Andrew Low pitched a masterpiece leading his team to their third straight championship.  He won Tournament MVP honors.

     “Can our new shirts say Threepeat?” One of the players asked before the tournament started.  Surprised by the question, the stat person asked about the color, design, etc. (obviously joking with the confident player).  They both laughed and the tournament was under way.         
        That was in 2005, if Power House won they would have won their third straight championship.  Unfortunately for them a Beast had entered the tournament, a Beast that played beautifully.
         Fast forward to 2007 Beauty and the Beast dropped the ‘Beast’ portion of their name and simply went by Beauty.  Power House was seeded as the #4 seed (the lowest in team history) and determined to make it to the championship game, even if it meant going through their division rival Beauty.
         For the first time in CPSL history the tournament was played away from the homer friendly “Cement Field” and feedback from the players was a grateful “Thank You.”  The day started with a two win team, the Kangaroos, facing the third seeded and West Division winner Yo Yeasters.   The game started as expected, Yo Yeasters jumped out to an early lead but stalled toward the latter innings.   Kangaroos pitcher Keith Partridge helped keep his team stay in the game pitching a variety of pitches including a flat pitch that dropped at the last second as it crossed the plate.  The Kangaroos finally took the lead and had to hold on for Yo’s final at bat.  With one out, bases loaded and down by a run, Yo Yeasters had one chance to avoid the biggest upset in tournament history.   With a 2-2 count Partridge pitched what looked like a perfect pitch but the catcher caught the ball before it landed on the ground.   The umpire, who has his own style in calling balls and strikes, told the catcher that the pitch might have been a strike but he couldn’t tell so let the next one drop.  The ‘roos catcher did just that and the next ball was called for a third strike.  That third strike call should have been called a ball if you adhere to the ASA rule of balls being at least six feet.  That third strike barely broke four feet.   The third out came and the unthinkable happened!  Kangaroos advanced to play Beauty in the semi-finals ensuring that Power House would only face their arch rival in the championship game.  Kangaroos: 12  Yo Yeasters: 11    
     Could the second game in the tournament provide some drama and a potential upset?  On paper, yes it could.  CP Bothell came into the tournament as one of the hottest teams in the league if they were fully staffed.  They would need everyone they could facing Power House, but everyone didn’t make it and they could only provide six players.  Nuff said, Power House: 18 CP Bothell: 2
     The third game featured the upstart Kangaroos against the defending champs, Beauty, with the winner going to the championship game.   You could sense that the Kangaroos were happy just to be playing in the second round of the tournament, that mentally didn’t stand a chance against the champs and the game was called via the mercy rule in the fifth inning.  Beauty:  17  Kangaroos: 2
     As the fourth game approached, the number two seed Lake Samm began to arrive and warm up.  Since the games aren’t determined until the first rounds are complete, they were surprised to find out they were playing Power House instead of the third seeded Yo Yeasters.  “Yo lost?” A Lake Samm player asked “Great, now we have to play Power House,” he sighed.