35th Annual Dudley/Budweiser tournament preview!
35th Annual Dudley/Budweiser Classic
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Nationwide Conference USSSA!
June 16-18
Tournament Preview
Fences are 310 feet I believe. Dudley Classic M ball will be used.
2 Main fields are at Centennial Park
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center 55430
2017 Dudley bracket and team list link
The 35th Annual Dudley is this coming Friday – Sunday in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota outside of Minneapolis. This year there are 29 teams including 8 from the Nationwide Conference USSSA and 1 Major team (Resmondo).
The 'AA', 'A', 'B' teams will all battle for a shot at Resmondo who is vulnerable on 300 foot fields but did get the tournament win in Columbus, Indiana a month ago. It looks like the weather should be good and this is Warren Bellm's last year running the tournament and we thank Warren for all of his years and hard work putting this tournament on. Warren built one of the greatest softball tournaments in the games history. Check out some of the history of the tournament listed at the bottom of this article. The tournament began in 1983 and has been the showcase of Minnesota softball for 35 years.
USSSA will stream the main two fields only on USSSALive.com as much as possible and the chat room will be up.
Thursday there are all star games followed by the annual home run derby!
I (DW) will not be in attendance. Happy Father's Day to all!
Weekend Weather looks decent
SheaNation is our guest picker again this week:
This weekend the 35th Annual Dudley/Budweiser major only has 8 Nationwide Conference USSSA teams in attendance but stiff competition with 1 major, 4 AA, 1 A, 2 B teams and 21 local teams looking to win. The favorite Resmondo/O.A.Apparel/H.Auto/Special with 2016 World Series MVP and Long Haul Bomber participant Kyle Pearson will receive 189 points for the win giving them their 6th tournament catapulting them into 2nd place in the Conference USSSA standings. The other teams looking to upset the favorite are: #1 overall seed in the tournament Worth Astros/K&G/Klutch; local Minnesota Conference USSSA team Xtreme/Miken/ASP/Athlon; Precision/3rd Street/GBrand/Easton and Nightmare/Miken. Worth Astros, Xtreme/Miken and Nightmare/Miken already played 6 tournaments and looking to finish in the top 4 to drop their lowest score.
Predictions: The final 4 undefeated should be 2 exciting matchups: Resmondo versus Xtreme and Precision versus Worth Astros. Resmondo is the favorite to beat Xtreme and the winner of the Precision/Worth Astros game. In the loser's bracket Precision versus Xtreme can play if both teams reach the final 4. The Worth Astros versus the winner of Precision/Xtreme will also be another good game to watch. All American Restoration/BBS/Monsta a local team from Brooklyn Park, MN will be my sleeper team but received a bad draw by possibly facing Xtreme/Miken in their second game.
It will be an exciting tournament to watch in anticipation of which teams will get upset.
SheaNations Final Picks are:
1. Resmondo/O.A.Apparel/H.Auto/Special
2. Xtreme/Miken/ASP/Athlon
3. Worth Astros/K&G/Klutch
4. Precision/3rd Street/GBrand/Easton
5. Nightmare/Miken
Seminoles/TPS/NACSF
Old Scout Pollers went with the favorite Resmondo
2016 Winner – Backman/Louisville Slugger
2016 Dudley tournament report link
2015 Dudley tournament report link
2014 Dudley tournament report link
2013 Dudley tournament report link
2012 Dudley tournament report link
2011 Dudley tournament report link
2010 Dudley tournament report link
JWM vs Sunnyvale at the 1999 Dudley. JWM in the grey/green. Sunnyvale in all black.
Video quality has diminished over time.
1999 Dudley – Sunnyvale vs Team TPS
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Past tournament results for the Dudley Classic, Brooklyn Center, MN
1983 Elite Coatings, Gordon, GA Howard's/Western Steer, Denver NC
Craig Elliott, Elite Coatings
Rick Scherr, Howard's – 10 HRs
Ed Roth, Howard's – .739
1984 Elite Coatings, Gordon, GA ?
MVP – ?
1985 Steele's Sports, Grafton, OH Howard's/Western Steer, Denver NC
Mike Nye, Steele's (.739)
