TERRE HAUTE —
The results from the Indiana Amateur Softball Association’s MSP Class “C”, “D” and “E” state tournaments are in and local softball interests fared well. Of the five local men’s teams participating, four managed to come away with winning records.
In the MSP Class “C” tournament in Kokomo, two local teams came away with top three finishes. Budweiser finished in second-place with a 7-2 tourney mark, while Outkast placed third with a 3-2 record.
Budweiser opened tourney play with a 14-10 loss to Acorn Ridge and then proceeded to win seven consecutive games before dropping a 25-23 game to state champions N.W.I. Budweiser recorded wins over Wise Guys 25-4, Crawlworks 18-2, Straight Line Lawn 19-8 (eight innings), Weinberg 11-8, Martin Brothers 16-4, Street Kids Softball-South Bend 21-10 and Outkast 19-6.
A tourney highlight for the Budweiser squad was James Singleton Jr.’s two-out, walk-off, three-run home run to earn a come from behind win over Straight Line Lawn.
Playing for the Budweiser team were the following: Tyler Akers, Darren Buck, Ryan Hayes, Clay Huffman, Kyle Knapp, Kevin Kull, Jason Payton, Gary Potter, Rick Robins, Paul Rupska and James Singleton Jr.
Outkast earned a third-place finish by opening tourney play with three consecutive wins before dropping games to N.W.I. 27-11 and Budweiser 19-6. Previous to the losses, Outkast reeled off wins over North Central Agri Power 17-7, Straight Line Lawn 17 -10 and Acorn Ridge 28-26.
Especially exciting was the Outkast win over tourney favorite Acorn Ridge. Down by double digits, Outkast put together an 11-run inning to pull close and eventually won 28-26 with a seven-run seventh inning.
Also participating in the MSP Class “C” tourney was Crawlworks, which dropped games to VooDoo 11-8 and Budweiser 18-2.
In the MSP Class “D” Northern State Tournament, Last Call finished with a 3-2 record. Last Call opened tourney play with a 23-6 drubbing of One-hour Cleaners. Following the impressive opening game win, Last Call was dropped into the loser’s bracket with a 16-12 loss to BWE/Miken. After the loss, Last Call earned wins over Muscle Barn 8-4 and Renegades 14-10 before being eliminated by Shinetime in a 13-1 defeat.
The Hitmen traveled to Avon to participate in the MSP “E” State Tournament and came away with a 4-2 tourney record. Hitmen earned wins over St. Clair 11-1, GTM 9-2, Vaughn Communications 9-4 and Boomshakalaka 11-1. Their losses were to Wicked Styxx 15-1 and ACC 15-9.
Budweiser, Crawlworks and Outkast are slated to participate in the NSA State Tournament play in Indianapolis this weekend.
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Local fast pitch interests are still being represented by Elkins Tree Service MFP.
With the decline of fast pitch locally, Elkins Tree Service is forced to travel to find tournament play. Next weekend, Elkins will be traveling to Elkhart to play in the Indiana Amateur Softball Association’s MFP Class “D” state tournament.
The team is composed of many players familiar with the local fast pitch game. Playing in this year’s state tourney will be Rudy Elkins, Frank Elkins, Scott Elkins, Wade Elkins, Jason Fields, Charles Dailey, Jim Swank, Jim Swank Jr., Jon Newburn, Donnie Cottrell, Larry Schaffer, Mike Iacy, Justin Madden, Jeff Sell and Dennis Kesler. The team batboy is Larry Schaffer Jr.
Having sponsored a fast pitch team since 1980, the Elkins family is doing it’s best to maintain Terre Haute’s long-standing fast pitch softball tradition.
Good luck to them this weekend.
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A welcome to the world of softball goes to the Terre Haute YMCA’s newest staff member, Jeremey Peevler. Having assumed the job as league director, Peevler’s efforts have already made an impact on park appearance and diamond condition.
Keep up the good work, it has not gone unnoticed.
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Interested parties should not forget the Terre Haute Park and Recreation Department’s softball organizational meeting on Wednesday. The meeting will take place at Torner Center at 6 p.m. For further information, call Torner Center at (812) 232-0147
See ya’ at the park.
Softball Scene
Softball Scene: Valley squads fare well at state tournaments
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Swingers win state title
The Swingers from Greencastle double-dipped Carlisle Plaza 10-7 and 8-6 to win the ASA coed novice state title in Lafayette last weekend.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Brent D. Long Tournament a success on and off field
Somebody forgot to tell the Tykal’s American team that they weren’t the favorite in the Brent D. Long Tournament last weekend at Spencer Field.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Team Bud takes third at coed state tourney
Following last week’s news that local softball fortunes had improved with Crawlworks/All American Auto Repair’s seventh-place finish in the Amateur Softball Association men’s Class D state finals, this weekend’s news is even better.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Wabash Valley slowpitch team takes seventh at state
News from the state softball front has improved as a result of Crawlworks/All American Auto Repair’s seventh-place finish in the ASA MSP Class “D” state tournament this past weekend. With their finish, this is the first local team with a .500-or-better record in state tournament play.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Tough tournament trail
Results from various ASA state tournament play continue to trickle in and unfortunately for local softball interests, they are disappointing. The combined record for the Outkast men’s team and the Ladies Last Call women’s team was one win and four defeats.
