Well after a rough start to the summer things started to turn around this week. Both my Wisconsin Dells league and Mauston league started and we finally were back on the tournament circuit for softball.
The week began with our very first Dells league game which was pretty exciting because this was the first time that a lot of us had played together. We got a good draw with a game against Marley's who will probably finish towards the bottom of the league. We jumped out early and never looked back and cruised to a 15-0 win. I went 2-4 with two pop outs, a single, and a double. Marleys was only able to manage two hits, one of which was questionable. I tried to watch as much as I could of the games and will do my best two make a pick for where everyone in the league will finish. There are 12 teams in the league so some teams are guesses or are based on what others have told me.
Conteders
Stroede Bros- Won 9-1 and have a good amount of guys from my tournament team.
Moosejaw- Didn't see them play but, have heard their always towards the top of the league.
Knuckleheads- Lost in 10 innings but, are a young athletic team that should win a decent amount of games.
Sandbar- Last years champs that beat Knuckleheads.
Mt Olympus- Gotta put our own team and we did put up the most runs of the night.
Middle of the Pack
Scott Construction- Didn't see them play but, they have some big hitters and some guys that have played a decent amount of ball.
Edge O Dells- Lots of young guys that can hit the ball. Won their first game but, their D is suspect.
Monks- Lost their first game to Edge O Dells but, they have a lot of guys that have played a ton of ball and should rebound and give a lot of teams some trouble.
Ducks- Won their first game and were winning 9-3 when I left but, have a lot of players and a good portion of them haven't played a lot of ball.
Bottom Dwellers
Wilderness- Didn't see them play but, heard they lost 9-1 and that they weren't too good.
Royal Excavating- Lost their first game and didn't look to impressive.
Marleys- Lets just say that they are in for a long year.
Well did my best with that. May be off a bit but, in just seeing bits and pieces of games I think I did a pretty good job.
Mauston league was Wednesday night and game one we won 14-0 or their about, scoring 10 runs in the first inning and relaxing the rest of the way. We were playing Randalls who just couldn't get anything going and their pitcher served some up. I went 2-3 in the game with two home runs, a walk, and a nice little strike out. Game two was against a young Dream Sports team who we beat 12-2, with both of their runs coming in the last inning. This game I went 2-3 with two triples, a walk, and a deep fly out. The league only has five teams, so I got a chance to see all the teams and feel I can make a pretty decent prediction.
1. Harmony- Won the tournament last year and are even more stacked as they added a couple guys from Harmony 2 who were unable to put a team together.
2. Anjeros- My team won the regular season title last year but, fell to Harmony in the championship and will be missing arguably are best player from last year.
3. Randalls- Has a few players that have played a decent amount of softball and should be able to beat the bottom two teams.
4. Dream Sporst- Bunch of young guys that just haven't played enough softball.
5. Wonderlys- Not a lot of experience on this team and will probably struggle to win a game.
Thursday night was baseball night again which meant another loss for the Dells. We hung with Plain but, just couldn't get the big hit as we fell 4-1. We had a runner thrown out at home and twice had runners on third and couldn't bring them in. We looked decent though and hit the ball fairly well but, just couldn't get the runners across the plate. If we continue to improve we should win a few games in the near future.
This past weekend was a tournament down in Hub City. The tournament ended up getting rained out but, we did manage to get a couple games in before the tournament was called. Game one was against a young O'Finley's team from the Cazanovia area. They jumped on us early as we started out slow and found ourselves in a hole. We managed to tie the game up at 11 a piece before we blew up for 14 runs in the 6th inning. The O'Finley's team got down on themselves and just couldn't turn things around. Game two was against Bensons who we've seen many times before. This game had a couple rain interruptions and involved us playing defense in the pouring rain and with Bensons scoring six runs with only hitting a couple balls out of the infield. We were able to get five runs and then another two when the rain started to give us an early 7-0 lead and then were able to hang on for a water logged win of 17-14.
Tomorrow I'll try to do my best to rank the top teams that I've seen this year. It will be a little difficult because I don't usually see entire games and it makes a difference if your playing a good team or a not so good team.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Struggles of the Early Summer
Well with the summer about to hit full swing I've really neglected my postings. Also add in the fact that we've struggled in softball and baseball so there hasn't been a lot of positives to talk about.
