Lavezzi Plumbing Wins At Carbon Hill

Twenty Teams Participate At The Annual Homecoming Tournament

CARBON HILL: Lavezzi Plumbing from Channahon won the 2005 Carbon Hill Homecoming with a perfect 5-0 record over a field of twenty teams to win the tournament played from June 20th through the 26th. "It was a good tournament and we all look forward to playing in it every year." says 1st baseman Dave Johnson "It was great to for some of us to finally win it and great for guys like Nick (Lavezzi) and the Skubic' s (Curt and Craig) to win it again." Lavezzi Plumbing was led in hitting by Dave Johnson with a .789 average for this tournament that included two homeruns and 13 RBI. Other top hitter for the champions were Bob Guajardo .750 with 3 HR and 7 RBI, Nick Natyshok .615, Curt Skubic .647 with 4 RBI, Kevin Callahan powered 2 homeruns and drove in 9 runs. Craig Skubic stroked 3 homeruns and drove in 10. Dave Weber had a homerun and 7 RBI's. Nick Lavezzi had a homerun and 6 RBI's and scored 10 runs, and Terry McClintock pitched lights out, raining in pitches in the unlimited arc tournament.
Lavezzi Plumbing started the tournament on fire beating Gallagher's Pub 30-17. Johnson and Curt Skubic each went 6-6 to pace the attack. Johnson also had a homerun and 6 RBI; Curt Skubic added 3 RBI, Kevin Callahan, Dave Weber and Sean Rolando all went 3-5 to aid in the winning cause.
Lavezzi Plumbing won their second game by using grand slams by Kevin Callahan and Johnson set the pace as they won 15-8 over Kinsman Bar and Grill. Johnson led the attack with 5 RBI as Callahan added 4 RBI, Craig Skubic (HR) with 3 RBI and Guajardo going 3-4 during this victory.
In their third contest of this tournament Lavezzi Plumbing met a ball club from De Kalb and Torry Caniglia, Johnson and Nick Natyshok all had 3 hits each to pace their team during this 14-10 win.
In the scalding heat Lavezzi Plumbing squared off with the Rock N Rebels and came away with a big 11-1 win to assure them a spot in the tournament's championship game against whichever team that would win the loser's bracket to oppose them in the finals. Craig Skubic belted 2 HR's while driving in four runs as Brent Dite chipped in with a 4-4 effort at the plate and both Lavezzi and Guajardo added three hits efforts during this victory for Lavezzi Plumbing.
In the championship game it was the Guajardo show he went 3-4 with 2 homeruns and 5 RBI, including a walk-off 3-run shot in the seventh inning to end the game. Guajardo also went up and took away a homerun with a great catch at the defense during this win for Lavezzi Plumbing. Callahan and Natyshok each chipped in with two hits each as Caniglia and Weber both had homeruns in this 11-1 victory.
Lavezzi Plumbing came into this twenty team tournament expecting a challenge from many tough teams. Manager Brian Mayfield said, "I am glad that we added two impact players to our ball club in Torry Caniglia, who brings hustle, great defense and a desire to be great and Nick Natyshok, who is a veteran player and has contributed for many top teams over the last couple of years. Both players showed their immediate impact helping us win the Carbon Hill tournament. I think we will be tough to beat now, our depth is greatly improved and i expect a good showing in the upcoming D NIT in Joliet."
No information was received by Illinois Softball Report from either tournament runner-up De Klab or the tournament organizers to help complete this article.