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Thursday, 17 July 2008

VAN WERT -- The VW-Area sport's roundup from Wednesday is listed below. Delphos youth football announcements

DELPHOS -- Mike Metcalfe has announced a meeting for all St. John’s boys entering the seventh and eighth grades interested in playing junior high football. It will take place 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the St. John’s gymnasium.

As well, signups for the Delphos Midget Football Association will run from 6-7:30 p.m. July 28 at the Stadium Park Shelterhouse. This is for anyone between the ages of 9-12 not currently on a team. You must be nine years old by Sept. 1 and no older than 12 years old. Try-outs will be from 6-7 p.m. Aug. 4 and 5 near Stadium Park Diamond No. 4. Contact Ron Ebbeskotte at (419) 692-7191 with any questions.

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*Don Bachman Youth Baseball Tourney starts Friday night

VAN WERT -- The third annual Don Bachman youth baseball tournament will kickoff this weekend in Van Wert. The opening ceremonies are planned for approximately 5:30 p.m. Friday night with the opening pitch to take place at approximately 5:45. Icy, the Ft. Wayne Komets’ mascot, will throw out the first pitch Friday evening and will hold an autograph session following the pitch. Sixteen teams will be a part of the tournament with eight teams in each of the event's two divisions. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the championship round on Sunday, beginning at 9 a.m. The two divisions are 10-and-under and 12-and-under. Food will be available all weekend long and Kevin Agler said that there will be a chicken dinner available on Saturday from 11 to 4. The dinner will cost $7 and includes a roll and baked beans.

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*Van Wert youth baseball update

VAN WERT – This summers T-ball and Minor League has been very exciting to watch. The coaches and parents have put in a lot of time to be involved in helping the kids to learn skills that they can use down the road and have helped them to just go out and have fun. Now with just one more weekend of season play for the T-ball and Minor league teams, the season is wrapping up and Tournament time is near.

T-ball, which is played on Wednesday and Friday nights, has been enjoyable for everyone to watch. The kids involved have grown immensely since day one. Most of the teams started out a little rough around the edges, but each and every team has grown since the start. In the beginning many teams struggled in getting 3 outs every inning and the kids did not always know where to throw the ball. Now as the season is ending many teams are getting quick outs and are looking strong. It is fun to see just how much the kids have grown.

The Chippewas are leading the league going into the last weekend with a record of 4-1. No team is undefeated which will make Tournament exciting for the kids and bystanders.

Minor League, which is played on Saturdays primarily, has been fun to watch as well. The kids involved in Minor League are a little older than those in T-ball and have had more experience which makes the games thrilling to watch. The Minor League teams, like the T-ball teams, have also grown through the season. Teams are excelling in getting outs at first base and the kids are really starting to learn the bigger concepts in baseball. Players are starting to learn when to throw the ball and when not to and things like how to get ready to try and get double plays.

Currently leading Minor league, going into the last weekend, is the Bees with a record of 5-1. The Muckdogs are closely behind with a record of 4-1.

Tournament for both Minor League and T-ball will be held next week and weekend. The games are really exciting to watch and are only getting better. So come on out to Jubilee park to get in on the action. The championship games for

T-ball and Minor league will be held on Saturday July 26^th, so come on out. Good luck to all teams in tournament and congratulations on a great season.

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*Softball News Release July 14^th & July 15^th by Evan Lewis

Division II Church League (Monday Nights)

Team Score

7:00 Trinity UM vs. K of C 9-24

7:00 Calvary White vs. 1^st Baptist 10-8

8:00 CLC vs. North Union 13-12

9:00 1^st Baptist vs. Calvary White 3-14

Highlights:

St. Mary’s K of C brought their record to a respectable 5-4 after defeated Trinity UM Monday night. K of C had a big 2^nd inning scoring 9 runs which kept them a good distance ahead of Trinity the rest of the game.
Calvary White, who leads with the best record 9-0, beat 1^st Baptist twice in their double header against them. 1^st Baptist came close in the first game but couldn’t finish it.
CLC got a big win against a strong North Union team. North Union came out looking good but CLC had a respectable comeback to receive a win. The final score was 13-12.

Division I Church League (Tuesday Nights)

Team Score

7:00 Life House vs. Trinity UM 8-2

8:00 Convoy UM vs. St. Mary’s Red 12-21

9:00 1^st UM Blue vs. Trinity Friends 12-11

Highlights:

Life House, who is currently leading the season, brought their record to 7-1 after beating a tough Trinity UM team. Trinity UM had only lost 2 before the night but couldn’t hang with Life House. Life House player B. Ryan, who is currently leading in home runs this season, had another home run in their game against Trinity. The final score was 8-2.
St. Mary’s Red played strong offensively in their game against Convoy UM scoring 21 runs. Convoy UM had a good run in the 5^th inning scoring 6 runs but couldn’t score enough to come back. The final score was 21-12.
1^st UM Blue finally broke Trinity Friends 3 game win streak Tuesday night. R. J. Coleman on 1^st UM helped assist his team to a win with 2 out of the park homeruns. The final score was 12-11.

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Softball News Release by Evan Lewis July 11^th

Co-ed League (Friday Nights)

Scores:

Team Score

Teem Kennedy vs. American Family 9-8

American Family vs. N&N Quickstop 13-5

N&N Quickstop vs. C-Bar 10-11

Braun vs. Body Building 1-21

Central vs. Helts 6-7

Hot Shots vs. Kinstle-NW 0-19

Kinstle-NW vs. Hot Shots 19-7

Highlights:

· C-Bar pulled ahead by 1 run in the sixth inning to get a win over N&N Quickstop.

· Body Building almost shut out Braun in their 9:30 game. The final score was 21-1.

· Kinstle-NW shut out Hot shots in their first game against them Friday night 19-0. Hot Shots managed to score 7 runs against Kinstle in their second game against each other in the night but still fell short in the end.

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Division I Church League Standings

Team______________Record

LifeHouse 7-1

Trinity UM 5-3

1^st UM Blue 4-4

Trinity Friends 3-5

St. Mary’s Red 3-5

Convoy UM 2-6