A week and a half ago we were playing softball up in Camp Douglas. Due to work I missed the first game which we won but, then followed that up with a couple of rough loses which i was a part of on Saturday afternoon. We faced River City Coors Light in the first lost and were crushed 28ish to 3. They just hit single after single after single and then the occasional home run. We had three bad errors in the outfield, one was mine, other then that we played a pretty solid defensive game but, just couldn't get the bats going. The second lost was just as rough as Breakaway took us down 25-10 or so. This was the first game I played third base but, it seemed like these guys just crushed the ball incredibly hard. Balls were through the infield before I could even make a move and on home runs we didn't even move, you knew they were at once the ball was hit. I ended up going 0 for the tourney and my brother only had one hit which was a home run. After this weekend our tournament team is now 7-3 with a 1st place finish and a 5th place finish.
Baseball has started off even worse as we've now started the season 0-3. First game of the year against Cazanovia we lost 5-0 and only had two hits. Caz only had two hits themselves but, our starting pitcher couldn't throw a strike to save his life and hit four guys in the first inning and another two in the second inning before he was pulled. Second game I missed but, we lost 6-0 to Cross Plains. Game three was a disaster all around as we were without lights so the game went only four innings and we lost to Sparta 7-3. Were not hitting right now and our supposive number one has no control right now and to top it off we have 20 guys on the team so half our guys aren't playing. Were now going to be playing inter team games on Wednesday nights just to get everyone at bats. Can't hurt the guys who are playing because their not hitting either.
Well not much else to talk about. Hopefully I'll begin to keep up with this again and be posting after every game. Due to the fact that I play softball about every night that probably won't happen but, I'll try to get on here at least twice a week and post.
A week and a half ago we were playing softball up in Camp Douglas. Due to work I missed the first game which we won but, then followed that up with a couple of rough loses which i was a part of on Saturday afternoon. We faced River City Coors Light in the first lost and were crushed 28ish to 3. They just hit single after single after single and then the occasional home run. We had three bad errors in the outfield, one was mine, other then that we played a pretty solid defensive game but, just couldn't get the bats going. The second lost was just as rough as Breakaway took us down 25-10 or so. This was the first game I played third base but, it seemed like these guys just crushed the ball incredibly hard. Balls were through the infield before I could even make a move and on home runs we didn't even move, you knew they were at once the ball was hit. I ended up going 0 for the tourney and my brother only had one hit which was a home run. After this weekend our tournament team is now 7-3 with a 1st place finish and a 5th place finish.
Baseball has started off even worse as we've now started the season 0-3. First game of the year against Cazanovia we lost 5-0 and only had two hits. Caz only had two hits themselves but, our starting pitcher couldn't throw a strike to save his life and hit four guys in the first inning and another two in the second inning before he was pulled. Second game I missed but, we lost 6-0 to Cross Plains. Game three was a disaster all around as we were without lights so the game went only four innings and we lost to Sparta 7-3. Were not hitting right now and our supposive number one has no control right now and to top it off we have 20 guys on the team so half our guys aren't playing. Were now going to be playing inter team games on Wednesday nights just to get everyone at bats. Can't hurt the guys who are playing because their not hitting either.
Well not much else to talk about. Hopefully I'll begin to keep up with this again and be posting after every game. Due to the fact that I play softball about every night that probably won't happen but, I'll try to get on here at least twice a week and post.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Warrens Tournament Champs
With the softball season starting up my posting will probably pick back up again. When I have free time anyway because it appears I will be having games every night. This year I probably won't be playing in the Mauston Coed league but, will probably be playing with a team in Portage on Monday nights. Anyway this weekend was our first tournament with Harmony. Tournament was limited arc, which means pitches are 6-12 feet. Typically we play unlimited arc but, will get into any tournament we can. This was a weaker tournament which we were able to win. This was nice because it was our first tournament of the year and it's nice to start the year off with a tournament win.
Our first game was against Sunset from Black River Falls. They weren't too much of a competition as we run ruled them in five innings with a score of 18-3. Highlight of this game was my brother going 3-3 with three home runs. Game two was against Ridgeview who was from Warrens and had a few guys from Breakaway who is a very good tournament team. This game was a great battle as we were down 13-0, came back to make it 13-10, then went down 19-10, before finally winning 22-21. The night cap was against a younger team from the Lacrosse/Black River Falls area. They had full uniforms which was a little intimidating but, we took the early lead and never looked back. Final score was 19-10. To end Saturday night there was a home run derby which wasn't do great due to the rain and lack of home runs. My brother hit only one home run in the derby and the winner of the derby had only three bombs.
