Lake Town

July 07, 2008

Lake Town First Baseman Nets SC Award

With some great hand-eye coordination and a sweet, compact swing, Lake Town Archers first baseman Imredoc Gwildur took the Shire Conference by storm this past week to take the latest Player of the Week honors. "The ball was looking like...

July 03, 2008

July's Premier Pitcher Announced By SC

Gomli Forgedelver of the Lake Town Archers strung a bunch of high quality starts together in July to earn the Shire Conference Pitcher of the Month trophy. For the month he finished with a superlative 5 wins and no losses...

June 30, 2008

Darkwings-Archers Trade: Elviorion for Earkiller

RAVENHILL - The rumor has been going on for a while now, but today it was made official. The Ravenhill Darkwings sent 25-year old catcher Tonak Elviorion to the Lake Town Archers for 30-year old left fielder Shaumli Earkiller and...

June 17, 2008

Hall of Fame Inducts Starting Pitcher

Today was a historic day that Gwomer Grailas will never forget. Today the superb pitcher was installed into the Tolkien Baseball Hall of Fame alongside the great baseball immortals of the past. He was introduced by one of his former...

June 09, 2008

300 Homers for Gwildur

Lake Town Archers slugging first baseman Imredoc Gwildur swatted his way to the 300 home run mark today as the Archers fell to the Bywater 3-2. For his part, Gwildur chipped in 1 RBI, scored 1 run and collected 1...

January 21, 2008

Shire Conference Names #1 Pitcher in June

Ishwush the Basher of the Archers pretty much bewildered opposing batters in June and was honored as the Shire Conference Pitcher of the Month earlier today. The Lake Town starter sparkled last month with a 5-0 record and 2.44 ERA....

January 07, 2008

Forgedelver Selected SC's Best Pitcher

It was a monstrous May for the Shire Conference Pitcher of the Month award winner, Gomli Forgedelver of the Lake Town Archers. He put up some mighty scary numbers. Forgedelver recorded 5 wins and no losses in 6 starts. Throwing...

Lake Town's Badgerpoker Chosen SC Batter of the Month

Snap, crackle and pop!! In May, Ciurk Badgerpoker snapped up the Shire Conference Batter of the Month trophy by cracking 34 hits and popping 12 home runs. For the month he hit a solid .351 with 27 RBIs and 22...

December 24, 2007

Week's Premier Player - Lake Town's Badgerpoker

The Shire Conference has chosen Ciurk Badgerpoker of the Lake Town Archers as Player of the Week. What a week Badgerpoker had. He hit .526 (10-19) with 4 home runs, 9 RBIs and 7 runs scored. This year Badgerpoker has...

December 13, 2007

Archers Gwildur Sidelined for 11 Months

LAKE TOWN - Imredoc Gwildur of the Lake Town Archers was injured in the April 17 game against Minas Tirith and had to be helped off the field by the trainers. The initial diagnosis is a torn groin muscle, and...

October 05, 2007

Player of the Week Trophy to *Debuugger

Pitchers who faced the Lake Town Archers last week were happy to see Sinsy *Debuugger in the rear view mirror. The 23-year-old right fielder was dubbed the Shire Conference Player of the Week for a 5-game tear that saw her...

September 13, 2007

Orcdelver Selected Player of the Week

Orcdelver swung a blistering bat last week for the Lake Town Archers, rapping out 9 hits in 19 at-bats against Lake Town opponents to propel himself to the Shire Conference Player of the Week Award. Whenever the first baseman hit...

Badgerpoker Homers Himself Into Record Books

LAKE TOWN - Archers center fielder Ciurk Badgerpoker reached a career milestone on July 8, blasting home run number 300. He took the achievement in stride. "It's always good to get another home run and even better to get another...

September 06, 2007

Lake Town's Badgerpoker Collects June Batting Honor

The Shire Conference has made it official -- Ciurk Badgerpoker is the winner of the Batter of the Month trophy. In June the Lake Town center fielder was sensational with a .352 batting average, 6 home runs and 12 RBIs....

