[Alsfastball] Results of the 3rd Annual Pete Schwab Memorial Fastpitch Tournament, Frankenmuth, MI

[david.r.lach]

June 27, 2004
Frankenmuth, MI

The 3rd Annual Pete Schwab Memorial Fastpitch tournament was held June 
25-27th with the Frankenmuth Driving School, Frankenmuth, MI beating out 9 
other teams for the title.  Beautiful weather greeted the teams and fans 
throughout the event.

The tournament was organized with the 10 teams being split up into 2 
brackets of 5 teams with 3 round-robin games determining the seeding into 
the single-elimination playoffs.


Here are a few of the authors notes about the teams involved:

Bracket A

Up-to-Date Painting, Millington, MI.  The host team was 11-4 coming into 
the tournament following last weekends second place finish in the Ken 
Zulski Memorial Tournament, Petoskey, MI.  Ranked 16th in the lastest ISC 
II rankings, the team is 7-0 in the competitive Michigan ISC Thumb Travel 
League.


Auburn Buzz, Auburn MI.  Also competing in the Thumb Travel league, the 
Buzz have already received a bid to this years ISC II championships in 
Fargo, ND through travel league play.

Brandts Fastpitch, Pleasant Plains, IL.  Brandts finished T9 in last year's 
ASA Class A Nationals.  Recently, they qualified for the ISC World 
tournament also in Fargo, ND.


Sportsman's Park, Jackson, MI.  A young team team playing in both the Eaton 
Radids, MI and Coldwater, MI leagues.  They are led on the mound by young 
Sean Kelley.  Finishing 7th at last years ASA Class C Nationals, they've 
strenghtened their team by adding pitch depth and experience and will 
compete at the ASA B level.


Cubs AC, Ann Arbor, MI.  Also, a young team playing in the Ann Arbor 
Fastpitch league, they've combined with another local team from Ann Arbor 
for this tournament.



Bracket B

Tiffany's Food & Spirits, Frankenmuth, MI.  Another member of the Thumb 
Travel league, an ASA Class B team who is led in the mound by Pete 
Loachridge and Jeff Hoover (a pick-up for this tournament).  Tiffany's 
hopes to compete for the ASA B National crown later this year in Garland, 
TX.


Frankenmuth Driving School, Frankenmuth, MI.  The fouth member of the Thumb 
Travel league playing in this tournament.  Their team hopes to compete in 
the ISC World tournament, Fargo ND later this year.  Led by ex-Explorer 
Scott Evans (Toronto) and 21-year old Jason Hill (Newfoundland) in the 
circle, they have also acquired the services of Explorer Kyle Beane for the 
weekend.


Priority Mortgage, Zeeland, MI.  Ranked 27th in the latest ISC II June 
rankings, they are comprised of members of the former West Michigan 
Merchants along with a few members of last year's Priority Mortage team 
(1-3 at last year's ISC world tournament).  They are led on the mound by 
Tracy Boetsma and (un-retired since a week ago) Duke Vanderark.

Trophy Case, Petoskey, MI.  Winner's and hosts of last weekends Ken Zulski 
Memorial Touranment in Petoskey, they have added some key hitters from last 
years Priority Mortgage team to strengthen their lineup for the year.

Kelder's Poured Walls, Ludington, MI.  Ranked 58th in the latest ISC II 
rankings, this is the teams first touranment action of the year.  They 
finished 10th at last year's ISC II tournament in Appleton, WI.



Game 1, Friday 8:00pm

Up-to-Date Painting    1
Cubs AC                   0

WP:  Spagnuolo
LP:   Tacquil
MVP:  Kai Northrup 3B, RBI
Notes: Adam Kern double with 2 outs in 6th followed by Northrup's RBI 
triple was the only scoring

Game 2, Friday 8:30pm

Sportsman's Park     2
Auburn Buzz            1

WP:  Sean Kelley, 12 Ks
LP:    Rick Engle
MVP: Ryan Tundevold 2-4, 2 RBIs

Game 3, Friday 9:30pm

Frankenmuth Driving School  10
Priority Mortgage                   3

WP:  Scott Evans, 15 Ks
LP:    Tracy Boetsma
MVP:  Dave Stevens 2-4, RBI

Game 4, Saturday 10:30 am

Up-to-Date Painting    4
Sportsmans Park       3

WP:  Dan Neff
LP:   Jeff Lovell
MVP:  Steve Findlay 2-3, 3B, 2 RBIs

Game 5, Saturday 10:30 am

Brandts Fastpitch     3
Auburn Buzz            2

WP:  Brad Sturdy
LP:   Rick Engle
Notes:  A 2-run double with 2 outs in the 7th gave Brandts the come from 
behind victory.

