Congratulations to Harborview Fellowship on a dominating run through the GHCSL Division A tournament!  S.C. won all 4 of their games without a close call, and playing amazing defense.  First they beat the Chapel Hill Titans 11-4.  Next they took down Harbor Covenant 9-5.  They upset the undefeated BF Halos in the finals of the winners bracket by a score of 10-5.  And in the Championship Game, they jumped on the two-time defending champs Harbor Covenant early and it was never close, with a final score of 16-7.  Truly a remarkable series of games!  Harborview was a team on a mission this postseason, with avid fans, a full squad of players, and a sense of team unity that the other teams could not match.  Congratulations to the new Champions of the Gig Harbor Church League!

Champions:  Harborview Fellowship S.C.

Runner-up:  Harbor Covenant Kangaroos

3rd place:  Believers Fellowship Halos

4th place:  Burley Bible Blue Angels

5th place:  Chapel Hill Thumpers

The Fox Island Firefoxes are the first ever GHCSL Division B champions after on of the most remarkable runs through the tournament in history.  In the semi-finals, they beat the Harbor Covenant Cubs 16-15.  In the final game of the winners bracket, they defeated the Peninsula Lutheran God Squad 15-14 in 8 innings.  And finally in the Championship Game, they again beat Peninsula Lutheran by one run, 13-12.  All three games by one!  The Championship Game was a thriller, with Fox Island jumping out ahead early 7-1.  Peninsula Lutheran fought back with a max 7 run inning to take the lead 8-7.  The lead changed hands twice more with the God Squad holding a 12-11 lead after the top of the 7th inning.  The Firefoxes were down to their final out, and hit a 2 run game winning triple to win the game!  Fabulous tournament all around in the B Division.  Congrats to the Fox Island Firefoxes on a fine season!

Champions:  Fox Island Firefoxes

Runner-up:  Peninsula Lutheran God Squad

3rd place:  Chapel Hill Hilltoppers

4th place:  Harbor Covenant Cubs

5th place:  Believers Fellowship Bombers

5th place:  Harbor Christian Center Bombers

It was a great day of softball all day Saturday the 8th as teams battled it out to survive the double elimination bracket.  In Division A Harborview S.C. pulled two upsets to sit atop the winners bracket.  The #1 seed BF Halos and #2 seed HC Kangaroos will battle it out in the 3rd place game to see who gets a shot at payback with Harborview.

In Division B there are 4 teams left.  Fox Island and Peninsula Lutheran will meet in the finals of the winners bracket, while CH Hilltoppers and HC Cubs will play in the 4th place game.  Both division championships will be played tomorrow the 9th.  BUT, if the winner of the comeback bracket wins the game, a 2nd championship game will need to be scheduled sometime next week.  Join us at the fields on Sunday for some thrilling tournament games!

Starting this Saturday the 1st, the 2009 GHCSL Tournament is set to begin.  This year is a first as we have two tournaments running at the same time.  One for each division.  The tournament brackets are now complete and available to view from the website.  Look at the bottom right for downloadable files and you will see the three bracket pages.  Looking forward to a great event and tournament weekend on the 8th and 9th at Volunteer Park!

There have been many hotly contested games over the last couple weeks including a number of one run or extra inning games, proving that our new division system is working wonders.  But the close games do not mean that the standing are all jumbled up.  Some teams are setting themselves up for a high tournament seed.  In division A, the BF Halos have survived 4 one run games to stay undefeated and have locked up the #1 seed for the tournament.  Close behind are HC Kangaroos and HVF S.C.  In division B, 6 teams are fighting it out at the top!  Fox Island, BF Bombers, Peninsula Lutheran, Agnus Dei, HC Cubs, and CH Hilltoppers are all very close.  Both tournaments should be fantastic!