Bucketheads Win North vs. South

4 Day, 32 Teams, Participate At Janura Park In Berwyn On June 8 - 11

Bucketheads 2006 North vs. South Champions -photo by Mr. Jack Stout

BERWYN: The Bucketheads were the story of the annual North vs. South Sixteen Inch Classic held at Janura Park in Berwyn on June 8th through the 11th by going undefeated at 6-0 to pocket the top prize money that goes to the champion. The Miller Forty-five made a strong run through the loser's bracket to finish in second place with a record of 7-2, third place finisher was the Lemonheads (4-2), fourth place went to Binge (6-2), with a fifth place tie going to March (3-2) and Mudville (3-2) and a seventh place tie going to both Nemesis (3-2) and the Woodpeckers (4-2).
The Bucketheads opened play with first round game on Thursday night where the met and defeated Out There in a close game 8-7 to advance in the bracket. Game number two was on Saturday evening as the Bucketheads squared off with Punch n a close game that saw the Bucketheads emerge as the victors winning 9-5. Punch had advanced into this second round game by defeating Maxim 7-4 in their opener on Friday evening.
Next up for the Bucketheads was a game with Roundhouse and the Bucketheads caught momentum during this game winning going away 22-6 over the Roadhouse to advance into a semi-final contest of the winner's bracket. The Roadhouse made it to this game with the Bucketheads by opening play on Friday night with a 22-3 win over the Kings before stopping Hype 5-2 on Saturday evening.
In Sunday semifinal game the bucket head square off with Mudville and came away with another win as they posted a 9-6 victory over Mudville onto the bracket board. Mudville had advanced into this semifinal game of the winner's bracket by defeating the Raiders 10-8 on Thursday night before stopping the Southside 7-5 on Saturday night and than defeating Traffic 8-5 to earn their spot in the semifinals against the Bucketheads.
In the battle between the tournaments last two remaining unbeaten teams the Bucketheads took the field with the Lemonheads occupying the other dugout. In a game that was won on the strength of the Bucketheads defense they handed the Lemonheads a 5-0 loss to put themselves into the tournament's championship game against whichever team that would emerge from the loser's bracket to challenge them for the 2006 title to the North vs South Sixteen Inch Challenge. The Lemonhead made it to the winner's bracket undefeated game by opening lay on Thursday evening with a 17-7 win over Steel Gold. On Saturday night the Lemonheads sent Wallace to the loser's bracket after beating them 17-1. Next the Lemonheads tangles with the Miller Forty-fives and came away with an 10-2 win to put them into Sunday's Semifinal game with March Manufacturing. The Lemonheads continued to roll as they stopped March Manufacturing 9-4 to put them into the winner's bracket finals and a date with the Bucketheads.
When the loser's bracket play was complete it was the Miller Forty-fives who earned their way back into the championship game to challenge the Bucketheads for the 2006 title. IN a close game it was the Bucketheads edging out the Miller Forty-fives 4-3 to claim their title at the 2006 North vs South Sixteen Inch Classic.
The Miller Forty-fives made it to the title game by taking the long way around through the loser's bracket. On Friday night the Miller Forty-fives opened play with a big 20-6 win over the Young Guns. On Saturday night they continued to roll as they stopped Jelly clod defeating them 21-3 to move into their third round game with the Lemonheads. Jelly had stopped the Hanger 9-6 on Thursday night to advance into this game with the Miller Forty-fives.
It was here that the Miller Forty-fives stub their toe losing to the Lemonheads 10-2 to drop them into the loser's bracket where they now need to travel the long road back to get to the title game.
On Sunday morning it was the Miller Forty-fives against Maxim in game that many thought might be the championship game but today it was a loser's bracket game with the Miller Forty-fives winning 17-6 to advance. Next op for the Miller Forty-fives was a game with Nemesis as the Miller Forty-fives continued to roll winning big 15-2 to continue their march towards the championship game.
The Miller Forty-fives now was challenged by Mudville but the Miller Forty-fives were on a roll as they swept Mudville aside winning 17-2.
Now with only four teams left in the tournament the Miller Forty-fives and Binge went at it as the Miller Forty-fives continue to score lots of runs while using their stingy defense to hold down their opponents as they won again by a final score of 13-3 over Binge.
This win enabled the Miller Forty-fives to have a shot at taking some revenge over the team that had put them into the loser's bracket the night before, the Lemonheads. The Miller Forty-fives came out focused on the goal at hand and took their pound of flesh from the Lemonhead defeating them 14-4 to earn the right to challenge the Bucket head in the championship game.
But this was as close as they would get as the Bucketheads used their own strong defensive team effort to stop the Miller Forty-fives scoring machine as they posted a 4-3 win over the Miller Forty-fives to claim this year's championship and send the Miller Forty-fives home in second place.

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