Craig Elliott (.810, 30 RBIs) and MikeMacenko (.760) – 9 HRs
1986 Steele's Sports, Grafton, OH ?
Craig Elliott, Steeles
1987 Smythe Sox, Houston, TX Steele's Sports, Grafton, OH
Bill Gatti, Smythe Sox (20-25, .800)
Mike Macenko, Steele's – 24 HRs
1988 Superior/Apollo, Windsor Locks, CT Starpath, Monticello, KY
Greg Fuhrman, Superior/Apollo
1989 Superior/Apollo, Windsor Locks, CT Steele's Silver Bullets, Grafton, OH
Rick Scherr, Superior/Apollo (.829, 16 HRs, 39 RBIs)
1990 Superior/Apollo, Windsor Locks, CT Starpath, Monticello, KY
Clyde Guy, Superior-Apollo (20-23; .870)
Dave Johnson, Starpath – 17 HRs (24-29, .828)
1991 Ritch's-Superior, Windsor Locks, CT Bell Corp., Tampa, FL
Charles Wright, Ritch's-Superior (19-22, .864, 14 HRs)
Monty Tucker, Sunbelt/Worth and Dan Schuck, Bell – 15 HRs
1992 Ritch's-Superior, Windsor Locks, CT Bell Corp., Tampa, FL
Jim Fuller, Ritch's-Superior (29-32, .906, 20 HRs, 39 RBIs)
Ernie Montgomery, Steele's/Sunblet – 23 HRs
Greg Schulte, Williams/Worth – .913
1993 Ritch's-Superior, Windsor Locks, CT Bell Corp., Tampa, FL
Charles Wright, Ritch's-Superior (28-31, .903, 20 HRs, 30 RBIs)
Ricky Huggins, Vernon's – 21 HRs
1994 Ritch's-Superior, Windsor Locks, CT Converters Unlimited/TPS, Kinston, NC
Larry Fredieu, Ritch's-Superior – (31-33; .939, 22 HRs, 36 RBIs)
Dave Steffen, Shen Valley – 30 HRs (39-46, .848)
1995 Bell Corp./Easton, Tampa, FL Shen Valley/TPS, Bridgewater, VA
Greg Cannedy, Bell Corp./Sunbelt (26-33, .788, 8 HRs)
Todd Joerling, Bell Corp./Sunbelt (30-39, .789) – 17 HRs
David Crawley, Riverside (12-14) and John McCraw, Harrison/Power Flite (12-14) – .857
1996 Ritch's-Superior, Windsor Locks, CT & Sunbelt/Easton, Centerville, GA (Co-champs – rain)
Britt Hightower, Ritch's-Superior (.15-18, .833, 11 HRs, 24 RBIs)
Jeff Vargo, Whips/Instant Landscaping -13 HRs (27 RBIs)
Rusty Bumgardner, Shen Valley – .923 (12-13, 7 HRs, 14 RBIs)
1997 Shen Valley/Taylor, Bridgewater, VA Ritch's-Superior/TPS, Windsor Locks, CT
Randall Boone, Shen Valley (35-38, .923, 24 HRs, 51 RBIs)
Randall Boone, Shen Valley and Dewayne Nevitt Ritch's (34-40, .850, 42 RBIs) – 24 HRs
Kenny Carver, Sunbelt/Easton – .933 (28-30, 15 HRs)
1998 Sunbelt/Smith/Easton, Centerville, GA Team TPS, Louisville, KY
Jeff Hall, Sunbelt (35-37; .946, 17 HRs)
Bobby Gilbert, Sunbelt (30-34, .882, 35 RBIs) and Doug Roberson, TPS (49 RBIs) – 24 HRs
1999 Hendu's/Long Haul, Albertville, MN Sunnyvale Valve/TPS, Sunnyvale, CA
Todd Volkers, Hendu's (20-25, .800, 11 HRs)
Dewayne Nevitt, (.750, 40 RBIs) and Jeff Wallace (.868), Team TPS – 20 HRs
Dennis Rulli, JMW/Herbs (27-30, 9 HRs) and John McCraw, Chase (27-30, 19 HRs) – .900
2000 Team TPS, Louisville, KY R&D/Easton, Lima, OH
Jeff Wallace, Team TPS (31-35, .885, 18 HRs)
Dewayne Nevitt, R&D/Easton – 21 HRs (.816)
2001 Long Haul/TPS, Albertville, MN Dan Smith/Easton, San Jose, CA
Hank Garris, Long Haul/TPS (30-38, .804, 19 HRs, 49 RBIs)
2002 Dan Smith/Easton, San Jose, CA Long Haul/TPS, Albertville, MN
Dewayne Nevitt, Dan Smith/Easton (12 HRs)
Hank Garris, Long Haul/TPS (29-35, .857, 37 RBIs) – 16 HRs
Rusty Bumgardner, Long Haul/TPS (23-34, .676, 30 RBIs) – 16 HRs
Hank Garris, Long Haul/TPS – .857
2003 Dan Smith/Easton, San Jose, CA Alesium/Chase/Reece, Las Vegas, NV
Jeff Hall, Dan Smith/Backman/Mennose/Easton (29-31, .935, 12 HRs)
Howie Krause, Resmondo/Hague/Taylor/Sunbelt/Miken – 16
2004 Dan Smith/Easton, San Jose, CA Resmondo/Taylor's/K&H, Columbus, OH
Scott Nastally, Dan Smith/Backman/Mennose/Easton
Jeff Hall, Dan Smith/Backman/Mennose/Easton – HR leader
2005 Bell Corp/Backman/Taylor, Tampa, FL Resmondo/Smith/Menosse, San Jose, CA
Brett Helmer, Bell Corp/Backman/Taylor/Easton (30-35, .857, 13 HRs, 24 RBIs)
2006 Bell Corp/Taylor Bros, Tampa, FL Resmondo – KME, Winter Haven, FL
Brett Helmer, Bell Corp/Taylor/Belcher/Easton (32-37 .865, 8 HRs, 22 RBIs)
Jimmy Devine, Resmondo – KME Softball (25-31, .806, 27 RBIs) – 13 HRs
Marty Malloy, SpecialtyTank/ Stucco/K&G /Worth (21-23, 1 HR) – .913
2007
