Brew Crew pours on the pain

There was excitement in Noxon this past Saturday as the town played host to the Sanders County Women’s Summer Softball League Tournament.

Four teams participated in the tournament. They have been playing against each other all summer. The teams were McGowan’s RTI and Printery from Plains, Clancy’s Unlimited from Noxon, Sparky’s Gutter Time and the Brew Crew, both from Thompson Falls.

The Brew Crew ended up being the dominate team of the day, beating Noxon in the championship game 18-15.

The tournament brought out a good size crowd to Pilgrim Creek Park. There were six games played over two fields, with the first games starting at 9 a.m.

Clancy’s Unlimited defeated McGowan’s RTI and Printery in their first game 14-7, with Clancy’s Unlimited as the top seed and Plains seeded fourth. Sparky’s Gutter Time played the Brew Crew in their first game and also lost also 14-7, with the Brew Crew seeded second and Sparky’s Gutter Time seeded third.

Once the first games were done the two winning teams played against each other and the two losing teams played against each other. Noxon played the Brew Crew in their second game and lost 14-13.

“It was a good game,” player and tournament organizer Kristen Chaboya said.

Plains played Sparky’s and beat them 12-9. This set up a point where Sparky’s was out of the game, and Plains and Noxon would have to play against each other in order to make it to the championship game against the Brew Crew. In this game Noxon defeated Plains 16-9, letting them into the championship.

“At this point the Brew Crew had no losses and we had one, so it was pretty evenly matched,” she said.

In the championship game the Brew Crew defeated Noxon 18-15.

“It was a good game and a lot of fun,” Chaboya said.

She said that she thought the tournament went well even if it was a little smaller than usual.

“Last year we had six teams, but one pulled out at the last minute,” she said. “This year we only had four.”

Chaboya went on to say that the league has been going on for ages and that every year somebody else hosts the tournament and there is usually a meeting at the beginning of the year to decide who wants to do it.

“Pretty much if somebody wants to do it they get it,” she said. “It can kind of be a pain in the butt to get everything organized.”

Despite the work that it takes to make the tournament happen, Chaboya said it was really a lot of fun and everyone seemed to have a really good time.

“It is just a great way to get together and play some softball,” she said.