August 27, 2007

Shire Conference Names Top Player

It was a week to remember for Santos Filmaldur. After wrapping up a torrid week at the plate, the Lake Town Archers second baseman was named the Shire Conference Player of the Week. Filmaldur collected 6 hits in 16 at-bats...

July 26, 2007

SC Awards Player of the Week Trophy

When it came to hitting the baseball, Kignar Grudgetwister had few peers in the Shire Conference this past week. The talented right fielder for Lake Town tagged opposing pitchers for a .550 average and was voted the Player of the...

June 25, 2007

Badgerpoker Agrees to $23,780,000 Yearly Deal with Archers

LAKE TOWN - Ending much speculation, Ciurk Badgerpoker and Lake Town have agreed to a deal worth an estimated $118,900,000 over 5 years. Badgerpoker was pleased with the negotiations and is looking forward to playing ball with the Lake Town...

January 15, 2007

Lake Town's Rockbinder Parlays .455 BA into SC Player of the Week Award

Ralin Rockbinder captured all the headlines last week, and today he added to his booty with the Shire Conference Player of the Week trophy. The Lake Town Archers center fielder hammered league hurlers for 10 hits in 22 at bats,...

January 11, 2007

Bree Shut down and Shut out by Gamialf

LAKE TOWN - Geadriel Gamialf was sneaky fast, on the mark, and hard to hit on September 12. He blanked the Bree Cheese on 1 hit while walking 4 and striking out 5. "You know what he's going to throw....

November 13, 2006

Lake Town Shortstop Drogo Knotwise Shines at the Plate with a .526 Average, Named SC Player of the Week

Lake Town fans have something to crow about today, as Lake Town shortstop Drogo Knotwise nabbed the SC Player of the Week Award for his performance over the last seven days. "I know there are times when it's hard to...

September 11, 2006

Old Forest sweeps Lake Town

LAKE TOWN - Before a packed house of 60,000 Archer fans, the Old Forest Merry Fellows finished off a sweep of Lake Town on October 8 with a 8-4 win. The Merry Fellows won games 1 and 2 on the...

September 08, 2006

Archers win Hobbit title again

LAKE TOWN - For the 8th straight season, the Lake Town Archers have won the Hobbit Division. This is the closest the race has been since 2010 when Bywater finished 3 games back. Minas Ithil's new owner, Adunaphel (the...

August 10, 2006

Season ending injury strikes Lake Town's Fadrier

LAKE TOWN - Lake Town's ace Gandogast Fadrier experienced probably the worst case scenario for a pitcher, a season ending injury. After pitching in the 3rd inning of the game against Old Forest on July 30, Fadrier complained about serious...

July 31, 2006

Lake Town's Elvadrielad wins Player of the Week award

The Shire Conference's best player of the week was Lake Town's Lumja Elvadrielad, who wins the award for the 1st time in his career. Lumja was on fire, hitting .524 with 4 HR and 7 RBI. Dagorlad's rightfielder Isembard Ploughman...

Dagorlad's Ploughman wins Player of the Week award

It's the 7th time that the Shire Conference Player of the Week award goes to Lake Town's shortstop Silas *Debuugger. Silas went 10 for 16 (.625), while hitting 1 HR and collecting 9 RBI. While compiling an on base percentage...

July 06, 2006

Graniteslinger (LT) and Gwildur (NUM) win P.O.W. award

Valin Graniteslinger wins his 10th Player of the Week award. Shire Conference pitchers couldn't figure out how to retire this guy all week long. Valin pounded opposing pitchers, hitting .526 with 3 HR and 11 RBI while slugging 1.105. Imredoc...

May 19, 2006

Dead Marshes' Oresplitter named Gandalf Pitcher Award

The Shire Conference Gandalf Pitcher Award winner was announced today, with Lake Town's right-hander Geadriel Gamialf taking home the desired trophy. He certainly earned it, he struck fear into hitters all year long. This season Gamialf compiled an ERA of...

