July 2007
KC Barons takes 1st place
at Independent Softball Association (ISA) World Championships
in Bridgeton, MO


Our record in the 50+ AAA division was 6 - 1.  10 teams competed in this division, 2 of which are former major division teams - Bagbey's and Chicago Classics Blue.  We were 1 - 1 in pool play and 5 - 0 in bracket play.  We beat Bagbey's (Waterloo, IA) in the finals of the winners bracket (20 - 9) and beat them again in the championship game in 8 innings (18 - 17).


1st place    KC Barons
2nd place   Bagbey's
3rd place    Mitchell Foundations
4th place    KC Renegades

Our pool play games:
Game 1    beat Mitchell Foundations (St. Louis, MO)
Game 2    lost to 50 Caliber (St. Louis)

Our bracket games:
Game 1    beat Chicago Classics Blue (Chicago, IL).
Game 2    beat Mitchell Foundations (St. Louis, MO)
Game 3    beat KC Renegades (Lee's Summit, MO)
Game 4    beat Bagbey's (Waterloo, IA)
Game 5    beat Bagbey's (Waterloo, IA)

Teams competing in the 50+ AAA division:
Bagbey’s (Waterloo, IA)
Chicago Classics Blue (Chicago, IL)
50 Caliber (St. Louis, MO)
KC Barons (Kansas City, MO)
KC Renegades (Lee’s Summit, MO)
Mitchell Foundations (St. Louis, MO)
OG's (Louisville, KY)  
St. Louis Masters (St. Louis, MO)
South Florida Heat (Florida)
Topeka Drillers (Topeka, KS)

*****Most Valuable Player (MVP) recognition:
Eddie Watson            on-base percentage (21/29) = .724

*****All tournament team recognition:
John Thompson (JT)    on-base percentage:  26/26 = 1.000
Paul Hoenshell            on base percentage:  23/27 = .852
Dennis Clauder            on-base percentage:  22/28 = .786
Scott McNeil                on-base percentage:  16/21 = .762
Gary Conner                on-base percentage:  17/24 = .708  

*****Team on-base percentage:  213/305 = .698
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