Sergeant First Class Curtis Mayo of Bend, Ore., organized an APA team called Havoc. The team consists of all Non Commissioned Officers from HHT 1-82 Cavalry. He works with each of these soldiers on a day-to-day basis and they’ve always heard him come in and talk about the great time he had the night before at APA League. So, they decided to get together and form an “all guard” team. They even had shirts made that show their unit affiliation and Host Location, The Loyal Order of the Moose, LOOM #384. The shirts also include the team member’s nicknames. The team began playing together in Summer Session 2011 and for most members of the team, it was their first session with APA. They definitely plan to continue playing, even adding 9-Ball to their line-up for the Fall Session!

“We decided that because we are all in the Army and work well together we would make a formidable team in anything we do and since APA has ‘the Equalizer’ we could compete and win. And as YOUR military, we want to win in everything we do!” Mayo said.

Team Havoc was able to play some pool together on base and while deployed to Baghdad. Curtis has been in the military for 26 years, and has known each member of the team a different amount of time, meeting them as early as 2000. In addition to Curtis, other teammates include SFC Ellten Davis, SSG Josh Mosley, SSG Dale Beshara, SGT Justin Day, SGT Alex Zhang and SGT Steve Oxford.

“When we work, we work hard and when we play, we play hard. In everything we do, we have and always will come out on top,” Mayo said. “We enjoy playing in the APA League as it allows us a chance to play and consequently learn from higher level players, improving our ability to be the best. The APA makes us a better team!!”<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /?>