May 11, 2006

Lake Town's Fadrier earns Pitcher of the Month award

Lake Town's pitcher Gandogast Fadrier is the Shire Conference winner of the Pitcher of the Month award in September. His record of 4-0 in 6 was among the leagues best this month. In 48 innings of work he allowed just...

May 04, 2006

Archers clinch playoff berth

LAKE TOWN - For the 7th season in a row, the Lake Town Archers have won the Shire Conference Hobbit Division. The Archers will go into the playoffs as division winners for the 7th time, but they have not won...

April 13, 2006

Fadrier (LT) and Songboot (LOT) win P.O.W. award

The Shire Conference's best player of the week was Lake Town's Gandogast Fadrier, who wins the award for the 2nd time in his career. He was in a zone all week, compiling an ERA of 1.53 while going 2-0. He...

March 23, 2006

Geadriel Gamialf shuts out Wilderland on 2 hits

LAKE TOWN - Lake Town's right-hander Geadriel Gamialf is clearly one of the best pitchers in the game. Wilderland found out the hard way, getting just 2 hits on June 27. Gamialf 2nd shutout this season was a masterpiece, as...

March 13, 2006

Gandogast Fadrier quiets Gondolin bats with shutout

GONDOLIN - Lake Town's left-hander Gandogast Fadrier is clearly one of the best pitchers in the game. Gondolin found out the hard way on June 9, getting just 2 hits. Fadrier 2nd shutout this season was a masterpiece, as he...

February 20, 2006

Season ending injury strikes Lake Town's Peatfingers

LAKE TOWN - Lake Town's lefty Sancho Peatfingers experienced probably the worst case scenario for a pitcher, a season ending injury. After pitching in the 7th inning of the game against Old Forest on May 1, Peatfingers complained about serious...

Pitcher of the Month award winners announced

The best month of April in the Shire Conference certainly had Lake Town's right-hander Geadriel Gamialf, earning him the Pitcher of the Month award. He had an ERA of just 1.59 in 45.1 innings of work in which he struck...

February 16, 2006

Gandogast Fadrier fires 1-hitter against Bree

BREE - Lake Town's left-hander Gandogast Fadrier is clearly one of the best pitchers in the game. Bree found out the hard way, getting just one hit on April 18. Fadrier 1st shutout this season was a masterpiece, as he...

February 13, 2006

*Debuugger and Nadrierion win Player of the Week award

It's the 6th time that the Shire Conference Player of the Week award goes to Lake Town's shortstop Silas *Debuugger. In 25 at bats he hit .440 with 4 HR and 15 RBI. Silas managed to drive in at least...

Lake Town's Nilad out for the season

LAKE TOWN - Lake Town's catcher Thuralia Nilad will miss the rest of the season. He injured himself running the bases in the game between Lake Town and Minas Tirith on April 12. The injury didn't seem to be serious...

January 16, 2006

Lake Town wins Hobbit Division

LAKE TOWN - The Lake Town Archers are the Shire Conference Hobbit Division champs for the 6th year in a row. They defeated the Griffons, 6-4, on September 26, clinching the title, in spite of an incredible run by Bywater....

November 28, 2005

Carrock has no chance in a 2-hitter by Lolok Fleshbasher

LAKE TOWN - It was a great day for Lake Town's right-hander Lolok Fleshbasher. The 29-year old recorded his first career shutout, a 2-hitter, against Carrock on June 28. The bid for a no-hitter was broken up when Uujjeen Maker...

November 15, 2005

Gamialf (LT) and Cloudskin (LOT) win monthly pitcher award

Geadriel Gamialf pitched like a legend in May, and the Shire Conference named him Pitcher of the Month for his extraordinary performance. He had an ERA of just 2.43 in 40.2 innings of work in which he struck out 33...

