Post by thesweeper on Feb 5, 2010 8:58:35 GMT -5
A story about the Fan van on the PBL site...
www.thepbl.com/article.cfm?id=206
LAWTON, Okla. – Since the Frost Heaves started their first season Dick and Linda Rouelle and Don Mandelkorn have been to every game the team has had both at home and away until this season.
The fans had attended 78 games straight , but their record was broken when the Frost Heaves traveled to Puerto Rico on Jan 9.
Mr. Rouelle said that they started following the team when they came into the area and never missed a game in 4 years until Puerto Rico.
“The only reason we really missed the game was because you can’t drive to Puerto Rico,” Mr. Rouelle said.
Mr. and Mrs. Rouelle and Mandelkorn traveled over 2,000 miles to attend their game with the Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry at 2 p.m. on Jan 28 at the Great Plains Coliseum. Traveling to Lawton-Fort Sill, Oklahoma was the longest trip the devoted fans have made to get to a game.
Mrs. Rouelle said that they all just love meeting new people and the fans from the other teams.
“We couldn’t miss the opportunity to meet new people,” Mrs. Rouelle said. “The fans from the other teams are just so interesting and diverse. But we all share a love of basketball and a love for our teams.”
Mrs. Rouelle loves the Frost Heaves so much that she made a picture quilt for the team last year. The quilt had action shots of the players sewn onto it.
Mandelkorn has been a fan for 4 years as well and started following the Frost Heaves right from the beginning.
Mandelkorn said that he loves basketball and that he admires the players and is proud to be a Frost Heaves fan.
“We have a great connection with the players,” Mandelkorn said. “They are great kids who do great things for our community.”
The Vermont Frost Heaves will always have support wherever they go with their followers in tow. The fans and the team next travel 360 miles to Rochester, New York to face the Rochester RazorSharks at 7:35 p.m. on Feb 6.
www.thepbl.com/article.cfm?id=206
LAWTON, Okla. – Since the Frost Heaves started their first season Dick and Linda Rouelle and Don Mandelkorn have been to every game the team has had both at home and away until this season.
The fans had attended 78 games straight , but their record was broken when the Frost Heaves traveled to Puerto Rico on Jan 9.
Mr. Rouelle said that they started following the team when they came into the area and never missed a game in 4 years until Puerto Rico.
“The only reason we really missed the game was because you can’t drive to Puerto Rico,” Mr. Rouelle said.
Mr. and Mrs. Rouelle and Mandelkorn traveled over 2,000 miles to attend their game with the Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry at 2 p.m. on Jan 28 at the Great Plains Coliseum. Traveling to Lawton-Fort Sill, Oklahoma was the longest trip the devoted fans have made to get to a game.
Mrs. Rouelle said that they all just love meeting new people and the fans from the other teams.
“We couldn’t miss the opportunity to meet new people,” Mrs. Rouelle said. “The fans from the other teams are just so interesting and diverse. But we all share a love of basketball and a love for our teams.”
Mrs. Rouelle loves the Frost Heaves so much that she made a picture quilt for the team last year. The quilt had action shots of the players sewn onto it.
Mandelkorn has been a fan for 4 years as well and started following the Frost Heaves right from the beginning.
Mandelkorn said that he loves basketball and that he admires the players and is proud to be a Frost Heaves fan.
“We have a great connection with the players,” Mandelkorn said. “They are great kids who do great things for our community.”
The Vermont Frost Heaves will always have support wherever they go with their followers in tow. The fans and the team next travel 360 miles to Rochester, New York to face the Rochester RazorSharks at 7:35 p.m. on Feb 6.