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Th e commute to Schriever is a long one, and with winter weather vastly approach-ing, dangerous road conditions are inevitable. However, Schriever personnel have various sources for determining these conditions.

One source is to call the Schriever Snow Call line at 567- SNOW (7669) or to access it online at www.schriever.af.mil and click on “Snow Call Procedures.” Th ese sources pro-vide information on road conditions leading to Schriever, the status of the base and delayed reporting procedures.

Th e commander of the 50th Space Wing will make weather-related delayed reporting, early release, and base closure decisions for only one reason: SAFETY. Factors used to determine safety include: road conditions, snow or ice accumulation, visibility, weather forecast, and the ability to access Schriever parking lots and buildings.

We take into consideration road conditions throughout Colorado Springs neighborhoods where our Schriever personnel live. Over 70 percent of Schriever personnel live east of I-25, but our elevations range from 5900 to 7700 feet.

Determining safety starts with our on-duty 50th Security Forces Squadron and Civil Engineer Squadron Flight Chiefs. Our goal is to make a decision by 4 a.m. whether to delay, open as normal, or close Schriever. Th e fi nal decision is made by the 50th SW commander based on all information provided.

If the wing commander implements de-layed reporting, personnel will be given a specifi c timeframe in which they will need to report to work. For example, if your normal reporting time is 7:30 a.m., delayed reporting procedures could direct you to report within

Base BriefsGen. Kehler to take command of AFSPC

Gen. C. Robert Kehler, former deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Command at Off utt Air Force Base, Neb., will as-sume command of Air Force Space Command at 1 p.m. Oct. 24 on the Peterson AFB Parade Field. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley will preside over the ceremony.

In case of inclement weather, the cer-emony will take place at the Peterson AFB Consolidated Club.

‘Boo at the Zoo’ needs volunteers

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo needs 24 volunteers to help make its annual “Boo at the Zoo” event a success.

Two groups of 12 volunteers will assist with directing traffi c Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 5 to 8 p.m. Th e fi rst group will assist with the event’s fi rst weekend, Oct. 19-21, with the second group assisting on the second weekend, Oct. 26-28.

For more information, contact 50th Services Division Marketing director James Grof at 567-4740, or contact Deborah Muehlesien, director of mar-keting for the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, at 633-9925, extension 114.

SNCO call set for Oct. 25, 2650th Space Wing Command Chief

Master Sgt. Moore will be hosting two SNCO calls at the Building 300 audi-torium, Oct. 25 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Oct. 26 from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Senior NCO’s at Schriever must at-tend one of the calls.

For more information, contact Master Sgt. Maynard at 567-5693.

Beware of GTC phishing scam Military members are advised to be

aware of a phishing email that lures people into disclosing information about their Government Travel Card for a phony $20 incentive.

Bank of America will never contact account holders and request any personal account information through email.

For more information, contact Staff Sgt. Renee Price-Goodloe at 567-5083.

A&FRC to offer newborn parenting, home buying class

Schriever’s Airman and Family Readiness Center will off er a Bundles for Babies class from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 24, and a home buying class from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 25.

Bundles for Babies will cover topics such as being a new parent, fi nancial management, coping with stress and what resources are available on and off base. Th ose who complete the class will receive a bundle of baby related items.

Th e home buying class will discuss the advantages of disadvantages of owning a home, the home-buying pro-cess, budgeting and credit or reports among other topics.

For information or to sign up, contact the Schriever A&FRC at 567-3920.

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SCHRIEVERCHRIEVER SENTINELENTINELTh ursday, October 18, 2007 www.csmng.com Vol. 1 No. 15

COLORADO SPRINGS MILITARY NEWSPAPER GROUP

Snow Call: Your winter weather information source

The Colorado Springs area endured several blizzards in the winter of 2006. Those who want to know about possible base delays or closures should call 719-567-SNOW.

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two hours of your normal reporting time. Th is would mean having to report into work by 9:30 a.m.

