Plow team keeps pushing to Coed tourney title

Plow Boys & Plow Girls powered through three elimination games to win the fourth annual Brad Ross Memorial Coed Softball Tournament in Cambridge Saturday evening. Several young fans joined the champs who are listed from left. Front row: Cameron Burkey, Jason Houghtelling, Brad Ackermann, Brad Lewis, John Pick and John Strand. Back row: Lauren Pritchard, Katie Ackermann, Ashley Maddox, Stacy Pick, Lisa Sandell Bahe and Alyssa Downey. Not pictured: Amy Strand and Deyton Hager.

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Flaming Flamingos descended upon Cambridge along with Swamp Donkeys and others who were Late To The Party.

But when Saturday evening arrived, the fourth annual Brad Ross Coed Memorial Tournament came to teams focused on family and hard work.

How could a team named Plow Boys & Plow Girls do anything but take the toughest path to a championship?

They faced elimination after falling 9-8 to All Related in Saturday’s second round.

Meanwhile, the Sayers were moving along with real momentum after scorign 23 runs during two big “survival game” wins.

They could have pushed Plow Boys & Plow Girls out of the title chase, but instead PBPG pounded out a 19-7 win.

Offensive behavior had been the key victory as PBPG plated 44 runs during its first three tourney games.

However, the plow team proved it could grind through a 5-4 revenge win over All Related.

The thriller set up a second championship game Saturday night — and PBPG prevailed again by an 11-4 final count.

All champion Plow Boys & Plow Girls team members are featured in photo above. Other scores from the tourney:

First round: Late To The Party 7, Swamp Donkeys Part 3 3; The Sayers 10, Flaming Flamingos 7.

Elimination bracket: Late To The Party 11, Flaming Flamingos 2; The Sayers 10, Swamp Donkeys Part 3 3; The Sayers 13, Late To The Party 2.

Winner’s bracket: All Related 10, Late To The Party 0; Plowboys & Plowgirls 17, The Sayers 0.

The tournament’s 2017 scholarship winners were Marlana Kent and Cassie McCoy.