Miller Forty-fives Champions Of ASA 16" Qualifier

ASA Qualifier Champions The Miller Forty-five (file photo)

MOUNT PROSPECT: The Miller Forty-Fives went a perfect 6 and 0 to win the forty-six team ASA Triple Points Qualifier played at the Majewski Complex, in Mt Prospect on Saturday July 7th. The Kings (5-1) finished second and left with the coveted 2007 ASA National Beth for their efforts in this tournament. A third place tie went to Impact (4-1) and the Flames (4-1). Underage ran off five straight wins to claim the title to the consolation bracket defeating Lounge 6-5 in the championship game of the consolation bracket.
The Miller Forty-fives opened play with a play in game against the Mavericks winning by a 20-7 score.
In the first round of play it was the Miller Forty-fives over Hype by a final score of 15-9.
In the second round of tournament play it was the Miller Forty-fives over the Knights 10-0 to continue their march towards the title. The Knights had posted a win over the Long Shots in the first round 7-5 to advance into this second round contest against the Miller Forty-fives.
In the third round of play it was the Miller Forty-fives defeating Boom 28-9 as they continued their march to the title. Boom had opened play with a play in game defeating the Gladiators 11-1 before stopping Universal Iron 6-3 in the first round of play and than beating Cash 11-8 in the third round to earn the right to oppose the Miller Forty-fives in the fourth round of tournament play.
In their semifinal game of this tournament the Miller Forty-fives met and defeated Impact 5-2 to earn the right to play in the championship game. Impact made it to this semifinal game of the winner's bracket by opening play with a 7-2 win over the Lounge in the first round. In the second round it was Impact over Tilt 6-4, in the third round Impact met and defeated Punch 7-4 to advance into the semifinal where they played the Miller Forty-fives.
The Miller Forty-five won the tournament's championship game over the Kings 14-3 as they claim the top cash prize from this tournament.
Tournament runner-up the Kings opened play with a 15-3 victory over R.I.P. in the first round of tournament action.
In the second round of play the Kings won again as they defeated Formula 2-0. Formula had stopped Underage 7-4 in a play in game and than defeated the Wicked Squids 14-5 in the first round of play to advance into this second round contest against the Kings.
In the next round of play the Kings and Pure Smack went toe to toe with the Kings prevailing by a final score of 5-4 sending them into the semifinal of this tournament. Pure Smack made it to this game with the Kings by opening play with a 9-5 win over Entourage in the first round of tournament action before stopping the Lemons 12-7 in the second round of play to earn Pure Smack a game against the Kings.
In their semifinal game it was the Kings and the Flames tangling with one another as the Kings came out on top by a score of 11-5 to earn the Kings the right to play in the championship game against the Miller Forty-fives. The Flames made it to this semifinal game by opening play with an 8-1 win over Karl in the first round before stopping the Shooters 21-9 in the second round and than defeating Ship of Fools 12-2 in the third round to earn the right to be playing in a semifinal game of the winner's bracket.
The Kings good day ended here as they were defeated by the Miller Forty-five in the championship game 14-3 forcing them to settle for second place but they left as a happy team because they secured the 2007 ASA Men's 16" National Berth that they came to play for plus added a little money to their teams kitty.
Underage claimed the consolation bracket by winning five straight games in a row after losing to Formula in their first game. Along the way Underage played and defeated the Whalers 14-6 first before beating Karl 5-4 in the next game. The Young Guns were excused by Underage next after they posted a 4-3 win onto the bracket board. March Manufacturing exited next by a score of 13-9 before Underage finished off the last remaining team in the Lounge 6-5 to win the Consolation championship game. Lounge made it to the consolation championship game after losing to Impact 7-2 in the first round of play. Once in the consolation bracket Lounge met and defeated the Mavericks 9-7. Next up was a win by Lounge over the Brew Crew 5-2. The Raiders were shown the door next as the Lounge defeated them 18-11. Universal Iron was excused next after lounge beat them 6-1 to advance into the consolation championship game were Lounge came out on the short end of a 6-5 score losing to Underage in the consolation championship game.