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September 24, 2010

CONTRIBUTED BY BRETT TONCAR

Members of the Stranded/Auto Swift softball team won the National Amateur Softball Association Tournament onSept. 5 in Bismarck, North Dakota. Members of the team from Grand View include seniors Trevor Beals, Ryan

Brouwer, Scott Jensen and Brett Toncar.

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The women placed 14th out of 20 teams witha place total of 377. They had an average timeof 26:22.30 and a total time of 2:11:51.50.

Runner PlaceTime(min)

The men placed 18th out of 21 teams with aplace total of 445. They had an average timeof 28:37.89 and a total time of 2:23:09.45.

Chris NealyNick NewburyJim VonnahmeKevin BrownDrew MesserschmidtTaelor Bohnsack

63rd83rd85th94th121st122nd

27:35.5028:18.8028:20.3528:51.6530:04.1530:13.05

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21:49.2126:15.3126:33.9627:00.1130:12.91

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The National Amateur

Softball AssociationTournament was won by agroup of Grand View athletes,Sept. 2-5 at Clem KellySoftball Complex in Bismarck,North Dakota.

Ryan Brouwer, seniorshort stop; Scott Jensen, seniorright fielder; Trevor Beals,senior secondbase; BrettToncar, seniorleft centerfielder, wereamong the 11athletes whopa r t i c i pa te din the nationalt o u r n a m e n t .Their team, theStranded/AutoSwift, beat theWest FargoVeterans ofForeign Wars(VFW) in thetitle game.

T h equest for thenational title began with theteam winning the City of DesMoines title.

Next was district, state

and finally super state whereeight teams east and westwon, Toncar said.

With title in hand,Stranded/Auto Swiftwas invited to the nationaltournament, Toncar said.

In the first game, the team

lost 7-8. The tournament wasdouble elimination, whichmeant if the team lost againit would have been out of the

tournament. Stranded/AutoSwift won six games in arow to get to the title game.West Fargo VFW, the teamStranded/Auto Swift lost to,was playing them for the title.

We needed to beatthe VFW team twice to bechampions, otherwise there

would havebeen a tie,Brouwer said.

T h enight beforeevery game,we (would)throw a bigparty and

just have funtogether, allof the otherteams andd i r e c t o r sof thetou r na m e n tknew wewere the teamto beat.

In thefirst game, the team won 5-1.The second game the teamwon by a large margin, 12-1,to be national champions. The

team finished the tournamentwith an 8-1 record.

55 teams competed for thetitle. Teams came from Iowa,Minnesota, North Dakota, andSouth Dakota.

The team has beenplaying together for years,

Toncar said. Most of themgrew up in Des Moines.

I can remember some ofus playing together since wewere in 3rd grade, Brouwersaid. Our team chemistry iswhy we play so well, we dontreally practice, we just showup and go.

Slow-pitch softball is

slightly different from baseballbecause pitching is all done

by throwing underhand, andthere is an extra fielder. Onenational tournament rule,Toncar said, is there are nohome runs allowed.

Before the nationaltournament began the teamwas notified that they would

need matching hats. The teamwent to Scheels and ended up

buying pink hats.Toncar said, My fondest

memory of the tournament wascatching the game-winningball. Banners, flags, jackets,plaques, and a trophy were allawarded to the team and theirsponsors.

Men take national softball championship

Our team

chemistry is

why we play sowell, we dont

really practice,

we just show

up and go.

Ryan BrouwerSenior short stop

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Sophomore Jonny MacAdam, sophomore forward, keeps the ball away from a Viterbo player at the gameon Saturday, Sept. 18. The game against Viterbo was the mens conference opener. MacAdam scored thelast two goals against Viterbo. Ariko Kaziboni, senior defender, scored the first goal. The men won thegame with a score of 3-0. Sergio Loch, professor of math, was a guest coach at the game.

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