Monday May 30, 2005
by Jim Williamson
jrwilliamson@foodfacility.com
JRW & Associates Finishes Third at Rich Rice Memorial
Wenatchee, WA ISC II 25th ranked JRW & Associates of Yakima, WA won four
straight games at the Rich Rice Memorial tournament this past Memorial Day
weekend in Wenatchee, but the team’s opening game extra inning loss kept
it
from advancing from the Gold Division to the championship game.
JRW & Associates finished tied for third overall at the two-day tourney with
a 4-1 record.
Game One (Sat)
JRW & Associates 100 102 21 – 7 12 3
Country Insurance, Lynden 010 020 32 – 8 11 3
Dave Drotzmann and Troy Grow; Stan Thiessen and Powell.
HR: Powell (CI) solo; Stan Thiessen (CI) solo:
Highlights: 2B Don Cawthron (JRW) 2-5, 1 RBI; C Troy Grow (JRW) 2-5, 2 RBI;
RF Steve Allen (JRW) 2-4, 1 RBI
With the Int’l Tie-Breaker (ITB) in force, Don Cawthron’s (JRW) RBI
single
in T8 put JRW ahead, but Eric Powell’s (CI) 2 run triple in B8 was the
winner
Game Two (Sat)
JRW & Associates 201 500 04 – 12 16 3
Interbay Door, Seattle 210 320 00 – 8 10 2
Travis Kraft, Dave Drotzmann and Troy Grow; Gil Gardner and Matt Morrison
Highlights: C Troy Grow (JRW) 3-4, 3 Runs, 2 RBI; 3B Dean Waltier (JRW) 4-4,
3 RBI; RF Steve Allen (JRW) 3-5, 4 RBI; SS Mike Parham (JRW) 3-5, 1 RBI
Dean Waltier’s 2 RBI single in T8 highlighted a 4 hit, 4 run inning to cap
the victory in another ITB game.
Game Three (Sat)
JRW & Associates 000 051 4 – 10 12 5
Night Hawks, Seattle 013 301 0 – 8 10 3
Dave Drotzmann and Troy Grow; Mike Kolda and Ryan Daly.
Highlights: 2B Don Cawthron (JRW) 1-3, 2 RBI; LF Bob Harris (JRW) 2-4, 2
RBI; 3B Casey Johnson 2-3, 2 RBI; CF Tim Fischer (JRW) 1-3, 2 RBI.
JRW rallied from seven runs down by scoring 10 runs in the last three
innings; A 4 run T7 highlighted by 2 RBI singles by Don Cawthron and Tim
Fischer gave JRW its second victory of the day.
Game Four (Sun)
Mission Electric, Wenatchee 000 020 0 – 2 1 1
JRW & Associates 011 021 x – 5 9 2
Barry Tate and Dewey Bleichner; Dave Drotzmann and Troy Grow.
HR: CF Tim Fischer (JRW) solo
Highlights: CF Tim Fischer 1-3, 1 RBI; P Dave Drotzmann 2-2, 2 RBI; SS Mike
Parham 1-3, 1 RBI
Pitching: Dave Drotzmann (JRW) 4 SO, 2 W, perfect game for 4 innings, no
balls out of the infield.
Drotzmann bested former JRW pitcher Barry Tate (ME) who was elected into the
North Central Wash Softball Hall of Fame Saturday. Tate’s catcher, John
“Dewey” Bleichner (ME), was the catcher on the first JRW team to go to a
National tournament 1979 18 & Under ASA Nationals in Billings, Montana.
Game Five (Sun)
Mr Bee’s, Wenatchee 030 000 0 – 3 3 4
JRW & Associates 404 032 x – 13 12 2
Ron Brixey, Jason Grow (1st) and Kurt Sand; Travis Kraft, Jack Andreas (5th)
and Troy Grow, Bob Harris (3rd)
HR: C Bob Harris (JRW) 2 Run B5
Highlights: C Bob Harris (JRW) 1-2, 3 RBI; 2B Don Cawthron (JRW) 2-2, 3 R, 1
RBI; Steve Allen (JRW) 1-2, 2 RBI; Mike Parham 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI.
Rookie 21 year old Pitcher (MB) Jason Grow, on loan from JRW & Associates,
suffered the loss, but did induce his father, catcher Troy Grow (JRW), to
ground into a double play.
JRW Tournament All-Stars
P Dave Drotzmann, 3-1, 25.1 IP, 11 ER, 7 W, 22 K, 3.07 ERA
C Troy Grow, 9-17, .529, 7 Runs, 4 RBI, 1 2B, 1 SB, 1 Sac
3B Dean Waltier, 3-7, .714, 3 Runs, 3 RBI, 1 3B, 2 SB, 1 Sac
Dean Waltier (JRW) suffered an Achilles injury in JRW’s second game in a
run-down. Dean is expected to be out for 4-6 weeks.
In the Purple Division, ISC II (Unranked Why not) NW Merchants of Lacey,
WA rode the pitching of British Columbians Sam Aldridge (NWM) and Dan Juricic
(NWM) to a 4-1 record in the Purple Division which advanced them to the
Championship game. The Merchants defeated Country Insurance of Lynden, WA in
the Championship game. In Country’s second game, pitcher Dan Groves (CI)
suffered a calf injury which took him out the tournament. P Stan Thiessen
(CI) tired by the championship game and the NW Merchants had a 17-3 lead by
the 5th inning. Trevor Knight (NWM) tossed the win for the Merchants.
From: “James Robert Williamson”