1 FL-M Resmondo Softball
2 WA-M Team Combat/benfield/dalsanders
3 FL-M Bellcorp/belcher/tai/backman
4 CA-A KME/CHANEY'S/EASTON
Tournament CO-MVP Don DeDonatis III Resmondo Softball
Tournament CO-MVP Bryson Baker Resmondo Softball
Offensive Tournament MVP Jeff Wallace Resmondo Softball
Defensive Tournament MVP JD Genter Team Combat/Benfield/Dalsanders
2008
1 CA-M Dan smith/menosse/benfield/combat
2 FL-M Resmondo/specialty tank/worth
3 WA-A GTL/Creative Stucco/Worth
4 TN-A Jean Shoppe/Easton
Tournament CO-MVP JD Genter Dan Smith/Menosse/Benfield/Combat
Tournament CO-MVP Jeff McGavin Dan Smith/Menosse/Benfield/Combat
Offensive Tournament MVP Bobby Hughes Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth
2009
1 MN-M Long haul/miken/phonemasters
2 CA-M Dan smith-menosse-benfield-combat
3 FL-M Resmondo-specialty tank-worth
4 FL-A T&R Stucco/Worth
Tournament MVP JD Genter Long Haul/Miken/Phonemasters
Defensive Tournament MVP Jeff McGavin Dan Smith-Menosse-Benfield-Combat
2010
1 FL-M Resmondosport/specialty/phonemaster
2 CA-M Dan Smith/Menosse
3 WA-A GTL CARTEL/WORTH
4 FL-B AJS/easton/supreme/mike foulks/mojo
Tournament MVP Greg Connell ResmondoSport/Specialty/PhoneMaster
Defensive Tournament MVP Rick Baker Dan Smith/Menosse
2011
1 FL-M Resmondo-specialty tank / worth
2 WA-M GTL Cartel/DeMarini SPMensMajor
3 WA-M Team combat/laservision/d2e/supreme
4 WA-M Combat/pharmapar/transat holiday
Tournament MVP Bryson Baker Resmondo-Specialty Tank / Worth
Defensive Tournament MVP Matt Pesso GTL Cartel/DeMarini
All Tournament Team Brett Helmer Team Combat/LaserVision/D2E/Supreme
2012
1 FL-M Resmondo-specialty tank worth
2 UT-M Nordkap/desert falls/easton
3 NY-M Laservision/anni/supr/d2/easton
4 WA-M Team combat/pacific headwear
Tournament MVP Timothy Howard Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth
Tournament CO-MVP JD Genter Nordkap/Desert Falls/Easton
Offensive Tournament CO-MVP Brett McCollum Nordkap/Desert Falls/Easton
2013
1 FL-M Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth
2 NY-M Laservision/easton
3 TN-M Shoppe/TYJA/Louisville Slugger
4 MN-B Xtreme/Miken
No awards were given. Tournament reduced to 7 teams by rain.
2014
1 FL-M Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth
2 NY-M Laservision/H Auto/JJ's/Easton
3 WA-M Team Combat/Softball.com
4 IN-M Backman/Shoppe/Louisville Slugger
Tournament MVP Andy Purcell Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth
Offensive Tournament MVP Dale Brungardt Laservision/H.Auto/JJ's/Easton
Defensive Tournament MVP Nicolas Santana Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth
2015
1 FL-M Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth
2 NY-M Smash It Sports/Compound/H Auto/Easton
3 WA-M Team Combat/BaughFord/Softball.com
4 MN-A Xtreme/Miken
Tournament MVP Andy Purcell Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth
Offensive Tournament MVP Brian Wegman Smash It Sports 28-30 .933 10 HR 29 RBI
Defensive Tournament MVP Jimmy Salas Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth
2016
1 IN-M Backman/Louisville Slugger
2 FL-M Resmondo Specialty Tank Worth
3 NY-M Smash It Sports/ASP/H Auto/Mr. Wiggles/Easton
4 MN-AA Eurotech-Elite Media Design/Easton
Tournament MVP Ryan Harvey – Backman/Louisville Slugger 22-27 .815 8 HR 25 RBI
Offensive Tournament Co MVP Greg Connell – Resmondo 26-30 .867 14 HR 33 RBI
Offensive Tournament Co MVP Lee Powers – Resmonod 23-29 .793 5 HR 18 RBI
Defensive MVP Kevin Kennington – Backman/Louisville Slugger
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Happy Father’s Day DW. Wonder why only one major team. Usually all the major teams play here don’t they?
Thanks.
Tournaments go through cycles and the Major teams decided to go to the Seattle Dual this year so that starts on Thursday at noon so travel on Wednesday for most players which would make it tough to go to the Dudley then Seattle back to back.
Oh ok. I forgot Seattle was a dual and welcome. See ya possibly at both Cincy and Columbus. Columbus for sure