In Colorado, weather conditions can change rapidly, making the process challeng-ing depending on the strength of the storm. Be assured, we have your safety in mind when making all snow call decisions. It’s always best for critical missions at Schriever to err on the side of caution. Slow down, drive de-fensively, and always notify your supervisor

if road conditions are more severe for your commute to Schriever and you’ll need to arrive work later than scheduled.

Additional sources of information for weather and road conditions can also be found on local television stations, radio sta-tions and the Internet.

If you have doubts about road conditions, don’t take your chances. Call the Snow Call Line at 567-SNOW or visit the Schriever Web site and be informed.

By Staff Sgt. Don Branum50th Space Wing Public Affairs

Airmen with the 3rd Space Operations Squadron and contractors with Boeing Corporation took over early-orbit opera-tions on Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite Vehicle 1 from a Boeing facility in El Segundo, Calif., approximately 30 minutes aft er it launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Oct. 10.

Th e teaming gives 3rd SOPS Airmen an opportunity to become acquainted with WGS during its initial stages, said 50th Operations Group commander Col. Clinton Crosier.

“Th is is a better way of doing business,” Colonel Crosier said. “It won’t be a cold hand-off . When we do the handover ... we’ll have a team that has hands-on experience working with the WGS satellite on orbit.”

Boeing will transfer Satellite Control Authority to 3rd SOPS in about 90 days aft er completing a rigorous series of tests on WGS SV-1’s systems.

SV-1’s fi nal orbit will be in the geosynchronous belt, approximately 23,000 miles above the Earth. Its orbit shortly aft er launch was highly elliptical, with a closest ap-proach of less than 250 miles and an apogee of more than 36,000 miles. Boeing and 3rd SOPS will fi re maneuvering thrusters on the satellite over the next two weeks to nudge it into a circular orbit, said 3rd SOPS’ Maj. Tracy Patton.

Once the satellite is in its proper orbit, op-erators will test the satellite’s functionality to ensure it suff ered no damage through the vibration and G-forces of lift off .

3rd SOPS WGS early-orbit support

WGS SV-1 launched at 8:22 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time from Space Launch Complex 41 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V

rocket. It the fi rst in a planned constellation

See WGS page 7

The Wideband Global SATCOM satellite is the successor to the Defense Satellite Communications System-III. One WGS satellite has about 12 times the bandwidth of a DSCS-III satellite.

Image courtesy of Boeing

“Boeing and 3rd SOPS will fi re maneuvering thrusters

on the satellite over the next two weeks to

nudge it into a circular orbit.”

Maj. Tracy Patton, 3rd Space Operations

Squadron

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Schriever’s fi re department provided an inter-active demo of their fi re gear near Building 300 to help promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme: practice your escape plan.

Th e event educated personnel about the tools and work involved in being a fi refi ghter while increasing awareness on fi re prevention and what steps to take in the event of a fi re.

Th e fi re department’s interactive demo allowed Schriever personnel to don fi re gear, spray a high pressure fi re hose and drag a life-size dummy.

Th is year’s theme concentrates on homes, resi-dential areas and businesses, said Mark Captain, the assistant chief of fi re prevention here.

“Everyone should know their emergency pro-cedures when the fi re alarm goes off , especially at home if you have small children,” Mr. Captain said.

Mr. Captain off ered these tips for practicing an escape plan:

Make sure your children are familiar with the sound of the smoke alarm and what action to take if it goes off .

Determine an outside rally point to meet at in the event of a fi re and have at least two escape routes that lead to that rally point.

Check the door, and if it feels warm, take an alternate escape route.

If there is smoke, stay low to the ground and crawl out.

Do not go back inside a burning building for any reason.

Mr. Captain also said that Schriever personnel should be aware of the emergency fi re procedures and escape routes for their work area.

“If there’s a strong smoke smell, it’s a judgment call on whether to start an evacuation, pull the fi re alarm or call the fi re department. If the smoke is strong enough and someone can smell it in another room, it’s probably time to start calling the fi re department so we can come and check it out,” Mr. Captain said.

