APRIL 26Roller derby scrimmage

Fort Hood’s Hell on Wheels Roll-er Derby League will hold a scrim-mage at 3 p.m. April 26 at Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area’s Live Oak pavilion.

This jam-packed, energy-filled scrimmage is free with paid admission to the park.

MAY 2Mayweather v Pacquiao fight

Fort Hood’s Directorate of Fam-ily and Morale, Welfare and Rec-reation will host a free fight night watch party for the pay-per-view boxing match of Floyd Mayweath-er and Manny Pacquiao May 2 at the Backbone Lounge inside the Phantom Warrior Center.

The doors open at 7 p.m., and the event is open to all 18 and over.

The fight will be displayed on 14 42-inch flat panel TVs, and there will be free shuffleboard, ping pong, pool and popcorn. Various snack foods and drinks will be available to purchase.

The Phantom Warrior Center, Bldg. 194, is located on 37th Street.

For more information, call 532-5073.

ONGOINGAbrams gym

The renovations of Abrams Physical Fitness Center are com-plete, and the entire facility, to include the pool, is available for usage.

The hours are from 5 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. on the weekends and training holidays.

Abrams gym, Bldg. 23001, is located on 62nd Street between 761st Tank Battalion Avenue and Support Avenue.

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Bataan Death March survivor, Col. Ben Skardon, 97, from Clemson, S.C., crossed the finish line for the eighth time during the Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 22. Skardon marched 8.5 miles flanked by more than 30 supporters from “Ben’s Brigade,” friends and family who have marched with Skardon the past eight years and wear Clemson University orange, Skardon’s alma mater.

Photos by Sgt. Marcus Fichtl, 24th Press Camp

Survivor completes march

BY TIM HIPPSIMCOM Public Affairs

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Staff Sgt. Aaron Sieracki came out of competitive wrestling retirement to win three match-es. Armed Forces wrestling rookie Pvt. Michael Hooker struck gold in his first tournament against Marines, Airmen and Sailors.

They represented the old and the new as All-Army won its 14th consecutive Armed Forces Wres-tling Champion-ship, March 28-29, at the Morale, Wel-fare and Recreation Special Events Cen-ter at Fort Carson.

“Fourteen in a row is great,” said All-Army head coach Shon Lewis, who led Soldiers to all those titles. “The last one feels just as good as the first one – even better, because it’s fresh.”

Lewis, an Olym-pic wrestling coach who also leads wrestlers in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program at Fort Carson, accom-plished the coaching feat after completing a 10-year Army career on the mat.

U.S. Army WCAP Olympian and two-time World medalist Sgt. Justin Lester and WCAP Sgt. Caylor Williams also won their Greco-Roman divisions for the Black and Gold.

In freestyle competition, WCAP Soldiers Sgt. Max Nowry, Capt. William Simpson, Sgt. Vlad Dombrovsky, Sgt. Moza Faye and Pfc. Victor Terrell won their respective weight classes.

Several Soldiers also earned silver medals: Sgt. Jamel John-son, Capt. Jon Anderson, Spc. Matthew Lamb and Nowry in

freestyle; along with Nowry, Johnson, Anderson and Lamb in Greco-Roman.

The tournament was contest-ed in a round-robin format of dual team matches between All-

Army, All-Marine Corps, All-Air Force and All-Navy wres-tlers competing in three Greco-Roman matches March 28, followed by three freestyle matches March 29.

The Army rolled to Greco-Roman victories by scores of 29-4 over Navy, 34-0 over Air Force, and 24-9 over Marine Corps. In freestyle, Army won 27-12 over Air Force, 35-4 over Navy, and 22-14 over Marine Corps.

In the overall team standings, Army prevailed with 172 points, followed by Marine Corps (121), Air Force (80) and Navy (70).

Hooker, a three-time Tennessee high school cham-

pion, attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on an ROTC grant. He made his mark in the 71-kilogram Greco-Roman division with an 8-0 technical fall victory over Marine Corps 1st Lt. Robby Neill. He also pinned Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald Latimer of the USS Amer-ica at San Diego in 2 minutes, 29 seconds, and pinned Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Vottero of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, in 38 seconds.

“He’s a young gun, and it’s very encouraging to see how he’s progressing and where he’s come from since November,” Lewis said. “I’m excited to see what happens with him over the next

Army wins 14th-straight Armed Forces crown

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Fourteen in a row is great. The last one feels just as good as the first one – even better, because it’s fresh.

– All-Army head coach

Shon Lewis

Fort Hood Dolphins head coach Ali Figgat works with swimmers during practice Monday at the Abrams Physical Fitness Center pool. Figgat joined the team as an assistant coach in the summer of 2014 and moved on to become the team’s head coach during the Dolphins’ hiatus.

Photos by Daniel Cernero, Sentinel Sports Editor

BY DANIEL CERNEROSentinel Sports Editor

The completion of renovations to the Abrams Physical Fitness Center pool at the end of Febru-ary meant the post’s youth swim team, the Fort Hood Dolphins, could return from hiatus.

On a break since the outdoor pools closed in October, the once facility-less swim team now has things fully up and running.

“It’s so nice to be back,” said head coach Ali Figgat, who assumed the reins from former

head coach, Vanessa Cintron, who will soon be moving away from Fort Hood. Cintron has remained on as an assistant coach to help out for the time being.

“It was really disappointing last fall to close down,” Figgat continued, “because all of our kids were just getting back to their strokes, and they were get-ting more comfortable – we were going to meets and kids were dropping times.”

In the interim, the team’s staff

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Fort Hood Dolphins head coach Ali Figgat looks on as swimmers work through individual strokes during practice Monday at the Abrams Physical Fitness Cen-ter pool. The team returned from break once the pool reopened.See Swim, D5