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CONGRATULATIONS
It is no secret to any of us, whether we played this team or not, if this well-oiled machine of a team could continue to play at an intense and amazing skill level, that they would 'storm' the competition at the tournament and walk away with a championship! Well, that is exactly what this team did! Club Storm, with its undefeated regular season play, brought to the tournament all their experience, skill and dreams of winning and won the 2009 FALLBALL Kickball Championship! Congrats to team Club Storm.
Congratulations to Got Balls? for having an equally impressive undefeated season, 14 - 0. Though marching fairly easily to get to the championship game, Got Balls? didn't have the same success when they faced Club Storm. Unable to answer the huge rally in the bottom of the 7th, Got Balls? came up one game shy of the championship. Congrats to team Got Balls?.
BallDozers, with a very impressive 10 - 3 - 1 regular season record, lost to Club Storm in a close semifinals game. With that loss, determined to walk away with a win and not another loss, they beat Shot to the Balls to take 3rd place in the tournament. Congrats to team BallDozers.
Though Shot to the Balls may be not have won the championship, they definitely made their presence known at the tournament. They had a challenging path to get to the final game and it took much out of them each game they played. They knocked off 2 better ranked teams, including the 3rd overall seeded team, before facing their first defeat by Got Balls? in the semifinals. After that tough loss, they couldn't find the 'shot' to pull out one last victory to claim 3rd place. Congrats to team Shot to the Balls for taking 4th place in the tournament.
There were 2 teams - Strugglers and Kicken Chickens - that, though didn't walk away with a trophy, should be proud of their amazing accomplishments. Strugglers, with an overall seeding of 34, won all their games (4) on Saturday and advanced to Sunday's bracket. They managed to win their first game on Sunday, by beating the 14 overall seeded team, even after one of their star players was escorted from the field due to a very serious injury. Exhausted and without their star pitcher, they played with passion and purpose but came up short in their next game against the 3rd overall seeded team. Congrats to team Strugglers for a fantastic effort and for securing the second most wins of the tournament - 5!
Kicken Chickens, with an overall seeding of 26, had an equally impressive run like the Strugglers. They began Saturday with 1 goal in mind, have fun! Okay, so 2 goals in mind, have fun and drink! Fine, so they wanted to WIN as well and that they did. They were the other team to win all their games (4) on Saturday and advance to Sunday's bracket. They continued to win on Sunday by advancing all the way to the quarterfinals, knocking out the 13th and 4th overall seeded teams. Exhausted, both mentally and physically, they were unable to keep their dream alive and fell to the BallDozers. Even with that loss, they go down in the books for winning the most games at the 2009 FALLBALL Kickball Tournament - a total of 6 games! Congrats to team Kicken Chickens for an unbelievable run towards the championship.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
You can see the scores of all the games for both Saturday and Sunday. Click on the 'Tournament Results' link to the left.
THANKS
Thanks to the following individuals for their endless energy, time, and kindness throughout the season and especially at the tournament. There is NO WAY the season would have been half as successful without their support. THANK YOU ALL!!!!!
* Ken Alldredge – Legend of St. Louis Kickball - Fearless Freaks
* Tim Crawford - Shot to the Balls
* Mike Thierauf - Shot to the Balls
* Kristin Tunis - Balls N' Dolls
* Jeff Peters - BallDozers
* Ryan Maher - Club Storm
* Eric Thiel - Pitchslapped
* Chris Leonard - Pitchslapped
* Amy Boller - Pitchslapped
* Joe Dresta - Johnny Drama's
* Joe Fitzsimmons - Johnny Drama's
* Bill Watson - Kitshickers
* Matt Ziegler - Strugglers
* Amy Barnes - BarneStormers
* Carrie Becker - BarneStormers
* Daniel Stagman - BarneStormers
* Jason Struttmann - Team Zedonk!
* Sarah Snowgren - Team Zedonk!
* Meghan Westerheide - Joe Bush's A Team Named Sue
* Scott Siddens & Katie Siepman - Tap That
* Beth Biro - Birdnals
* Stephanie Buck - Tower Pub Regulars
* Derek Buck - Tower Pub Regulars
* Genevieve Gamble - Bad News Balls
* Allison Retka - Bad News Balls
* Christine Burmeister - My Niece
* Tara Stanley
* Steven Hawkins
SPRING INFORMATION - 2010
Spring kickball is just around the corner!! Registration will open around mid-January and the season will begin around the first of March. So as you can see, it IS just around the corner and will be here before you know it!! Go to the web site, www.skarocks.org, for all your spring registration information!
Also, we will most likely be combining the St. Louis Kickball Association's (SKA) web site (www.skarocks.org) and the FALLBALL Kickball League's (FALLBALL) web site (www.stlfallball.com) into one!
FORFEIT MONEY
Refund checks have been sent out as of today. There are 10 teams that will be receiving them. You may be one of the teams that receives either part or none of the full amount of the 'Forfeit Refund' due to forfeits in the regular season. Here is the refund policy as printed on every schedule:
FORFEIT INFO: If a team knows it is unable to field the minimum of 8 players before the start of the game, they SHOULD call (347) 645-1654. Forfeit fees will be assessed as follows: * $25 per weekend if a team notifies the FALLBALL organizers BEFORE 6:00 PM, FRIDAY NIGHT! * $50 per weekend fee if a team notifies the FALLBALL organizers AFTER 6:00 PM, FRIDAY NIGHT! Both opposing teams’ captains will be notified of the forfeit, as soon as possible.
LOST N' FOUND
I still have several items that were left over the course of the season. As recently as the tournament, I have 2 green fleece jackets. One was left at the 'tournament staging area' the morning of Sunday's set-up.
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