Reid Builders Win ASA B State

Nineteen Teams Participate In Alton On August 19th & 20th

2006 Illinois ASA Men's Class B State Champions - Reid Builders

ALTON: Reid Builders from Murphysboro won the 2006 ASA Men's Class B State Tournament held at the Gordon Moore Complex in Alton on August 19th & 20th with a perfect 5-0 record over a field of nineteen teams. Joe's Pizza (4-2) from Shelbyville took home second place, Precision Recovery (4-2) from Mt. Zion finished in third place and Jacobs Exteriors (5-2) from Fairview Heights took home fourth place. Rounding out the top eight finishers were Quinn (3-2) from Abingdon and Mudcats (2-2) from Quincy finishing in a tie for fifth place with both Dragon's Dome (2-2) from Pekin and Can Do Metals (2-2) from St Anne finishing in a tie for seventh place at this years state tournament.
Reid Builders were led to the title by the play of their pitcher Ron Ohney who was named as the 'Most Valuable Player' of the 2006 Illinois ASA Men's Class B State Tournament. Ohney was joined on the 2006 ASA Men's Class B All-State Tournament team by his Reid Builders teammates Jeremy Kranweatter, Eric Thies and Kevin Breckenridge.
Reid Builders opened play on Saturday with a first round game against Economy Boat from Wood River and posted a 15-13 win onto the bracket board to advance in the bracket. In their second game on Saturday it was Reid Builders and Argosy Alton locking up with one another and in this game the Reid Builders ball club used their team defense to shut down their opponent as they won for the second straight time edging the Argosy ball club 5-3 to advance into the semifinal of the winner's bracket. Argosy had defeated the Web Gems from Springfield in the first round of play 23-19 to advance into this second round contest with Reid Builders.
Playing in their semifinal contest of the winner's bracket Reid Builders and Precision Recovery went toe to toe with each other but this game featured a combination of the smoking hot bats of Reid Builders and a smothering defense from Reid Builders as they won easily over Precision Recovery 23-5 to advance into the winner's bracket championship game of the 2006 Illinois ASA Men's Class B State tournament. Precision Recovery made it to this semifinal game of the winner's bracket by opening play with a first round 15-12 win over Throop / Sammy's from Springfield before taking on and defeating Can Do Metals 19-7 in the second round of tournament action.
Now only two teams remained undefeated and it was time for them to play head to head with Reid Builders and Joe's Pizza playing for the title to the winner's bracket at stake for the winning team. In a close game that featured strong defense from both sides of the field Reid Builders managed to upend Joe's Pizza 13-10 to win the winner's bracket and assure them of a spot in the 2006 Illinois ASA Men's Class B State championship game.
Now Reid Builders needed to sit and watch as the loser's bracket needed to be played out to its conclusion before knowing which of the remaining teams would earn the right to be their opponent in the state championship game. When the dust settled back down on the infield after the last out had been recorded it was Joe's Pizza's ball club as the team still standing and a rematch of the winner's bracket undefeated game was on tap in the title game.
The Reid Builders ball club was a team on a mission and they were all business in the 2006 Illinois ASA Men's Class B State Championship game winning 20-7 to complete their undefeated run to the state title.
Joe's Pizza the defending 2005 Illinois ASA Men's Class B State Champions made it to the 2006 Illinois ASA Men's Class B State Championship game by opening play with a first round win over Little Four from East Alton by a final score of 15-3 to advance into the second round of play in the winner's bracket. Little Four had won a play in game over the Mustangs from Collinsville 12-11 to advance into the regular bracket and the match up with Joe's Pizza in the first round of play.
In the second round it was Joe's Pizza and the Dragon's Dome squad playing head to head with Joe's Pizza winning a close one run ball game 13-12 to advance into the semifinal of the winner's bracket. The Dragon's Dome ball club had beaten 6-4-3 from Alton 30-12 in the first round play to earn the right to play Joe's Pizza in the second round of tournament action.

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