Wisconsin State Tournament, Denmark WI—–June 10-12, 2005

Game 1- at Circle Tap
Rice Lake Orangemen— 010 022 0—–5-6-0-8
Wausau PJ’s Log Jam— 000 000 0—–0-5-1-6
Larry Cushman WP 1-0 & Jeff Bader
Tom Fochs LP 0-1 & Lance Rick
HR- Cory Candler-2R-RLO

Game 2- at Circle Tap
Galesville Wilbur Lime—020 002 2—–6-10-1-9
Schofield J&D Tube——000 000 0——-0-1-1-2
Steve Gothard WP 1-0 & Steve Hovell
Greg Fochs LP 0-1 & Brett Schulz
HR- Dan Stuhr solo, Chris Gamroth solo-WL

Game 3- Started Friday at Circle Tap & finished on Saturday at Denmark Memorial Park
Due to Rain
Denmark Circle Tap Lumberjacks—000 100 0—–1-4-1-4
The Bar of Appleton——————-301 101 x—–6-7-1-4
Gerard Long LP 0-1 & Chad Mix
Dave Miller WP 1-0,Scott Bortolini (4) & Bryan Hansen
HR Gerard Long-Solo BAR

Game 4 – at Denmark Memorial Park
Denmark Pioneer Metal Finish—000 000 0—–0-2-0-2
Kenosha Earl’s Club—————400 000 x—–4-6-0-6
John Goral LP 0-1, Bryan Brooks (3) & Kyle Kapinos, Pat Severin(3)
Wayne Gaura WP 1-0, Todd Lubkeman (5) & Paul Wouters
HR-None

Game 5 – at Denmark Memorial Park
Rice Lake Orangemen—102 010 0—–4-7-3-5
Statford Rep & Baja’s—013 351 x—–10-11-1-10
Larry Cushman LP 1-1 & Jeff Bader
Jay Wilder WP 1-0 & Kevin Leick
HR- None

Game 6- at Circle Tap
Schofield J&D Tube—–00 002 1—–3-6-2-6
Wausau PJ’s Log Jam—001 141 x—-7-5-1-8
Scott Tomcheck LP 0-1, Tom Marquary (5) & Matt McDonald
Tom Fochs WP 1-1 & Lance Rick

HR-Brad McDonald solo-J&D

Game 7 – at Denmark Memorial Park
Rice Lake Orangemen————-001 020 1—–4-7-1-7
Denmark Pioneer Metal Finish—200 000 0—–2-8-2-7
Larry Cushman LP 2-1 & Jeff Bader
Bryan Brooks LP 0-1 & Pat Severin
HR-None

Game 8 – at Denmark Memorial Park
Wausau PJ’s Log Jam—–101 000 0—–2-8-0-5
The Bar of Appleton——-003 020 x—-5-8-0-5
Tom Fochs LP 1-2 & Lance Rick
Tim McIntire WP 1-0, Gerard Long (5) & Lee Peerenboom
HR-Gerard Long-2R-BAR

Game 9 – at Circle Tap
Galesville Wilbur Lime—————–100 100 2—–4-6-1-3
Denmark Circle Tap Lumberjacks—-010 000 0—–1-3-1-5
Steve Gothard WP 2-0 & Steve Hovell
Dave Miller LP 1-1 & Bryan Hansen
HR- Bruce Perkei solo, Steve Hovell 2R-WL

Game 10 – at Circle Tap
Statford Rep & Baja’s—-100 120 1—–5-7-1-5
Kenosha Earl’s Club——001 010 0—–2-7-2-5
Steve Ackerson WP 1-0 & Jeff Zweifflehofer
Wayne Gaura LP 1-1 & Mike Froderman
HR-Brian Harris solo, Bard Bartelt 2R, Jeff Zweifflehofer solo

Game 11 – at Circle Tap
Denmark Circle Tap Lumberjacks—-014 001 1—–7-7-2-9
Rice Lake Orangemen——————100 000 0—–1-3-2-6
Scott Bortolini WP 1-0 & Bryan Hansen
Larry Cushman LP 2-2, Tim Hall (3) & Jeff Bader

Game 12 – at Circle Tap
Kenosha Earl’s Club——112 000 101—–6-6-3-7
The Bar of Appleton——002 030 002—–7-8-2-6
Todd Lubkeman, Wayne Gaura LP & Jason Gerum
Gerard Long WP 1-1 & Lee Peerenboom, Chad Mix (6)

Games Sunday June 12, 2005
Game 13- at Circle Tap 10:30 Am
Galesville Wilbur Lime VS Statford Rep & Baja’s

Game 14- at Circle Tap 12:15 Pm
The Bar of Appleton VS Denmark Circle Tap Lumberjacks

