2010 State Champion Streator Zips

08/04/2010

Okay, here's the scoop: At 4 p.m. Saturday at Owens Field, there's going to be an SHS Alumni softball game. During the 7th-inning stretch, we'll be recognized as State Champs from Streator, along with the 10-year-old All-Stars currently competing for the State title. PLEASE BRING YOUR ZIPS PANTS! In return, you'll get your birth certificate. Look for a call from Coach Missel in the next day or two.

08/03/2010

Leave August 7th open on your calendars. I'm told we're going to be recognized that day. Not sure of the details.

07/28/2010

The Kalamazoo Maroons (a team we never saw, let alone faced) is headed to Texas after beating out the Ann Arbor Travelers for the Mickey Mantle Regional championship.

07/26/2010

It sounds good, anyway:

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07/26/2010

Kalamazoo is in the driver's seat:

COLDWATER (WTVB) - In summer league baseball, it’ll be a Monday finish in Coldwater for the 41st annual Mickey Mantle North Central Regional with the championship round set for today at Lowe Field after the tournament schedule was backed up because the stormy weather this past weekend. Two games wer...

07/25/2010

Final: Michigan (Ann Arbor) Mustangs 9, Streator Zips 1. Tough lefty pitcher, good sticks, and we did not play our best. We're now eliminated from the Regional tourney, but we still come home tomorrow as state champions.

07/24/2010

Game is ON for tonight at 7 p.m. vs. Michigan Mustangs.

07/24/2010

Times roundup from yesterday:

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07/24/2010

Scores from yesterday:

The good news: Organizers were able to get in all six games scheduled for day 2 of the Mickey Mantle North Central Regional Tournament before the thunderstorms moved into the area. The bad news, as far as Coldwater fans were concerned: the host Cardinals debuted and bowed out of the 8-team, double e...

07/24/2010

Rain, rain, go away, come back some other day, the Streator Zips want to play!

07/23/2010

Tough loss to Moline, 4-3. Very disheartening. But, our players are still capable of coming back. Game tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. EDT. Time to eat pizza and take a cool dip in the pool after a long, hot day in the sun.

07/23/2010

Final: Streator Zips 8, Coldwater Cardinals 6. Coldwater was not bad. It was an adventurous victory. Next game is against either Moline or Rockford at 3 p.m. EDT.