AAU 2011 – Pool G Preview & Poll

Seventh in a series of ten to be posted by the start date for the 2011 AAU international tournament, January 20, 2011.

Pool G
1. La Raza – VEN
2. Petroleros – MEX
3. Florida Fastpitch USA
4. Hill United – CAN

Rosters
La Raza – Venezuela
Jhon Wilfrido Diaz
Alexander Giron
Jose Pinzon
David Quiñones
Arturo D Ambrosio Rojas
Huglas Moreno
Pedro Cañas
Carlos Ojeda
German Valenzuela
Frank A Pineda
Marcos Manrique
Darvin Casares
Luis Palacios
Luis D Ambrosio
Vladimir Castellano
Peter Blanco
Gabriel Lucket
Darwing Rivas
Jhon Garcia
Gerardo Hernandez
Jose Reyez

Petroleros de Mexico (Diamantes) – Mexico
Juan Calvillo
Jorge Valerio
Miguel Solis
Antonio Garza
Juan Jimenez
Ruben Delgadillo
Ruben Vidales Ii
Fernando Rios
Guillermo Rios
Miguel Torres
Carlos Villarreal
Benito Flores
Javier Bueno
Oscar Cervantes
Jonathan Sepulveda
Carlos Montoya
Ruben Castro
Carlos Aguirre
Roberto Ruiz
Diego Zavala
Ricardo Navarro

Florida Fastpitch
Larry Mastrogianakis
Jeff Lane
Keith Rankin
Jason Smith
Steve Edgerton
Cory Alkerton
Trevor Powers
Charlie Walsman
Lyle Brown
Matt Alkerton
Hugh Van Konik
Sam Eakins
Phil Perry
Mike Sorzikas
Steve Deupree
Chad Edwards
Mark Williams
Matt Thames
Chris Spoto

Hill United – ON
Craig Crawford
Jason Sanford
Earl Hill
Joe Morales
Calvin Miller
Ryan Thompson
Dale Levy
Rich Burkholder
Brian Porter
Mark Hill
Brandon Staats
Rory Miller
Bill Hillhouse
Calib Keeshig
Matt Leahy
Mike Joseph
Rick Anderson

The top two in each poll are shown below in bold. Polling remains open for all pools.

The closest voting remains in pool D, with the Illinois Pirates and Niagara Fury out in front, separated by only nine votes while the other two teams, the NY/PA Metros and Capitalinos are separated by six votes. The overall Pool D voting is presently 64-55-42-36 for those four teams, respectively.

Top voted teams to date:

Chicago/New York (USA), Pool A, 88 votes
Milwood ON (CAN), Pool B, 85 votes
Team Minnesota (USA), Pool C 73 votes
Softball Canada Development Team (CAN), Pool E, 70 votes
Sureno Soy (VEN), Pool F, 70 votes

Pool A Voting (to date)
Chicago NY, USA 88 votes
Minnesota Angels, USA 64 votes
Venezuela Brewers, VEN 9 votes
Blackburn Transport, CAN 8 votes
Click here to view Pool A Preview and Poll
(voting still open)

Pool B voting to date
Millwood ON 85
Combatientes VEN 52
Houston Carnage 23
Memphis 23
Click here to view Pool B Preview and Poll
(voting still open)

Pool C voting to date
Team Minnesota USA 73
Kitchener Outlaws ON 37
Gigantes, VEN 34
Washington Metros USA 5
Click here to view Pool C Preview and Poll
(voting still open)

Pool D Preview and Poll
Illinois Pirates USA 64
Niagara Fury – ON 55
NY/PA Metros 42
Capitalinos – Venezuela 36
Click here to view Pool D Preview and Poll
(voting still open)

Pool E Preview and Poll
Softball Canada (Development Team) 70
Maccabi USA 30
Ohio Battery USA 26
Lanzeros – Venezuela 14
Click here to view Pool E Preview and Poll
(voting still open)

Pool F Preview and Poll
Sureno Soy – Venezuela 70
Dominicana US 41
Cobourg Force – ON 39
Oklahoma Fastpitch 6
Click here to view Pool F Preview and Poll
(voting still open)

Pool H is up next:

For list of all 40 teams by pool, click here.

For list of all 40 teams by country, click here.

For schedule of games, click here.

For Fastpitchwest’s coverage of past AAU tournaments, click here.

For Maddy’s Photos of last year’s tournament, click here.