2002 Illinois Softball Report's Photo Album

Jimbo's Fall Classic - Armour Park, Chicago October 5th, 2002

Ball Busters - Armour Park, Chicago

Flash - Clyde Park, Cicero

Jimbo's - Amour Park, Chicago

Jose Curevo Kids - Clyde Park, Cicero

Menace - Berwyn

Raiders - Chicago

USSSA Mixed Class C & D N.I.T. - Champions Complex, Bourbonnais October 5th & 6th, 2002

Add-A-Bath - Gurnee

Blackhawk Athletic Club - Rockford

Bud Light - Red Bud

Curevo Gold - Vernon Hills

DDD Construction - Coal City

Double Trouble - Urbana

Flemings Tap - De Kalb

Head First - Crete

Heroes & Legends - Joliet

Izzy & Curley's - Joliet

Plummers - Litchfield

U Reach - Woodstock

Washed Up - Lisle

Whitey's World - Oswego

NSA 16" World Tournament - Country Club Hills September 21st & 28th

Women's Champions

Women's runner-ups

Women's 3rd place

Women's All World Team

Women's MVP & Top Offensive Player

Men's Champions

Men's Runner-ups

Men's 4th place

Men's All World team

Men's MVP, Outstanding Defensive Player, & Top Offensive Player

Team That Drank The Most Beer

Blaze - Chicago

Bobble Heads - Alsip

Brat Pack - Normandy Park, Chicago

Fighting 5th - Garfield Park, Chicago

Heat Softball - Palos Heights

Ice - Burbank

Iron Men - Mather Park, Chicago

Krunch - Des Plaines

Loafers - Evergreen Park

Mixed Company - Harvey

New World Van Lines - Chicago

No Names - Chicago Heights

Sloan Legends - Broadview

Smitty's - Bensenville

Storm Softball - Oak Lawn

Strong Arm - Washington Park, Chicago

The Can - Naperville

TJ's - Hedgwich Park, Chicago

Under Age - Mather Park, Chicago

Xpolsion Softball - Garfield Park, Chicago

USSSA Class E Grand Finale - Sportscore Complex & Forest Hills, Rockford September 15th

No Problem Pub - Tonica

Sammy's Bar & Grill - Joliet

Sharp - Romeoville

Sharp Income Tax - Peoria

Tyler Distributing - Troy

Valley Automotive - Stillman Valley

Wally's Pub/Windsor Auto - Rockford

Whitey's II - Oswego

USSSA Mixed Class C & D State Tournaments - Inwood Sports Complex, Joliet September 14th

Class C Champions - Bergstrom Concrete Construction - Rockton

Class D Champions - Izzy & Curly's - Joliet

Ace's Tavern - Urbana

Blackhawk Athletic Club - Rockford

DDD Construction - Godley

Flemming's Tap - North Aurora

Grove II Wireless Mike's - Urbana

Harty's - Mazon

Izzy & Curly's - Joliet

Johnny D's - Vernon Hills

Maguire's - Bloomington

Northland Tool - Pontiac

Whitey's - Oswego

ASA Class A 16" National Tournament - Champions, Bourbonnais August 30th - September 2nd

