Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Round 3 of Softball Rankings

Not a whole lot of changes in the rankings just a couple bumps up or down here or there. Sand Bar had a pretty good jump after they beat us in the Dells. They hit very well, have a pitcher that can get it up, and are really aggressive all around, whether it be on the bases or on defense, throwing behind runners getting off base to far.

Rankings
1. River City Coors Light (Lacrosse) Camp Douglas- Very very good team that hit the ball extremely well. Always hit line drives and only hit homers with runners on base.
2. Varsity Club (Baraboo/Madison/ Elroy) Tomah- Play very good defense, hit the long ball really well, and have one of the best pitchers around in Ronny Murray.
3. Breakaway (Tomah/Sparta) Camp Douglas, Tomah- Just like River City hit very hard line drives.
4. Harmony 2 (Mauston) Tomah, Lyndon Station- Another team that hits the long ball very well and plays pretty good defense. Can really string runs together.
5. Bar Ron Farms (Ithaca/Spring Green) Hub City- Hit the ball very very hard and are always going for the long ball. Also have a pretty solid pitcher.
6. Mt Tabor (Mt. Tabor/Kendall) Hub City- Similar to Bar Ron Farms in that they hit the long ball pretty well and play some pretty solid defense. Very solid 1-10.
7. Harmony (Mauston) My Tourney Team- Team that can really string the runs together and when there hot they can play with anyone.
8. Anjeros (Mauston) Mauston League- Play very solid defense and have very good hitters 1-9 and a pretty solid pitcher.
9. Harmony (Mauston) Mauston League- Combined players from the two Harmony's make this team pretty good.
10. Sand Bar (Wisconsin Dells) Dells League- Pretty good pitcher and a very solid hitting team all around. A very smart team, thats also very aggressive on the bases and on defense.
11. Crow Bar 2 (Warrens/Tomah) Warrens, Tomah- Solid hitting team that's played a lot of ball and play some pretty good defense. Looked to be a much improved hitting team the second time I saw them and had a better pitcher too.
12. Nubs Pub (Lacrosse/Sparta) Camp Douglas- Hit the ball really hard and can really string some runs together.
13. E.C.S. (Markesan/Dells) Lyndon Station- Young team with a lot of team speed. Hit the ball extremely well to the opposite field and cover a lot of ground in the outfield.
14. Mt Olympus (Wisconsin Dells) My Dells League Team- Young team with a lot of team speed, play very good defense, good overall team power, and have a pitcher that's been pitching really well lately.
15. Monks (Wisconsin Dells) Dells League- Veteran team that hits the long ball. Picked up some pretty good players since the last time I saw them.

HM
Bensons (Ontario/Kendal) Hub City
Sloopys (Lacrosse) Tomah
Crow Bar 1 (Warrens/Tomah) Hub City,Tomah

In a report on league teams there were a couple of blowouts. In Dells league we run ruled the Ducks 21-6 which was led by four home runs in the game. Mauston league was another powerhouse showing as we cruised to a 17-0 win over Wonderlys.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Softball updated begining of July

With July beginning the softball season is about half way through. In my coed church league we are 5-0 without having much of a challenge. We had a couple relatively close calls but, the games were never really in question.

In Mauston league we took our first lost the first time we played Harmony but, the second time we played them we were able to defeat Harmony 16-15. Our record in Mauston is now 7-1. We've continued to dominate everyone in the league outside of Harmony and have split with them so far this season.

Dells league our undefeated streak was ended as we lost to Sand Bar 10-7. I knew they were a good team but, I underestimated how good and smart ball players they actually were. A few errors, some bad base running, and a costly pitch cost us the game. Prior to the loss we beat Moosejaw 15-2. Moosejaw started with only eight players but, we really didn't jump on them until they got nine players and we put up eight runs in one inning. The week prior we beat Edge of the Dells 7-2 in a very ugly game were two hits pretty much won us the game as a bases loaded triple and error scored four runs and a bases loaded single and error scored another two runs. We are now 4-1 in the league and our only loss has come to the top team in the league. I'm think we've got a great shot at winning out the year and will probably not lose more than two more games the rest of the way.