Show Me Classic ~Missouri and NYPD’s Finest Champions
The Show Me Classic weekend began as it always does, with our Annual PBR Player Party at Ballpark Village across from Busch Stadium, with plenty of free drinks going around in our VIP section. We had a large group of 260+ players and family members who left the party to walk across the street to attend the Cards/Cubs game. Everyone eventually made their way back over to PBR and the night ran long, especially for the PAPD Twins!
Pool play began Saturday and by 10:00am MDF/Dayton had knocked off two Majors teams with wins over Missouri Lawmen and South Florida. The rest of pool play was filled with very close competitive games. When pool play concluded, four teams had come out on fire Saturday going 3-0 and ended up the top seeds in Majors; Great Lakes, TBL Outlaws, Miami Dawgz and Kentucky Blue. The top four seeds in Gold after pool were Chicago Metro, 305 Elite, MDF/Dayton and I-80 Cartel.
The Majors Bracket began with two of the top four seeds getting beat, with Missouri over #4 Kentucky Blue and Minnesota over #3 Miami Dawgz. This bracket played out with Missouri vs Great Lakes and TBL Outlaws vs Minnesota, to see who would match up to go to the Championship. TBL Outlaws squeaked by Minnesota in an 11 inning battle to face off with Missouri who ended up besting Great Lakes, thanks to some great defensive plays. Missouri then ended up on top of TBL Outlaws in a soaking wet rain filled game to move on to the Championship game. Kentucky Blue rattled off four wins in the loser’s bracket vs NY Express, Minnesota, Great Lakes and TBL Outlaws, only giving up TWO runs combined in those four games, to make it to the Championship vs Missouri. Kentucky Blue grabbed and early lead but Missouri came back and ultimately won their first MAJORS Show Me Classic title since 2014.
Also of note in the Majors bracket, a team that will be playing Gold in Vegas, but had a great run in NY beating some Majors teams and had a ton of talk going into StL, the NY Express. They ended the tournament with a combined 2-4 record, but they had some super competitive games beating South Florida by two, losing to Kentucky Blue by three and losing to Center Mass in extra innings by one. This team is going to do some damage in the near future.
The Gold Bracket began the exact same way as the Majors did, with two of the top four seeds getting beat, NYPD Finest over #4 I-80 Cartel and Midwest Heat over #3 MDF/Dayton. This bracket played out with NYPD Finest vs Chicago Metro and 305 Elite vs Midwest Heat, to see who would match up to go to the Championship. NYPD Finest held off Chicago to face off with Midwest Heat who doubled up 305 Elite. NYPD Finest then took care of Midwest Heat in a high scoring game to secure their spot in the Championship. In the loser’s bracket, both Norsemen PSC and PAPD Twins rattled off three straight wins, after losing early, with PAPD coming out on top. After their fourth straight win, PAPD then lost a close one to Midwest Heat who made their way to the Championship. The Championship was a tight game throughout with Midwest Heat forcing the IF game. NYPD had more gas in the tank and took down Midwest Heat to become the first BACK to BACK St. Louis Show Me Classic GOLD Champions!
I would like to thank the staff and management at the O’Fallon Family Sports Complex, for all their hard work throughout the weekend. There were several others who deserve big thanks… Corny with DeMarini, Todd with LHM, Nick with 1st Phorm, Dan with Lousiville Slugger, Tom with TR Hughes, Ashlee with Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group, Tim with Grey Eagle, Jay with Lohr, Ben with PBR, Tom with Service Master, Dan with Dynamac Sports Gear, Corey with Wallis Companies, Cullen with the St. Louis Cardinals, Missy/Sam/Amy with TriEl, and ALL of our sponsors.
FINALLY A HUGE THANK YOU to all the coaches, teams and their families who traveled to St. Louis to be a part of this Annual Show Me Classic and make it an awesome event.
MAJORS DIVISION RESULTS
1. Missouri Lawmen
2. Kentucky Blue
3. TBL Outlaws
4. Great Lakes
T5. Minnesota Lawmen
T5. Miami Dawgz
T7. NY Express
T7. San Antonio Law
T9. Center Mass
T9. South Florida Lawmen
MAJORS ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
Justin Beal TOURNAMENT MVP (Missouri Lawmen)
Gregory Kranz (Missouri Lawmen)
Jeremy Brown (Missouri Lawmen)
Bryan Dawson DEFENSIVE MVP (Kentucky Blue)
Sean Smith (Kentucky Blue)
Adam Quiles (Kentucky Blue)
Landon Sinclair (TBL Outlaws)
Rygo Gough (TBL Outlaws)
(Great Lakes)
(Great Lakes)
GOLD DIVISION RESULTS
1. NYPD Finest
2. Midwest Heat
3. PAPD Twins
4. Norsemen PSC
T5. 305 Elite
T5. Chicago Metro
T7. I-80 Cartel
T7. MDF/Dayton
T9. Texas Fugitives
T9. KC Guns
GOLD ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
Michael Siklas TOURNAMENT MVP (NYPD Finest)
Terence Meaney (NYPD Finest)
Nicholas Von Ohlen (NYPD Finest)
Jordan Johanson DEFENSIVE MVP (Midwest Heat)
Justin Witt (Midwest Heat)
Brandon Hoehner (Midwest Heat)
Tim Pappas (PAPD Twins)
Joe Picillo (PAPD Twins)
Cody Amberg (Norsemen PSC)
Jordan Mondeel (Norsemen PSC)