Joseph Doherty
ET2 Lee Dukeshire
RM1 George Eaton
LCDR Gerda Edwards
ET3 Thomas Ellsworth
ET1 Benny El wood
ET3 Steven Evans
RMSA Edward Ewell
RM2 Tony Foster
ET3 Leroy Fox
ET3 Donna Gadeke
RMC Mike Gillion
ET3 Ronald Hadjes
DPI Elizabeth Hearn
RM2 Harvey Horton
RM1 William Jackson
HM1 Joseph Lazaga
ET3 James Laing
CAPT Kevin Lover
RM1 Bobby Lowery
RM2 Bertha Newton
SM2 Bruce Riel and
RM2 Donald Savery
RM1 Barbara Sensabaugh
CW02 Bonnie Shockley
RM3 Edward Thomas
ET3 Sonya Thomas
RM3 Travis Untereiner
ET3 Brent Vanpolen
RMSN Anissa Vega
RM1 Bradley Walker
SKSN Frederick Ward
IC3 Henry Westerman
U.S. Naval Hospital,
Keflavik
LT Bradley Anderson
HM2 Loretta C arm as ter
HM3 David Doherty
HM3 Rickie Fry
HM2 David Hausner
CAPT Robert Hufstader
LT Ronald Juras
CDR Susette Lasher
HM2 Richard Mayle
LT Susan Platts
HM2 Ronald Roddy
HM3 Robert Ryan
HM2 Clifford White
LT Wade Wilde
HM2 Clifford White
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