‘Practice your escape plan’ for Fire Prevention Week

Airman 1st Class Roger Halle explains the purpose of fi re gear to Airman Basic Matthew Soeth, who tries it on as part of the fi re department’s demo for Fire Prevention Week. Airman Halle is assigned to the 50th Civil Engineer Squadron and Airman Soeth is assigned to the 4th Space Operations Squadron.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Martinez


By Lorna GutierrezSchriever Sentinel

In February 1979, Loura Lopez began what would be an almost 30-year career in the Air Force. It has been a career that has taken her across the world and then some. It’s also been a career that has seen her through various changes and stages throughout her life. Now, as the 50th Network Operations Group superintendent nears her retirement in January 2008, Chief Master Sgt. Loura Lopez refl ects on her life since enlisting.

Growing up in the small town of Youngsville, Penn., a town of about 2,000 inhabitants, Chief Lopez wanted more opportunity than what her small town could off er and she didn’t know what she wanted to do with her life, so she enlisted in the Air Force two months aft er her high school graduation. Th is was somewhat of a bold move for a woman at that time. Not many women were before her, but in 1979 and the years that followed, more and more women enlisted.

“It was not uncommon to be the only woman,” Chief Lopez said. “When I came in, women could not fl y fi ghter jets. We’ve had a lot of fi rsts.”

Women had not been working in her fi eld of air traffi c control for long when Chief Lopez came in. Despite that fact, she said she was always treated as an equal.

“Because we are the Air Force, we have equal opportunity and treatment,” she said. “Th at’s really novel because that’s not always true in the rest of the world. I was never treated like I wasn’t good enough because I was a woman.”

Chief Lopez dove headfi rst into her career and along the way got to experience many diff erent cultures. While in the Air Force, she got to familiarize herself with many diff erent locales such as Russia, Greenland, Korea, Hungary, Italy, Monaco, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and the former Czechoslovakia.

“Traveling is like a bug,” she added. “Instead of traveling to another state, you can travel to another country,” she said, referring to the small countries of Europe.

She liked Budapest, Hungary, the best.“Th e people there are gorgeous,” Chief Lopez said. “Th e

city has elegance and old-world beauty.”While traveling, she also developed a love of antiques. Her

home collection features tea sets and crystal from around the world. Th e antique she’d like to have most of all though is a Gustav Becker clock from Germany.

In addition to her international travels, she’s been around the United States, with one of her worst Air Force memories taking place at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Th e day was Sept. 11, 2001. Disbelief was the overwhelming feeling for Chief Lopez that day. As she managed the tower and watched as people grounded planes, she couldn’t believe what she was hearing – that terrorists had fl own planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon – was true.

It was also at Scott AFB that one of her best memories took place. It was the day she was told she was selected as

chief in November 2001.Chief Lopez said she owes her last two stripes to a woman

who once told her, “Don’t ever let people tell you what you can’t do.” She took that advice to heart and said she’s proven wrong the people who thought she couldn’t do it.

“You do the best you can with what you’ve got, and if you work hard, you can make it,” she said.

Chief Lopez has positively infl uenced many around her, including 50th Space Wing Commander Chief Master Sergeant Clarence Moore.

“Chief Lopez is a true example of a chief,” Chief Moore said. “She takes care of people so that they can take care of the mission. Loura doesn’t discriminate by rank, gender, nor unit. She has a total grasp on the big picture and acts without hesitation to step in and do the right thing.”

Chief Lopez has obtained two Community College of the Air Force degrees in telecommunications operation and airways science and a Bachelor of Science degree in profes-sional aeronautics with a minor in aviation safety while in the Air Force.

“None of that would’ve happened if I’d just gone to work at a local drug store,” she said.

Chief Lopez said her faith and her family have kept her strong throughout the years. She’s also made sure she’s given back to her communities, be it privately or through offi cial sanctions.

Chief Lopez tries to always remember that she is here to support and defend the constitution of the United States. As she prepares to depart, Chief Lopez shared some advice.

