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Kentucky Sports Park D Qualfier 4/18
April 18, 2004 --
April 18, 2004 -- We finished 1-2 in a D Qualifier at Kentucky Sports Park. We faced Mike Foulks/Saints and JLC Softball in our round robin bracket. We started off losing to the Saints 10-7. We then hung on to defeat JLC Softball 13-12 after jumping out to an early 9-0 lead. We started the one and out tourney against Pasquales and lost 10-8.
Hitting Leaders for the Tournament
Shawn Donaghy- 9-10 9rbis, 4 runs
Marc Covey- 7-11 7runs
Matt Magee- 8-10 6runs
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5/1 D NIT @ Expressway
We finished 1-1 in a rain shortened NIT May 1st at Expressway. We started off the tournament with a 17-6 win over McGuffy's Pub out of Dayton, OH. We were matched against Winghouse out of Akron, OH next. Our sticks were not there as we lost a close one 5-3. Our next matchup was supposed to be against Jefferson Roofing in the losers bracket but mother nature shortened the tourney. Sunday morning the loser bracket was dropped and only the winner bracket was too be played if weather permitted.
Hitting Leaders for the tourney:
Andy Gebelt 4-6 2runs, 4rbis
Shawn Sproles 4-6, 3runs, 3rbis
Mike Sellet 3-4, 3runs, 2rbis
Randy Kimble 2-3, 2runs, 2rbis
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5/8 D Qualifier @ Rivershore
We finished 2-2 in a D Qualifier at Rivershore this weekend. We ended up taking 3rd place for the tourney. We opened up laying a egg against Mount Trent Masonry 16-3. They jumped out early 9-0 after the first and coasted after that. The big loss that game was an injury to the "Chief". He ended up fracturing(slight) his leg. He will be missed for 4 weeks. We then rebounded and beat the eventual tourney champs, Hofrabraus 20-13. After that big win, we tried walking through our next game and did not wake up until late, in losing to Electric Masters 15-5. We finished the tourney with a 11-8 victory over Our Place Too. We played the tourney without are 3-4-5 hitters and without our number 2 hitter for the last two games. Overall not a bad showing, the good news is that Jeremy Newberry (attending police academy) our leadoff hitter last year,played his first full tourney with us and will be playing a little more with us the rest of the year.
Hitting Leaders for the tourney:
Marc Covey 9-14, 7runs
Jeremy Newberry 8-13, 6runs, 5rbis
Brian Stewart 9-13, 9rbis
Matt Magee 6-8, 5runs
Coach Cranfield 2-3, 2runs, 2rbis
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5/22 D Qualifier at Riverstar
We finished 3-0 in a D Qualifier at Riverstar this weekend. This tourney win was big, as it was our first of the seasons. We run ruled every team, outscoring our opponents 60-14. First game we started off against the Wiffleballers. We put up 4 runs in the first and second. We then finished it off in 5 innings 13-3. We were then matched against BW3's/Team Extreme. We put up 7 runs the the top of the 1st agains them. We hit well all game and ended up winning 22-6 in five innings. We finished the round robin up against the Redneck Auto. They are a young team and fought hard, but were shorthanded playing with only nine. With a 15-5 victory over them in 5 innings we brought our overall record this year to 1-2, playing against teams with nine people. Overall the team played hard and hit all day long. The other two teams in the qualifier were Troxlein and Oasis. We played our games early and left, so I am not sure who finished second.
Hitting Leaders for the tourney:
Mike Sellet 10-10, 7runs
Chad Johnson 11-11, 6runs, 5rbis
Shawn Sproles 7-8, 8rbis
Matt Magee 8-12, 7runs, 5rbis
Marc Covey 8-12, 8runs
Shawn Donaghy 7-10, 7runs, 7rbis
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USSSA City Slam
May 31, 2004 --
We finished 4-2 in the USSSA City Slam. The tourney was divided up into a round robin, then from there you were seeded into a two and out tourney. We started off the round robin with a 25-10 victory over Boyd Chiropratic. They were up 10-3 going into the fourth but we put up 10 and then another 10 in the fifth. Our next game was against Proud Roosters. We won in five innings 15-5. We finished off the round robin against the other undefeated team in our bracket. We scored two in the bottom of the 7th to stay alive. Then won in with three straight two out hits. All these games were played Sat at Eggleston
In the two and out tourney. We were matched agains Bobcat Trucking at Rumpke on Sunday. We did not hit at all, but our defense carried us to a 7-1 victory. We then moved to Eggleston on Monday. Our first game was against Archies we fell 7-5. We then were matched up against Johnson and Nash. We lost that one in five innings 16-6. Sticks were not there on Monday and it was frustrating.
