Forest Park's 39th Annual 'No Glove Invitational

39th Annual Forest Park 'No Glove' Inviitational - 2nd Place Windy City Softball

Photo By Mr. Jack Stout

The title game was all the Miller Forty-fives as they put on an impressive show winning 15-2 to claim the title to the 39th Annual Forest Park 'No Glove national Invitational Tournament.
Windy City Softball made it to the championship game by opening play with a first round bye before they stopped the Lounge 12-5 in the second round of play on Friday evening. The Lounge had defeated Tilt 8-7 on Thursday nigh in the first round of tournament action to advance into this game against Windy City.
On Saturday Evening Windy City Softball met up with Hype and came away with a 7-1 win in the third round of tournament play advancing them into the semifinal round of the winner's bracket later on that Saturday evening. Hype made it this third round game against Windy City Softball by opening the tournament with a first round bye before stopping the Lemons 16-4 in the second t-round of play late on Friday evening to earn their way into this game against Windy City Softball.
In a close game Windy City Softball and Maxim matched defensive play against defensive play through their entire game but when the last play had been written down into the official scorer's book the scoreboard dread 4-3 in favor of Windy City Softball as they advance into Sunday afternoon battle between the last two remaining unbeaten teams left in this tournament. Maxim made it to this semifinal game of the winner's bracket by opening play with a first round bye before stopping Crush in a close game 11-10 in the second round of play on Friday evening. Maxim won their third round game on Saturday evening as they defeated Entourage16-8 to advance into this semifinal game against Windy City.
On Sunday afternoon Windy City Softball was upended by the Miller Forty-fives 14-6 to drop them into the loser's bracket where they met Mudville in a game with the loser getting third place and the winner getting to challenge the unbeaten Miller Forty-fives in the title game. Windy City Softball won an arrow one run victory over Mudville edging them 3-2 to earn the right to play the Miller Forty-fives for the second time on this Sunday.
Windy City Softball now faced with the task of having to beat the Miller Forty-fives two straight game took the field to play them in the championship game but the Miller Forty-fives came out on fire and Windy City Softball was forced to accept second place from the 39th Annual Forest Park 'No Glove' National Invitational Tournament after losing 15-2 to the Miller Forty-fives in the title game.

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