Cooperstown Dreams Park 2008 WEEK #8- CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Coaches

Coaches

Rich Fusco

Jeff Lace

Todd Morey

Bob Shaps

Dennis Preite

Cooperstown Dreams Park

Week #8
Championship Game

2008 WEEK #8 Championship Game Scoreboard

2008 Week #8 Championship Game: July 31, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 FINAL SCORE

#2 West Boynton Wolverines (Boynton Beach, FL)
0 1 0 2 0 2 5

#1 Desert Firebirds (Scottsdale, AZ)
2 0 0 0 0 0 2

Pitchers:
Desert Firebirds (AZ): Devon DeRaad; Michael Ksobiech (4th); Turner Lace (6th)
West Boynton Wolverines (FL): Scott Murphy; Gage Morey (2nd) (winning pitcher)

Home Runs: none

Game Started at 9:35 p.m. - Game Ended at 11:16 p.m. - GameTime 1:41


*West Boynton Wolverines (FL)*		*Desert Firebirds (AZ)*

Championship Game Starting Lineups

NO	West Boynton Wolverines (Florida)	POS	NO	Desert Firebirds (Arizona)	POS
1	Jerry Cooper	3B	8	Andrew Shaps	CF
14	Dale Burdick	SS	10	Devon DeRaad	P
15	Gage Morey	LF	12	David Greer	1B
7	Gabe Santana	C	14	Colter Kilgaur	LF
6	Erik Roginski	RF	9	Collin Gabel	3B
8	Scott Murphy	P	11	Kyle Allen	C
3	Andy Mitchell	1B	15	Turner Lace	2B
2	Nick Preite	CF	7	Dan Lineberger	RF
11	Jerrod Fusco	2B	6	Michael Ksobiech	SS
12	Landon Myers	EH	1	Dane Raber	EH
5	Richard Lipinski	EH
	*Manager:* *Kayne Mitchell*			*Manager:* *Brent DeRaad*

	Substitutes		Substitutes
4	Jacob Aqua	4	Dallas Martinez
13	Mitchell Goldhauber

Championship Game Umpires

Right Field - Joseph Vitas (Baltimore, MD); First Base - Frank Williams (Marrero, LA);
Second Base - Jim Elder (South San Francisco, CA); Home Plate - Ken Lackey (Mufreesboro, TN);
Third Base - Jason Nakaishi (Syracuse, UT) and Left Field - Eric Pollard (Lawrenceville, GA).

Inning -By-Inning Championship Game Information

First Inning:
West Boynton Wolverines (FL): Jerry Cooper struck out swinging. Dale Burdick grounded out to the pitcher. Gage Morey flied out to left. Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors, none left on base.

Desert Firebirds (AZ): Andrew Shaps grounded out to the pitcher. Devon DeRaad walked. David Greer walked. DeRaad advanced to second. Colter Kilgour singled to left. DeRaad scored. Greer advanced to third. Kilgour caught stealing second. Greer scored on the throw to second. Collin Gabel struck out looking. Totals: Two runs, one hit, no errors, none left on base.

Second Inning:
West Boynton Wolverines (FL): Gabriel Santana singled to right. Erik Roginski walked. Santana advanced to second. Scott Murphy singled left. Santana advanced to third, Roginski advanced to second. Andy Mitchell flied out to right. Santana scored. Roginski advanced to third. Mitchell thrown out at second. Nick Preite popped out to the shortstop. Totals: one run, two hits, no errors, none left on base.

Desert Firebirds (AZ): Kyle Allen grounded out to third. Turner Lace grounded out to second. Dan Lineberger struck out looking. Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors, none left on base.

Third Inning:
West Boynton Wolverines (FL): Jerrod Fusco grounded out to second. Landon Myers lined out to right. Richard Lipinski flied out to left. Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors, none left on base.

Desert Firebirds (AZ): Michael Ksobiech singled to left. Dane Raber struck out looking. Ksobiech advanced to second on wild pitch. Andrew Shaps grounded out to short. Ksobiech advanced to third. Devon DeRaad grounded out to second. Totals: no runs, one hit, no errors, one left on base.

Fourth Inning:
West Boynton Wolverines (FL): Jerry Cooper struck out looking. Dale Burdick grounded out to second. Gage Morey singled to center. Morey advanced to second on passed ball. Gabriel Santana walked. Erik Roginski singled to left. Morey scored. Santana advanced to third. Roginski advanced to second on the throw. Scott Murphy singled to center. Santana scored. Roginski advanced to third. Murphy advanced to second on passed ball. Andy Mitchell struck out swinging. Totals: two runs, three hits, no errors, two left on base.

