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Bombers Ink Former Baseball Pitcher Cevette
The New York Bombers have signed on Dan Cevette, a former minor league baseball pitcher to play with the team for the 2010 season.
Cevette, 26, spent 8 years in minor league baseball as a pitcher in both the Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Royals organization. During those 8 seasons Cevette compiled a 19-19 record with a 3.88 ERA in 110 career appearances (70 starts).
After being released last July, then deciding on retiring Cevette began playing fastpitch in the ESA League with the Hackett’s Cubs team, then appeared in the Elkland B Tournament with the Owego Warriors.
Cevette will serve primarily as an outfielder for the Bombers in 2010, and will also be learning to pitch with the help of Bomber pitchers Justin Heyman and Shawn Samson.
Cevette is currently the assistant baseball coach at Niagara University.
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Bombers Release 2010 Schedule
The New York Bombers have officially released their proposed 2010 season schedule. The Bombers will be playing in 10 events this season, up from the 9 events the team played in last year.
New to the schedule this year is the return of the Holland Patent Tournament in late July, as well as the 2010 NAFA A-Major World Series in Des Moines Iowa in August. The other 8 events are the same as the 2009 schedule. Here is the schedule:
May 1: 8th Annual Round Robin (Elkland, PA)
May 29-30: Molly Sherman Memorial (Elkland, PA)
June 11-13: Jim Bradford Classic (Grafton, Ontario)
June 26-27: Cortlandville Tournament (Cortland, NY)
July 3-4: Croghan 4th of July Tournament (Croghan, NY)
July 10-11: Mickey Brennan Memorial Tournament (Lackawanna, NY)
July 31st- August 1: Holland Patent Tournament (Holland Patent, NY)
August 12-15: NAFA- A-Major World Series (Des Moines, IA)
August 28-29- 17th Annual Elkland B Tournament (Elkland, PA)
September 4-6- 65th Annual Prospect Labor Day Tournament (Prospect, NY)
The Bombers finished the 2009 season with an overall record of 38-10 and will begin the 2010 season in early May.
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Bombers Join Facebook!
The New York Bombers are officially on Facebook. Mnay of the teams photos from the 2009 season as well as photos of tournaments the team played on are posted on this facebook page (over 450+ photos). Due to size constraints here most photos of the team will be housed on the facebook page for all to see. Click the link below to join.
NY Bombers Facebook Page
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Off season news !!
The off season is only a couple of months old and the Bomber team is eagerly looking into the upcomming 2010 season. The Bomber team is looking to having a team meeting on November 14th in Cortland, NY to iron out the direction that the team will move.
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NY Bombers Win 64th Annual Prospect, NY Labor Day Tournament
Prospect, NY – The NY Bombers finished their 2009 season campaign in fine fashion, going 4-0 to win the 64th Annual Prospect, NY Labor Day Tournament. The Bombers were led at the plate by Tournament MVP Tom Avery (6-11 .545, 7 runs scored) and Jeff Carr (6-9, .667, HR, 3 RBI’s) and on the mound by Justin Heyman (2-0, 20 K’s in 13 IP) and Shawn Samson (2-0, 12 K’s in 12 IP).
Game #1
Bombers 8, Scooters 1
Game #2
Bombers 4, Northern Merchants 2
Game #3
Bombers 3, Prospect 2
Game #4 (Championship)
Bombers 10, Prospect 3
Bombers Top Hitters
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Jeff Carr (6-9, .667, HR, 3 RBI’s)
Tom Avery (6-11, .545, 7 runs scored) Tournament MVP
Jake Wasielewski (4-10, .400, HR, 4 RBI)
Ryan Heyman (3-9, .333, double, 1 RBI)
Bruce Hackett (4-12, .333, double, 4 RBI)
Dan Edholm (3-10, .300, 2 doubles, 5 RBI)
Bombers Top Pitchers
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Justin Heyman 2-0, 20 K’s in 13 IP
Shawn Samson 2-0, 12 K’s in 12 IP
The Bombers finish the season with an overall record of 38-10. Over their final 4 tournaments of the season the Bombers went 20-4, claiming two tournament championships and 2 second place finishes.
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Bombers finish second in Elkland, after taking the long road to get there!!
The New York Bombers had yet another very successfull weekend, taking 2nd place at the 16th annual "First Weekend" Elkland B Mens' Fastpitch tournament. The Bombers dropped their first game of the tournament to a never say die Busters squad out of Harrisburg PA, only to fight back and reel off 6 straight wins before losing to a veteran Keating's Fitness team in the championship game. The Bombers played 3 games on Saturday and fought through 5 games on Sunday to take runner up. The Sundays events started at 9am and the Bombers played straight through till around 8pm that evening with just in between game breaks of 20 minutes. It was a testitment to the love of the game and never giving up. A great job done by all the members of the team. Special thanks to Jason Whiteley (Ashland Stockpack) for helping the Bombers out with being short an outfielder. Also, special thanks to Taylor Hackett(Elkland High School) and Gilly Gee (Bridgeport Braves) for helping the team out with spot play and pinch running. The team would have never made it through the day without there help.
