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Final city softball tourney underway

August 8, 2011

The Chuckawallees/Bill Eddy Traditional Archery and Unloaded teams rose to the top at Friday evening’s first round of the City Softball League Coed C division championship tournament.
The teams, ranked in the middle of the six-team division, meet top-ranked CBC Crusaders and I-Hiimu this coming Friday in the semifinals. The title will be determined in the final game at 8 p.m.
Chuckawallees 10, Red Tails 5

The Chuckawallees jumped out to an early lead in the top of the first inning and never relinquished it.

Just NDNs smothers Bad Company

July 18, 2011

Just NDNs proved why it sits atop the City of Bishop’s Coed B League standings with an 18-7 win over Bad Company last Thursday.
Bad Company was game, putting up a challenge in the fifth and sixth innings, but fell victim to NDNs lethal bats and impenetrable defense.
NDNs goes into the single-elimination tournament, starting tonight, as the team to beat for the Coed B championship.
Adrian Santana started the scoring drive for Just NDNs in the bottom of the first, with a double and scramble to third on an infield error.

Bishop softball league standings

July 11, 2011

Coed A
Mason’s 5-1
Team Blackout of Budget
Mini-Storage 5-3
Dondero Construction and
Taxidermy 3-4
Native Mixed 2-5
Red Attack 1-6

Coed B
Just NDN’s 7-1
Just 4 Fun 6-2
Shirts n Skirts 6-2
Nite Owl Eastern Sierra Oil and Brown’s Salvage 5-2
Joker’s Rez Stop 4-3
BSer’s-Kendal
Engineerng 4-4
Bad Company 3-5
Whitehawks 1-6
Red Thunder 1-7

Coed C
CBC CrusADERS 6-0-1
I-Hiimu 5-1-1
Unloaded 5-2
Chuckawallees 3-4
Red Tails 1-6
NuBeez 0-7

Men’s
Team Blackout of the Sierra
Reader 8-0
Mahogany Meats Jerky
Boys 6-2
McMurray’s Possee 4-4
Air-Way Medical Mad

Local youth wins titles at AjPHA show

July 11, 2011

Morgan Deuschle of Bishop won three American Junior Paint Horse Association Youth World Championship titles in Houston, Texas.
Deuschle, riding One Hot Machine, competed in the 2011 Youth World Championship Paint Horse Show, June 24-July 2.
She took the title in Youth Walk-Trot Hunter Under Saddle (ages 5-9). Youth Walk-Trot Hunt Seat Equitation (ages 5-9) and the Youth Walk-Trot Western Horsemanship (ages 5-9).

Bishop Juniors struggle in All-Star tournament

July 11, 2011

Tehachapi continued its dominance of the Little League All-Star tournaments with back-to-back wins over the Bishop Juniors.
Bishop’s All-Stars lost by a slim 5-7 margin Friday afternoon.
Tehachapi took an early lead in Saturday morning’s game and never gave it up, taking the tournament with a 1-15 win. Bishop’s bats were active, but couldn’t string them together for enough runs to challenge Tehachapi.
Bishop’s fielding looked sharp in the first inning. A rapid-fire throw from pitcher Grayson Hess to first baseman Brad Greene retired Tehachapi’s Zach Wagner.

Softball Standings

July 6, 2011

Coed A
Mason’s 5-1
Team Blackout of Budget Mini-Storage 5-3
Dondero Construction & Taxidermy 3-4
Native Mixed 2-5
Red Attack 1-6

Coed B
Just NDN’s 6-1
Just 4 Fun 5-2
Shirts n Skirts 5-2
Joker’s Rez Stop 4-2
Nite Owl, Eastern Sierra Oil & Brown’s 4-2
Bad Company 3-4
BSer’s, Kendal 3-4
E6 3-4
Whitehawks 1-5
Red Thunder 1-6

Coed C
CBC Crusaders 5-0-1
Unloaded 5-1
I-hiimu 4-1-1 Chuckawallees 2-4
Red Tails 1-5
NuBee3 0-6

Men’s
Team Blackout of the Sierra Reader 7-0
Mahogany Meats Jerky
Boys 5-2
McMurray’s Posse 4-3
Air-Way Medical Mad
Batters 2-4-1

Briefs

July 6, 2011

Memorial One-Pitch Tournament Scheduled for Aug. 13-14

The second annual Jerry Davis Memorial Co-ed One Pitch Softball tourney takes place Aug. 13-14.
Proceeds from the tournament will go to Davis’ three children. Davis passed away January 1, 2010.
Entry fee is $150 and will be collected prior to the first game. The tournament is a round robin, single-elimination event, limited to 16 teams.
Teams interested should contact Willie at (760) 937-2019 by Friday, Aug. 5.

Junior Golf Clinic at Mt. Whitney Golf Club

Flyball dogs/handlers descend on fairgrounds

July 6, 2011

Approaching Charles Brown Auditorium at the Tri-County Fairgrounds, it was hard to tell Bedlam in Bishop was really happening. But the excited yips gave it away.
For the fourth year, the Flyball tournament, hosted by Lickety Splits and X Flyball, was seriously under way.

Owens Valley All-Stars advance

July 6, 2011

With a 5-3 win over Bishop Tuesday, the Owens Valley All-Stars stay alive in tournament action, taking on the undefeated Tehachapi team in the championship round.
(The final round was played yesterday afternoon; results will be in Saturday’s paper.)
Tuesday’s game was hard fought. The Bishop All-Stars were in it to the end, but fell short of the mark.
“This win was a big deal for us,” said OV manager Travis Allison. “We haven’t beaten Bishop in years.
“I told the kids to play with heart, to believe in themselves and each other and not give up. The ball will fall where it falls.”

Locals compete in Bishop coed league

June 24, 2011

Despite a late-game rally, Just NDNs proved too much for Shirts ‘n Skirts in Tuesday evening’s Bishop coed softball game at City Park. The NDNs took out their opponent 11-3.
Both teams were held scoreless through the first inning. NDN Johnny Shoshone hit a 1-RBI single to get things started in the top of the second.
Suma Davis smashed a 2 RBI double into center field in the third. By the end of the inning, the NDNs had extended their lead to 6-0.
Shirts ‘n Skirts got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third. Bob Bishop hit a sacrifice fly ball to bring Justin Whitman home.