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2007 Highlights
Ducks 2nd in 2007 World Series!
12u Ducks take 2nd in
2007
AAYBA World Series in Cordova-Memphis, TN.
Ducks 10u Gold take 1st place at the
Kellogg's Cereal Bowl, in Battle Creek, MI.
Ducks
14u Gold take
1st at St. Edwards Tournament!
Ducks 14u Green take 1st at 2007 Illinois
Seminole Memorial Day Tourney.
Duck 2007
Accomplishments
10u Gold Ducks
take 1st place at both the USSSA Kellogg's
Cereal Bowl in Battle Creek, MI. and the Vernon
Hills Kick-off Classic.
12u Gold Ducks
take 2nd in 2007 AAYBA
World Series in Cordova-Memphis, TN.
12u Gold Ducks
take 1st at
four tournaments in 2007:
the Rockford Early Bird
Bash USSSA, the Bloomington/Normal Renegade
Classic, South Bend Golden Dome Showdown USSSA,
and the BPA Arlington Heights.
14u Gold Ducks take 1st place at the
St. Edward's May 2007 Sling Tournament.
14u Gold Ducks won
the Lombard Wood Bat Tournament in June going
5-0.
14u Gold Ducks won
the Driscoll Highland Classic going 5-0.
14u Ducks Green won
the 2007 Illinois Seminole Memorial Day
Tournament.
Ducks 2007 Team Photos and
Accomplishments
The 10u Ducks Gold
team had an overall record of 47 wins and 8 losses.
Our tournament record was 32 wins and 6 losses. Some
of the highlights from the 7 tournaments we entered
in 2007.
First place at the
Vernon Hills Kick-Off Classic
Third place at the
Cary Wood Bat
Second place at the
Homer Heat Memorial Day
Second place at the
USSSA Golden Dome S. Bend, IN
Third place at the USSSA Naperville
Firecracker
Third place at the
Plainfield Caba Invitational
First place USSSA Kellogg's
Cereal Bowl Battle Creek, MI
Front row (L-R): Sean Morris, Julian Albizo, Brett
Kappelman, Kevin Clifford, Colin Weidman, Chris
Makowski. Second Row (L-R) Doug Gray, Kellen
Shaffer, Danny Drinkard, Zachary Fortunato, Bobby
McMillen, Tyler Vizza and Jake Stevens. Third Row
(coaches L-R) Asst.Coach-Brian Kappelman, Head
Coach-John Fortunato, Asst.-Coach-Tom Clifford and
Asst.-Coach-Drew Shaffer
The Ducks White
10u team completed their inaugural
travel season successfully, finishing 2007 with
20 wins. Six wins came from seven
tournaments with the team placing as high as third
place in Game Day USA The Battle of the Bats
Tournament in South Bend, IN. Special thanks to
everyone involved in the Duck program welcoming
the White team into the family during its first
season of full-time travel baseball.
(Front row, L-R) Tommy
Brown, Jack Eddy, Matt Butler, Casey Bucz, Cameron Price
& Matt Wollnik. (2nd row, L-R) Kevin Coppin, AJ Hasley,
Danny Mokrzycki, Tyler Engleman & Hugh Griffin. (Back
row, L-R) Assist. Coach Tom Hasley, Head Coach Rob
Engleman & Assist. Coach Jay Butler.
The 11u Gold Ducks 2007
record was 42-16-2 for the season with two 1st place
tournament finishes, two 2nd place finishes and one 3rd
place.
2nd in World Series!
12u Ducks take 2nd in the 2007
AAYBA World Series in Cordova-Memphis, TN.
The 12u Gold team finished the 2007 season at 60-15,
with a 37-10 tournament record. This was the
3rd straight season of 50 plus wins. The team will
be looking forward to another successful season in
2008.
Tournament accomplishments:
Rockford Early Bird Bash Champions USSSA
Bloomington/Normal Renegade Classic Champions
South Bend Golden Dome Showdown Champions USSSA
BPA Arlington Heights Champions
BPA State Championship runner up
AAYBA World Series Runner up
Joey Kledzik Memorial Tournament 3rd
place
Triple Crown State tournament 3rd place
Click on this link
for a slideshow of photos for the 12u Gold
Ducks:
The 12u Green team had terrific season in 2007
posting a 37-18-1 record. This included a third
place finish at the Streamwood Early Bird Classic
and a fourth place finish at the Joey Kledzik
Memorial Tournament. The 12u Green team was led by
Brooke Meyer, John Ernsting, Michael Mooney, Ryan
Granger, Jason Tipton, Eric Bacon, Dylan Warden,
Paul Mascitti, Brian Carlson, Adam Lipscomb and Mark
Schliksbier.
While the 13U Gold Ducks finished slightly below
.500 for 2007, the team got hot when the weather
did and recorded several extremely strong
performances throughout the season. We
displayed the capability to not only compete
with, but beat, several of the best teams the
suburban Chicago area has to offer (as well as a
few outstanding teams from Indiana and Ohio).
With the core of our pitching staff and batting
order anxious to strap it on again next season,
during 2008 we are expecting to have even
greater success and more fun in the 14U
bracket. Go Ducks!
Ducks take 1st Place!
14u Gold Ducks (above) take 1st
place at the
St. Edward's May Sling
Tournament on Mother's
Day weekend. They defeated the Leyden Eagles 2-0 in
the championship game.
The 14u Gold Ducks also won the Lombard Wood Bat
Tourney in June going 5 and 0 and beating the Plainfield
Predators 11-1 in the championship game. The team
finished the season winning the Driscoll Highlander
Classic Tournament again going 5 and 0 and beating the
St. Charles Saints 3-1 in the championship game.
The 14u Ducks Green
(above) took 1st place in the 2007 Illinois Seminole
Memorial Day Tournament. The team is: (Back
row, L-R) Assist. Coach Ron Kunkel, Matt Kunkel,
Nick Bradley, Connor Readnour, Harry Vickers, Mike
Rosa, Alan Forresta, Bryan Heinz & Head Coach Ed
Bucz. (2nd row, L-R) Assist. Coach Steve
Readnour, Ryan Farrey, Julian Ochoa, Alex Bucz,
Bryan Reczek & Assist. Coach Harry Vickers.
(Front row) Bat boy Nolan Farrey.
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