BANDITS CONTINUE TO ROLL

The Tucson Bandits continued their winning streak by taking the Southwest Classic, April 24th, 25th and 26th in Tucson. This time they did it the hard way, coming through the losers bracket to double-dip The Desperados on Sunday. The Desperados, out of Albuquerque, were the number one seed and undefeated on Sunday. They had also beaten the Bandits on Friday and Saturday. Newly promoted from AA, they were a very good team.

But the Bandits got hot on Sunday, crushing 50 Caliber, also out of New Mexico, 21-7. They then whipped The Desperados 24-10 forcing the "if" game. Getting great defense and timely hitting, they held on for a 15-9 victory.

As mentioned above, defense was the name of the game this weekend. Double plays were turned by the infield that quieted rallies time and time again.

Kudos to pitcher Mark Reagin for stellar defense up the middle!

The team hit .617 for the tournament which was our best average so far this year. The following players were our All-Tourney selections.................

Mark Reagin .720

Steve Gobrecht .679

Paul Rosthenhausler .659

Randy Robison .640

Wade Schneider .611

Dave Niles, Mike Swank, and Bobby Rosthenausler also hit over .600

The weekends "Razzy" award goes to Rip Cortes for wearing the wrong uniform. But that's already been forgotten.

SOUTHWEST CLASSIC TUCSON

Game times...................

Friday / 1000 hrs. / 1130 hrs.
Gray shirts Red pants

Saturday / 1030 hrs. / 1330 hrs. / Possibly 1500 hrs.
White shirts Red Pants

Sunday / Games to be determined
Red shirts Gray pants

All games at Lincoln Park

LORRAINE'S CASA GRANDE PICS

BANDITS TAKE CASA GRANDE

After a sluggish start on Saturday, and an early morning loss on Sunday to Just For Fun, the Bandits bats woke up and they took three straight games when they counted in Casa Grande on April 5th and 6th.

Finishing 2 and 2 in the seeding games, the Bandits won the games they needed to win. A come from behind win against the Buzzards got things going. Then the Bandits run ruled Agave sending them into the championship against Klimate Kings. The Bandits jumped out to a big lead, homering early and often. They then held on as Klimate King mounted a comeback.

Highlights of the weekend..................

Dave Niles being awarded the prestigous "Hit Me Here" award. Dave also played a flawless outfield, highlighted by a throw that the umpire called "illegal" on.

Mark Reagin and Mike Gerber going down on strikes. But that's already been forgotten.

The penalty box, with Rip, Mark and Steve Marshall serving time!

The top hitters for this tournament were..............

Denny Bailey .824

Dave Clark .773

Mark Reagin .727

Mike Swank .696

Mike Gerber .619

Rip Cortes .619

Next up is Tucson.

UNIFORMS FOR CASA GRANDE

Saturday-White shirts / Red pants
Sunday- Red shirts / Gray pants