Add-A-Bath / Demarini Wins USSSA Women's C State

Nine Teams Participate At Forest Hills Diamonds On Aug. 26th

2006 Illinois USSSA Women's Class C State Champions - Add-A-Bath / Demarini

ROCKFORD: Add-A-Bath / Demarini from Gurnee won the 2006 Illinois USSSA Women's Class C State title in Rockford at the Forest Hills Diamonds on Saturday August 26th with a perfect 4-0 record. The champions were led to the title by the play of right fielder and lead-off hitter Tracy Pecs who was named as the 'Most Valuable Player' at the 2006 Illinois USSSA Women's Class C State Tournament. Joining Pecs on the 2006 Illinois USSSA 'All-State Tournament' team were her Add-A-Bath teammates Jan Fitzgerald, Kelly Miller and Kelly Olmstead. Souse's Lounge (3-2 from Rockford finished in second place and were led by the outstanding defensive glove work turned in by their first baseman Dawn Worden. Joining Worden on the 2006 Illinois USSSA Women's Class C 'All-State Tournament' team were her Souse's Lounge teammates, Desa Smith, Brandi Mitchell, and Stephanie Timmerman. Third place went to Blackhawk Athletic Club (3-2) from Rockford who were led by the play of both Lori Franz and Miranda Fudge who were both also named to the 2006 Illinois USSSA Women's Class C 'All-State Tournament' team. The Sharks (2-2) from Waukesha, Wisconsin finished in fourth place to round out the top four finishing teams at this tournament.
Add-A-Bath / Demarini opened tournament play with a first round 13-4 win over the Sharks to advance into the second round of play where they met and defeated Blackhawk Athletic Club 15-5 to move into the winner's bracket undefeated game. Blackhawk Athletic Club had beaten G.A.M.O.T.O. from St Charles 17-7 in the first round of play to advance into this second round contest with Add-A-Bath / Demarini.
In the game that featured the last two remaining unbeaten teams it was Add-A-Bath / Demarini and Souse's Lounge going head to head with Add-A-Bath / Demarini winning 9-3 to become the only unbeaten team left in this tournament. Now Add-A-Bath / Demarini had to sit and watch as the loser's bracket need to be completed before they would know which of the one of the remaining teams would win the right to be their opposition in the 2006 Illinois USSSA Women's Class C state championship game. When the last out of the loser's bracket had been recorded into the official score book it was a rematch with Souse's Lounge that was on tap for Add-A-Bath / Demarini in the title game.
Add-A-Bath / Demarini used their defense to defuse any thought that Souse's Lounge had of upending the Gurnee ladies in the title game winning 6-1 to put a ribbon on their 2006 Illinois USSSA Women's Class C State championship as a team.
Souse's Lounge made it to the 2006 state championship game by opening play with a one run win over Rosati's of Wheaton. Trailing 6-0 before batting in the first inning Souse's Lounge shut down their opponent without a run the rest of the way as the offense chipped away a little her and a little three managing to pull out a one run win 7-6 over Rosati's of Wheaton in the first round of play to advance into the second round.
Souse's Lounge continued their overall team defense as they held Rainbow Separation to only two runs winning 6-2 to advance into the winner's bracket championship game and a match up with Add-A-Bath / Demarini. Rainbow Separation had defeated both the Absolute ball club from Decatur 13-2 in a play in game to the regular bracket before stopping the top seeded team of this tournament the Northern Diamonds / Worth 6-2 in the first round of tournament action to advance into this semifinal contest with Souse's Lounge.
Souse's Lounge than played Add-A-Bath / Demarini in the winner's bracket undefeated game and came out on the short end of a 9-3 score to drop the Rockford ladies into the loser's bracket where they needed to defeat Blackhawk Athletic Club in order to get a second chance at playing Add-A-Bath / Demarini. Souse's Lounge took care of business with Blackhawk Athletic Club winning 14-7 to earn a second shot at Add-A-Bath / Demarini and the state title. This was as close as Souse's Lounge would get on this Saturday afternoon as Add-A-Bath / Demarini stopped Souse's Lounge offense literally cold winning 6-1 to send the Rockford ladies home with the second place trophy from this state tournament.

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