2008 AAU Scoreboard

Thursday’s Scores

4pm

Venezuela Brewers…………..1
Texaco Pirates – Bahamas…6
WP – Schweyer, Sleep (6) and DeGroat
LP – Mendoza and Mizrahi

Tijuana Fastpitch…10
Earl’s Club…………..2
WP – Valdez and Lopez
LP – Gaura and Gerum

Redline Fastpitch…..0
Radio 560……………7
WP – Almeida and Subojo
LP – Bolin and Bunner

Florida Fastpitch….2
CPI…………………..1
WP – Mitchell, Luster (5) and Phillip
LP – Winship, Murphy (5) and McCallum

Omaha Red Angels……….2
Venezuela/Miami…………..2
Pitchers: Naranjo – V/M
Dubsky – Omaha
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St. Thomas Storm…… 6
Colombia………………..0
WP – Beecroft and Franklin
LP – Higlanier and Warne

6pm

Fedlock……………….0
Thomson Area Merchants..10
WP – Ginger and Scott
LP – Groves and Kahan

Millwood Logistics…..9
Manor Dirt Bags……..4
WP – Wagar and McKenzie
LP – Barker and Schultz

Cherokee………..1
Combatientes…..3
WP – Cegarra and Gonzalez
LP – Leitka and Hudson

St. Thomas Storm…..1
Los Socios……………11
WP -Baruto and Rodriguez
LP – Vogel and Franklin

Chicago/New York……9
Ohio Battery…………….1
WP – Vargas and Rodriguez
LP – Hineline and Zaborowski

Jamaica……………0
Broken Bow…….14
WP – Middleton and Rosthenhausler
LP – McCaw and Donaldson

Friday’s schedule has games at 9 & 11 AM, 1, 3, 5 and 7 PM which will conclude pool play. All 32 teams go into a single elimination tournament which begins Saturday, 9AM. The tournament concludes Sunday with games at 9 and 11 AM and the championship game at 1 PM.

Friday’s Scores

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Kyle Smith, Blair Setford and Joe Todd broadcast two opening day games on Thursday in Orlando at the AAU International Men’s Fastpitch Tournament. The Ballparkradio crew will be back in the booth for (at least) two more broadcasts on Friday, featuring the teams shown below.

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Game times are Eastern Standard Time (EST), adjust for your time zone accordingly.

11:00 a.m.
Niagara Storm Fury of Ontario, Canada vs. Cherokee, NC, USA

3:00 PM
Broken Bow, New York vs. Earl’s Club, WI

The morning game at 11am will feature ISC II Commissoner Blair Setford, but not as a broadcaster, but back in uniform at a player. While known by many these days as ISC Commissioner and ISC II/Ballparkradio broadcaster, Blair has had an extensive career as a player, most recently, with the Mississagua Arrows of the Golden Horseshoe Fastball League (GHFL), a league (and website) he still helps with. No truth to the rumor that he packed the hockey sticks when leaving a frigid Ontario, Canada Thursday for Orlando. Blair insists it was the glove and bat. He is sure to get plenty of good natured ribbing from his broadcast colleagues during Friday’s broadcast.

The afternoon game pits a couple of teams that have finished near the top of the heap in recent AAU tournaments. Broken Bow, New York was a finalist in last year’s tournament, while Tijuana, Mexico has many of the Mexicali players who finshed as runner-up in 2004 and as a Final Four team a year later.

Saturday’s broadast schedule is not yet set – and won’t be until Friday night, after the single elimination pairings are draw.

Sunday’s broadcast schedule will include one of the two semi-final games at 11am, and the 1pm Championship game.

