Monday night’s Coed Silver League tournament champions are pictured above. All Glass Station defeated US Bank, 12-6, for the title. Along the front is (l-r) Jess Gibson, Holly Hellman, Megan Olson, Nicole Melby, Janel Oberheu and Chelsea St. Peter. The back row is made up of Nate Ware, Mike Somers, Jacob Webb, Victor Carrillo, Ty Gallenbeck, Jacob Oberheu, Josiah St. Peter and Bill James. Missing from the photo were Josh Heinecke, Chantal Urquhart and DM Urquhart.
US Bank and Kwiki Auto Service began last Monday's final day of tournament play needing a win to advance to the finals of the Coed Silver Tournament against All Glass Station. The two teams played one of the lowest scoring games of the summer with US Bank claiming a 5-2 victory and a berth in the tournament finals against All Glass Station.
All Glass, the number four seed in the tournament, started strong in the title game and held on for a 12-6 win.
In the game between US Bank and Kwiki Auto, Kwiki's Robert Birawer made two over the shoulder catches to save runs but US Bank's early offensive success gave them a 5-1 lead after four innings of play. A single run in the fifth was the last Kwiki would get in the game to make the final score 5-2.
US Bank was the team that sent Kwiki to the losers' bracket on the opening day of tournament action by the score of 16-6.
Kwiki, the league's number three seed in the tournament, finished third with the loss to Kwiki Auto.
Photo by Wayne Crick
Kwiki Auto’s Robert Birawer makes the first of two over the shoulder catches against US Bank during an elimination game last Monday night. US Bank went on to score a 5-2 decision and advanced to face All Glass Station for the tournament title.
In the championship game, US Bank, the second seeded team, needed two wins over All Glass Station if they were to win the tourney title.
All Glass scored three times in the opening frame and led 8-1 after two innings of play.
US Bank added three runs in their half of the third inning and All Glass scored four to make the score 12-4 heading into the fourth.
The scored stayed the same for two innings before either offense could score again. US Bank tacked on a pair of runs in the sixth to make the final score 12-6 in favor of All Glass.