Game 15- at Circle Tap 2:00 Pm
Loser 13 VS Winner 14

Game 16- at Circle Tap 3:45 Pm Championship
Winner 13 VS Winner 15

Game 17- at Circle Tap 5:30 Pm
If Game

Hank De Wild
MAILTO:hdewild@milwpc.com

Denmark, WI

Nine teams will compete this coming weekend, June 10, 11, and 12 in the Wisconsin Area ISC II Tournament for two births in the ISC II Tournament of Champions to be held later this summer in Chippewa Falls, WI. The double elimination tournament is being hosted by Circle Tap in Denmark, WI. The Bar of Appleton and the Circle Tap Lumberjacks of Denmark will meet Friday night at 7:00 pm at the Circle Tap diamond to open tournament play. Other first round games scheduled for Saturday June 11 at the Circle Tap diamond are P J’s of Wausau vs the Rice Lake Orangemen at 10:00 am with the winner meeting Rep and Baja’s of Wausau at 1:30 pm. Wilber Lime of Galesville will meet J & D Tube of Wausau at 11:45 am. Earl’s Club of Kenosha will open against Pioneer Metal Finishers of Green Bay at 11:45 am at the Denmark city diamond. Play will continue throughout Saturday and Sunday with the championship game scheduled for 3:45 pm at the Circle Tap diamond.

Dean
Mailto:doscar@ramchealth.org

[Renton, WA} – Monday June 6th, 2005
JRW & Associates Gain Pacific NW ISC II Berth at Chissus Memorial
by Jim Williamson jrwilliamson@foodfacility.com

Renton, WA ISC II 23rd ranked JRW & Associates of Yakima, WA won three straight games in the elimination round for a first place finish at the 33rd Annual Chissus Memorial tournament on Sunday June 5. The ten team Chissus Memorial served as the ISC II qualifier for Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.

JRW & Associates has accepted a berth to the 2005 ISC II Tournament of Champions (ToC) in Chippewa Falls on August 13th-20th. Not Ranked Runner-up Regal Homes of Everett, who JRW defeated 6-3 in the finals, was a surprise finalist to the championship game. Regal, typically not a traveling team, is not expected to accept the ISC II berth. The third place team, 48th ranked Bucknell Park, playing under the sponsorship of Morgan Transfer, very likely will consider accepting the second berth. (In the absence of an ISC II Travel League in 2005, this qualifier provided the two berths for the Pacific NW).

In the elimination round, JRW beat not ranked Interbay Door of Seattle 6-3 and 48th ranked Morgan Transfer (Bucknell Park) 7-2 to reach the Championship game. Most Valuable Pitcher Dave Drotzmann (JRW) pitched back to back victories with 21 K’s in the two games and allowed only two earned runs. Most Valuable Player Mike Parham (JRW) had a 2 RBI single in the 3 run 6th inning to close out the victory over Morgan Transfer which gave JRW & Associates a berth to the ToC. Mike finished with a .786 BA See stats below. In the championship victory over Regal Homes, Pitcher Matt Barnes (JRW), returning from a two year absence from fastpitch softball, struck out 12 and didn’t walk any. Although the pesky Regal team got 11 hits, Matt stranded eight of them, ending 4 of the 7 innings with strikeouts.

JRW’s only loss in the tournament was in pool play on Saturday to 45th ranked Bodle Chiropractic 2-3 in a game with two International Tie-Breaker (ITB) innings. Norm Pipke (BC) of British Columbia struck out 9 in that victory. Bodle lost to eventual runner-up Regal Homes in the first round of elimination play on Sunday.

Game One (Sat) # 23 JRW & Associates, Yakima 022 360 1 – 14 19 1 N/R Interbay Door, Seattle 400 301 0 – 8 13 1 Matt Barnes, Dave Drotzmann 5th (WP) and Troy Grow; Kevin Rasmussen (LP) and Steve Morrison.Highlights: HR: Steve Drissel (JRW) Solo SS Mike Parham (JRW) 4-4, 4 R; DH Dave Drotzmann (JRW) 3-5, 4 RBI; LF Steve Drissel (JRW) 4-4, 2R, 3 RBI; CF Tim Fischer (JRW) 2-4, 2 RBI.JRW rallied from a seven run tie by scoring 6 runs in the top of the 6th inning. The inning was highlighted by a 2 RBI double by P Dave Drotzmann (JRW), an RBI single by CF Tim Fischer (JRW) and an RBI triple by LF Steve Drissel (JRW).

