D Qualifier at Pastime
March 6, 2005 --
This weekend we played in the Spring Swing Open D Qualifier at Pastime Park. It was our first tourney together. We started off slow on Saturday in the Round Robin portion of the tourney. We snuck by with a 5-2 win over the Riverbats. We were then matched against Big Balls. We started off hot, then held on for a 14-10 victory. To finish the Round Robin off we were matched against Bobby Mackey's. We played our best game of the day and won this one in 5 innings 17-1. We finished the round robin 3-0.
We came back on Sunday to begin the one and out. Our first game was against Amerigas Heat. We clicked on all cylinders and cruised to a 10-0 victory. Our next opponent was Larry Stein Reality out of Middletown. We jumped out early, then went very cold. We ended up losing momentum and then the game 13-12 in 8 innings.
We finished 5th out 28 teams.
Hitting Leaders:
Chris Kinman- 6-7
Andy "Chief" Gebelt- 15-18
Tom McClanahan- 10-16 11rbis
Mike Sellet- 12-18
Chad Johnson- 10-18 11rbis
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3/19 D Qualifier at Riverstar
March 19, 2005 --
This weekend we played in a rain shortened D Qualifier at Riverstar Park. We started off the tourney with a team called Greenies. We hit early and cruised to a 11-1 short game victory. We were then matched against another NKY team in Our Place Too. They came out hitting early and with the help of some of our miscues they jumed out to a 13-0 lead after the 1st inning. We pulled it together and started to chip into it. The game went the full seven innings, but we failed to overcome their big 1st inning and the six home runs for outs we hit, did not help us. We lost 24-17. Mother Nature then cancelled the tourney as we were getting ready for our next game. We were given a tied for 3rd. This tourney marked the first games of the year for Shawn Donaghy and Doug Buford. The good thing is we were missing five players and still put a good team on the field. We are looking forward to the rest of the year.
Hitting Leaders:
Mike Sellet- 7-8
Tony Pompilio- 6-8
Marc Covey- 5-8
Shawn Donaghy- 5-8
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2nd Annual JLC ASA Spring Classic
March 25, 2005 --
This weekend we played in the 2nd annual JLC Spring Classic ASA Tournament. We started off the tourney matched up against Most Wanted. We hit often and early and won 17-2 in a short game. We were then matched against Bobby Mackeys. It was a close game and we scored two in the bottom of the 7th to send it to extra innings. They came out hitting in the 8th and we fell 15-11. We started off the loser bracket matched against Nazdar. It was a tight game through 4 then we started clicking. We won this one 20-12. Next game was against Wayne Homes. This game was started off a little slow, but woke up in the fourth and held on to a 16-12 victory. Next up we played Lites Out. This was a tight game the whole way. We carried a four run lead going into the top of the 7th. They fought to a tie. In the bottom of the ninth Mike Sellet started off with a triple. Chad Johnson then came up big with the hit to seal the victory 17-16. With no breaks since our Nazdar game we were pitted against Bobby Mackeys for the second time in two days. With a little revenge on our mind, we came out hitting and did not stop. We won this one is a short game 19-9. In the loser bracket finals we were pitted against the Backstabbers. They hit well and we did not even hit. We were tuckered out, but they still outplayed and outhit us. We were shortgamed and shut out 10-0.
We took third in the tourney out of 19 teams with a 5-2 record.
Hitting Leaders:
Mike Sellet 16-24 3hrs, 14rbis, 12runs
Shawn Donaghy 12-19 3hrs, 14rbis
Tony Pompilio- 10-14
Doug Weinel 8-13 13rbis
Andy Gebelt 18-26 11rbis
Mark Covey 12-19
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April 8th and 9th Qualifier
This weekend we decided to play in two qualifiers. One on Saturday at Kolping and one on Sunday at Expressway.
Saturday at Kolping we took second out of 8 teams. We started off the tourney hitting and cruised to a 14-3 short game victory over G.A.F.R. Next game we were matched against The Stars. Again we came out hitting early and often and short gamed this one by a score of 18-6. In the final game of our round robin portion we were matched against Ft Mitchell Sports Bar for the championship of our bracket. We took a 12-5 lead into the top of the 7th to see it disappear. We were down going into the bottom of the 7th but were able to pull it out on bases loaded one out walk. The final score was 13-12. We were matched against Successful Products for the overall tourney championship. We had one bad inning giving up 11 runs. We put a comeback together but it was a little late as we lost 14-10. We took second place and earned an unpaid berth to divisionals.
