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"Eau Claire Earlybird - 2009"
EAU CLAIRE'S EARLYBIRD TOURNAMENT RESULTS - May 09, 2009
There was a nice turn out for Laurie Dolezel's debut as tournament director with 54 entries. Temperatures in the mid 40's at the start rose only to the mid 50's in the afternoon.
There was an unusual situation in Class "A". After the schedules had been sent out, two pitchers scheduled for this class had to drop out so two late entry requests from 20+ average pitchers substituted into this class. Once again Gert Wilcziek took 1st place at 5-0 & 69%. Norm Gage came in 2nd at 4-1 & 56% with Dick Dvorak claiming 3rd at 3-2 & 43%.
Jim Bilderback & Wayne Lemar both finished 4-1 in Class "B" with Jim taking 1st place at 53% over Wayne's 48%. Phil Swenson, 3-2 & 52% claimed 3rd place.
In Class "C" Lonnie Trangsrud, after losing his first game, came back to win his last four & claim 1st place with a 44% average. Les Karpiel, also 4-1, took 2nd at 38%. John Dolezel came in 3rd at 3-2 & 47%.
Dean Chaffee breezed through Class "D" at 5-0 & 33%. John Garvan came in 2nd at 3-1/2 - 1-1/2 & 36%. While Laurie Dolezel claimed 3rd at 2-1/2 - 2-1/2 & 20%.
Another sweep took place in Class "E" where Gerald Schroeder went 5-0 with a 30.8% average. Our own Elly McCarn, Miss Congeniality, won 2nd at 3-1/2 - 1-1/2 & 29.2%. Randy Barnes took 3rd on ringer percent at 2-3 & 29.2%.
George Eckstrom, following my sage advice to put the horseshoes around the stake, went 4-1 & 24.8% to claim 1st in Class "F". Antone Matalas & Tom Dudenhoefer, with identical 3-2 & 22.4% records took 2nd & 3rd places.
In Class "G" Tom Reiter's 4-1 & 23.6% edged out Larry Danielson 4-1 & 20.4% for 1st place. Our friend Ted Rohde from LaCrosse came in 3rd at 3-2 & 19.2%.
Class "H" was a family affair where Lisa White claimed 1st place at 4-1/2 - 1/2 & 15% over husband Randy's 4-1 & 18%, who took 2nd. Our own Merrill Semingson came in 3rd at 3-1/2 - 1-1/2 & 12%.
Class "I" featured the first tournament for 3rd-generation pitcher Kayla Dolezel. No, she did not place in the top three, but did manage to throw four ringers in one game. Don Peroutka from Kenosha swept away the competition to claim 1st place at 5-0 & 16.4%. Jeff Chesmore came in 2nd at 4-1 & 13.6% while Randy Ganther 3-2 & 8.4% took 3rd.
One of the pitchers dropping out of Class " A" was Vince Jakel who was having health problems. Vince is a longtime participant in our tournaments & we hope he is doing well.
John Dolezel
Club's Publicity Man
Eau Claire Earlybird - 2009 Results
| Place | Name | Won |
Lost |
Ringer % | Place | Name | Won | Lost | Ringer % | |
| Class A | Class F | |||||||||
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1 |
Gert Wilcziek | 5 |
0 |
69% |
1 |
George Eckstrom | 4 |
1 |
25% |
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2 |
Norm Gage | 4 |
1 |
56% |
2 |
Antone Matalas | 3 |
2 |
22% |
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| 3 |
Dick Dvorak | 3 |
2 |
43% |
2 |
Tom Dudenhoefer | 3 |
2 |
22% |
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3 |
Butch Ludwikowski | 2 |
3 |
24% |
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Class B |
Class G |
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1 |
Jim Bilderback | 4 |
1 |
53% |
1 |
Tom Reiter | 4 |
1 |
24% |
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2 |
Wayne Lemar | 4 |
1 |
48% |
2 |
Larry Danielson | 4 |
1 |
20% |
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3 |
Phil Swenson | 3 |
2 |
52 |
3 |
Ted Rohde | 3 |
2 |
19% |
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Class C |
Class H |
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1 |
Lonny Trangsrud | 4 |
1 |
44% |
1 |
Lisa White | 4.5 |
.5 |
15% |
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2 |
Les Karpiel | 4 |
1 |
38% |
2 |
Randy White | 4 |
1 |
18% |
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| 3 |
John Dolezel | 3 |
2 |
47% |
3 |
Merrill Semingson | 3.5 |
1.5 |
12% |
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Class D |
Class I |
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1 |
Dean Chaffee | 5 |
0 |
33% |
1 |
Don Peroutka | 5 |
0 |
16% |
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2 |
John Garvan | 3.5 |
1.5 |
36% |
2 |
Jeff Chesmore | 4 |
1 |
14% |
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3 |
Laurie Dolezel | 2.5 |
2.5 |
20% |
3 |
Randy Ganther | 3 |
2 |
8% |
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4 |
Kayla Dolezel - Jr | 2 |
3 |
3% |
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Class E |
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1 |
Gerald Schroeder | 5 |
0 |
31% |
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2 |
Elly McCarn | 3.5 |
1.5 |
29% |
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3 |
Randy Barnes | 2 |
3 |
29% |
Photo Gallery of the 2009 Tournament activities
2009 Tournament Champion
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Tournament Director Laura Dolezel and Tournament Champion |
2009 Class Champions
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Class B Jim Bilderback |
Class C Lonny Trangsrud |
Class D Dean Chaffee |
Class E George Schroeder |
Class F George Ecksgtrom |
Class G Tom Reiter |
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Class H Lisa White |
Class I Don Peroutka |
Class I - Junior Kayla Dolezel |
Dennis Kieser