Indianapolis, IN  9/20/09

This weekend, the top NSA Class B teams made their way to Indianapolis,
Indiana with one goal in mind: a world title. But there could only be one, and
the Street Kids/Suburban South/PAS team, along with the Suburban/SKS
team from Kalamazoo, Michigan, made the trip as well with the goal of
bringing home a world championship. Street Kids were without four key
starters: Mark Hershberger, Kyle Yerkes, Scott Zaciewski and Mike Malesko. Zaciewski's mother suffered
a heart attack on Friday and he remained at her bedside throughout the weekend (she is doing better now,
for those who have asked).

The weekend began with the SKS team from South Bend opening up against KY Steel Erectors from
Kentucky. Both teams started out slow, but it was the Kids who came out on top of this one, 16-14, earning
a trip to the next round. With the four starters missing, the Kids knew that the rest of the 11 players in
uniform would have to step up as a team and play their best. In the next game, they were slated to play
DMB, who earned their next round game after defeating T&T Mortgage of Ohio in the first round and Pepco
of Ohio in the second round. DMB is a team that is known for putting up large numbers and every time the
SKS team would play them, it would take a major offensive output to put them away. On Saturday morning,
it was no different. SKS started slow again, only scoring five runs after four innings, but they would score 14
runs in the fifth inning alone. What they were not expecting is DMB to answer back with 12 more in the sixth
inning. Street Kids found themselves down by six runs heading into the top of the seventh inning, and knew
they needed to score at least six to tie the game, and they would answer the test.

After the lead off batter lined out, the Kids had seven straight hits - all without a home run - scoring five
times, but it was a big two run double by Nick Bishop with two outs in the seventh that gave the Kids a one
run lead heading into the bottom of the seventh inning. DMB would get two quick outs and find themselves
down to their final out, and it would come on a most bizarre play. The batter swung at the ball and tipped it,
forcing it to go about 18" in front of the plate on a big bounce. When the batter was swinging his bat back
around his body and running out of the box, the bat struck the ball again, thus causing the umpire to rule dead
ball and the batter was out. Had he never left the batters box, it might have been a foul ball off his body, but
the batter ran and the bat hit the ball, and the game was over. Street Kids won, 28-27.

The next game of the winners bracket was against Gorilla's of St. Louis, Missouri, a team that had defeated
Astro Sports Den in the first round, Trads 219 in the second round and Commission of Illinois in the third
round. Gorilla's put up five runs in the first inning, and SKS answered with three runs in their home half of the
first. Both teams went dry until the fourth inning when the Kids put up six runs, highlighted by one of two
home runs that game by Chris Firebaugh, who would go on to have a remarkable tournament. When Gorilla's
failed to respond, the Kids kept pouring it on, scoring five more in the fifth and five more in the sixth, the final
blow coming on a walk off, game ending two run home run by Terry Patesel, playing in his first SKS game in
close to two years. Street Kids won the game, 22-8, earning a trip to the winners bracket finals against Lazer
Show of Richmond, Indiana.

Lazer Show is a team that has won some big tournaments in 2009, including the big WSL Bash for Cash in
Cincinnati, Ohio (over 200 teams total), a tourney the Kids played in as well. They also won the Border
Wars in Kentucky, the Q95 All-nighter, the Winchester Labor Day Marathon, several small tournaments and
the NSA Class B State Championship. According to the NSA points board on PlayNSA.com, Lazer Show
is the number one ranked Class B softball team in the country, a distinction they have held on to for most of
the season. The Street Kids team was right behind them, ranked number two in the nation, and coming into
this tournament, the Kids were 1-1 against Lazer Show. They lost to them in Warsaw earlier in the year, then
beat them during the ASA Class B state championship tournament.

Lazer Show got to the winners bracket finals by defeating Brooks Softball, Playes Warehouse and Softball
Times, who had already come off winning the ASA Class C national championship in Columbus, Ohio and
the USSSA Class C regional-national championship. Some were calling them the hottest team in the sport
coming into the World Series. Times defeated Thorntons and Suburban/SKS before losing to Lazer Show.

The scene was set for SKS and Lazer Show. The winning team would move on to the championship round
of the World Series and the losing team would face DMB, who battled back through the losers bracket,
where they won four
games, including eliminating
Softball Times and Gorilla's.

