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Rice Lake Invitational
Men’s NAFA “AA†and “A†Tournament
Rice Lake, WI – USA
June 19-21, 2015
St. Paul Tin Cup Captures Championship of 37th Rice Lake Invitational
         Riding the right arm of Joel Cooley and the hitting of Dave Marchio and Tyler Bouley, Tin Cup of St. Paul reeled off four consecutive victories and captured the championship of the 37th annual Rice Lake Invitational Men’s Fastpitch Tournament held during Father’s Day weekend at Fred Tate Memorial Park. Six teams from Wisconsin and five from Minnesota comprised the field of teams for the event.
         The champs opened play by blanking last year’s third place finisher La Crosse Classic 8-0 and followed by whitewashing Dugout Bar and Grill of Cushing 7-0. A 4-3 10 inning win over fellow Gopher state entry Ostrander propelled the St. Paul squad to the championship contest.
         A two for three hitting performance by Marchio and a two-run home run by Bouley powered Tin Cup to a second 4-3 triumph over Ostrander in the title game.
         Ostrander opened play by edging the defending champion Orangemen of the host city 2-1. They followed with respective 12-2 and 10-4 wins over Harley Davidson of Lewiston, Minnesota and Len’s Automotive of St. Paul. After falling to Tin Cup in the winner’s bracket final the southeastern Minnesota club outlasted Striker’s Lanes of Baldwin 10-9 to earn their spot in the championship showdown.
         Striker’s Lanes claimed third place honors and Dugout Bar and Grill finished fourth.
         Also taking part in the tourney were Wisconsin entries Sawdust City of Eau Claire and Highway 53 Bar of Whitehall along with Minnesota Computers of St. Paul.
 1. Tin Cup, St. Paul MN                                4-0
 2. Ostrander, Ostrander MN                         4-2
 3. Striker’s Lanes, Baldwin WI                       6-2
 4. Dugout Bar and Grill, Cushing WI                2-2
 5. Minnesota Computers, St. Paul MN              3-2
      Len’s Automotive, St. Paul MN                   1-2
 7. Harley Davidson, Lewiston, MN                   1-3
     Orangemen, Rice Lake WI                          1-4
 9. Sawdust City, Eau Claire                           1-2
      La Crosse Classic, La Crosse WI                 1-2
11. Highway 53 Bar, Whitehall WIÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0-3
                GAME BY GAME RESULTS
   1. Striker’s Lanes 15, Sawdust City 5
 2. Ostrander 2, Orangemen 1
 3. Minnesota Computers 12, Highway 53 Bar 1
 4. Len’s Automotive 9, Striker’s Lanes 6
 5. Ostrander 12, Harley Davidson 2
 6. Dugout Bar and Grill 10, Minnesota Computers 6
 7. Tin Cup 8, La Crosse Classic 1
 8. Sawdust City 7, Harley Davidson 5
 9. La Crosse Classic 3, Highway 53 Bar 1
10. Striker’s Lanes 3, Orangemen 0
11. Striker’s Lanes 7, Highway 53 Bar 0
12. Minnesota Computers 8, Orangemen 7
13. Harley Davidson 8, La Crosse Classic 7
14. Orangemen 9, Sawdust City 4
15. Ostrander 10, Len’s Automotive 4
16. Tin Cup 7, Dugout Bar and Grill 0
17. Striker’s Lanes 8, Orangemen 2
18. Minnesota Computers 11, Harley Davidson 9
19. Striker’s Lanes 8, Len’s Automotive 5
20. Dugout Bar and Grill 4, Minnesota Computers 1
21. Tin Cup 4, Ostrander 3 (10 innings)
22. Strikers’ Lanes 10, Dugout Bar and Grill 0
23. Ostrander 10, Striker’s Lanes 8 (9 innings)
24. Tin Cup 4, Ostrander 3
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
PITCHER – Joel Cooley, Tin Cup
PITCHER – Kevin Kammeuller, Ostrander
CATCHER – Jeremy Dagstad, Dugout Bar and Grill
CATCHER – Tyler Bouley, Tin Cup
INFIELD – Ryan Scheevel, Ostrander
INFIELD – Luke King, Ostrander
INFIELD – J.R. Dachel, Striker’s Lanes
INFIELD – Jason Bohl, Striker’s Lanes
OUTFIELD – Dave Reiter, Tin Cup
OUTFIELD – Al Lang, Harley Davidson
OUTFIELD – Joe Reinert, Minnesota Computers
OUTFIELD – Rob Krecji, Striker’s Lanes
OUTFIELD – J.W. Dachel, Striker’s Lanes
OUTFIELD – Scott Emerson, Orangemen
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER – Dave Marchio, Tin CupÂ
Ronn Kopp
ronnkopp@charter.net
