Precision Wins Shirts & Logo's USSSA Class D NIT

Forty-five Teams Participate at Joliet on April 26 & 27

Shirts & Logo's USSSA Class NIT Champions - Precision from Lemont

JOLIET: Precision (6-0) from Lemont ran the table on the field of forty-five teams to win the USSSA Men's Class D NIT and with their championship they earned a paid berth to the 2008 USSSA Men's Class D World Tournament, six hundred dollars sponsor travel money, a 2008 paid USSSA Men's Class D National Tournament berth, plus a paid 2008 USSSA State berth. Tournament runner up Wizards (8-2) from Elgin also earned a 2008 USSSA Men's Class D World Tournament berth, plus both a paid 2008 USSSA State berth & 2008 paid USSSA National berth. Third place went to 17th Street / D-Town (4-2) from Detroit, MI. The fourth place finisher was Byron Bank (4-2) from Byron. A fifth place tie went to both Horn's Tree Specialists / Player's Park (5-2) from Lake Villa and Get Boozled / Stallions (3-2) from Plainfield. A seventh place tie went to both Paradise Motor Group / Young Guns (6-2) from Joliet and Chicago Hot Dogs (6-2) from Chicago.
Precision was led to the title by the play of Dan Scurr who was named as the 4th Annual Shirts & Logos USSSA Men's Class D NIT Most Valuable Player. Joining Scurr from the champion Precision ball club on the a\'All-Tournament' team were his teammates Jeff Laski, Keith Laski, Ben Duke, Matt Marzec, and Torrence Caniglia.
Precision opened play with a first round bye before taking on and defeating the Softball Junkies 10-3 in the second round of tournament action. The Softball Junkies had posted an 11-8 win over Shirts & Logos from Milwaukee, WI in the first round of tournament play to advance into this second round contest against Precision.
Precision improved to 2-0 on Saturday evening with a narrow 8-7 win over Hell Yeah to move into Sunday as one of only eight unbeaten teams left in this forty-five team event. Hell Yeah also received a firs t round bye before posting a one run win over Dave's Pizza from Bartonville 3-2.
On Sunday morning Precision came out hitting the ball as they scored twenty-one runs on their way to post another win onto the bracket board sending Posse from Crystal Lake to the loser's bracket by a final score of 21-16. On Saturday Posse had received a first round bye before stopping Shoeless Joe's from Tinley park 26-11 in the second round and than defeating 312 from Chicago 13-9 in the third round of play in the winners bracket.
Now only four teams remained unbeaten as Precision and Byron Bank took the field to play one another. This game was everything you would expect in a semifinal game strong defense shutting down each others attempts to score and when it was over a single run separated these two ball clubs with Precision holding the advantage in a final score of 6-5. Byron Bank made it to this semifinal game the winner's bracket by starting with a first round bye on Saturday before stopping the Brewdogs / Alpine Machine from Glen Ellen 19-13 in the second and than slipping past Chicago Hot Dogs from Chicago 6-5 in the third round of play. Earlier on Sunday morning Byron Bank won another one run game edging out the Wizards 12-11 to earn their spot in this semifinal game of the winner's bracket against Precision.

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