9am
Team Minnesota………….9
Ambassadors (VI)……….3
WP – Lang and BJ Boom
LP – Egerdeen and Pagan

Niagara Fury……..0
Mac’s Sprayers….10
WP – Manley and O’Brien
LP – Hopkins and Carr

Elmira Juniors……0
Puerto Rico………5
WP – Camuy and Medina
LP – Skelton and Martin

Manor Dirt Bags……..2
Venezuela/Miami……..1
WP – Morales and Correa
LP – Gonzales and Castillo

PK Broward………………9
New Breed (Bahamas)…0
WP – Potolicchio and Alstat
LP – Lefrance and Bethel

Big Cove……………….3
Colombia……………….0
Forfeited game

Ken

11am
Panfilo Valdez Shuts Out Broken Bow as Tijuana, MX ties them 0-0

Broken Bow Gremlins….0
Tijuana Fastpitch…………0
Pitchers: Bow – Middleton, Holoien (5) and Rosthenhausler
Tijuana – Valdez and Lopez

Ambassadors (VI)….6
Elmira Juniors………..1

WP – Dortzman and Pagan
LP – Scott and Martin

Texaco Pirates (Bahamas)…5
Thomson Area Merch………2
WP – Scheller and DeGroat
LP – McCabe andJimenez

Niagara Fury………….11
Cherokee………………..0
WP – Berube and Crocker
LP – Leitka and Hudson

Redline Fastpitch……..0
Chicago/New York….9
WP – Escalona and Prol
LP – Boun and Bunner

Big Cove……………0
St. Thomas Storm..11
WP – Beecroft and Wismer
LP – Smurd and Rostenkowski

Ken

1pm
CPI ………..7
New Breed.0
WP – Smith and Cutro
LP – Forbes and Stevens

Combatientes………..0
Mac’s Sprayers……..8
WP – O’Brien and O’Brien
LP – Vcero and Maurique

Radio 560………….0
Ohio Battery……….1
WP – Thomson and Zaborowski
LP – Martinez and Santiago

Omaha Red Angels…..5
Millwood Logistics……1
WP – Kammueller and Scheevel
LP – Simpson and McKenzie

Jamaica……………1
Earl’s Club……….14
WP – Lubkeman and Kulakowski
LP – Donaldson and Francis

P.K. Broward…………..0
Florida Fastpitch……….4
WP – Luster and Horswell
LP – Wood and Alstat

Ken

3pm
Radio 560……..0
Chicago/New York….6
WP – Almonte and Rodriguez

PK Broward………..3
CPI……………………3
Pitchers: CPI – Murphy
PK Broward – Potolicchio

Fedlock…………….1
Brewers…………….0
WP – Groves and Kahan
LP – Chaparro and Hernandez

Los Socios……………10
Big Cove………………..0
WP – Epp and Send
LP – Not recorded on score sheet

Boken Bow Gremlins………6
Earl’s Club…………………….0
WP – Cox and Shaw
LP – Johnson and Jason

Puerto Rico………….0
Team Minnesota……3
WP – Muizelaar and Lammers
LP – Diaz, Lara (4) and Martinez

Ken

5pm
Combatientes………..5
Niagara Storm Fury..1
WP – Nuyica and Gonzalez
LP – Wilson and Carr

Fedlock………..0
Texaco Pirates..8
WP – Sleep and Box
LP – Roman and Richardson

Florida Fastpitch…..13
New Breed…………..3
WP – Mitchell and Perry
LP – Lefrance and Bethel

Venezuela/Miami………0
Millwood Logistics……8
WP – Simpson and McKenzie
LP – Alvarez, Naranjo (4) and Castillo

Team Minnesota…………11
Elmira…………………………4
WP – Byrne and BJ Boom
LP – Skelton and Wideman

Ohio Battery………………12
Redline Fastpitch………….4
WP – Hineline and Roberts
LP – Pascale and Bunner

7pm
Thomson Area Merchants…….6
Brewers (Venezuela)……………4
WP – Ginger and Todd
LP – Tellez and Zambrano

Ambassadors……2
Puerto Rico………3
WP – Camuy and Medina
LP – Smith and Callacio

Manor Dirt Bags………0
Omaha Red Angels…..8
WP – Eberts and Smith
LP – Havins and Schultz

Jamaica…………0
Tijuana…………12
WP – Romo and Aguila
LP – McCaw and Donaldson

Spain……………..0
Los Socios……..5
WP – Gonzales and Soud
LP – Suburbe and Warne

Mac’s Sprayers………….12
Cherokee…………………..0
WP – Gervasutti and Kostel
LP – Leitka and Hudson

Ken

The results of Friday’s 7 PM games will be distributed and posted tomorrow. Below is the first round schedule of the 32-team single elimination bracket play. The alpha-numeric ID shown opposite each team’s name represents the pool they played in and their pool play final ranking. Example, A2 means the team finished 2nd in pool A.

