C-Town takes Men’s Class B West
Slow Pitch National Championship

Oklahoma City---C-Town/American Funding/Red Rock/DSSBats/Easton of Boise, Idaho may have been knocked into the loser’s bracket early but they never lost sight of their ultimate goal – winning the ASA National Championship.

C-Town began their pursuit of the national championship with a 17-9 win over the Legion of Doom of Baxter, Minn., before being knocked off by WCS/LCV of San Diego, Calif., 14-11 in the second round. With its chances of winning the title looking bleak, C-Town went to work.

After spending a couple of hours regrouping after the loss, C-Town came back and won its first game in the loser’s bracket over the Exterminators of Anaheim, Calif., 14-12. The close win seemed to breathe new life into the squad.

C-Town used the momentum from its win to cruise to a 31-19 win over Pizzini Rios of Corpus Christi, Texas in its final game of the day.

Life in the loser’s bracket is never easy but C-Town was ready for the challenge. Things got started early for them on Sunday morning with a 9 a.m. game with Sportsdiamond.com/J&H/Worth of Albertville, Minn. Despite the early start, C-Town was on fire offensively to earn a 27-14 win and a sport in the loser’s bracket semi-finals. A 22-12 win over SEBO/Selloxx/Miken of Apple Valley, Minn., put C-Town one win away from the championship game.

In the loser’s bracket final, C-Town met Tharaldson’s of Fargo, N.D., who was considered an early favorite to take the title in Waxahachie. Despite what many had thought, Tharaldson’s was no match for the red hot C-Town squad who posted 26 runs in a 26-12 victory.

Redemption was on the minds of the C-Town team as they took on WCS/LCV, who sent them to the loser’s bracket early in the tournament, in the championship final. Revenge was sweet in the first championship game as C-Town earned a 16-13 win to force the “if” necessary game. In that game it got even sweeter as C-Town capped off its comeback with a 20-14 win and the ASA Men’s Class B West National Championship crown.

C-Town’s Sam Lopez earned the title of Home Run Champion after slamming eight during the tournament. Julio Salizar of WCS was the batting champion with a .750 average. Five C-Town player’s were selected to the All-Tournament first-team including Jon Oram, Ryan Barabe, Mike Bowlin, Kerry Down and Brent Newbill.

C-Town is the first team from the state of Idaho to advance to the Hooters Championship Series in any division of play and will look to become the first team from the west to capture the Hooters Championship Series in the Men’s Class B division when it takes on Bertie’s/B&C/Hub City Glass/Miken of Elizabethtown, Ky., in Oklahoma City.