“Know that the Air Force will be going through a tough time in the next couple of years,” she said. “I ask the people to have faith in their supervisors and the chain of com-mand. Th e decisions made may not be popular, but they’re necessary. Th ey may be personally painful, but they need to be done.”

As for her future, Chief Lopez said she plans to work – just not within the Air Force – spend time with her German shepherds, decorate her house and hopefully, fi nances per-mitting, continue to travel.

“She is a great chief master sergeant and the Network Operations Group, 50th Space Wing and the Air Force will miss her greatly,” Chief Moore said. “And I will too, for she’s always provided a counterbalance to me and a sounding board as well.”

50th NOG chief looks back on 30-year career

Chief Master Sgt. Loura Lopez has seen nearly half of the Air Force’s 60-year history. The 50th Network Operations Group superintendent plans to retire in January 2008.

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By Carl BergquistAir University Public Affairs

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Too many Americans feel the “dark void” above them is of little con-sequence, but nothing is further from the truth, warned one congressman during the Space Education Symposium held by Air University’s National Space Studies Center in Montgomery, Ala., in September.

In a video presentation at the symposium, Rep. Terry Everett of Alabama, a senior member of the House Armed Services, Intelligence and Agriculture Committee, said space is mostly an unsecured resource, and few Americans un-derstand their dependency on it.

Th e three-day symposium brought together experts and scholars from universities, military services and legislatures to discuss concerns about the issue.

One of the fi rst steps in making citizens more aware of the importance of space is to “bring people like yourselves together” so they can learn and take the knowledge back to their communities to broaden the recognition of space dependency, Representative Everett said.

Many modern conveniences depend on space assets, said Col. Sean McClung, director of the National Space Studies Center. Th e dependency on space goes beyond the military, government agencies and the intelligence community to the use of space assets for weather reporting, global mapping, ATM machines, agricultural reports, global positioning systems, the trucking industry, communications, airlines, the scientifi c community and many other areas.

Speakers at the symposium shared an almost unanimous perception that the public and many service members lack an understanding of the world’s dependency on space. Th is concerns experts during a time when other nations are ex-panding space technology and exploration programs, which in some cases challenge American strategic interests. One example is the news earlier this year that China success-fully targeted and destroyed its own weather satellite using a medium-range ballistic missile.

“Few people could have imagined in past years where we would be in space today, but unfortunately the interest in space has waned,” said Maj. Gen. Stephen J. Miller, the commandant of the Air War College. He said the United States’ space capabilities are an under appreciated resource even though they are intertwined with every military opera-tion that occurs today. Unfortunately, only 11,000 of more than 2.5 million U.S. military members are involved in the space business.

When General Miller came out of the Air Force Academy, he didn’t intend to have a career in space. He intended to be an F-15 pilot, said Ambassador Roger Harrison of the Center for Space and Defense Studies at the Air Force Academy. Th at is true of many Air Force offi cers.

“Th at is our (space professionals’) fault because we haven’t told our story very well and haven’t recruited new members to the space fi eld,” the ambassador said.

He said he felt the Air Force Academy was the place to start, and the space business needs to recruit the “best 10 percent of the best 10 percent” for the fi eld.

Considering that Headquarters Air Force Space Command is only 20 miles from the Air Force Academy, that might seem like an easy task. However, Col. John Hyten said when it comes to space, the two are worlds apart. Colonel Hyten is the director of plans and requirements for Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

“Th e young cadets love what we are doing in space, but few are coming into the space business,” he said.

Th at might be because they simply aren’t attracted to the business, so everyone involved in space education needs to focus more on getting students interested in space, said Dr. Marty Kress, the executive director of the National Space

Science and Technology Center, at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

“I recently asked a high school class how many wanted to work for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration, and no one raised their hand,” Dr. Kress said.

Students see a job at NASA as sitting in an offi ce and making drawings for the next 10 years, and they don’t want that, he explained. But educating students and getting them interested in space can be as simple as visiting schools or bringing them to space research facilities.

“Space training has got to be hands-on. Th at’s the way students learn,” Dr. Kress said. “But they have to be able to see research in action.”

