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NEWS | May 27, 2008

Randolph softball team ranked No. 4 in state

By David DeKunder Staff writer

A Randolph-based softball team finished second at a College Station, Texas, tournament held earlier this month that featured competition from across the state. 

The American Federation of Government Employees 1840 team advanced to the championship game of the coed division at the Budfest Tournament May 3-4. Team AFGE 1840 was the runner-up of 32 teams in the coed division, finishing 5-2 in the double-elimination tournament. 

Budfest had teams competing in four divisions, three for men and one for women. 

Team AFGE 1840 had to play a grueling schedule during the tournament, playing three-straight games on the tournament's last night, a Sunday, not giving them much time to rest for the championship game, which started at 9 p.m. 

The team from Randolph lost to Bulldog Roofing of Fort Worth, 10-0, in the championship game. Bulldog Roofing, which gave Team AFGE 1840 its first loss earlier in the tournament, was the No. 1-ranked team in the state. 

Dwayne Mumaw, Team AFGE 1840 coach, said by performing well at the tournament, his team moved up in the state rankings. 

"We are ranked in the top four in the state in the coed division of the Lone Star Softball rankings," Mr. Mumaw said. 

Team AFGE 1840 had five players selected to the Budfest all-tournament team. They were outfielders Marcus Griffin-Hamilton, Bruce Tarpey and Stacy Robinson and infielders Roger Ramirez and Monika Johncour. 

The team scored an average of 10 runs per game during the tournament, winning by scores of 15-14 in a third-round game and 13-12 in an eighth-inning semifinal game against Kings & Queens of Taylor, Texas, which put Team AFGE 1840 in the championship game. 

Mr. Mumaw said playing together for two seasons paid off for the team at the tournament in College Station. 

"We have good team chemistry and are jelling together," Mr. Mumaw said. "We have played in three tournaments this year and by far Budfest has been our best finish. We were able to get timely hits. We came from behind to win a couple of games in our last at-bats, and our defense played well enough to allow us to come back because we kept our errors to a minimum." 

The team, which is made up of a combination of 16 active-duty, Department of Defense civilians and military retirees, started playing last summer. For a second-year team, Team AFGE 1840 has quickly become one of the top teams in San Antonio and in the state. 

Team AFGE 1840 came into Budfest after having won the spring coed league championship played at Alva Jo Fischer Park in San Antonio, going undefeated with a 10-0 mark. 

The next tournament the team will participate in will be the Bud Light Memorial Day tournament Saturday and Sunday at Time-Warner Park, formerly Ancira Park. 

Team AFGE 1840 will start summer league play in June with the goal of getting ready for a major tournament in the fall. 

"By finishing in the top two at Budfest, we qualified for the World Softball Finals in Florida in September," Mumaw said.