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"A" Ball Semi-Finals

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July 5, 2007 6:00pm at Plano High School

Plano #3 Appel - 5 Runs
Somonauk #1 Wathen - 0 Runs
Plano Pitchers
Cody Dryden pitched 4 innings for Plano #3
Rilando Nunez pitched 2 innings for Plano #3
Pitchers
Johnny pitched 3 innings for Somonauk
Jimmy pitched 2 innings for Somonauk
Highlights
Somonauk played an excellent game! Gary has done an wonderful job with these boys and they were true sportsman all evening. Johnny pitched great and made some stellar plays as catcher! Thanks!

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Innings Recorded for week July 2th - 8th outside of League Play

(all innings Pitched in a week count towards the Pitchers Total)

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"A" Ball 2nd Round

Marseilles-7, Somonauk #3-0 in a game played at Milton Pope School! Couldn't get anything going off pitcher Brandon Buck and a great Marseilles defense. We tried to play small ball, but it just wasn't our night!!Had too many runners thrown out on the base paths and left too many on base as well. Thanks to coach Nugent for a fine night of baseball at a nice little field out in the country at MPES.  Best of luck in the semis Bisons!!! Coach Lidinsky

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PAW PAW - 1
PLANO 1 - 10

PITCHERS:
PAW PAW - WILEY 5
PLANO 1 - HAWS 4, RAMIREZ 1, BLAIR 1
Highlights
I CAN'T THINK OF A GAME WHERE WE'VE LOST 10 - 1 WHERE
I HAVE BEEN ANY MORE PROUD OF A BUNCH OF BOYS.

WE ONLY HAD 8 PLAYERS, NONE OF WHICH WERE CATCHERS.
SO EVERYONE GOT TO TRY OUT A NEW POSITION. MITCH
PRENTICE STEPPED UP AND INTO THE CATCHING EQUIPMENT,
HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. NIC SIEMERS PLAYED 1ST BASE
COVERING BOTH 1ST AND 2ND AT TIMES, HE DID A WONDERFUL
JOB. SHANE MCCANNON WAS THE SHORTSTOP/2ND BASEMAN
SWITCHING FROM SIDE TO SIDE, HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
ZAC LILJA PLAYED 3RD/SS AND WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE
LEAVING A NICE CHUNK OF HIMSELF ON THE FIELD, HE DID A
WONDERFUL JOB. JUSTIN WILEY WAS P/2ND/3RD, WHEREVER
HE HAD TO BE, IT'S SO HARD TO KEEP YOUR COOL WHEN
THINGS AREN'T HAPPENING THE WAY THEY COULD, HE DID A
WONDERFUL JOB AND MY OUTFIELD TRIED VERY HARD WITH
CATCHES FROM KASPER AND PENMAN.

AS HARD AS THEY TRIED IT WASN'T ENOUGH, PLANO PLAYED
WELL THROUGHOUT. I APPLAUD PLANO'S BOYS FOR BEING
GREAT SPORTSMAN AND FOR PLAYING TOUGH AND THEIR COACH
FOR BEING A CLASS ACT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS
MORE TO PLAYING BASEBALL THAN POUNDING THE OTHER TEAM
INTO THE GROUND. WE WISH THEM THE BEST IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND.

RUNNERS MAY ADVANCE ON A FOUL TIP.

RULE:
A FOUL TIP is a batted ball that goes sharp and direct
from the bat to the catcher’s hands and is legally
caught. It is not a foul tip unless caught and any
foul tip that is caught is a strike, and the ball is
in play. It is not a catch if it is a rebound, unless
the ball has first touched the catcher’s glove or
hand.

I STAND CORRECTED
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June 28, 2007 6:00pm at Plano High School

Plano #3 Appel - 2 Runs
Serena Gunier - 1 Run
PITCHERS:
Cody Dryden pitched 4 innings for Plano #3
Rilando Nunez pitched 2 innings for Plano #3

Garzanelli pitched 5 beautiful innings for Serena

Highlights
Wow...what a pitching duel! Chris has done a great job with his players. Look out next year because almost all of his players are eligible to return. As before, the Serena players, parents and coaches are very polite and friendly. Thanks!

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A-Ball Tournament

Thursday, June 28

Somonauk #1 1

Leland 0

Called in by Mike, assist. coach from Somonauk (815) 498-3274

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"A" Ball 1st Round

Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Time: 6:00pm Location: Centennial Plano

Plano #1 - 9

Lisbon - 0

Pitchers

Plano

Bowers -1

Ramirez -2

Lee - 2

Blair - 1

Lisbon

Lehmann - 2

Nelson - 3

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Somonauk#3-3, Plano #2-2...........Pitchers...Mitch Kessler 6IP with 12 K's and only 2 unearned runs in the 1st. Corey Klatt 6IP for Plano #2! Great game with Somonauk scoring 2 runs in the top of the 6th to grab the win! My best always to coach Thom and Campbell (allstatelb). They are a CLASS act!!! We were fortunate to prevail after we lost to them a couple of weeks ago by one run!!! Two VERY evenly matched ballclubs!!!! Off to play Marseilles. YIKES!!!! We'll hope to do our best in the quarterfinals!!!! 

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Monday, June 25, 2007

#3 Som #1 (Wathen) vs Som #2 (Croy)

#3 Som #1 (Wathen): 7 runs

Pitchers
Jimmy Rowan 2 innings
Johnny Wathen 4 innings

Som #3 (Croy): 3 runs

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June 26, 2007 6:00pm at Centennial School in Plano

Plano #3 Appel - 15 Runs
Newark - 0 Runs
Pitchers
Cody Dryden pitched 2 innings for Plano #3
Rilando Nunez pitched 2 innings for Plano #3
Randall Simental pitched 1 inning for Plano #3

Zack pitched 4 innings for Newark
DeKota pitched 1 inning for Newark

Highlights
Newark is a well coached ball team. The players, parents and coaches are very polite and friendly. Thanks!

