Results of the 6th Annual Pete Schwab Memorial Men’s Fastpitch Softball Tournament (ISC II level)
Frankenmuth, MI
July 13-15th, 2007
18 teams fastpitch teams from Michigan, Ontario, Indiana, and Ohio competed in this years Pete Schwab Memorial Tournament held in Frankenmuth, Michigan with Priority Mortgage (Grand Rapids, MI) beating Blenheim Home Run Restaurant (Blenheim, ON) in the finals by the score of 4-0.
Priority Mortgage earned a berth in the finals by beating the Michigan Twisters (Midland, MI) 5-2 in the semi-finals, while
Blenheim “fought” the #18 Alvinston Indians (Alvinston, ON) to an emotional 8-4 victory in the other semi-final.
Other playoff teams included Kelder’s Poured Walls (Ludington, MI) who lost 5-2 to the Twisters in a first round playoff game
and the host team, Up-to-Date Painting (Millington, MI) who were out-hit by Alvinston 10-8. Up-to-Date won a 1-0 sudden-death playoff against the Blues (Hastings, MI) to advance into the playoffs.
MVP pitchers were Duke Vanderark & Tracy Boetsma from Priority Mortgage, each pitcher having 3-0 records. MVP hitter was Rick Rutledge from the Twisters who batted 9 for 12 with 4 walks.
The four-game round robin format draw was made to force match-ups among teams not in the same league and not typically facing each other. A four hour rain delay on Saturday morning forced most of the pool play games to be started in the 3rd inning. I would to extend a sincere thank you to all the teams, fans, players, and umpires (led by UIC Dave Selden) for their patience and good spirit throughout the weekend.
We are already looking forward to next year’s event as rooms to the 3rd floor of the Bavarian Inn Lodge (over-looking the
fields) are already being reserved.
David Lach
Up to Date Painting Fastpitch
The results after round robin play were as follows:
Bracket A
Priority Mortgage (Grand Rapids, MI) 4-0
Alvinston Indians (Alvinston, ON) 3-1
Michigan Twisters (Roscommon, MI) 2-2
Tiffanys (Frankenmuth, MI) 2-2
Duncan Outlaws (Elkhart, IN) 2-2
HBC Rice Creek Lightning (Battle Creek, MI) 2-2
BCCI (St. Helen, MI) 2-2
Clark Construction (Elkhart, IN) 1-3
Abie’s Bar (Eaton Rapids, MI) 0-4
Bracket B
Blenheim Home Run Restaurant (Blenheim, ON) 3-1
Kelder’s Poured Walls (Ludington, MI) 3-1
Up-to-Date Painting (Millington, MI) 3-1
The Blues (Hastings, MI) 3-1
Bernie’s Tavern (Homer, MI) 2-2
#20 Ashland Merchants (Ashland, ON) 2-2
Windsor Reds (Windsor, ON) 2-2
Communiquest (Midland, MI) 0-4
Prestige Panthers (Elliot Lake, ON) 0-4
POOL PLAY RESULTS
Friday, July 13th
Game 1:
Tiffany’s 2
Abies Bar 1
WP: J. Hoover
LP: D. Delano
Game 2
Up-to-Date Painting 10
Communiquest 5
WP: D. Lach in relief
LP: G. Krueger
Notes: Due to an injury, Communiquest was without it’s 1st string
pitching throughout the tournament
UTD: S. Findlay 2-4, 2 3B, D. Lach 1-3, HR
CQI: Brian Phillips 3-3, Timm Richardson 2-3, 2B
Game 3
The Blues 3
Bernie’s Tavern 2
8 innings
WP: R. Nichols
LP: S. Damron
Game 4
Michigan Twisters 2
Kelders 0
Game 5
HBC Rice Creek Lightning 10
BCCI 9
8 innings
WP: S. Kelly in relief
Notes: Trevor Kelly (RC) 2-5, 3B, 4 RBIs
Rice Creek down by 3 in bottom of 7th
Saturday, July 14th
Game 6
Blenheim 5
Ashland 1
Game 7
Duncan Outlaws 3
Abie’s Bar 1
Game 8
Priority Mortgage 9
Clark Construction 3
Game 9
Alvinston Indians 4
HBC Rice Creek Lightning 3
WP: B. Blonde (3 IP, 5H, 3R, 3K)
LP: S. Kelly (7 IP, 7H, 4R, 7K)
Notes: Ryan Chapman (Alvinston) 2H, RBI, R
Very long game! RC scored 3 in 7th & left tying run on 2B
Game 10
The Blues 12
Prestige Panthers 2
Game 11
Up to Date Painting 11
Windsor Reds 10
WP: M. Spagnuolo in relief
Notes: Windsor scored 4 in the top of the 8th to take a 10-6
lead. UTD battled back scoring 5 runs with 2 outs in the bottom
of the 8th for the victory.
