CONGRATULATIONS to SCOOTER’S BBQ on winning the 2010 class “A” state championship held in Meadeville, PA July 24th & 25th. After winning their first game, Scooter’s BBQ met league rival, BIG HILL and suffered a loss but they came back through the losers bracket winning two more games to face Big Hill in the loser’s bracket finals. After winning in extra innings, Scooter’s BBQ advanced to the championship game and faced off against Casey’s Signs and handed them two losses to become state champs!!! ( weekend record of 6-1 )
Also, hats off to BIG HILL on their 3rd place run in the tournament…
The 2010 season is set to begin on May 3rd. This year, 9 teams will play for the title of being LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. Divisional play will not be in effect this year but the top 6 teams will earn a play-off birth and compete for the championship. This season will consist of a 24 game schedule with a “league weekend” set for May 15th and 16th.
Reminder to all team coaches to report game scores (if you are the home team) through the web site. Coaches are also to report homeruns to Stager via e-mail so that an accurate count can be tracked during the course of the season. (please list complete player’s name, date and amount of HR’s. NO TOURNAMENTS OR PLAY-OFFS COUNT)
The 2009 season of the Schuylkill Modified Softball League came to close Tuesday night, the 18th of August, and it ended the same way as it started….with rain!!! This past season brought new teams, new players, divisonal play, an all-star game, home run derby, new play-off format, a new home run leader, rain and make-up games like never before and first time league champs–O’NEALS PUB. Congrats and thank you to all players, teams and fans for your support and for making the 2009 season a memorable one.
The 2008 homerun leader, MIKE LENGLE of FISHBONE, gave it another run but came up a little short and passes the title to KOREY HARRIS of O’NEALS PUB. Ending the season with a total of 14 “lagit” dingers, as Korey likes to say, is now the 2009 HOMERUN LEADER…congrats While Mike did not repeat as season HR leader, he was and is the first to hold the title of 2009 HOMERUN DERBY WINNER!!!
O’NEALS PUB and YOUNG GUNS clinched their respective divisions, earning a first round bye in play-offs. In the first round, Black Sox defeated Summit and Fishbone defeated Superior 3. (((both series went to the third game))) Young Guns met Fishbone in the second round and won the series 2 to 1 while O’Neals Pub played Black Sox and won the series 2 to 0. O’NEALS PUB and YOUNG GUNS then met for the championship with O’Neals Pub winning game 1 by a score of 12 to 0 and game 2 by a score of 12 to 3 after a typical rain delay!!! O’NEALS PUB ends the year with a 24 & 2 combined record.
While this brings the season to a close, there are still some tournaments to played. please check the TOURNAMENTS tab for more information.
Rumors of new teams are already circulating…see you in 2010!!!
CLICK THE “READ MORE” LINK TO SEE PLAY-OFF GAME SCORES & RESULTS.
The 2009 league play-offs are set to take place on Monday, the 3rd of August. The series will be a best of 3 format. In Division 1, Summit will be hosting the Black Sox at Summit and in Division 2, Fishbone will be hosting Superior 3 at Hetzels. Both games will start at 6:30pm. On Tuesday the 4th, there will be two games at Marstown with the first starting at 6:30 and the second at 8:00. First game will be Summit vs Black Sox and the second game will be Fishbone vs Superior 3. Game 3 (if needed, will revert back to the other fields)
The winners of each series will then play a best of 3 starting on Monday, the 10th of August. Division 1 winner will be at Marstown at 6:30 vs O’Neals Pub and Division 2 winner will play at the Legion field vs Young Guns at 6:30.
The winners of each series will then face of the week of August 17th in a best of 3 series to determine the league championship.
8/3 SUPERIOR 3 ( 11 ) vs FISHBONE ( 12 ) FISHBONE LEADS SERIES 1 – 0
8/3 BLACKSOX ( 1 ) vs SUMMIT ( 7 ) SUMMIT LEADS SERIES 1 – 0
8/4 SUMMIT (5) vs BLACKSOX ( 6 ) SERIES TIED 1-1
8/4 FISHBONE ( 4 ) vs SUPERIOR 3( 9 ) SERIES TIED 1 – 1
8/5 BLACKSOX (13) SUMMIT (10) BLACKSOX WINS SERIES 2 – 1
8/5 SUPERIOR 3 AT FISHBONE
8/10 BLACK SOX (5) vs O’NEALS PUB (6) 8/11 O’NEALS PUB (5) vs BLACK SOX (2) O’NEALS WINS SERIES 2-0
8/10 FISHBONE ( ) vs YOUNG GUNS ( ) 8/11 YOUNG GUNS ( ) vs FISHBONE ( ) 8/12 FISHBONE ( ) vs YOUNG GUNS ( ) YOUNG GUNS WINS SERIES 2 to 1 AND ADVANCES TO LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
8/17 YOUNG GUNS ( 0 ) vs O’NEALS PUB ( 12 ) 8/18 O’NEALS PUB ( 12 ) vs YOUNG GUNS ( 3 )
O’NEALS PUB WINS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP and ends the season with a combined record of 24 – 2
ALL STAR GAME—DIVISION 1 (O’NEALS PUB, SUMMIT, BLACK SOX, PUMPKIN DUSTERS & AMESS) DEFEAT DIVISION 2 (YOUNG GUNS, FISHBONE, SUPERIOR 3, CRESSONA & FISHER’S FREAKS) by the score of 18 to 6. group photo coming soon
DERBY RESULTS—MIKE LENGLE from FISHBONE WINS 2009 HOME RUN DERBY as 10 competed in this years event.
First round results with the top 6 advancing to the second round: BRIAN LUDWIG with 17 (O’NEALS PUB), MIKE LENGLE with 10 (FISHBONE), M.R.HOMERS with 7 (O’NEALS PUB), CRAIG KRAUSE Jr. with 5 (SUMMIT), JORDAN REICHERT with 5 (FISHBONE) & ZACH WILSON with 4 (CRESSONA). JOHN SCHAEFFER with 3 (BLACK SOX), DUSTIN SCHAEFFER with 2 (FISHBONE), JASON TURNER with 1 (O’NEALS PUB) & HARRY GARLAND with 1 (CRESSONA).
Second round results with the top 3 advancing to final round: BRIAN LUDWIG with 6, ZACH WILSON with 6 & MIKE LENGLE with 5. M.R. HOMERS with 4, JODAN REICHERT with 4 & CRAIG KRAUSE Jr. with 3.
Final round results: MIKE LENGLE with 11, BRIAN LUDWIG with 4 & ZACH WILSON with 3.
THANK YOU to DAUBERT’S DISTRIBUTOR for your contributions. Call 345-BEER or stop by for your beverage needs!!!
The Schuylkill County Modified Softball League will be holding its first league home run derby and all star game on July 2nd at the Marstown Ball Field. The derby will start things off followed by the all star game, which will be Division 1 vs Division 2. Each all star team will be made up by four players and one pitcher from their respective teams. Pass the word on and stop by to see all the action!
