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Show 21 Hilltop July 23. 1998 Sports Falcons place 4th in AFMC tourney Hill by Jennifer Edmonds Hilltop Times staff Bobby Saenz gave up skin for the Hill Falcons softball team, during the 1998 Air Force Materiel Command Men's Softat Eglin ball Tournament held July AFB, Fla. Saenz suffered a scrape on his shin, about 3 inches wide and 4 inches long, after sliding into second base. "Bobby was on fire," said Hill Falcons Coach Jim Segler. "He was our lead at bat and he was struggling initially so we put him at the end of the line. Then he was doing fantastic so we moved him up to third and he finished 6 for 7." According to their statistics, Thad Noe-th- e and Steve Harvey didn't do too bad at bat either. Noethe hit 13 home runs and had a batting average of .700 and Harvey scored three home runs and walked away with a batting average of .733. Those scores are truly outstanding just incredible!" Segler said. "A good batting average in softball is .500." Then we had the Lonnie Yoho catch," Segler said. "We were playing Kelly AFB and we thought Lonnie was toast, then he was running with his back to home catch. plate and made an That stopped any hopes of a rally Kelly had and reduced them to rubble!" The Hill Falcon's moved up a place in the AFMC Men's Softball Tournament this year, when they finished in fourth place with eight wins, four losses. The Hill Falcon's were in fifth place in 1996 and 1997. Eglin AFB seized first place in the AFMC softball tournament for the third year in a row; McClellan AFB, Calif., captured AFB. Ohio second; Wright-Patterso- n landed in third; and Kirtland AFB, N.M.. came in fifth. Despite Hill's enthusiasm during the tournament, the games ranged from one extreme to another. Hill whipped Arnold AFB, Tenn., 25-- 2 and Gunter Annex, Ala. 10-1- 3 -- er 17-Then the Falcons faced a little competition with Wright-Patterso- n and Los Angeles the AFB, Calif. score for both ), ' rtf? "f-i- - W i games was Hill's favor and had a close call with Robins AFB, Ga., But Eglin beat Hill 13-- and Hill lost to McClellan 10-- 5 in 9-- 1 Hanscom 27-1- 22-1- and Kirtland about 15-'We had our most home runs against we Hanscom had 8 dingers," Segler said. "We should have beat Hanscom but they singled us to death," player Ty Jarry said. They got 12 hits in a row." The getting used to each other just didn't happen until Game photo by Bobby Saenz Hill Falcons, front row, left to right: Thad Noethe, Hans Furber, Stroup, Joe Schenk, Terry Hicks and Bobby Saenz. Back row, John Hough, Jim Segler, Ty Jarry, Steve Harvey, Pat Wellman, Lonnie Yoho, Bruce Tarpey and Chris Rebeck. Left, Noethe gets ready to slam one into the field at the 1998 AFMC Men's Softball Tournament. He hit 13 home runs during the tournament and walked away with a .700 batting average. The Bill halfway through the tournament," Segler said. "All three lead hitters fell victim to the lead off jinks, in fact. said. "We really did a good job representing Hill AFB down there and we earned a none of the players could seem to hit in that position, there was just too much pressure on them. That part of the line up suffered during the whole tournament." Regardless, Jarry said Hill AFB has been the best base team he has played on. This is the third Base team I've played for in the Command Tournament and it has been the most talented one." Jarry lot of respect - those teams will not be looking forward to playing us next year." Jarry was picked for the team after he scored two home runs and a batting average of .522. "He also had outstanding defensive tournament," Segler said. "When it was needed, he beefed up the speed in the outfield." The team said Chris Rebeck really impressed everybody when he hit five home runs in the first two games. "John Hough 'ammo'd up' after a slow start - hewas8forll.hislast five games and provided a much needed spark at the end of the tournament." Jarry said. The Hill Falcons also commended the inmates from the federal prison in Eglin. who maintained the softball fields and ensured players had all the drinks and supplies they needed. 2 DOZFA ROSES ARRANGED 'Vintage Thrift C Your Quality Second-Han- d Store 1 1 l J5V'- ' Si ' . 9:00am 30 WE ACCEPT PERSONAL CHECKS 6:00pm OFF! STORE HOURS: sat SUN lAH-rr- 10AM a SPU g YE? '8U ' yjt " ' v ' - " 'u V.-".- iiv' '"':$ A 2735 , 'USPS i .li- - fX tin r'wl 621-236- 0 WMtwigtoo Blvd 0gdi.uuh i8li ,T.. Friday, July 24th! :Jth 2!&3 h II. 773-840- 0 2M0N.HMFdRold Uyten.U(H ir Ki?.i:iktM:i:Kmraifl33irTcriTKi Comedy Caff a' 4 Sun at 8 !5 Thur. Fri.iSat 31 Sale fmmmkj Utah's 1 Thrift Store! 3135 South Harrison Blvd. Ogden 392-540- 0 3 4 10:30 7 THIS WEEK: Sm at: Conic Mi) id Tht Nnprav JOE VESPAZAINI iiBlii Haue an upcoming us knoui! Hilltop Times, euent? Let EKt. 7-4- 598 |