Another season for the Rockwood Men’s Three Pitch League came to a close recently with the crowning of a new league champ, the Dozers.
The team added this honor to its first place finish during the regular season.
In the final the Dozers gave the Grey Sox a shellacking by beating them 34 -17.
The young guns of the “not so” Grey Sox had already beaten the more chronologically challenged Dozers earlier in the round robin stage 13-7. They were also going into the final undefeated in their first five games.
However, the underdog Dozers took the early lead and continued to out-distance the Sox with every passing inning.
Especially damaging was the second inning, in which the team scored 13 unanswered runs. Co-captains Roy Garbotz and Ken Rodd of the Dozers said it was a true team effort with everyone on the squad coming up with big hits and solid defensive plays.
In the B Championship, the surprising Highwaymen were able to redeem themselves from a mediocre season by beating the Spare Parts squad 23-14.
It also marked the Highwaymen’s first league championship of any kind since the inception of the team.
League president and Highwaymen manager Jim Monaghan was happy to finally get the monkey off his back but also for the great weather. Captains Walter Hanley and Peter Restelli thanked all their teammates for “playing hard despite various injuries and coming up big when they needed it most.”
The league banquet is Oct. 27 at Rockmosa Community Center at 6pm.
