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Head
First Wins USSSA Mixed D
 Rockford:
Head First from Crete won the 'if necessary game' over Flemings
Tap from De Kalb to win the ten team USSSA Northwest Mixed D Nationals
played at the Sportscore Complex in Rockford on October 6 &
7 with a 4-1 overall record.
Head First who was led by the play of Megan Berryman (Female MVP)
and Brian Tully (Male MVP) opened play with a 5-3 win over Rockford's
Blackhawk Athletic Club.
In their second game they came out smoking as the drilled Cuervo
Gold 2000 from Deerfield 13-3.
Head First won the winners bracket with a close 6-5 win over Flemings
Tap.
Flemings Tap made it back to the championship game and handed the
Crete ball club a 14-8 loss to even the tournament at one loss each.
The extra game was all Head First as they jumped out to a big lead
and never looked back on their way to a 14-1 victory to cinch the
tournament title.
Head First placed eight people on the All-Tournament team; Maureen
Walz, Tracy Drechsel, Carrie Downs, John Waters, Mark Hammer, Brad
Opiola plus the Male & Female MVP's, Brian Tully & Megan
Berryman.
Fleming Tap who was led by the play of Sue Stein (Female Outstanding
Defensive Player) and Jim Watson (Male Outstanding Defensive layer)
opened play with a 16-1 pounding of Coors Light.
Their second game was a wild high scoring affair with the De Kalb
squad coming out on top over Northland Tool 23-16.
Fleming Tap lost a heartbreaker in the winners bracket final to
Head First by a single run 6-5.
Fleming Tap regrouped and scored another exciting win in a high
scoring game over Northland Tool, 23-19.
The first championship game went to Fleming Tap 14-8 over Head First
but the De Kalb ball club just could not find another game in them
as they fell in the 'if necessary game' to Head First 14-1.
Fleming Tap placed six people on the All-Tournament team: Eric Murphy,
Derek Metcalf, Lynn Sinoki, Jill Popovich and the male & female
Outstanding Defensive Players, Jim Watson and Jill Stein.
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USSSA
Mixed D All-Tournament Team
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USSSA
Mixed D Male & Female MVP's
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USSSA Mixed Class D
Northwest Nationals
Sportscore Complex, Rockford
October 6 & 7
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1
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Head
First
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4-1
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2
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Flemings
Tap
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4-2
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3
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Northland
Tool
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3-2
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4
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Cuervo
Gold-2000
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2-2
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5
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Rhonda's
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3-2
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Jumpin'
Joe's/KFC
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2-3
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7
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John
Freed Plumbing
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2-2
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Blackhawk
Athletic Club
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2-2
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9
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The
Peppers
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0-3
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Coors
Light
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0-3
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