Game 1 - Busters 4, NY Bombers 3 (8 inn)
Gouger 1X1, Carr 1X2, Whitely 1X2
Heyman, 7 inn, 12 k's, Cummings (L), 1 inn, 2 k's
Game 2 - NY Bombers 8, Keeneyville, 0 (5 inn)
Waz 2X2, Whitely 1X3 with a double
Samson (W), 5 inn, 6 k's
Game 3 - NY Bombers 4, Yuengling 1
Hackett 2X3, 2B, Cevette HR
Cummings (W), 7 inn, 15 k's
Game 4 - NY Bombers 7, Cornerstone 6 (8 inn)
Cevette 2X4, 2B, Carr 2X4, Hackett 2X4, Whitely 3X3, 2B, Edholm 2X3
Samson (W), 8 inn, 1k
Game 5 - NY Bombers 3, Northern Merchants 2
Whitely 2X4, Dry 2B 1X2
Cummings (W), 7 inn, 13 k's
Game 6 - NY Bombers 4, Waterdown Hammer 0
Carr 2X4, Hackett 2B, Cevette 2B, Dry 1X2 2rbi's
Heyman (W), 7 inn, 4 k's
(1 scorekeeper down)
Game 7 - NY Bombers 4, PA Power 3
Dry 2X3 2rbi's, R. Heyman 2X3 2B/3B
Cummings (W), 6 inn, 11k's, Samson (S), 1 inn
Game 8 - Keating's Fitness 10, NY Bombers 1 (5 inn)
Waz, Cevette, Whitely, R. Heyman, 1X2
Heyman (L), 5 inn, 3k's
(1 umpire down)
Top Bomber Hitters:
Bruce Hackett 9-25 .360
Jason Whiteley 7-20 .350
Jeff Carr 8-24 .333
Ryan Heyman 7-22 .318
Justin Cevette 7-27 .259
John Dry 4-14 .290
Top Bomber Pitchers
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Ryan Cummings 3-1, 21 IP, 41 K's
Justin Heyman 1-1, 19 IP, 19 K's
Shawn Sampson 2-0, 1 save, 15 IP, 10 K's
The Bombers will be headed to Prospect, NY this Sat/Sun/Mon for the annual Labor Day Mens' Open Fastpitch Tournament. Prospect is oldest consecutive running tournament anywhere! This has long been considered one of the top tournaments around. It's held during the famous Prospect Firemans Field Days with food and beer tents live music every night and fireworks.
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Bombers back in action for the Elkland "B" Weekend in PA
The Bombers are back in action after taking a few weeks off after the trip to Virginia for the NSA Worlds.
Heading to Elkland, Pa for the Elkland B weekend for a very competitive tournament that rivals the Elkland Labor Day tournament for the talent level. The Bombers will kick off the weekend play with game one at 9am on Saturday morning with Busters of Harrisburg, Pa.
Elkland B tournament has grown to becoming one of the premier Isc 2 tournaments in the country. The Snapper shootout in the first part of June rivals this tourney for over-all ISC 2 talent, but looking at the teams and list of pitchers that will compete this weekend, it will definitely be a good one and very hard for the Bombers to place in the top 3.
Billy Sherman and the Elkland Softball Association are building a great reputation of having great tournaments again, just as it was in the 70's and 80's when fastpitch softball was the only game in town. They are showing that the game is still alive and kicking, keep up the great work.
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Bombers win the 2009 NSA World Championship
August 3, 2009 --
The New York Bombers won the 2009 NSA (National Softball Association) Men's Fastpitch World Series held at the Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, VA this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Bombers posted a perfect 5-0 record, before getting rained out on Sunday. This was the Bombers second National Title, winning the event in Cherokee, NC, in 2006. The tournament consisted of 3 round robin games for seeding purposes, before double elimination play started.
Game #1 NY Bombers 9, Yuengling, Pottsville PA 0 -- Cevette, 3X3, Fenstermacher 2 HR & 3 RBI, Hackett 2 RBI Double, Gouger 2 RBI single, Cummings 13 k's, 1 hit)
Game #2 NY Bombers 14, Big Cove, VA 0 --(Stock HR 4 RBI, Carr HR 2 RBI, Dry Grand Slam 4 RBI, Gouger 2X2, Heyman 5 k's 3 hitter)
Game #3 NY Bombers 7, Jersey Shore, PA 1 --(Fensternmacher 3X3 2 HR 5 RBI, Gouger 2 RBI single, Sampson 6 K's, 4 hitter)
Game #4 NY Bombers 9, Memphis Dawgs, TN 0 --(Carr, 2X3 2 HR 4 RBI, Cevette HR 2 RBI, Fenstermacher 2X2 HR, Wazilewski HR 2 RBI, Cummings 7 K's 1 hitter)
Game #5 NY Bombers 7, South Carolina Tornados 1 -- (Carr HR 2 RBI, Fenstermacher HR, Cevette 2X3, Waz Double 2 RBI, Heyman, 15 k's 2 hitter)
The following were named to the All World Team:
Bart Fenstermacher 9X13, 5 HR, 9 RBI's-MVP
Justin Cevette 9X14, 1 HR, 4 RBI's
Jeff Carr 5X15, 4 HR, 8 RBI's
Justin Stock 4X13, 5 RBI's
Ryan Cummings, 2 wins, 20 K's, 2 hits given up, Tournament MVP Pitcher
Pitching: Cummings 20K, 1 hit, 2 BB
Heyman, 20K, 3 hit, 1 BB
Sampson, 6K, 4 hit, 0 BB
The Bomber pitching staff of Ryan Cummings, Shawn Sampson and Justin Heyman gave up just 2 runs and 11 hits over 5 games, while striking out a total of 46 batters, allowing just 7 BB.
Others:
Bruce Hackett 3X10, 3 RBI, Double
John Dry 4X10, 5 RBI, HR
BJ Gouger 4X9, 5 RBI
Jake Waz 3X6, 4 RBI, HR
Dan Edholm 2X8
Roger Karn, 3X7
The Bombers hit 13 HRs and 9 doubles, 1 triple, BA of .435 (47X108)
The Bombers will head to Elkland PA on Aug. 29/30 for a 16 team double elimination tournament
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Bombers head South to Salem, Virginia for the NSA World Tournament !
The NY Bombers are packing there gear and heading south to Salem, Virginia for the NSA World Tournament this coming weekend. The weekend's festivities will kick off Friday night at 5pm at the Moyer complex. The format for the tournament will be a round robin event with playing each team in your division 1 time. The results will determine where you will play in the elimination tournaments that will start on Saturday evening. Let's hope that the Bombers have a good showing and everything comes together so that they can place in this event.
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Bombers finish 2nd place in the Mickey Brennan Memorial-Lackawanna, NY Tournament !
The Bombers came back from a rough start losing the first game of the tournament and fought back to come in second place. The team finished with a 5-2 record and ended up playing 5 straight on Sunday. The Bombers showed up and started to warm-up at 830am on Sunday and never left the field till 730pm. This is a testiment to the 'love of the game' and how guys play the game for nothing more than satisfaction of just trying to win and have fun. Why do guys play this game and beat there bodies for a weekend, get up on Monday morning, go to work and try to explain to the others why they would do this? I've been asking the same question to myself for over 20 years and unless you play the game, you will never know the high you get from the thrill of competition and being a part of a team.
