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Thursday, May 3
Bar of Appleton Set for 2007 Season
The Bar of Appleton has begun preparation for a scaled back 2007 season. The team has decided to take a break from their strenous tournament schedule and will concentrate on rejuvenating by playing in the Paper Valley League and the Barneveld Laua Tournament. We may decide to add a couple of tournaments later.
Our roster for the upcoming season is as follows:
2 Tony Schaaf
1 Ryan LaBine
22 Chris Kerwin
3 Terry Hanke
Jeff Otto
Kevin Roerdink
Shawn Krueger
Troy Kugel
Mike Chalupny
Ryan Bednarski
Jeff Blueridge
Steve Warner
17 Matt Paulsen
Ryan Hinske
44 Karl Shimulunas
Wednesday, July 12
The Bar Thanks Player Sponsors
The Bar of Appleton would like to formost thank its sponsors in Harley Cohen and Mark Miller. They have done a tremendous amount of work to promote the sport of fastpitch softball.
Along with our main sponsors our players have been sponsored by area businesses. We would like to recognize these businesses.
The Hair Chalet located in Monroe, WI.
Fluor Bros. Construction Co. Inc. of Oshkosh, WI
Print Pro Inc. of Greenville, WI
Camera Casino of Oshkosh, WI
Mohnen's Darboy Family Restaurant of Darboy, WI
These businesses have proudly sponsored players Tony Schaaf, Matt Paulsen, Kyle Van Abel, Andy Ratchman, and Jason Dreger.
Sunday, October 8
Bristol Days Wrap Up
The Bar of Appleton recently competed in the Bristol Days Tournament outside of Kenosha, WI. The team compiled a 2 and 1 record the first day to win their pool. The Bar dropped an opening game decision to Wilkomen Mobil by a score of 1 to 0. They then defeated Blackhawk Athletic Club by a score of 5 to 1 and Richwrap by a score of 2 to 1. This earned the team a first round by in bracket play. The team played long time rival Earl's Club of Kenosha. Earls was able to defeat the team by a score of 3 to 1. Shaun Jamieson did an outstanding job pitching all 4 games for The Bar.
The Bar is in action again this weekend at the Wisconsin NAFA AA State tournament in Bowling Green Softball complex in Middleton, WI.. The Bar will play the winner of Willkomm Mobil or Anderson Premier Homes at 12:30 p.m.
The Bar of Appleton Softball team now has their own store where you can purchase team apparel. just got to the website address given or go to the links section and click on team store. Store web address is www.createchinc.com/store/thebar.
The Bar of Appleton would once again like to thank it's excellent sponsors in Mark Miller and John Cohen for all they do to support fastpitch softball in Wisconsin.
The Bar of Appleton is pleased to announce its upcoming schedule for the spring and summer of 2006. The Bar of Appleton will be concentrating on a more local flavor and more emphasis on the NAFA AA with a few ISC level events. With The Bar of Appleton as one of the host teams for this years NAFA World Series we feel it is better scale back slightly. We are looking forward to also playing in some areas that we have never been to before. We look forward to competing in the Red Rock, Utah tournament with its strong competition. We are also looking forward to traveling to new locals in the state of Wisconsin, especially the Bristol Days Tournament.
Below are the expected dates of competition and location
April 15 The Milk Bottle Tournament at The Bar on Lynndale
May 6 & 7 Red Rock, Utah
May 13 & 14 Wisconsin NAFA Travel League in Middleton, WI
May 20 & 21 Wisconsin NAFA Travel League in Chippewa Falls, WI
May 21 & 22 Wisconsin ISC Travel League in Denmark
June 2, 3, & 4 Grafmeier Invitational in Kimberly WI
June 17 & 18 Rice Lake Invitational
June 24 & 25 Two Rivers Slo Pitch Fundraiser (Team Fundraiser)
June 30, July 1 & 2 ISC II 23 Under Tournament
July 8 & 9 Bristol Days Tournament in Kenosha, WI
July 15 & 16 Wisconsin NAFA State Tournament
Aug 5 & 6 Barneveld Luau
Aug 12 20 ISC II Tournament of Champions in Kitchener
Aug 17 27 NAFA A, AA, AAA World Series in Kimberly & Appleton, WI
Sep 3 & 4 Bowling Green Tournament in Middleton, WI
The Bar of Appleton is also pleased to announce our initial roster for 2006. We have been able to pull back into our fold some of the key members that helped us to a 3rd place finish at the 2004 ISC II Tour of Champions. Rejoining the team is co-Manager Kevin Schumacher. Kevin in his year from the team led The Bar on the Avenue to a top 20 finish at the ISCs and a top 4 finish in the NAFA Open Division. We are in the process of confirming three additional players to our roster.
