Grosse Pointe News - Local History Archives

May 16, 1991
Grosse Pointe News
" RobFuJto
Same old guys
It had been almost eight
months smce we last celebrated
a vICtory
We hadn't seen one another
smce we lost In the champion.
ship game last August
Except for one guy, who is
now runnmg with a httle
limp after breaking,a leg
playing hockey last winter,
none of us had changed much.
A few players got IJlarl'led,
a couple more became fathers
and others are walkmg beSide
new gIrlfnends.
One guy had a neon-eolored
battmg glove Another guy
was sporting a neon golf hat,
and another had to finally
break down and get pads for
hIS agIng, and obviously achmg,
knees. He claims he purchased
them for when he
slIdes he doesn't scrape the
skm, but we all feel that once
you get older, you need to
cover up the soft spots (that's
why a few extra large shirts
were ordered).
Softball is the last fling for
many men and women to play
some sort of team sport
Tommy, Johnny, J.B., Fic,
Johnny B , Greg, Pete, Steve,
Mark, Jerry, Steve and Gary
make up the famIly this tIme
of year. We get together twice
a week to live a fantasy, and
remmd ourselves how out of
shape we are We have developed
a fnendshlp, a love for
one another, and softball season
rekindles the old flame.
Playmg softball is a way for
us to contmue to feel young,
espeCIally Fic, who turned 40
last week.
"It was always my dream
to st1l1be playing when I'm
40," said Flc. Don't we all
share the same dream?
Even though running the
bases becomes more of a task,
or the throw from right field
to second base seems longer,
we still go out every spnng
and fool around in an adult
sandbox.
Andy Doyle and Chns Dorman
fimshed third 10 a pair
WIthout coxswam. The women's
eight, compns1Og Nissa Mitchell,
Plubar, Mmam, McKinney,
Laura Hupp, Gretchen HotTmyel',
Andrea Reynolds, Robin
Ebllght and coxswam Bruce,
finished thu-d
The South crew will compete
111 the Midwest Scholastic
ChampIOnshIp In Indianapolis
and m the ScholastiC Rowmg
ASSOCiatIOnof Amenca Regatta
m MIddletown, Del, at the end
of thE month.
ports
North, South tie one on at Barnes Field
tIe, and not to lose. GolOg 111 all "pal,On The Lid) Nor..,emen '" ,
we had a two.pomt lead and hel\'(' I('tot ded ..,even ..,Illltollt..,
South needed to beat us m 01 In 11 gCcondgoal 1 felt ""e wel e
I told the kids we were gomg to gOing to Win becdlhe we wel e
;,tal t sacnficmg offense for de. call ymg the play"
fense," said Regelbrugge, "par. In the second half. NO!th con
tlcu)ally because all we needed tlnued Its defenblve "tdnd
to do was tie m order to stay on 'Thl" '" a" the gclme we
top m the league" needl'd to get dO'*1 to 0111'
All four goals were scored in obJettJve," said Regelblllgge.
H ",~venminute span North's ""0 I told the gill ~ at half time
Holly Blooks lofted a corner to concentl ate on "Lopping
kick toward South goalie AIlI- them flom ..,Wlmg If we do
0 ,\ e had to
mmutes later when she con play 110tto give up the gocl)"
velted a CIOSSlngpass from Ste- NOlth's three lemcllllmg
phame Coddens FehcJa Paluzzi games al e agalllst Ro~vllle, ~
then fed Amy Shepley with a Lake ShOll' and AnchOI Bay,
pi etty pass and Shepley qUickly all team;, It has beaten handily
beat Lang for a 2-1 North lead. South plays Romeo and AnchO!
Coddens then tied the score on Bay.
a fl'ee kIck that beat North "We feel good aoout our
goahe Julie Hlelscher selve.,." "aid Calamcholab "We
The first half ended In a 2-2 were one ..,hot away flom Will
tie nmg the game. but we Ju"t
The two goals by South were dldn't get the goal Ill' needed I
the most North has gIVen up stIli lo'e them. though
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Photo by Rob Fulton
Goalie Julie Hielscher has recorded seven shutouts for the
North soccer team. but the two goals she allowed South were
the most North has given up all season long.