Game #1 - Bombers 3, Oswego 4
Pithing - Shawn Sampson 2k's, 4hits
Hitting - Justin Stock 2-4, Bruce Hackett 2-4 rbi
John Dry 1-3 rbi, Jeff Carr 1-3, and Justin Cevette 1-3
Game #2 - Bombers 4, Reece Lackawanna 1
Pitching - Ryan Cummings 15k's, 2 hits
Hitting - Justin Stock 4-4 rbi, Justin Cevette triple, rbi, John Dry 1-3 with rbi, Dan Edholm 1-3, Bruce Hackett 1-3, Jeff Carr 1-3
Game #3 - Bombers 9,, LA Lounge 1
Pitching - Justin Heymen 10 k's, 3 hits, 5 innings
Hitting - Stock 2-4, Cevette 2-3 home run 3 rbi's, J. Heymen trile rbi, Dry 1-2, Carr 1-2
Game #4 - Bombers 3, Dunkirk 0
Pitching - Sampson 7 k's, 5 hits
Hitting - Hackett 2-3 home runn 3 rbi's, Jake Waz 1-2
Game #5 - Bombers 7, Niagara Snappers 0
Pitching - Ryan Cummings 8k's, 2 hits, 5 innings
Hitting - Edholm 3-3 rbi w/ 2 doubles, Jake Waz 2-3, Tom Avery 2-3, Roger Karn 1-3 rbi. Carr and Dry added a rbi also.
Game #6 - Bombers 7, Big John's 4
Pitching - Haymen 2 innings, Cummings 5 innings 9 k's, 4 hits
Hitting - Avery 3-3 rbi, Cevette 2-3, Stock 2-3, Edholm home run 2rbi's, Dry and Carr added rbi a piece.
Game #7 - Bombers 6, Ashland 7
Pitching - Sampson 1 inning, Heymen 6.......7k's, 8 hits
Hitting - Edholm 2-3 triple rbi, Dry 1-3 rbi, Waz 1-3 rbi, Karn added a triple, and Cevette and Avery added singles.
On the weekend.......
Pitching - oustanding performances by all the pitchers. Sampson, Heymen, and Cummings are what make the Bombers what they are. Pitching in the fastpitch game is the key and that is how teams win, the Bombers have good pitching and that is a fact. It was shown this weekend when one pitcher needed help that the others came to thier rescue and picked them up. It was great to be a part of it.
Sampson - 9 k's and gave up 13 hits
Cummings - 32 k's and gave up 5 hits
Heymen - 17 k's and gave up 10 hits
58 total strike outs and gave up 28 hits in 7 games.
Hitting - Bats came out flat in the first game of the tournament, but heated up fast. Justin Stock, again, had a super weekend and is a great lead off hitter and provided the Bombers with a spark that they really need. Bruce Hackett and Dan Edholm has oustanding weekends, along with Dry and Cevette doing a nice job at the plate. Avery, Jake Waz, and Karn provide key hits on the Sunday stretch. Edholm finally broke a much awaited home run slump and hit his first one in a few years and made it bitter sweet hitting it in his home leauge park. It will be a long time before we hear the end of this, but I guess we will have to tip our cap to the youngster. Once again a total team effort from the entire Bomber team.
Justin Stock 11-24 .458
Dan Edholm 8-20 .400 , 5 rbi's
Bruce Hackett 9-24 .375 4 rbi's
John Dry 7-20 .350 5 rbi's
Justin Cevette 8-23 .347 7 rbi's
Tom Avery 6-24 .250 4 rbi's
Jeff Carr 5-22 .227 4 rbi's
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BOMBERS SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO !!!
The Bombers will shuffle off to Buffalo, well, not exactly Buffalo, but Lackawanna, which is a subburb of Buffalo. Lackawanna will the host to the Mickey Brennan Memorial tournament. The action will take place on Ridge road and/or Ron Jaworski Stadium. The Bombers first game will be at 11am againt the Rochester Express, if they win that game, they will take on top rated Isc II team Ashland Stockpack from Ashland, Ohio. Hopefully, the Bombers can put on a good showing in the tourney.
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Bombers finish in 2nd place in Croghan, but leave on sour note!
The Bombers finished second in the Croghan open fastpitch tournament this weekend. The team finished with a 5-1 record and didn't end up playing the championship game against Prospect, due to unforseen instances.
Game #1 - Bombers 1, Hoyts 4
Shawn Sampson suffered the loss in this game, with 6k's and giving up 5 hits.
Bruce Hackett 2-3
Tom Avery, 1-3
Jeff Carr, 1-3
John Dry had the lone rbi for the Bombers
Game #2 - Bombers 9, Oswego river rapids 1
Justin Heymen got the win, 10k's, 3 hits
Justin Stock 2-2
BJ Gouger 2-3
Dan Edholm 2-3
Jeff Carr added a home run and John Dry added a double
Game #3 - Bombers 5, Croghan Scooters 1
Shawn Sampson got the win, 13k's, 2 hits
Jeff Carr 3-3 with a home run
John Dry 1-3, with 2 rbi's
Tom Avery 1-3
Jake Waz 1-3
Game #4 - Bombers 5, Hoyts 1
Justin Haymen got the win, 6k's and 1 hit
Justin Stock 2-4, 2 rbi's
Bruce Hackett 2-4, double 2 rbi's
John Dry added a double with rbi
Game #5 - Bombers 7, Steelworkers 1
Shawn Sampson got the win with 4k's, 5 hits
Justin Stock 2-3, 2 rbi's
Bruce Hackett 2-3, 3 rbi's
Jeff Carr 2-3
Game #6 - Bombers 8, Prospect 1
Shawn Sampson got the win, 2k's, 2 hits
Justin Stock had a triple and 2 rib's
Jeff Carr had a solo home run
Dutch Kinner had a double and 2 rbi's
Roger Karn had a double also
Jake Waz was 2-3
On the weekend, after a shakey start in game 1 against a firey Hoyts team, the Bombers came back strong under the pitching of Shawn Sampson, who was 3-1 for the weekend and Justin Heymen, who was 2-0. Hitting wise, Jeff Carr contiues to stay hot at the bat, going 9 for 19, and earning the most valuable offensive performance for the tournament. Justin stock and Bruce Hackett had very nice weekends with the bat, both having 7 hits a piece. Other spots that hits where needed and they seemed to appear with timely hitting from John Dry, Tom Avery, Dan Edholm, BJ Gouger and Jake Waz. Roger Karn caught all 6 games behind the dish and that is no easy task at his age. Dutch Kinner stepped in and had a nice weekend and played in spots to spell guys and to get some tournament experience, let's hope that the young Dutchman sticks it out and contiues to show. Jake Waz played a steady short when he finally appeared on Saturday, must be his alarm clock was set to Polish time.
