Bennett Electric Captures Two Slow Pitch Titles in One Weekend
Bennett Electric won the county tournament Saturday night and the 4th Annual Norwalk Men's Invitational Sunday by beating Sandusky Stroh's Beer 7-6 in the final. Tom Krick opened with an inside the park homer, and a seventh inning rally clinched the title for Bennett as Jim Kern and Mike Grose contributed key hits. Stroh's earlier beat Sandusky The Place 5-4 to reach the final, while Barone's Beer Barrel and Couch Concrete were among other winners.
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Don Hohler
Bennet Electric
Electricians
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Norwalk
Huron County Bank
Stroh’s
Monroeville Merchants
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Tom Krick
Mike Grose
Jim Kern
Krick
Jim Lorcher
Stroh
Lorcher
Sanduskians
Kern
Terry van Offeren
Lercher
Mike Finch
Grose
Major League Baseball standings and games schedule
Baseball scores and standings from the American and National Leagues. Key results include Detroit’s 12-2 win over St. Louis, San Diego and Philadelphia 3-9, and Oakland’s 5-1 win over Baltimore. Numerous pitching records, home runs, and RBI leaders noted.
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Bennett Electric dominates Huron County Slow Pitch finals
Bennett Electric crushed Huron County Bank 17 0 to win the Huron County Slow Pitch Tournament final. Dauch Concrete and Larrys Barber Shop of New London also claimed bracket wins as Bennett, Huron County Bank and Dauch advance to the Elyria District Tournament later this month. Prior to the final, Bennett beat Dauch Concrete 8 7 in the winners bracket and then exploded for 24 hits in the championship. Grose led with four hits and Lorcher contributed a trio of RBI hits including a triple. The Bank managed five hits in the title game with no multi hit performances. Local teams Larrys Barber Shop Beach Diversified Midwest Industries Norwalk Merchants and Connie s Laundry were active in prior rounds. This sweep marks just the second time three local teams achieved the feat at district play.
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Bennett Electric
Huron County Bank
Huron County
Cauch Concrete
Larry's Barber Shop
New London
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Dauch
Elyria
Dauch Concrete
Electricians
Tom Young
Jim Lorcher
Mike Grose
Mike Finch
Lorcher
Grose
Bob Sommers
Cauch
Bill Mesenburg
Sommers
Keith White
Tom Krick
Dave Mesenburg
Larry’s
Beach Diversified
Midwest Industries
Norwalk Merchants
Monroeville Merchants
Monroeville
Connie’s Laundry
Norwalk
Friendly Corners
Huron County Bank and
Home Savings & Loan
IndiansBeatAngels 6-2 as Ellis Hendrick Gamble Homer
Cleveland won 6-2 in Anaheim completing a series sweep to extend the AL East lead. John Ellis, Rico Ellis? No, Ellis, Hendrick and Gamble homered for the Indians off Frank Tanana, who dropped to 4-13 as Angels manager Dick Williams contends with a losing streak and possible moves. Jim Perry earned the win with relief from Milt Wilcox while Tanana became the AL’s losingest pitcher.
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California Angels
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Tanana
Gamble
Skip Lockwood
Jim Perry
Milt Wilcox
Connors and Evert Capture Wimbledon Titles
Wimbledon champions Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert returned to the United States after their victories. Evert, 19, defeated Olga Morozova 6 0 6 4 to claim the women’s singles crown and $16,800, while Connors, 21, beat Ken Rosewall 6 1 6 1 6 4 to win the men’s singles and $24,000. They plan to marry in November and aim to repeat next year.
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England
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Jimmy Connors
Chris Evert
United States
Miss Evert
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
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Connors
Ken Rosewall
Rosewall
Ashland Defeats South Central Twice In Legion District Play
Ashland defeated South Central twice to eliminate the SC squad from the Legion district tournament. In the first game Ashland won 6-5 in 10 innings after SC led 5-3. SC coach Terry Hunt said his team gave the game away.
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Bucyrus
American Legion
Area Legion
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Local racing results and standings from Norwalk area meet
Les Norwalk Dragway Street Eliminator results list winners and runners up from Westlake Sandusky and Lorain. Oak Harbor Selectra lists Maurice Edwards Huron as champion with Logan Collins second. Baseball notes recount Ashland-SC and Norwalk area games with Ebinger Hester Willoughby Risner and Pettit delivering key hits and pitching in a weekend schedule. Four teams remain in the tourney with SC facing Bellevue.
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al Koch
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Andy Kuzak
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