Champions - Mudville

Runner-up - Storm

3rd Place - Nature Boys

John Doss - Leading Hitter & MVP

ASA Class A 16" All American Team

NSA 16" State - Country Club Hills August 24th & 25th

Bobcats - University Park

Chicago Fire Softball - CTA, Chicago

Clutch - Melrose Park

Damage - Blue Island

Fat Sam's - Mount Greenwood, Chicago

Ice - Alsip

Kilroy's - Homewood

Loafers - Evergreen Park

McDivots - Palos Heights

Out There - Berwyn

Outlaws - Palos Hills

Sloan Softball Legends - Broadview

Smitty's - Bensenville

Stela's Angels - Washington Park, Chicago

Storm - Homewood

T. J.'s - Hedgwich Park, Chicago

Underage - Mather Park, Chicago

Young Guns - Washington Park, Chicago

USSSA Men's B State - Rockford August 18th

Photo By Jeff Lower

Kluever Snap-On/Worth - Champions

USSSA Men's Northern D State - Rockford August 17th & 18th

Champions Pla Ball - Glenview

2nd Place E.C. Pages - Sandwich

3rd Place Bombers - Elgin

4th Place Rev'd Up - Rockford

5th Place Marchelloni's/30 Buck - Lockport

5th Place Plano American legion Post 395 - Plano

7th Place Dirtbags - Geneva

7th Place - Road Dawgs/H&L/Firehouse - Joliet

A.A. Rigoni - Lockport

Alpha's Bar & Grill - Joliet

Bird Contracting/Mizuno - Carol Stream

C & C Plumbing - Rochelle

Demolition - Tinley Park

Dominican Fish - Rockford

Duraclean - Belvidere

Freddy's - Dixon

Hammerheads - Romeoville

Mulders Heroe's & Legends - Joliet

Plano American Legion Post 395 - Plano

Road Dawgs/Heroe's & Legends/Firehouse - Joliet

Scanlons/Blackhawk Athletic Club - Rockford

Scrap - Chicago

Whitey's World - Oswego

5-4-3 Not A Double Play

ASA Men's Class C State Tournament, Granite City August 9th - 11th

Urology/Effingham Surgical Associates Softball Team - Effingham

USSSA Northern Illinois State Tournament, Forest Hills Diamonds, Rockford August 11th - Photo's By Jeff Lower

All Tournament Team

Jerry's Kids - Joliet

MVP & Outstanding Defensive Player

NISMAC - Sandwich

Reapers - Steger

Sharp - Orland Park

3rd Base - Joliet

Venetian Club - Loves Park

Police Benevolent Association State Tournament, Eola Complex, Aurora, August 10 & 11

Tournament Champions - Madco

Tournament Runner-ups - Aurora Blue

Aurora Police Blue - Aurora

Aurora Police B - Aurora

Aurora Police C - Aurora

Belleville P.D. - Belleville

Decatur P.D. - Decatur

East Moline Unit 1 - East Moline

Elgin 54 - Elgin

Elgin Duce - Elgin

Galesburg Knox County P.D. - Galesburg/Knox County

Madco P.B.P.A. - Madison County

Normal Unit 22 - Normal

Peoria Team A - Peoria

Peoria Team B - Peoria

Rockford P.B.P.A Unit 6 Gray - Rockford

Rockford P.B.P.A Unit 6 Red - Rockford

Springfield Blue - Springfield

Springfield Unit 5 A - Springfield

National Class C, D & Women's B/C Qualifier, Inwood Sports Complex, Joliet August 3 & 4