On a serious note, BJ Gouger suffered and injury from a pitch that struck him in the face. The entire teams hearts sank as he laid in the batters box in pain and seemed to have dampered there spirits on continuing the championship game. It's times like this that show you how a team and friends stick together and care about one another. This is a sport, but it is much more than that with the Bombers team.........get well BJ, we are all thinking about you.
Next stop is the Lackawanna Tournament, the Mickey Brennan Memorial. Let's hope that the winning ways continue. There is going to be some great competition there this weekend. Bring your bats and be ready to hit, if you have and extra flak(ref JC) jacket, throw that in the trunk too, could need it.
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Bombers Exit Early from Cortland Tournament
In the Bombers home tournament, things didn't necessarily work out the way that they wanted to. After Saturday's play, the Bombers stood at 3 wins and 0 losses and won their bracket. Sunday came with single elimination and Bombers where knocked out of the tourney in the first game by a disgusting performance.
Game 1 - Bombers 3, Pa Power 2
Winning Pitcher - Shawn Sampson
Bruce Hackett - 2 hits, triple
Game 2 - Bombers 6, Northern Merchants 1
Winning pitcher - Justin Heymen
John Dry 2 for 2
Bj Gouger 3 for 3
Game 3 - Bombers 8, Ricola 0
Winning pitcher Ryan Cummings, 1 hit shutout
John Dry double with 3 rbi's
Bj Gouger - 2 for 3
Game 4 - Bombers 0, Rochester Express 8
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Weekend comments........
Saturday was a great day for playing ball and the team came together and won 3 big games and tought that they were rolling. Sunday morning came and like a lot of teams, were looking at game 2 for the day and forgot that they have to win game 1 first. Taking nothing against the Express team, they fought hard, played well, and were errorless on defense. The Bombers will need to look in the mirror and figure out how to come back from this aggonizing defeat and more forward in a positive direction.
Next week is Croghan Ny 4th of July tourney and will be an open tournament this year. The Bombers better bring the bats with them this coming weekend.
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NY Bombers host The Bomber Classic Isc II tournament on June 27/28
The NY Bombers host the Cortlandville, NY Bomber Classic Isc II tournament this coming weekend and look to get back on the winning track. The Bombers will be in the division of play with PA Power, Northern Merchants, and Ricolas and will play each of these teams on Saturday morning and afternoon. Teams will advance to Sunday and will be paired against the other division and it will result in a single elimination knockout tourney. Stay tuned for results and hopefully the Bombers will have a great showing.
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Bombers finish 3rd in trip to Canada !
The Bombers came away with a third place finish in the 15th Annual Jim Branford Classic in Graphton Ontario Canada. It was a great weekend for playing fastball and although things didn't go the way the Bombers wanted, it was still a good showing for the only U.S. based team in the tourney.
Game 1 - Bombers 8 Team Quebec Jrs 2
Shawn Sampson - 10 strike outs, 4 hits
Jeff Carr - 4-4 with a home run
Justin Cevette - home run
Game 2 - Bombers 3 Maccabi Canada 0
Ryan Cummings - 14 strikeouts, 4 hits - shutout
Justin Cevette - home run 2 rbi's
John Dry - Hit and 1 rbi
Bj Gouger - double
for Maccabi Canada - Tom Berube 10 k's, 3 hits
Game 3 - Bombers 7 Pickering 0
Justin Haymen - 7 strikeouts, 3 hits
Bruce Hackett 3 hits
Jeff Carr 3 hits
Game 4 - Waterdown Hammer 2 Bombers 2
Justin Haymen 9 k's, 7 hits
John Dry - 1 hit
Jeff Carr - 1 hit
Dan Eholm - 1 hit
for Waterdown Hurst threw a 3 hit shutout
Game 5 - Ottawa Team Easton 3 Bombers - 2
Ryan Cummings 12 strikeouts, 4 hits
for Team Easton Cory Costell 5 innings 7k's, 1 hit relieved by Brad Porter 2 innings 3 k's, 1 hit
Jeff Carr - 1 hit rbi
BJ Gouger - double
For the weekend
Shawn Sampson, Justin Haymen and Ryan Cummings had great outings and gave up a total of 5 runs in 5 games. The Bombers had Sunday all set with Haymen throwing the first game, Cummings the semi's and then Sampson in the finals. We were two out from that scenario coming to pass. But, that is how the game goes sometimes.
Jeff Carr had another stellar weekend and seemed to be the most consistand hitter on the weekend for the team. The Bomber team, as a whole, played well and others contributed when the time was right to lift the team for our wins. The problem on Sunday was that the Waterdown and Team Easton pitching gave the Bombers team fits and seemed like they could never get on a roll to help out pitcher's excellent outings. The team wins together and the team loses together, pitching picks up the hitting and vice versa, but the the Bombers are a team and that is our concept.
In the semi final game, it was a classic matchup between two Isc II powerhouse pitchers. Cummings vs Costello, and up until the bottom of the seventh inning, Cummings had only allowed 1 hit and until that point was throwing an absolute gem. Then, as easy as the Bombers thought they would steal a win, the Team Easton came out and doubled, then reached on an infield error, and with one out they took the game with a 3 run walk off home run. Now I know how it would feel to wake up on Christmas morning and look under the tree and there are no presents. A very disappointing way to lose the semi's and have to drive back to the US thinking about it. That is why you play the game, cause you just never know what is going to happen. But, the Bombers will live to fight another day.
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Bombers getting ready to head to Canada !!!!
The NY Bombers are headed to Graphton Ontario Canada for the Jim Branford Classic in two weeks. The tournament is in it's 15th year and it is the first time that the Bombers will be going to the tourney to participate. This year will be the most teams ever participating in the event, there will be 18 total.
