By Robert Doi
Following a frantic and tight conclusion to the regular season, the play-offs have also featured some extremely close games.
The quarter-finals saw Jon Nagamatsu’s Wietzes Toyota team defeat Mike Ogino’s Birchmount Collision team 33 – 32 and Glen Kawaguchi’s Dundee Private Investors Inc. team defeat Tod Nagamatsu’s Hoult-Hellewell Trophies team 37 – 36. Both games were decided in the bottom of the 7th inning. In the semi-finals, regular season champion Paul Takasaki’s Back2feet stormed back from an early deficit to a 39 – 36 victory over Wietzes Toyota and Dundee Wealth ran roughshod over Rob Takimoto’s Expedia CruiseShipCenters team 34 – 16.
This sets up a Championship Final between the two pre-season favourites Back2feet and Dundee Private Investors Inc. Please check out the JC3-Pitch website for additional details. www.jc3pitch.com