Championship Game
Portland Pirates – 8
JRW – 2
WP-Greg Soule
LP-Jay Wright
The hometown Portland Pirates were 1-2 on Saturday, entering the playoff round on Sunday as the # 4 seed (out of 6 teams). They knocked off the # 6 seeded Rose City Merchants Sunday morning, then upset the # 1 seeded Gambler team, capping off their day with the 8-2 win over # 3 seeded JRW in the finals, for a perfect 3-0 Sunday — and with it, the 2009 Portland Classic crown.
Game 10
# 4 seed Portland Pirates – 10
# 6 seed Rose City Merchants – 0
WP-Soule
LP-n/a
Game 11
#3 seed JRW – 3
# 5 seed Cleon’s Auto – 0
WP-Jason Wright
LP-Divish
HR-Roinestad (JRW)
Semi-finals
Game 12
# 3 seed JRW – 8
# 2 seed Grants Pass Bandits – 5
WP-Jason Wright
LP-Marcus Durbin
Game 13
# 4 seed Portland Pirates – 5
# 1 seed Gamblers – 2
WP-Greg Soule
LP-Mark Seward
Championship Game
Portland Pirates – 8
JRW – 2
WP-Greg Soule
LP-Jay Wright
Thanks to Tom Ree for phoning in this info:
Game 7 – Semi-final
# 1 seed Midwest Stampede IA – 14
# 4 seed Innovative Communications, UT – 0
WP-Gerald Muizelaar (with Peeples relieving)
LP-Steve Black
HR-Travis Wilson (MS), Ben Enoka (MS)
Editor’s note: Enoka was a member of New Zealand’s 2008 19u ISF Junior team that played in the world championships in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, and was also at this year’s AAU. Keep an eye on this younster)
Game 8 – Semi-final
# 2 seed Vancouver Grey Sox – 7
# 3 seed Columbia River Rockers – 3
WP-Travis Price
LP-Rick Smith
Game 9 – Championship game
Midwest Stampede IA – 6
Vancouver Grey Sox BC – 0
WP-Sean Whitten (a 1 hit shutout, with 16 K’s)
LP-Ryan Brand
HR-Palazzo, 2 (MS)
Matt Palazzo was 3 for 4 for the Midwest Stampede with 2 HRS
The Midwest Stampede, IA wins the 2009 Portland Rose Cup.
Thanks to Tom Ree for phoning in this info:
2009 Rose Cup
June 20/21 – Delta Park
ISC & ISC II Qualifier
9am # 1 seed Midwest Stampede vs. # 4 seed Innovative Communications
9am # 2 seed Vancouver Grey Sox vs. # 3 seed Columbia River Rockers
11am winner Midwest/Innovative vs. winner Vancouver/CRR (semi-final)
1pm – Championship game
Editor’s note: Note correction on yesterday’s Game 6 report, which had shown Travis Price as the LP. Corrected line:
Game 6
ISC # 6 ranked Midwest Stampede – 10
ISC # 7 ranked Vancouver Grey Sox – 3
WP-Gerald Muizelaar
LP-Ryan Brand
HR-Travis Wilson (MS)
Game was scoreless after 3, Tied 2-2 when Price left game for Vancouver. Midwest won the game scoring 8 runs in the final two innings. Price gave up 3 hits, 0 ER, 2 runs, with 5 K’s.
8:30am # 4 seed Portland Pirates vs. # 6 seed Rose City Merchants
8:30am # 3 seed JRW vs. # 5 seed Cleon’s Auto
10:30am winner of Portland/Rose City vs. # 1 seed Gamblers
10:30am winner JRW/Cleons v.s # 2 seed Grants Pass Bandits
Thanks to Tom Ree for phoning in these scores:
2009 Rose Cup
June 20/21 – Delta Park
ISC & ISC II Qualifier
Teams:
Midwest Stampede – Bondurant, IA
Vancouver Grey Sox – Vancouver, B.C.
Columbia River Rockers – Portland, OR
Innovative Communications – Salt Lake City, Utah
Saturday June 20th
Game 1 – 8:30am
Vancouver Grey Sox – 7
Columbia River Rockers – 0
WP-Travis Price
LP-Rick Smith
HR-Scott Newitt (VGS)
Game 2 – 8:30am
Midwest Stampede – 20 (twenty)
Innovative Communications – 0
WP-Tony Peeples
LP-Chadwick
HR-King and Bohman (MS)
Game 3
Vancouver Grey Sox – 3
Innovative Communications – 2
WP-Brand
LP-Chadwick
Game 4
Midwest Stampede – 8
Columbia River Rockers – 0
WP-Sean Whitten
LP-Dave Drotzmann
(ever notice how many times these two pitchers face each other?