Hitting Leaders:
Mike Sellet- 12-15
Chris Kinman- 11-15
Dan Weinel- 14-10
Chad Johnson- 12-14 1Hr
Sunday we captured the championship in the D Qualifier at Expressway with a perfect 3-0 record. The first opponent was Grass Roots from Maysville. They rocked us early scoring 11 runs in three games. Going into the bottom of the 5th we were trailing 12-3. We plated 10 runs to take a one run lead and held the score to finish the game 13-12. Doug Buford sparked the comback with a bases loaded clearing triple with two outs. Game two was against the Backyard Boys. We came out flat but hung in there to capture a 9-4 victory. In game three were pitted against our friendly rival JLC for the tourney championship. They held a 7 run lead going into the bottom of the 6th. We closed the gap to two. Going into the bottom of the 7th trailing 8-6 we were sparked by three straight hits. Doug Newton lead off with a double, followed by George Conley's triple and Chad Arthur's single. Chris Kinman knocked in Chad Arthur to seal a victory 9-8.
Hitting Leaders:
Chris Kinman- 7-10
Shawn Donaghy- 6-9
Mark Covey- 5-8
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April 30th D NIT at Expressway
This weekend we played in the D NIT at Expressway Park. Our first round match up was against Team Sting/Miken. Neither team hit well and our gloves took us to a 5-4 victory. In the second round we were pitted against Stiffler out of Colmubus. Again our bats were on a hiatus but our pitching and defense was there and alive. We hung on for a 5-2 victory. Our next opponent was TPE/TPS. It was a pitcher's duel as the score was knotted at 1-1 going into the top of the 7th. They put 5 runs on the board and we could only muster 1 in the bottom to lose 6-2. In our nightcap game we drew Blue Collar. They came out hitting early and capitalized on some of our mistakes. They held a 14-3 lead after 5 innings. We tried to make a comeback but it was too late as we fell 14-7. Overall we finished 2-2 and tied for 9th out of 34 teams. Not bad considering we only averaged five runs a game.
Hitting Leaders:
None to be mentioned.
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May 7th D NIT in Canton Michigan
May 7, 2005 --
The tourney did not start off so good. We lost our pitcher (Pomp) for the day in batting practice. He took a shot off the hand and bruised his thumb. The second play of our first game our second baseman Chris Kinman was hit in the face busting his lip. Off to the hospital he went to get 10 stitches. We played the Goodfellas in game one, still a little stunned from the day's happenings we were flat and lost 10-6. In the first game of the loser's bracket we played Big Hog Softball. We finally woke the bats up, thanks to our burying the bats and ceremony and exploded for a 21-8 victory. Our next opponent was Extreme Softball. We carried the momentum and cruised to a 23-7 victory. Next up was the eventual NIT champions Cal's Softball. We held a small lead going into the fourth. They took the lead in the fourth and then exploded in the fifth beating us in 5 innings 18-3. Overall we finished 2-2 and a ninth place finish out of 30 teams. These were not the results we were looking for but with all the cirumstances we were happy with the outcome.
Hitting Leaders:
Mike Sellet 13-18
George Conley 8-12 8 rbis
Doug Newton 9-16 7 rbis
Shawn Donaghy 9-16
Tom McClanahan 9-16
Mark Covey 11-18
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May 21st and 22nd Qualifiers
May 21, 2005 --
We played two tourneys this weekend. On Saturday we were at Kolping for a D qualifier. We finally had our bats all day and won the tourney. It was a six team tourney with a five game round robin format. We went 5-0, winning all in short games. We started off against Pennys. We used a 8 run fourth to win 15-5. Next up was Pipe Products. We cruised to a 18-6 win. Next up was the Pitchers Mound. We hit early and often, cruising to a 21-3 win. Local team Prime Time was up next. We put them away early with a 12 run first inning. Final score was 14-4. Our last game of the day was for the tourney crown. We had to win to win the tourney. Behind a stellar performance from our defense we blanked Blastech 10-0. Overall for the tourney we outscored our five opponents 77-18
Hitting Leaders:
Chris Kinman- 16-18
Mike Sellet- 15-18 5hrs, 17rbis
Chad Johnson- 12-18
Dan Weinel- 10-14
Sunday we went to Kenton Lakes to play in a eight team D qualifier. We took second place. We started off the competition against the Nasty Boys. Our sticks were still alive as we won this one in 5 innings 20-5. Next up was Steffen Elevators. Trailing after three, we woke the bats up again in the fourth and won this one 16-6. In the winner finals we were pitted against our friendly rival JLC. They jumped on us early. We made a comeback going into the bottom of the fifth being down 11. We cut it to 4 only to see them add some more. Final score was 17-11. In the loser bracket final was Bobby Mackey's. We jumped out early and took this one in 5 innings 11-1. Off to the championship game we went to face JLC. We held a 9-2 lead, then they closed the gap to one run. Going into the bottom of the 7th we were up two runs, only to see the lead and the game slip away. We lost 13-12.
