Lumber Company

Lumber Company took second place in the 8 team, June 25th USSSA "C" Qualifier in Joliet, IL. Lumber Co. finished with a 3-2 record. The LoCo started the tourney off with an 8-2 win over All In a "C" team from Joliet. Next up was another "C" team, Slugs from Aurora, IL. Lumber Co. won this game 4-2. Lumber Co.'s 3rd game of the day, the winner's bracket Championship, was against KGB from Lockport. KGB battled back from an early Lumber Co. lead to and defeated the Lumber Co. 13-7. In game 4, Lumber Company was matched up with Fusion, a "C" team from Crystal Lake, IL. The winner would advance to the championship game and would get a shot at KGB. The Lumber Co. bats heated up knocking out Fusion by a final score of 21-13. In the championship game the LoCo Train ran out of gas, losing to a good KGB team by a final of 8-1. For their efforts the Lumber Co. won a paid berth to the USSSA Elite "D" State tournament in Rockford, IL on August 20th and 21st and an unpaid berth to the Great Lake National Tournament over Labor Day weekend in Blaine, MN. Leading the LoCo at the plate this weekend were J.Behun, .1000; E.Boe, .824; R.Motta, .625; M.Wallace, .600, 10 RBIs and J.Filas, .550. *click on this article's headline to view the entire tournament's results