From the SoCal ASA website: Click this link for schedule info

The second tournament of the season gets underway this weekend once again in Palm Springs. With the rain out of the Amigos Spring Classic, Palm Springs and Vicki Oltean hope to make it 2 for 2 with ten teams in the A/B classifications and seven teams in the C classification. Both Champions of last months tournaments, the Panteras and Palm Springs Express, will be leading the fields in their respective classifications. Games will once again begin at 9:00 AM on Saturday with Sundays single elimination starting at 8:00 AM. Remember that there is only a grace period for the 9:00 AM on Saturday ONLY, all other games will start on time or ahead if possible.

Also, Mesquite Ave. is still under construction and you cannot make the right hand turn off of Gene Autry Trail. If you are coming in from the Highway 10, make your right at Ramon Road and go to El Placer Road and make a left. This will drop you off at by fields 7 & 8 Make sure that you give yourself plenty of time to get to the fields, especially if you play on diamonds 5 & 6. Those are the diamonds without the snack bar building. Fields 7 & 8 are the fields with the dirt parking lot and snack bar building.

In addition to the single elimination games, the So Cal Bombers and Lumberkings will play a best two out of three on Sunday morning on field 7.

Click link above for schedule of games.

From the SoCal ASA website: So Cal ASA

THURSDAY 03/30/06 @ 6pm, LATEST UPDATE: As of 6pm on Thursday the tournament is still on for this weekend. The final decision will be made at 12pm on Friday, depending on the field conditions.

Here is the latest forecast from the weatherman.

With a big caveat of “weather permitting”, the SoCal ASA will hold its second league tournament in as many weeks. Be sure to check the official SoCal ASA website (link below), on Thursday/Friday for an update as to the weather.

From the official SoCal ASA website: SOCAL ASA : Softball

NEXT UP – AMIGOS SPRING CLASSIC – SANTA FE SPRINGS

The Amigos Spring Classic will be played this weekend with nine A/B teams and seven C teams competing. The Long Beach Snakes will make their debut and the Lumberkings will be traveling from Central California to play in the A/B tournament with an evening game against last week’s champions Panteras. Palm Springs will be leading the way for the “C” tournament after their tournament victory last week. The Amigos will have snack bar duties with Josie’s green chili burritos headlining the menu.

NOTE: Due to the rain being forecasted through Wednesday evening and possibly more rain over the weekend, this web site will be updated on Thursday and Friday evenings with the tournament and field status. Managers will be contacted directly with status.

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From the official SoCal ASA website: SOCAL ASA : Softball

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A/B Alliance

The Panteras went undefeated on Sunday to take the first tournament of the year in the newly revamped A/B league with strong pitching from Bobby Lara, Jesse Duncan and Ron Rupp. The Panteras were with all their starters on Sunday making it tough for manager Fernie Ramirez to make the line-up’s with the squad that showed up. Big wins in tough played single elimination games over San Diego Primetime and the Black Sox got them in the Championship game. In the Championship game they defeated the new Rude-Pac squad of players from last year’s number 1 & 2 finishers in the Association Championship. Unfortunately, work commitments and injuries left Rude-Pac with only nine players for the game, but they held tough through four innings. More details to follow…

C Alliance (more…)

From Fastpitchwest’s “Leagues” section:

Palm Springs I

[PALM SPRINGS, CA – 03/26/06] -After dropping their first two round robin games on Saturday, Fernie Ramirez’s Panteras squad reeled off five consecutive wins, including three in Sunday’s single elimination bracket play, to capture the first So Cal ASA “A/B” league weekend tournament title of the 2006 season. The Panteras saved their best for last, posting a convincing 13-3 run-rule victory over Rude-Pac in the championship game. Along the way, the Panteras knocked off two teams in Sledgehammer’s California Top 10, # 6 Savala Rounders and # 9 Rude Pac, the latter twice, making a strong case for inclusion in the next set of rankings.

Panteras starter Bobby Lara went the distance for the win, after Jesse Duncan pitched the squad to a 6-2 semi-final win over the Black Sox to get the Panteras into the final. If you were looking for a player of the game (and day), it might well be Anthony Rocha, the ;power hitting shortstop for the team. Rocha hit a key home run against the Black Sox in the semi-finals, then homered and doubled in the same inning (the 10 run fifth), driving in 3 runs. Eli Salazar nearly matched him, also homering in the semi-final win over the Sox, and hitting a triple and single in the championship game, and driving in 3 runs.

Click link above for complete recap, including scoring summary from Championship game, along with Sunday’s Elimination bracket, scores, and photos.