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PAW PAW – 3

HINKLEY – 2

PITCHERS:

PAW PAW – SIEMERS 6

HINKLEY - #2 JACOB 2, #8 NICK 2, #4 LUKE 1

IT WAS A VERY WELL PLAYED GAME BY BOTH TEAMS. HINKLEY HAD A ROUGH TIME FINDING THE PLATE AT TIMES BUT PLAYED A GREAT DEFENSIVE GAME AND CAN HIT THE BALL A TON. #10 HAD A NICE TRIPLE AND #1 JESSE HAD A LONG SHOT TO RIGHT WHICH KIDD CAUGHT.

SIEMERS HAD A GEM OF A GAME PITCHING OUT OF DEEP TROUBLE TWICE. IT WAS TRULY AN ALLSTAR EFFORT. WHICH LEAVES ME WITH A PROBLEM, HOW TO PICK THREE ALL STARS FROM 4-5 DESERVING CANDIDATES.

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR MY GOAL WAS TO SEND ONE PITCHER AND TWO FIELDERS, UNFORTUNATELY I WAS BLESSED WITH THREE REALLY GOOD PITCHERS, TWO OF WHICH WERE NECK AND NECK FOR THE NUMBER ONE SPOT. AFTER TONIGHTS EFFORT FROM SIEMERS I HAD TO ADD THOSE STATS TO THE MIX FOR A DECISION.

HERE IS HOW IT BROKE DOWN:

PITCHING

AS YOU CAN SEE BOTH ARE GREAT PITCHERS. SIEMERS HAS WILEY ON BOTH STRIKEOUTS AND WALKS PER INNING, WHILE WILEY HAS THE UPPER HAND IN THE WIN/LOSS COLUMN. I WENT TO STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE, WHO PITCHED AGAINST THE TOUGHER COMPETITION, IT TIPPED THE SCALES FOR WILEY.

FIELDING / BATTING

THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY AVERAGES OF .294, .270, .267 AND .094. SINCE WILEY WAS ALREADY IN FOR PITCHING LILJA AND PRENTICE ARE IN FOR FIELDING / BATTING. I DID NOT COUNT FIELDING ERRORS, WE ALL MADE THEM AND GREAT PLAYS WERE ALSO MADE BY ALL. WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITHOUT THE GREAT PITCHING OF NIC SIEMERS, THE CATCHING OF AUSTIN SAFRANEK, THE WAY NIC DODARO STEPPED UP WHEN AUSTIN WENT ON VACATION, THE LEAD OFF MAN MCCANNON OR THE TEAM PLAY BY PENMAN, KIDD AND KASPER. WE WIN AS A TEAM; LOOSE AS A TEAM AND UFORTUNATELY I CAN ONLY PICK THREE FOR THE ALL STARS. THEY ARE:

JUSTIN WILEY – P/SS ZACH LILJA – 3 RD BASE MITCH PRENTICE – 1 ST BASE

IT’S BEEN MY HONOR COACHING YOU ALL.

COACH PRENTICE

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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Thursday, June 21

IC at Malta

IC 15

Malta 1

IC Pitchers

Noah H. 2 innings

John H. 2 innings

It was a pleasure playing Malta. They are a very energetic and fun team. They never quit and their coach is a very positive and admirable man. Malta’s team has a true will to play and hats off to their #8, Jordan I believe, for getting a hold of one and hitting a triple. Thanks for a fun game Malta.

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June 21, 2007 6:00pm in Paw Paw

Plano #3 Appel - 15 runs
Paw Paw Prentice - 0 runs

Pitchers - Plano #3
Cody Dryden pitched three innings for Plano #3
Rilando Nunez pitched two innings for Plano #3

Pitchers - Paw Paw

Wiley pitched four innings for Paw Paw
Siemers pitched one inning for Paw Paw

Highlights
Paw Paw is a very nice team! Thanks for a beautiful evening at a great facility and best of luck for the Playoffs!
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a league
06/18/07
PAW PAW - 16
MALTA - 0

PITCHERS:
PAW PAW - LILJA 4
MALTA - STETTER 2, REAGAN 2

A FUN GAME IN THE RAIN, TOO BAD THE UMP WAS A WUS.
THANKS FOR A GREAT GAME AND BEING GOOD SPORTS.
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06/21/07
PAW PAW - 0
PLANO 3 - 15

PITCHERS:
PAW PAW - WILEY 3, SIEMERS 2
PLANO 3 - CODY D 3, RILANDO 2

PLANO 3 CAME TO PLAY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT PAW PAW WAS
THERE FOR. PLANO THREW A 2 HITTER BY PUTTING THE BALL
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE A WATHCING PAW PAW CONSISTANTLY
WIFF. PRENTICE WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHUT OUT
AND NO HITTER, HITTING SINGLES OFF EACH PLANO PITCHER.
THE ONLY OTHER BULLDOG TO TOUCH THE BALL WAS SAFRANEK
FLYING OUT TO SECOND.

BOTH WILEY AND SIEMERS WERE THROWING STRIKES. PLANO
IS A GOOD HITTING TEAM, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE SECOND
TIME FACING THEM THIS SEASON, PAW PAW BROUGHT CEMENT
FOR GLOVES COMMITTING 13 ERRORS. I HOPE IF WE SEE
EACH OTHER AGAIN WE GIVE THEM A TASTE OF BULLDOG
BASEBALL, WE WISH THEM WELL IN THE PLAYOFFS.
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Wednesday, June 20

Make up game from Sat. June 2

Indian Creek  6

Somonauk  10

IC Pitchers:

