Sage / Posse Softball Club Wins USSSA Class D State

Sixty Teams Participate In Rockford On August 19th & 20th

2006 Illinois USSSA Class D Northern State Champions - Sage / Posse Softball Club

ROCKFORD: Sage / Posse Softball Club (6-1) from Crystal Lake reached down inside and found that something extra as they came back in the 'if necessary game' to defeat Rigid Construction / Little Anthony's Pizza (7-2) from Rockford 24-10 to claim the 2006 Illinois USSSA Men's Class D Northern State title. Rigid Construction / Little Anthony's Pizza had defeated sage / Posse Softball Club 13-10 in the first championship game to force the need to have the 'if necessary game' played between these two ball clubs at the state tournament. Stables (9-2) from Dixon took home third place with 10th Inning (5-2) from Rockford finishing in fourth place. Rounding out the top eight place winner's at this years state tournament were Paradise Motor Group / Young Guns (7-2) from Joliet and Bunks (4-2) from Mendota finishing in a tie for fifth place as both St Georges Club (5-2) from Aurora and Hell Yeah (5-2) from Schaumburg finishing in a tie for seventh place.
Sage / Posse Softball Club were led to the title by the play of Scott Crowley who was named as the 2006 MVP of the Illinois USSSA Men's Class D Northern State Tournament. Crowley was joined on the 2006 Illinois USSSA Men's Class D All-State Tournament team by his Sage / Posse Teammates Oscar Muniz, Bob Diedrich, Kris Vanhorn, Adam Doice, and the All-State team manager David Lisi.
Sage / Posse Softball Club opened play with a first round game early on Saturday afternoon against the Hot Shots / DBI Painting from Warrenville and posted an 18-13 win onto the bracket board to advance into the second round with their first win under their belt in this tournament. Hot Shots / DBI Painting had to win a play in game over N.W.A. Softball Club from Loves Park 16-3 to advance into the bracket and this first round match up with Sage / Posse Softball Club.
Sage / Posse Softball Club was now faced with a second round game against Lord Stanley's from De Kalb with the Crystal Lake entry winning 20-14 to move into a late Saturday afternoon game with Fish in the winner's bracket. Lord Stanley made it to this second round contest against Sage / Posse Softball Club by stopping Locos from Waukegan 7-1 in the play in round of games before defeating the Tuckers from Addison 13-8 in the first round of play to advance into this game against Sage / Posse Softball Club.
Sage / Posse Softball Club and Fish put on a hitting show as fifty two runs were poured across the pay station in this game with Sage / Posse Softball Club winning 32-20 to put them into Sunday morning's semifinal round game of the winner's bracket. Fish made it to this game by opening play against Corner Tap Softball from Rock Falls in the play in round of action and posting an 8-4 onto the bracket board to advance into the first round of play where they met and defeated Paradise Motor Group / Young Guns 7-6. In the second round of Tournamtn action it was Fish over Dairy Queen Grill & Chill from Rockford 10-9 to put the Fish into the Saturday afternoon game against the Sage / Posse Softball Club.
On Sunday morning Sage / Posse Softball Club built a big early lead of 15-5 on Bunks Tavern before hanging on to win by a single run 15-14 to advance into the winner's bracket finals. Bunks Tavern made it to this semifinal game of the winner's bracket opening play against C & C Plumbing from Rochelle and winning big 16-1 to move forward in the bracket. Bunks Tavern next sent Plano Legion / Vineyard Liquors from Plano into the loser's bracket after defeating them 8-4. In their next game it was Bunks Tavern and Ice House Dogs from Chicago going toe to toe with Bunks Tavern winning easily 22-1 to move into a late Saturday afternoon game against Mulligan's Bar & Grill from Rockford. Bunks won again as they posted a 9-2 victory onto the bracket board to earn their way into Sunday mornings semifinal round and a game with the Sage / Posse Softball Club

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