Access to space is the fi rst piece of the puzzle, Colonel Hyten said, and that involves a complicated partnership between the military, government agencies and civilian interests.

“Most of the work for space is done by contractors, and that’s not so bad when you are talking about $100-million launches,” the colonel said. “But ... our national pool of space-smart scientists is shrinking, and the industry is having a hard time delivering on demand.”

Addressing the education universities are providing on shared dependency of space, Dr. Bradley Liebst, head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Air Force Institute of Technology, said the Air Force looks at lists of university space-related courses, decides which courses AFIT wants to focus on, and lets the universities handle training for the remaining courses.

Keeping track of what universities are doing with space study, Dr. Frank Curran, the director of the Universities Space Research Association’s Huntsville operation in Huntsville, Ala., said he has polled many colleagues and doesn’t believe anyone is teaching shared space dependency.

“Th at might be bad, but I look at it as an opportunity,” Dr. Curran said. “As satellites and other systems become more sophisticated, there is a bigger pay off in teaching those subjects.”

Money is available, but researchers need to spend it ef-fi ciently, he said, referring to a billion-dollar hardware program that was not well-planned and ultimately did not work.

“Th at was a billion dollars spent for nothing, and the space industry can’t aff ord that,” Dr. Curran said.

Th ough the Air Force has been in the space business

Interest in space wanes despite nation’s space dependency

A three-day Space Education Symposium held by Air University’s National Space Studies Center brought together experts and scholars from universi-ties, military and government agencies to discuss concerns about space assets being mostly an unsecured resource and how few Americans understand their dependency on them.

Illustration by Staff Sgt. Jason Lake

See Space page 6


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Program Offi ce

Schriever is scheduled to observe National Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23-31, themed, “Better Th ings to Do Th an Drugs,” with displays and visits to nearby schools.

Activities on base include a visit with McGruff the Crime Dog to the Child Development Center Oct. 25 at 9 a.m. and an information booth display at the Satellite Dish Dining Facility Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Th e Pikes Peak Region Drug Demand Reduction Program staff will also visit lo-cal schools off base to educate students and promote a drug-free lifestyle.

Th e purpose of the National Red Ribbon Celebration is to educate the public and cre-ate an awareness of the problems of substance abuse the nation is facing.

Since its beginning in 1985, the red ribbon has touched the lives of millions of people across our nation. Th e 2007 campaign marks the 22nd anniversary of the death of Enrique

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In response to his death, angered parents in communities across the country began wearing red ribbons as a symbol of their com-mitment to raise awareness of the killing and destruction caused by drugs in America. In 1988, the National family Partnership

sponsored the fi rst National Red Ribbon Celebration. Today , the red ribbon is worn to symbolize Mr. Camarena’s belief that one person can make a diff erence and together we can give the greatest gift to our future drug-free youth.

Each ribbon represents an actual person. Th e real power of the Red Ribbon is not the ribbon itself, but the person behind it – the individual who is committed to creating posi-tive change within his or her own family and community.

Schriever Airmen to observe Red Ribbon Week

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almost all of its 60-year history, it and the other military branches must understand the role of space education in terms of national defense, said Lt. Gen. Stephen Lorenz, the Air University commander.

Explaining that the Navy is working on space research, retired Navy Adm. Daniel Oliver said the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., off ers two space system degrees. Receiving either degree makes the recipient a member of the Naval Space Cadre that works on space-related projects. However, the president of the school said he does not know how they are going to “galvanize the public into making space a priority.”

“Unfortunately, space has become so embedded and

fundamental in our lives that we take it for granted,” he said.

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Donald Gardner, presi-dent of the Marine Corps University at Quantico, Va., said Marines use historical perspectives to teach and force their students to think creatively.

“If I can teach you to think creatively, whatever problems you encounter can be solved,” he said. “Th e Chinese say that we are all brothers connected by four seas, but that will become brothers connected by space, and that needs to be space controlled by the U.S. Air Force.”