November 03, 2005

Gomli Forgedelver fires 2-hitter against Moria

MORIA - Great days are rare. But not for Lake Town's right-hander Gomli Forgedelver. Moria found out the hard way on May 14 that he is among the leagues top pitchers, getting just 2 hits. It's his 1st shutout this...

October 27, 2005

*Debuugger (LT) and Solomon (DUN) win monthly award

The Shire Conference's best player of the month was Lake Town's Silas *Debuugger, who wins the award for the 3rd time in his career. He had an on base percentage of .457 and hit .386, while driving in 25 runs....

October 24, 2005

Debuugger (LT) and Ploughman (DAG) win P.O.W. award

Lake Town's shortstop Silas *Debuugger had some reason to celebrate, as the league named him the Shire Conference Player of the Week. He had an on base percentage of .517 and hit .500, while driving in 10 runs. The Player...

October 17, 2005

Ralin Rockbinder socks five hits for Lake Town

WILDERLAND - Lake Town's centerfielder Ralin Rockbinder once again displayed his tremendous ability to make contact with that little white ball. He tore up Wilderland's pitching staff with a 5 hit performance on April 10. In the 3rd inning he...

Rockbinder gets 400th steal

WILDERLAND - On April 9, Ralin Rockbinder swiped 2 bases against the Wilderland Wargs to bring his career total to 401. He is the first player to reach the 400-steal mark and is one of only 11 players in league...

October 06, 2005

Rockbinder traded to Lake Town

CARROCK - With team finances in a shambles, the Bears were looking for a white knight to give them a chance at rebuilding the team. The knight came in the form of the Lake Town Archers, who agreed to a...

September 15, 2005

Fadrier (LT) and Fimir (GH) win monthly pitcher award

Gandogast Fadrier couldn't have pitched much better than he did in September, and the Shire Conference thought so as well, naming the left-hander Pitcher of the Month. He had an ERA of just 0.60 in 44.2 innings of work in...

September 08, 2005

Lake Town's Fadrier wins Player of the Week award

It's the 1st time that the Shire Conference Player of the Week award goes to Lake Town's pitcher Gandogast Fadrier. Gandogast went 2-0 with an ERA of 0.00, while fanning 19 in 16 innings of work. Kadish Ettinripper wins his...

Lake Town wins Hobbit Division

MORIA - With a 4-1 win over Moria, the Lake Town Archers won their 5th straight Hobbit Division title on September 12. Lolok Fleshbasher (2-0) pitched 6.2 strong innings, allowing just 1 run on 5 hits for the victory. Bagnar...

September 05, 2005

Kim Emeraldnose blanks Minas Tirith with a 1-hitter

MINAS TIRITH - Kim Emeraldnose took the mound and never left. And Minas Tirith hitters couldn't touch her at all. Lake Town's left-hander gave up just one hit in her 2nd shutout of the season on September 9. She now...

August 18, 2005

Debuugger (LT) and Dwarfcrawler (GH) win P.O.W. award

It's the 4th time that the Shire Conference Player of the Week award goes to Lake Town's shortstop Silas Debuugger. In 22 at bats he hit .455 with 3 HR and 7 RBI. The Mordor Conference Player of the Week...

August 01, 2005

Player of the Week honors go to Debuugger and Elvand

It's the 3rd time that the Shire Conference Player of the Week award goes to Lake Town's shortstop Silas Debuugger. He had an on base percentage of .600 and hit .500, while driving in 9 runs. Silas managed to drive...

Lake Town's Forgedelver earns Pitcher of the Month award

Gomli Forgedelver pitched like a legend in June, and the Shire Conference named him Pitcher of the Month for his extraordinary performance. He had an ERA of just 0.85 in 52.2 innings of work in which he struck out 51...

July 28, 2005

Gomli Forgedelver fires 1-hitter against Moria

LAKE TOWN - It was a great day for Lake Town's right-hander Gomli Forgedelver. The 28-year old recorded his first career shutout, a 1-hitter, against Moria on June 22. Forgedelver (10-4) showed excellent control, walking nobody and fanning 8. 'I...

