City Park - Championship

City Park Field 1 (6pm)

Girls Love Big Kicks (Red) vs. Kickaholics (Charcoal): The Kickaholics jumped out to an early 3-0 after the top of the 2^nd inning and then tried to hold on for dear life in this one. However, Girls Love Big Kicks never goes down without a fight, and they immediately proceeded to immediately turn up the defense after the 2^nd inning. Brady “Oh Captain, My Captain” Andersen from Girls Love Big Kicks had a particularly nice three-up-three-down inning during the bottom of the 4^th as the pitcher. Unfortunately for Andersen’s team, the Kickaholics’ defense was super tight throughout, with Cassandra “Catwoman” Peifer completing an impressive double play in the top of the 5^th and Rachel “Baller” Bondy making some nice outs in the infield during the top of the 6^th. Kickaholics win 4-1.

City Park Field 2 (6pm)

Lunchbox Violators (Daisy Yellow) vs. Balls Deep (Blue): What a battle! Just because it’s the consolation bracket doesn’t mean there can’t be excitement!!! Balls Deep held a 3-0 lead through the top of the 4^th inning until the Lunchbox Violators finally tied it up 3-3! Going into the bottom of the 7^th, it looked like the Lunchbox Violators might score until the Balls Deep Captain, Dillon Flynn, made a diving catch to save the game! Then, in extra innings, Nate Sherman from Balls Deep had the game-winning RBI! And yes, this highlight had exclamation points in every sentence! Balls Deep wins 5-3.

City Park Field 3 (6pm)

Real Housewives of Greely (Maroon) vs. New Kicks on the Block (Kiwi Green): With the shining glimmer of the Horsetooth Cup in the background, tensions were high in this contest. The Real Housewives of Greely quickly asserted themselves by scoring four runs in the top of the 1^st inning. New Kicks on the Block was shell-shocked at first, but they eventually cut deficit to 4-6 after the bottom of the 5^th inning. Just as a comeback seemed to be in the works, it was Catherine Mack (aka C-Mack) from the Real Housewives of Greely who caught a screaming line drive to stifle the comeback. Kickball analyst Dan Patrick said after the game, “Obviously, New Kicks on the Block was disappointed that their bid for an undefeated season went unfulfilled, but watch out for them next season—they will definitely be contenders. It’s probably time we started calling them Old Kicks on the Block…” Real Housewives of Greely wins 7-4.

City Park Field 4 (6pm)

High Rollers (Gold) vs. Oilers SLTI (Irish Green): Another nail-biter! This is what the playoffs are for… The game started off slow with the score 0-0 after the 1^st inning, due in large part to an unassisted double play by the High Rollers’ Matt Dea. Then Michael Schwarz, Captain of the Oilers SLTI, broke the silence with a home run in the top of the 2^nd inning to put his team on top. However, the lead wouldn’t last long as soon enough the game was tied 2-2 going into the 7^th inning. That’s when the Oilers SLTI came through in the clutch to score two runs!!! Michael Hallczuk, Captain of the High Rollers, commented after the game, “In this epic struggle of high-caliber kickball squads, unfortunately there can only be one highlander—I mean winner. Today, we are not the chosen ones, but next season, we will roll even higher!” Oilers SLTI win 4-2. 

City Park Field 1 (7pm)

Kickaholics (Charcoal) vs. Balls Deep (Blue): Consolation/Toilet Bowl Championship!!! There weren’t a lot of successful kicks or balls that went deep in this one, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a great game. Tim “Iron Arm” Arnesen made a great throw from the outfield for an out at home plate in the top of the 1^st to start things off for the Kickaholics. Then the pitcher for Balls Deep, Ryan “Rollmaster” Smith had three straight outs in the bottom of the 2^nd inning. Finally, we got some scoring after John “I-Got-Your-Back” Flack completed an inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the 3^rd inning to put the Kickaholics on top 1-0. Balls Deep would go on to tie up the game in the top of the 5^th, and so it would remain until the bottom of the 7^th inning… That’s when the Kickaholics’ Avondine “Real Deal” Hill’s walk-off sac-fly secured the Toilet Bowl for her team!!! Kickaholics win 2-1.

City Park Field 3 (7pm)

Real Housewives of Greely (Maroon) vs. Oilers SLTI (Irish Green): Another classic Horsetooth Cup!!! The Oilers SLTI, two-time defending champs, came in looking for a repeat, but the consistent second place finishers on the Real Housewives of Greely squad weren’t going down easy in this one. Defense ruled the day early on, as Sean Blair pulled a sweet double play at first base for the Real Housewives of Greely. Meanwhile Captain Chad Cheshire of “RHOG” completed an unusual double play on a tip ball as catcher. The Real Housewives of Greely were the first ones on the scoreboard as well when they scored one run in the top of the 4^th and two runs in the top of the 5^th inning. The Oilers SLTI tried to respond with a run in the bottom of the 6^th inning and some amazing catches by pitcher Adam Morse and 3^rd baseman Michael Schwarz. However, it was too little to late as the stellar defense on Real Housewives of Greely completely stoppered the Oilers SLTI offensive game plan, thereby securing the upset victory!!! Christoph Schindler, the Cy Young caliber pitcher for the Real Housewives of Greely went home with the league MVP award, and the Real Housewives of Greely win the Summer 2015 Horsetooth Cup 3-1.