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Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame names incoming class
Comments 1 | Recommend 2Mitchell 1981 football, U.S. 1980 women's volleyball teams among inductees
May 18, 2010 1:03 PM
THE GAZETTE
Nearly three decades later, quarterback Joe Adams remembers the play that won the Class 4A 1981 championship game.
“We faked to Jeff Legette, who was the premier running back,” Adams said. “Everybody fell for the fake and David Gabbin was standing alone in the end zone and I was out there on a bootleg alone in the flats. If I hadn’t thrown it, I probably could’ve run it in.”
The Mitchell Marauders beat Columbine 14-7. For its efforts, the 1981 football team was named Tuesday at the World Arena as one of eight inductees into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame’s class of 2010.
Coach Jim Hartman, who was inducted into the Hall last year, and Adams agreed on their assessment of the team.
“They were 14-0,” Hartman said. “I don’t think there was ever a doubt that we were going to go all the way.”
According to Adams, the team was special because of chemistry. It extended from players to the band, its fans and parents. Adams said most of his teammates lost only six games from the fourth grade to high school even though only three weighed more than 200 pounds.
Adams already has an idea of how the team should be enshrined Oct. 27.
“I’d like to invite some of the band members to the thing so that maybe they will bring out the drums, so they could play the drums as we marched in like they did for our football games,” Adams said.
The 1980 U.S. Olympic women’s volleyball team was inducted despite never participating in the Games in Moscow.
According to Doug Beal, CEO of USA Volleyball, the team was ranked No. 1 in the world and was considered the favorites for Olympic gold. However, President Jimmy Carter and his administration forced the boycott.
“I think the boycott is a very bittersweet memory for not just our women’s team, but for all the athletes that lost an opportunity,” Beal said. “A great opportunity to achieve their goal was taken away. You can never replace that.”
Beal said he spoke to players from the team, who were in Hawaii for their 30th reunion, and said they were wonderfully honored and appreciative of the induction.
11TH INDUCTION CEREMONY
When: Oct. 27
Where: World Arena
Other inductees: Dave Elmore, owner of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox; Fred Whitacre, founding president and general manager of the Sky Sox; Andy Gambucci, silver medalist with the 1952 U.S. hockey team and multisport athlete at Colorado College; Sherrice King, Rampart basketball star who was named 1987-88 Gatorade Women’s Basketball Player of the Year in Colorado; Ken Brown, Rhodes scholar and world champion rower; and Ken Hatfield, Air Force football coach from 1979-83. The Gazette is a sponsor.
Other honors: Dick Westbay, Col. F. Don Miller Award; Dr. Jamieson Kennedy, Thayer Tutt Sportsman Award
Reservations: Call Sloane Pavalock at the Sports Corp. at (719) 634-7333, ext. 1009, or by e-mail at Slo...@thesportscorp.org
Tickets: $2,500 for VIP table of 10, $1,000 for patron table, $250 for VIP seat and $100 for patron seat.
“We faked to Jeff Legette, who was the premier running back,” Adams said. “Everybody fell for the fake and David Gabbin was standing alone in the end zone and I was out there on a bootleg alone in the flats. If I hadn’t thrown it, I probably could’ve run it in.”
The Mitchell Marauders beat Columbine 14-7. For its efforts, the 1981 football team was named Tuesday at the World Arena as one of eight inductees into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame’s class of 2010.
Coach Jim Hartman, who was inducted into the Hall last year, and Adams agreed on their assessment of the team.
“They were 14-0,” Hartman said. “I don’t think there was ever a doubt that we were going to go all the way.”
According to Adams, the team was special because of chemistry. It extended from players to the band, its fans and parents. Adams said most of his teammates lost only six games from the fourth grade to high school even though only three weighed more than 200 pounds.
Adams already has an idea of how the team should be enshrined Oct. 27.
“I’d like to invite some of the band members to the thing so that maybe they will bring out the drums, so they could play the drums as we marched in like they did for our football games,” Adams said.
The 1980 U.S. Olympic women’s volleyball team was inducted despite never participating in the Games in Moscow.
According to Doug Beal, CEO of USA Volleyball, the team was ranked No. 1 in the world and was considered the favorites for Olympic gold. However, President Jimmy Carter and his administration forced the boycott.
“I think the boycott is a very bittersweet memory for not just our women’s team, but for all the athletes that lost an opportunity,” Beal said. “A great opportunity to achieve their goal was taken away. You can never replace that.”
Beal said he spoke to players from the team, who were in Hawaii for their 30th reunion, and said they were wonderfully honored and appreciative of the induction.
11TH INDUCTION CEREMONY
When: Oct. 27
Where: World Arena
Other inductees: Dave Elmore, owner of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox; Fred Whitacre, founding president and general manager of the Sky Sox; Andy Gambucci, silver medalist with the 1952 U.S. hockey team and multisport athlete at Colorado College; Sherrice King, Rampart basketball star who was named 1987-88 Gatorade Women’s Basketball Player of the Year in Colorado; Ken Brown, Rhodes scholar and world champion rower; and Ken Hatfield, Air Force football coach from 1979-83. The Gazette is a sponsor.
Other honors: Dick Westbay, Col. F. Don Miller Award; Dr. Jamieson Kennedy, Thayer Tutt Sportsman Award
Reservations: Call Sloane Pavalock at the Sports Corp. at (719) 634-7333, ext. 1009, or by e-mail at Slo...@thesportscorp.org
Tickets: $2,500 for VIP table of 10, $1,000 for patron table, $250 for VIP seat and $100 for patron seat.
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