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June 17-19
Their unbeaten season winning streak halted at 35 games in the winner�s bracket semi-final, New Image Salon of Monfort advanced through the loser�s bracket to knock off tournament unbeaten Jordan Realty of West St. Paul 5-0 in the first championship game of the 28th annual Rice Lake Invitational Men�s Fastpitch Tournament. Because of the late hour and distances to be traveled by the two squads New Image and Jordan were declared 2006 tournament co-champions.
First time entry by Anderson Premier Homes of Oregon, the only team to defeat New Image this season, placed third and five time champion Wilber Lime of Galesville finished fourth.
Jordan Realty rode the right arm of iron-man Kevin Kammueller to post triumphs over L-X of La Crosse 2-0, 4-1 over Stadium Club of Duluth, 3-2 in ten innings over Wilber Lime as third sacker Dave Marchio homered twice, and 5-3 over Anderson in the winner�s bracket final on the strength of a Marchio walk-off 8th inning two-run home run to advance to the championship contest.
New Image opened tournament play with a 7-0 victory over Harper & Harper of Duluth, and 7-3 over American Solutions for Business of Villard, Minnesota before falling to Anderson Homes 7-0. They rebounded to oust defending champion Pate Bonding of West St. Paul 12-1, Wilber Lime 8-4, and gained revenge over Anderson by the score of 8-3, earning the right for a shot at the title. The key hit in the battle was a three-run, fifth inning home run by winning pitcher Jeramie Holman�s brother Brent.
The only local team in the event, Brecka�s Orangemen, finished a disappointing 0-3 after finishing in a fifth place tie a year ago. Other tourney participants included Earl�s Club of Kenosha, Sawdust City of Eau Claire, Village Inn of North Hudson, J & D Tube Benders of Schofield, The Merchants of Wanderoos, The Bar of Appleton, and H & S Seal Coating of Waverly, Minnesota.
Named to the 2006 All-Tournament team were pitchers Kevin Kammueller of Jordan Realty, Jeramie Holman of New Image, and Dave Meyers of Duluth Stadium Club; catchers Brad Shepherd of Pate Bonding and Tony Meidl of L-X; infielders Dave Marchio of Jordan Realty, Paul Skora of Earl�s Club, Bob Loshek of Wilber Lime, Chad Barfknect of L-X, Mike Applegate of Pate Bonding, and Scott McCloud of Stadium Club; outfielders Dale Horton of Earl�s Club, Jared Johnson of Anderson Homes, and Adam Busse [Bussan] of New Image. Selected in a utility role was pitcher-infielder Josh Johnson of Anderson Homes Brent Holman of New Image was named all-tournament designated batter.
Brent Holman along with Kevin Kammueller were named the Invitational�s Co-Most Valuable Players.