Sunday we took on a very young Crow Bar team from Warrens. We jumped out early and despite a slight come back from them we were able to hang on for a 25-15 win. In the championship game we needed to only beat the second Crow Bar team once to win the tournament or have them beat us twice. Of course they beat us the first game, where we played terrible and lost 26-10. This Crow Bar team had quite a few guys from a pretty good Barrons team. The championship game went right to the wire as one of our guys hit a walk off home run to win the game and tournament 22-21.
We went 5-1 on the tournament and averaged 19.3 runs per game and outscored our opponents 116-96. Was a great first tournament and is hopefully a forecast of how the season will go.
Our first game was against Sunset from Black River Falls. They weren't too much of a competition as we run ruled them in five innings with a score of 18-3. Highlight of this game was my brother going 3-3 with three home runs. Game two was against Ridgeview who was from Warrens and had a few guys from Breakaway who is a very good tournament team. This game was a great battle as we were down 13-0, came back to make it 13-10, then went down 19-10, before finally winning 22-21. The night cap was against a younger team from the Lacrosse/Black River Falls area. They had full uniforms which was a little intimidating but, we took the early lead and never looked back. Final score was 19-10. To end Saturday night there was a home run derby which wasn't do great due to the rain and lack of home runs. My brother hit only one home run in the derby and the winner of the derby had only three bombs.
Sunday we took on a very young Crow Bar team from Warrens. We jumped out early and despite a slight come back from them we were able to hang on for a 25-15 win. In the championship game we needed to only beat the second Crow Bar team once to win the tournament or have them beat us twice. Of course they beat us the first game, where we played terrible and lost 26-10. This Crow Bar team had quite a few guys from a pretty good Barrons team. The championship game went right to the wire as one of our guys hit a walk off home run to win the game and tournament 22-21.
We went 5-1 on the tournament and averaged 19.3 runs per game and outscored our opponents 116-96. Was a great first tournament and is hopefully a forecast of how the season will go.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Softball League Thoughts
I already covered my tournament team from last year so now its time to move on to league talk. Last year I played in three different softball leagues. On Tuesday nights I played in Baraboo, Wednesday nights Mauston, and Sunday nights Mauston Coed.
Baraboo league had three different leagues which was split into A, B, and C league. I played with Monks and we were in the B league. B league was about right for us because we could compete with everyone in the league and would probably get killed in A league. We were a very streaky hitting team and made a lot of errors in the infield. With those two things working against us pitching was huge. The first half of the year our pitching was pretty rough which led to our team really struggling to win in the first half. Midway through the season we switched pitchers which turned our team around as we finished the season pretty strong. I had a fairly strong year there as I batted 3rd and played left center. I hit about five home runs during the year.
Mauston league had seven teams in the league with three very good teams and four bad teams. I played with Anjeros and we pretty much dominated the league until we lost in one of the final games of the year to Harmony 2 and then in the playoffs we ended up losing to Harmony 1 in the championship game. I typically played 2nd, 3rd, right center, and a little bit of left center and batted anywhere from second, fourth, sixth or eighth. I believe I had around six home runs on the year and batted around .600 or so.
My final league was a church coed team. When we were at full strength we basically dominated as we went on to win the championship and only have two loses on the season. This league is very weak as only two other teams could compete with us the majority of the time.
This year I'll be having my own team in the Dells this year so I won't be playing in Baraboo this year. Our team should be a middle of the road team. We don't have a lot of overall team power but, our team has a lot of team speed which should work to our advantage on a big field and we play some pretty good defense. Mauston we will once again be one of the top teams in the league. We lose one of our best players in our lead off and left center fielder but, we should be able to replace him easy enough and my brother may be added to the team. As far as coed goes I'll probably only play part time when it doesn't conflict with tournaments.
As you can see by my posts I'm getting pretty excited for the season to start. May 10 is our first tournament and May 19 Dells league starts. Not sure on the other leagues yet.