Desert Firebirds (AZ): David Greer grounded out to third. Colter Kilgour singled to center. Collin Gabel struck out swinging. Kyle Allen singled to left. Kilgour advanced to second. Turner Lace struck out swinging. Totals: no runs, two hits, nno errors, two left on base.

Fifth Inning:
West Boynton Wolverines (FL): Nick Preite grounded out to third. Jerrod Fusco struck out swinging. Landon Myers grounded out to second. Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors, none left on base.

Desert Firebirds (AZ): Dallas Martinez grounded out to third. Michael Ksobiech singled to left. Dane Raber struck out swinging. Andrew Shaps struck out swinging. Totals: no runs, one hit, no errors, none left on base.

Sixth Inning:
West Boynton Wolverines (FL): Richard Lipinski struck out looking. Jacob Aqua singled to center. Dale Burdick reached on fielders choice. Aqua out at second. Gage Morey singled to center. Burdick advanced to second. Gabe Santana was hit by pitch. Burdick advanced to third. Morey advanced to second. Erik Roginski singled to center field. Burdick scored. Santana advanced to second. Morey advanced to third. Scott Murphy walked. Morey scored. Santana advanced to third. Roginski advanced to second. Andy Mitchell struck out looking. Totals: two runs, three hits, no errors, three left on base.

Desert Firebirds (AZ): Devon DeRaad grounded out to the pitcher. David Greer struck out swinging. Colter Kilgour grounded out to second. Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors, none left on base.

FINAL SCORE:

West Boynton Wolverines 5 - Desert Firebirds 2

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FINAL BOX SCORE

West Boynton Wolverines (Florida)

NO	NAME	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI'S
1	Jerry Cooper	3B	3	0	1	0	0	0
14	Dale Burdick	SS	3	1	0	0	0	0
15	Gage Morey	LF/P	3	2	2	0	0	0
7	Gabe Santana	C	2	2	1	0	0	0
6	Eric Roginski	RF	2	0	2	0	0	2
8	Scott Murphy	P/LF	2	0	2	0	0	3
3	Andy Mitchell	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Nick Preite	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jerrod Fusco	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	Landon Myers	EH	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	Richard Lipinski	EH	2	0	0	0	0	0





	*TOTALS*		26	5	8	0	0	5

NO	PITCHING	IP	AB	K	BB	H	R	ER
8	Scott Murphy	1	5	1	2	1	2	2
15	Gage Morey (winning pitcher)	5	19	7	0	4	0	0



	*TOTALS*	6	24	8	2	5	2	2

Desert Firebirds (Arizona)

NO	NAME	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI'S
8	Andrew Schaps	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0
10	Devon DeRaad	P/2B	2	1	0	0	0	0
12	David Greer	1B	2	1	0	0	0	0
14	Colter Kilgaur	LF	3	0	2	0	0	1
9	Collin Gabel	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	Kyle Allen	C	2	0	1	0	0	0
15	Turner Lace	2B/P	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	Dan Lineberger	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	Michael Ksobiech	SS/P	2	0	1	0	0	0
1	Dane Raber	EH	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	Dallas Martinez	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0





	*TOTALS*		22	2	4	0	0	1

NO	PITCHING	IP	AB	K	BB	H	R	ER
10	Devon DeRaad	3 2/3	14	2	2	5	3	3
6	Michael Ksobiech	1 1/3	4	2	0	0	0	0
15	Turner Lace	1	8	2	1	3	2	2


	*TOTALS*	6	26	6	3	8	5	5

OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER - Matt Capriotti

Championship Game Notes:

West Boynton Wolverines (FL)
-Team has played together since they were 8 years old.
-Team has scored 184 runs this week.
-Team has hit 59 home runs this week.
-Team has won numerious AAU and USSSA Tournaments.

Desert Firebirds (AZ)
-Overall team record of 117-19.
-Team has won 17 tournaments.
-Arizona 12U State Champions.
-Arizona 11U State Champions.

How The Teams got to the Championship

Desert Firebirds (AZ)
defeated #33 Legends Lightning (TX) 7-3
defeated #16 Houston Wranglers (TX) 5-3
defeated #9 Brentwood Storm (TN) 8-5
defeated #5 Frozen Ropes Blast (FL) 7-6 (8 innings)

West Boynton Wolverines (FL)
defeated #31 Fresno Blue Devils (CA) 15-1
defeated #15 Upper St. Clair Panthers (PA) 14-1
defeated #7 New Canaan Zooloos (CT) 15-2
defeated #11 Tustin Extreme (CA) 12-0

2008 Week #8 Runnerup
Desert Firebirds (Scottsdale, Arizona)

2008 Week #8 Champions
West Boynton Wolverines (Boynton Beach, Florida)

Photos by Justin Martin

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