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FUEGO CAPTURES FIRST THURSDAY NIGHT LAGUNA HILLS LEAGUE TITLE IN TWO
YEARS
April
28, 2005
LAGUNA
HILLS – FINAL: En Fuego 21, Dead End 19
Seven
of the twelve batters in the En Fuego lineup collected three or more
hits en route to a 21-19 victory over Dead End in the 2005 Spring
Thursday Night Championship game at Laguna Hills.
Overall En Fuego banged out thirty hits led by Wade
Jackson and Ryan
Sauers who each had four hits.
En
Fuego controlled the game from the third inning on and led by as
many as twelve runs after the sixth inning, 21-9.
They held off a late rally by Dead End as well as the
weather, rain started to come down in the last inning, to win their
first Thursday night championship since the spring 2003 league when
they knocked off Dead End who called themselves the Sofa Kings at
the time.
Despite the downpour in the last inning En Fuego was able to
hold on for its eleventh league championship in team history.
To
get to the championship game En Fuego needed to get over a big
hurdle.
Spring Training, who En Fuego had struggled with in recent
games stood in the way of En Fuego’s first championship appearance
in six leagues.
En Fuego played a flawless game and edged Spring Training,
16-14.
This win came after ending the regular season with a 13-9 win
over Spring Training to clinch being the home team in the first
round of the playoffs.
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Wade
Jackson, the team’s MVP and Triple Crown winner this season,
led the way blasting two home runs while driving in six against
Spring Training.
“There were certainly guys who stepped up but it’s
a team game and one guy is only as good as the team.”
Said Coach Craig
Watkins “Everyone contributed one way or another,
it’s the only way you can win as a team.”
“It was a great team win, I love these guys.”
En
Fuego finished the season (9-3) winning seven straight games
in route to the Thursday night league title. Afterwards
the majority of the team gathered at Patsy’s Irish Pub in
Mission Viejo to celebrate. “This is a great night for
the team,” said outfielder James
Verdi. “I’m just glad to be a part of it
all.”
Semi-Final:
ST
105-205-1---14
EF 125-053-x---16
Records: EF (8-3), ST (5-6)
Final:
DE
113-013-46---19
EF
037-128-0x---21
Records: EF (9-3), DE (6-6)
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Team MVP Wade Jackson went
8-for-9 with a double,
2 home runs, 7 RBI and 6 runs in the two playoff games. |
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FUEGO SOFTBALL CLUB
2005 SPRING
THURSDAY NIGHT LAGUNA HILLS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Standing
(L to R): Ryan Sauers, James Verdi, Corrie Willkie, Jason Santoro.
Sitting (L to R): Mike
Kerr, Greg Reynolds, Craig Watkins, Kevin Lorton, Vince Petruzzi,
Derek Gingerich.
(Not pictured: Jason
England, Wade Jackson, Cesar Reyes)
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