Game 2: 6/10/2007

Kent Little League Jayhawks do it again. They won the second game of the TOC beating the undefeated (24-0) Federal Way National team, 6-4. Federal Way scored their first three runs off their first three batters of the game. Kent got off to a slow start and didn't score until the third inning when Jordan Cowan led off with a double and then Reese McGuire was intentionally walked bringing up Michael Tanaka who hit a 2 run single. Kent scored another run in the 4th inning to tie the game when Jordan Cowan scored on a Sam Woods single. Michael Tanaka kept Federal Way scoreless in the second, third and fourth innings. Sam Woods came in to relieve Michael in the 5th inning due to the pitch count rules and shut them down. Jordan Cowan led off the sixth inning with a base on balls, Reese McGuire hit a double, Michael Tanaka was intentionally walked and Sam Woods drew a walk to score the go ahead run. Tony Madeo drew an error from Federal Way's short stop on a hard ground ball to score another Kent run. Brandon Parks brought in the last Kent run of the inning by hitting a hard grounder, fielder's choice to the first baseman. One of the highlights of the game came in the fourth inning when Federal Way's leadoff batter hit a short fly ball to left field that Robert Weston charged full speed and dove for the catch and in the middle of his forward somersault the ball flew out of his mitt into the air and shortstop Jordan Cowan alertly caught the ball before it hit the ground. It was a WebGem of a play! The other highlight of the game came in the bottom of the sixth inning with the tying run on second base for Federal Way and one out. Reese McGuire came in to pitch and struck out the first batter he faced and got a dribbler to Michael Tanaka at second base for the final out of the game. Kent advances to the championship game on Tuesday at 6:00pm at Sacagawea Park in Federal Way. Come out and cheer the Jayhawks on!!! If they win it will be back to back TOC wins for the Jayhawks and Kent Little League.

Game 3: 6/12/2007

The Kent JayHawk majors baseball team won the Tournament of Champions last night against Steel Lake 8-2. This is back to back wins in TOC for the JayHawks of Kent. The JayHawks were visitors last night enabling them to score first. Jordan Cowan led off the game with a line drive single. Michael Tanaka then doubled off the wall to score Jordan. The JayHawks went scoreless in the 2nd but came back scoring in the 3rd with a leadoff walk to shortstop Jordan Cowan then a double by 2nd baseman Reese McGuire. 1st baseman Michael Tanaka then hit a screaming single to left center to score Jordan and Reese. In the top of the fourth inning Robert Weston hit a 2 out single, Jordan followed with a double and Reese followed that with a triple to score Robert and Jordan. Steel Lake scored in their half of the 4th with a solo home run. In the 5th inning pitcher Kyle Anderton lead off with a deep solo home run himself to left field. 3rd baseman Tony Madeo hit a hard double and later stole 3rd on a past ball. The 6th inning started off with Reese McGuire hitting a home run to left center field and that was the last run for the JayHawks in the game. Steel Lake added one more run in the bottom of the 6th on a fielders choice. Kyle Anderton pitched a masterful game allowing only 2 runs on 3 hits and facing only 21 batters in 6 innings. The JayHawk defense was fun to watch with some outstanding plays by everyone. The other JayHawks that contributed to the TOC win but not mentioned above are: Brandon Parks, Austin Perlatti, Samuel Burtis, Bryan Mills and Andrew Spring. The JayHawks are coached by Scott McGuire, Curt McGuire and Jerry Cowan. The JayHawks want to thank all the Kent fans for coming to the games. It was a big crowd last night and the players on the JayHawks appreciate that.