Jake 6 innings

Noah 1 inning

Highlights

This was a very exciting and back and forth game. IC came out swinging with over the fence home runs by both Jake and Nick, but despite Jake hard throwing from the mound, Somonauk battled back to tie the score and from there, it was back and forth until the 6 th inning. IC had a 1 run lead, but could not close it out, allowing Somonauk to score 3 times and take a 2 point lead into the bottom of the 6 th . IC was not about to give up, they did what they needed to do and got a couple base runners, scored one and the other sat on second base. We needed 1 to tie and 2 to win. Anthony came up and tagged the ball. It went deep into center field, bounced and hit the fence. It just missed a walk off by a matter of inches. Never the less, the tieing run scored and Anthony was on second. A pass ball brought him to third and now there was 2 outs. We were looking for any thing, a pass ball, a bloop single, a miss throw, we didn’t care. Anthony was ready to score and he didn’t care how, he was ready to risk it. Somonauk regained their composure and ended the inning with a huge strike out. Anthony was left on third. The game was tied and we were going into extra innings. With 6 innings pitched, Jake had to give up the ball to a very confident Noah. We pitched very well, but Somonauk is an awesome team and extremely well coached. They were on a mission, and with a couple base runners, Somonauk’s big hitter was up to bat. He stared down Noah and then the pitch came. He latterly crushed that ball over the fence and Somonauk’s dug out went crazy. Congratulations to that boy, very good hit and a memory that will stay with us all for a very long time. IC had another at bat, but Somonauk came out untouchable and struck out the side. My hats off to the Somonauk team and their coaching staff. It was a very fun game and your boys showed a lot of class and sportsmanship. Good luck in the tournament. Another tough loss for IC, but we are getting better every game and look out for us next year. Thanks.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

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Marseilles 15------ lisbon 0

Marseilles pitching:

Nugent-5

Angelico-1

Lisbon Pitching:

Lehman-3

Nelson-2

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Game 2

Marseilles 33------ newark 2 This game was to have been played this Thursday the 21st however we played it last night 6/19/07

Marseilles pitching:

Angelico-2

Scheutz-1

Miskell-2

Newark pitching:

#35-2

#25-1

#9-2

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I looked up the scores and don’t show that Marseilles v plattville has been posted not sure if you got the message or not, I’ve been having major computer problems:

June 12, 07 marseilles 13-------plattville-

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Score: Plano- 5, Earlville- 3. Pitchers: Plano- #12 Corey- 6 innings, Earlville- # 43 Hatton- 3 innings, #23 Johnson- 2 innings. Game was well played by both teams. Highlights for Plano : 2 snappy 6-4-3 double plays,a good pitching performance by #12 Corey, some good catches in outfield and key hits by #10 John, #12 Corey, # 54 Elijah, #7 Tyler and # 53 Kevin. Earlville is a quality team, good luck in the playoffs.

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June 20, 2007 6:00pm in Malta

Plano #3 Appel - 41 runs (after 4 innings)
Malta Wurtz - 0 Runs

Pitchers - Plano #3
Collin Seyller pitched one inning for Plano #3
Davis Appel pitched one inning for Plano #3
Don Wilson pitched one inning for Plano #3
Kevin Kames pitched one inning for Plano #3

Pitchers - Malta
Nick pitched one inning for Malta
Steffan pitched one inning for Malta
Reagan pitched two innings for Malta
Highlights
Malta has very nice parents, players and coaches. These type of people make America great! They continue to play with pride even though they are the youngest team in the league. The experience they are gaining at this young age will make them a tough team when they play in a year or two. Another beautiful evening for a ball game. Thanks Jeff!
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Wed., June 20, 2007

#3 Som #1 (Wathen) vs Plattville

#3 Som #1: 24 runs

Jimmy Rowan 3 innings
Johnny Wathen 1 innings
Jacob Alstadt 1 nning

Plattville: 1 run

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

June 19, 2007 6:00pm at Centennial School in Plano

Plano #3 Appel - 10 runs
Plano #2 Thom - 5 runs

Pitchers - Plano #3
Cody Dryden pitched three innings for Plano #3
Rilando Nunez pitched three innings for Plano #3

Pitchers - Plano #2
Thom pitched five innings for Plano #2

Great game! Plano #2 made a nail-biting run in the top of the 5th scoring two but left three stranded in the end. What a beautiful evening for a ball game. Thanks!

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Game: Serena vs. Earlville
Date: 6-19-07
Location: Serena
A-Ball

Serena 6 Earlville 2

Serena Pitchers: Tollefson 6 innings

With the score tied 2-2 in the 3rd inning Tollefson came up with the bases loaded and hit an in the park grand slam. 

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Saturday, June 16 th at Harding.

We finished the tie from May 29 th with Plano coming out on top.

The regular scheduled game for the 16 th .

Harding  12

Plano #2 17

Zach pitched 3 innings

Garrett pitched 3 innings

Garrett went 4 for 4 with 2 singles and 2 triples

Zach had a single and a double

Austin and Justin each had 2 singles

Jack, Mav, Logan, Seth and Kyle each had a single

It was VERY hot that day, but the boys stuck it out and they all did their best.

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For June 19 th , the game played between Harding and Indian Creek at Harding.

Harding  13

Indian Creek 3

Zach pitched 3 innings

Micah pitched 3 innings

Zach had 3 singles with a very nice bunt in there

Micah had a double and a single

Andrew and Jack each had 2 singles

Austin, Justin and Logan each had a single

It was a good game played between both teams. Thanks for a fun evening Indian Creek.

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Score: Plano- 4, Leland- 5 ;

Pitchers: Plano

#12 Corey- 3 innings,

#53 Kevin- 2 innings;

Leland

# 8 Kreiter- 4 innings,

#7 Kleinprinz- 2 innings.

Highlights

The game was well played by both teams. Leland scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 5th and shut out Plano in the top of the 6th for the win. Key hits for Plano were by :# 2 Alex,# 21 Craig,# 12 Corey,# 8 Elijah, #31 Sam & #53 Kevin. 

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#8 Plattville vs #6 Newark originally scheduled for Monday June 18

Plattville defeated Newark 10 to 5.

Pitchers for Plattville:
#12 - Three (3) innings
#16 - Three (3) innings

Pitchers for Lisbon:
#18 - Six (6) innings
#4 - One (1) inning

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Monday, June 18, 2007

Hinckley 19, Somonauk(2) 1.