Affordable Heating - Rockford

Big Bats - Chicago

Brat Pack - Oak Lawn

Brave N Crazy - Chicago

D'Arcy/Stone City/Marino Const. - Joliet

Domino's Softball - Bourbonnais

High Voltage Electric - St Charles

Juco Trash - Woodstock

Loco's - Waukegan

Maid To Order - Milwaukee, WI

Riley's Regular - Elmhurst

Rosati's Of Wheaton - Wheaton

RVS/Easton - Beach Park

Sharks - Gurnee

Zelmo's/Hitmen - Joliet

Forest Park 16" No Glove Nationals - July 28th - Photos By Jack Stout

CO-MVP - Bobby Russ & Randy Russ Of Licorice

Champions - Licorice

Runner-up - Miller 45's

3rd Place - Jose Cuervo

National Class C/D Qualifier, Turner Club, Aurora July 27th & 28th

Advance Data Technology - Mendota

Bulldogs - Crystal Lake

Joltin' Joe's - Spring Grove

Pezza Landscaping / Geneva Construction - Aurora

Pro, Inc. - Aurora

Stiff Competition - Elgin

National Class D/E Qualifier, Armstrong Park, Carol Stream July 20th

Ditbags Softball - Geneva

G-Force Labels - Plano

Scrap - Chicago

National Class E Qualifier, Inwood Sports Complex, Joliet July 20th & 21st

Bedrocks - Shorewood

Bit Of Blarney Pub - Manhattan

Dow Chemical - Channahon

Dreams Bar & Grill - Lockport

Dreams Sports Bar - Lockport

Jerry's Kids - Joliet

Masonry Structures - De Kalb

Miles Construction - Lockport

Moran Athletic Club - Joliet

Newson Physical Therapy - Joliet

Pit Stop/BA's - Manhattan

Plato Pizza - Romeoville

Romar Cabinets - Joliet

Samy's Bar & Grill - Joliet

Sterk's Finer Foods - Lockport

Wolf's Sealcoating, Inc/Hero's & Legends - Joliet

Williams Hardcore - Warrenville

Young Guns - Frankfort

National Class E Qualifier, Turner Club, Aurora July 13th

Little Red Schoolhouse - Aurora

Northern Illinois Merchants Association - Plano

Sterk's Super Food - Joliet

The Rookies - Aurora

Wally's Pub & Grill - Rockford

National Class C & D Qualifier, Inwood Complex, Joliet July 13th

Baish Excavating - Plainfield

Dawg Pound - Aurora

Fireballs Foundry - Naperville

Hammerheads Softball - Bolingbrook

LaSalle County Merchants - Ottawa

Meattruck Softball - Kankakee

Will's Northwoods Inn - Chicago

National Class D Qualifier, K-Mine Fields, Godley July 6th

Crush / Leo's Bar & Grill - Romeoville

Double J Sports Bar / Lumber Company - Joliet

Hero's & Legends / Joliet United - Joliet

Kevinigans - Braidwood

Laverezzi Plumbing - Braidwood

Money - Country Club Hills

Outlaws - Normal

Piccolo's Softball - Bourbonnais

Robinson Plumbing - Pekin

Tirapelli Ford - Joliet

National Class D/E Qualifier, High School, Oswego - June 30th

Ambro Dukes - West Chicago

E C Pages - Sandwich

Hudson / Kaos - Aurora

Plano American Legion Post 395 - Plano

Tournament MVP

Wreckers - Carol Stream

Zebra Enterprises - Rockford

National Class D World Qualifier, TK Wendl's, Urbana- June 29th

Body Tech - Urbana

Coors Light - Bartonville

Country Insurance - Charleston

Dave's Pizza - Bartonville

D.O.A. - Lake In The Hills

Foul Play - Normal

Kelly Glass - Peoria

Kline Construction - Elgin

Players Lounge - Bartonville

Ruff Softball - Urbana

Slick Rick's Dawgs - Bloomington

St. Louis Storm - St Louis, MO

Waterfront Lounge/Driftwood - Ashkum

World Tournament Qualifier, Inwood Complex, Joliet - June 23

Class C All-Tournament Team

Minnesota Magic

Quakers - Rockford

Roy Hobbs Softball - Crystal Lake

Worms - Kenosha, WI

National Class D/E Qualifier, Prairie Fest, Oswego - June 15th & 16

Alfa's Bar & Grill - Joliet

Local 597 Pipefitters - Chicago

Pla Ball - Arlington Heights

Roaddawgs - Joliet

Tournament MVP

Whitey's World D - Oswego

Whitey's World E - Oswego

National Class D World Qualifier, Inwood Complex, Joliet - June 8th & 9th

All Tournament Team - Men's Class D N.I.T.

MVP & Gold Glove - Men's Class D N.I.T.