Saturday, January 26
9 AM

Los Socios (A1) vs Redline (B4)
CPI (C2) vs Earl’s Club (D3)
Chicago/New York (B1) vs Elmira (H4)
Niagara Fury (E3) vs Millwood Logistics (F2)
Mac’s Sprayers (E1) vs Brewers (G4)
St Thomas Storm (A2) vs Manor Dirt Bags (F3)

Saturday, January 26
11 AM

Ambassadors (H3) vs Thomson Area Merchants (G2)
Jamaica (D4) vs Florida Fastpitch (C1)
Broken Bow (D1) vs Cherokee (E4)
Ohio Battery (B2) vs P.K. Broward (C3)
Puerto Rico (H2) vs Fedlock (G3)
New Breed (C4) vs Omaha Red Angels (F1)

Saturday, January 26
1 PM
Tijuana Fastpitch (D2) vs Big Cove (A3)
Venezuela/Miami (F4) vs Texaco Pirates (G1)
Combatientes (E2) vs Radio 560 (B3)
Spain (A4) vs Team Minnesota (H1)

Weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday is sunshine, no wind and temperatures in the low to mid 70’s Fahrenheit.

Ken

Pool Winners & Top Seeds at the 2008 AAU International Tournament:

Pool A – Los Socios,Venezuela
Pool B – Chicago/New York, Dominican Republic
Pool C – Florida Fastpitch, FL, USA
Pool D – Broken Bow, New York, USA
Pool E – Mac’s Sprayers, New York, USA
Pool F – Omaha Angels, Nebraska, USA
Pool G – Texaco Pirates, Man-O-War Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Pool H – Team Minnesota, Minnesota, USA

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Ballparkradio will be back on the air at 1pm, 3pm, and 5pm for three more broadcasts, as the 2008 AAU International Men’s Fastpitch tournament enters its third day, and kicks off its Single Elimination bracket play on Saturday, January 26, 2008.

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Game times are Eastern Standard Time (EST), adjust for your time zone accordingly.

1:00 p.m.
Texaco Pirates, Bahamas vs. Venezuela/Miami

3:00 PM
Teams To Be Determined

5:00 PM
Teams To Be Determined

Sunday’s broadcast schedule will include one of the two semi-final games at 11am, and the 1pm Championship game.

Saturday’s Scores

9am

The following 6-games are the beginning of the 32-team single elimination tournament. Game times today are 9 and 11 AM, 1, 3 and 5 PM.

Millwood Logistics……4
Niagara Fury……………0
Wp – Wagar and McKenzie
LP – Berube and Crocker

Elmira……………………..3
Chicago/New York…13
WP – Escalona and Prol
LP – Martin and Martin

St. Thomas Storm……..2
Manor Dirt Bags……….0
WP – Vogel and Franklin
LP – Morales and Correa

Venezuela Brewers…………0
Mac’s Sprayers…………….. 7
WP – Hardy, Gervasutti (6) and Kostel
LP – Chaparro and Zambrano

Los Socios…………………9
Redline Fastpitch…………0
WP – Barruto and Send
LP – Bolin and Bunner

Earl’s Club………………4
CPI………………………..5 – 9-innings
WP – Murphy and McCallum
LP – Gaura and Gerum

Ken

11am

Omaha Red Angels…………8
New Breed (Bahamas)…….5
WP – Eberts and Smith
LP – Forbes and Stevens

Puerto Rico…………..10
Fedlock Falcons……..0
WP – Roman and Martinez
LP – Putnam and Kahan

Ambassadors (USVI)…….6
Thomson Area Merch…….0
WP – Ginger and Todd
LP – Smith and Pagan

Florida Fastpitch………..9
Jamaica……………………0
WP – Mitchell and Horswell
LP – Donaldson and Francis

Broken Bow Gremlins…….14
Cherokee………………………0
WP – Holoein and Rosthenhausler
LP – Leitka and Hudson

Ohio Battery…………….2
P.K. Broward…………..4
WP – Humphries, Wood (4) and Freedman
LP – Thomson and Zaborowski

The final four first round games are currently underway at 1 PM. All of today’s winners play a second game today at either 3 or 5 PM.

