By JIM WHYMER
Times Herald
Fastpitch team claims own tourney with 5 straight wins
The Shaw Chiropractic men’s fastpitch softball team had the right formula for winning its own invitational title this weekend.
The second-year fastpitch team relied on solid defense, pitching and hitting to capture the 10-man tournament crown.
Shaw won its fifth consecutive game, 10-4, against the Shakespeare (Ontario) Falcons in the finals Sunday afternoon at Pine Grove Park.
“It was a great weekend and great tournament,” said Kurt Schieman, the Shaw manager. “Our defense was tight with one error in six games.
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Scoreboard
SHAW FASTPITCH TOURNAMENT
SUNDAY
QUARTERFINALS
» Hickson 5, Alvinston 2
» Shakespeare 5, Sweaburg 2
» Shaw Chiropractic 8, St. Thomas 1
» Ashland 8, Duncan 1
SEMIFINALS
» Shakespeare 2, Hickson 1
» Shaw 5, Ashland 2
FINALS
» Shaw 10, Shakespeare 4
Editor’s note:
Port Huron entered the weekend ranked 34th in the country, according to the recently released June 24 ISC World rankings. In winning the tournament, they knocked off# 16 ranked Ashland OH Stock Pack and #17 ranked Shakespeare Falcons (in the championship game), and finished ahead of the #18 ranked Alvinston Indians. They also finished ahead of #26 ranked Sweaburg ON, though fell to them on Friday night, their only loss in the tournament. (Sweaburg was eliminated by Shakespeare)
Ranked teams in tournament
16 Ashland, OH Stock Pack
17 Shakespeare, ON Falcons
18 Alvinston, ON Indians
26 Sweaburg, ON Crush
34 Port Huron, MI Shaw Chiropractic#34 Port Huron wins tournament, beating #16 and #17, finishing ahead of #18, and #26.
Upsets
#34 Port Huron over #16 Ashland
#34 Port Huron over #17 Shakespeare (in final)According to Hoyle
#17 Shakespeare over #26 Sweaburg
#26 Sweaburg over #34 Port Huron