Arvada, CO - in a perfect night on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the #1 seed Cubs faced off against the #2 seed Bandits for the weeknight Denver NABA championship.  This was a rematch of last years championship and a rematch that goes back years between the Cubs and Bandits.  

What has been the frequent pitching matchup between the Cubs and Bandits throughout the regular season, Bandits ace Dylan Farinacci and Cubs ace and manager Will Bartos went up and down the lineup in a matter of minutes in the first 3 innings with only 3 hits between the two teams.  In the top of the 4th, the Bandits struck first with 2 runs in the 4th after a leadoff walk, along with a single and another walk.  "Simply cannot have leadoff walks.  I preach that to our staff all the time, and I didn't execute that, and even added a second walk in the inning.  Leadoff walks always tend to come around and score and that proved true tonight", said Bartos after the game.  

After managing only 3 hits, the Cubs struck in the bottom of the 4th with a single to center from C Adam Bradell, who scored on a single from SS Isaac Munoz.  After Bartos shutout the Bandits in the top of the 5th, the Cubs exploded in the fifth, sending 15 batters to the plate, scoring 10 runs (including 6 straight batters) on 7 hits.  "We haven't batted around all season, in almost 30 games and doing tonight in a championship game is the best time to do so", said hitting coach Todd Nester.  "Tonight felt great.  We started off a bit slow as a team but busted it open, which is what our team has done all year", said 1B Paul Rumage, who is known as The Ripper.  After taking a 11-2 lead moving to the bottom of the 6th, LF Justin "euro-shake" Williams stepped up to lead off and launched a ball to left-center that landed in La Junta 432 feet from home-plate.  "That felt really good.  After AC got one last week, I felt like he was creeping on me a little bit, so had to distance myself from him and keep my HR total a bit higher", said Williams, who swings a giant banana unseen before.  "Hey, if he drops bombs like that, with a bat flip that was higher than Jose Bautista's, I'm all about it", said Clark.

Final pitching stats for the Cubs gave Bartos the victory, going 5 innings, allowing 1 hit, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts and 2 earned runs.  Finishing the 6th and 7th, Isaac Munoz gave up 3 hits, 1 earned run and 2 strikeouts.  

Offensively, the Cubs bashed 13 hits, with 5 walks, with C Adam Bradell collecting 4 hits, 1B Paul Rumage with 3 hits and 3 rbi.  

With the Championship win, the Cubs have won the Denver NABA Weeknight league for the third straight year.  "Winning 3 titles in consecutive years is tough, no matter what level you play at, and I'm so glad for our guys", said Bartos.  The Cubs finished the season at 12-1-1, with the Bandits finishing 6-5-2.  Cubs outscored their opponents 114-52 for the season.