Our current roster is as follows:
#2 Tony Schaaf
#3 Terry Hanke
#5 Henry Schmidt
#6 Kyle Van Abel
#10 Willie Van Abel
#11 Andy Ratchman
#13 Jason Dreger
#14 Kevin Schumacher
#15 Shaun Jamieson
#16 Conrad Bain
#17 Matt Paulsen
#23 Kirk Shillcox
#27 Gerard Long
#33 Kevin Schmidt
#38 John Hablewitz
#44 Karl Shimulunas
Tuesday, May 9
Red Rock Results
The Bar of Appleton got off to a great start to the 2006 campaign. The Bar placed 3rd at the Red Rock Invitational in St. George Utah. The team hit extremely well carrying a .345 team average for the tournament. The team also showed surprising power by hitting 12 homers during the tournament. Three players were named to the All tournament team: Gerard Long, Josh Johnson, and Collin McKenzie. The box scores have been included for each game.
Game 1
Colorado Rage at The Bar of Appleton
May 08 2006 at
Colorado Rage
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Walker, Cory cf........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Blackford, Brad 2b........ 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Rowan, Jamie c............ 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 1 0
Hogan, Darryl 1b.......... 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 1
Dieker, Ed lf............. 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hogan, Greg 3b............ 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
Diethert, Chris dh........ 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Sorenson, Scott rf........ 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bruley, Joe ss............ 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1
Total .................. 19 2 3 2 2 14 18 6 2
The Bar of Appleton
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Sean Houge dh............. 3 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 0
Darren Derricks 2b........ 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Josh Johnson cf........... 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Jeff Wartman c............ 3 0 1 0 0 0 13 2 0
Kyle Van Abel ss.......... 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jason Dreger 1b........... 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2
Gerard Long 1b........... 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
Matt Paulsen 3b........... 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kirk Shillcox rf.......... 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Tony Schaaf lf............ 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Collin McKenzie p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total .................. 23 7 7 7 4 6 18 4 4
Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
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Colorado Rage 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 0
The Bar of Appleton 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 - 7 7 0
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LOB - Colorado Rage 2, The Bar of Appleton 4
2B - Diethert, Chris,
3B - Sorenson, Scott,
HR - Sean Houge,Josh Johnson, Gerard Long,
CS - Dieker, Ed,Sean Houge,
HBP - Matt Paulsen,
Colorado Rage IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Tabashiuik, Kurt.... 6 7 7 7 4 6 23 29
The Bar of Appleton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Collin McKenzie..... 6 3 2 0 2 14 19 22
Win - Collin McKenzie. Loss - Tabashiuik, Kurt.
