Abeautiful sunny day greeted both teams as they took the field for game one. The first game match-up featured Mike & Son's Jimmy Edwards facing Townsend Comeu's Larry White. The T/C crew jumped to an early 4-0 lead in the first inning with timely hitting by Tommy Spinhurn, Marc Comeau, Mike Dupray and Mark Meaney. T/C would add one more run in the 2nd inning with a timely two out triple by Mike Dupray, who was then batted in by Mark Meaney.

The game would remain scoreless until the bottom of the 4th when Scott Garand, Mike Stasiuk, Chris Perna and Mike Blake started a hitting attack of their own to cut the lead by two. Both teams would score twice in the 5th leaving it a two run game. The T/C crew would score two more times in the last two innings and hold off a rally by the Mike's contingent in the bottom of the 7th to earn a 9-7 win. White got the win for T/C while Edwards took the loss for Mikes. Mike Dupray led the hitting attack for T/C while Scott Garand, Chirs Perna, and Dan Brennan all had two hits for Mikes.

Game two would set an Over 30 record, lasting 12 innings, with neither waving the white flag. Mike's got off to a four run lead with key contributions on offense from Jim Restucci, Mike Stasiuk, John Bell and Jimmy Powers. T/C cut the lead by two in the bottom half of the second inning with hits from Steve Murdoch, Mark Hardie, and Will Maker. Mikes would score four more runs in the top of the fourth only to have T/C come back with three of their own in the bottom half. Trailing 10-6 in the bottom of the fifth T/C started the inning with three straight hits and a walk, which they capitalized on to tie the game at 10.

It would remain scoreless by both teams through the end of the 7th forcing it to go into extra frames. Not until the 9th did Mike's attempt to put the game on ice with key hits by Scott Garand, Chris Perna, and Brendan Kennedy putting the Oilers up by two. Not to go down quietly the T/C crew put together two key hits by Larry White and Tommy Spinhurn.

Mike Dupray hit a deep fly ball to lefty center to score Spinhurn to tie the game back at 10. In the top of the 12th Mike's Chris Perna lead off with a double and was singled in by Mike Blake to give the Mike's crew a 11-10 lead and eventual win, despite a rally by T/C which came up short to tie the series at one. Mike Blake earned the win for Mikes while Larry White took the loss for T/C coming in for the injured Bill Knovack in the 3rd inning.

Game three was set, and it would come down to who got the hits and defense when it mattered the most. T/C got off to a quick 1-0 lead in the top half of the 1st inning with a lead off single by Tom Spinhurn followed by a Mike Dupray single to drive Spinhurn in for the early lead. Not to be upstaged by their counterparts the Mike & Sons crew scored three of their own in the bottom half of the first with hits by Jim Restucci, Mike Stasiuk, and Chris Perna.

The game would remain scoreless until the top of the 4th when Townsend Comeau struck for four runs with big hits by Dupray, Mark Meaney, Jamie Morely, Steve Murdoch, Larry White and Matt Comeau giving the Oilers a slim 5-3 lead. Mike's struck right back scoring 1 back after a lead off hit by Perna; Scott Higgins batted in Perna to cut the lead by one run. In he top half of the 5th T/C struck for two more runs with Meaney driving in Spinhurn, and Marc Comeau who earlier connected for back to back hits. Mike's would strike right back in the bottom of the fifth scoring four runs, capped off by a three run home run by Perna to give the Mike's crew a 8-7 lead that would earn them the win and give them their second consecutive championship.

Jimmy Edwards got the win in relief taking over for Mike Blake. Larry White, was the tough luck loser who pitched very well taking over for Bill Knovack in the 3rd inning of the 2nd game and pitching the whole 3rd game.

Field Observations

• The championship was very well attended by many fans and families of the players involved. Something not seen since the days at Don Bosco/Biolabs.
• Special thanks go out to Tom Ewing, Chris Connolly, Kevin Kirk, and Mike Dupray who provided culinary pleasures for all players and fans attending the championship along with the league's presentation of Hamburgers, and Hot Dogs for all to enjoy.
• Umpires Mike Singer, and Angie Perna did a great job umpiring and keeping the games going in an orderly fashion during the hot and humid conditions.
• Pro Turf did an excellent job preparing Doyon field along with the lines put down by Angie Perna.
• The league would like to thank all the sponsors of the league. They are Mike & Sons Oil, Towsned Comeau Oil, Club 498, and Institution for Savings, and website coordinator Bob Lindquist for all of his great work throughout the year.

The league would also like to thank all players, players' families, and fans for making this a very successful year. Play will resume again in May 2009 with new teams. Please be sure to check out the league's website at www.ipswichover30.com for updates and meetings for the 2009 season.