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Photo Gallery: Ferndale Youth Assistance Team Kicks the Competition

Five teams from the community came out to play a friendly game of kickball.

 
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City team player Jeff Komisarz, who works for Ferndale Recreation, kicks the ball foul during the Nonprofit Kickball Tournament on Saturday at Martin Road Park.

Five teams played Saturday in a Nonprofit Kickball Tournament at Martin Road Park.

Teams included:

  • Ferndale Community Foundation, captained by Dan Martin (White)
  • FernCare Free Clinic, captained by Cindy Willcock (Green)
  • Ferndale Youth Assistance, captained by Dianna Smith (Red)
  • City of Ferndale team, captained by Julie Hall (Yellow)
  • Friends of the Library, captained by Kevin Deegan-Krause (Gray)

Ferndale Youth Assistance took the trophy home, winning all of their games. The City of Ferndale won second place and FernCare took third.

The 50/50 raffle was a success with Joann Willcock having the winning ticket. However, she donated her winnings back to the pot. All of the money raised will be split equally between the four nonprofits -- Ferndale Youth Assistance, FernCare, the Ferndale Community Foundation, and the Friends of the Ferndale Library.

Organizer and captain of the Friends of the Ferndale Library Matt Nowaczok said that the final amount hasn't been tallied yet. "It was a great event but it wasn't about the money," he said. "It was about getting employees of the city and community members out together."

Nowaczok said he hopes that next year he'll be able to expand the Nonprofit Kickball Challenge and incorporate more teams.

Ann Heler

9:38 am on Monday, August 15, 2011

This was so much fun! Thanks to all for participating. We are definitely going to try to take the trophy back next year!
Ann Heler

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Dan Martin

10:58 am on Monday, August 15, 2011

It was a great day! We are definitely going to win a game next year!

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Kevin Deegan-Krause

12:53 pm on Monday, August 15, 2011

From WikiAnswers:
Does sliding into first base make you reach base faster?
Most novices and experts alike think the answer is "no":
Doing this has to be one of the least intelligent moves in all of sports.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_sliding_into_first_base_make_you_reach_base_faster#ixzz1V7Km2vj2

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Greg Pawlica

1:00 pm on Monday, August 15, 2011

Kevin, I don't think the objective is so much getting to the base faster as it is to avoid being tagged 'out', When you slide, your body is (obviously) lower to the ground...which forces the second baseman to reach further to tag you. Your foot (smaller mass) will reach the base before your body (larger mass) will.

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Terry Parris Jr.

1:01 pm on Monday, August 15, 2011

Haha! But, Kevin, you looked cool doing it... and you got on base.

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