1pm

Team Minnesota………11
Spain……………………….1
WP – Gosse, Byrne (4) and Lammers
LP – Chaquga and Warne

Tijuana……………….9
Big Cove…………….1
WP – Valdez and Lopez
LP – Hill and Hill

Texaco Pirates……………3
Venezuela/Miami…………2
WP – Scheller and DeGroat
LP – Alvarez and Castillo

Radio 560 (Mexico)….1
Combatientes…………..7
WP – Cegarra and Gonzalez
LP – Martinez and Santiago

Women

Bahamas……………….0
Young-Harris…………8
WP – Teserakova and Schumacher
LP – Hall and Sears

Puerto Rico…………….10
Bommer G Swingers….0
WP – Camacho and Lopez
LP – Taylor and Marshall

The above two women’s games complete pool play. Here are first round match-ups for the single elimination tournament:

Young Harris – 1st round bye due to Spain forfeiting out of tournament.

3 PM – Bommer G Swingers vs Bahamas Air
5 PM – US Virgin Islands vs Colombia
5 PM – Jamaica vs Puerto Rico

7 PM Young Harris vs 3 PM winner
7 PM – 5 PM winners play each other.

Championship game for women is scheduled for Sunday, 11 AM.

3pm
CPI…………………….4
Los Socios…………..2
WP – Murphy, Winship (6) and McCallum
LP – Poorman, Gonzales (1), Perez (7) and Said

Mac’s Sprayers……………….12
St. Thomas Storm……………..1
WP – Manley and O’Brien
LP – Vogel and Franklin

Chicago/New York…………..8
Millwood Logistics……………0
WP – Montero and Prol
LP – Simpson and McKenzie

Game in progress is a scoreless tie in the 7th inning between Florida Fastpitch vs Ambassadors. Final report on next update.

5pm
P.K. Broward…………0
Broken Bow Gremlins..7
WP – Cox, Ezekiel (5) and Rozich
LP – Potolicchio and Alstat

Texaco Pirates (Bahamas)….12
Tijuana……………………………5
WP – Dyck and Box
LP – Valdez, Romo (6) and Lopez

Combatientes………3
Team Minnesota…..4
WP – Muizelaar and Lammers
LP – Cezarra and Gonzalez

Omaha Red Angels…..2
Puerto Rico…………….10
WP – Diaz and Medina
LP – Dubsky and Scheevel

Tomorrow’s men’s match-ups are:
9 AM – CPI vs Chicago/New York
Mac’s Sprayers vs Florida Fastpitch
Broken Bow vs Puerto Rico
Texaco Pirates vs Team Minnesota

Tomorrow’s women’s match-ups are:
9 AM – Young-Harris College vs Bahamas Air
US Virgin Islands vs Puerto Rico

Women’s championship game at 11 AM. Men’s championship game at 1 PM

Sunday’s Elite Eight

The AAU International Tournament enters its fourth and final day, with the Elite Eight teams remaining. The Elite Eight are:

1. CPI, NY
2. Chicago/New York, Dominican Republic
3. Mac’s Sprayers, IA
4. Florida Fastpitch, FL
5. Broken Bow, New York
6. Puerto Rico
7. Texaco Pirates, Bahamas
8. Team Minnesota
Quarterfinal Scores

CPI, NY vs. Chicago/NY Dominican Republic
CPI 3, Chicago/NY Dominican Republic 0
Shaun Winship tossed a shutout win for the Cinderella squad from New York, though unfortunately for CPI, offensive leader Mike Zorzikas left the game with a shoulder injury and is out of action for the rest of the tournament.

CPI advances to the Final Four and will face Mac’s Sprayers of Iowa at 11am.

Quarterfinal Score – Mac’s Sprayers vs. Florida Fastpitch
Macs 2, Florida 1
Robbie O’Brien was the winning pitcher for Mac’s in a hard fought 2-1 game against Florida Fastpitch. O’Brien struck out 16 in 7 innings, while Florida starter Sean Whitten struck out 10 in 5 innings before giving way to Terry Luster.