Hitting Leaders:
Doug Buford- 6-8
Shawn Donaghy- 9-14
James Evans- 9-15
Mark Covey- 10-16
George Conley- 10-16
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May 28 Indy D NIT
This weekend we traveled to Indy for a D USSSA NIT. After a couple of wrong turns and almost going to Chicago we arrived a half hour before our first game. We were matched against Stixx Softball, we came out strong putting up 12 runs in the first. We cruised to a 24-9 victory. Next up was a local team the Nasty Boys. It was a tight game throughout. We put up three in the top of the seventh and took the game 10-7. In the semifinals of the winner's bracket Rookies was our next opponent. We took a one run lead into the top of the 7th only to see them plate four runs. We lost 8-5. We rebounded against a very good Laria Chevrolet team. We took a big lead early then hung on for a 14-8 victory. In the loser bracket semis we were matched against our second local team. Our Place Too put up 7 in the top of the 1st. We plated 6 in the bottom of the 1st. They continued to hit and we had trouble coming up with key hits. They ended up beating us 23-8.
Overall we finished 4th with a 3-2 record. There were 16 teams in the tourney.
Hitting Leaders:
Dan Weinel- 12-18
Shawn Donaghy- 11-17
Scott Osborne- 11-17
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C Qualifier at Kolping
June 4, 2005 --
This weekend we went up to Kolping for a C qualifier. There were five teams total in it (3 D teams, 2 C teams). We went 4-0 capturing our third title this year.
Game 1 was against Ky Blue. We plated four in the first thanks to a three run bomb by the Chief. We hit well and Pomp pitched great limiting them to one run. We won 13-1 in five innings. Next up was M & S Drywall a C team out of Ohio. We put up seven in the first. Then plated 6 in the fourth. Pomp continued to keep hitters off balance and we won this one in five 14-2. Game three was against Nolan Ford. They took a lead going into the fourth. We plated ten runs with two outs to take command of the game. Sellet hit a three run bomb in the inning. We held on from there and won 17-9. Game 4 was agains Team Saints/Mizuno. We already had the championship clinced but played a tough game anyway. We took this game 9-4, thanks to home runs from the Chief and Hollywood.
Hitting Leaders:
Andy "Chief" Gebelt- 10-12 2 hrs
Mike Sellet- 11-14 2 hrs
Shawn Donaghy- 6-10 2 hrs
George Conley- 5-7
Doug Buford- 6-9
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6/11 Batwars D NIT
June 11, 2005 --
This weekend was the Batwars D NIT. We finished 17th out of 39 teams. We were disappointed with the outcome. We lost to the 3rd and 5th place team in the bottom of the 7th innings.
Game one was against M&M Construction. We were hot and cruised to a 21-6 win. Next up was Evil Sports. We took a one run lead in the 7th inning only to see them put us away with two in the bottom of the 7th. We were knocked out of the tourney by HLS Bonding out of Columbus. We took a 11-7 lead into the bottom of the 7th only to see them get 7 straight hits to beat us.
Hitting Leaders:
Andy Gebelt- 8-10
George Conley- 7-10
Dan Weinel- 6-7
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Ft Knox Nit, 6/18
June 18, 2005 --
This weekend we traveled down to Ft Knox for a USSSA D NIT. The tourney started off great for us as we beat Zeppsters out of Louisville 12-7. Next up was Isonberg Concrete with one NIT win under their belt. We did not hit until the 7th. The only problem was that they had a 14-3 lead going into the bottom of the 7th. We fell short in our late run losing 14-10. In our next game it was the same. We were matched up against the Chiefs. They held a 15-1 lead going into the bottom of the 7th. We again made a late surge putting up 10 runs, but fell short losing 15-11. We finished 5th out of the 16 team field.
Hitting Leaders:
Shawn Sproles- 6-8
Mike Sellet- 7-10
George Conley- 5-8
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July 2, 2005 --
This weekend we traveled to Columbus In, for a D NIT. We started off the tourney with a 9-8 victory over Boom Softball. Game two we were matched against Problem Drinkers. We won this 10-9. In the semis of the winner's bracket we faced Zeppsters out of Louisville. We lost 9-2. We were knocked out of the tourney by TPE 11-7. Our defense was good for most of the day, but we had no offense. We finished 5th with a 2-2 record. Zeppsters won their second straight NIT with TPE finishing 1st.
