Beavers Win USSSA Class E Qualifier

Six Teams,One Day Event At Red Bud Sports Complex On May 20th

RED BUD: The Beavers (5-1) from O'Fallon came through the loser's bracket of the six teams, one day event to double dip Semo Fence / US National Guard (2-2) from McClure 17-15 and 18-17 to win the USSSA Men's Class E Great Lakes national Qualifier played at the Red Bud Sports Complex in Red Bud on May 20th. The champions earned a berth to play at the 2006 USSSA Men's Class E Great Lakes National Tournament to be held over Labor Day Weekend in Ft Knox, KY. The Killer Beez (3-2) from O'Fallon took home third place with Keglars Korner (1-2) from Wamac finishing in four place at this tournament.
The Beavers opened play with a first round game against Abate / Freedon Riders from Junction City and quickly posted a 13-2 win onto the bracket board to advance into the second round of tournament action. The Beavers than locked horns with G C Rippers from Granite City and posted their second straight one sided victory onto the bracket board by the final score of 11-2. G C Rippers had received a first round bye to advance into this second round contest with the Beavers. This win advanced the Beavers into the winner's bracket unbeaten game where they met and lost to Semo Fence / U.S. National Guard in a close game 14-13. The loss dropped the Beavers onto the loser's bracket where they met up with the Killer Beez in a game that same the Beaver get back on their winning ways as they posted an 11-4 win onto the bracket board to earn them a second shot at Semo Fence / U.S. National Guard. The Beavers cashed in this second opportunity by winning 17-15 over Semo Fence / U.S. National Guard. This win forced the playing of the 'if necessary game' between these two ball clubs with the winner's of the extra game also winning the tournament and the berth to play at the national tournament in Kentucky.
After two games played these two teams were separate by a total of a single run scored and it was another single run that separated them in the deciding game with the Beavers coming out on top this day by a final score of 18-17 to win the tournament.
Semo Fence / U.S. National Guard opened play with a first round bye before taking on and defeating the Killer Beez 14-2 in the second round of tournament play. The Killer Beez had won their opener over Keglars Korner 7-3 to advance into this econ round contest with Semo Fence / U.S. National Guard. Now playing in the winner's bracket undefeated game Semo Fence / U.S. National Guard squared off with the Beavers for the first time on this day and defeated them 14-13 to win the winner's bracket. Now Semo Fence / U.S. National Guard had to sit back and wait as the loser's bracket was played out to its conclusion before knowing who they would be playing in the title game. When the games being played in the loser's bracket were all played and the results written down on the bracket board a rematch with the Beavers awaited Semo Fence / U.S. National Guard in the championship contest. The Beaver rose up and upended Semo Fence / U.S. National Guard 17-15 to even the tournament at one loss each and with this win caused the playing of the extra game in order to separate these two evenly matched teams on this day. In that extra game Semo Fence / U.S. National Guard came up one run short losing to the Beavers 18-17 to finish in second place at this event.