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Valley softball teams fail to impress in ASA tourneys
“Disappointing” might be the operative word to describe the outcome for Wabash Valley softball efforts in the ASA men’s slowpitch Class D (North) and men’s slowpitch Class E (North) state tournaments last weekend.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Copeland’s wins its first Show-Me’s coed tournament
Results are in for the Show-Me’s coed city softball tournament and Copeland’s are the new champions.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Valley squad wins Bedford tourney, series titles
This past weekend the Crawlworks/All American Auto Repairs squad ventured to Bedford to participate in another leg of the Tanel 360/Dudley Challenge Series. In doing so, Crawlworks/All American Auto Repair not only captured the tourney title but also annexed the season-long series title.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Sign-up now under way for city slowpitch championship
Arrangements for the Show-Me’s city slowpitch softball tournaments have been completed and interested teams are encouraged to sign up.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: The talent ladder for local softball
I would like to open this week’s column with a “thank you” to Tribune-Star sportswriter David Hughes for his excellent article featuring local softball star Kevin Kull, which ran in Wednesday’s paper.
The article, which chronicled Kull’s rapid rise to prominence, was a much-discussed topic around the ballpark Wednesday and Thursday evenings. In addition, it provided me with an idea for this week’s installment of “Softball Scene.” -
SOFTBALL SCENE: Teams give some pep to area men’s softball
Wabash Valley softball action picked up briefly at Spencer Field last Saturday as four men’s slowpitch squads competed in tournament play.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Coed slowpitch softball tourney raises money for cancer research
Last weekend, Hamilton Center and the Terre Haute Parks and Recreation Department co-hosted a co-ed slowpitch softball tournament to raise money for cancer research.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Valley teams strong at tournaments
The results are in from last weekend’s Bedford All-Nighter and Wabash Valley softball interests fared well in the 42-team men’s slowpitch tournament.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Local adult softball teams gearing up for action
Well softball fans, it’s time for yet another season of adult softball in the Wabash Valley.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Wabash Valley well-represented in state tournamen t
The Wabash Valley was well-represented in the ASA Coed Class D/E state tournament last weekend at the Avon softball facility.
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Budweiser team has mixed results in national slowpitch regional tourney play
The local Budweiser men’s softball squad ventured to Columbus, Ohio, this past weekend to participate in the 82-team ASA MSP national regional tournament.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Myers family softball tradition carries on
This past Jan. 10, local softball icon Wayne Myers passed away leaving behind two brothers, Fred and Bill, son Terry, daughter Elaine as well as grandchildren Haley, Whitey and “Chicky.” In addition, the Indiana Amateur Softball Association was left without its commander in chief.
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Softball Scene: Softball moments of years past
With the summer softball season coming to an end, I thought it might be interesting to look to past Softball Scene columns and dredge up a few old memories from seasons gone by. This type of column also serves as a reminder to those presently playing that in a few short years, your achievements will be largely forgotten by those who will be playing in future seasons.
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Softball Scene: Valley squads fare well at state tournaments
The results from the Indiana Amateur Softball Association’s MSP Class “C”, “D” and “E” state tournaments are in and local softball interests fared well. Of the five local men’s teams participating, four managed to come away with winning records.
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Softball Scene: 8 Valley softball teams competing in 5 different state tournaments
This weekend several local softball teams are vying for titles in Amateur Softball Association state tournament play. In all, eight local squads are competing in five different state tournaments.
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Softball Scene: Outkast heating up at right time with state tournament approaching
Local softball player and enthusiast Ryan Dehart recently made an astute observation when commenting on the Outkast softball squad. He said, “they’re getting hot at the right time of the year.” Lending support to Dehart’s claim was Outkast’s showing in the recent Hooter’s Invitational hosted by Indy Sports Park.
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Softball Scene: Get scoop on upcoming men’s, co-ed tournaments in Wabash Valley
Several questions have arisen concerning the upcoming city tournaments for men’s and co-ed softball teams. In an attempt to dispel any rumors and to address the questions, I will now address callers’ concerns.
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Softball Scene: Terre Haute ready for first-time city tournaments in July
The Terre Haute Parks and Recreation Department, working in conjunction with several interested softball parties, will be hosting city championship tournaments for both men’s and coed softball teams.
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Softball Scene: Hit Men making their mark on travel softball scene
I have recently noticed a dearth of young softball squads coming up through the ranks. In short, I am interested in knowing who will replace the Wabash Valley’s top-caliber talent as they fall pretty to age, injury work and family obligations.
- Softball Scene: Valley teams have mixed results in state tournaments
- Softball Scene: ‘Old School’ softball at Saline City withstands test of time As the college football season begins and Wabash Valley adult softball action starts to wind down, those interested in a dose of “old school” softball should travel to Saline City this weekend.
- Softball Scene: Crawlworks’ hard work to host tournament pays off Recent Softball Scene columns have been devoted to efforts to raise funds for various causes. The opening segment of this week’s column will stick with that theme.
- Fund-raising tourneys a great way to contribute to community
- SOFTBALL SCENE: Crawlworks prevents Valley shutout Thank goodness for the efforts put forth by the Crawlworks men’s slow pitch team in the ASA MSP Class D state finals. Without their 6-2 finish, local softball efforts were almost shutout in ASA state tournament play this past weekend.
- Softball Scene: Several Wabash Valley softball teams preparing for state-tournament action The next three weekends should prove interesting for local softball squads as several local teams will be competing for state titles. Hoping to improve on last year’s second-place finish in the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) women’s class C tournament, the Chop Shop women’s team will be traveling to Kokomo this weekend. Chop Shop’s second-place finish at state earned it a nationals’ berth, and the squad finished fourth.
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