He said the Marine Corps prides itself as being “Spartans of the nation, ” but it tends to get lazy about space educa-tion, letting the other services provide that capability for them.

Outside of the military, the country’s “eyes and ears” have been in space for 45 years. And when it comes to space, American citizens expect the professionals to be there, said

Brig. Gen. Edward L. “Ed” Bolton Jr., the deputy director for Systems, Integration and Engineering at the National Reconnaissance Offi ce in Chantilly, Va.

“I think an important aspect of better space education is to learn how to use the data we are already getting in better ways,” the general said. “Because of fundamental laws of physics, signifi cant change in the way we launch satellites is not likely, but we can use the data to produce better and cheaper products for space.”

Th e country needs to encourage more participation in the space business and fi nd ways to get people involved, he said.

“We are dangerously close to being dependent on the Russians to put people in space, and I never thought I would live long enough to say that,” General Bolton said.

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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Spicy salsas, warm tortillas and tasty chilies are some of the best-known contributions Hispanic Americans have made over the years – but that’s just the beginning.

While Airmen and employees on base sampled the native cuisines of countries including Mexico, Cuba and Guatemala Oct. 12, they learned about the many other accomplishments of Hispanic Americans, both famous and unknown.

Speaking at the Hispanic Heritage Month Food Tasting Festival, Col. Manuel Hidalgo, commander of the 21st Mission Support Group, reminded those in attendance of actors, astronauts and athletes of Hispanic heritage. He also recognized the contribu-tions Hispanic Americans have made to the armed forces, fi ghting in every major U.S. confl ict and earning 37 Medals of Honor.

“For years, Hispanic Americans have played an integral role in our country’s success,” Colonel Hidalgo, who is of Puerto Rican descent, said. “Hispanics are just an-other ingredient in the recipe of people who make up America.”

Colonel Hidalgo’s speech capped off a month of activities honoring Hispanic heri-

tage. Running each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, Hispanic Heritage Month marks the independence days of seven Hispanic countries by celebrating Hispanic culture.

On Peterson AFB, a small committee of about fi ve and a handful of volunteers helped organize several events on base to recognize the month. In addition to the food tasting, committee members visited the Child Development Center and the Youth Center here to read to kids, teach Spanish and play Hispanic music, said Master Sgt. Sarah Sparks, the committee’s co-chair.

“We want to share information about all the diff erent Latin cultures,” she said. “A lot of people think of it as just Mexico, but it’s so much more than that.”

According to 2005 census data, more than 44 million Hispanics now live in the United States, comprising about 15 percent of the population. As that population in America continues to grow and debates over immigra-tion policies heat up, Sergeant Sparks said edu-cating people about the culture is becoming increasingly important, and Hispanic Heritage Month is a good way to accomplish that.

“It’s being frowned upon in some ways now, so it’s good to kind of get that cultural understanding out there,” she said. “Th ere’s a lot to learn.”

Food, dancing cap off month of Hispanic heritage celebration

Members of the Planeta Deeva Dancers perform for Peterson Airmen and employees Oct. 12. The dancers were part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Food Tasting Festival in Eagle Park.

Photo by Corey Dahl

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By Lorna GutierrezSchriever Sentinel

And then there were two. Two intramural fl ag football teams remain out of 10 teams that began the season.

Th e two teams, 4th SOPS and 50th SCS, played strong Oct. 11 to make it to the fi -nal, with the fi rst game between 4th SOPS and CPTS determined only by a failed extra point.

Close throughout, CPTS struck fi rst off a quick run. Billie Barnard, Gabe Moreno and Joe Alvarado all caught passes from quar-terback Karl Seppa, with Craig Armogida scoring the touchdown.

4th SOPS answered right back as quar-terback Walt Merriam threw a completion on fourth down to Tyler Kimes and soon followed with a touchdown pass to Luke Zimmerman to tie the game.

4th SOPS scored fi rst in the second half as Zimmerman caught another touchdown pass from Merriam. Teammate Brandon Bales ran in the extra point and gave 4th SOPS a 13-6 lead.