Blackhawk Athletic Club - Rockford

Cambridge State Bank (Champions) - Robbinsdale, MN

D.O.A. - Schaumburg

Hall Of Fame Billiards - Sterling Heights, MI

Illinois Roofing - Bartonville

Juice Softball - Highland, IN

Kelly Glass Softball - Peoria

Kelly Glass Softball (2nd Place) - Peoria

Lil Rock - St Louis, MO

Plano American Legion - Plano

Slick Rick's Dawgs - Peoria

Starbusters Bar & Grill - De Kalb

Uncle Richies - Lockport

Vortex Softball - Joliet

Wicked - Bolingbrook

National C Qualifier, River Road Park, Kankakee June 1st

Batmen/Alpha's Bar & Grill - Joliet

Belcher's Concrete - Manteno

Dam Tap - Kankakee

Fun Bus - Elgin

OutKast - Bolingbrook

Outsiders - Joliet

River Valley Rage - G16U - Manteno

Rolling Thunder - G16U - Homewood Flossmore

Stingrays - G14U - Chesterton, IN

National E Qualifier, K-Mine Fields, Godley May 26th

All About Floors - Godley

Body & Soul - Morris

Cardinal Transport - Coal City

Chicagoland Speedway - Joliet

Collision Revision - Godley

Hero's & Legends - Joliet

Marcheese Construction - Godley

Reco's Rock'n Rebels - Godley

Rury's Tap & Bowl - Godley

National D & E Qualifier, Turner Club, Aurora May 25th

Ashland Pyro's - Oswego

Frankies Softball Club - Rockford

Halftime Bar & Grill - Johnsburg

Keaos - Aurora

Payroll 1 - Oswego

Schoolhouse - Aurora

Sport-A-Tan - Aurora

St George - Aurora

Stockhomes - Geneva

Thomas Pump - Aurora

Turner Club - Aurora

Williams Hardcore - Warrenville

National D & E Qualifier, Klatt Field, Plano May 18th & 19th

All Tournament Team

Pla Ball - Arlington Heights

Primerica/Friendly Tap - Plano

Whitey's World - Oswego

Wreckers - Carol Stream

Knock The Cobwebs Out, K-Mine Fields, Godly May 5th

All About Floors - Godley

Barb's Place - Godley

Body & Soul - Godley

"D" Construction/Bums - Godley

G's Pub - Godley

Godley Park District - Godley

O'Reilly's Trucking Inc. - Godley

Reco's Rockin Rebels - Godley

Rury's Tap & Bowl - Godley

S & P Carpentry & Sons - Godley

Stumble Inn - Godley

Tuffy's - Godley

National Class D & E Qualifiers, Inwood Sports Complex, Joliet May 4th

A.A. Rigoni Marble & Granite - Lockport

Assault Softball - South Elgin

Bird Contracting/Mizzuno - Carol Stream

Demolition - Frankfort Square

E.C. Pages - Plano

Heroes & Legends/Joliet United - Joliet

Indicom - Morris

Izzy & Curly's Pub - Joliet

Jim's Place II - Joliet

Joltin Joe's - Crete

Kline Construction - Elgin

Maki Construction - Antioch

Marchelloni Softball - Mendota

Miller Monarchs - St Charles

Money - Country Club Hills

Old Towne Pub - Geneva

Payroll 1 - Oswego

Third Base - Joliet

Vortex - Joliet

Joliet Foundation Tournament - Inwood Sports Complex, Joliet - April 27th

Dreams Restaurant & Bar - Lockport

Jerry' Kids - Joliet

Lumber Company - Joliet

Malnar's Tap - Joliet

O'Charlies Pub - Joliet

Pipefitter Local 597 - Oak Lawn

Primetime - Joliet

PSC - Joliet

Road Dawgs - Joliet

Storm - Country Club Hills

Pla Ball's Cash - Melas Park, Arlington Heights - April 20th

Big Hurt - Arlington Heights

Canadian Club - Arlington Heights

Chicago Steel - Itasca

Dawgz - Arlington Heights

Hogan's Roofing - Crystal Lake

Mojo - Arlington Heights

Out Kast - Joliet

Spud Bombers - Arlington Heights

Xplosion - Elgin

Umpire's Preseason - Klett Field, Plano - April 10th through 14th

Ashland Pyros - Oswego

Cross Roads Chevy - St. Charles

Curran Landscaping - Plano

Heidi's Ho - Somonauk

Plano Legion - Plano

St. George - Aurora

ServiceMaster - Plano

Vineyard/E.C. Pages - Plano

820 Club - Plano

Explosion's Cash - Kemper Park, Carpentersville April 13th & 14th

