Norwood Blues

The Blues 2016 summer season ended with a title game  4-1 "W" over the Marengo Scorpions for the "End Of Summer Classsic" tournament title.  Tournament games were all played at Aviator Stadium in Loves Park, IL.  The Blues earned the top prize bouncing back from a disappointing walk off loss a few hours earlier.  In the title game, Jake Greenberg went the distance, limiting the then undefeated Scorpions to one run.  Pitching chores were well handled earlier in the tourney by Ryan Miller and Noah Stern.  Major contributors on the field and to the offense included; Eli Mercado, Jovanni Sanchez, Robert Vargas, Jaime Sanchez, Gianfranco Sorrentino, Kenny Serwa, Justin Cisneroz, Sam Reichert, Fred Fitte, Chris Huerta, Japheth Bandi, and Larry Wold.    Great Finish   CONGRATS !

The Blues came away with the 2016 College Exposure Invite title with a 4-3 win over the Wisconsin Silver Sluggers in a game played at Carthage College.  The Blues were a perfect 4-0 for the weekend.  In a late Saturday night game the Blues faced an early 8-0 deficit which would have spelled elimination. The come back featured big hits up and down the lineup and a walk off base hit from Eli Mercado.  Timely hitting came all weekend from the bats of Jovani Sanchez, Robert Vargas, Gianfranco Sorrentino, Trevor Heinlein, Chris Huerta, Sam Reichert, Justin Halpern, Justin Cisneroz, Japheth Bandi and Jaime Sanchez.  On the mound, the major contributors to four wins were Noah Stern, Jake Greenberg and Fred Fitte.    CONGRATS  !

In their summer 2015 finale the Blues won five straight games to capture the Around The Horn Tournament title.  In their opening pool games, played at the University of Wisconsin Parkside the starting and winning pitchers were Zach Kaloustian and Christian Ruiz.   Both threw complete game shutouts.  In the Quarter final game Jovanni Sanchez was the starter and pitcher of record with the "Save" going to Mitch Goll.  The Semi final sterter and winner was Blake Kons with a complete game effort.  Going to the mound in the Title Game was Kenny Serwa who got the "W" with help from Mitch Goll, who got the last four outs and his second Save in the tournament.  Bracket games were all played at Carthage College.  On the final day's Semi and Final round; Sam Reichert had three hits, two base on balls and two sacrifice hits, Kenny Serwa had two hits and two base on balls, Joe LaCivita had two hits, Drew Thomas had two hits, Chris Huerta had four hits and a base on balls, Paul Cappetta had a hit, two walks and mutiple stolen bases. The left side of the infield, Eli Mercado and Kevin Garcia played flawlessly.  The two catchers; Angel Comas and Justin Halpern did a great job of handling the pitching staff all week.  David Hochstadt hit the ball hard all week and Robert Vargas had several key hits earlier in the tournament.   

The Blues concluded the 2015 season with Six Tournament Titles and a record of 33 Wins, 5 Losses, and 1 Tie.  

After an opening game loss, the Blues won five straight to walk away with the Fielders' Choice Wood Bat Tournament Title at Aviator Stadium in Loves Park.  On the mound large contributions came from Jake Andrews, Jovanni Sanchez, Zach Kaloustian, Christian Ruiz, Blake Kons the starting and winning pitcher in the title game, an 11-4 win over Team Illinois, and Mitch Goll who earned a "Save" in the final.  The Blues offense and defense depended upon contributions from Kevin Garcia, Eli Mercado, Robert Vargas, David Hochstadt, Chris Huerta, Austin Wills, Drew Thomas, Sam Reichert, Angel Comas, Justin Halpern, and Jovanni Sanchez.  Joe LaCivita had a particularly outstanding tournament.  In several games the Blues battled back from early deficits; earning a 5-4 win over Hard Knox after trailing 4-0 and in the final after trailing 3-1 and 4-2.

CONGRATS ! 

 

In a marathon final day the Blues won four games to capture the College Exposure Invitational Title. Having to complete pool play and bracket Semifinals and  the Title Game on the same Sunday the Blues needed to win four straight, all on the same day.  Mission accomplished as Mitch Goll earned the "Save" in both the semifinal and the 11-10 championship game win.  Blake Kons was the starter and pitcher of record in the semifinal and three others; George Karavidas, Zach Kaloustian and Jake Andrews contributed on the mound in the final.  Also seeing mound action in key pool games were Chris Ruiz, Mason Lopez and Kenny Serwa.  Providing much of the offense and defense throughout were; Paul Cappetta, Kevin Garcia, Eli Mercado, Robert Vargas, David Hochstadt, Joe LaCivita, Austin Wills, Drew Thomas, Sam Reichert, Angel Comas, Justin Halpern, George Karavidas, Kenny Serwa and Chris Huerta.       CONGRATS