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SPORTS BULLETINS
Softball team forming
III Corps needs a softball team for the
1992 season. All positions are open. If you
are assigned or attached to III Corps and
are interested in playing contact Staff Sgt.
Wilson at 288-2299. Coaches are also need-
ed. V*
Abrams Gym features boxing
Don’t miss the Fort Hood World Beaters
Invitational Boxing extravaganza. Abrams
Field House is hosting the invitational fea-
turing teams from all over Texas. The ex-
citement starts at 7 p.m. Friday and Satur-
day.&nd at 2 p.m. .Sunday. Admission is $2
for military $3 for civilians and $1 for
children under 12 years old. ..
Racquetball continues
The Men’s and Women’s Racquetball
Tournament continues through March 26 at
5:30 p.m. in the Abrams Physical Fitness
Center. Everyone is invited. Admission is
free.
South Wind Runners to run
The South Wind Runners Club will host
the “Saint Patty’s 5-mile and 1-mile Run” at
9 a.m. Saturday. Start is south side of the
Nolanville exit on Hwy 190. Registration is
fr&m 8-8T45 a:m.'on race day only. Fee is $2
for members and $4 for non members. Tro-
phies to over-all- winners and ribbons for
lst-3rd place winners in all age categories.
POC is Albert McNanee 287-8582.
Golf tournament slated
A Three Man Scramble A-B-C Handicap
Matrix Tournament is scheduled to begin
With a “Shotgun start” at 9 a.m. Saturday
at Clear Creek Golf Course. To sign up 0
287-4130.
Motorola marathon slated
The Motorola Austin Marathon and Mara-
thon Relay at 7 a.m. Sunday. Registration
fee iS' ^S^fbFth'^W^athbnnand^l'OO for the
relay. Make checks payable to Motorola
Austin arathon P.O. Box 684456 Aus-
tin TX 78768. ____
Volleyball tourney to be held
A pre-season intramural volleyball tour-
nament is scheduled for March 21-22 at
Starker Physical Fitness Center .building
87010^ corner 16th & Central. Operi to all
men mid woirieh ID- card headers.' There is a
16 player team limit. Registration fee is
$25.d?287-4250.
‘Luck of the Irish nun’ hosted
ThevCen-Tex Runners Clti|) will host “The
Luck)pf.the Irish Run” at |fca.m. .March 21.
The |yent will 'Offer a lOlp 5k and 1-mile
run/ ^alkr. |l^ t^ Jfee. is $6 ^bfore JVlapch 16
and $8 ibr l^ r^ istratio Freb '/Luck of
the MbhVrnedalliens. to’ firs^00'reg^® nts.
0 Larry 698-6574 or Bob 699-2104.
:. *l *r'S- I.
Youth $occer sign-ups npw
Register for Youth Soccesr- through March
23. Spccer players ages 5^14 may sign up
9:30 /am. 6 p.m. Mondajy Saturday at
ITR ffeuilding 136 or 7:30pa.m. 4:30 p.m.
Monday Friday at the Spirts Office build-
ing 360190 287:0339. T-:
Youth sports eed co a ch es
The :Youth 'Spoils Office will be haiving a
Yout^^§pg(^^: goa!c3bes
March 24 in the 'I'een Club/Sports Office in
building 36019. YS needs soccer coaches.
Call Barry Rhew or Terry Tyler 0 287-0339.
We want sports stories
1 The Fort Hood Sentinel sports section
seeks Fort Hood-related sports stories for
upcoming issues. Anyone may submit sto-
ries 0 287-0913.
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Judo club se embers
The Fort Hood Judo Club seeks both
beginning and advanced students. Classes
ineet at Starker Gym Mondays and Wednes-
days 7-8:30 p.m. for adults and Saturdays
1:1 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for children 6 and older.
Maj. Pileri 287-2050 or 542-2048.
Pool tourney chalks up
The West Fort Hood Recreation Center
sponsor® a *^ii»jps4ays.-
The tourney is free of charge and is open to
adults 18 and older. Trophies are awarded.
0 Katherine Monty 288-9828.
Lunch tim workout on tap
The West Fort Hood Recreation Center
offers aerobic classes at 11:40 a.m. Monday
Thursday. 0 Katherine Monty 288-9828.
Hit the dirt (bike)
The Fort Hood Dirt Riders Club meets
Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. in building
9000 on Battalion Ave. All off-road and all-
terrain vehicle riders are welcome. 0 532-
4552.
