The time has finally arrived...Fun in the Sun Tourney in Southern Illinois is coming up July 7-9th and it looks like a very competitive tourney...
32 teams begin action on Friday morning at 10am at 5 different sites. A total of 73 games in 3 days....
Hope to see some of you down there...alot of Chicago area teams competing..

I hope the Field situation is taken care of better than this Northwestern tourney. I mean if i'm running a tourney , i have the fields locked up a year before and then we play where we are supposed to. NOT find out on thursday before that we are playing at a totally dif site. not that i dont like triton, i do and i think it was nice of them to step up....but not to well organized.....don't like surprises. especially when you are traveling. so , if they're are no surprises, it should be a good one.

Is Mr Van Horn in charge here?

I assure you that the Fun in the Sun wiLL NOT BE ANYTHING LIKE NORTHWESTERN.... THE COMPANY THAT IS PUTTING ON THE NORTHWESTERN TOURNEY IS WELL KNOWN TO BE DISORGANIZED..AND ALWAYS FULL OF SURPRISES...(that is why i left them)....
FIELDS ARE ALL SET FOR FUN IN SUN AND PLAY WILL BE AS ADVERTISED....UNLESS IT RAINS IN ONE AREA AND WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE IT...
weather forcast...HOT, HOT, HOT....."Fun in the Sun"

Woodley- is there a link for schedules and scores for the Fun in the Sun tourney?

imagine that!!!!! look forward to playing where advertised......of course the tourney here has been cancelled...3 games in three days of 80+ heat . wow am i glad i didn't have to travel for this one...live and learn

Give the organizers a break. I thought you can't plan the weather.

Besides, Triton has a nice field. And it's a lot closer. It was good not to drive so far north.

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Originally posted by batwest:
Woodley- is there a link for schedules and scores for the Fun in the Sun tourney?

No sorry...will have that next year..if you want a schedule; email me or go to the Southern Illinois Bullets web site- it is posted on their web site

Woodly- thanks already have schedule, just wondering if scores would be posted for those less fortunate of making the trip.

Team Guide Index
1. Southern Illinois Bullets
2. Orland Park Sparks 17u
3. Lake in the Hills Legion
4. Naperville Renegades
5. Jefferson Co. Barnstormers
6. Indiana Bulls White
7. Lake Michigan Indiana Breakers
8. Chicago Heights Jayhawks
9. Illinois Magic
10. Rockford Hitmen
11. St. Louis Recruits
12. Evansville Razorbacks
13. Illinois Orioles
14. Charleston Mo. Squirrels
15. Lombard Lightning Red
16. Lisle Wolves
17. Illinois Sports Academy Titans
18. Columbus Ohio Braves
19. Bloomington-Normal Gold
20. Wheatland Ducks
21. Lombard Lightning Blue
22. Hamlin Park Top Tier
23. Illinois sports Academy Athletics
24. Indiana Bulls Red
25. Kickapoo Miss.
26. McHenry Co. Hurricanes
27. Hammond Indiana
28. White Sox 18u
29. Top Tier 18u
30. JC Saints
31. St. Louis Mustangs
32. Clarendon Hills Thunder

Championship will be teams seeded 1-6 at Logan.
Consolation at SIUC 7-12 seeding.
Challenge Tourney at Carterville 13-18 seeds.
Challenge Tourney 2 at Herrin 19-24 seeds.
Challenge Tourney 3 at Carbondale 25-30 seeds.
Friday July 7th:
Logan
1-4, 5-6, 7-8, 17-18
Carterville
2-3, 17-19, 21-23, 29-31
Herrin
25-27, 26-28, 2-4, 30-32, 5-7
Carbondale
18-20, 30-31, 22,24, 9-11, 6-8
SIUC
9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16

Saturday July 8th
Logan
19-20, 27-28, 21-22, 1-2, 1-3
Carterville
13-15, 10-12, 14-15, 26-27, 29-32
Herrin
14-16, 6-7, 17-20, 18-19, 9-12
Carbondale
22-23, 5-8, 3-4, 25-28, 10-11, 13-16
SIUC
25-26, 29-30, 23-24, 31-32, 21-24

Should be a good one. Hope to meet some of you guys down there if you make it. Just look for #39 for the SI Bullets.

I'll try to post some results during the weekend,,, any team that you would like to hear about?

I will update all games when I have the chance to get to my computer. They may not be up to the minute though.

Top Bracket for Sunday
Lombard blue vs Sox
Jayhawks vs Lombard Red
razorbacks bye
Bloominton bye

Second Bracket for Sunday

McHenry vs Sparks
Clarington vs Ind Bulls
Columbia vs bye
SI Bullets vs bye

Don't know any other scores from Friday and Saturday, but here are Bloomington's results from our local paper....

Friday

Bloomington Gold 10 - Illinois Sports Academy 0
4 inning game, WP - Ryan Juris, 4IP, 3 hits, 6 K's, 1 BB

Saturday

Bloomington Gold 12 - Wheatland Ducks 1
3 inning game, WP - Mike Reu

Bloomington Gold 5 - Columbus Braves 3
WP- Matt Phillips

I have to say to SIBullets that it was a pleasure talking to you on Saturday and that I was impressed with how the tourney was run. Despite some events that I wish didn't occur, overall, it was a very good series with some talented teams.

Finally got to meet some of the posters on the board. UK I assume it was you who I spoke with on the RF line. I didnt get your posting name but it was great speaking with you also. Just some observations: Brian Stroud is very very good. Even though he didnt have great velocity on Sat. he did show off the hammer he has quite a bit. I was also impressed with the Orland Park Sparks in general. The have a fine bunch of gamers on that team. They gave us a game two straight days. The players were good and their coaching staff was very class also. It was great to talk baseball with those guys. Ryan Court from Lake in the Hills was also very impressive at SS. I wish the tournament was set up a little different. It sucks going 6-0 and getting the consol. championship like we did. The Evansville Razorbacks ended up winning the championship by the way.

What were the results in the championship bracket? My son is on the Lightning Red so I don't know what happened after the 1:00 game.

I'm with mjdad...how did the championship bracket play out?

BTW mjdad...I watched a couple of the middle innings of your game against the Jayhawks when your team took the lead...I was impressed with your young squad.