MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- The Dragons defeated the IYAOYAS in the Dragons’ sixth Intramural Softball season game at the main softball field here June 30.
“The game went really well,” said Darin Sellers, Dragons first baseman. “The team played really well.”
By the close of the game the Dragons dominated IYAOYAS with a score 12 - 6.
“We came together as a team. We had a lot of people who were missing, and the people who usually don’t play stepped up, and they stepped up big,” said Edward Black, Dragons first baseman.
At the start of the game, both teams made good plays and managed to keep a constant rhythm of double- and single-base hits.
By the fourth inning, IYAOYAS was ahead of the Dragons with a close score of 4 - 5, but the Dragons continued to stick to the fundamentals of softball.
“We weren’t trying to drive a long ball; we were playing the fundamentals,” said Black. “We were playing smart, and base hits are what do it in softball.”
The Dragons managed to take the lead by the fifth inning, making 4 runs and putting the score 8 - 6.
“We were coming out here trying to prove something because this is the team that beat us in the tournament we had before,” said Black.
The Dragons ended the game with a shocking 6-run lead.
Black said the team practices almost every other day in order to stay prepared throughout the softball season.
On June 18 Black and other teammates said the team wore flak jackets and gas masks during one of their softball practices.
The unusual but constant practices conducted by CLC-36 will be a huge factor in guiding them to the seasons championship game said Black.
“In the end it’s going to be us against (the chaplain’s) team or Sgt. B’s team, but right now were on a roll and if anybody wants to knock us off, we don’t mind having a target on our backs,” said Black.
For more information on upcoming Intramural Softball season games, contact the Intramural Sports Office at 253-3067.