The following is a brief history of the Williamsburg Softball League.

A New Champ!

2011 Season Champion Spike Hill

After a half of a decade long dynasty the Great and All Powerful Black Betty is shockingly outscored 5-2 in a fantastic match-up that had us all on the edge of our lawn chairs for the extent of the game! Led by Mike O’Malley, Spike Hill plays fantastic defense, gets timely hits and great pitching to take down the champions. Congrats to Spike Hill who rallied together and showed real team chemistry to put an end to the Black Era.

5 In A Row!!

2010 Season Champion Black Betty

After a shaky season, Black Betty again advances to the championship to face their long-time rival and 2007 Championshipopponents, Reel 2 Reel. It was a well fought game with Black Betty coming out victorious, securing their 5th Championship in a row. Will there be a team to step up to take away the trophy and bring the league out of the Blackness? All we can do is wait and find out in 2011…

2009 Season Champion Black Betty

Black Betty 2009

Returning to the one game final format, Black Betty does it again, coming back from a 5 run deficit in the 8th to beat the Turkeys Nest in the bottom of the 9th inning, taking their 4th straight title.

2008 Season Champion Black Betty

2007 Season Champion Black Betty

Black Betty 2007

This year marked the first time the championship was decided in a best-of-three series. After a dropping the first game to Reel 2 Reel, Black Betty battled back to decisively in the next two games, to defeat R2R and defend their title.

2006 Season Champion Black Betty

After squeaking by AT in the semi-finals, Black Betty beats Mendoza Line for their first WSL title. Black Betty, one of the original teams of the WSL would finally win their first championship. This would later be known as the beginning of the Black Dynasty.

2005 Season Champion Enid’s

After a four year drought, Enid’s beats Mendoza 9-1.  This game is known as the end of the “dead ball era” and the next year there would now be called balls and strikes.

2004 Season Champion Mendoza Line

Mendoza Line beats Enid’s. The end.

2003 Season Champion AT All-Stars

AT successfully defended their title against an upstart Turkey’s Nest squad. In beating the Turkeys in the championship, AT became the first ever WSL repeat champion.

2002 Season Champion AT All-Stars

AT All-Stars, in their inaugural season, topped Pete’s in a dramatic, rain-soaked championship game that went into extra innings and had to be postponed and carried over for a week as lightning threatened the fans huddled under the big tree by field 1.

2001 Season Champion Pete’s Candy Store

In the first official season with a schedule, a commissioner, and a playoffs, Pete’s beat Enid’s in the championship game in front of a large crowd on the baseball field.

2000 Season Champion Enid’s

There were six teams when the 2000 season began (Enid’s, Pete’s, Black Betty, Sweetwater, Diner, Ale House). After the Turkey’s Nest split off from Enid’s mid-season, there were seven teams. There were no official playoffs that year, but there was an end of season round robin tournament among the top four teams (Enid’s, Pete’s Turkeys and Black Betty). Enid’s went 3-0 in the round robin tournament and thus became the de facto 2000 Season Champion.