Here are the game times for the Opening Round games of the RMSA Tournament set to begin on August 12. All 16 Tournament teams will play on opening night.
The RMSA season entered the final stages of the 2010 season this week with week nine and ten games filling the schedule. The top tier teams continued their winning ways, while those battling for the automatic tournament bids continued knocking each other around.
The deadline for submitting playoff rosters has been extended to 6:00pm Thursday July 15. There are 14 teams who have not submitted rosters. If we do not get your roster before this deadline, you will not participate in the RMSA Championship Tournament.
Week 10 play featured two marquee matchups. In the Monday Burt Smith League, undefeated Performance Wire faced Black River Ale House/D&D Carpets, while in the Thursday Jim Korpela League, a battle of the unbeatens closed out the week on field two.
The week’s biggest game, regardless of schedule, was a Sunday showdown between the undefeated rivals of the Community League, Western Legion and Advanced Auto/Tebb’s. Both teams are perennial final four teams in the season ending tournament and always match up well.
The chase for playoff positions began in earnest this week as the Community and Burt Smith Leagues played week seven games while the Jim Korpela League completed week eight. With the top four teams from each league earning an automatic spot in the post-season RMSA tourney, teams in the middle of the pack stated their case for inclusion in the tournament.
A showdown in the Community League opened week six action in the Rome Mens Softball Association. Undefeated Western Legion and Don’s Auto battled in the week’s featured game.
RMSA played a truncated schedule in week five due to the Memorial Day holiday. The Monday Burt Smith League had the week off, while the Sunday Community League made up games from the snowy May 9 weekend.
Week four of RMSA play saw more late- and extra-inning heroics as teams
battled for position heading to the quarter pole.
In the Sunday Community League, Sammy G’s and Taylor Construction needed an
extra inning to decide their contest.
Two thrilling games highlighted play in week three action in the Rome Men’s Softball Association. In the Sunday Community League, some late-inning heroics kept Advanced Auto/Tebb’s unbeaten while in the Monday Burt Smith League, extra frames were needed to decide a tense match-up between Brew Crew and Black River Ale House/D&D Carpets.
Winter’s return appearance in Central New York this past weekend forced the
postponement of the entire Community League slate on Sunday. Those games will be
made up on May 30.