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Sunday, March 29Rude Pac wins Silverhawks Invitational...
Rude Pac takes the title behind the right arm of Ed Gasper. A solo home run off the bat of Stevie Garcia was all the offense that Gasper and the Rude Pac needed to cruise to the finish. Garcia hit a 1-0 change up in the bottom of the second off Sonny Perkins giving Rude Pac a 1-0 lead. That is all Gasper would need as he crafted his way threw the West Bishop Niners' lineup. The Niners' had their opportunity to score in the top of the seventh when Aaron Dondero led off the inning with a single, followed by a double by Sonny Perkins. Dondero was cut down at the plate trying to score from first, and Gasper retired the next two batters leaving the tying run on second base.
Congratulations goes out the Rude Pac as they walked away with a $500.00 check for their efforts.
The Silverhawks would like to thank all teams that competed at this years Silverhawks Invitational, as you helped us in our goal of making this tournament one of the premier tournaments in California, and we welcome you back as we continue to grow the tournament in future years.
Sunday, March 29
Silverhawks finish 1-4 at Silverhawks Invitational
The Silverhawks had a tough go at their host tournament. The morning game of pool play featured Shaun Winship for the Silverhawks against Sonny Perkins for the West Bishop Niners. This game could have gone either way, with an infield single from Aaron Dondero of the Niners driving in the only run for a 1-0 win for the Niners. In the second game Spud Barker of the Silverhawks faced off against Travis Price of the Pantera's. This game was another tough loss, as the Pantera's beat the Silverhawks 2-0. In the night cap the Silverhawks faced off against the Rude Pac.The Silverhawks finally got some offense going losing 8-5 with Sean Barker starting and relief by Shaun Winship. On Sunday in elimination play the Silverhawks squared off against the number 1 seed from pool B Flor de Cana. With Spud Barker on the mound the Silverhawks jumped out to the early lead and finished with a 5-1 victory. In the semi finals the Silverhawks once again faced off against the Rude Pac. With Shaun Winship going for the Silverhawks against Ed Gasper for the Rude Pac. The Rude Pac jumped out to the early lead, and coasted to the victory, 8-1 over the Silverhawks.
Sunday, March 29
Silverhawks finish 4-1 at Panteras St. Valentines Tournament...
The Silverhawks start to 2009 started on a high note at the Pantera's St. Valentines Tournament. On Saturday the Silverhawks went 3-0 beating Maccabi USA, the host team Pantera's, and Flor de Cana to earn the number 1 seed in pool play. On Sunday the Silverhawks faced off against Flor de Cana again in the first game. The Silverhawks jumped out to an early lead and never looked back winning 7-0 behind the arm of Spud Barker. The Silverhawks moved on to face the Pantera's again in the semi finals, with Troy Parker on the mound against Travis Price for the Pantera's. The Pantera's took the win over the Silverhawks 5-2 ending a very good first weekend for 2009.
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Silverhawks Invitational....
The Inaugural Silverhawks Invitational is March 14-15, at Greenacres Park, 2014 Calloway Dr. in Bakersfield, CA 93312. The tournament is a place to showcase your team against some of the top B and C teams from around the state. There will be a $500.00 prize to the tournament champion, as well as an ASA National Tournament berth to all teams. The tournament will have a beer garden, serving free ice cold Bud Light to all players in the tournament, we have also arranged for Hotel Rooms at the Quality Inn and Suites for $59.00 per night, which includes a free pass to the Replay Lounge (One of Bakersfields premiere nightclubs) for all players. We would like to invite all teams interested to contact Chris McGehee @ 661-330-7114 or by email at garageworks@bak.rr.com, or Bob McCormick @ 661-549-3987. Spaces are filling up fast as we only have room for 12 teams.
Teams and Pitchers confirmed:
Rude Pac: Matt Barnes, Panfilo Valdez
Silverhawks: Spud and Sean Barker, Shaun Winship
Young Bucks
West Bishop 9'ers: Phil "Sonny" Perkins, Nate Dondero
KHT Pumpers: Tom Biko, Leland Grigsby Jr.
Flor de Cana
Panteras: Travis Price, Tommy Obergon
Rez Dawgz
Wednesday, December 10
Silverhawks 2-2 in Santa Barbara...
The Silverhawks finished out the 2008 season at the Youngbucks tournament in Santa Barbara, going 2-2 with a couple of make shift line ups. With fires burning all over southern California the defending tournament champion Silverhawks were missing 4 players for the first game of the tournament. The Silverhawks were back in full force the rest of Saturday, winning the next two games. On Sunday more problems led to two players missing the game, and the Silverhawks lost eliminating them from play.
