Rain wreaked havoc on many of the ballhawks’ schedules during the week in week 9.  As a result, many of our totals are down a bit.  Members of the league collectively managed to snag 104 balls in week 9.  For the second consecutive week, no ballhawk broke the 20 ball barrier.

Here are the leaders for week 9:

Congratulations to Donny Haltom for winning top ballhawk for the first time.

Week 9 Leaders:

Total Balls
1)  Donny Haltom 16
2)  Erik Jabs 13
3)  Greg Barasch 12

Average (Balls per Game)
1)  Donny Haltom 8.00
2)  Erik Jabs 6.50
3)  Greg Barasch 6.00

Games Attended
1)  Mike in Detroit 4
2)  Nick Pelescak/Leigh Barratt 3
3)  Six Tied  2

Hit Balls
1)  Nick Pelescak/Erik Jabs/Donny Haltom 6
2)  Mike in Detroit 5
3)  Leigh Barratt 4

Thrown Balls
1)  Greg Barasch 10
2)  Alex 9
3)  Donny Haltom 7

Device Balls
1)  Erik Jabs 4
2)  Donny Haltom 3
3)  Greg Barasch/Happy Youngster 1

Competition Factor
1)  Donny Haltom 202,848
2)  Alex  202,844 (wow, only 4 points behind)
3)  Greg Barasch 139,671

As far as the 2009 season,  there is a bit of a race developing for the top spot.  The Happy Youngster and Erik Jabs have very slowly closed the gap between themselves and Zack Hample.  They are still behind by a considerable margin, but there could be a legitimate race forming.

There is also some jockying for position underneath the top 3.  Only 31 balls seperate #4 Alex from #10 Shawn.  Alex, Nick, Mike, District Boy, Greg, Donny, and Shawn consistently shuffle in the standings on a week to week basis.

Here are the 2009 Season Standings:

The Ballhawk League Archive:
TOP BALLHAWK:
Week 1:  Happy Youngster 38  (Runner Up:  Zack Hample 31)
Week 2:  Zack Hample 27  (Runner Up:  Erik Jabs 21)
Week 3:  Zack Hample 30  (Runner Up:  Erik Jabs 21)
Week 4:  Zack Hample 40  (Runner Up:  Happy Youngster 39)
Week 5:  Zack Hample 31  (Runner Up:  Erik Jabs 22)
Week 6:  Erik Jabs 31 (Runner Up:  The Happy Youngster 26)
Week 7:  District Boy 40 (Runner Up: Greg Barasch 20)
Week 8:  Erik Jabs 18 (Runner Up:  Donny Haltom 17)
Week 9:  Donny Haltom 16 (Runner Up:  Erik Jabs 13)