Lee’s Janitorial (Owatonna) won the SPAM Division of the SPAMTOWN USA Festival Men’s Slow Pitch Softball Classic for the second straight season.

Tuesday, July 04, 2000

Lee’s Janitorial (Owatonna) won the SPAM Division of the SPAMTOWN USA Festival Men’s Slow Pitch Softball Classic for the second straight season. The Gon (Albert Lea) finished in second.

Lee’s beat Aragon (Albert Lea) 13-3 in the quarterfinals. They then beat Jimmy’s Fish/Ackermanns (Hayfield) 11-2 in the winner’s bracket semifinals. Meanwhile, The Gon beat Minnesota/Building (Albert Lea) 9-4 in their quarterfinals match up. In the semifinals, The Gon outslugged Charlie’s Lounge (Austin) 25-20.

In the winner’s bracket finals, Lee’s beat The Gon 9-7. The Gon then got into another slugfest in the loser’s bracket finals. They topped Jimmy’s Fish/Ackermann’s 23-21.

Sunday afternoon Lee’s completed their championship run with a 14-7 win over The Gon.

Members of Lee’s thought Ron Unger, at 40 the oldest player on the squad, was the MVP of the weekend. They thought he hit about .900 during the four games.

"We got the guys together again and had a fun time," Unger said. "It was a whole team effort. We got some good pitching and some good defense. It was just a fun weekend."