Thanks to Sean Kelly for this report.
Coldwater Early Bird Tournament Results
Coldwater, MIThe annual Early Bird Tournament was held last weekend at Waterworks Park and Heritage Park in Coldwater, MI. The Coldwater Softball Association runs this tournament each year as a fundraiser for it’s men’s fast pitch league. There were 9 teams entered in this years event. The pool play portion of the tournament was completed on Saturday afternoon with each team playing 2 games. Unfortunately the rain washed out the single elimination portion of the tournament on Saturday night and Sunday. An attempt will be made to complete the tournament later in the summer with any teams that wish to return for a one day playoff (format to be determined by number of teams). We would like to thank all of the teams that participated and helped to support the Coldwater Softball Association (www.coldwaterfp.com).
2011 Coldwater Early Bird Tournament
Pool A Standings:
1. Neitzert’s/ Thunder (Battle Creek, MI) 2-0
2. Duncan Outlaws (Elkhart, IN) 1-1
3. Crouch Electric (Coldwater, MI) 1-1
4. Smalltown Fastpitch (Benton Harbor, MI) 1-1
5. Hastings Blues (Hastings, MI) 0-2Pool B Standings:
1. Marshall Lightning (Marshall, MI) 2-0
2. Westerville Capitals (Westerville, OH) 1-1
3. JMT Eagles (Anderson, IN) 1-1
4. R/T Boring Drillers (Homer, MI) 0-2Game Summaries:
Game 1
Lightning 2
R/T Boring 0
WP- Sean Kelly 7IP 3H 15K
LP- Bryan Boyd 7IP 5H 8K 1ER
Leading Hitters: Matt Shook 1/3, RBI (Lightning)Game 2
Thunder 9
Crouch Electric 6
WP- Tyler Kelly 7IP 13H 8K
LP- Jon Gwizdala 7IP 8H 7K
Leading Hitters: Rob Lewis 2/3, HR, 4RBI, Tyler Dudley 2/3, HR, 3RBI (Thunder); Derek Lytle 3/4, HR, 2RBI (Crouch)Game 3
Smalltown 9
Blues 2
WP- Browning Chabot
LP- Ryan Nichols
Leading Hitters: Guy Thurston HR, 2RBI (Blues)Game 4
Westerville 5
JMT Eagles 3
WP- N/A
LP- Turner
Leading Hitters: N/AGame 5
Thunder 6
Outlaws 2
WP- Tyler Kelly 7IP 2ER 9H 7K
LP- Marty Humphries 4IP 0ER 5H 2K Chris Heinline 2IP 0ER 2H 2K
Leading Hitters: Tyler Dudley 2/3, 2B, Mitch Neitzert 2/3, 2RBI (Thunder); Brent Miller 2/3, HR (Outlaws)Game 6
Crouch 7
Smalltown 1
WP- Jon Gwizdala
LP- Ryan Truemmer
Leading Hitters: N/AGame 7
JMT Eagles 7 8 innings
R/T Boring 5
WP- Turner
LP- Shannon Damron 8IP 12H 9K 5ER
Leading Hitters: Barnette 2/4, 2RBI, Turner 2/4, 2RBI (Eagles); Adam Boden 2/3, 2B, RBI (R/T Boring)Game 8
Outlaws W (game was called after the 5th inning due to rain)
Blues L
WP- Chris Heinline
LP- N/A
Leading Hitters: N/AGame 9
Lightning 7 (game was called after the 6th inning due to rain)
Westerville 2
WP- Sean Kelly 6IP 7H 9K 1ER
LP- John Labuhn 5IP 6H 4K
Leading Hitters: HR- Trevor Kelly, Brian Skirka, Ryan Saylor (Lightning); Aaron Graber 2/2, 2 Runs (Westerville)***Some of the stats from Heritage Park were unavailable.
Sean Kelly
Coldwater Softball Association
skelly455 (at) gmail.com