IDE 2008 Kickball Kickball Championship and Bragging Rights

IOWA Defeats UNI in First Ever IDE President’s Cup Challenge.

Iowa City: On a cool, crisp spring day, with winds topping fifteen miles an hour, the Panthers of College Hill Lutheran, Cedar Falls, took on the Hawkeyes of St. Paul’s Lutheran Chapel, Iowa City, in a game which separates men from boys and women from girls: kickball.

Now some of you may be thinking, “Kickball? Isn’t that a game for little kids?” Well, yes it is, but that’s beside the point, especially when the prize is the IDE President’s Cup; an honest to goodness cup from which the IDE President had recently sipped tea! What college student in his or her right mind wouldn’t want a crack at winning that? The college students at our two IDE campus ministries did and so they went for it.

It was nine innings of throwing, kicking, sliding, and being plugged with the ball and let this be known: Those Panthers know how to plug someone with a kickball! For four innings the score remained close, but then the Panthers rallied. They went up on the Hawkeyes 12 to 6, but the Hawkeyes would not give up. By playing small ball, the Hawkeyes nibbled away at the lead until they beat the Panthers 18 to 16.

Highlights of the game included:

• The awesome pitching of Rev. John “Rubber Arm” Wegener, who turned in a complete game, allowing no walks.
• St. Paul’s outfield, which caught more fly balls than they dropped.
• The Panthers “College Hill Lutheran Kickball” purple T-shirts.
• The Hawkeye Huddles and cheers.
• Rescuing the ball from Willow Creek, time and time again.
• The grilled brats and dogs and of course, THE CAKE!

This was the first time in a long time that our two campus ministries have gotten together for an event. Beginning next September the two groups plan to met at least once a semester for fun, fellowship, study, and, of course, another game of kickball to decide who shall house the IDE President’s Cup.