Mac’s scored one run in the first inning, on a walk to leadoff hitter Adam La Londe, followd by a single by Chris Miljavic and RBI double by Jeff Ellsworth. Florida’s Brian Ree hit a one-out triple to the fence in right center, in the first inning, but was stranded when O’Brien struck out the last two outs of the inning.

They scored the eventual winning run in the 5th when LaLonde again walked, and came home to score on Ellsworth’s second hit on the game.
Florida made things interesting in the 7th inning when Jesse Duncan singled and came home to score on a double by Phillip Perry, putting the potential tying run in scoring position. Avon Meacham came on to run for Perry, but was erased for the final out on an obstruction call on a grounder to shortstop Todd Schultz.

The win sends Mac’s to a semi-final match-up with CPI, as the Sprayers bid to become the first team to win back-to-back AAU titles.

Quarterfinal Score – Broken Bow NY vs. Puerto Rico
Broken Bow 8, Puerto Rico 1

Rhys Casley was 3-for-4 with a single, double and 3 run home run to power the Broken Bow offense against Puerto Rico. Dean Holoien struck out 10 in 5 innings. Blair Ezekiel came on in relief, but gave way to Frank Cox after being struck by a line drive.

Quarterfinal Score – Minnesota vs. Bahamas
Team Minnesota 7, Texaco Pirates, Bahamas 1
Ward Gosse picked up the win. Brian Lammers and Chad Boom both had RBI doubles in the first while teammate Jason Wandler hit a 2 run homer in the first inning in which Minnesota scored 5 runs and cruised to a Sunday morning quarterfinal win over the Texaco Pirates of the Bahamas. Rob Schweyer came on in relief of Dewey Dyck in the first. Steve Mullaley was the lone bright spot for the Bahamas squad, hitting a solo home run for the Pirates Minnesota will advance to a semi-final game against the winner of Broken Bow vs. Puerto Rico. Broken Bow is up 8-1 in the 7th inning of that one.

Sunday Line Scores for 9am, 11am and 1pm

Team Minnesota……7
Texaco Pirates………1
WP – Gossse and BJ Boom
LP – Dyck and DeGroat

Broken Bow Gremlins….8
Puerto Rico………………..1
WP – Holoien and Rosthenhausler
LP – Diaz and Medina

Chicago/New York……0
CPI…………………………3
WP – Winship and McCallum
LP – Torres, Escalona (2), Almonte (6) and Prol

Mac’s Sprayers……………2
Florida Fastpitch………….1
WP – O’Brien and O’Brien
LP – Whitten and Horswell

The semi-final games are just underway: Broken Bow vs Team Minnesota and Mac’s Sprayers vs CPI. Men’s championship game is scheduled for 1 PM EST.

The women’s championship game is just underway with Young-Harris College vs Puerto Rico. In the semi finals, Young-Harris defeated Bahamas Air Flyers 8-1 and Puerto Rico defeated US Virgin Islands 15-0.

Ken

The Puerto Rican women’s team won the first annual AAU Women’s International Fastpitch Tournament with a convincing 9-0 win over Young-Harris College of Young-Harris, GA. Puerto Rican players, Jennifer Massillo and Zulaika Ortiz won the Most Valuable Pitcher and Most Valuable Player awards, respectively.

Men’s Semi-final results

Broken Bow Gremlins…….2
Team Minnesota……………5
WP – Muizelaar and Lammers
LP – Middleton and Rozich

CPI…………………0
Mac’s Sprayers…9
WP – Gervasutti and O’Brien
LP – Winship and McCallum

Championship Game

Mac’s Sprayers of Iowa, won the 2008 AAU Men’s International Fastpitch Tournament at Disney’s Wide World of Sports, with a 4-0 win over Team Minnesota.

Jeremy Manley was the winning pitcher in the championship game while Ward Gosse took the loss for Team Minnesota. Manley and his fellow Mac’s pitchers, Robbie O’Brien, Sebastian Gervasutti and Mitch Hardy, shared the Most Valuable Pitcher award. Mac’s Jeff Ellsworth, won the tournament’s Most Valuable Player award after a true MVP tournament performance.

Tied for 3rd place were Broken Bow Gremlins and CPI.

Ken