Hitting Leaders for the tourney:
Mike Sellet 13-21, 3hrs, 10 rbis
Chad Johnson 15-21, 1hr, 12 rbis
Matt Magee 14-22, 10 runs
Marc Covey 14-22, 9runs
Shawn Donaghy 14-21, 1hr, 9rbis, 8 runs
General Fernbach 11-20, 2hrs, 11rbis
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6/12 D NIT at Eggleston
June 12, 2004 --
We finished 4-2 in the Bat Wars D NIT. That placed us 12th out of 42 teams. We started off the tourney with a huge setback, losing 9-0 to The Machinist. We then rolled off four wins in a row in the loser bracket. First was a 13-10 victory over GMC, next was a 16-9 victory over Dayton/TPS. We ended late Saturday night with a forfeit against Get Ugly. We came back early Sunday morning to beat Our Place Too 10-2. We then ran into Sneaky Pete's Mudhens. We hung close until the 4th (6-3), then they exploded. We lost that game 23-4.
We were the 4th to last NKY team to be left in the tourney.
Hitting Leaders for the tourney:
Mike Sellet 10-14, 9rbis
Andy (Chief) Gebelt 15-19, 6rbis
Doug Buford 9-14, 5 rbis
Mark Covey 12-18
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6/18 D NIT in Ft Knox
June 18, 2004 --
We finished 5-2 in the D NIT at Ft. Knox this weekend. We ended up placing 2nd out of 20. We started off with a forfeit win over Midniters/5 Star Builders. We were then matched against a local team Hofbrahaus. We ended up winning that one 19-8 in 5 innings. We then played Mt. Trent Masonry out of IN. We trailed 14-10 going into the 7th. We put a run together but fell one run short losing 14-13. We played Kucoloke next. We jumped out early and continued to hit winning 19-8 in 6 innings.
We started Sunday off matched against New Breed out of Louisville. We went into the top of the 7th trailing 8-6. We plated 4 and held on to win 10-8. We then got another crack at Mt. Trent who put us in the losers bracket. We jumped out hitting and did not stop. We won the game 23-6 in 4 innings. We then played the other Midniters team, Midniters/Roof Concepts. We ended up a run short losing in the bottom of the 7th 13-12.
Congratulations to Mike Sellet, Shawn Dongahy, and Doug Buford for making the All-Tournament team.
Hitting Leaders for the tourney:
Mike Sellet- 18-23, 10rbis, 13runs
Doug Buford- 15-22, 12rbis, 12runs
Shawn Donaghy- 14-21, 10rbis, 10runs
Mark Covey- 16-24, 10runs
Brian Duncan- 12-21, 11rbis
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6/25 D NIT in Dayton, OH
June 25, 2004 --
We finished 0-2 in the D NIT in Dayton this weekend. First game we played Dayton/TPS for the second time in two weeks. We jumped out early but could not hang on losing 12-11. We were then matched up against Troy Sports. Same thing, we jumped out early but could not hang up. We lost this one 9-8. Our last four NIT losses have been by 1 run each game.
Hitting Leaders for the tourney:
Only played two games and with no wins, there are none too mention.
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7/10 D NIT at Rivershore
July 10, 2004 --
We finished 1-1 in a rain shortened D NIT this weekend at Rivershore. We won our first game vs Ranch INC. 29-6. Then Mother Nature came and washed away Saturday night. They cancelled the losers bracket and brought the sixteen undefeated teams back Sunday. We play Big Sonny's out of Central Ohio. We led until the fifth inning. They put up a seven spot and we could not recover. We ended up losing 15-10. We did end up tied for 9th out of 36. That is another top 10 finish in a NIT.
Hitting Leaders:
Only played two games, so none to talk about. Mike Sellet did go a perfect 8-8.
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7/17 D Qualifier at Kentucky Sports Park
July 17, 2004 --
We won our second qualifier this weekend at Kentucky Sports Park. We went 4-1 to capture the championship. It was a six team tourney. We play Muggbees first in our first of two round robin games. We came hitting early and often and won in 5 innings 27-6. We were then matched against the Latonia Merchants. We did not hit at all as we were shutout 11-0 in 5 innings. We finished second in our three team bracket, and began the one and out tourney.
We were matched against Dixon the first game. We took a little while to get rolling, but finally got the lead for good in the fifth and rolled to a 22-10 victory. We were then matched against Blue Collar in the semis. Neither team could find the stick and we hung on for a 3-1 victory. In the championship we were matched again against Latonia Merchants. They put up 5 runs in the top of the 1st, we then answered with six of our own in the bottom half. We hung on to the lead after that, with a couple scares. We ended up winning 13-12.
