{"id":9558,"date":"2011-04-03T14:12:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T21:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=9558"},"modified":"2011-04-03T14:19:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T21:19:11","slug":"sebewaing-celebrating-1960-state-championship-team-at-michigan-sugar-festival-june-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=9558","title":{"rendered":"Sebewaing celebrating 1960 state championship team at Michigan Sugar Festival June 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6858\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/sports\/bay-city\/index.ssf\/2011\/04\/sebewaing_celebrating_1960_cla.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/M-Live.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"M Live\" width=\"226\" height=\"79\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6858\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo for original news story and photos at MLive.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>SEBEWAING \u2014 In 1960, the Gettel\u2019s softball team of Sebewaing won the Class C fastpitch state tournament in Petoskey. <\/p>\n<p>Since then, some of the players moved away, some never played another game of softball and some have died. But when the remaining teammates get together in the same room, the years wash away and the stories start flooding back as if a day hasn\u2019t passed. <\/p>\n<p>They swap stories of their experiences in the service, tell tales about other softball adventures and update each other on the whereabouts of former teammates \u2014 all while making sure plenty of good-natured ribbing is dished out. <\/p>\n<p>So those Gettel\u2019s players will have plenty to talk about when they reunite June 18 to be honored at the Michigan Sugar Festival and serve as grand marshals of the festival parade.   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/sports\/bay-city\/index.ssf\/2011\/04\/sebewaing_celebrating_1960_cla.html\">Click here to read the complete story and photos at MLive.com <\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5012464944583968\";\n\/* Ballparkradio Main *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2176237682\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note: <\/strong> <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mlive.com provides some great coverage of men&#8217;s fastpitch, including, of course, writer Geoff Mott&#8217;s coverage of last year&#8217;s ISC World Tournament in Midland Michigan.  <figure id=\"attachment_6855\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6855\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/M-Live-Geoff-Mott.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/M-Live-Geoff-Mott-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"M Live Geoff Mott\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/M-Live-Geoff-Mott-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/M-Live-Geoff-Mott.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geoff Mott, Writer, Mlive.com, The Saginaw News<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite features of their coverage of that tournament was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/sports\/saginaw\/index.ssf\/2010\/08\/live_blog_and_chat_63rd_annual.html\">Live Blog and Chat: 63rd annual ISC World Tournament title game<\/a> posted by Mott, a moment by moment live commentary and chat of the title game.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEBEWAING \u2014 In 1960, the Gettel\u2019s softball team of Sebewaing won the Class C fastpitch state tournament in Petoskey. 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