Black Ice - Crystal Lake

Bombers - Elgin

Fury - Lombard

Gators - Itasca

Longballs - Itasca

New Bird Order - Carpentersville

Pla Ball - Arlington Heights

Players, Inc. - Itasca

Pot Bellies - Darien

Road Dawgs Carpentersville

Roy Hobbs Softball - Crystal Lake

Spare Parts - Arlington Heights

Top Side - Elgin

WNO Bartlett

7th Annual Gumby Earlybird April 6th & 7th, Four Season Complex, Springfield

All Star Diner - Decatur

B & J Logging - Vernon

Caught Looking/Mortgage Express - Westmont

Central Paving/TPS - Indianapolis, IN

D's Auto World.net - Springfield

Daisy -/Nike - Davenport, IA

Diamondbacks/Worth - Wood River

Ken Adams Softball/Mizzuno - Chicago

Kluever's Snap-On/Worth - Metamora

Shockers/Rogers - Rockford

Throop & Son Tree Service - Springfield

XL Marketing/HRI/Mizzuno - Itasca

Illinois USSSA Hall Of Fame - March 2nd, Cliffbreakers Comfort Suite, Rockford

Don Cox - Male Player

Scott Hill - Male Player

Steve Mai - Male Player

Mike O'Connor - Male Player

Bob Papich - Meritorious Service

Jo Sauve - Female Player

Brian Ward - Male Player

Mike Peura - Manager of LT's

Jim Cushing - Introduced Steve Mai

Derrick Papich - Introduced Bob Papich

Jim Yeager - Introduced Don Cox

Jeff Brown - CO-Master of Ceremony

Chuck Fisher - CO-Master of Ceremony

Chicago 16" Hall Of Fame - October 20th, Hawthorn Park, Cicero

2001 Chicago 16" Hall Of Fame Group Photo

Kuppenheimer Senators - Men's Team Induction

OJ's - Women's Team Induction

2001 Pioneers Inductees - Group Photo

Women Players - Group Photo

1950 - 1963 Era Inductees - Group Photo

1964 - 1979 Era Inductees - Group Photo

Chicago 16" Softball   - Hall Of Fame Logo

Chicago 16" Hall Of Fame Ice Sculpture

Bobbie Blackstone - Player 1950 to 1963 Era

George Bliss - Master Of Ceremony

Joe Brankis - Pioneer Player

Henry Currie - Player 1950 to 1963 Era

Ken Flaws - Player 1980 to 1996 Era

Eddie Leonard - Pioneer Player

Bill Massuci - Player 1964 to 1979 Era

Pam Michalski-Vidovic - Female Player

Rick Monday - Player 1980 to 1996 Era

Brian Panick - Player 1980 to 1996 Era

Wally Pecs - Player Manager

Wally Pecs - Player Manager

Jake Ratkovic - Organizer

Pete Schmidt - Umpire

Pete Schmidt - Umpire

Stan Szukala - Pioneer Player

Lenny West - Player 1964-1979 Era

Ed Zaitz - Player 1950 to 1963 Era

Hank Zitnik - Player 1964 to 1979 Era

Al MacFarlane - Frank C. Holan Award - Splinters Sports Bar

Pat Malone - Richard J. Dailey Award "Friend Of Softball" - McGaffer's Pub

Mike Royko, Sons of  - Media Award

Pat McGuire & Julie

Tracy Pecs - Speaker

Jayne Zolna & Chet Matykiewicz - Hall Of Committee Members

Sportscore Complex, Rockford October 6 & 7

Cuervo Gold 2000 - Vernon Hills

Fleming's Tap - De Kalb

Head First - Crete

Head First - Crete

Loading Zone - Hainesville

Meijer - Urbana

Northland Tool - Pontiac

O.T.L. - McHenry

Plummer's - Litchfield

Ronda's - Dixon

Champions Mixed D - Head First

Runner-ups Mixed D - Fleming's Tap

All Tournament Team Mixed D

MVP's Mixed C

MVP's Mixed D

Forest Hills Diamonds & Sprotscore Complex, Rockford September 29 & 30

B&S - Rockford

Jay's Drive Inn - Freeport

Maxwell Softball Sports & Grill - Rockford

Sharp Income - Peoria

West Peoria Bar & Grill - West Peoria

Whitey's World - Oswego

Inwood Complex, Joliet September 15 & 16

Canton & Associates - Plainfield

Coilcraft - Crystal Lake

Crusens - Peoria.

Cuervo Gold 2000 - Deerfield

Floyd C. Dailey - Pekin

Fleming's Tap - De Kalb

Head First - Crete

Last Ride - Braidwood

Northland Tool - Pontiac

 

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