Ladies open season with two wins

The Softball-Team started its campaign with the home opener against the Hünenberg Unicorns on Sunday, April 26 at the Klopstockwiese. Armin Blickenstorfer won his first game as the new head coach of the Challengers, as the C’s cruised to a 13-0 victory over the Unicorns in Game 1. Leandra Simitovic (1-0) won her sixth straight opening day start allowing four hits with no walks and two strikeouts. Simona Cellar led the offense with a RBI-triple, while Flavia Von Meiss and Simone Zurschmitten scored three runs apiece. Game 2 was different, but ended up with the same winner, as the Challengers erased a seven run deficit to eventually win 9-8 after tie break. The Unicorns took an early 8-1 lead and pitcher Jamie Williams kept the Challengers’ bats silent. But the C’s erupted for five hits in the fifth inning, cutting the deficit to two runs, before Katrin Dresbach scored the tying run with two outs in the seventh inning and sent the game into tie break. A single by Karen Heimgartner and an intentional Walk to Flavia Von Meiss loaded the bases again and Simona Cellar batted in Rookie Celine Welti, who scored the game-winning run in her second game ever. Andrea Wirth made her first career start allowing eight runs – none of them earned – and six hits with two strikeouts in 2+ innings, while Karen Heimgartner (1-0) registered the win, allowing two hits in six innings of relief with seven strikeouts. Celine Welti and Vanessa Zulliger made their debut for the Challengers. The C’s will face next the Therwil Flyers on May 10 at Therwil.

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Saisonstart der Softballerinnen gegen Unicorns

Das Softball-Team startet am Sonntag, 26. April mit dem Heimspiel gegen die Hünenberg Unicorns (1-1) in die neue Saison. Die Unicorns begannen ihre Saison mit einem Split gegen die Zürich Barracudas. Katrin Dresbach wird nach einjährigem Unterbruch ihr Comeback bei den Challengers geben, derweil Armin Blickenstorfer sein erstes Spiel als Headcoach der Challengers in Angriff nehmen wird, nachdem er den Chefposten von Willy Schaub übernommen hat. Spielbeginn ist um 11.00 und 13.30 Uhr auf der Klopstockwiese.

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Cadets Nationalteam mit drei Challengers

Die Schweizer U15 Baseball Nationalmannschaft nimmt diesen Sommer am Qualifier European Championship Cadets Turnier teil. Das EM-Turnier wird vom 20. bis 25. Juli im belgischen Antwerpen ausgetragen. Die Schweiz trifft dabei auf Belgien, Grossbritannien, Litauen und Polen. Der Coaching Staff um Headcoach Seppi Zwyer berief dabei die Challengers Spieler Yanik Probst, Danilo Schneider and Gabe Staub ins 14-köpfige EM-Kader.
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Perfekter Start

Die Challengers eröffneten ihre Saison mit zwei klaren Siegen gegen die Reussbühl Eagles am Samstag. Thomas Landis und Neuverpflichtung Tom Huston setzten die offensiven Highlights im ersten Spiel mit zwei Homeruns, und Thomas Burger bekam den Win beim 11-1 Sieg zugesprochen. Player-Coach James Sanders war der siegreiche Pitcher im zweiten Spiel, das die Challengers ebenfalls mühelos mit 9-2 nach Hause brachten.
Das 1.Liga-Team eröffnete seine Saison am Sonntag, 19. April gegen die Jona Bandits und die Romanshorn Submarines in Romanshorn mit je einem Sieg und einer Niederlage. Nachdem die Challengers die Bandits mit 10-5 bezwingen konnten, unterlagen sie anschliessend den gastgebenden Submarines mit 7-9.

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Challengers sign Von Burg and Huston

The Challengers have announced the signing of Ueli Von Burg and Tom Huston for the 2009 season. Von Burg, who started his career with the Challengers for whom he played his last game in 1995, returns to the blue and red after playing more than ten years for the cross-town rivals Zurich Barracudas. The 32-year-old infielder will play a key role in the Challengers‘ defense and offense. Huston joined the C’s in off-season after playing from 2003 till 2008 six seasons for the Reussbühl Eagles. The 41-year-old San Diego native will add a lot of experience to the lineup and is considered as one of the best left-handed hitters in Switzerland.

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Challengers in Preseason Action

On Saturday, April 4 the NLA-Team won for the first time in 2009, after beating the Embrach Rainbows. The Softball Team traveled to Herrenberg, Germany on Sunday, April 5, where they played against the Augsburg Dirty Slugs and the Herrenberg Wanderers, both from the First German Bundesliga. After losing 0-8 to the Dirty Slugs the C’s lost 15-17 against the Wanderers. The U15-Cadets played an exhibition game against the Therwil Flyers at the SBSF Season Opening Weekend on Saturday, April 4 on the brand new field in Hünenberg. The C’s won 14-6 and seem to be ready for the season, which starts on May 3 at Embrach.

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