Game 2
The Bar of Appleton at NoCal Lumberkings
May 08 2006 at
The Bar of Appleton
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Sean Houge lf............. 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
Darren Derricks 2b........ 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 2
Josh Johnson cf........... 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Wartman c............ 4 2 3 3 0 0 6 0 0
Kyle Van Abel ss.......... 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
Gerard Long p............. 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Matt Paulsen 3b........... 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1
Kirk Shillcox 1b.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0
Jason Dreger 1b.......... 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0
Tony Schaaf rf............ 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total .................. 33 7 16 7 1 4 18 9 6
NoCal Lumberkings
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Fierro, Javier lf......... 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
Flores, Carlos 2b......... 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 2
Mandes, Shawn cf.......... 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1
Perkins, Sonny dh......... 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
Gozzda, Ross 1b........... 1 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0
Parker, Troy 3b........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Plesetz, Dan rf........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Horbson, Dan c............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2
Vasavre, Jarrod ss........ 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 0
Martinez, Anthony p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Total .................. 19 5 3 4 7 6 18 10 6
Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
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The Bar of Appleton 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 - 7 16 0
NoCal Lumberkings 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 - 5 3 0
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DP - NoCal Lumberkings 3, LOB - The Bar of Appleton 6, NoCal Lumberkings 6
2B - Josh Johnson,Jeff Wartman,
HR - Jeff Wartman,Kyle Van Abel,Fierro, Javier,Perkins, Sonny,
HBP - Horbson, Dan,
The Bar of Appleton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Gerard Long......... 4 3 3 3 4 2 13 19
Josh Johnson........ 2 0 2 0 3 4 6 10
NoCal Lumberkings IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Martinez, Anthony... 6 16 7 7 1 4 33 34
Win - Josh Johnson. Loss - Martinez, Anthony.
GAME 3
The Bar of Appleton at Team Rainey
May 08 2006 at
The Bar of Appleton
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Sean Houge lf............. 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0
Darren Derricks 2b........ 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Tony Schaaf 2b........... 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
Josh Johnson cf........... 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Wartman c............ 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2
Kyle Van Abel ss.......... 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
Gerard Long dh............ 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Matt Paulsen 3b........... 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1
Kirk Shillcox rf.......... 3 1 1 3 0 2 2 0 0
Jason Dreger 1b........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 1
Total .................. 27 10 13 10 3 8 15 7 5
Team Rainey
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Duncan, Jesse cf.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
Grebreck, Stan 3b......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Rainey, Rod ss............ 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Budke, Todd 1b............ 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0
Hunt, Chris lf............ 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Garcia, Todd c............ 2 1 0 0 1 0 8 1 0
Fowler, Dwayne dh......... 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
Mel, Andrew 2b............ 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Guinkal, Rod rf........... 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Total .................. 21 4 4 4 5 3 15 4 7
Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
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The Bar of Appleton 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 - 10 13 2
Team Rainey 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 4 4 0
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E - Tony Schaaf,Matt Paulsen,
DP - The Bar of Appleton 2, LOB - The Bar of Appleton 5, Team Rainey 7
2B - Jeff Wartman,
HR - Josh Johnson,Kirk Shillcox,Budke, Todd,Fowler, Dwayne,
SB - Fowler, Dwayne,
CS - Kyle Van Abel,
The Bar of Appleton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Collin McKenzie..... 2 1 0 0 2 3 8 10
Josh Johnson........ 3 3 4 1 3 0 13 16
Team Rainey IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Valdez, Pat......... 5 13 10 10 3 8 27 30
Win - Josh Johnson. Loss - Valdez,
Game 4
The Bar of Appleton at A1 Tank
May 08 2006 at
The Bar of Appleton
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Sean Houge lf............. 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Darren Derricks 2b........ 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
Josh Johnson cf........... 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff Wartman c............ 3 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 0
Gerard Long dh............ 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
Kyle Van Abel ss.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Matt Paulsen 3b........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Kirk Shillcox 1b.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0
Jason Dreger .......... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Schaaf rf............ 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
Collin McKenzie p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Total .................. 26 4 6 4 0 7 21 8 3
A1 Tank
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Zack 2b................... 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0
Reyes, Paul ss............ 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2
Krieg, Kory cf............ 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Rogers, Greg c............ 3 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 1
Going, Shawn 3b........... 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Daniels, Craig rf......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Meyers, Don 1b............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
Kimura, Dave lf........... 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
Kennedy, Kevin dh......... 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2
Sleep, Doug p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total .................. 28 2 6 2 0 8 21 5 6
Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
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The Bar of Appleton 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 - 4 6 1
A1 Tank 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 2
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E - Matt Paulsen,Going, Shawn 2,
DP - A1 Tank 3, LOB - The Bar of Appleton 3, A1 Tank 6
2B - Sean Houge,
3B - Tony Schaaf,
HR - Josh Johnson,Going, Shawn,
HBP - Meyers, Don,
The Bar of Appleton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Collin McKenzie..... 7 6 2 1 0 8 28 29
A1 Tank IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Sleep, Doug......... 7 6 4 2 0 7 27 28
Win - Collin McKenzie. Loss - Sleep, Doug.