Most of the time we don't
care If we win We can still
enJoy bemg around one another
whl1e playing a mindless
game. Wives, girlfriends
and kids are Just as much a
part of our program as the
players. We strive to make
every outlOg a family affair
and It works; even for the
guys who don't have kids, because
they have taken such a
hking to the "little leaguers."
Everything we do has one
purpose: fun. We don't ndicule
WIth a harsh tongue. We
keep a loose mood and that's
what promotes our camaradene
Everyone should belong to
a club, orgamzatlOn or team I
often wonder what It would
be hke If my Wife and my
son, Robbie, didn't have these
friends It's nut hke thiS IS
the missing hnk. It's just another
one of hfe's expenences
that IS needed to complete the
cham
Playmg softball allows us
to be kids. We can act goofy,
release some pressures and
forget about the office for an
hour or two GettlOg out to
the park IS hke escaplOg to a
dIfferent world, and It'S par.
tlcularly enjOyable when you
can share your hfe 10 a dItTerent
capaCIty
It appears we do apprecIate
and enJOYthe Simpler th10gs
10 hfe Playmg softball
wouldn't be as much fun IfI
wasn't playlOg with such a
diverse bunch, Includmg a
JOurnahst, a couple advertlsmg
WizardS, a few teachers,
an entrepreneur and a corpo
rate real estate salesman
Gee. I love thIS time of
,car
GrOSMPointe'. Mik. UzDil has been named to the U.S. 0ptimist
Dinghy ~atfon'. world championship IOiling team.
UzDil wW compete I1l Greec. I1lJuly. If. the second straight
year Uz. has heeD Ilamed to the team.
ULS holding lacrosse camp
Umverslty Liggett School
Will hold a boys' lacrosse camp
June 17 21 for fourth through
slxth.graders, and seventh to
ninth grade boys
The camp. which costs $55
and Includes Insurance, runs
from 9 a m to noon each day
PartICipants must bnng the'n
own stick, gloves. shorts. sup
porter, socks and cleats. ULS
proVides a helmet
The camp IS open to am one
and regIstratIOn must be com
pleted before June 1 Enroll
ment IS limIted Make checks
payable to Umverslh LllmeU
School Mati them to John Fo","
leI", Umvennty Liggett School.
1045 Cook Road, Grosse POinte
Wood", Mich. 48236
McMahon lands
hole-in-one
Tom McMahon of Gros.'le
POlntp Farm" u'lNl a :In on. to
...hoot a holE'In one on the 200
..ard fifth holE' at thE' Country
Cluh of DetrOIt last week
It was McMahon'" 'leventh
hole m-one
The South rowing teilm celebrates its fine outing In the Wyandotte High School Regatta.
Uznis to sail in world championship
On April 20 ID Clearwater,
Fla., the United States Optimist
Dmghy AssociatIOn held
its world champIOnship team
selection senes
It was a closed event for the
top 70 sailors under the age of
15 from all over the United
States. The top five finishers
were selected to the U Steam
and will sail In the World
Championships in July at the
Porto Carras YachtlOg Club in
Sithonia, HalkidikI, Greece
The top five fimshers in
Dowe to play
for Olympic
soccer team
Cris Dowe, who attends
South, was named to the Michl.
gan State Youth Soccer Asso-
CIation's OlympIC Development
Team for the fourth consecutive
year.
Dowe has been the startlOg
goalkeeper for hiS age group
smce 1988 Players selected to
the state team represent MIChIgan
in mterstate and regional
competItion, and are evaluated
for possible selectIOn to teams
representmg the Umted State
m international play
Dowe's team now competes
In the under-16 1/2 age group
The MIchigan team was re
cently mVlted to the Foot
LockerlDtadora NatIOnal State
Select ChamplOn!\hlp Tourna
ment In L