St. Paul Tin Cup Captures Championship of 37th Rice Lake Invitational

Thanks to Ron Kopp for this great tournament recap. Riding the right arm of Joel Cooley and the hitting of Dave Marchio and Tyler Bouley, Tin Cup of St. Paul reeled off four consecutive victories and captured the championship of the 37th annual Rice Lake Invitational Men’s Fastpitch Tournament held during Father’s Day weekend at Fred Tate Memorial Park. Six teams from Wisconsin and five from Minnesota comprised the field of teams for the event.

The champs opened play by blanking last year’s third place finisher La Crosse Classic 8-0 and followed by whitewashing Dugout Bar and Grill of Cushing 7-0. A 4-3 10 inning win over fellow Gopher state entry Ostrander propelled the St. Paul squad to the championship contest.
A two for three hitting performance by Marchio and a two-run home run by Bouley powered Tin Cup to a second 4-3 triumph over Ostrander in the title game.
Ostrander opened play by edging the defending champion Orangemen of the host city 2-1. They followed with respective 12-2 and 10-4 wins over Harley Davidson of Lewiston, Minnesota and Len’s Automotive of St. Paul. After falling to Tin Cup in the winner’s bracket final the southeastern Minnesota club outlasted Striker’s Lanes of Baldwin 10-9 to earn their spot in the championship showdown.

Striker’s Lanes claimed third place honors and Dugout Bar and Grill finished fourth.

Also taking part in the tourney were Wisconsin entries Sawdust City of Eau Claire and Highway 53 Bar of Whitehall along with Minnesota Computers of St. Paul.

       <strong>   ORDER OF FINISH</strong>

1. Tin Cup, St. Paul MN 4-0
2. Ostrander, Ostrander MN 4-2
3. Striker’s Lanes, Baldwin WI 6-2
4. Dugout Bar and Grill, Cushing WI 2-2
5. Minnesota Computers, St. Paul MN 3-2
   Len’s Automotive, St. Paul MN 1-2
6. Harley Davidson, Lewiston, MN 1-3
   Orangemen, Rice Lake WI 1-4
7. Sawdust City, Eau Claire 1-2
   La Crosse Classic, La Crosse WI 1-2
   1. Highway 53 Bar, Whitehall WI 0-3
      
      GAME BY GAME RESULTS
   2. Striker’s Lanes 15, Sawdust City 5
8. Ostrander 2, Orangemen 1
9. Minnesota Computers 12, Highway 53 Bar 1
10. Len’s Automotive 9, Striker’s Lanes 6
11. Ostrander 12, Harley Davidson 2
12. Dugout Bar and Grill 10, Minnesota Computers 6
13. Tin Cup 8, La Crosse Classic 1
14. Sawdust City 7, Harley Davidson 5
15. La Crosse Classic 3, Highway 53 Bar 1
    1. Striker’s Lanes 3, Orangemen 0
    2. Striker’s Lanes 7, Highway 53 Bar 0
    3. Minnesota Computers 8, Orangemen 7
    4. Harley Davidson 8, La Crosse Classic 7
    5. Orangemen 9, Sawdust City 4
    6. Ostrander 10, Len’s Automotive 4
    7. Tin Cup 7, Dugout Bar and Grill 0
    8. Striker’s Lanes 8, Orangemen 2
    9. Minnesota Computers 11, Harley Davidson 9
    10. Striker’s Lanes 8, Len’s Automotive 5
    11. Dugout Bar and Grill 4, Minnesota Computers 1
    12. Tin Cup 4, Ostrander 3 (10 innings)
    13. Strikers’ Lanes 10, Dugout Bar and Grill 0
    14. Ostrander 10, Striker’s Lanes 8 (9 innings)
    15. Tin Cup 4, Ostrander 3
        
        ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
        
        PITCHER – Joel Cooley, Tin Cup
        PITCHER – Kevin Kammeuller, Ostrander
        CATCHER – Jeremy Dagstad, Dugout Bar and Grill
        CATCHER – Tyler Bouley, Tin Cup
        INFIELD – Ryan Scheevel, Ostrander
        INFIELD – Luke King, Ostrander
        INFIELD – J.R. Dachel, Striker’s Lanes
        INFIELD – Jason Bohl, Striker’s Lanes
        OUTFIELD – Dave Reiter, Tin Cup
        OUTFIELD – Al Lang, Harley Davidson
        OUTFIELD – Joe Reinert, Minnesota Computers
        OUTFIELD – Rob Krecji, Striker’s Lanes
        OUTFIELD – J.W. Dachel, Striker’s Lanes
        OUTFIELD – Scott Emerson, Orangemen
        MOST VALUABLE PLAYER – Dave Marchio, Tin Cup

Ronn Kopp
ronnkopp [at]charter.net