Hawkeye Heartbreak at Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca (Our side of the story)

The game: Kickball
The teams: The Panthers of College Hill Lutheran verses
The Hawekyes of St. Paul’s Lutheran Chapel.
The stakes: The IDE President’s Cup (A real cup from
which the IDE Pres. has slurped tea.)
The date: Saturday, April 25.
The place: Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca
The conditions: Deplorable. It was cold, wet, and miser-
-able; a day unfit for the great game of
kickball and yet, we played.

We played our Hawkeye hearts out. We played until we bled black and gold, from both knees, but to no avail. When all was said and done and when the last ball had been kicked, the scoreboard read: Panthers 6, Hawkeyes 5. Oh the humanity!

Here’s how it happened. With two outs in the bottom of the 9th, the score reading 6 to 4 in favor of the Panthers, the Hawks had runners at first and second. Our heavy kicker was up – it was a perfect situation, fear filled the Panther hearts. The ball was rolled and kicked. A long fly ball to right field! One run was in, then two. The score was tied and the Hawks had the winning run just 60 feet away. Victory was in our grasp, but then came the call. Seems the ball struck a tree and by Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca’s rules, that’s a ground rule double. One run came off the board as the runner went back to third. But not to fear! Runners on second and third, two outs, all we needed was a ground ball out of the infield and The Cup would be ours. It was a not to be. The ball was popped up for an easy out. The Hawkeye heartbreak began as the Panthers hoisted the IDE President’s Cup in victory!