CPTS’ Armogida then caught a pass near the goal line to set up good fi eld position for his team. Seppa capitalized on the play and ran the ball in for a touchdown. Barnard scored the extra point and tied the game 13-13.

4th SOPS answered once more with a touchdown pass downfi eld to Kimes. Bales caught the extra point and 4th SOPS took a 20-13 lead.

With the clock ticking down, CPTS ran the ball down the fi eld with Moreno getting an important fi rst down and Seppa running to fi rst and goal. With about 30 seconds remain-ing, Seppa ran the ball in for a touchdown. However, the extra point was no good, and 4th SOPS walked away with the victory.

“I think we did pretty well today,” Merriam said. “Both teams moved the ball a lot, but our defense came through at the end.”

In the second game, 50th SCS faced 2nd SOPS and prevailed 12-0 – on strong defense and two touchdowns by Jason Yarborough.

50th SCS quarterback Jason Golaboski moved the ball downfi eld for his team until he connected with Yarborough for a touch-down and a 6-0 lead.

2nd SOPS quarterback Shane Patty tried to answer, but 50th SCS got the ball back.

50th SCS’ John Davenport caught a pass downfi eld near the goal line but with only about one yard to the goal line, his team could not capitalize on four downs.

On 50th SCS’ next possession, Donavan Routsis gained signifi cant yardage for his

team as it marched toward another touch-down. Yarborough had the last score of the game, making a diving catch to put his team up 12-0.

Despite an interception by Patty, 2nd SOPS couldn’t capitalize on any of its opportunities and fi nished its season.

50th SCS reclaims intramural championship

A touchdown in the last moments of the intramural fl ag football championship here gave 50th SCS its third title in four years with a 19-14 victory over 4th SOPS.

Jason Golaboski connected to Rondy Williams for the score, clinching the vic-tory for 50th SCS with 10 seconds left in the game.

Th e two teams traded leads during the game, with neither team leading by more than a touchdown throughout the game.

Th e fi rst possession for 50th SCS resulted in a 4th SOPS interception by Kenny Smith. His team took advantage to score the game’s fi rst touchdown on a pass from Walt Merriam to Luke Zimmerman.

Williams gave his team an opportunity to score when he caught an interception on an-other 4th SOPS drive. Donavan Routsis and Jason Yarborough of 50th SCS both caught catches on the way to a Jimmy Rogers touch-down. Th e extra point catch by Routsis tied the game 7-7.

In the second half, 50th SCS started off strong when an interception by Yarborough set up another Rogers touchdown.

Down 13-7 with 50 seconds remaining in the game, Merriam threw a Hail Mary pass from downfi eld. Zimmerman caught the pass and with the extra point, 4th SOPS took a 14-13 lead.

With the clock ticking down, Golaboski led his team down the fi eld. With less than 10 seconds remaining, a touchdown pass to Williams gave 50th SCS the go-ahead score.

Down by fi ve points, 4th SOPS had only one play to win the game and couldn’t capi-talize. Th ey could only watch as 50th SCS walked away with the base championship.

“I think our off ensive line played its best three games during the playoff s,” Golaboski said.

When the game came down to the wire, it was decision time.

“With just seconds remaining and no time-outs, it was a tough call where to throw the ball.” Th e throw down the middle to Williams was the right call for Golaboski, whose 50th SCS team has now won three of the last four base championships.

Football: 4th SOPS, 50th SCS advance to fi nals

Tyler Kimes of 4th SOPS makes a catch near the goal line during the intramural fl ag football championship Oct. 12. The completion set 4th SOPS up for a touchdown on its next play, but 50th SCS carried the game 19-14.

Photo Lorna Gutierrez


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Schriever’s Luke Barker scored three goals in the second half to break open a close contest and give Schriever a 4-1 victory over Peterson Air Force Base’s varsity soc-cer team at St. Mary High School’s football fi eld Oct. 14.

Th e two teams met in a regular season contest in the Colorado Springs Division II men’s soccer league.