Hitting Leaders:
Mark Covey- 12-19, 7 runs
Shawn Donaghy- 13-18, 10 rbis
Brian Duncan- 11-16
Mike Sellet- 11-19, 12 runs
Limited Action:
Andy Gebelt- 7-9, 9 rbis
Chad Johnson- 5-7, 4 rbis
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7/24 D NIT at Kolping
July 24, 2004 --
We played in the D Nit at Kolping this weekend. We continued our streak of losing NIT games by 1 run. We started the round robin portion of the tourney losing to JLC 3-2 in the bottom of the 7th. We were then matched against the Hitmen. They took a 14-7 lead into the 7th and we mounted a late charge only to fall a run short. The final of that game was 14-13. We finished off the round robin with another tough game versus the Cincinnati Playmakers. We scored two in the top of the 7th to send the game to extra innings. We plated two in the eighth and held on for a 10-8 win.
We were matched against MOB Softball in the one and out tourney. We continued with the momentum and grabbed a 14-8 victory. We were then matched against JLC in the semis of the teams at Kolping. This game went 10 innings as every time we grabbed a lead they fought back. We took a 2 run lead into the bottom of the tenth only to see JLC score three two win the game.
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7/31 D Quallfier at Kolping
July 31, 2004 --
We played in a D Qualifier at Armco Park this weekend. It was a three game round robin. We started off the tourney flat and lost to a good Mitchell's Towing team 11-3. We were then matched up with the Hitmen who beat us the previous week in a D NIT. We scored nine in the first and held off a late charge to win 15-9. We then faced Clarks Auto in the last game. We were playing for first or last. We hit well and fielded better to win the game 12-4. That victory gave us the championship as Mitchells lost their next two games.
Hitting Leaders:
Mike Schanding- 4-7 4rbis
Mark Covey- 9-11
Shawn Donaghy- 8-10
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8/7 D Qualifier at Kolping
August 7, 2004 --
We played in a D Qualifier at Kolping this weekend. It was a three game round robin. We started off the tourney with a forfeit win over Clark's Auto. We were then matched against USB in game two. We came out hitting early grabbing a 10-2 lead after two. USB came back to grab a two run lead after a 14 run inning. We then put up 9 in the top of the sixth and held on for a 22-18 victory. Our third game was against Our Place Too. Both of us were 2-0 so the title was on the line. They put up 7 in the first and did not look back after that. They ended up winning the game 15-6. We captured second with, USB finishing third
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D State Tourney at Rivershore
August 14, 2004 --
Well this week was the state tournament. We started the tourney off with a bang smashing Schultz Builders 18-3 in 5 innings. We were then matched against defending state champ Dinos. It was a highly intense affair, as we went into the bottom of the 7th tied. Dinos scored one run in the bottom to win the game 9-8. We were pitted against the Blackhawks in the loser bracket. We came out hot leading 18-4 after four. After a small delay in the game(fight in the stands), they came out hitting. They overcame a three run deficit in the bottom of the 7th to win the game 19-18. Dinos went on to win their second consecutive state title.
Hitting Leaders:
Mike Sellet- 7-9, 6 runs, 5 rbis
Chris Henke- 7-10, 5 runs, 5 rbis
Chad Johnson- 7-9, 6 rbis
Doug Buford- 6-7, 5 rbis
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8/28 Border War at Rivershore
August 28, 2004 --
We decided to play in the 1st annual Border War this weekend. We wanted to get some swings in before divisionals. We went 1-2 in the tourney.
Our first game we squared off with Team Bring It(the eventual champions). We lost the lead in the 7th and lost 10-7. We were then matched up against Ky Redlegs. We came out hot and rolled to a 21-1 win. ULC(2nd place) was our next matchup. We could not get anything going as we lost 6-3.
Hitting Leaders:
Mike Sellet- 8-10
Shawn Donaghy- 7-10
Mike Schanding- 6-9
Randy Kimble- 6-9
Anthony Coleman- 6-9
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9/28 USSSA D World Tournament
This past weekend was the USSSA D World in Sterling Heights Michigan. This was the first World tourney for everyone on our team. We started off Friday with a 18-3 win over Fastrip out of Missouri. We were then Matched against the #1 seed and eventual World Champ TJ Ferra's out of NY. We held a 1-0 lead until the fourth, but our bats could not get going and they had one good inning to win 10-3. We started off the loser bracket with a local team NKY Lightning. We won this game 9-8 in the bottom of the 7th. Shawn "Hollywood" Donaghy" came through with a two out double to score Andy "Chief" Gebelt. Our last game we were matched against Connexion out of Michigan. We hit nothing this game and lost 10-3.
Overall we finished 2-2, 65th out of 173 teams. We were the last KY team to bow out of the World.
Hitting Leaders:
Brian Duncan
Randy Kimble
Doug Buford
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