Hinckley Pitchers: Winkle 3, Grivetti 1, Van Landayt 1, Joyner 1.
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Tshursday, June 14, 2007

#3 Somonauk #1 (Wathen) vs Newark

#3 Som #1: 10 runs
Jacob Alstadt 2 innings
Johnny Wathen 2 innings
Ethan Lauritzen 2 innings
Newark: 5 runs

Michael A. Alstadt

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June 15, 2007 6:00pm at Centennial School in Plano

Plano #3 Appel - 5 runs
Earlville Walsh - 2 runs

Pitchers - Plano #3
Cody Dryden pitched three innings for Plano #3
Rilando Nunez pitched three innings for Plano #3

Pitchers - Earlville
Walsh pitched three innings for Earlville
Duffey pitched two innings for Earlville

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FINISH OF 14 MAY 07 GAME STARTED IN THE 10TH:
PAW PAW - 4
SOMONAUK - 5

PITCHERS:
PAW PAW - LILJA 3, WILEY 6, SIEMERS 2
SOMONAUK - #23 MITCHELL 7, #7 JOEY 3
Highlights
AS USUAL PAW PAW STARTED SLOW AND LET 9 INNINGS OF
HARD FOUGHT BALL GO AWAY WITH ONE INNING OF CRAP.
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GAME 2
PAW PAW - 3
SOMONAUK - 4

PITCHERS:
PAW PAW - 3
SOMONAUK - 4
Highlights
THIS GAME WAS MORE LIKE A BALL GAME. PAW PAW
CONTINUED WITH ITS POOR DEFENSIVE SHOWING BUT NEVER
SAID DIE. AS SO MANY OF OUR GAMES HAVE THIS YEAR IT
CAME DOWN TO THE LAST PITCH WITH SOMONAUK COMING OUT
ON TOP.

SIEMERS PITCHED A GREAT GAME WITH LITTLE GOING RIGHT
BEHIND HIM. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 6TH INNING PAW
PAW COULD NOT KEEP #9 ADAM AND #23 MITCHELL FROM
SCORING POSTING ALL FOUR OF SOMONAUKS RUNS. THE REAL
STORY OF THEIR VICTORY CAME FROM THE STELLAR
PERFORMANCE OF THEIR SHORTSTOP. I THINK THAT WAS #20
AUSTIN, BUT COULD OF BEEN #9 ADAM, SORRY I'M NOT SURE.
THE SHORTSTOP WAS A VACUUM ALL DAY WITH ZERO ERRORS
TO THE POSITION, 5 PUT OUTS. AND LETS NOT FORGET THE
CENTER FIELDERS CATCH OFF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A
DOUBLE FOR PENMAN, NICE CATCH BUD.

ONCE THE THIRD INNING ROLLED AROUND PAW PAWs DEFENSE
FINALLY CAME TO LIFE AND OUR PITCHING DID NOT HAVE TO
RELY ON STRIKEOUTS TO GET OFF THE FIELD. SIEMERS DID
TALLY 12 STRIKEOUTS IN 5 INNINGS PITCHED, ONE FROM
WILEY. PAW PAW HAD RBIs FROM PRENTICE, PENMAN AND
WILEY. LEAVING MEN ON SECOND AND THIRD IN THE FORTH
AND THIRD BASE IN THE 6TH. SOMONAUK LEFT NOBODY ON
BASE.

AS MUCH AS I HATE, TRULY HATE TO LOOSE, SOMONAUK IS A
WELL COACHED TEAM WITH LIKABLE PLAYERS, WE WISH THEM
WELL IN THE PLAYOFFS.
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Score: Plano- 17, Harding- 12 ; Pitchers: Plano- #21 Craig- 2 innings, #12 Corey- 4 innings, # 53 Kevin- 1 inning ; Harding- # 36 Zach- 3 innings, #15 Garrett- 3 innings. The game was well played by both teams. Key hits by Plano were by # 2 Alex,# 10 John,# 21 Craig,# 12 Corey, # 8 Elijah, # 22 Wes, # 7 Tyler, # 31 Sam, # 8 Tyler and # 53 Kevin. Plano had a total team effort against a very good Harding team.

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Marseilles 17------big rock 4

Pitching Marseilles

Angelico-4

Schmitke-1

Buck-1

Big rock pitching

Eric-1

Jarrett-4
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Friday, June 15, 2007

PAW PAW - 2
LELAND - 1

PITCHERS:
PAW PAW - WILEY 6
LELAND - #8 BROCK 3, #7 BRODY 2, #1 TAYLOR 1
Highlights
ANOTHER INCREDIBLE GAME. LELAND PLAYED LIKE CHAMPS
BUT PAW PAW WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OUT IN THE BOTTOM OF
THE FIFTH WITH LILJA AND WILEY STEALING HOME ON THE
SAME PITCH, AS LELAND'S COACH SAID, "YOU WIN SOME THAT
WAY AND YOU LOOSE SOME THAT WAY." I WISH I COULD SAY
I WOULD TAKE IT THAT WELL. LELAND IS A WELL COACHED,
HARD RUNNING DEFENSIVE TEAM.

LELAND COMBINED FOR 9 STRIKEOUTS WITH TOO MANY
DEFENSIVE PLAYS TO MENTION. IT WAS A GREAT GAME TO
WATCH FOR THOSE WHO KNOW BASEBALL.

WILEY CONTINUED HIS IMPRESSIVE YEAR WITH 16
STRIKEOUTS, LELAND BATTLING HIM DEEP IN THE COUNT
MOST. AFTER GIVING OFF A LEAD OFF SINGLE TO BRODY IN
THE TOP OF THE SIXTH, BRODY WAS ABLE TO STEAL 2ND AND
3RD, ONLY TO WATCH WILEY STRIKE OUT THE NEXT THREE
BATTERS WILEY FACED. MR. WILEY HAS NO CLUE WHAT THE
WORDS GIVE UP MEAN.

THERE IS NO DOUBT LELAND WILL GO FAR IN THE PLAYOFFS
AND WE WISH THEM WELL. WE WOULD LOVE A REMATCH OF OUR
2005 FARM LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP WHERE LELAND WAS OUR
ONLY LOSS OF THE YEAR. THEY WERE THEN AND ARE NOW A
CLASS ACT.

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Date: 6-12-07
Game: Serena vs. Paw Paw
Location: Serena
A-Ball

Serena 4 Paw Paw 3

Serena Pitchers: Jones 3 innings - Fortner 1 inning - Rogers 1 inning - Gunier 1 inning
Highlights
Well played game by both teams. This was the second game in a week against Paw Paw that came down to the final inning. Thanks to the coaches and players from Paw Paw - true gentlemen.
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Date: 6-14-07
Game: Serena vs. Indian Creek
Location: Indian Creek
A-Ball

Serena 2 Indian Creek 5

Serena Pitchers: Tollefson 3 innings - Mason 1 inning - Jones 1 inning
Highlights
Hats off to Indian Creek. They had a slow start but came back and scored 5 runs in one inning. The pitcher from Indian Creek did a phenomenal job.