Wednesday, December 10
Silverhawks finish 3-2 in Prescott, AZ
The Silverhawks had a tough draw in their first game at the 2008 Nationals facing off against a solid team in Twin Pine from Adamstown, PA. This game was an offensive showcase by both teams with the Silverhawks coming out on top 15-14 in the bottom of the seventh. The second game was against Cedar Ridge out of Utah, this team was a fast srappy team playing their first game of the tournament after a bye in the first round. Cedar Ridge came out on top of another offensive battle 11-9, sending the Silverhawks to the losers bracket. In their third game the Silverhaks rebounded nicely short timing a local Arizona team 11-1 in 5 innings. The next opponent for the Silverhawks were the Albuquerque Hitmen out of New Mexico. This was a tough battle with the Silverhawks coming out on top 9-7. Next up was the Colorado Rage with Kirk Smock on the mound. The Silverhawks took the lead into the bottom of the seventh 9-8, but a couple of bad breaks ended the Silverhawks tournament with the Rage coming out on top 10-9. Javier Fierro took home some hardware winning the Home Run title with 7 HR's in 5 games.
Tuesday, March 11
Silverhawks finish 3-1 at Billy's Bash...
The Silverhawks continued to pouring on the runs at the 7th annual Billy's Bash tournament in Taft, CA, scoring 52 runs in 4 games, and running their season record to 6-2. In the first game on Saturday, the Silverhawks faced off against CCMASA mens travel league rival KHT Pumpers. With Billy Pilgrim getting the nod in the circle, the Silverhawks jumped out to an early 2-0 lead but needed a 7th inning rally to pull of the victory 13-12. In the second game the team faced off against the West Bishop 49er's with Troy Parker getting the nod. The Silverhawks once again jumped out to the early lead 6-0 and held on 15-9 for the win. In the night cap Billy Pilgrim was in the circle against the always dangerous Youngbucks from Santa Barbara. The Silverhawks once again opened the game with a barrage of offense putting up 12 runs by the end of the 2nd inning, eventually winning 12-3.
On Sunday the Silverhawks faced off against a hungry KHT Pumpers looking to revenge saturdays loss. With Troy Parker in the Circle the Pumpers came ready to play, this game went back and forth every inning with the Pumpers taking the lead for good in the 4th and holding off a last inning charge by the Silverhawks 11-10.
Hot Bats for the weekend:
Chris McGehee: 7/10, 1 2B, 1 3B, 6 RBI, 7 R, 6 BB 1 SB
Carlos Flores: 8/13, 1 2B, 4 RBI, 9 R, 3 BB
James Close: 7/12, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 6 R, 3 BB, 1 SB
Billy Pilgrim: 7/13, 3 2B, 1 3B, 7 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
Gunslingers:
Billy Pilgrim: 2 G, 11.3 IP, 1 W, 4.34 ERA
Troy Parker: 3 G, 10.6 IP, 2 W, 10 K, 6.60 ERA
Monday, February 25
Silverhawks kick off the year 3-1 in Norwalk...
The Silver hawks started the 2008 season on a good note, going 3-1 in the Panteras St Valentine's Tournament. The Silverhawks started out saturday with a bang against the Panteras II, winning 9-6with Troy Parker getting the win on the mound. In the second game the Silverhawks met up with their So Cal commrades in Flor de Cana. The Silverhawks continued their hot bats winning 10-3 with Billy Pilgrim going the distance on the mound to pick up the win. In the nightcap the Silverhawks put on an offensive showing, to pick up the win 19-11 despite a lack of definsive play. Ken Swope made his pitching debut in this one picking up the win while only allowing 2 earned runs.
After going 3-0 and taking the top seed into single elimination on Sunday, the Silverhawks ran into a wall against the Palm Springs Express and Graham Balog. The Silverhawks never got their bats going in this one and were only able to put up 1 run while giving up 4 in the loss, eliminating the Silverhawks from the tournament.
Hot Bats for the weekend:
Mike McCormick: .727 avg., 8/11, 3 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Troy Parker: .636 avg., 7/11, 1 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 7 RBI
Chris McGehee: .500 avg., 5/10, 5 RBI, 1 SB, 1 SF, 1 Sac
Gunslingers:
Billy Pilgrim: 1 W, 5.0 IP, 4K, 2 ER
Troy Parker: 1 W, 13.0 IP, 9K
Monday, December 10
Silverhawks Reign at Santa Barbara
The Silverhawks take the title at the Young Bucks Annual Fastpitch Tournament in Santa Barbara. Despite a third place seed after bracket play on Saturday with a 1-2 record, the Silverhawks rallyed on Sunday to take the Championship. In elimination play the Silverhawks started the day against Macabee that had won the previous meeting 5-4 in the top of the seventh, but the Silverhawks would seek revenge on Sunday jumping out to an early lead and never looking back winning 5-3 and moving on to the championship game. In the championship game the Silverhawks faced the So Cal Bucks team that they had beaten on Saturday with Spud Barker facing off against Mark Bennett. The Silverhawks jumped out to an early 1-0 lead that looked like it would be enough until an error in the top of the seventh allowed the Bucks to tie it up. The two teams battled into the 10th when Billy Pilgrim on in relief shut the door on the Bucks, setting the stage for the Silverhawks to take the win. Jason Pruitt on second with international tie breaker rules stole third to set up a sac fly by Javier Fierro to win the game.