GUANTANAMO BAY - The GTMO 2000 Flag Football season
kicked off this past week with fast and furious action.
On July 24 in the men’s division, the Hospital defeated Ordnance
34 – 0, Marine Barracks defeated NCTAMS/Dental 20 - 6 and
NAVSTA defeated NMCB 5 26 - 0.
On July 26, NAVSTA ran its record to 2 - 0 by defeating the Marine
Barracks in a great game 21 - 6. NMCB 5 got their first win of
the season by defeating Ordnance 13 - 0 and the Hospital also
ran its record to 2 - 0 by defeating NCTAMS/Dental
28 - 7.
Games are played Mondays and Wednesdays starting at 6 p.m. Come
on out for fast pace action.
In the women’s flag football division, which kicked off July
28, NAVSTA shut out the Hospital 12 - 0.
NAVSTA jumped out to an early lead in the first half when IC1(SW)
Patricia Fowler fielded a Hospital punt and returned the punt
48 yards for the first score of the game. The point after was
no good and NAVSTA led 6 - 0. Late in the first half, Fowler connected
with ABHAN Lindsey Frazier for a 6-yard score and NAVSTA went
up 12 - 0 with a missed extra point. At the half, the score was
12 - 0, NAVSTA.
The second half was a defensive game as neither team could push
the ball in and when the gun sounded, the NAVSTA came away with
the victory.
FLAG FOOTBALL STANDINGS
Men’s Division as of July 26
Hospital 2 - 0
NAVSTA 2 - 0
Marine Barracks 1 - 1
NMCB 5 1 - 1
NCTAMS/Dental 0 - 2
Ordnance 0 - 2
Women’s Divsion as of July 28
NAVSTA 1 - 0
Hospital 0 - 1