Dynasty Softball Wins USSSA Class In Plano

Twenty-five Teams Participate In 'Last Chance' Tournament

Dynasty Softball From Joliet Champions Of USSSA Class E Tournament In Plano

photo by Dee Dee Didier

PLANO: Dynasty Softball from Joliet was a perfect 5-0 winning the Plano's 'Last Chance USSSA Men's Class E State & National Qualifying Tournament held at Klatt Field in Plano and also with some games being played at the Oswego High School facility in Oswego. G-Force Labels (4-2) from Plano took home second place with Aurora Turner Club (6-2) finishing in third place and New way (4-2) from Aurora taking home fourth place from this tournament. Rounding out the top eight finishers was a tie for fifth place between A Poor Boys Sweets (4-2) from Joliet and OBP Borowiak Insurance (3-2) from Aurora, and a seventh place tie going to both the Big Hitters (4-2) from Shorewood and Action Bio Care, Inc. (3-2) from Montgomery.
Dynasty Softball was led by the play of Jay Geller who was named as the MVP of this tournament. Brent Dumas from Dynasty was named as the defensive MVP of this tournament. Joining them on the All-Tournament team were their Dynasty teammates; Brandon Dumas and Joseph Dario.
Dynasty Softball opened tournament play with a first round game against Seek & Destroy from Shorewood and posted a 4-2 win onto the bracket board to advance in the winner's bracket. Seek & Destroy Softball had to have won a play in game to get into the bracket by stopping McCoy Tire / I-55 Auto from Joliet 18-6 to earn the right to play Dynasty Softball in the first round of tournament action.
In the second round of tournament play it was Dynasty Softball taking on and defeating Extreme from Aurora 9-1 to advance them in to Sunday morning's semifinal of the winner's bracket. Xtreme had won their first round game over the Big Hitters to advance into this second round match-up against Dynasty Softball.
On Sunday morning after an hour rain delay from the over night downpour to get the fields in playable condition Dynasty Softball and OBP Borowiak Insurance went toe to toe with the Joliet ball club getting the better of it winning 15-5 to put Dynasty Softball into the winner's bracket undefeated game on Sunday afternoon. OBP Borowiak Insurance made it to this semifinal game of the winner's bracket by opening play on Saturday with a 7-5 win over the Aurora Turner Club in a play in game to get into the bracket. In the first round of play on Saturday OBP Borowiak Insurance met and defeated Tiger Club # 1 from Aurora 6-5 to advance into the second round where they met and defeated Bada Bing / Firehouse Tattoo 13-8 to advance into Sunday's morning semifinal round of the winner's bracket and a game with Dynasty Softball.
In the final game of the winner's bracket the last two remaining unbeaten teams squared off with one another in the battle to determine which of them would win the winner's bracket and when that last out had been recorded into the official score's book the score board read 9-8 in favor Dynasty Softball as the Joliet ball club became the only remaining unbeaten team left in this tournament.
Now Dynasty Softball had to sit and wait until the loser's bracket had been played out t its conclusion before knowing which team would emerge as their challenger in the championship game. After all play in the loser's racket was complete a rematch with G-Force Labels was on tap in the title game for Dynasty.
Dynasty Softball completed their mission as a team winning 10-6 to send G-Force Labels home with the second place prize package from this tournament.
Tournament runner up G-Force Label was led by the play of Rob Knierim, Greg Gould and Steve Goebel who were all named to the 'All-Tournament' team for their play during this tournament.
G-Force Labels made it to the championship game by opening play with a 9-6 win over the Friendly Tap from Plano in the first round of tournament play. The Friendly Tap had previously won a play in game over Meridian Small Town Swingers from Winnebago 7-0 in a play in game to get into the bracket.

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