By Ron Aragon
III!Corps Public Affairs
T-.
By Tom Fuller
1st Cav Div Public Affairs*'
Six years ago Orlando L. Hollis
was 19 years old cruising the
streets of Washington D.C. a kid
known only for his quick hands
and a will to survive.
TODAY Spc. Hollis an Opera-
tion Desert Storm veteran is the
United States Forces Command
All-Army and Interservice welter-
weight boxing champion. He is one
of three First Team soldiers vying
for a berth on the Olympic team.
For Hollis a medic with Head-
quarters and Headquarters Com-
pany 3rd Battalion 4lst Infantry
Regiment the rise from street
fighter to potential Olympic Gold
Ijas been a long hard challenge.
“The streets of D.C. are pretty
Wild... a lot of my friends got
killed on them ” said Hollis.
Their lure held a tight grip on him
-[until his best friend was shot in
gang-related violence.
“That (the shooting) persuaded
rhe... I did not want to end up like
that” said Hollis. Considering his
career options dealing drugs or
going into boxing he decided on
the latter.
“My friends said since I was
pretty fast with my hands perhaps
I[ should try boxing” said Hollis
who had relied on his flashing fists
tb survive many street fights
He couldn’t afford most of the
Washington boxing gyms. Hollis
Worked as a clerk in a commissary
Warehouse. He chose a cost-free
gym in Tacoma Park Md. his first
ring experience.
“THEY PUT me with a big guy
and I got beat up” said -Hollis-
Even With gloves and protective
equipment taking a punch hurts
just like a street fight.
After-'that first try-out Hollis
didn’t want to en ter the ring
again. Thenv Hollis’ father Or-
lando reminded Him that self-
motivation had always been a
|f£he Killeen Volleytfail Club
wfyteh includes soldiers Stationed
a
tt*n
csiuse of being on TDY/ or field
cojmmitments the club played well
aifd stayed in the hunf-ffor first
pMce in their pool until late in the
tournament. The Killeen spikers
competed against high-level men’s
BB rated teams from throughout
mm
rritl
Furl Hood/competed j*b. 29 in manding” said Chief Warrant Of-
Sf KVC. -TW is particularly txfe
TaSSrnament at the fltersityu f^ we ^lay in a one.day
Texas in an on10- ___ ho-ur-long tournament- -with as
as eight matches and *16
IDESPITE NOT haw ig three ?
kev' players who were absent be- * a JT '/tP
rpTY^r ij The team played five matches
-tnsp of heme* on TDY or iield*
**•.«
W
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problem.
“You never stick with any-
thing” he told his second eldest of
eight children.
Hollis returned to the gym. Four
fights and w^ns later he found he
didn’t like training but loved win-
ning. To kee^) boxing and winning
he needed a fbetter income. So he
decided to enlist in the Army.
“The recruiter told me if I could
$
really box [that the Army had
programs and a place for me” said
Hollis. 1
He learned things weren’t that
easy. First Hollis had to get basic
soldier skills which he did at Fort
Knox Ky. Afterward came train
ing as a mec|ic at Fort Sam Hout
ton Texas
In early 1986 Hollis arrived in
Garldstedt Gfermany as a medic in
the 4th Battalion 41st Infantry
Regiment. ”'T
“THE INSTALLATION was
trying to build a boxing team”
said Hollis. But again boxing
came second! to the Army’s needs.
Field training and other duties
came first.
By then Hollis’ desire to be a
boxer was so paramount nothing
would stop him.
“I trained^ on my own time.
While the others (fellow soldiers)
were partyinjg I was doing weight
training to increase my strength
hitting the bag... working on my
technique” said Hollis.
He went to the library reading
everything tye could find on box-
ing. Also if there was a fight on
Armed Forces Network television
Hollis videotaped the match for
later study.
By the time Hollis left Germany
he had a record 23-0 boxing in
smokers and competing in tourna-
ments in Europe* .The only crown
he didn’t compete for was the 1988
U.S. Army Europe Championship
rt: “My hand was broken and the
unit was preparing to return to
shortages became a deciding factor
in the team’s tournament loss.
“Playing at this high leveUpf
competition is tremendously de-
fiber
-Mi ucei Jack RogbrSj•player/coach
(10 games).
“At the end of our third majsch.
we were in first place. But our
lack of depth was too much :to
overcome in our last two matches.