The Saturday and Sunday schedules have been released and the Bombers will play 3 games on Saturday and one on Sunday in the round robin format. There are 4 divisions of play and the top team in each of the 4 divisions will advance to a single elimination tourney after the last game on Sunday has been completed.
The games on Saturday will be at 830am, 230pm, and 430pm. Then the Bombers will come back at 10am on Sunday to complete that round robin play.
The Bombers will play Pickering, Team Quebec, Maacabii, and Waterdown Hammer in the round robin play. All of these teams are Ontario based teams and will be a challenge for the Bombers to advance to the elimination round.
The Bombers have also added Canadian pitcher Ryan Cummings to it's already strong staff of Shawn Sampson and Justin Heymen for the event. Ryan along with Justin Cevette will be coming to help the Bombers out from The Rise Fastpitch Club of Pennsyvania.
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Bombers win 3rd Annual Molly Sherman Memorial Weekend Tourney!!
The Bombers win the Molly Sherman Memorial Weekend Tournament with a 4 and 1 record. Despite a quick wake up call in the first game loss, the Bombers refueled and came back to win 4 straight to win the tournament.
Game 1 vs Busters of Harrisburg, Pa - Score 8-7, loss
Hitting stats
Jeff Carr 3-3 with a 3 run home run
John Dry 2-4
Ryan Heymen 2-4
BJ Gouger 2-4
Roger Karn 2-3 with 2 rbi's
Pitching
Chuck Smith,Rich Vasso
Game 2 vs Ormond, Pa - Score 7-3, win
Hitting stats
Bruce Hackett 4-4, double
Justin Stock 3-4
Ryan Heymen 2-4
Pitching
Shawn Sampson - 13 strikeouts, 6 hits
Game 3 vs Ricolas, New Jersey - Score 6-4 win
Hitting stats
Jeff Carr 3-4, 3 run walk off home run in the 8th inning
John Dry 2-4, double 2 rbi's
Justin Stock 2-4
Ryan Haymen 2-4
Pitching
Shawn Sampson 2 strikeouts, 6 hits
Game 4 vs Knoxville, Ontarion Canada - Score 12-5 win
John Dry 2-4, 2 rbi's
Justin Stock 2-4
Ryan Heymen 2-4
BJ Gouger 1-3, double
Roger Karn 2-4
Jake Waz 1-1, triple
Pitching
Shawn Sampson 2 strikeouts, 7 hits
Game 5 - Championship vs Ricolas of New Jersey - Score 11-2 win
Hitting
Jeff Carr 3-3
John Dry 2-4
Bruck Hackett 2-4, 2 doubles
Dan Edholm 2-4
Roger Karn 1-3, triple
Pitching
Shawn Sampson 2 strikeouts, 4 hits
Notes from the weekend;
- Shawn Sampson is certainly handling the role of becomming one of the team leaders for the Bombers. Shawn took the ball on saturday afternoon and never gave it back, throwing 4 straight games. This early in the year to ask a guy Shawn's age to do this is certainly a large task, but he has answered anyone who thinks that age is catching up with him. Shawn took the team on his back in the Elkland B tourney last August and did the same this weekend and showing that he is becoming the face of the Bomber team.
- Jeff Carr had a great weekend at the plate. He batted 11 for 18 (.611), with 2 walks, two home runs and one of the home runs was a walk off 3 run shot against Ricola to win the game and assure that the Bombers would win there side of the round robing bracket.
- Other notes from the offensive side;
Ryan Heymen - 11-20, .550
Bruce Hackett - 8-20, .400
John Dry - 8-20, .400
Justin Stock - 8-20, .400
Roger Karn - 5-14, .357
Let's hope the bats stay hot in Canada in a few weeks when the talent level will definitely by higher.
- Notes and compliments;
- Roger Karn caught all the games Saturday and Sunday in 80 degree, humid weather, which is no easy task.
- Jake Waz played a steady shortstop for the team and make several hustle plays that don't end up in the scorebook, but are noticed by everyone around the ballpark. It's great to see young players with that must love for the game.
- BJ Gouger after a shakey start at third, but came up with a couple big defensive plays later on and key hits including a double in the semi finals.
- Dan Edholm played a great center field and had two throwing put outs on base runners testing his arm and also two big at bats in the championship game to produce rbi's.
- Special thanks to Jay Weitzel, long time fastpitch player and now Minnesota Twins scout who helped coach the team. Once the fastpitch bug bites you, you can never leave the game.
Super weekend for softball and the Elkland fields never looked better. Thanks to Bill Sherman and the ESA gang for putting together another great tourney. The Bomber team came together on many levels and seem to be gaining momentum going into the big tournament in Canada the second weekend in June.
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Schedule is out for Molly Sherman Memorial Tournament on May 23/24 !
The Bombers will travel back to Elkland, Pa for the Molly Sherman Memorial Tournament on May 23/24, Memorial day weekend.
The schedule has been released and the Bombers will be in the Pool B division along with Busters, Ormrod, and Ricolas.
The schedule look like this for Saturday;
10:45 - Bombers vs Busters
400 - Bombers vs Ormrod
545 - Bombers vs Ricolas
Pool A - Esa Bellys, Rise, Knoxville, Beverage Barn
According to where you place with Saturday's round robin play will go into a 6 team single elimination tournament on Sunday starting at 10am.
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Bombers win Elkland Round Robin with a 3-1 record!
The Bombers win the Elkland Round Robin tourney with a 3 and 1 record.
Games in order
Bombers 12 Oswego 2
Bombers 8 Ricola 1
Bombers 6 Rochester 2
Bombers 6 Elkland Tbellys 8
The Bombers went to Elkland Pa for the Early Bird Round Robin tournament on Saturday, with wonderful weather and came away with a tournament victory. Justin Heyman took the hill first off against the Oswego team lead by pitcher Chuck Smith. The Bombers came away with a 12 to 2 victory. Shawn Sampson took the hill against the Ricola team, Ricola countered with Paul Furlong. The Bombers came away with the victory and moved on to the next game. Rochester was the next game for the Bombers and with a win, they would clinch the tournament because of the other teams wins and losses. So, the Bombers won the game 6 to 2 with Heyman on the hill. With the tournament in hand and with there 4th game in a row, the Bombers took on the Elkland Softball Association team with Gord Scott on the mound. The Bombers sent Shawn Sampson to the hill for them and the Elkland team proved to have a very nice young team and proved to be too much for the Bombers on this day and won the game 8 to 6.
