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Oswego Inn Wins USSSA Class E
In Sugar Grove
One Day Tournaemnt With Twelve
Teams At Sugar Grove Sports Complex
Champions Of USSSA Men's Class
E In Sugar Grove, Oswego Inn
SUGAR GROVE: Oswego Inn (7-1) from Oswego won
their second USSSA Qualifier of the year by double dipping their league
rival Ashland Pyro's (4-2) from Oswego in the finals of this twelve
team tournament held at the Sugar Grove Sports Complex on June 18th.
The champions passed the Men's Class E National to Iowa berth over
Labor Day Weekend down to Ashland Pyro's. The Beavers (2-2) from Glen
Ellyn took home third place with Triple Play Sports (2-2) from Rockford
finishing in fourth place and a tie for fifth place going to both
Fatty's Pub (2-2) from De Kalb and Pizza Cucina (1-2) from Oswego.
The Oswego Inn opened tournament play with a first round contest against
the Country Boys a quickly dispatched them to the loser's bracket
after beating them by the run rule 23-1 in four innings. Leading the
attack for the Oswego Inn was (1B) Chris Johnson with 3 hits with
5 RBI, as his teammates (P) Pat Franciscy, (LC) Tim Ficke, (SS) with
4 RBI Rob Mangan, (2B) Brent Sutton with 3 RBI all collect two huts
each during this win as (LF) Jimmy Williams chipped in with 3 RBI.
In their second round contest of this tournament the Oswego Inn squared
off with Triple Play Sports and promptly sent them to the loser's
bracket 16-6. The Oswego Inn ball club was led at the plate during
this win by Mangan with 4 hits and 3 RBI, (AH) Duey Astling with 3
hits and 4 RBI, and Sutton with 2 RBI. Triple Play Sports had advanced
to this second round game after receiving a first round bye in this
tournament.
In a semifinal contest of the winner's bracket the Oswego Inn tasted
defeat as they were beaten by The Beavers 15-12 to send them into
the loser's bracket. The top offense people for the Oswego Inn in
this victory were Astling 3 hits with 2 RBI, (RC) Tim Schmidt 3 hits
with 3 RBI, Mangan 2 hits, Sutton 2 hits, and (RF) Mike Brown 2 hits
with 2 RBI as (C) Glen Hoffman added 2 RBI to the winning total.
Once in the loser's bracket the Oswego Inn realized that one more
stub of their toe would finish them they went about the business at
hand as they worked their way back into contention in this tournament.
Fatty's Pub exited first after they absorbed as narrow 18-17 defeat
in nine innings by the Oswego Inn to leave with fifth place. The Oswego
Inn top hitters during this win were Ficke with 2 RBI, Mangan with
3 RBI, Hoffmann with 5 RBI, and Astling with 2 RBI, who all with 3
hits in this win.
Triple Play Sports exited next as the Oswego Inn won another close
game edging them 5-3 to move the team into the loser's bracket finals
and a rematch with the ball club that had put them into the loser's
bracket earlier in the day, The Beavers. In their third straight nail
biter game the Oswego Inn won again edging out The Beavers 10-9 to
send them packing the cars for the trip home with third place to their
credit. The Oswego Inn top hitters in this win were Schmidt, Hoffmann,
and Tim Ficke all with 2 hits as Brown added 2 RBI.
Now only Ashland Pyro's, a league rival stood between the Oswego Inn
and the tournament title. Needing two more victories in two tries
the Oswego Inn put up some better offensive numbers as they pounded
out a 20-13 win with their bats to force the need to play the 'if
necessary game between these two team in order to determine which
of them would be the champion.
Leading the way for the Oswego Inn in this game were Mangan 4 hits,
Sutton 4 hits, Hoffmann 4 hits, Ficke 3 hits and Schmidt with 3 hits.
The extra game was everything anyone could ask for, lots of runs with
lots of hits but also some big defensive plays that turned the tide
back and forth both ways until Ashland Pyro's ran out of runs being
one run down losing to the Oswego Inn 27-26 in the deciding game.
The Oswego Inn offense was led by Ficke with 5 hits & 3 RBI, Mangan
with 5 hits & 6 RBI, Hoffmann with 4 hits, Brown with 4 hits,
Schmidt with 4 hits & 3 RBI, and Astling with 3 hits & 5 RBI,
in this win.
For this successful tournament the Oswego Inn was led offensively
by Rob Mangan .719 with 14 RBI, Glen Hoffmann .621 with 19 RBI, Duey
Astling .593 with 18 RBI, Tim Schmidt .577 with 12 RBI, Tim Ficke
.563 with 12 RBI, Mike Brown with 10 RBI, Brent Sutton with 12 RBI,
and Chris Johnson with 12 RBI.Oswego Inn teamspokesperson
Pat Franciscy, said,"We really played well all day and had some
fun winning this tournament."
Tournament runner up Ashland Pyro's opened play with a first round
19-18 win over Neighbors bar & Grill/Windsor Auto Parts from Loves
Park in the first round of tournament action. Game number two was
also win number two as Ashland Pyro's defeated Souses/Kamaili/Pig
Minds 18-5. Souses/Kamaili/Pig Minds had received a first round to
advance into playing this game in the second round of play.
In their semifinal game of the winner's bracket Ashland Pyro's met
and defeated Pizza Cucina 12-10 to move into the tournament's last
game between unbeaten teams. Pizza Cucina made it to this game by
opening play with a first round 7-0 win over Oswego Legion who failed
to have enough players present at game time. In the second round Pizza
Cucina met and defeated Fatty's Pub 13-11 to advance into the semifinals
of the winner's bracket of this tournament.
In the game between the tournament's last two remaining g unbeaten
teams it was Ashland Pyro's over The Beavers 12-1 to give Ashland
Pyro's the title to the winner's bracket and assure them a spot in
the tournament's championship game. The Beavers made it to the winner's
bracket championship game by opening play with a first round bye before
defeating J & J in the second round 9-8. Oswego Inn than fell
to The Beavers in a semifinal game 15-12 to move The Beavers into
the battle between the last two remaining unbeaten team, left in this
tournament.
Now Ashland Pyro's needed to sit back and wait as the loser's bracket
was played out to it s conclusion before knowing which of the remaining
teams would be their challenger in the championship contest. When
the loser's bracket was completed it was a match up with the Oswego
Inn that awaited unbeaten Ashland Pyro's in the finals. League rival
Oswego Inn was not kind to their unbeaten foe as they defeated Ashland
Pyro's twice 20-13 and 27-26 to send Ashland Pyro's home with second
place but with the USSSA Men's Class E National berth that was passed
down to them from the Oswego Inn who had previously won a 2005 USSSA
Men's Class E national Qualifying Tournament.
  
(L) 3rd Place Finisher The Beavers
& (R) 4th Place Finisher Triple Play Sports
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USSSA Men's Class E National
Qualifying Tournament
Sugar Grove Sports Complex, Sugar Grove
June 18th, 2005
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1
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Oswego
Inn
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7-1
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2
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Ashland
Pyro's
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4-2
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3
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The
Beavers
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2-2
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4
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Triple
Play Sports
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2-2
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5t
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Fatty's
Pub
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2-2
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5t
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Pizza
Cucina
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1-2
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7t
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Jiffy
Lube / Culver's Goats
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1-2
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7t
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Neighbors
Bar & Grill /Windsor Auto Parts
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1-2
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9t
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J
& J
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1-2
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9t
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Country
Boys
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0-2
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9t
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Souses
/ Kamaili / Pig Minds
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0-2
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12
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Oswego
Legion
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