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Thursday, June 14

Indian Creek 5

Serena 2 

IC Pitcher Jake B. - 6 innings

Highlights

After a few extra and very dedicated practices and a couple motivational speeches by the coaches, IC came to play tonight. With Jake taking the mound after having a rough time with his last performance, he found his zone and pitched a complete game. He dominated the strike zone with 13 strike outs and only 7 walks. He only allowed 1 hit all game, which was a towering fly ball in the gap. IC knew that pitching alone would not earn them a win over Serena’s very talented team and stellar infield, so they rallied together to earn all 5 of their runs in the 4 th inning. Noah started it off with a walk, followed by Christian’s double, Jake and Logan added a single each, and John rounded it off with another walk. The first 5 had reached in the inning before 3 straight pitches sat Tyler back down. Anthony then decided that we weren’t done yet and towered another double into the gap. Just as it looked like we were about to get a couple more, Serena stopped us cold with an awesome show of defense and turned a double play to get out of the inning. After that Jake said thanks for the lead and he took over from there. We asked him to step up and step up he did. Take nothing away from Serena, they played an awesome game and are a team to be reckoned with. They are very well coached and play with a lot of heart and sportsmanship. Good job to both teams.

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Hinckley 9, Plattville 6

Hinckley Pitchers: Winkle 2, Gentry 2, Grivetty 1, Ryan 1.
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Score: Plano- 26, Malta- 1; Pitchers: Plano- #12 Corey- 2 innings, #22 Wes- 1 inning ,#2 Alex- 1 inning, Malta- #10 Reagan-3 innings, #11 Steffen- 1 inning, #5 Nick- 1 inning. Home runs By #12 Corey, # 21 Craig & #54 Elijah sparked Plano's offense.

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

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The game played between Harding and Plano #3 on Monday, June 11 th at Plano .

Plano #3 15

Harding  0

Plano really had their bats going, good job guys!!

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Hinckley 8 LISBON 2

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Big Rock 11 Hinckley 2

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Marseilles 16 Hinckley 2

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Somonauk #1 10 Hinckley 2

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Hinckley 10 Lisbon 5

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Big Rock 22 Hinckley 21

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Hinckley 26 Plattville 5

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Hinckley 16 Newark 12

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Somonauk #1 22 Hinckley 4

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Plano 19 Hinckley 9

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Marseilles 16 Hinckley 8

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Hinckley 15 Plano 8

 Hinckley Record 5-7

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Somonauk #3 wins by a forfeit. Malta could only field 5 players and decided not to make the trip south!!! Thanks to coach Wurtz for at least trying until time would not further allow!!!

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Monday, June 11, 2007

#3 Somonauk #1 (Wathen) vs Lisbon
Lisbon: 4 runs

Pitchers
#3 Somonauk #1: 8 runs
Johnny Wathen 3 innings
Jimmy Rowan 3 innings
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Tuesday, June 12

Indian Creek 5

Earlville 8

IC Pitchers:

Noah 3 innings

Christian 2 innings

Highlights

Regardless of win or loss, this ended up to be a fun and exciting night at the ball park. IC came out strong to score 3 in the first only to have Earlville answer with 3 of their own. The 2 nd inning was 3 up and 3 down for IC while Earlville answered with 1 more run. IC came back to life in the 3 rd with 2 more runs, including a towering over the fence home run by Big Jake followed up by a triple off the bat of Logan and a run scored just after. With those 2 runs, we were looking good, until a couple walks in each of the last 2 innings were the dagger in the back. Earlville stayed strong and were hard to get out. They scored a few more and shut us down with some very strong pitching. It ended up being a good game played by all and congratulations to Earlville for earning the win. They are a very well coached team and play with pride and superb sportsmanship. Thanks for the fun and exciting game.

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PAW PAW - 3
SERENA - 4

PITCHERS:
PAW PAW - LILJA 3, SIEMERS 2
SERENA - JONES 3, FORTNER 1, ROGERS 1, GUNIER 1
Highlights
YET ANOTHER GREAT GAME DOWN TO THE LAST PITCH, THIS
TIME SERENA CAME OUT ON TOP. PITCHING WAS ONCE AGAIN
A BIG PART OF THE GAME. SERENA COMBINED FOR 9
STRIKEOUTS AND PAW PAW HAD 12 IN FIVE INNINGS.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A GREAT PLAY AT HOME IN THE
THIRD AND THE FIFTH INNING PAW PAW COULD NOT KEEP
SERENAS LEAD OFF MAN FOR THE INNING FROM SCORING.

BUT THE PLAY OF THE GAME CAME FROM SERENA'S MR. ROGERS
WHO WAS NOT GOING TO LET PAW PAW WIN IN HIS
NEIGHBORHOOD. IN THE FIFTH, WITH RUNNERS ON FIRST AND
THIRD SAFRANEK CAME TO THE PLATE, DOWN BY ONE A BASE
HIT TIES THE GAME. ROGERS DEALS FROM THE MOUND AND
SAFRANEK GREASES ONE UP THE MIDDLE, A SURE BASE HIT
EXCEPT FOR A PLAY THAT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF
THE MATRIX, ROGERS LEANS BACK LIMBO STYLE AND CATCHES
JUST ENOUGH OF THE BALL TO STOP IT THEN GETS UP AND
THROWS OUT SAFRANEK AT 1ST. END OF INNING.

WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO PLAY TWO EXCEPTIONAL GAMES
WITH SERENA, A CLASS ACT AND A WELL COACHED TEAM. WE
WISH THEM LUCK IN THE PALYOFFS.
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Monday, June 11, 2007

Makeup for Thursday May 31 - Played Friday, June 8

Leland - 3
Harding - 11

Pitchers
Kreiter -2
Johnson - 3
Lindhout - 1
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Saturday, June 9

Leland - 11
Harding - 10

Pitchers
Kleinprinz - 3
Martenson - 3
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Makeup for Friday, June 1 - Played Sunday, June 10

Leland - 5
Plano #3 - 11

Pitchers
Kreiter - 2
Johnson - 4
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The game between Harding and Leland, played Saturday, June 2 nd at Leland.

