The Editor’s team, Long Beach Deadwood won two more games on Sunday, over Bay Area Merchants and Hellman Colorado to reach the finals, taking a 4-0 record into the finals, but fell to Seattle Fastpitch 7-0 in the championship game. It was Seattle that eliminated Deadwood last year in the semi-finals with Deadwood finishing third. The squad improved on that finish this year, finishing second, reaching the championship game on the strength of a 16-1, 3 inning semi-final game against Colorado.
Doug Shaw homered in the early morning game Sunday, his third in three games, while Jim Brundage added his second of the tournament, in the same inning.
Dan Zupp picked up the win in the morning game, while Billy Montana won the second, with Zupp suffering the loss in the title game.
Deadwood placed five on the All Tournament team:
Jim Brundage
Mitch Mendenhall
Doug Shaw
Larry Giese
Dan Zupp