Game 5
The Bar of Appleton at So. Cal Bombers
May 08 2006 at
The Bar of Appleton
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Sean Houge lf............. 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
Darren Derricks 2b........ 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Josh Johnson cf........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff Wartman c............ 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0
Gerard Long p............. 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Van Abel ss.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Matt Paulsen 3b........... 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jason Dreger 1b........... 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
Tony Schaaf rf............ 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total .................. 19 1 4 1 0 9 12 1 3
So. Cal Bombers
Player Name AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
Ghostkeeper lf............ 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0
Mendibles ss.............. 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
Ormsby 3b................. 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0
Box c..................... 1 1 0 0 2 1 9 0 1
Walford 1b................ 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Porto rf.................. 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0
Mendez 2b................. 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
Salano dh................. 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
McGiffan cf............... 3 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 3
Total .................. 21 10 7 10 6 7 15 2 5
Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
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The Bar of Appleton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1
So. Cal Bombers 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 - 10 7 0
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E - Matt Paulsen,
LOB - The Bar of Appleton 3, So. Cal Bombers 5
2B - Gerard Long,Matt Paulsen,
HR - Gerard Long,Ghostkeeper,Ormsby,McGiffan,
The Bar of Appleton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Collin McKenzie..... 2.6 6 8 8 3 5 15 18
Gerard Long......... 1.3 1 2 2 3 2 6 9
So. Cal Bombers IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
Brand............... 5 4 1 1 0 9 19 19
Win - Brand. Loss - Collin McKenzie.
TEAM STATS FOR RED ROCK TOURNAMENT
2006 Team Stats for The Bar of Appleton
Wins= 5 Losses= 1
Batting Report
Player # AB R H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI TBB Avg Slg Obp. G SOL SOS HP SB Sacb Sacf
Gerard Long 27 12 6 9 5 1 0 3 7 1 750 1583 500 6 0 3 0 0 1
Josh Johnson 17 7 9 4 1 0 4 9 2 529 1294 444 6 0 2 0 0 0
Jeff Wartman 18 4 7 4 2 0 1 5 0 389 667 250 6 0 2 0 0 0
Tony Schaaf 2 11 1 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 364 545 333 5 0 4 0 0 1
Sean Houge 21 5 7 4 1 0 2 7 2 333 667 182 6 2 4 0 0 0
Matt Paulsen 17 15 3 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 333 444 375 6 1 2 2 0 0
Kyle Van Abel 6 14 3 4 3 0 0 1 2 1 286 333 286 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Dreger 13 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 182 182 250 6 0 8 0 0 0
Darren Derricks 19 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 158 158 429 0 6 1 4 0 0 0
Kirk Shillcox 23 9 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 111 385 333 5 2 4 0 0 0
Collin McKenzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Total for Team 147 35 51 32 6 1 12 36 12 347 646 404 0 289 735 1050 6 6 33 2 0 2
Opponents 127 25 26 14 2 2 8 24 22 205 441 331 243 216 591 772 6 20 32 2 1 4
January Season Update
RED ROCK INVITE: We will be playing in the Red Rock Invitational located in St. George Utah. This tournament is scheduled for May 6 and 7. At the present time tickets are about $300.00 per person. Please plan accordingly. Also please let me know if you do not plan to attend so we can guarantee that we have enough players. I am trying to make arrangements through Fox Travel in Manitowoc to secure your flights out of either Green Bay or Appleton and in to Las Vegas. We will plan to leave Friday after 5:00 p.m. Return flight can be at your discretion of either Sunday night late or some time on Monday. This is to allow you to take advantage of Vegas for a night. It will allow our Kiwis to see the Vegas lights as well.