Harding  10

Leland  11

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June 11, 2007 6:00pm at Centennial School in Plano

Plano #3 Appel - 15 runs
Harding Thompson - 0 runs

Pitchers - Plano #3
Cody Dryden pitched three innings for Plano #3
Rilando Nunez pitched two innings for Plano #3

Pitchers - Harding
Garrett pitched three innings for Harding
Lane pitched two innings for Harding

Highlights
Harding is a very nice team! They have such friendly players, coaches and parents (Jack is particularly nice). Both teams sang the National Anthem together before the game (the Harding players sang better and louder than Plano's). I'm sorry Vern wasn't able to be there. Thanks for a wholesome evening and best of luck for the remainder of the season!
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Date: 6-7-07
Game: Serena vs. Harding
Location: Serena
A-Ball

Serena 13 Harding 3

Serena Pitchers: Tollefson 6 innings

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Date: 6-9-07 - makeup for 5-31-07
Game: Serena vs. Paw Paw
Location: Paw Paw
A-Ball

Serena 1 Paw Paw 2

Serena Pitchers: Garzanelli 6 innings

Great game to be involved in. Exciting ending - game winning hit in the bottom of the sixth by Prentice to drive in the winning run. Both teams played very well.  Great job by both pitchers - Garzanelli and Wiley.

Thanks
Coach Gunier

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Friday, June 8, 2007

Saturday, June 9, 2007

Marseilles-21---- Lisbon =1

Marseilles pitching:

Schmitke-3

Bilyeu-2

Miskell-1

Lisbon pitching

Steve-3

Chris a-2

Andrew-1

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Marseilles pitching:

Scheutz-3

Angelico-3

Schmitke-1

Hinckley pitching:

#4-3

#1-1

#7-1

#5-1

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The game was played at Serena.

Harding  3

Serena  13

Logan Meyer had a triple

Justin Long and Lane Barbier had a double

Zach Thompson had 2 singles

Pitchers

Micah Coyle 3 innings

Zach Thompson 2 innings

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5/15 Malta vs. Shabbona. Shabbona won 25-1.
Pitchers: Reagan-2, Steffan-1, Nick-1
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5/17 Malta vs. Harding. Harding won 21-2.
Pitchers:: Reagan-3, Steffan-1, Jordan-1
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5/21 Malta vs. Leland. Leland won 29-0.
Pitchers: Reagan-1, Steffan-1, Jordan-1, Josh-1
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5/24 Malta vs. Serena. Serena won 18-0
Pitchers: Reagan-1, Steffan-2 (rain out in 3rd
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6-1 Malta vs. Harding. Forfeit. Harding won.
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6-2 Malta vs. Earlville. Earlville won 23-1.
Pitchers:: Reagan-3, Steffan-1
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6/4 Malta vs. Leland. Leland won 21-0.
Pitchers: Reagan-3, Nick-1

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Harding vs. Leland at Harding June 8, 2007

Harding  11

Leland  2

Garret and Justin had 2 singles

Zach, Micah and Logan had a single

Garrett pitched 5 innings

Micah pitched 1 inning

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June 9, 2007 3:30pm at Centennial School in Plano

Plano #3 Appel - 24 runs (after four innings)
Somonauk #3 Lidinsky - 3 runs

Pitchers
Cody Dryden pitched two innings for Plano #3
Randall Simental pitched one inning for Plano #3
Don Wilson pitched one inning for Plano #3

Pitchers
Adam pitched two innings for Somonauk #3
Kevin pitched three innings for Somonauk #3

Highlights
The score does not represent this game. Somonauk #3 played excellent ball and the score would have been tight if not for the 2nd inning. During the 2nd inning Plano #3 could do no wrong and Somonauk could not catch a break. All teams experience an inning like this at some point and the entire Somonauk team handled it like true sportsmen. They kept their heads up even after multiple bad bounces and crazy plays. Adam pitched a nice game and he should remember that in another game, the exact same pitches would result in a normal inning. Both teams played a great game. Somonauk is a quality team with friendly coaches and players. Thanks!
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June 10, 2007 1:00pm in Leland (rescheduled from 6/1/07)

Plano #3 Appel - 12 runs
Leland Kreiter - 5 runs

Pitchers - Plano
Cody Dryden pitched three innings for Plano #3
Rilando Nunez pitched three innings for Plano #3

Pitchers - Leland
Kreiter pitched two innings for Leland
Johnson pitched five innings for Leland

Highlights
Both teams played a great game. Leland never gave up and they had their share of nice defensive plays including two sweet double plays. Thanks!
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PAW PAW - 10
INDIAN CREEK - 2

PITCHERS:
PAW PAW - SIEMERS 6
INDIAN CREEK - HOLM 4, DEUTSCH C. 2

Highlights
INDIAN CREEK'S PITCHING HAS IMPROVED GREATLY SINCE OUR
LAST MEETING ALONG WITH AN IMPROVED DEFENSE. THE
SCORE DOES NOT REFLECT THE PLAY BY INDIAN CREEK.

PITCHING AND AN ERRORLESS DEFENSE WAS THE NAME OF THE
GAME FOR PAW PAW. COACHES NOTE: IN THE PAST 25 YEARS
I CAN COUNT THE NUMBERS OF WINS I'VE HAD AT LEE ON ONE
HAND, ACTUALLY ONE FINGER PRIOR TO THIS EVENING. BACK
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN COACHING AGAINST LEON OLSEN
WITH HIS POWERHOUSE TEAMS FROM LEE, I LEARNED HOW
IMPORTANT TEACHING FUNDIMENTALS AND SPORTSMANSHIP WAS.
I ASKED MY TEAM TO MAKE MY POSSIBLY LAST APPEARENCE
IN LEE A MEMORABLE ONE AND THEY CAME THROUGH WITH A
SPOTLESS EFFORT. THE INDIAN CREEK COACHES AND TEAM
PERFORMED LIKE MR. OLSEN AND THE LEE TEAMS OF THE
PAST, THEIR YOUNG TEAM WILL BE A FORCE TO BE RECONED
WITH IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I THANK THEM FOR THIER SPIRIT
AND OBVIOUS LOVE OF THE GAME.

