Thursday, August 13, 2009

First Winning Season on The Books!

Coach Crazytoe:


All,

USIP's softball team, the Screaming Hawks, completed its first-ever winning season last night in a dramatic and pretty fantastic game (til the very end, that is) against Detica, which we lost 18-19.

In its first season in the Think Tank League, USIP established itself as a serious contender in the Whig Division and as a fun-spirited team known for playfully, and perhaps unconventionally, trash-talking each other instead of the opposing team. The Hawks final record for the season was 7-6, only one win shy of qualifying for the playoffs.

As the coach of the Screaming Hawks, I'd like to give a huge thank you to assistant coaches Nick Howenstein, Anil Vargehese and Chris Neu for their logistical, strategic, and philosophical support during the season. I'd also like to thank our official team transporters, Deon Nelson and Craig Jones, who made sure our equipment, coolers, and players made it to the field every week. Last but not least, I'd like to thank ALL the players and fans who joined us during the season. This year we had the highest sustained participation in history, and I don't think it's a coincidence that we also had the best record. Such great turnout made each and every game more fun.

In fact, we're having so much fun that we're not ready to quit just yet! Some of the other teams in the league are organizing a "Tournament of Not-Champions" in these dog days of summer, and USIP plans to participate. So if you are new to USIP, or you've wanted to make it out to our games but haven't been able to, you have one more chance to get involved! We'll play a few more games in August and perhaps into September, and we would love to have new people join us. If you would like to be added to the softball email list, please let me know.

On a side note, we were undefeated in all 4 games that we played at 23rd and Constitution, directly across from the new USIP building. In the hope that this bodes well for the future of USIP softball, we'll make every effort to attain a permit for that lucky field next season.

Thanks again to the 2009 Screaming Hawks players for making this season such a great one!

Coach Crazytoe

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2009 Screaming Hawks Team

(in no particular order)

Harald Fuller-Bennett

Russ Burns

Chuck Call

Scott Carlson

Christine Mosher

Jonas Claes

Pat Shaplan

Deon Nelson

Jeff Krentel

Daniel Noon

Janene Sawers

Shira Lowinger

Craig Jones

Anne-Marie Engelstad

Theo Dolan

Mike Johnson

Kate Eyerman

Rebecca Kullman

Andy Levin

Greg Maly

Liz Panarelli

Dearrin Mickles

Zach McKinney

Chris Neu

Elizabeth Murray

Manal Omar

Megan Chabalowski

Eduardo Abreu

Brian Rose

Hesham Sallam

Sarah Bessell

Stephanie Schwartz

Anil Varghese

Jon Temin

Maureen Sullivan

Leslie Thompson

Doug Smith

Johanna Benjamin

Anand Varghese

Matt Pierson

Sara Thrall

Terry Modglin

Carrie Lee

Nick Howenstein

Kelly Campbell

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