In the finals of the winners
bracket, SKS struck first on
a run scoring triple by Chris
Firebaugh. But "The Show"
answered back with seven
runs in the home half of the
first, highlighted by a three
run home run by Brandon
Dillon. Street Kids came
alive in the second inning,
scoring six times to tie the
game, highlighted by a three
run home run by Lanny
Fisher and a two run shot by
Joe Horvath. Lazer Show
responded with a sacrifice
fly by Dillon in the home half
of the second to take a one
run lead. The Kids went
quiet in the third and fourth
innings, and Lazer scored
only one in the third and three in the fourth, and led 12-7 heading into the top of the fifth inning. But SKS
would not lay down, scoring four times to bring them within one run, highlighted by Horvath's second home
run of the game, a three run shot. Lazer answered back with three in the bottom of the fifth, taking the score
to 15-11, but the Kids were about to have a big inning.

In the top of the sixth, Dan Garey led off with a double. Following a line out by Kalei Enterline, SKS opened
the flood gates, scoring 10 consecutive runs. After Lanny Fisher made the second out of the inning, the Kids
put on four more before making the third out, giving them 15 runs in the sixth inning. The Kids now led,
26-15 but Lazer Show was not about to lay down either. The Show did what SKS did just a few minutes
earlier, taking advantage of some sloppy defense and getting some timely hitting as they scored eight times in
the sixth, highlighted by Danny Penale's three run home run as well as a three run home run by J. Johnson.

Street Kids scored one insurance run in the top of the seventh inning and led 27-23 heading into the bottom
of the seventh inning. Lazer Show was not done with this game yet, however. Left fielder "B-Rob" Roberson
led off with a single, and Brandon Dillon followed with another single and then Travis Dale cleared the based
with a two run double that sent the Lazer Show bench into a frenzy. Lazer's starting pitcher "Sparky" Sparks
left the game after getting hit by a sharp ground ball earlier in the game, and his replacement (not sure of his
name, sorry) made the first out. Danny Penale then walked which brought the winning run to the plate with
only one out. Third baseman B. Lastiter made the second out and left it up to the next game, which I believe
was the EH, R. Jackson. After getting a strike on Jackson, pitcher Lanny Fisher got Jackson to hit a sharp
line drive down the right field line. If the ball lands fair, the game would be tied at the least, but more
importantly the winning run would be at second or third base. But alas, the ball landed just foul, and Jackson
would become the final out of the inning, preserving the victory for Street Kids, and forcing Lazer Show to
the losers bracket.

"After that game, I thought we had destiny on our side," said Fisher. "I started pumping my fists in jubilation,
knowing we just knocked off the tournament favorite and knowing whoever was our next opponent would
have to beat us twice. Things were looking really good."

Following the 27-25 win over The Show, SKS had a two hour break while Lazer and DMB slugged it out,
with the winner getting a rematch against Street Kids in the World Series championship round. Lazer Show
would come from behind to defeat DMB and earn the rematch against the Kids.

"We have had a great season and our chemistry is great," said Brandon Dillon of Lazer Show, feeling
confident about the championship round against SKS.

The Kids quietly made their way to the dugout, some looking a little tired, a little sore but more shocked
maybe at the fact that a world title was merely one win away. They began to get hyped up as the rookie
Scott Martin yelled from the dugout in excitement in a way that only he can do. Street Kids were ready to
finally reach the top of the mountain that no one thought they would reach, this weekend at least, let alone all
year. The Kids won the flip and took the field with the blood pumping and the nerves jumping.

That's when everything stopped and the number one ranked Class B team in the country did what they have
done so much this season. Lazer Show jumped out of the gate with six runs, highlighted by Jackson's three
run home run. The Kids went three up and three down in the bottom of the first, not able to answer back to
Lazer's shots. So Lazer shot back again... four more runs. The Kids answered back with a leadoff double in
the second inning by Chris Firebaugh, but the team failed to score him. After two innings, it was 10-0 in favor
of the Show. Seeing the lack of any response on behalf of the Kids, Lazer Show did want any great team
would do, and they drove the nail home hard, scoring 12 runs in the top of the third inning. Street Kids went
from a team that thought destiny had picked them, to a team that was staring at the wrong end of a 22-0
score. Besides a single in the bottom of the third by Dan Garey, the Kids would not score, and lost the game
in less than 30 minutes.

