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Defenders down weary maintainers to claim hardwood

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  • By Senior Airman Cali Wetli
  • 434th ARW Public Affairs
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind., --  The 434th Security Forces Squadron handcuffed the 434th Maintenance Squadron, 50-47 in the annual base basketball championship March 4 at the Fitness Center.

The defensive minded Defenders sought to put the clamps on an outnumbered Maintainer team.

The scrappy Maintainers only brought five members to the base’s version of the big dance, but high flyers like DeAngeleo Winston help slow the SFS attack.

“This was our third game of the night,” Winston said. “We were trying to push through.”

The SFS beat the Maintainers in the first game of the night sending them to the loser’s bracket.

The Maintainers won their next game against the 434th Logistics Readiness Squadron to earn another shot at the cops.

“We knew that this was their third game, and they only had five players,” said William Berry, SFS guard. “Our goal was to run them up and down the court and not let them get any rest.”

In the end the tactic paid off as the Maintainers’ energy began to drain faster than the buckets they were scoring.

“What a great game and what a great testament to the competitive spirit we have here at Grissom,” said Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander. “I was sure Maintenance would run out of gas because their earlier game went to overtime, but they hung with them running up and down the court and were actually within two points in the last minute.”

Shaw and Chief Master Sgt. Wes Marion, 434th ARW command chief, presented awards to both teams for their effort.

In addition to the players, Marion also presented a coin to both referees for their volunteered time and hard work.

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