Some notes from the weekend;
Bombers team looks as though they are coming together to have another great year. Sampson and Heymen look way a head of schedule with being in pitching shape. The new additions of Bruce Hackett, Justin Cevette and Ryan Heymen seem to have gelled in with the team real well and produced some very key hits for the weekend. Jake Waz played a great defensive short stop and is starting to figure out the fastpitch hitting part and with seeing more and more pitching he will become much better. The mainstays of the Bombers.......Avery, Carr, Dry, Karn, Gouger, and Edholm were steady as always. Special thanks to Brian Miller for stopping in and playing some games with the Bombers. It sure would be nice to see 'Mills' in a Bomber uni more and more, he is a complete player and a pretty nice guy too.....
Next on the list for the Bombers is Elkland Molly Shermand Memorial Weekend tournament which will be a Saturday round robin with 3 games and then move into a single elimination tournament on Sunday. Hopefully the Bombers can have a great showing........stay tuned.
*another footnote - Edholm still hasn't gone deep for a home run with the Bombers, even after his off season training and bulking up.
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Bombers ready to kick off season in Elkland this Saturday!
The Bombers are kicking off the 2009 season in the Elkland Round Robin, winner take all, tournament this Saturday. The team is anxiously anticipating the kickoff for another great year.
The pitching staff of veteran fire baller Shawn Sampson and crazed cavemen Justin Heymen look to show that there off season strength and conditioning program will be put to the test with a 4 game slate for saturday.
Roger Karn, manager, looks for offensive output from recently shoulder repaired Tommy Avery, with new comer Bruce Hackett and Justin Cevette along with grizzled vets Jeff Carr and John Dry. Defensively, Karn, who in his own rights is a great defensive catcher, looks to new shortstop Jake Wasienlewski, catcher/utility infielder BJ Gouger, speedster Dan Edholm, and new comer Ryan Haymen to lead the team.
The schedule for the Saturday event looks like this;
11:45 - Bombers vs Rochester
1:30 - Bombers vs Ricola
315 - Bombers vs Oswego
5:00 - Bombers vs Elkland Tbellys
The action gets underway in Elkland at 10am and will last all day long. Should be a great day for playing some Fastpitch and getting back to action after the long winter.
Stay tuned for updates !
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Season starts in Elkland in less than a month !
Fastpitch fever is back and the Bombers will be in action very soon !!
Elkland, Pa is the location of 3 events this season that the Bombers will participate in. Elkland, Pa has become, once again, a hot pit of fastpitch softball and has emerged as one of the best places for teams and fans to go and watch the best New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia fastpitch talent around. Twenty years ago Elkland would boast a 36 team Labor Day tourney and although those days have passed, Billy Sherman has put together 4 tournaments this '09 season in Elkland and has shown that although many say fastpitch is a dying sport, in Elkland, it is still one of the hottest fastpitch beds going.
Last season, the Bombers won all 3 events that they participated in Elkland, but to repeat this season will be a very hard task. The tournaments have attracted more and more talent each year and the competition is very competitive and many of the teams this year could walk away with the first place trophy.
The Bombers look forward to returing to action and having the winter days behind them and looking forward to warm weather and great fastpitch action.
Stay tuned for more details on the Bombers........
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Bomber Roster is almost complete for '09 season !!
March 5, 2009 --
The Bomber's have almost completed it's Roster for the '09 campaign. As of March the Bomber's have released the following roster for the season.
Pitchers
Shawn Sampson - Oswego, NY
Justin Haymen - Kingston, Ontario Canada
Chuck Smith - Rochester, NY
Players
Roger Karn - Cortland, NY
John Dry - Salamanca, NY
Jeff Carr - Cortland, NY
Jake Wasielewski - Tenton, NY
BJ Gouger - Prospect, NY
Tommy Avery - Cortland, NY
Bruce Hackett - Corning, NY
Dan Edholm - Buffalo, NY
Ryan Haymen - Kingston, Ontario Canada
Justin Cevette - Elkland, Pa
Justin Stock - Hicksville, West Virginia
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Weaver Painting becomes sponsor for Bomber '09 season !
February 27, 2009 --
The NY Bombers are proud to announce that Weaver Painting has become a sponsor of the Bomber's '09 season. Special thanks to Bob Weaver for helping with the sponsorship of the team. Bob is located in Ohio and has been a part of the Fastpitch game for years and decided that he wanted to throw his hat in the ring once again and become a part of the Bomber team. Bob is no stranger to Fastpitch, he has sponsored and coached the Orr Park Knights for years. The NY Bomber team would like to thank Bob for his support and look forward to him helping the team this season.
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Bomber's becoming a 'Family' affair, adding Ryan Haymen to the roster !!
February 23, 2009 --
The Bomber's team are becoming a family affair with the addition of another player being added to the roster. Ryan Haymen has committed to playing with the Bombers for the '09 season. Ryan is younger brother to Bomber pitcher Justin Haymen and comes to us from Kingston, Ontario Canada. Ryan has been a member of the Nappanee Junior team and looks to take a step to play in the states and becoming a full time player. Ryan is no stranger to the Bomber uniform and has helped the team out in the past by playing in certain events. The Bomber team would like welcome Ryan aboard and hope that he has a successful '09 season.
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Bomber's add 'The Waz' to the 2009 Roster
February 2, 2009 --
The NY Bomber's would like to announce the addition of shortstop Jake Wasielewski to the team. Jake became a full time member of the Bomber's last season and by the end of the '08 campaign had become a main stay at short stop.
Jake was a college baseball player at Oneonta College and has adapted his play to the fastpitch circuit. It seems that Jake has definitely adapted to the on field along with the off field activities without a hitch. It is good to see a young player show so much passion in playing the Fastpitch game and it seems like his entire family has fell in love with this game that we all can't get enough of.