Baraboo league had three different leagues which was split into A, B, and C league. I played with Monks and we were in the B league. B league was about right for us because we could compete with everyone in the league and would probably get killed in A league. We were a very streaky hitting team and made a lot of errors in the infield. With those two things working against us pitching was huge. The first half of the year our pitching was pretty rough which led to our team really struggling to win in the first half. Midway through the season we switched pitchers which turned our team around as we finished the season pretty strong. I had a fairly strong year there as I batted 3rd and played left center. I hit about five home runs during the year.
Mauston league had seven teams in the league with three very good teams and four bad teams. I played with Anjeros and we pretty much dominated the league until we lost in one of the final games of the year to Harmony 2 and then in the playoffs we ended up losing to Harmony 1 in the championship game. I typically played 2nd, 3rd, right center, and a little bit of left center and batted anywhere from second, fourth, sixth or eighth. I believe I had around six home runs on the year and batted around .600 or so.
My final league was a church coed team. When we were at full strength we basically dominated as we went on to win the championship and only have two loses on the season. This league is very weak as only two other teams could compete with us the majority of the time.
This year I'll be having my own team in the Dells this year so I won't be playing in Baraboo this year. Our team should be a middle of the road team. We don't have a lot of overall team power but, our team has a lot of team speed which should work to our advantage on a big field and we play some pretty good defense. Mauston we will once again be one of the top teams in the league. We lose one of our best players in our lead off and left center fielder but, we should be able to replace him easy enough and my brother may be added to the team. As far as coed goes I'll probably only play part time when it doesn't conflict with tournaments.
As you can see by my posts I'm getting pretty excited for the season to start. May 10 is our first tournament and May 19 Dells league starts. Not sure on the other leagues yet.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
End of the Summer Recap
I misspoke when I said that Mt Tabor defeated Harmony 2 to win the Hillsboro tournament. I completely forgot about Wandos a very very good team from Madison that actually won the tournament. Wandos beat Mt Tabor twice by a score of about 33-7 both games.
The end of July my Mauston league team, Anjeros, was in a tournament in Briggsville that was a Texas Shootout. A Texas shootout is a tournament where when your batting you get one pitch. You hit it, strike out, or walk. So each batter can only see one pitch and games are only 45 minutes long. I was only able to make the first day of the tournament when we played two games. We dominated both games with relative ease. Angeros went on to win the tournament with relative ease going 5-0.
The next weekend I played with a team called Hartjes in North Freedom. The tournament ended up getting rained out and we only got one game in against Mt Tabor which led to a 13-1 lose or somewhere around there. Our only run was a home run.
Our final tournament of the year ended in Hillsboro. We finished in third place. I believe we went 3-2. This was another tournament that just seemed to be a blur. This tournament ended up with Mt Tabor beating Harmony 2 in the tournament. Our two loses were to each of these teams.
Top 5 finishers
1. Mt Tabor
2. Harmony 2
3. Harmony
4. Lafarge Tabs
5. Royal Bank
Well that's the end of the tournament season. I'll probably be taking the weekend off from posting and be back next week with some league talk. Still looking for an official sponsor for our Dells league and could use another player or two.
The end of July my Mauston league team, Anjeros, was in a tournament in Briggsville that was a Texas Shootout. A Texas shootout is a tournament where when your batting you get one pitch. You hit it, strike out, or walk. So each batter can only see one pitch and games are only 45 minutes long. I was only able to make the first day of the tournament when we played two games. We dominated both games with relative ease. Angeros went on to win the tournament with relative ease going 5-0.
The next weekend I played with a team called Hartjes in North Freedom. The tournament ended up getting rained out and we only got one game in against Mt Tabor which led to a 13-1 lose or somewhere around there. Our only run was a home run.
Our final tournament of the year ended in Hillsboro. We finished in third place. I believe we went 3-2. This was another tournament that just seemed to be a blur. This tournament ended up with Mt Tabor beating Harmony 2 in the tournament. Our two loses were to each of these teams.
Top 5 finishers
1. Mt Tabor
2. Harmony 2
3. Harmony
4. Lafarge Tabs
5. Royal Bank
Well that's the end of the tournament season. I'll probably be taking the weekend off from posting and be back next week with some league talk. Still looking for an official sponsor for our Dells league and could use another player or two.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
July Tournament Recap
As we move another day closer to the start of the season, I'll continue my recap of last years tournament play.