Game 12
Priority Mortgage 7
Michigan Twisters 4
WP: D. Vanderark
LP: G. Wright
Notes: Tim Grassmid (PM) 2-2, HR, 4RBI
Game 13
Ashland Merchants 7
Communiquest 3
Game 14
Clark Construction 4
BCCI 3
Game 15
Alvinston Indians 9
Abies Bar 2
WP: B. Blonde (2R, 4H, 7K)
LP: D. Delono (8R, 10H, 2K)
Notes: Mike Black 3R, 2BB, 2B
Game 16
Bernie’s Tavern 7
Prestige Panthers 0
Game 17
Windsor Reds 1
The Blues 0
Game 18
HBC Rice Creek Lightning 7
Tiffany’s 0
WP: S. Kelly (4IP, 2H, 6K)
LP: J. Hoover
Notes: Jeff Lovell (RC) 2-2, 3B, 2 RBI
Game 19
Michigan Twisters 7
Clark Construction 3
Game 20
BCCI 5
Duncan Outlaws 3
WP: P. Hoisington Jr (3H, 1 ER, 3R, 3K)
LP: L. Bender (5H, 4ER, 5R, 4K)
Notes: Brad Hughey (BCCI) 2-3, 2 RBI, GM 2-run walk-off HR
Game 21
Blenheim 7
Up to Date 0
WP: R. Fawcett
LP: D. Lach
Game 22
Windsor Reds 15
Communiquest 8
Game 23
Priority Mortgage 2
Alvinston Indians 0
WP: Tracy Boetsma
LP: J. Ferguson
Jason Bialalowski (Priority) 2-2, RBI
Game 24
Kelders 6
Ashland Merchants 0
WP: B. Whitman
Sunday July 15th
Game 25
The Blues 9
Communiquest 2
Game 26
BCCI 2
Abie’s Bar 1
WP: P. Hoisington Sr (5H, 1ER, 2K)
LP: G. Lampman (3H, 2ER, 1K)
Notes: BCCI J Hoisington 2-2, P Hoisington Jr 1-2, 2B
Abies K. Knox 1-3, HR
Game 27
Tiffany’s 6
Clark Construction 0
WP: J. Hoover
Game 28
Up to Date Painting 7
Prestige Panthers 0
WP: M. Spagnuolo
Game 29
Priority Mortgage 9
Duncan Outlaws 0
WP: T. Boetsma
LP: D. Hodge
Notes: Tim Grassmid (Priority) 2-2, HR, 3B, 5 RBI
Game 30
Alvinston Indians 4
Michigan Twisters 3
WP: J. Ferguson
LP: G. Wright
Notes: Very good fastpitch game
Game 31
Blenheim 8
HBC Rice Creek Lightning 0
Game 32
Kelders 6
Windsor Reds 1
Game 33
Ashland Merchants 9
Bernie’s Tavern 8
9 innings (2 xtra)
WP: S. Hershey in relief
LP: B. Boyd in relief
Notes: Shane Flinner (Ashland) with 2-run home in top 8th for
win
Trevor Urban (Ashland) 2-4, 3B; S. Flinner (Ashland) 3-4, HR
Bryan Boyd (Bernies) 3-4, HR, 2B; J. Sherman (Bernies) 2-4
Game 34
Bernie’s Tavern 2
Blenheim 1
WP: B. Boyd (4K, 0BB)
LP: R. Fawcett in relief
Notes: Chris D (Blenheim) 2-2
Good game!
Game 35
Kelders 9
Prestige Panthers 3
Game 36
Duncan Outlaws 7
Tiffanys 2
Sudden Death Playoff Game #1
Up to Date Painting 1
The Blues 0
Playoff Game #1
Alvinston Indians 10
Up to Date Painting 8
WP: B. Young in relief (& out of retirement for a weekend)
LP: M. Spagnuolo
Playoff Game #2
Michigan Twisters 7
Kelders 2
WP: R. Engle
LP: B. Whitman
Semifinal #1
Blenheim 8
Alvinston 4
Semifinal #2
Priority Mortgage 5
Michigan Twisters 2
WP: Tracy Boetsma
LP: R. Engle
Finals
Priority Mortgage 4
Blenheim 0
WP: D. Vanderark
LP: R. Fawcett
Notes: PM won with solid pitching, defense, and 2 HRs