Mississauga, ON – Hill United Chiefs will spring into action this weekend at the Hallman Memorial Tournament in St. Clements as the top-ranked team. Joining them will be five other teams from the Top 12, making for a great test for all teams in the field.
Special congratulations to the Elmira Expos, breaking into the Top 10 for the first time on the heels of a solid third place finish at the Canada East qualifier. Newcomers to the Top 16 include Tin Cup, who won the Grafmeier tournament in Kimberly and Team Marquez, with a late roster submission.
The Top 16 is as follows (pre-season rankings in parentheses)
- (1) Six Nations, ON Hill United Chiefs
- (2) Clifton Park, NY New York Gremlins
- (3) Agoura Hills, CA J&B Bombers
- (4) Kitchener, ON CanAm Twins
- (6) Eaton Rapids, MI A1 Power
- (5) Denmark, WI Circle Tap Dukes
- (7) Toronto, ON Batmen
- (9) Bloomington, IL Stix
- (8) Kitchener, ON Cubs
- (12) Elmira, ON Expos
- (10) Fargo, ND Kegel Black Knights
- (11) Kingston, ON Axemen
- (NR) St. Paul, MN Tin Cup
- (14) Appleton, WI Bar on the Avenue Buzz
- (15) Ostrander, MN Norsemen
- (NR) Ensenada, MX Team Marquez
Per a motion passed at the 2016 ISC Board of Directors meeting, only the Top 16 ranked teams will be published and will be used as the basis for seeding at the ISC World Tournament. Rankings are based on rosters and/or reported tournament results for 2017.
The 71st annual ISC World Tournament will be held August 12-19, 2017 at the Art Van Sports Complex in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
For additional information, please contact:
Blair Setford
ISC VP Operations
blairjs [at] gmail.com
Joe Todd
ISC VP Communications
ftode739 [at] rogers.com