The first tournament of July was hosted by Harmony in Lyndon Station. They tournament had a small showing with only five teams in the tournament. Both Harmony teams were there, along with Misfits or something like that from the Lyndon/Mauston area, Leahy's Pub, and then Winning Connection who had the bulk of their players from Cejays and had guys from Baraboo, Portage, and Mauston. With only five teams the tournament was set up as a round robin that was only a one day tourney which allowed each team to play four games.
First game of the day we took on Misfits who were a very young from the area and we handled them with some ease. Second game we took on Leahy's Pub which was looking some what weak this weekend and we cruised to an easy victory. The third game of the day was a nail bitter against Winning Connection. In the top of the seventh inning we were down 18-16 and I hit a triple off the right field fence with bases loaded to give us a 19-18 lead. In the bottom of the seventh a hit and then a pair of walks loaded the bases and then a walk off grand slam ended the game with WC winning 22-19. The final game of the tournament paired the two Harmony teams against each other. Harmony two was in control for much of the game but, we kept climbing back from falling to a run rule. The final score was 24-15 or somewhere in there.
Final Standings
1. Harmony 2
2. Winning Connection
3. Harmony 1
4. Leahy's Pub
5. Misfits
The following tournament was our highlight of the summer. We traveled to Cazanovia to play in the Baryenburch tournament or something like that. We completely dominated the weekend as we took advantage of playing on the baseball field and used our team speed to take extra bases every chance we got. Super blue dot balls and Miken Ultra 2s added for some 400 foot home runs. This tournament was a bit of a lower level tournament as their was two other tournaments going on the attracted some of the better teams in the area. Can't remember all the game but, in the semi final we won 33-1 over JJ Underground and the championship was just as easy as we beat Pinnacle Custom Construction 34-3, surprising for semi and final games these were our biggest blow outs of the tournament.
Final Standings
1. Harmony
2. PCC Verona/Baraboo
3. JJ Underground Lavalle/Caz
4. Mean Streets no idea
The following weekend we were back to Cazanovia. This tournament appeared to be a little more difficult as we ended up taking fourth place I think. This weekend was really a blur as we had a wedding to jump back and forth between. The first night we beat a Fishy's team in a controversial game that was ended because of time limit. The following day I missed the game where we lost to Mt Tabor. Then on Sunday I remember we beat JJ Underground by run rule and then ended up losing to C&H in a game where we played terrible to get eliminated. We also beat a something farm team on Sunday also. I think I might be missing a game but, not sure. I believe we finished fourth in this tournament and I have no idea what the final standings were of this tournament.
Tomorrow I will finish up the recap on the tournaments of next summer and then move on to some league talk and then possibly some other softball thoughts.
The first tournament of July was hosted by Harmony in Lyndon Station. They tournament had a small showing with only five teams in the tournament. Both Harmony teams were there, along with Misfits or something like that from the Lyndon/Mauston area, Leahy's Pub, and then Winning Connection who had the bulk of their players from Cejays and had guys from Baraboo, Portage, and Mauston. With only five teams the tournament was set up as a round robin that was only a one day tourney which allowed each team to play four games.
First game of the day we took on Misfits who were a very young from the area and we handled them with some ease. Second game we took on Leahy's Pub which was looking some what weak this weekend and we cruised to an easy victory. The third game of the day was a nail bitter against Winning Connection. In the top of the seventh inning we were down 18-16 and I hit a triple off the right field fence with bases loaded to give us a 19-18 lead. In the bottom of the seventh a hit and then a pair of walks loaded the bases and then a walk off grand slam ended the game with WC winning 22-19. The final game of the tournament paired the two Harmony teams against each other. Harmony two was in control for much of the game but, we kept climbing back from falling to a run rule. The final score was 24-15 or somewhere in there.
Final Standings
1. Harmony 2
2. Winning Connection
3. Harmony 1
4. Leahy's Pub
5. Misfits
The following tournament was our highlight of the summer. We traveled to Cazanovia to play in the Baryenburch tournament or something like that. We completely dominated the weekend as we took advantage of playing on the baseball field and used our team speed to take extra bases every chance we got. Super blue dot balls and Miken Ultra 2s added for some 400 foot home runs. This tournament was a bit of a lower level tournament as their was two other tournaments going on the attracted some of the better teams in the area. Can't remember all the game but, in the semi final we won 33-1 over JJ Underground and the championship was just as easy as we beat Pinnacle Custom Construction 34-3, surprising for semi and final games these were our biggest blow outs of the tournament.