Game 6, Saturday 12:00 pm

Trophy Case                            5
Frankenmuth Driving School      0

WP:  Bill Yoder
LP:  Jason Hill


Game 7, Saturday 12:00 pm

Tiffany's                4
Priority Mortgage   1

WP:  Pete Loachridge, 3-hitter
LP:  Tracy Boetsma
MVP:  Dale Doughty/Mike Mieneke 2 hits each

Game 8, Saturday 2:00 pm

Sportsman's Park    5
Brandts Fastpitch    4
8 innings

WP:  Sean Kelley
MVP:  Chris Rivard 2-4, 4 RBIs, 3B, HR
Notes:  Sean Kelley had the game winning hit

Game 9, Saturday 2:00 pm

Auburn Buzz      9
Cubs AC            7

Game 10, Saturday 3:30 pm

Frankenmuth Driving School   3
Kelder's Poured Walls           2

WP:  Scott Evans
LP:   Brian Whitman
HR:  Jason Hill (FDS)

Game 11, Saturday 3:30 pm

Tiffany's         1
Trophy Case  0

WP:  Loachridge
LP:  Petitt
MVP:  Justin Hoppe 2 hits, R

Game 12, Saturday 6:30 pm

Up-to-Date Painting   7
Brandts Fastpitch     5

WP:  Spagnuolo
LP:  Sagle
MVP:  Findlay, 2-3 BB, 2 triples, RBI, R
HR:  Watson (Brandts)

Game 13, Saturday 6:30 pm

Cubs AC                      4
Kelder's Poured Walls   3

Game 14, Saturday 8:00 pm

Priority Mortgage    3
Trophy Case          2
(8 innings)

WP:  Vanderark
LP:    Yoder
MVP:  Jon Brunink, HR, 3 RBI
Notes:  The winning run scored on a single during an intended intentional 
walk with a 3-0 count in the 8th.


Game 15, Saturday 8:00 pm

Tiffany's                              9
Kelder's Poured Walls   2

WP:  Jeff Hoover
LP:  Jim Stankowski
MVP:  Brad Gnatkowski, 2 hits, 5 RBIs
HR:  Heemstera (Kelders)

Pool Play Standings

Bracket A

1st Up-To-Date Painting 3-0
2nd Sportsman's Park  2-1
3rd Auburn Buzz 1-2
4th Cubs AC 1-2
5th Brandts Fastpitch 1-2

Bracket B

1st Tiffany's  3-0
2nd Frankenmuth Driving School 2-1
3rd Priority Mortgage 1-2
4th Trophy Case 1-2
5th Kelder's Poured Walls 0-3

Playoff Game 1

Trophy Case 5
Brandts Fastpitch 1

Playoff Game 2

Cubs AC winner over Kelder's Poured Walls

Playoff Game 3

Trophy Case 6
Auburn Buzz 5
(from memory only)

Playoff Game 4

Priority Mortgage 10
Cubs AC              5

Playoff Game 5

Frankenmuth Driving School 11
Trophy Case 3
(6-innings)

WP:  Scott Evans
LP:   Petitt

Playoff Game 6

Sportsman's Park 4
Priority Mortgage 3
(I think)
WP:  Sean Kelley
LP:  Vanderark

Playoff Game 7

Frankenmuth Driving School 8
Up-to-Date Painting 0
(5 innings)

WP:  Scott Evans
LP:  Dan Neff
MVP:  Kyle Beane, 3-3, HR, 3B, 3 RBI

Playoff Game 8

Sportsmans Park 3
Tiffany's              2

WP:  Lovell
LP:  Hoover

Championship Game


Frankenmuth Driving School  12
Sportsman's Park                  0
(4-innings)

WP:  Scott Evans
LP:  Sean Kelley


Final Standings:

1st Frankenmuth Driving School 5-1
2nd Sportsman's Park 3-2
T3 Up-to-Date Painting 3-1
T3 Tiffany's 3-1
T5 Trophy Case 3-3
T5 Priority Mortgage 2-3
T7 Cubc AC 2-3
T7 Auburn Buzz 1-3
T9 Brandts Fastpitch 1-3
T9 Kelder's Poured Walls 0-4



The MVP Pitcher for the tournament was Scott Evans, Frankenmuth Driving 
School (5-0, 6 ER, 28 IP, 53 Ks).  The MVP Hitter was Joe Jacobs, 
Frankenmuth Driving School (13 for 22).


My thanks to all the teams for their great sportsmanship throughout the 
event and to the solid umpiring (led by UIC's Jeff York and Mike Clark).


My apologies to the many many teams who had wanted to come to this year's 
event  - however couldn't due to the tournament date move.  Next year, we 
hope to be able to move our tournament back to late July.

David Lach
Up-to-Date Painting Fastpitch
david.r.lach at delphi.com

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