We still managed to finish a re-
Dp rateu ueama uum i^iuuguuuu TT f®-- -.
the Lone Star Region '»which inP spectable third our pool of six T^the ^year^ for the KVC /(spikers.
clpdes southern Texap” Teams teams just otit* fof the Play°ffs. Even *with difficulty in'fielding a
cdftie from Ban Anton^( Corpus however. ^B set lirieup ibecause of military.coin-
Christi Port Lavaca and Beeville. There were two six-team pools mitments they have had success
In the end player substitute in the playoffs and 12 teams in the thus far usually making the play-
Capt. Jeff Mrochek 6th Cav Bde smashes an outside set past an attempted block.
to Olympic ^trials
Vsp&i'
I
if
the States” said Hollis.
Fort Hood was a blessing for
Hollis. For the first time in his
amateur boxing career he had a
chance to train full-time under a
respected experienced cOach.
“A couple of days after I re-
turned from. leave Command Sgt.
Major Higgins told me. go to the
gym and see about joining the
boxing team” said Hollip.
IT DIDN’T take Hollis long to
meet Jesse Revalo Fort Hood Box-
ing Team coach. But iff he thought
Revalo was to welcomb him with
open arms Hollis fount! out differ-
ently.
“It was ‘show me’ [first” said
Hollis of Revalo’s reaction “He
told me to come back later to
tryout and show him I deserved a
place on. the team.” Three boxers
and nine rounds later Hollis
earned a place on the team. ___
For the next two years. Hollis
fought and trained with the boxing-
team. Then the Army’s needs took
priority over his budding boxing
“ALL USVBA tournaments are
run under strict international
rules. Competition is intense and
played at a high level Rogers
said. :!a
Orlando Hollis (L)j HHC 3rd Bn 41st Inf 1st Cav Div-
deflects aright cross during recent sparing session.
They take trip down south
^^jhdleje^jUgh^level play
'imm
totirnament.
The USVBA conducted the tour-
nameqU'THe USVBA-also"’ runs
powers yolleyball nationydde and
sponsors U.S. Olympic teams.
This is the fourth tournament of
Ralph Samuel/6th Cav Bde
Tom Fuller/lst Cav Div
career. Saddam Hussein invaded
Kuwait and Hollis found himself
in Southwest Asia with the 1st
“Tiger” Brigade 2nd Armored Di-
vision.
“The time in Southwest Asia
gave me a chance to really con-
sider and mentally prepare for
what I wanted to do with my life”
said Hollis. “I decided I really
liked boxing and wanted to stick
with it.”
On return from the war it took
Hollis almost three months to get
physically fit to fight.
Hollis is preparing for the Olym-
pic Trials scheduled for June 10-14
in Worcester Mass.
“I’m going to win. Stamina is
my best weapon. I’ll fight at a fast
pace from the start and tire my
opponents and win the fight in the
third round. That has .been my
strategy in all my fights” said
Hollis.
Six years away from unsafe
streets in Washington D.C. and a
75-6 amateur record motivation
no longer hinders the kid with fast
hands.
Offs and finishing second once
Coach Rogers attributes their
success to each team player’s idedil
'cation.- I
“Our players attend all team
practices on their own time. Each
jplayer paid for his own registra-
tion fees and uniform. This com-
mitment to the team is really evi-
dent as we keep improving-with
bach tournament.
sT “Many players are competing for
the first time at this level. Some
have played only company-level
Iburnaments on post before this
year” Rogers said.
The team players aren’t all new-
cqjners^to high-level volleyball
competition. Rogers is a six-:year
veteran with the All-Army Vol-
leyball Team three years on the
All Armed Forces squad [has
played internationally with a Ger-
man team while stationed in Stut-
tgart and has won several pro-
style beach doubles tournaments
at Virginia Beach.
OTHER players who have been
or are Fort Hood team members
include Carl Allen a two-time1 All-
Army player who (unfortunately
for the team) was reassigned to
Korea and Mark Mathison who
attended the All-Army tryouts last
ik year but was injured arid unable to
play.
Two players Richard Reed and
Ralph Samuel were first-time
starters in the tournament which
was also their first time playing
full games.
“They both filled in extremely
well” Rogers said.
This mixture of experience and
skill combined with enthusiasm
and commitment should continue
to produce winning results for Fort
Hood’s Killeen Volleyball Club.
Players with USVBA or college-
level experience who would like to-
tryout for the team should contact-
CWO Rogers at 288-2321.
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