Bucketheads go undefeated at North/South

BERWYN, IL - The Bucketheads survived a close game in the first round to Out There on their way to making it a perfect 6 wins and 0 losses on the weekend to win the North/South Classic Tournament. The Bucketheads displayed solid defense all weekend only allowing 27 runs in 6 games. They beat Out There, Punch, Roadhouse, Mudville, Lemonheads, and the 45s in the Championship game 4-3.

The 45s, who finished in 2nd place, took a lose to the Lemonheads in the quarter-finals only to win 5 games later in the day Sunday to make it to the Championship game. The 45s finished 7 and 2 on the weekend, with all 7 wins ending early due to the 10-run rule. The 45s put up a tournament best 122 runs in 9 games.

Chicagoball.com along with Danny Atkins are pleased to provide the softball community with unprecedented coverage of the North/South tournament. Thanks to all the teams for keeping the scorecards during the games. The scorecards from the first three days are entered into Chicagoball.com. The remaining scorecards from Sundays action will be entered throughout the night and into the next few days. Please check back for all game recaps, box scores, sortable individual stats, team stats, complete game results, tournament standings, final bracket, individual players pages, and coming soon a tournament home page with the most valuable players and top players in each statistical category.

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