Game 5
Columbia River Rockers – 9
Innovative Communications – 1
WP-Rick Smith
LP-Chadwick
Game 6
ISC # 6 ranked Midwest Stampede – 10
ISC # 7 ranked Vancouver Grey Sox – 3
WP-Gerald Muizelaar
LP-Ryan Brand
HR-Travis Wilson (MS)
Game was scoreless after 4, Tied 2-2 when Price left game for Vancouver. Midwest won the game scoring 8 runs in the final two innings. (correcting yesterday’s report showing Price as the LP)
Innerkip ISC II Qualifer – Complete Saturday Scoreboard over at The Deuce.
(Games still underway at 8:30pm EDT)
Thanks to Tom Ree for phoning in these scores:
2009 Portland Classic
June 21/22 – Delta Park
B/C Division
Teams:
Group A
Cleon’s Auto – Seattle, WA
Pirates – Portland, OR
JRW & Associates – Yakima, WA
Group B
S/O Bandits – Medford, OR
R.C. Merchants – Portland, OR
Yakima Gamblers – Yakima, WA
Saturday June 20th Scores
Game 1
Cleons – 4
JRW – 3
WP-Divish
LP-n/a
Game 2
Yakima Gamblers – 7
Rose City Merchants – 0
WP-Mark Suna
LP-Labbe
Game 3
Grants Pass Bandits 9
Rose CityMerchants – 2
WP-Mark Durben
LP-Tom Smith
Game 4
Portland Pirates -1 8
Cleon’s Auto – 1
WP-Soule
LP-Tungsvic
Game 5
JRW – 7
Portland Pirates – 3
WP-Jason Light
LP-Westcott
Game 6
Gamblers – 3
Grants Pass OR Bandits -1
WP-Robinson
LP-Mike Trotter
Game 7
JRW – 12
Rose City Merchants – 1
WP-Billy Woods
LP-Jim Miles
Game 8
Grants Pass OR Bandits – 10
Cleon’s Auto – 2
WP-Durben
LP-Sanders
Game 9
Gamblers 4
Portland Pirates 3
WP-n/a
LP-n/a
By Keith Groller | OF THE MORNING CALL
After back-to-back postponements, the skies cleared and some local softball stars came out to shine Friday night at Pates Park as the Lehigh Valley Softball Hall of Fame held its ninth induction ceremony.
The five new inductees include Dave Bilger, Dale Culton, Lisa ”Noisy” Sommer, Sally Whittaker-Kahan and Brent Windsor.
With their induction, the hall of fame now has 49 members.
Here’s a look at each inductee:
Dave Bilger began pitching at age 11 in the Allentown Church League and began pitching in the Allentown City League at age 16.
Bilger won the City League title three times with the Allentown Patriots and was a member of seven title teams overall. He was also a member of three Pates state title teams.
In addition to the Pates, he pitched for several other local teams and squads from outside the Lehigh Valley.
He was the winner of the Brey Brennan Award, saluting him as the outstanding City League player of the year.
When his playing days were over, Bilger served as Salisbury High’s pitching coach for six seasons and also gave pitching and hitting lessons to high school players from throughout the Lehigh Valley.
Dale Culton has made his mark as a player, manager, umpire and innovator for the last 45 years.
He was a starter on some of the Allentown Patriots’ outstanding men’s teams from 1965-1971, helping them win five state championships and finish third and fifth in national tournaments. He helped the team win five state championships, playing on the same powerful roster that included local legends such as hall of famers Ty Stofflet, Dale Miller, Art Weida, Dick Bingel and Jack Ohl, among others.
From 1975-1995, he was a player-manager for teams such as Crest Sporting Goods, Wessner Beverages and The Brass Rail, all teams that won Allentown City titles.
In 1996, after 31 years as a player and manager, he became a men’s and women’s fastpitch umpire.
Later, he became involved with umpire safety, inventing his own protective gear. He attained trademarks and patents for several new-concept chest protectors, shin guards and compression shorts. His gear is worn by thousands of umpires worldwide.
Windsor made his mark as one of the area’s finest men’s fastpitch pitchers for more than two decades and also as one of the area’s top girls softball’s assistant coaches.
As a player, Windsor pitched for 23 years, finishing in 1995. He was one of the game’s best in that era, pitching for the Federation of Eagles Club, the Algemeiner Club, the Catholic War Vets, the Patriot Kings, Patriot Aces, Crest Sporting Goods, Wessner Beverages, The Brass Rail, Faust Auto and All Seasons.
Brent Windsor was also an assistant coach for 17 years, seven at Allen with hall of fame coach Ed Stinner and then another 10 at Parkland with Glen Ray, who is also a previous hall of fame selection.
At Allen, he was a member of the staff that won the 1990 state title. At Parkland, he was a member of state title staffs in 1995 and ’98. He was also influential as a youth coach, working with the state championship Renegades program led by hall of fame coach Terri Adams, as well as the Allentown Stars and The Extreme.
keith.groller@mcall.com, 610-820-6740
Ken Vierling on the move.
Details at “The Deuce”
