Oswego Inn Champions At USSSA D In Plano

Fourteen Teams Participate At Klatt Field On August 5th & 6th

Oswego Inn Champions Of USSSA Class D In Plano On August 5th & 6th

PLANO: The Oswego Inn from Oswego ran the table on the field of fourteen teams going 4-0 to capture the title at the Plano USSSA Men's Class D Great Lakes National Tournament Qualifier played at the Klatt Field at the Rock Creek Park in Plano on August 5th & 6th. The champions whop had previously won a berth to play at the 2006 USSSA Men's Class D Great Lakes National Tournament over Labor Day Weekend took the cash and passed the berth down. J. J.'s Pub (4-2) from Ottawa finished in second place with Whitey's (4-2) from Oswego taking home third place and Bunks (4-2) from Mendota finishing in fourth place at this tournament.
The Oswego Inn received on e of two first round byes in this fourteen team event as they opened play on Saturday afternoon in the second round with a 12-4 win over Bunks to advance into the semifinal on Sunday. Bunks had previously beaten N.W.A. Softball Club from Loves Park 20-10 in the first round of play to advance into this second round match up against the Oswego Inn.
On Sunday morning it was the Oswego Inn and Whitey's going at one another with the Oswego Inn winning 17-7 to move into Sunday afternoon winner's bracket championship game. Whitey's made it into this semifinal game against the Oswego Inn by winning 9-7 over Coldwell Banker from Yorkville in the first round before defeating Fubars from ST Charles 10-3 in the second round on Saturday.
In the undefeated game of the winner's bracket on Sunday afternoon the Oswego Inn and J. J. Pub went at each other with the Oswego Inn posting a impressive 18-4 win up onto the bracket board to secure their spot in the tournament's championship game against whichever team that wins the loser's bracket to earn the right to be their challenger in the title game of this tournament. That team turned out to be J.J.'s Pub, so a rematch of the winner's bracket finals was on tap in the championship game. This time the game was much closer as J.J.'s Pub made a game out of it but they still came up a little short losing 14-10 as the Oswego Inn complete d their undefeated run to the title at this tournament.
J.J's Pub made it to the championship game of this tournament by opening play with a first round 11-10 narrow escape as they slipped past Top Gun from Magnolia in the first round on Saturday. In their second contest on Saturday afternoon it was J.J.'s Pub meeting and defeating Little Red School House from Yorkville 23-10. Little Red Schoolhouse had beaten Fabri Tek from Naperville 11-7 in the first round of tournament action to advance into this second round match up with J.J.'s Pub.
On Sunday morning it was J.J.'s Pub and Tiger Club I from Aurora meeting in a semifinal contest of the winner's bracket in this tournament with the Ottawa based J.J.'s Pub winning 7-5 to put them into the winner's bracket championship game later that afternoon. Tiger Club I made it to this semifinal game in the winner's bracket by winning twice on Saturday as they stopped E & A Construction from Oswego in the first round 7-0 over the Oswego based ball club. In their second contest on Saturday evening it was Tiger Club I edging G-Force Labels & Printing from Plano 6-5 to earn the right to play in Sunday morning's semifinal round of the winner's bracket of this tournament. G-Force Labels & Printing had received a first round bye in this tournament to advance into this game with Tiger Club I in the second round of play.
In the game that featured to last two remaining unbeaten teams left in this tournament J.J.'s Pub got steamrollered by the Oswego Inn 18-4 to send them down into the loser's bracket where they needed to defeat Whitey's in order to earn a second chance at playing the unbeaten Oswego Inn in the championship game. J.J.'s Pub did what they needed to do and found a way to win over Whitey's 8-6 to get that second chance at the Oswego Inn. But it was here that their dreams of coming back to double dip the team that had previously beaten them ended in a closer game than the first one but the second loss just the same as the Oswego Inn stopped J.J.'s Pub 14-1 in the final game of this tournament.