June 20, 2005

Elfbelly announces retirement

LAKE TOWN - Hidush "Hi-jinx" Elfbelly, a senior member of the league, has announced that the 2009 season will be his last. Hidush, 38, was Mirkwood's 5th pick in 2003 and went on to become a solid starting pitcher for...

June 13, 2005

Marauders trade Gamialf for prospect

MIRKWOOD - Mirkwood sent All-Star hurler, Geadriel "Dark Light" Gamialf, to Lake Town in a player swap that gives the Archers a veteran starting pitcher and the Marauders a hot young centerfielder. Gamialf, 33, was a 23rd round pick for...

June 11, 2005

Archers sign Elfbelly

LAKE TOWN - Free agent pitcher Hidush Elfbelly has been signed to a contract of $550,000 per year for 1 year by the Lake Town Archers. Elfbelly, 38, is still going strong in spite of his age. "Hi-jinx" was Mirkwood's...

June 03, 2005

"The Walking Man" Retires

LAKE TOWN - 4-time All-Star outfielder, Denamir Eärindel, has called it quits after a 19-year career, including 7 seasons in the SGCBL. Eärindel, 38, was best known for his keen eye at the plate. He was 1st or 2nd in...

May 30, 2005

Fellowship Series Recap

Fairies take series from Archers, 4-1 LAKE TOWN - With their ace starters, Beardcutter and Shinsnapper, winning 2 games apiece, the Bucklebury Fairies defeated the Lake Town Archers in their Fellowship Series matchup. This is the first time the Archers...

May 19, 2005

Lake Town wins 4th straight Hobbit Division title

LAKE TOWN - The Lake Town Archers have clinched a playoff spot, taking the Hobbbit Division for the 4th year in a row. So far, they have made it to the Shire Conference Championship game every season for the last...

March 31, 2005

Gwomer Grailas blanks Carrock with a 1-hitter

LAKE TOWN - Gwomer Grailas had some fun again on June 25. Carrock hitters did not. Lake Town's lefty gave up just one hit in his 2nd shutout of the season. He now has 6 career shutouts in 161 games...

March 14, 2005

Seathor Radithor on fire, crushes three

LAKE TOWN - Seathor Radithor beat Old Forest, but he did it without mercy, playing like a one man wrecking crew. Lake Town's centerfielder slugged three homeruns, once again proving that he is among the elite sluggers. Number 1 in...

February 28, 2005

Nuukor Gnomekicker stars with cycle against Carrock

CARROCK - Lake Town's rightfielder Nuukor Gnomekicker once again displayed his tremendous ability to make contact with that little white ball. He tore up Carrock's pitching staff with a 5 hit performance on April 23. A single in the 1st...

February 01, 2004

Lake Town gets Belaraviel

LAKE TOWN - The race for the Shire Conference Hobbit Division just got hotter, as the Archers acquired superstar Arweogast Belaraviel from Silvan in a blockbuster trade. Trading buzz has been hot on Belaraviel since Silvan ownership put him...

January 29, 2004

Trade rumors surround Belaraviel

SILVAN - A recent look at the league trading block showed one of the strongest talents since Misty Mountain put up "Witch King" Elriawyn for trade bait. Superstar first baseman, Arweogast Belaraviel, is now on the block for a...

August 06, 2003

Lake Town Brawl

LAKE TOWN - One of the hazards of the mixed-race league (especially one involving Orcs) came to a head on October 15, as Lake Town relief pitcher, Faregrin Faraubor, was involved in an altercation at a local tavern. The resulting...

July 13, 2003

Lake Town Signs Deals

LAKE TOWN - The Lake Town Archers have come to terms with two players in the final years of their contracts. Starting pitcher, Shaumli Saremli, has been signed to a contract extension, $5,500,000 per year, for 3 years. Saremli is...