Rain shortened the DeKalb Invitational at Northern Illinois University with the Sparks 18u Red team being declared the champions of the Varsity Division and the Illinois Sparks Black team declared 2nd place finishers with the Illinois Central Outlaws..
The Crystal Lake Cardinals 16u team wond the JV division with Bartlett Silver Hawks finishing 2nd with a perfect 3-0 record but allowing 15runs in the tourney compared to 11 the Cardinals allowed.
Tony Matteras Springfield Statesmen 17u team went undefeated with a 6-0 record in the Jefferson College-Mineral Area College tourney put on in Missouri by Diamond Sports.
The NIU tourney was a disaster due to 2 days of downpours which caused the tourney to be cut short.After working all day Sat to get the fields in shape for Sunday a 2 hour early a.m thunderstorm wiped out the Sunday slate all together. Wish there would have been an astro turf field complex nearby but that concept hasn't arrived yet!!!
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