"It was mind blowing," said veteran Terry Patesel, who had a great tournament. "Its like they just snuck in the
back window and stole everything in our house while we slept through it."

Following a short break, the Kids were forced to remind themselves that they still can win this tournament.
They still can become world champions. They just needed to find that extra something that they had all
weekend that enabled them to come back against DMB and battle back against Lazer in the winners bracket
victory. But it was something that would never come.

Laser Show was on a huge adrenaline rush, pumped up knowing they had came back to force the "if" game
of the World Series. They were in the drivers seat now, and a world title was right in front of them. They
scored early and often, including a grand slam by Sparks in the first inning, following three straight walks to
start the game. The Kids did show some life, scoring three in the bottom of the first, but Lazer would not be
outdone, as they dropped a 10-spot on the Kids in the top of the second, then another 10-spot in the top of
the third. They led 24-3 heading into the bottom of the third inning. Chris Firebaugh hit a three run home run
to prevent the mercy rule ending, but it was merely prolonging the inevitable. Lazer put two more in the top of
the fourth, and the Kids answered back with two in the bottom of the fourth, but in the fifth inning, with the
bases loaded and two outs, Sparks got Fisher to fly out to end the game, and give Lazer Show the NSA
Class B world championship. The final score was 26-8.

After congratulating the new world champions, the Kids took their defeat easier than some would expect.
Yes, they were just double dipped in the championship round. Yes, they played poor defense and failed to
hit. But they came into this tournament with nothing to lose and everything to gain. With only 11 players in
uniform and four starters not in attendance, they gave it their best and lost to a true class act, Lazer Show.
The number one ranked team in NSA won the championship, and the number two ranked NSA team
proudly settled for second place.

"I am so proud of this team," said TJ Jorgensen. "To think that two years ago we were playing in the class D
state championship game and now we are sitting here as runners up to a great team. We have had a great run
this year and we still have the Super World Series in Nashville, where we will have the entire team in uniform.
So you never know what can happen. But I am so proud of all of my teammates. From JR (Shapiro) and
Teddy (Panagakos) as coaches to our close friend Joe (Richard) to come down and help coach, to the
girlfriends and parents and families who watched us play, and helped out with taking pictures and recording
video. I want to thank everyone for their part."

Chris Firebaugh (.826), Terry Patesel (.800) and Joe Horvath (.783) were named to the all world team while
Kalei Enterline was honored with the tournament defensive MVP award.

Brandon Dillon, who was named MVP of the tournament, spoke to SKS through emails on Monday.

"To win a world title with these guys (teammates) is very special," said Dillon. "We have had a great year so
far and hopefully it continues through supers. To be named MVP in a world tournament is very special to me
and it wouldn't be possible without my teammates. All of my team deserves it. I am very proud of those
guys!"

Dillon also mentioned SKS and DMB.

"For Indiana to finish 1, 2 and 3 (DMB) in worlds shows how softball is in Indiana. There are a lot of good
teams here and it shows. Street Kids is a great team and they should get the credit they deserve. They are a
true class act and it was great to play them in the finals. I have a lot of good friends on that team and they are
all great guys. I look forward to playing them again in the future and hopefully this time it will be for a super
world title!"

In one of the emails, the new MVP showed just how classy he is with a statement to SKS owner/manager TJ
Jorgensen.

"I just want to thank you for all you do for the sport of softball. I know there are a lot of haters, but I think
you do a great job so thanks again."

"That just shows how you never know someone until you get to know them," said Jorgensen. "Brandon is
one of the best young players in the state, and because he carries himself with confidence and believes in his
gift and ability, many people mistake that for arrogance. But he showed me in his emails and text messages
today what a class act he truly he is."

Suburban/SKS went 2-2 in the tournament, beating Whiskey City in their opener, then losing to Softball
Times, then defeating Plumbers and Pipefitters, before losing to Players Warehouse.

Up next for the Street Kids team (101-36 overall) is two weeks of fall league games, starting on Wednesday
night. In less than two weeks, members of the SKS team will combine with members of the Suburban/SKS
team to participate in the 35 and over World Series, right back here in Indianapolis.

On Tuesday night, look for a special video commemorating the amazing weekend.
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