SIEMERS PITCHED A GREAT GAME WITH HIS NORMAL
CONSISTANCY AND 11 STRIKEOUTS, THIS COMBINED WITH ONE
OF THE FEW ERROR FREE DEFENSIVE GAMES I'VE EVER SEEN
LED PAW PAW TO VICTORY. INDIAN CREEK TOOK A 1-1 TIE
INTO THE FIFTH INNING WHEN PAW PAWS BATS WOKE UP.

THE PLAY OF THE GAME ALTHOUGH NOT GAME CHANGING WAS
FROM MCCANNON. TRYING TO SCORE FROM FIRST ON A DOUBLE
BY LILJA HE WAS INCHES FROM BEING PUT OUT FROM A
WONDERFUL CUTOFF TO CATCHER THROW WHEN SOMEHOW HE WENT
FROM FULL BORE TO STOP JUST PRIOR TO BEING TAGGED. A
PICKLE ENSUED WHICH LEFT SHANE SAFE AT THIRD, GOD I
WISH I HAD THAT ONE ON TAPE. IC PLAYED IT WELL BUT
MCCANNON WILLED HIMSELF SAFE.

WE WISH INDIAN CREEK WELL FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AND
IN THE FUTURE.

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PAW PAW - 2
SERENA - 1

PITCHERS:
PAW PAW - WILEY 6
SERENA - GARZANELLI 6
Highlights
A PITCHING AND DEFENSIVE DUAL, IT WAS TRULY A GREAT
GAME. SERENA IS A WELL COACHED CLASS ACT. THEY BEG
YOU TO BRING IT TO THEM AND LET THE PLAY ON THE FIELD
DECIDE THE OUTCOME.

PAW PAW WAS SCORELESS TILL THE LAST PITCH OF THE GAME
WHEN PRENTICE GOT TO LIVE OUT THE DREAM. YOU KNOW THE
ONE... THREE SECONDS LEFT, ONE POINT DOWN, PRENTICE
HAS THE BALL, HE SHOOTS 3 2 1... EXCEPT THIS TIME IT
WAS BASEBALL.

GARZANELLI DID EVERYTHING A PITCHER COULD DO TO WIN A
GAME, STELLAR PITCHING, 7 STRIKEOUTS AND GREAT DEFENSE
BUT WITH THREE OUTS TO GO AND PAW PAWS 3,4 AND 5
BATTERS TO FACE THE GAME WENT THE TO THE BULLDOGS.
GARZANELLI WALKED THE FIRST BATTER WITH THE UMPIRE
CALLING A DECIDEDLY TIGHT STRIKE ZONE FOR THE ENTIRE
GAME. WILEY THEN HIT A SHOT WHICH WAS MISPLAYED, NOT
AN ERROR SO MUCH AS A HARD HIT WHICH JUST WAS NOT
HANDLED, AND THEN A MISS THROW WHICH ENDED WITH LILJA
ON THIRD WILEY ON FIRST. PRENTICE STEPS INTO THE LEFT
BOX AFTER STRIKING OUT HIS FIRST TWO AT BATS.
GARZANELLI DELIVERED A STRIKE WHICH PRENTICE ONCE
AGAIN WHIFFED AT, BRING UP MEMORIES OF "THE MIGHTY
CASEY AT THE BAT". CONTACT WAS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED TO
TIE THE GAME AND CONTACT WAS MADE ON THE NEXT PITCH,
SENDING A SHOT OVER THE CENTERFIELDERS HEAD AND
SCORING THE WINNING TWO RUNS.

WILEY PITCHED ANOTHER LIGHTS OUT GAME ALLOWING ONLY
ONE EARNED RUN IN THE FIRST. 12 STRIKEOUTS, GREAT
DEFENSE AND SCORING THE WINNING RUN ADD UP TO ANOTHER
ALL STAR PERFORMANCE. GREAT PLAYS ACROSS THE BOARD
WITH A HIGHLIGHT ONE HOPPER TO LILJA AT THIRD FOR A
5-3 PUT OUT HELPED SEAL THE DEAL.

AFTER THE HANDS WERE SHOOK AND GOOD GAMES DELIVERED BY
ALL GARZANELLI DID SOMETHING WHICH I WILL LITERALLY
TAKE TO MY GRAVE. HE WALKED UP TO PRENTICE WITH A
SMILE ON HIS FACE AND HANDED HIM THE GAME BALL SAYING
"GOOD HIT" AND THEN LEFT TO BE WITH HIS TEAM. IT WAS
THE SINGLE MOST IMPRESSIVE SHOW OF SPORTSMANSHIP,
AFTER WHAT HAD TO BE DEVASTATING LOSS, I HAVE EVER
SEEN. WE SHOULD ALL LEARN FROM HIS EXAMPLE.
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Thursday, June 7, 2007

Thursday, June 7

Indian Creek 2

Paw Paw 10

Highlights

This was a defensive dual and the score was tied 1-1 with top notch pitching through 4 innings. Then Paw Paw showed why they are such a good team by bringing their bats out. They took a couple walks and then started hitting every pitch and IC became flustered. Paw Paw is a very well coached team and they bring excellent skill and sportsmanship to the field. Congrats to them.

IC Pitchers

Noah H. 4 innings

Christian D. 2 innings

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June 6, 2007

#3 Somonauk #1 (Wathen) vs Lisbon

#3 Som #1: 16 runs
Lisbon: 7 runs

Pitchers
Marcus Alstadt 2 innings
Jimmy Rowan 4 innings
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Game: Serena vs. Plano#2 A-Ball
Date: June 4th
Location: Plano

Score Plano#2 5 Serena 2
Pitchers
Serena Pitchers: Mason 2 innings Jones 4 innings

Plano pitched and fielded a great game.
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Score: Plano- 7, Somonauk- 1; Pitchers :Plano- #21 Craig- 2 innings, #53 Kevin- 3 innings, #7 Tyler- 1 inning Somonauk-#7 Joey- 6 innings. The Game was well played by both teams. Key hits by Plano were by #8 Elijah, #12 Corey, #31 Sam, #2 Alex, #8 Tyler, #53 Kevin and a triple and home run by #22 Wes. 

