Competition soars during Ellsworth basketball tournament

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  • By Airman 1st Class Hrair H. Palyan
  • 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. --  Tension mounted as teams competed during the second, third and fourth weeks of Ellsworth's 2013 Intramural Basketball League tournament in the Bellamy Fitness Center, Feb. 11 to 28.

During February, all 10 teams in the league had an opportunity to face off against each other, with some teams setting themselves apart from the rest of the competition.

The competition is fierce, according to Airman 1st Class Richard Gere, 28th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems technician, who plays for the 28th CES team (B).

"We've been putting in a lot of work to pull these victories," explained Gere whose team has a five-game winning streak going into week 5. "Everybody on our team wants to make our squadron proud. Our plan is to keep up the intensity until this tournament finishes later in March, and bring it home during the finals."

Results from action Feb. 11-14:

28th CES(B) over 28th FSS, 56-25
28th CES(A) over 432nd ATKS, 58-27
28th LRS over 28th FSS, 40-33
28th SFS over 28th CS, 75-40
28th AMXS over 28th MDG, 67-61
28th CES(A) over 28th OSS, 56-46
28th CES(B) over 432nd ATKS, 67-35
28th CES(A) over 28th AMXS, 56-52

Results from action Feb. 18-21

28th LRS over 432nd ATKS, 61-40
28th CES(B) over 28th OSS, 51-34
28th MDG over 28th CS, 49-38
28th SFS over 28th FSS, 63-23
28th CES(B) over 28th AMXS, 48-31
28th OSS over 28th LRS, 68-50

Results from action Feb. 25-28

28th SFS over 432nd ATKS, 62-23
28th CS over 28th FSS, 51-48
28th CES(A) over 28th MDG, 54-42
28th SFS over 28th OSS, 51-23
28th MDG over 28th FSS, 75-40
432nd ATKS over 28th CS, 54-51
28th AMXS over 28th LRS, 53-38
28th CES(B) over 28th CES(A), 51-48

Games are scheduled Monday through Friday from 5 to 8 p.m., and will continue until March 16. For more information, or to volunteer as a basketball official, call Steve Reffey, 28th FSS intramural sports director, at (605) 385-2264.