SPONSORHIP: Players are going to be given the opportunity to use an alternative way to take care of their player fee. Each player can find a business to sponsor them for the season. We are asking each player to have a minimum of $200 in player fees or sponsorship. Remember this money will not be refunded and used to pay for your hotels during the course of the season. If we can begin to secure this by March 1st I can have yearbooks available at the Milk bottle. We also need to use some of this as our start up money for the season. Your help is greatly appreciated on this. I have also included your yearbook page for you to fill in the information and send back to me. I will try to put your stats in for you.
RAFFLE TICKETS: Each player will be required to sell $150.00 worth of raffle tickets to the Milk Bottle tournament. You will need to pay for these tickets in advance. As you sell the tickets you will then recover your money. If any one sells more than their $150.00 we will add that to the amount you will get reimbursed at the Red Rock Tournament. The more you sell the better off you will be.
MILK BOTTLE TOURNAMENT: Each player will be required to help work at the Milk Bottle tournament tentatively on Saturday, March 26th. We will have time schedules for everyone to work. The more people that we have there the better the event will be for all. We need to have a minimum of 10 people working at all times. We need 2 people in each pit, and 2 floaters.
The Bar / Circle Tap 2005 AAU International Champions
The Bar teams and Circle Tap Softball team combined to compete in the 2005 AAU International Fastpitch Competition and came away with excellent results. The team was able to go 7 and 0 and win the title.
The teams started off the weekend with a 2 hour flight delay. We were hoping to get to the warm weather of Florida but would have to wait. When we got their it was actually a little cooler than we thought it would be.
Friday turned out to be an excellent day weather wise and ball playing wise. We started our competition off by takin gon the Memphis Posse. The TB/CT team secured a 6 to 1 victory behind the 4 hit pitching of Rob Scheller. Leading in hitting were Chris Miljavac (2x4), Trevor Ethier (2x3), Don Garvey (2x2), Chad Mix (2x3) and Chris Delarwelles 1st Home Run.
In game two TB/CT faced the Legendary Darren Zack and his Six Nations Team. The TB/CT team was able to throw up 4 runs on the Legend. The team was led by Chris Delarwelle's 2 run homer in the first and Robbie O'Briens (2x3) and Steve Sells (2x3) multi hit games. Dewey Dyck threw a 3 hit game to lead the team on the mound.
In Game three the TB/CT team took on the Miami Cardinals. The Cardinals put up four runs on the TB/CT pitchers but the hitting led by Chris Miljavac (2x4), Jon Zipperer (3x4), Darren Derricks (2x3) put up seven runs to answers. With the conclusion of this game the TB/CT secured 1st place in its pool.
On Friday the bracket play began with the TB/CT team facing the Texaco Pirates out of the Bahamas. In a spirited game the level of intensity picked up. The TB/CT jumped out to a 3 to 0 lead but the Pirates answered with 3 in the third. The TB/CT added two in the fifth but the Pirates answered with 2 in the bottom of the fifth to tie it. Chris Miljavac then led off the 6th with a solo homerun to take the lead for good.
On Saturday the TB/CT seeded 5th took on the 4th seeded Bloomington Stix. The TB/CT used small ball to jump 2 to 0 lead in the bottom of the second on Darren Derricks bunt. The TB/CT added two more in the 4th when Steve Sell scored on a passed ball and two batters later Tony Schaaf scored on a passed ball from second when the catcher didn't go back to retrieve the ball. Rob Scheller pitched his second complete game to secure the win.