Th is was the fi rst varsity soccer meeting between the two installations that anyone could remember in the past decade. Both teams were so ready for the contest that the near bone-chilling temperatures did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm the teams had in anticipation of the matchup.

Th e Schriever team has known some suc-cess in the past three years the team has been together. With a team emphasis on teamwork and sportsmanship, it has played in the State Cup competition and traveled to Texas for the Defense Cup, featuring teams from all of the nation’s services, for the past couple of years. But that was nothing compared to seeing the Peterson team across the fi eld.

Peterson coach Tim Muller said the chance to play Schriever’s best team was an added bonus for his team, which is competing in the league for the fi rst time this year. He said in addition to being in a league that gives them good competition, it’s also a matter of seeing which installation would retain bragging rights aft er the contest.

Schriever coach Frank Piper said the op-portunity for his team to meet the Peterson team was something the players looked for-ward to all week during practice and despite the bone chilling cold that met both teams in the late aft ernoon aff air the spirits were high.

“I know a lot of the players on Peterson; I have played with them at some point in

time, so it’s going to be fun. We’re hoping this will begin a soccer rivalry between the two teams,” Piper said.

It didn’t seem like it would be much of a game early as Schriever scored the fi rst goal of the game with about seven minutes expired in the half. Steve Gofus rifl ed a shot past Peterson goalie Brian Burmeister to give Schriever a 1-0 lead.

Th e one thing Peterson did not want to see was Schriever getting an early goal and building some momentum which could lead to a barrage of goals being scored. It was es-pecially important for Peterson to stay close because Schriever goalie Jeremy Edwards is recognized as one of the outstanding goal-ies in the league, and the chances to score

would be tough.Th e Peterson defense stiff ened aft er the

goal and the team managed to keep the score at 1-0 late into the half. Th e problem for Peterson was the team could not mount any type of pressure on the Schriever goalie. Th e Schriever team said was because the team’s defense is so good it rarely gives teams a chance to pressure Edwards.

However, a penalty call against the de-fensive unit gave Peterson its only credible chance to do just that. Peterson’s Alex Cypert took advantage of a penalty kick to get his team even at one goal apiece at halft ime. Suddenly Peterson found itself right in the soccer match without having mounted any serious challenges to the Schriever defense,

and it appeared the heavily favored Schriever team would have a fi ght on its hands.

At halft ime, Piper reminded his players to be aggressive in the second half and not pass on as many attempts at the goal that it did in the fi rst half at halft ime. Early in the second half it was obvious Barker took his coach’s advice to heart as he scored the goal that gave his team a 2-1 lead about 100 minutes into the half. Barker followed up that goal with two more goals over the rest of the half to give Schriever the 4-1 victory.

Aft er the game, Muller said he thought his team played well but missed a key element to its team in the second half when Hector Hernandez injured his left ankle and had to leave the game for precautionary X-rays.

“I thought we played tough in the fi rst half but when we lost Hernandez, who is a big part of our team in the middle of the fi eld, it hurt us in the second half,” Muller said. “I think we are going to develop and mature as a team and that when we play in the second season we will hit the ground running.”

Piper said he was conscious of just how good the Peterson team can be.

“I have to give Peterson credit – they played a real close game, they moved the ball well, and they dominated the middle of the fi eld in the fi rst half,” Piper said. “I felt we adjusted at halft ime by coming down the side of the fi eld and took them away from their strength. It also allowed us to develop a lot of things from the outside and helped us score the three goals in the second half.

“Th is score however was not indicative of the type of game it was. Th e Peterson team is very talented and they will come together and play better. I look forward to playing them again in March because I think they will be a much better team,” he added.

Th e two teams will meet again when the Colorado Springs spring league begins in March.

Soccer: Dominant 2nd half ensures Schriever victory

Luke Barker charges downfi eld during Schriever’s varsity soccer match against Peterson Air Force Base Oct. 14 at St. Mary High School here. Barker scored three of Schriever’s four goals en route to a 4-1 victory over the Peterson AFB team.

Photo by Walt Johnson


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