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PAW PAW - 13
EARLVILLE - 6

PITCHERS:
PAW PAW - LILJA 6
EARLVILLE - #32 CHASE 4, #12 ANDREW 1, #13 HYATT 1
Highlights
EARLVILLE CAME OUT WITH BATS BLAZING FINISHING THE
FIRST INNING 3-0. EARLVILLES TEAM IS WELL COACHED AND
THEY COME TO PLAY. PAW PAWS BATS WOKE UP IN THE FORTH
TAKING A 1 RUN LEAD AND AFTER A PITCHING CHANGE FOR
EARLVILLE IN THE 5TH PAW PAW SCORED 7.

EARLVILLE SPREAD THEIR SCORING AROUND WITH ALL SIX
RUNS BEING SCORED BY DIFFERENT PLAYERS. PAW PAWS
HITTING WAS ALSO ACROSS THE BOARD WITH RBIS FROM
MCCANNON, SIEMERS, LILJA, WILEY, PRENTICE AND
SAFRANEK. KASPER SCORED HIS FIRST RUN OF THE YEAR.

WE WISH EARLVILLE GOOD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

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June 4, 2007

#3 Somonuak #1 (Wathen) vs Newark
Newark: 0 runs
#3 Som #1 (Wathen): 10 runs

Pitchers:
Jimmy Rowan 2 innings
Johnny Wathen 2 innings
Jacob Alstadt 2 innings
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Game played June 4 th at Somonauk.

Harding 8

Somonauk #3 6

Pitchers for Harding:

Garrett Lappe 4 innings

Lane Barbier 2 innings

Pitchers for Somonauk:

Mitchell  6 innings

Hits for Harding

Highlights

Micah had a single and a triple

Garrett and Jack had a double

Austin, Lane, Andrew, Justin, Seth and Kyle all had a single

Almost all of the boys got a hit tonight!!

Joey had an awesome hit for Somonauk!

Thanks for a fun evening of baseball Somonauk.

Verne

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Tuesday, June 5

Indian Creek  3

Leland 11

IC Pitchers:

Christian D. 3 innings

Noah H. 2 innings

Highlights

IC started the game off by loading the bases in the first inning only to be held to 1 run by a stellar Leland defense. Leland has a very good team and is solid all the way around. They hit the ball when they needed to and played exceptional defense and pitched well the entire game. IC’s young team is getting better and playing with a lot of heart this year. As a coach, I could not ask for anything more. Thanks for a good game Leland.

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Monday, June 4, 2007

The game between Harding and Malta to be played Saturday, June 2 nd , was played Friday, June 1 st at Harding. Malta did not have enough kids so it was a forfeit. However, they wanted to play ball so we gave them a few of our kids. The boys had a good time playing baseball.  Thanks for a fun evening Malta .

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Score Plano#2- 5, Serena- 2, Pitchers: Plano #12 Cory- 3 innings, #21 Craig- 3 innings; Serena #13 Mason 2 innings, #46 Jones- 4 innings. The game was well played by both teams with Plano scoring 3 runs in the 1st for the difference in the 5-2 win. 
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PAW PAW - 3
PLANO 2 - 2

PITCHERS:
PAW PAW - WILEY 6
PLANO 2 - #21 CRAIG 4, #12 CORY 1
Highlights
ALTHOUGH THE INFIELD WAS A SWAMP THE WEATHER HELD OFF
AND A GREAT GAME WAS PLAYED BY BOTH TEAMS.

PITCHING WAS THE NAME OF THE GAME WITH ALL THREE
PITCHERS THROWING WELL. WILEY PITCHED A WONDERFUL
COMPLETE GAME ADDING 13 STRIKEOUTS TO HIS TOTAL. WHILE
PLANO'S STELLAR DEFENSE KEPT IT CLOSE, #8 ELIJAH HAS A
CAREER AHEAD OF HIM ON THE HOT CORNER. TWO GREAT PUT
OUTS 5-4 KEPT PAW PAW SCORELESS IN THE 3RD.

BUT I HAVE A BASEBALL STORY TO TELL. PAW PAW PLAYED
WITH 8 PLAYERS DUE TO AN INJURY AND A MISSING CATCHER.
DODARO THE SECOND STRING CATCHER WAS ASKED TO STEP
UP, AND STEP UP HE DID. JUST PRIOR TO THE OPENING
PITCH IT LOOKED AS THOUGH PLANO HAD MADE THE TRIP TO
PAW PAW FOR A FORFEIT. DODARO TOOK A SHOT TO THE
MOUTH FROM A THROWN BALL HARD ENOUGH TO STICK HIS LIP
TO HIS BRACES. WITH BLOOD FLOWING DOWN HIS CHIN I WAS
ABLE TO DETACH HIS LIP FROM HIS BRACES, DODARO THEN
SPIT A MOUTHFUL OF BLOOD TO THE GROUND, LOOKED UP AT
ME AND SAID, "READY TO GO COACH". AND PEOPLE ASK ME
WHY I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 25 YEARS. THIS WAS
FOLLOWED BY KASPER IN RIGHT FIELD, ONE OF TWO
OUTFIELDERS, MAKING THE TWO PLAYS ASKED OF HIM
PERFECTLY. BASEBALL IS TRULY A TEAM SPORT, A GAME OF
INCHES WITH CLOSE CALLS AND WHERE ON ANY GIVEN DAY
SECOND STRINGERS CAN BE SUPER STARS. CONGRATS TO NIC
AND MATHEW AND GOOD LUCK TO PLANO 2 THE REST OF THE
YEAR. 
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May 30, 2007

Marseilles- 7 v Somonauk-1

Pitching for Somonauk

#1-zach-3

#9 chase-2

pitching for Marseilles

ryan-4

aj-2

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Marseilles-13 v big rock-3

Pitching for Marseilles

Ryan-3

Aj-4

Pitching for big rock

#18 bill-6

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Thursday, May 31, 2007