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Show Hilltop!& November 2, 2000 Hr "' 4 yf S' j $ - $ - ' NXA , 0 ; X":S' - S'00 ' .,'' 0 J' ,f! ' . - w- r '& $ ', 0 yp , v y:,??' ' -- , , , - V '?4'"'0&4 0 0 ...4 , ' ff0p' . ' ' M0j0 i "fe , t, '.-- , ' '' ''' ' r-'- , , V04' 00J0' V" 0.0 Photos by Staff Sgt. Matt Lohr and Gary Boyle players stood for a group portrait with the Utah Wheelin Hill Jazz following Hills 9 victory over the Jazz (who . also spotted the Hill team 60 ,. points). 68-5- Generous Wheelin Jazz help commanders win basketball game great things if they put their mind to it, he said. We hope that those who A boisterous crowd at the Hess Fit ness Center witnessed to a court top duel of spherical orchestration and mobile coor- dination as a team of Hill AFBs elite executive officers and most vibrant directors took on the Utah Wheelin Jazz in a game of wheelchair basketball.. Despite having trouble Scott Bergren, above, Ken Page, below left and Bob Stambaugh were part of the action as they strived to pass around Jazz players and stay in their wheelchairs. Below right, players pause as the Jazz make a basket. 44 , participate will be quicker to hire, promote, and to be fair with someone who has a disability. Far from lacking ability, Jazz team members Don Neilson, Kevin Yost, Nick Hess, Jeff Griffin, Jeff Townsend, and Scott Parkin, moved with swift grace to bring a potent offense and devastating defense to the Hess court Affiliated with the National passing, Wheelchair Basketball shooting and staying con- nected to their chairs, The Hill team, lead by w8 honorary captain Corey Pond, won by a score of The Jazz gave Hill a cushion for the and often grabbed game their opponents chairs and helped them down the court and gave the Hill team some crucial passes while their oppo- association, the Jazz team has come within two games of a championship run. The team plays a game season, depending upon finan- 30-3- 5 68-5- 9. 60-poi- nt 4 j. 'f ''00'yi A00f'S' s,A. ' basketball-craz- state y the team still has trouble getting all the captain for the Hill team. resources it needs to nents were in scoring bring a championship home. Interested contributors can position. Our goal in holding the game each contact Layne Mangun at year is to increase sensitivity and and more team information can be awareness. When a manager climbs found at www.nwba.org the official 0 j40 cial resources. As much as Utah is a 40:$ . Corey Pond was the honorary 860-478- .Jiv . into a wheelchair and tries to play bas- he or she gains a greater appre- ciation for someone with a disability, said Alan Niederhauser, civilian per- sonnel director who coordinated the game. When we can see someone who does a wheelchair be so good at play- basketball, we realize what some- one with a disability can accomplish shootout the Hill Falcons fell one goal short of victory in their season opener in the Golden Spike Senior Hockey league at the Ogden Ice Sheet Oct. 26 to the Black team A tight game that was tied twice had the Falcons holding the lead for most of the time. In the final three minutes the Black team snuck the puck past the Falcon goalie and took the final lead. In a k league contact was supposed to be minimal, but the allowance of brushing made the game slightly physical and exciting to puck-whackin- g, inter-ketbal- l, net page. The Hill team consisted of Lou Dix, John Prescott, Dante LegaspL Ernie Parada, Charlotte Rea-Di- x, Stan Geniusz, Greg Jans, Kevin Johnson, Peggy Anglin, Scott Bergren, Bob McMa-us- e hon, J.C. Dodson, Ken Page, EdThomp-in- g son, Mike Thompson, Bob Stanbaugh and Rocky Dewan. sations on base that first came together a year ago in by Gary Boyle Hilltop Times staff In a National Wheelchair Basketball 0 stick-trippin- g 4-- 5. non-chec- watch. The Falcons are active military from various organi pickup games. A bunch of guys got together with their own money and started playing hockey together, said Lt. Col. Ismael Inspector General who Burgos Jr., 388th Fighter Wing 30-3- 5 people and thought why plays wing. We had about not have a base team. Staff Sgt. Russell Hansen became the teams general manager and went to Karen Wright of the Hess Fitness Center with a proposal for base sponsorship and list of does not people who wanted to play. Because the base were Air Force have an ice rink and the benefits to the substantial, Wright helped the team get financial assis- tance. See Hockey, page 17 Photo by Senior Airman Russ Martin |