The Messiah Chiefs defeated the New Hope Chicks to win this year's league championship taking 4 of 5 games in the best-of-seven series with scores of 7-5, 4-5, 6-1, 13-5 and 5-3.
Outstanding players in the series include Ken Thompson of the Messiah Chiefs (18 hits, 11 RBIs, 0.486 series batting average), Brian Engleson of the Messiah Chiefs (16 hits, 10 RBIs, 0.444 series batting average) and Jack Pohl of the New Hope Chicks (12 hits, 8 RBIs, 0.400 series batting average).
The annual Church Dartball League banquet will be held on Tuesday, April 11th at 6:30 p.m. at Sun Valley Presbyterian Church. Award presentations and the annual business meeting will follow the dinner.
All churches in the Beloit area are invited to join the league, which begins in September and runs through March. Teams must have 5 to 9 players. All games are played on Tuesday evenings. For more information, contact David Rounds at (608) 365-3188.
Game 1 Inning: |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Runs |
Hits |
New Hope Chicks |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
12 |
Messiah Chiefs |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
- |
7 |
15 |
Game 2 Inning: |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
R |
H |
Messiah Chiefs |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
13 |
New Hope Chicks |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
13 |
Game 3 Inning: |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Runs |
Hits |
New Hope Chicks |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
Messiah Chiefs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
6 |
12 |
Game 4 Inning: |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Runs |
Hits |
Messiah Chiefs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
19 |
New Hope Chicks |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
- |
5 |
12 |
Game 5 Inning: |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Runs |
Hits |
New Hope Chicks |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
Messiah Chiefs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
- |
5 |
12 |