Lumber Company

Lumber Company took 5th place with a 4-2 record in the NSA "D" Regional Tournament in Arlington Heights, IL. There were 20 of the best NSA "D" teams from 4 states (IL, MI, WI & IN) playing in the Regional. The Lumber Co. opened the tourney with a 21-10 loss against Jax/Mizuno from Michigan. In this game the Lumber Co. hit 6 home runs, resulting in Jax/Mizuno getting 10 free runs do to the NSA progressive penalty HR rule. In their second game the Lumber Co. defeated Road Dogs from Crystal Lake, IL by a final score of 9-8. In Game 3 the LoCo defeated Verlo, the 2005 Wisconsin NSA "D" state champs, by the 10 run rule 14-4. In their last game on Saturday the Lumber Co. knocked off a tough Jesse Oaks squad form DeKalb, IL by a final of 13-6. Lumber Co. opened Sunday with Rakers Appraisal, who are from Southern IL. The Lumber Co. won this game by a final score of 14-6. Lumber Company's final game of the tourney was a 15-13 loss to Wolverines from MI. The top 5 finishers from the Arlington Heights "D" Regional were as follows. 1.) WTP (WI) 2.) Wizards (IL) 3.) Add-a-Bath/Demarini (IL) 4.) Wolverines (MI) 5.) Lumber Co. (IL) and Jax/Mizuno (MI) Leading the Lumber Co. offense all weekend were M.Wallace, .700, 6 RBIs; J.Filas, .625, 1 HR, 6 RBIs; J.Pool, .609, 1 HR, 6 RBIs; R.Motta, .571, 1 HR, 7 RBIs; E.Boe, .565, 2 HRs, 11 RBIs; J.Lesnik, .533; T.Giese, .524, 1 HR, 11 RBIs and B.Munday, .500. All in all a top 5 finish in in a tough NSA Regional tournament is something to be proud of. Especially battling back from a first round loss were we made it tough on ourselves with all the home runs. Lumber Company's next games will be in the USSSA "D" Great Lakes National Tournament in Blaine, MN over Labor Day weekend (September 3-5). *click on this article's headline to view the entire tournaments results