After not being able to play a single game on Saturday, the Tournament Committee had the fields ready for play and for the completion of the Double Elimination Bracket. But through all their efforts, it rained again at 4am and the fields were again deluged. The Tournament was converted to a Single Elimination Bracket and two of the teams were unable to continue. Games began at 7am on one field, and at 8 am on the other field. The Championship game was an awesome pitching duel with no earned runs and the only runs scored were on a pickoff play that was just off barely off target. The Championship game was won 2-0 by New Image over Marshall Lightning. Most people expected the two teams that dominated Friday in round robin play to do the same, but in single elimination anything can happen, and it certainly did, with 3 upsets in the quarterfinals. It made the day very exciting. <\/p>\n
Thanks to the Host Committee and their leader Heather Bauman and to Shirley Roberts of the Bay County Convention and Visitors Bureau, and to Bay City and Bay County Parks and Recreation and to the Bay City Softball Association for their support. <\/p>\n
The umpiring was tremendous and the event was enjoyed by all, despite the weather, and several hundred fans attended the event making it one to remember. Thanks to UIC Steve Vail from Wisconsin and the great umpire staff of Rick Havercrof, Dave Seldon, Joe Squires, Ted Germain, Mike Clark, Jeff Yorke, Mark Larson, Jim Fitrakis, Steve Jahnke, Larry Tait, and Vic Cena.
\nThanks to the NAFA Tournament Staff of Vice President, Loren Lathrop, Wisconsin, Dewey Yoke, Washington, and Jan Tokorcheck of Southern California doing the statistical analysis.
\nBenjie Hedgecock
\nExecutive Director <\/p>\n
Final Order of Finish<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st \u00e2\u20ac\u201c New Image, Wisconsin, 4-1 Quarter Finals:<\/strong><\/p>\n New Image-2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s-1 Munger Softball-4 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ingersoll Crush-3 Marshall Lightning-3 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Hixson Reds-0 Twisters-7 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Keating Fitness-6 Semi-Finals<\/strong><\/p>\n New Image-3 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Munger Softball-2 Marshall Lightning-9 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Twisters-2 Championship Game<\/strong><\/p>\n New Image-2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Lightning-0 All-American Team Selections<\/strong><\/p>\n Most Valuable Player<\/strong> Jeff Jahn, Catcher, New Image<\/p>\n Most Valuable Pitcher<\/strong>, Sean Kelly, Lightning <\/p>\n Name\tTeam\tAvg\tRBI\tHR<\/strong> Name\tTeam\tERA\tSO<\/strong> After not being able to play a single game on Saturday, the Tournament Committee had the fields ready for play and for the completion of the Double Elimination Bracket. But through all their efforts, it rained again at 4am and the fields were again deluged. The Tournament was converted to a Single Elimination Bracket and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2nd \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Marshall Lightning, Michigan, 4-1
\n3rd \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Munger Softball, Michigan, 2-2
\n3rd \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Twisters, Michigan, 1-3
\n5th \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Hickson Reds, Ontario Canada, 2-1
\n5th \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ingersoll Crush, Ontario Canada, 2-1
\n7th \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Keating Fitness, Pennsylvania, 1-2
\n8th \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tiffany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, Michigan, 0-3
\n9th \u00e2\u20ac\u201c CPI, Ontario, Canada, 1-2
\n10th \u00e2\u20ac\u201c UTD, Michigan, 0-3 <\/p>\n
\n Winning Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Bryan Lathrop
\n Losing Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Pete Loachridge<\/p>\n
\n Winning Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Mike Joseph
\n Losing Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ryan Cummings<\/p>\n
\n Winning Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sean Kelly
\n Losing Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Mark Vanvliet<\/p>\n
\n Winning Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rick Engle
\n Losing Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Dave Stokes <\/p>\n
\n Winning Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jeremy Holman
\n Losing Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Mike Joseph <\/p>\n
\n Winning Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sean Kelly
\n Losing Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rick Engle <\/p>\n
\n Winning Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jeremy Holman
\n Losing Pitcher \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sean Kelly <\/p>\n
\nEric Scott\tIngersoll Crush:2009\t700\t1\t0
\nAdam Learn\tHickson Reds:2009\t667\t3\t1
\nFrank Keating Jr\tKeating Fitness:2009\t500\t0\t0
\nSteve Myers\tMarshall Lightning:2009\t500\t4\t0
\nShea Bryant\tMunger Softball:2009\t455\t1\t1
\nSean McLaren\tHickson Reds:2009\t444\t4\t2
\nDJ Latford\tIngersoll Crush:2009\t444\t2\t0
\nJeff Jahn\tNew Image:2009\t385\t1\t0
\nTodd Moore\tMunger Softball:2009\t385\t0\t0
\nTrevor Kelly\tMarshall Lightning:2009\t333\t2\t0
\nTodd Burlage\tNew Image:2009\t313\t4\t1
\nChris Rivard\tMarshall Lightning:2009\t267\t5\t2
\nAdam Fishbach\tHickson Reds:2009\t333\t4\t2<\/p>\n
\nBryon Lathrop\tNew Image:2009\t0.00\t12
\nSean Kelly\tMarshall Lightning:2009\t0.49\t42
\nMike Joseph\tMunger Softball:2009\t1.59\t14
\nJeramie Holman\tNew Image:2009\t1.64\t29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"