Grizzled veteran JD Dry commented that 'The Waz', a fellow Polish country man, is just what the doctor order for someone that brings passion for the game and also a great learning ability from the veteran players. Dry added that Waz was sitting at the Moose club in Elkland and took some advise to get his bat going for the tournament. An old wise tale that Dry had heard that drinking Canadian whiskey the night before you face a good Canadian pitcher will ensure a good day at the plate. Waz took the vet's advise and proceeded to hit 2 home runs on Sunday and the Bombers went on to win the tourney. Dry said, it is great when you can teach a young talent not only on the field, but in the bar.
The Bomber's would like to welcome Jake Waz to the team and hope that he continues to lay down the Polish Hammer on the opposing pitchers.
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BOMBER'S ADD HACKETT AND CEVETTE THE 2009 CAMPAIGN !!!!
January 10, 2009 --
The NY Bombers team is proud to announce the arrival of Bruce Hackett to the team on a full time basis for the 2009 campaign.
Hackett is a veteran of the fastpitch circuit and is a proven player in the game and will add a much needed solid stick in the middle of the lineup. Hackett is originally from Elkland, Pa, but now resides in Horseheads/Corning, NY area. Bruce played with the Bombers in the Lackawanna tournament last season and decided that he would like to join the team on a full time basis and the team was eager to bring him aboard.
Bruce's nephew is Justin Cevette and Justin is no stranger to the Bomber lineup. Justin has committed to the Bombers on a part time basis and plans on playing more than half of the tournaments with the Bombers this season. Cevette is also a Elkland, Pa native and still resides there. Cevette's main team is the The Rise out of Pennsylvania, but he loves to come and help out the Bombers whenever he can. Justin is a great stick and plays a numerous amount of positions that makes it easy for him to fill in and a great asset.
Both of these players are grizzled vets and they will prove to be a helpful force for the Bombers in the '09 season. The Bombers would like to welcome Bruce and Justin and wish them a great season ahead.
Stay tuned, there is more to come from the Bombers news on the '09 season.......
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BOMBER'S RELEASE A TENTATIVE '09 SCHEDULE
December 16, 2008 --
The NY Bomber's team meeting at the residence of Fastpitch legend's Chuck Smith came away with a tentative '09 schedule. Coach Roger Karn, along with a most of the Bomber team members enjoyed some adult beverages and a great spaghetti dinner from the hostest with the mostest, Chuck's lovely wife Linda. From the meeting the Team came away with a tentative schedule which looks like the following;
May 2nd - Elkland Round Robin (one day tourney)
May 23/24 - Elkland Molly Sherman Memorial Day Tourney
June 13/14 - Jim Bradford Classic in Graphton, Ontario Canada
June 27/28 - Cortland Invitational Tournament
July 4/5 - Croghan Isc II 4th of July Tournament
July 11/12 - Lackawanna NY Tournament
July 18/19 - Dunkirk Falcon Club Tournament
July 31- Aug 1/2 - NSA World Tournament in Salem, Virginia
August 29/30 - Elkland Isc II tournament
September 5/6 - Prospect, Ny Tournament
**tournaments are subject to change, so stay tuned for more info..
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NY BOMBERS WIN ELKLAND 'B' TOURNAMENT
August 25, 2008 --
The NY Bomber's traveled to Elkland, Pa for the 3rd time this season to play in the Elkland ISC 2 event. The Bomber's finished the tournament with a perfect 5-0 record and Shawn Sampson recieved the tournament MVP award.
The Bomber's started the tournament on Saturday morning against the Beverage Barn from Williamsport,Pa and defeated them in stunning fashion with a win. From there they moved on to play Knoxville, Ontario with Lefty Clark vs. Sampson on the mound. The Bombers advanced by beating Knoxville and went on to play Waterdown Hammer. The Bomber's defeated the Hammer to move on to play the Northern Merchants in the winners bracket final on Sunday afternoon. The Bombers threw Shawn Sampson and the Merchants of Holland Patent, NY who threw Steve Price. Price came down with an injury to his pitching hand and turned the ball over to Sam Moore and the Bomber's ended up defeating the Merchants to advance to the finals. In the finals the Hammer defeated 3 teams on Sunday to get back to the final game of the day. The Bomber's threw Justin Haymen and the Hammer threw Tim Neil. Haymen came out after 2 innings with back spasms and Shawn Sampson came in to shut the Hammer down. The Bomber's ended up defeating the Hammer to become he 2008 Elkland Champions.
The tournament as usual was ran with great fields, great food, and good times had by all.
BOMBER'S TO DATE RECORD IS 31 WINS AND 4 LOSES.........NEXT UP IS THE PROSPECT, NY TOURNAMENT ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
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BOMBER'S TRAVEL TO HOLLAND PATENT FOR TOURNEY AND ARE CO-CHAMPS !
August 3, 2008 --
THE BOMBER'S CONTINUE THERE WINNING WAYS AS THEY BECOME THE CO-CHAMPS OF THE HOLLAND PATENT AMERICAN LEGION 12TH ANNUAL FASTPITCH TOURNAMENT THIS PAST WEEKEND.
THE ENTIRE WEEKEND WAS HINDERED BY RAIN SHOWERS AND LEFT THE TOURNAMENT WITH RAIN DELAYS AND PUSHED GAMES BACK SATURDAY WITH THE BOMBER'S NOT GETTING OFF THE FIELD TILL 1:15 AM.
THE WINNERS BRACKET FINALS WERE SCHEDULED FOR 2PM ON SUNDAY AND RAIN SHOWED AGAIN AND THE GAME WAS NEVER PLAYED AND THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS GOT TOGETHER AND AWARDED THE NEW YORK BOMBERS AND THE NEW YORK KNIGHTS CO-CHAMPS DUE TO THE FIELDS BEING UNABLE TO CONTINUE FOR PLAY.
THIS BRINGS THE BOMBERS YEAR TO DATE RECORD 26-4.
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BOMBER'S TRAVEL TO LACKAWANNA NY AND FINISH IN 3RD PLACE !
July 13, 2008 --
BOMBER'S TRAVEL TO LACKAWANNA NY AND PLAY IN THE MICKEY BRENNAN TOURNAMENT AND FINISH 3RD PLACE.