Final Standings
1. Harmony
2. PCC Verona/Baraboo
3. JJ Underground Lavalle/Caz
4. Mean Streets no idea
The following weekend we were back to Cazanovia. This tournament appeared to be a little more difficult as we ended up taking fourth place I think. This weekend was really a blur as we had a wedding to jump back and forth between. The first night we beat a Fishy's team in a controversial game that was ended because of time limit. The following day I missed the game where we lost to Mt Tabor. Then on Sunday I remember we beat JJ Underground by run rule and then ended up losing to C&H in a game where we played terrible to get eliminated. We also beat a something farm team on Sunday also. I think I might be missing a game but, not sure. I believe we finished fourth in this tournament and I have no idea what the final standings were of this tournament.
Tomorrow I will finish up the recap on the tournaments of next summer and then move on to some league talk and then possibly some other softball thoughts.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Softball Tournament Team Recap
Well it's been awhile since I last posted. With the softball season fast approaching I figured it was time for a little softball talk. With the tournament season starting on May 10 in Warrens I figured some tournament talk would be needed before the softball league talk. I figured the best way to start off would be to do a recap of last years tournament team.
I normally play for Harmony Bar and Grill out of Mauston the majority of the time with a couple tournaments I was with different teams. Our Harmony team is a pretty decent team. We typically take somewhere from third to sixth in most tournaments depending on whose there and how many teams are in the tournament. Were good enough to beat the teams we should be but, can't quite compete with the top teams in the area. Our teams strong parts are our outfield defense, our team speed, and our hitting for average. We lack power on bigger fields, infield defense is so so at times, and are pitching is also so so. I typically play third base unless I'm struggling on the defensive side and then I get move to right center.
First tournament of last year was in Hillsboro, I played with a team that was just put together by a friend that needed some last minute additions to fill out the team. In our first game we ended up playing the Harmony team that was put together at the last minute and I later ended up joining. We came out hot and were able to 15 run rule them with relative ease. Game two we met up with a very good Mt Tabor team they ended up beating us by about 10 runs. Our final game or the tournament our bats went cold and we lost to a Leahy's Pub team 8-7 in a game we really should of won but, couldn't get the big hits. Only an eight team tournament we ended up taking fifth place. Can't remember the rest of the standings but, Mt Tabor took out Harmony 2 in the championship. Leahy's Pub took fourth place. Harmony and Coal Miners were two and out can't even remmber the other two teams in the tourney.
In our first tournament playing with Harmony we were in Tomah. I saw our because me and my brother played with them. Our first game saw an hour or so long rain delay right in the middle of the game. Some rough pitching doomed us and we ended up losing 16-15 against Car Shop, a young team from the Tomah area. The second game was against a team from Black River Falls called First and Last Change. Their inexperienced in tournaments showed as we beat them 17-1, their lone run coming on a home run. The next game we came in as huge underdogs against Varsity Club. Anyone that follows softball knows that VC is considered one of the top softball teams in the state of Wisconsin. VC came out looking for the long ball and just couldn't get it over the 320 foot fence and we were able to beat them 7-2 in a low scoring game for softball. I can't remember the next game but, we won fairly easily and then in the next game we bowed out to a very very good Barron's team out of the Lacrosse/Sparta Area. They crushed the ball and our defense was so so and we ended up losing 25-11 or there about. There were 12 or 14 teams in the tournament I believe.
Top Six Finishers
1. Breakaway Tomah
2. Barrons Lacrosse/Sparta
3. Harmony 2 Mauston
4. Coors Light Tomah?
5. Harmony Mauston
Sheer Delight Baraboo
Fourth of July tournament ended up being in Lavalle. This was really a fun tournament do to the setup. There was 12 teams in the tournament and we were split up into three pools of four teams and played round robin. The top two teams of each bracket moved on to a six team double elimination tournament. Game one we handled a league team from Lavalle fairly easily. Second game we played a good Bar Rons team out of the Ithaca/Spring Green area. It was a great back and forth game that we ended up losing 14-11. Final game of pool play was against C&H team made up of young guys from Reedsburg, Dells, and Baraboo area. Another game that we won fairly easily and moved onto double elimination play by taking second in the bracket. First round of elimination play we played Cejays from Baraboo who hit us very hard and we played some so so defense. Final score was about 22-9 or somewhere in there. Next game we played Salisbury's something or other which we beat fairly easily, can't remember the score. We then were eliminated from the tournament by River City out of Lacrosse.
