Reprint with permission by Press Publications
Written by J. Patrick Eaken     

 
The National Amateur Baseball Federation College Division World Series presented by Buckeye Cable Sports Network will return to Toledo August 6-9. Sixteen teams from across the country will qualify through regional tournaments and direct bids for the 31-game wood bat tournament.

Two teams will receive direct bids from the Toledo Amateur Baseball Federation, which has eight teams this year. Two of the teams represent the Oregon-based Ohio Monarchs (Gold and Blue teams), which also play in the Tri-State Baseball League (Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania), and a third team playing Fed ball this season is the Ohio Trojans, which were the 2007 Continental Amateur Baseball Association College World Series champion.

The other five teams playing in the now mostly wood-bat summer collegiate Toledo Fed league this summer are the Northwest Ohio Dirt Devils, the Ohio Tornadoes, Ohio Legends, Glass City Elite, and (Toledo) All-Americans (formerly All-American Coach).

The Monarchs Gold traveled to Youngstown Saturday and played two competitive games with the Metros. The Gold won the first game 6 to 4 with 6 hits and won the second game in nine innings 11 to 8 with 12 hits.

Phil Brua, in his second appearance for the Gold, recorded his first win in the first game. Brua threw 6 solid innings allowing only 4 runs with 5 strikeouts and only walked 1 batter. Josh Stidham closed out the game in the seventh inning with only 7 pitches.

The Gold started their runs in the second inning with a leadoff walk by Howard then Hornyak went to first on an error. After Peffley walked Mouch drove in Howard with a single. Bilius then hit a shot to center field scoring both Hornyak and Peffley.