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September 12, 2012

College Standout Lends Services to CSL Team

Abby Morgan isn’t the typical beer league softballer.

Sure, the native Floridian and shortstop for the Congressional Softball League’s Triskelions is in it for a good time. But she brings to the table a much more polished style of play. This comes from her days as a championship-caliber pitcher for the Lady Bears, the softball team for Washington University in St. Louis.

Her marquee achievement there: contributing to her team’s runner-up finish in the NCAA Division III College Softball World Series in 2007.

A softball player since age 8, Morgan dabbled in other athletic endeavors during her youth. Softball, however, captured her heart.   Full story

By Aaron Guerrero Posted at 11 p.m.
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Congressional League, Player of the Week

June 28, 2012

Softballer Has Long History of Winning

Canon Sobay’s winning credentials are the stuff of softball legends.

The native Michigander and captain of the House Softball League’s Liberty Square Sliders moved to Washington, D.C., almost 10 years ago to work for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Today, he works for Booz Allen Hamilton.

During that decade, he’s won a combined five league championships between his time in the Senate and House softball leagues.

He’s also prevailed four times in the King of the Hill game, which matches the winners of the HSL against the SSL. For three of the four, he was a member of the Senate league.

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By Aaron Guerrero Posted at 12:01 a.m.
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House League, Player of the Week, Senate League

May 22, 2012

Supreme Court Aide Glides on the Field and in the Air

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(Aaron Guerrero/CQ Roll Call)

Derek Kettner can fly around the base pads and the clouds.

On Tuesday night, he manned the mound for Courting Disaster as the team of Supreme Court employees faced off against fellow House Softball League team the Destroyers. The final score resembled a failed, late ’90s duel between Todd Van Poppel and Salomon Torres, 21-14, with the Destroyers prevailing.

Kettner, who fared better at the plate than he did at the mound, will likely shake off the loss with an easygoing flight at the Montgomery County Airport.

Away from his job as a Marshal’s aide to the Supreme Court justices, the Buffalo native flies a Piper Dakota plane. A licensed pilot since 2010, Kettner tries to fly once a week, an aerial escape from the pressures of life in the Beltway.

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By Aaron Guerrero Posted at 10:24 p.m.
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Player of the Week

May 21, 2012

Through Softball, Whiskey Caucus Honors Former Teammate

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(Aaron Guerrero/CQ Roll Call)

On an overcast Monday night, the Whiskey Caucus, a House Softball League team, fell 15-13 to the Three Amigos, a team primarily made up of staffers from the Texas delegation.

But for the Whiskey Caucus, softball isn’t just a game of wins and losses. It’s a way to preserve the memory of a departed teammate.

As Ben Brockschmidt, a staffer in the office of Rep. Timothy Johnson (R-Ill.), told Roll Call that Eric Fatla was a driving force in forming the Whiskey Caucus softball team more than two years ago.

In the early part of 2010, Fatla, a Hill staffer turned George Washington University law student, along with Brockschmidt and others made the collective decision to splinter away from Licensed to IL, another House Softball League team. The decision  took the Whisky Caucus from pure social club to scrappy softball team.

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By Aaron Guerrero Posted at 11:31 p.m.
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House League, Player of the Week

May 15, 2012

Former Hill Staffer Maxes Out on Softball

Chandler Lockhart is a softball junkie.

The first baseman for Dam It, a team mostly made up of players from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lockhart had a stellar night in Tuesday’s 14-13 extra-inning win over the Grunley Bears.

He jump-started his team’s offense with a first inning home run. It was an early sign of how dominant his bat would be throughout. His final line included another bomb and a pair of singles.

Lockhart is currently a senior consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton. Tuesday through Thursday, you can catch him out on the Mall or at Anacostia park playing first base for one of the three teams he’s on. This is his first season playing for three different teams.

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By Aaron Guerrero Posted at 10:18 p.m.
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House League, Player of the Week

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