[Alsfastball] Final Wrap up for 2004 BHAC Blackhawks

[Al Doran]

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:08:41 -0500
Subject: Final Wrap up for 2004 BHAC Blackhawks
To: fastball at pmihrm.com
From: "Timothy Hatten" <timh at ednet.rvc.cc.il.us>

Here is the final wrap up for the 2004 fastpitch season in Rockford, 
IL.    The Blackhawk Athletic Club sponsored two teams, again, for this 
summer.   The Pride play at the senior level and the second team, 
Blackhawks, (made up primarily of Rock Valley College students) played at 
the intermediate level.

The BHAC Blackhawks team finished with a 4-20 record, but all the players 
had a good time with the game and it was an enjoyable summer helping coach 
them.   This team was made up primarily of Rock Valley College students and 
athletes, with most of them their first exposure to fastpitch 
softball.   The team had a few veterans of the game sprinkled in with this 
group to help them into the transition of the game.

The following should be recognized for their support with this team:

- Billy Kulpa and Paul Boyd for organizing most of the RVC students and 
keeping the team going all summer long.

- Larry Frazier, who served as our field manager,  between his busy work 
schedule with the Oracle Corporation.

- Chuck Lockinger, longtime fastpitch supporter in Northern, IL. for 
sponsoring the team in the Dick Tracy Tournament.

- The Blackhawk Athletic Club for sponsoring the team this summer, as 
without their sponsorship this past summer would not be possible.

We had many players get exposed to the game this summer, but here are the 
players that played most of the season or came on board late in the season.

The roster included the following players:

Paul Boyd, 28  (RVC Student)
Billy Kulpa, 21  (RVC, Student)
Matt Johnson, 21 (RVC Student)
Wes Hedges, 21  (RVC Student)
Curtis Tisberger, 30 (RVC Student)

Chad Kulpa, 18  (HS Senior, )

Nate Henke, 18  (RVC Baseball)
Andy Robertson, 19 (RVC Baseball)
TJ, Shrank, 19 (RVC Baseball)
Dave Sagitis, 19 (RVC Baseball)
Frankie Oliver, 20 (RVC Football)
Michael Harrington, 20 (RVC Football)

Blaine Nicholson 22, (Illinois State, Junior)

Veteran Players:

Brian Nicholson, P
Ron Elgin, P
Scott Dobbs, C
Dave Andrus, OF
Dakota Toft, IF

Awards:

Most Improved:

Billy Kulpa

Most Committed:

Paul Boyd, utility; Paul never missed a practice or game throughout the 
2004 season

Most Valuable Player:

Nate Henke, SS; .396 batting average, 2 HR, 16 SB (20 games played) batting 
in the lead off position most of the summer.

The tentative spring 2005 schedule looks like this:

Tournaments:

Dick Tracy Tournament:  Rockford, IL.
Northern Illinois 23 and under Invitational.
ISC 23 and under or ASA 23 and under National Tournament
Middleton Labor Day tournament, Middleton, WI.

Leagues

Rockford Developmental League

See you all next summer.

Tim Hatten
BHAC Pride General Manager

From: "Timothy Hatten" <timh at ednet.rvc.cc.il.us>

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