Congratulations to Bill Cross and his CROSSTOWN RIVALS for holding on the final day to capture their 2nd OJBL title…the Rivals captured their 2nd OJBL title and first since 2000…for the 3rd time in league history a tiebreak was required to determine the league championship…both teams tied in HTH categories (4-4) and it came down to total TB points where the Rivals nosed out STEVE-A-DORES 10,875 to 10,610 determined by total IP multiplied by 3 plus total at bats…it’s the second time the Dores were victimized by a tie-break concluding a season… in 2004, Moline claimed the title over Steve-A-Dores when both were tied at 71.0 points…in 2008 Mick Jag*grrs won the tie-break over the Boiler Bangers with both tied at 75.0 points

The final day saw the Rivals hold serve at 64.0 points but had to sweat out Steve-A-Dores taking a half-point lead a couple of times that afternoon…the Dores picked up point in ERA but lost a point to Moline in RBI with the Dores falling one RBI short with Geraldo Perdomo getting a late RBI for the Lawmen…the BOILER BANGERS dropped a point on Sunday to end up -3.0 points back to finish in 3rd place…MOLINE completed their late season surge to claim the final spot in the First Four with the Lawmen and Panama City each dropping a half-point…Moline moved back into the First Four for the first time since Week #4 and ends a streak of 51 straight weeks in the First Four by Panama City