Photo By Cpl. Crystal Druery | Ryan Myrick, depot adjutant, hits the ball over the net giving G-1 A a point during...... read more read more
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SAN DIEGO -- As the reigning Commanding General’s Cup wallyball champions for the last five years, G-1 upheld their legacy in this year’s playoffs and championship games at the racquetball courts, Nov. 2.
This year, G-1 made up two of the teams in the wallyball league and both bulldozed through the playoffs, bringing them head-to-head in a vicious battle for the 2011 championship title, where G-1 A outclassed G-1 B 21-15.
G-1 B entered the championships with a 7-1 record and a hard charger, Lance Cpl. Ryan Armstrong, whose serves seemed to slice through the air.
“Lance Corporal Armstrong is the best wallyball server on the whole base probably--he really carries G-1 B,” said Rich Myrick, depot adjutant.
Armstrong’s efforts weren’t enough to compete with G-1 A’s continuous scoring off their own serves though.
Having an 8-0 record, G-1 A showed no mercy and made the championships no exception, spiking to score their first point only seconds into the game.
“If your serve is your attack then you can win anytime,” said Myrick, one of G-1 A’s hardest servers.
Rachel Dickinson, intramural sports coordinator, MCCS said a lot of teams are thrown together but G-1 A and B practiced wallyball together during physical training about three times a week. This gave them confidence playing against one another since they knew each other’s weaknesses and strengths. While knowing each other’s skill levels helped both teams, it proved to be a disadvantage as well.
“We got too complacent because we practice one another all the time,” said Armstrong. “Our defense needed to be better.”
Armstrong felt his team had a brain block during the first game of the championships. Knowing their heads weren’t completely in the game Armstrong called a timeout halfway through, hoping to get his team back on track.
Attempting to stun G-1 A, Cpl. John Cano set up the ball for Armstrong to spike over the net.
“If Cano doesn’t set the ball for me, I won’t hit it,” said Armstrong.
G-1 B tried to re-claim the game and started racking up points, but it wasn’t enough to win the game. Since the champions were determined based on the best two out of three games, G-1 B had a second chance after being trampled 21-8 the first game.
“G-1 B lost the first game because they were playing sloppy since they focused all their efforts on the playoffs,” said Dickinson. “They made some adjustments, but it was already too late.”
Once again, only moments into the second game G-1 A served the ball hard, scoring the first point, but G-1 B gave it right back to them.
G-1 B was able to get in a few more shots the second game but not many since G-1 A’s defense was solid.
“The other team did better than us mostly because they had a stronger defense,” said Armstrong.
With no way to overturn G-1 A’s steam-roll, they didn’t make it to a third game. G-1 A bagged the championships 21-15.
“We’re proud of winning for the fifth year in a row. It’s an accomplishment since we played a lot of good teams and our team is made up of a completely different group than it was the first win,” said Myrick.
With hopes to take home the wallyball CG’s Cup championships next year G-1 will continue to practice and strive to get better said Myrick.
| Date Taken: | 11.02.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 11.21.2011 11:35 |
| Story ID: | 80327 |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO , CA, US |
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