Game Two (Sat) # 23 JRW & Associates, Yakima 001 001 000 – 2 6 2 # 45 Bodle Chiropractic, Seattle 101 000 001 – 3 4 1 Dave Drotzmann (LP) and Troy Grow; Norm Pipke (WP) and Link Hawley Highlights: SS Mike Parham (JRW) 2-4; CF Tim Fischer (JRW) 3-4; LF Steve Drissel (JRW) 2 RBI Pitching: Dave Drotzman (JRW) 9 IP, 1 ER, 2 W, 9 K’s Norm Pipke (BC) 9 IP, 2 ER, 3 W, 9 K’s In the bottom of the 9th with ITB runner Cal Nehren (BC) on second and one out; an unsuccessful bunt attempt blocked the catcher (JRW) and Nehren stole third. The next batter (BC) hit a slow grounder which was errored on an attempt to throw home.

Game Three (Sat) N/R Rascals Casino, Seattle 100 00 – 1 4 3 # 23 JRW & Associates, Yakima 318 3x – 15 11 1 Duey Christensen (LP) and Nate Collins: Travis Kraft (WP), Dave Drotzmann 5th and Bob Harris; Highlights: HR: Tim Fischer (JRW) Grand Slam; Bob Harris (JRW) 3 Run HR LF Bob Harris (JRW) 1-3, 2 R, 3 RBI; DH Dave Drotzmann (JRW) 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI; CF Tim Fischer (JRW) 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI; LF Bob Harris’ (JRW) 3 Run HR in the 3rd and CF Tim Fischer’s (JRW) Grand Slam in the same inning capped a 15 run outburst by JRW & Associates. Pitcher Travis Kraft (JRW), after allowing only four singles, pulled a groin muscle in the 5th with no outs and a walked runner on first. Relief pitcher Dave Drotzmann (JRW) ended the game on four pitches a 6U — 6-3 DP and a ground out, 6-3.

Game Four (Sun) Single Elimination Round Starts N/R Interbay Door, Seattle 000 201 0 – 3 5 1 # 23 JRW & Associates, Yakima 031 002 x – 6 9 2 Kevin Rasmussen (LP) and Steve Morrison; Dave Drotzmann (WP) and Troy Grow; Highlights: HR: 3B Mike Parham (JRW) 2 Run in the 2nd RF Steve Allen (JRW) 1-1, 1 R, 1 RBI; SS Mike Parham (JRW) 3-3, 2 R, 3 RBI Pitching: Dave Drotzmann (JRW) 7 IP, 2 ER, 12 SO, 2 W After Interbay closed to one run down, JRW scored the clinching runs in B6 on 3 singles, RF Steve Drissel’s (JRW) Sac fly and an OF error.

Game Five (Sun) Morgan Transfer, Lacey, WA 010 001 0 – 2 4 4 # 23 JRW & Associates, Yakima 011 113 x – 7 9 3 Kory Knight (LP), Trevor Knight 5th and Josh Baumgardner; Dave Drotzmann (WP) and Troy Grow. Highlights: 2B Don Cawthron (JRW) 2-4, 2 R; Mike Parham (JRW) 2-3, 1 R, 2 RBI. Most Valuable Player Mike Parham (JRW) had a 2 RBI single in the 3 run 6th inning to close out the victory over Morgan Transfer. Mike finished with a .786 BA.

Game Six (Sun) Championship Game N/R Regal Homes, Everett 101 010 0 – 3 11 2 # 23 JRW & Associates, Yakima 010 401 x – 6 11 1 Matt Barnes (WP) and Troy Grow; Jerry Rizzuto (LP) and Isiah Piquette; Highlights: 3B Casey Johnson (JRW) 2-3, 1 RBI; CF Tim Fischer (JRW) 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI; RF Steve Drissel (JRW) 1-3, 1 RBI; Don Cawthron 1-4, 2 RBI Pitching: Matt Barnes (JRW) 7 IP, 2 ER, 2W, 13 K’s;

JRW Tournament All-Stars Most Valuable Pitcher – Dave Drotzmann (JRW) 3-1, 27 IP, 3 ER, 6 W, 34 K, 0.778 ERA Most Valuable Player 3B Mike Parham (JRW) 11-14, .786, 7 Runs, 5 RBI, 1 HR, 3 SB, 1 W All-Star CF Tim Fischer (JRW) 8-20, .400, 8 Runs, 8 RBI, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 2 SB All-Star OF Steve Drissel (JRW) 6-16, .375, 6 Runs, 8 RBI, 1 3B, 1 HR, 1 SB, 1 Sac;

Many, many thanks to Tournament Director Joe Bodle who handled lots of adversity in putting on another quality event. A pitching shortage for one team had Joe switching teams and fields even before the tournament started. The change away from the traditional Memorial Day weekend for the Chissus tournament left Joe in a dogfight over field use at the Liberty Complex. The Complex had to be cleared on Sunday by noon for Sally League Co-Ed play. Five of Sunday’s nine games for the Chissus Memorial were played at the Renton Hi School ball fields.

James Robert Williamson
Mailto:jrwilliamson@foodfacility.com