Kissimmee, Florida – JRW & Associates pitchers Mike Egerdeen and Kurt Penner performed well for the Virgin Islands Ambassadors at the AAU International Tournament at the Disney World Wide World of Sports six-field softball complex.
In 2006, Mike Egerdeen of BC suffered two heart-breaking 1-0 losses in pool play at the ToC in Kitchener, Ontario.
First up for the Ambassadors at the AAU was CPI of New York, an ISC II team, in Thursday’s pool play. Mike asked for the ball and bested pitcher Shawn Samson with a 12 K, 1 walk, no-hitter for a 6-0 shut-out..
Then in the opening playoff game on Sat morning, Mike again was superb. This time it was a 11K, 2 hitter in a 9-1 win over Bucktown, Ontario.
In 2006, Kurt Penner, also of BC, was the ace of the staff for the JRW & Associates 40-OVER Masters team who were runner-up at the NAFA World Series in Carson City.
Kurt drew Los Socios, the 2004 AAU Champion, in his first start. Kurt started well, striking out the first four batters. Then his curve ball started flattening out and he gave up 3 HR in a 5-2 pool play loss.
Kurt saw further action with some mop-up action in the Ambassadors playoff loss to the tournament runner-up Gremlins/ Broken Bow team of NY.
Thanks to JRW for this report.