2024 - A GR8 SUMMER!!! Our Wednesday Co-ed team won the regular season championship with an undefeated record. What a great team!!! They finished second in the League tournament at the end of the year as they were barely nosed out in the championship game. It was a great year for them!!!
2024 69 AND OVER FALL LEAGUE These men (and one woman) are amazing. We have a lot of players in their 80’s. Pastor Hout is always inspired by these athletes. The pitcher on his team is especially quite inspirational as he has been injured but continues to pitch and direct the team. Sadly, we were missing some of our team and lost two winnable games recently. But we have good news to report about this last Friday. We played the first place team and held on for a close one run victory. It was, truly, a great team effort!!! Here is the fall schedule:
- 8/23-11:00 (Away) vs. #4 in FRIDAY OVER 69 LEAGUE
(we came back with a big finish for the win)
- 8/30-9:30 (Home) vs. #2
- (our bats weren’t clicking and it showed in the final score)
- 9/6-11:00 (Home) vs. #1
(now we are talking - great bats and great gloves for the win)
- 9/13-11:00 (Home) vs. #4
(this was a big win to put us into the league lead)
- 9/20-11:00 (Away) vs. #2
(what an amazing game - sadly we lost at the final at bat)
- 9/27-9:30 (Away) vs. #1
(lots of rain and water on the field - we were rained out)
- 10/4-9:30 (Away) vs. #4
(Arghh, played a doubleheader and lost both games by one run)
- 10/11-11:00 (Home) vs. #2
- (What a great win against the first place team!!!)
- 10/18-9:30 (Away) vs. #1
(this is our last game of the year)
The hotline phone number for rainouts - 937-400-2004
- 4/24-bye week 2024 WEDNESDAY CO-ED LEAGUE
(but we were scouting out the other teams)
- 5/1-6:15 (Home) on field #1 vs. Krystal’s Krew
(close early but we exploded for a 20-8 win)
7:15 (Home) on field #1 vs. Roxie’s Boyz
- (little by little we pulled away to win 13-3)
- 5/8-6:15 (Home) on field #1 vs. Outlaws
(this was a nice win for us at 18-5)
- 7:15 (Away) on field #2 vs. Scared Hitless
(a giant first inning and final score 22-6)
5/15-6:15 (Away) on field #2 vs. Krystal’s Krew
(rain but the field was good and we won 24-2)
7:15 (Away) on field #1 vs. Roxie’s Boyz
(we had a strong middle inning to win 17-11)
- 5/22-6:15 (Home) on field #1 vs. Family Matters
(what a game!!! 15-13 win with walk off HR)
5/29-8:15 (Home) on field #1 vs. Inflataballs
(we had a 10 run first inning and finished 21-8)
- 6/5-8:15 (Away) on field #1 vs. Inflataballs
(sadly, this was rained out)
6/12-8:15 (Away) on field #1 vs. Family Matters
(we came from behind and then shut them down 15-6)
9:15 (Away) on field #1 vs. Inflataballs
- (another big first inning and a 26-6 victory)
- 6/19-League tournament games - first round
(as number one seed we have a bye)
6/26-League tournament concludes -
7:15 (Home) vs. Roxie’s Boys (we won 14-3)
8:15 (Home) vs. Family Matters (we lost 27-19)
- We are celebrating the many St. Jacob years of softball. They have played for a long time and have not won many championships. In fact, until the last couple of years, the only championship we ever won was 1976. We are excited to get more information together about that team. Pastor Hout recently had lunch with one of the players from that team - Jeff Schroeder. It was terrific to share so many stories!!! He remembers how they were in a very competitive league with 14 teams in it. Here is the championship line-up as we were best able to piece it together:
Bill Herman (Frank) Herman - pitcher
Jim Long - catcher
Barry Martin - first base
Jerry Wantz - second base
Ken Brown - short stop
Gary Schroeder - third base and coach
Alan McCabe - left field
Steve Herman - left center field
Jim Wantz - right center field
Jeff or Scott Schroeder - right field
St. Jacob won the Wednesday Co-ed tournament!!! 2023 was our year in many ways. We did not have any games rained out and we won nine of our ten games to claim the regular season championship. To top it all off, our team won the big league tournament at the end of the year. St. Jacob has never won a tournament before!!! Yes, it was quite a year for us. How great it is to have our new championship t-shirts. We are looking for a time to give them out and honor the team. We also had a big wedding with two of our key players, Derek (pitcher) and Grace (outfielder and head recruiter). It was a great day for the team as many of the players were at the wedding.
Here was our 2023 schedule and results...........
4/26-7:15 (Away) on field #2 vs. Team Coyle
(we squeaked by with a 26-1 score)
5/3-7:15 (Home) on field #2 vs. Sandlot Sluggers
8:15 (Home) on field #2 vs. Isotec
(we won 17-7 and 23-11. Can you believe we were behind
10-3 in the second game before we came back?)
5/10-7:15 (Home) on field #2 vs. Where My Pitches At
8:15 (Home) on field #2 vs. Team Coyle
(we won 16-6 and 22-12 - great hitting!!)
5/17-7:15 (Away) on field #1 vs. Sandlot Sluggers
8:15 (Away) on field #2 vs. Isotec
(we lost the first one 7-6 and won the second 14-12)
5/24-7:15 (Away) on field #1 vs. Where My Pitches At
8:15(Home) on field #2 vs. Sandlot Sluggers
(two big wins 22-3 and 8-7)
6/7-7:15 (Away) on field #1 vs. Where My Pitches At
(we won the regular season championship with a 22-1 win)
6/14-League tournament
(we won our first game 22-7 and eeked out a 14-13 win
to take home the championship trophy)
Looking back, 2022 was a special year for us. Can you believe that we were regular season champions!!! Sadly, we did not win the league tournament as other teams seem to find ways to load up their squad while we played our players who got us there. We are not crying, though, and are happy for all the fun and excitement we had in the 2022 season. We also won the league in 2021 to join the 1976 team as the only league champions in church history.
And here are the 2021 FINAL STANDINGS
St. Jacob.................9-1
Misfitz......................8-2
Sandlot Sluggers......7-3
Team Tricia..............4-6
Woodhull..................2-8
Down the Pike..........0-10
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