McGauley Tournament July 8-10

[EdwParks]

14th Annual McGauley Tournament

The former city tournament named after the late Recreation Supervisor, Harold McGauley is back for its 14th year. The men’s Fastpitch tournament format is double elimination held on July 8th, July 9th and July 10th. The registration fees are $200 per team with a registration deadline of June 9, 2011. There will be an additional $40 late fee if paid after June 9th. Teams who have not paid after June 16, 2011 will be dropped from the tournament. There are still openings in the tournament so please act soon. The tournament is now open to all teams, including teams which are not affiliated with the City of Edwardsville Leagues. This year the City of Edwardsville is pleased to again be awarding the Team Sportsmanship Award in honor of Tony Dycus. The teams will vote which team shows respect, ethics, and fairness throughout the tournament. Please contact the City of Edwardsville Parks and Recreation department for more details at 618-692-7538.

Contact Info:
Deanna Obernuefemann
Recreation supervisor
City of Edwardsville

dobernuefema@cityofedwardsville.com
618-692-7538

[azob33]

For the teams that are thinking about playing in this tournament, you need to know a couple of things they don't mentioned. One is that you HAVE TOO WEAR RUBBER SPIKES and the second is you ONLY GET TO PLAY A 1 HOUR AND 20 MINUTE game. Also the ground at the pitching mound is VERY SOFT as is the field. They DON'T fill the holes at the pitching mound or the batters box after every game. Other then that it is an ok tournament.
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Al Zobrist
Pete's Blue #33
alan.breaker19@gmail.com

[Legion199]

It looks like they ended up with 9 teams and the schedule breaks down as follows:

Friday, July 8th
1) 6:30 PM - St. Louis Mules vs. The Beat
2) 8:00 PM - Miller & Maack Wolfpack vs. Forge/West Central Budeweiser
3) 9:30 PM - Legion Post 199 vs. TheBANK of Edwardsville

Saturday, July 9th
4) 8:00 AM - Tribe vs. Belleville Stallions
5) 9:30 AM - Bowen vs. Winner 1
6) 11:00 AM - Loser 1 vs. Loser 2
7) 1:00 PM - Loser 4 vs. Loser 5
8) 2:30 PM - Winner 6 vs. Loser 3
9) 4:00 PM - Winner 2 vs. Winner 3
10) 5:30 PM - Winner 5 vs. Winner 4
11) 7:00 PM - Winner 7 vs. Loser 9
12) 8:30 PM - Loser 10 vs. Winner 8

Sunday, July 10th
13) 8:00 AM - Winner 9 vs. Winner 10 (Winners bracket final)
14) 9:30 AM - Winner 12 vs. Winner 11 (Loser 4th place)
15) 11:00 AM - Loser 13 vs. Winner 14 (Loser 3rd place)
16) 1:00 PM - Winner 13 vs. Winner 15 (Championship)
17) 2:30 PM - If Game

We'll see you guys out at the ballpark!
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Tanner Alexander

[Legion199]

St. Louis Mules 5 The Beat 2
WP-Downen LP-Dycus

Forge/West Central Budweiser 8 Miller & Maack 7
WP-? LP-Arnold

Legion Post 199 7 TheBANK of Edwardsville 2

WP-Boyer LP-Kevin "The Kid"
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Tanner Alexander

[Legion199]

Sat July 9
Belleville Stallions def Tribe
Bowen def St. Louis Mules
Miller & Maack def The Beat (the Beat eliminated)
St. Louis Mules def Tribe (Tribe eliminated)
TheBANK of Edwardsville def Miller & Maack (Miller and Maack eliminated)
Legion Post 199 def Forge/West Central Budweiser
Belleville Stallions def Bowen
St. Louis Mules def Forge/West Central Budweiser (Forge/WCB eliminated)
TheBANK of Edwardsville def Bowen (Bowen eliminated)

Sun July 10

Winners bracket final: Stallions def Legion Post 199

TheBANK def St. Louis Mules (Mules 4th place)
TheBANK def Legion Post 199 (Legion 3rd place)

Championship: Belleville Stallions def TheBANK of Edwardsville

Congrats to the Belleville Stallions for winning the 14th annual Harold McGauley Tournament. I was talking with person who runs the tournament and she believes the Stallions have won this tournament 5 of the last 7 years, or something close to that.

I wasn't there for the awards ceremony, but this is what I heard through the grapevine.

Most valuable player-Justin Jackson of the Stallions

Most valuable pitcher-Mike Godar of the Stallions

Sportsmanship award-Legion Post 199
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Tanner Alexander