In what had to feel like the championship game the TB/CT took on the number 1 seeded NY Gremlins and Gerard Muizelaars in the semi finals. In what was thought to be a low scoring affair turned out to be anything but. The TB/CT jumped out to a 1 to 0 lead in the bottom of the first on Trevor Eithier's double and Robbie O'Brien's single. The Gremlins answered with a run in the top of the third. The TB/CT added one in the fourth. Then the flood gates opened. With 1 out and a runner on first the TB/CT turned what appeared to be a double play but was ruled otherwise. With a runner on first and two outs the Gremlins exploded for 5 runs, highlighted by a 3 run homer by Paul Walford. The fired up TB/CT team then responded with 3 runs on homers by Chris Delarwelle and Don Garvey to cut the score to 6 to 5. The TB/CT added two in the sixth to take a 7 to 6 lead on Trevor Eithier two run blast. The Gremlins then added 1 in the top of the seventh to tie the score and send it to extra innings. The Gremlins started with a runner on second but weren't able to advance him any further than third as Trevor Eithier on in relief shut the door. The TB/CT started with Chad Mix on second. He advanced to third on a wild pitch while the Gremlins were trying to intentionally walk Chris Miljavac. Miljavac the walked. Eithier flew to shallow center which wasn't able to score Mix. The Gremlins then walked the hot hitting Chris Delarwelle to load the bases. Then the fun began. Mike Piechnik then struck out Robbie O'Brien, Chris Miljavac thinking there were 3 outs wandered off of second base, Piechnik threw to second but Miljavac beat the throw. Chad Mix alertly took off for home and scored the winning run in a wild game.
In the finals the TB/CT faced the two time defending Champions Los Socios from Venezuela. Determined not to have a let down the TB/CT jumped to a 2 to 0 lead in the top of the first. The TB/CT added 2 more in the third but Los Socios kept fighting back adding 3 in the bottom of the third. The TB/CT added 3 more in the 5th but Los Socios added one in each the 5th and 6th. Chris Delarwelles 6th Home run of the tournament clinched for the TB/CT boys.
Chris Delarwelle secured MVP honors with his .526 batting average, 10 rbi's and 6 Home runs. Rob Scheller secured Outstanding pitcher honors with two complete games.
Other outstanding performances by TB/CT players were
Jon Zipperer .500 ave
Trevor Eithier .417 ave and 2 doubles
Darren Derricks .364 ave
Chris Miljavac .364 ave
Don Garvey .350 ave
Brock Bisick .333 ave
Chad Mix .333 ave.
Bar Appleton places 3rd at ISC II Tournament of Champions
The Bar of Appleton recently completed a highly successful ISC II Tournament of Champions earning 3rd place overall. The Bar was led by some timely hitting and excellent pitching. Gerard Long went 4 and 0 on the mound while Chad Mix was named to the All Tournament team as a catcher.
An overall of each game is presented. Be sure to check out the ISC Fastpitch website for game box scores. ISC II Game numbers are presented with each description. The Bar of Appleton went into the tournament with a #21 ranking overall and a 3rd place seeding in the pool.
Game 7 The Bar of Appleton 11 Albuquerque Bulls 0 (5 innings)
Karl Shimulunas got The Bar going with a solo home run in the second. The Bar added 5 more runs that inning with Chad Mix and Blair Ezekiel adding doubles as well. The Bar then put the game out of reach in the 4th inning as they added 5 more runs keyed by four hits and doubles by Karl Shimulunas and Terry Hanke.
Gerard Long pitched 4 no hit innings and Joe Kane relieved in the fifth and held The Bulls hitless as well.
Game 16 Armour Rise 2 The Bar of Appleton 0
The 9th ranked Armour Rise kept The Bar of Appleton at bay with timely defense and hitting. The Bar was not able to score the timely hit when needed as The Bar left the bases load 3 times and left a total of 12 base runners stranded for the game. A lack of patience at the plate hurt the team.
Blair Ezekiel took the loss for The Bar. Blair struggled in the firs with location and Armour picked up a single run.
Game 25 The Bar of Appleton 2 Devils Lake Risers 0
The Bar got back on the winning track as the scored early against the 29th ranked Devil's Lake Risers. The Bar plated two in the top o fthe first inning when Gerard Long doubled in two runners. From that point Long took control on the mound and held Risers to 3 hits with 15 strike outs.
Game 52 Harriston Mercury 4 The Bar of Appleton 3
In a game that will sure be remembered for a what if situation, The Bar of Appleton built a 3 to 1 lead against the 5th ranked Harriston Mercury only to see it dissappear in the top of the 7th as Harriston was able to score 3 runs. Harriston picked up the runs with two triples and two singles in the inning. The Bar was led offensively by Chad Mix's triple followed by a Blair Ezekiel single. After that Jason Rice and Brian Miller picked up rbi's.
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