Hitting Leaders:
Doug Newton- 7-10
Chris Kinman- 8-11
Mike Sellet- 8-13
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July 9, 2005 --
This weekend we played in a D NIT at Rivershore. We started off the tourney with a victory over Happy Hour out of Toledo. We hit early and cruised to a 14-7 victory. Next up was New Breed out of Louisville, just like last year when we played them, this came was won with the last at bat. We overcame a 6 run deficit and won the game in the bottom of the 8th with a Dan Weinel two out single, 10-9. Game three was a spirited battle against American Legino as there were some on field fireworks in the first inning. After things got under control it was a tough loss for us. We lost 19-18n in the bottom of the 7th. American Legion overcame a 6 run lead in the bottom of the 6th, then won the game in the 7th. We came back Sunday shorthanded and wounded to face our friendly rivals TPE. We hung on to win this and finally beat them 9-7. Next up was Highview Barber out of Louisville. Another tough game as we won this one 10-9. Next up was HLS Bonding out of Columbus, we were beat up and they took this one 11-8. We finished 4-2 and 5th out of 34 teams.
Hitting Leaders:
James Evans
Shawn Sproles
Shawn Donaghy
Andy Gebelt
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July 23, 2005 --
Not much to say hear. We went 0-2 and finished 17th out of 28 teams. Thank god for a first round bye. We lost to Team Crush 11-3, then American Legion Bomb Squad 14-8.
No Hitting Leaders
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D Qualifiers at Riverstar and Nky Sports Park
July 30, 2005 --
We played in two different qualifiers this weekend. We needed to get our 1000pts for our at large berth for the world tourney. We managed to do so.
Sat we played at Riverstar in a qualifier (2-1) 3rd place; 4 teams
Backstabbers-W 13-12
Insanity- W 23-3
Blue Collar- L 21-11
Sun we played at Nky Sports Park in a qualifier (3-1) 1st place; 5 teams
Good Guys- L 9-8
Prime Time- W 16-3
Hurricanes- W 15-5
S & A Show- W 12-2
Hitting Leaders for the weekend:
George Conley- 24-36
James Evans- 22-33
Dan Weinel- 15-18
Mark Covey- 12-15
Shawn Sproles- 12-17
Chris Kinman- 18-30
Shawn Donaghy- 4hrs
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Ky D State
August 13, 2005 --
This weekend was the USSSA Ky D State tourney at Northern KY Sports park. We went 3-2 finishing 3rd in a 22 team field.
We started off the tourney agains Schultz Builders. We won this one 10-7. Next up was our friendly rival JLC Softall. We won this one 6-2 riding our defense and the pitching of Tony Pompilio. Game three was Suds N Buds. We trailed early but fought back to preserve a 6-4 victory. In the winners bracket final we were matched up against Nkysoftball.com. We had our chances but could not take advantage losing 4-3. In the loser bracket final we ran into the Good Guys. They were on a roll winning 4 straight games. They scored 3 in the top of the 7th to take a 9-6 lead, and held on to win by the same score.
Overall we were happy with a third place finish, considering we only averaged 6 runs a game. Good thing Pomp and our defense was on, only giving up 5 runs a game.
Tony Pompilio and Dan Weinel were named to the All State Team.
Hitting Leaders:
Andy Gebelt
Dan Weinel
Shawn Sproles
Chad Johnson
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Great Lakes D National Tourney
September 3, 2005 --
This past weekend was the Great Lakes USSSA D National Tourney in Ft Knox, KY. We finished 4-2 and took a fifth place finish out of 56 teams.
Our first game was against Sportin Wood out of IL. We jumped out early and cruised to a 14-2 victory. Our second round opponent was a hot Desperado's team out of IL. They were the IL state champ and were averaging 26 runs a game before our game. We were down 4-0 after four then erupted for 7 runs to take a lead. We held one to win an exciting game 7-5. Next up was a local team Backstabbers. They were hitting well and beat us 17-10. Our firs opponent in the losers bracket was Troy Fish and Game out of Trenton OH. We took a lead early and were never really challenged as we won 17-10. Next up was supposed to be American Legion. They could not stay and play, so we won this one by forfeit. Next up was TPE. We held a 7-1 lead early only to watch it evaporate. They put a 10 spot on us in one inning and we never recovered. We lost 15-12. We were happy with our results. We finished 5th out of a strong 56 team field. Our two losses were to the number 2 and 3 teams.
Congratulations to the Chief for making the All Great Lakes Tournament Team
Hitting Leaders:
Dan Weinel
Andy "Chief" Gebelt
Shawn Donaghy
Doug Newton
Special shout out to Tony Pompilio for pitching a good tourney
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