Top Six Finishers
1. Bar Ron Farms Ithaca/Spring Green/ Richland Center
2. River City Lacrosse
3. Cejays Baraboo
4. Harmony Mauston
Club 33 Lavalle
6. Salisbury Richland Center
Well that's the first third of the tournament season. I'll be recapping the next two thirds of the season in my next couple posts that will be following in the next couple days.
I normally play for Harmony Bar and Grill out of Mauston the majority of the time with a couple tournaments I was with different teams. Our Harmony team is a pretty decent team. We typically take somewhere from third to sixth in most tournaments depending on whose there and how many teams are in the tournament. Were good enough to beat the teams we should be but, can't quite compete with the top teams in the area. Our teams strong parts are our outfield defense, our team speed, and our hitting for average. We lack power on bigger fields, infield defense is so so at times, and are pitching is also so so. I typically play third base unless I'm struggling on the defensive side and then I get move to right center.
First tournament of last year was in Hillsboro, I played with a team that was just put together by a friend that needed some last minute additions to fill out the team. In our first game we ended up playing the Harmony team that was put together at the last minute and I later ended up joining. We came out hot and were able to 15 run rule them with relative ease. Game two we met up with a very good Mt Tabor team they ended up beating us by about 10 runs. Our final game or the tournament our bats went cold and we lost to a Leahy's Pub team 8-7 in a game we really should of won but, couldn't get the big hits. Only an eight team tournament we ended up taking fifth place. Can't remember the rest of the standings but, Mt Tabor took out Harmony 2 in the championship. Leahy's Pub took fourth place. Harmony and Coal Miners were two and out can't even remmber the other two teams in the tourney.
In our first tournament playing with Harmony we were in Tomah. I saw our because me and my brother played with them. Our first game saw an hour or so long rain delay right in the middle of the game. Some rough pitching doomed us and we ended up losing 16-15 against Car Shop, a young team from the Tomah area. The second game was against a team from Black River Falls called First and Last Change. Their inexperienced in tournaments showed as we beat them 17-1, their lone run coming on a home run. The next game we came in as huge underdogs against Varsity Club. Anyone that follows softball knows that VC is considered one of the top softball teams in the state of Wisconsin. VC came out looking for the long ball and just couldn't get it over the 320 foot fence and we were able to beat them 7-2 in a low scoring game for softball. I can't remember the next game but, we won fairly easily and then in the next game we bowed out to a very very good Barron's team out of the Lacrosse/Sparta Area. They crushed the ball and our defense was so so and we ended up losing 25-11 or there about. There were 12 or 14 teams in the tournament I believe.
Top Six Finishers
1. Breakaway Tomah
2. Barrons Lacrosse/Sparta
3. Harmony 2 Mauston
4. Coors Light Tomah?
5. Harmony Mauston
Sheer Delight Baraboo
Fourth of July tournament ended up being in Lavalle. This was really a fun tournament do to the setup. There was 12 teams in the tournament and we were split up into three pools of four teams and played round robin. The top two teams of each bracket moved on to a six team double elimination tournament. Game one we handled a league team from Lavalle fairly easily. Second game we played a good Bar Rons team out of the Ithaca/Spring Green area. It was a great back and forth game that we ended up losing 14-11. Final game of pool play was against C&H team made up of young guys from Reedsburg, Dells, and Baraboo area. Another game that we won fairly easily and moved onto double elimination play by taking second in the bracket. First round of elimination play we played Cejays from Baraboo who hit us very hard and we played some so so defense. Final score was about 22-9 or somewhere in there. Next game we played Salisbury's something or other which we beat fairly easily, can't remember the score. We then were eliminated from the tournament by River City out of Lacrosse.
Top Six Finishers
1. Bar Ron Farms Ithaca/Spring Green/ Richland Center
2. River City Lacrosse
3. Cejays Baraboo
4. Harmony Mauston
Club 33 Lavalle
6. Salisbury Richland Center
Well that's the first third of the tournament season. I'll be recapping the next two thirds of the season in my next couple posts that will be following in the next couple days.
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