[Eugene Church]

FC Lumberjacks Fly RU West Flag, Win By 7 games
Skipper Rob Jackson led the Forest City Lumberjacks to the Ruthlandian Union West regular season championship and now will try to take them all the way through the playoffs and take the Islandian Pro Cup Series, emblematic of professional baseball supremacy in the Islands. His First Round opponent will be the fourth-place Stoner Stars, who finished 10 games in back of the 'Jacks. The other division qualifiers are the second place Volusia Vigilantes and third place Middlefield Roosters. The V's are the defending IPA titlists, having won the playoffs last season. Volusia was 7 games off the pace of Sugar Valley and the Roosters ended the year 10 games out. Teams will play best-two-of-three-game series for the first three rounds. The finals, the Islandian Pro Cup Series, will be best-three-out-of-five.

Best Hitting - Forest City .276 BA
Most Homers - Middlefield 162
Best Pitching - Volusia 3.23 ERA
Best Defense - Forest City and Rocky Rapids .981 FA

Forest City Lumberjacks - Rob Jackson, Manager
Top Pitchers - Glenn Moore (13-7 3.03), Timmy Brooks (16-9 3.78), Frank Loeffler (12-9 3.27), Herm Bahr (13-10 3.76)
Top Hitters - RF Chuck Hill (.294/24 HR/113 RBI/103 R), SS Bill Nilsen (.281/35 HR/125 RBI/102 R/24 SB), 1B/3B J. T. Edmonds (.300/16 HR/87 RBI/99 R/16 SB), CF Ryan Morse (.310/8 HR/42 RBI/86 R/27 SB), LF Dave Jagger (.313/6 HR/67 RBI/51 R)

Volusia Vigilantes - Alfonso Feliz, Manager
Top Pitchers - Mike Amato (17-8 2.93), Carl Schmitz (16-11 2.99), Ricky Moreno (13-8 3.41), Hernando Espanderos (6-6 2.33) with 19 saves
Top Hitters - 1B-2B Francisco Abreu (.263/21 HR/90 RBI/77 R), CF Ryan Raines (.310/18 HR/84 RBI/78 R/41 SB), 2B Scooter Perez (.303/6 HR/67 RBI/86 R/47 SB), RF Lonny Howard (.322/2 HR/46 RBI/84 R/49 SB)

Middlefield Roosters - Smitty Michaels, Manager
Top Pitchers - Jackie Lee Bevis (14-11 3.03), Joshua Jackson (13-13 3.97), Dave Webb (2-4 1.52) with 20 saves
Top Hitters - RF Bailey Norcross (.320/26 HR/85 RBI/112 R/65 SB), 2B Alfredo Soriano (.305/16 HR/63 RBI/94 R/31 SB), CF Ty DeWitt (.249/35 Hr/104 RBI/82 R/15 SB), LF Cecil Clark (.301/23 HR/65 RBI/78 R/21 SB)

Stoner Stars - Willie Dickens, Manager
Top Pitchers - Dwight Ruckman (19-9 2.85), Mike Atkinson (14-12 3.14), George West (13-13 3.02), Kelly Schaefer (7-3 2.26) with 9 saves
Top Hitters - 3B Allen Black (.300/23 HR/106 RBI/99 R/23 SB), SS Yancy Bellows (.274/11 HR/61 RBI/92 R/15 SB), RF Rob Preiss (.274/17 RBI/53 RBI/87 R/25 SB)

Rocky Rapids Snappers - Ryan Noland, Manager
Top Pitchers - Kirk Beckmann (14-7 3.72), Ben Mashburn (14-11 3.70)
Top Hitters - RF Doug Holt (.292/24 HR/79 RBI/70 R), 2B Timmy Peters (.277/13 HR/71 RBI/84 R), CF Terry Hecht (.269/15 HR/60 RBI/77 R/27 SB), 3B Archie Jackman (.290/11 HR/55 RBI/65 R/12 SB)

Sligo Rovers - Eddie Keys, Manager
Top Pitchers - Razzy Raziano (4-2 1.97) with 21 saves, Colin McGrath (11-12 3.42), Otis Coughlan (14-17 3.78), Ezzie Grant (14-21 3.86)
Top Hitters - 3B Rusty Ellis (.331/3 HR/45 RBI/79 R/31 SB), 1B Shane Redford (.326/6 HR/65 RBI/64 R), LF Lefty Roberts (.282/24 HR/64 RBI/63 R)

Colfax Blasters - Clem Rogers, Manager
Top Pitchers - Flash Guidry (16-15 3.51), Jasper LaForge (15-16 3.04)
Top Hitters - 1B Dennis Cole (.277/35 HR/97 RBI/98 R)

Fort Benton Defenders - Robbie Brooks, Manager
Top Pitchers - Leroy Hill (9-21 4.31), Adam Sommers (10-17 4.39)
Top Hitters - RF Russ Murphy (.264/27 HR/106 RBI/88 R/31 SB), 2B D. W. Koontz (.270/3 HR/50 RBI/85 R)