BOMBER'S FINISH WITH A 3-2 RECORD AND LOSE TO LA LOUNGE TWICE WITH JEFF VAN HOOSER BEATING THE BOMBERS TWICE, 4 TO 3 AND 3 TO 1. IN THE FIRST GAME, THE BOMBER'S FELL SHORT WITH A FEW ERRORS THAT WERE COSTLY. IN THE SECOND GAME AGAINST THEM VAN HOOSER THREW A 3 HITTER AND PRETTY MUCH DOMINATED THE SEMI FINAL GAME WITH HIS PITCHING.
THE BOMBER'S WERE SHORT HANDED SOME OF THIER REGULAR PLAYERS AND HAD TO PICK UP A FEW PLAYERS OFF OTHER TEAMS TO HELP OUT FOR THE WEEKEND.
WITH A COUPLE OF BREAKS HERE AND THERE, THE BOMBER'S COULD HAVE EASILY MADE IT TO THE FINALS AND POSSIBLY WON THE TOURNEY, BUT THAT IS THE WAY THE GAME IS PLAYED.
PITHCING;
JUSTIN HAYMEN 2-1
SHAWN SAMPSON 1-1
TOMMY AVERY, JOHN DRY AND BRUCE HACKETT LEAD THE BOMBER'S IN HITTING.
NEXT UP FOR THE BOMBER'S IS HOLLAND PATENT TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS SLATED TO HAVE SOME GREAT TEAMS THERE TO COMPETE FOR THE PURSE.
THE BOMBER'S RECORD FOR THE SEASON IS 24 - 4.
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BOMBER'S TRAVEL TO CROGHAN, NY AND WIN TOURNAMENT !
July 4, 2008 --
BOMBER'S GO 5-0 AND WIN THE CROGHAN TOURNAMENT ON 4TH OF JULY.
THE BOMBER'S ENTER THE CROGHAN TOURNAMENT LACKING SO OF THERE REGULAR PLAYERS AND PICKED UP BLANCHARD AND DUNNE FROM CPI TO HELP THEM FOR THE WEEKEND.
THE BOMBER'S PRETTY MUCH DOMINATED THE COMPETITION BY GOING 5-0 AND WINNING THEIR 4TH TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON.
TO DATE THE BOMBER'S ARE BOASTING A 21 - 2 RECORD FOR THE SEASON AND COLLECT THERE 4TH TOURNAMENT WIN OF THE SEASON.
THE NEXT TOURNAMENT WILL BE AT LACKAWANNA, NY FOR THE MICKEY BRENNAN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT.
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BOMBER'S HOST CORTLAND TOURNAMENT AND WIN TOURNAMENT !!
June 28, 2008 --
BOMBER'S WIN CORTLAND TOURNAMENT AFTER LOSING TO RICOLAS ON SATURDAY. THE BOMBER'S CONTINUE WINNING AND COLLECT THEIR 3RD TOURNEY WIN OF THE SEASON.
BOMBERS BEAT NORTHERN MERCHANTS AND PA POWER, BUT LOSE TO RICOLAS ON SATURDAY.
SUNDAY BOMBER'S BEAT THUNDERBELLYS AND ADVANCE TO FINALS AGAINST PA POWER WHO DEFEATED RICOLAS.
PA POWER AND BOMBER'S DECIDE TO BE CO-CHAMPS AFTER PA POWER'S PITCHER WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE.
THE BOMBER'S INCREASE THEIR WINNING RECORD TO 16 - 1 AND WILL GO TO CROGHAN, NY FOR THE 4TH OF JULY TOURNAMENT.
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BOMBERS WIN ELKLAND MOLLY SHERMAN TOURNEY!!
June 14, 2008 --
BOMBER'S TRAVEL TO ELKLAND PA AND WIN THE MOLLY SHERMAN TOURNAMENT.
BOMBER'S GO UNDEFEATED AT THE MOLLY SHERMAND TOURNAMENT TO TAKE THE TITLE. THE BOMBER'S WERE AIDED BY KEVIN SMITH AND JUSTIN STOCK OF KEATINGS TO HELP THEM OUT FOR THE WEEKEND.
PITCHING;
SHAWN SAMPSON - 2-0
JUSTIN HAYMEN - 3-0
THE BOMBER'S RECORD INCREASES TO 12 - 1 FOR THE SEASON AND NEXT UP IS THE CORTLAND TOURNAMENT IN WHICH THE BOMBER'S WILL HOST THE EVENT.
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BOMBER'S TRAVEL TO NORWICH ONTARIO CANADA AND FINISH IN 3RD PLACE !!
May 31, 2008 --
BOMBER'S TRAVEL TO NORWICH ONTARIO CANADA AND GO 4-1 FOR A 3RD PLACE FINISH.
BOMBERS SUFFER FIRST LOST OF THE SEASON TO WATERDOWN HAMMER WITH WAYNE WELLS GETTING THE WIN. THE BOMBERS COULDN'T GET THE BATS GOING AGAINST VETERAN PITCHER WAYNE WELLS, WHO TOSSED A 3 HITTER FOR THE HAMMER. THE SCORE ENDED UP BEING 3-1 AND THE BOMBERS WERE ELIMINATED FROM THE SINGLE ELIMINATION SUNDAY ROUND.
PITCHING
JUSTIN HAYMEN - 1-0
SHAWN SAMPSON - 2-1
1 GAME WAS A FORFEIT !
THE BOMBER'S RECORD FOR THE YEAR IS 7 -1 AND GO TO ELKLAND PA FOR THE MOLLY SHERMAN TOURNAMENT.
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BOMBER'S WIN ELKLAND ROUND ROBIN !!
May 15, 2008 --
BOMBER'S WIN ELKLAND ROUND ROBIN BY GOING 3 AND 0 AND WIN FIRST TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON.
THE BOMBERS SHOWED SOME FIRE POWER WITH THE HELP OF PICKUP PLAYERS JUSTIN CEVETTE, BRIAN MILLER AND BRUCE HACKETT WHO ALL SHOWED UP AND HELPED THE BOMBERS IN THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON.
LEADING THE BOMBER'S HITTING ATTACK WAS JEFF CARR, TOMMY AVERY, JOHN DRY, PAUL SWAYGER, ROGER KARN ALONG WITH HACKETT, CEVETTE AND MILLER ALL PITCHING IN FOR THE CAUSE.
PITCHING FOR THE BOMBERS;
JUSTIN HAYMEN - 1-0
SHAWN SAMPSON - 2-0
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