O'Fallon Flames Archives

6.2.07 : Flames Finish Third at Speedway Classic

Saturday the O'Fallon Flames and Crystal City represented the SLSL at the Speedway Classic in Indianapolis, Indiana. 9 players from 5 cities throughout the Midwest were in attendance for the one-day tournament. The Flames played everyone once in the first round and recorded wins over Amanda Ewer from Michigan (4-0), Barret Crites (3-0) and Bryan Carter (5-0) from Indianapolis, Brian Bostleman (2-0) from La Porte, and league mate Brad DeMunbrun (3-0). Two dramatic 0-0 draws with Steve Laskey from Cincinnati and Jon Schultz from La Porte and a 2-1 loss to Michigan's Mike Ewer put the Flames in to the playoff round where they met up with travel partner Brad DeMunbrun in the quarter-finals.

Two controversial first half goals and two late second half goals put O'Fallon in to the semi-finals with a 4-0 victory. In the semis they would again meet up with former ASA National Champion Jon Schultz. Having played to a scoreless draw in the opening round, the match promised to be good. Another tightly contested match saw Schultz score the only goal of the match early in the second half.

All that left up for grabs was pride and a little revenge was at stake when the Flames met Mike Ewer in the 3rd place match. Looking to exact that revenge for the opening round loss, O'Fallon scored in the first minute of play. Another goal just minutes later put the Flames in definite control of the match. At the end of the half time break the man from Michigan could not answer the bell and had to retire.

Match recaps:

W 4-0 v. Amanda Ewer
W 3-0 v. Barret Crittes
W 3-0 v. Crystal City
D 0-0 v. Steve Laskey
W 5-0 v. Bryan Carter
W 2-0 v. Brian Bostleman
D 0-0 v. Jon Schultz
L 2-1 v. Mike Ewer

W 4-0 v. Crystal City (quarter-final)
L 1-0 v. Jon Schultz (semi-final)
W 2-0 v. Mike Ewer (3rd place match)