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Eugene Church · 12-10-2013, 07:29 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Sunday, October 11, 2041

2041 IPA PRO CUP SERIES - Game Seven

NH HAWKS WIN 4TH PRO CUP
For the fourth time in eight years the North Hills Hawks have hauled away another IPA Pro Cup... they did it in splendid fashion, rallying from a three games to two deficit... the Hawks beat Cold Creek twice at home at the Hawk's Nest to come back and defeat a fine Catamount club...the seventh game was a classic between two standout pitchers... this time Jeff Owens finally beat J. J. Gillespie 2-1 to win it all... Gillespie and Cold Creek had won the first two encounters.

Both hurlers went the distance... Owens (4-2/2.62) limited the 'Cats to one run on six hits with four strikeouts and three walks... Gillespie (4-3/1.90) tossed eight innings and only allowed two runs on five hits with four Ks and two walks.

Cold Creek scored first... LF Jimmy Howell (.333) tripled in SS Jeremy Hall (.288), who had singled with one away in the first... North Hills put their only runs on the scoreboard in the second frame... 3B Jim McDermott (.286) singled and was doubled to third by 1B Ric Hamilton (.333) with no outs... after SS Norris Henry (.206) popped out, CF Kris Anastas (.203) drove in McDermott with a base hit and 2B Tommy Vavas (.231) grounded into a force out at second to score Hamilton... Cold Creek tried for a double play, but Vavas beat it out.

In the jubilant, champagne-filled Hawks' club house, record-tying skipper Todd Simons spoke in praise of his team, "Top to bottom, everybody on the team did their job... I think that's our strength... we don't have a bunch of stars, but we got some rock-solid ballplayers... we have depth at all positions... when we lost two of our starters Mack and Santini, somebody sucked it up and stepped up... we pitched when we had to and we hit when we had to... can you believe this is our fourth Pro Cup?"

Cold Creek manager Scoop Lemieux was down, but not forlorn... he said, "Yeah, this one really hurts... it's the biggest loss I have ever experienced... we came so close to winning our first title... it was there to be taken, but it wasn't to be... but I still feel good about my team... we came in second to a team that has won four Pro Cups... that says a lot about my 'Cats."

12-10-2013, 07:29 PM	#3889
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,894	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Sunday, October 11, 2041 2041 IPA PRO CUP SERIES - Game Seven NH HAWKS WIN 4TH PRO CUP For the fourth time in eight years the North Hills Hawks have hauled away another IPA Pro Cup... they did it in splendid fashion, rallying from a three games to two deficit... the Hawks beat Cold Creek twice at home at the Hawk's Nest to come back and defeat a fine Catamount club...the seventh game was a classic between two standout pitchers... this time Jeff Owens finally beat J. J. Gillespie 2-1 to win it all... Gillespie and Cold Creek had won the first two encounters. Both hurlers went the distance... Owens (4-2/2.62) limited the 'Cats to one run on six hits with four strikeouts and three walks... Gillespie (4-3/1.90) tossed eight innings and only allowed two runs on five hits with four Ks and two walks. Cold Creek scored first... LF Jimmy Howell (.333) tripled in SS Jeremy Hall (.288), who had singled with one away in the first... North Hills put their only runs on the scoreboard in the second frame... 3B Jim McDermott (.286) singled and was doubled to third by 1B Ric Hamilton (.333) with no outs... after SS Norris Henry (.206) popped out, CF Kris Anastas (.203) drove in McDermott with a base hit and 2B Tommy Vavas (.231) grounded into a force out at second to score Hamilton... Cold Creek tried for a double play, but Vavas beat it out. In the jubilant, champagne-filled Hawks' club house, record-tying skipper Todd Simons spoke in praise of his team, "Top to bottom, everybody on the team did their job... I think that's our strength... we don't have a bunch of stars, but we got some rock-solid ballplayers... we have depth at all positions... when we lost two of our starters Mack and Santini, somebody sucked it up and stepped up... we pitched when we had to and we hit when we had to... can you believe this is our fourth Pro Cup?" Cold Creek manager Scoop Lemieux was down, but not forlorn... he said, "Yeah, this one really hurts... it's the biggest loss I have ever experienced... we came so close to winning our first title... it was there to be taken, but it wasn't to be... but I still feel good about my team... we came in second to a team that has won four Pro Cups... that says a lot about my 'Cats."