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SCIFL Santa Fe Springs II Recap

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

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From the official SCIFL website:

Panteras score four in the bottom of the seventh to walk off with the championship over Panteras II

The Panteras used the number one seed from the round robin to their advantage in reaching the Championship game. Their first game of the day was against Flor de Cana and they came out on top 12-2 with Robby Epps getting the win. Travis Price was in the circle in the second game and earned the win, 4-2, over the Long Beach Black Sox. This set up the Championship game with Panteras II and father & son. Not too mention guys from both teams who play together on other teams during the week or have played for the other squads.

The Panteras had Billy Montana in the circle against Matt Barnes. Panteras II jumped to a quick 3 run lead in the top of the first which included a two-run shot by Jason Gluckmen that easily carried the home fence and more. The Panteras brought in Robby Epps to finish the inning and in their half scored once to cut the lead to 2. Both teams settled down and the game remained scoreless through the sixth. In the fifth both Gerald Pyle came in relief for Barnes and and Travis Price came in for relief in the sixth inning for Epps.

Panteras II scored a run in the sixth to take a 3 run lead. The Panteras threaten in both the fifth and sixth innings but couldn’t get the runners across the plate. In the bottom of the seventh they got their lead off batters on base. A run scored on Jimmy Buentello’s base hit leaving runners at first and second. After an out was recorded, the Panteras had runners at second and third with first base open and Keith Barker at bat. Keith hit a hard ground ball between first and second scoring the tying runs. However the ball also got by the right fielder and then it was a foot race to home for Keith and the win by the Panteras.

(Panteras’ Keith Barker just after impact of his tournament winning, walk-off hit in the bottom of the 7th inning of the title game)

Panteras II finished second in their pool and were paired off against San Diego Primetime who had beat them in the round robin 1-0. In the single elimination Panteras II came out on top 2-1 to send them to the semi-finals. In their next game they faced the Silverhawks and came out on top 4-1.

Overall, Jason Pruitt of the Silverhawks either was the leader or tied for the lead in all of the major offensive categories. He had 15 hits for a .750 batting average which also included 3 home runs, a triple and 6 doubles. In addition he stole 3 bases. Not bad for a weekend tournament, way to go Jason. Four other batters hit for over .600 this weekend; Delroy Waters (Caribbeans) .667, Gerald Pyle, Mike Manlingus (Panteras) and Valentine Douglas (Caribbeans) all with a .600 batting average.

On the pitching side, Ronnie Rupp (Black Sox) and Travis Price each finished the weekend with 3 wins. Robby Epps lead the tournament with the lowest ERA at .088 and 24 strikeouts. Spud Barker (Silverhawks) and Price each had 22 strikeouts. The complete tournament list will be out shortly as well as the season tournament leaders

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Maddys Photos from Santa Fe Springs

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

(Matt Barnes, pitching for Panteras II Sunday at Santa Fe Springs, CA)

(click logo to view photos from Santa Fe Springs Sunday)

Maddy has posted her photos from Sunday’s SCIFL league play at Santa Fe Springs, California. If you’re on one of the teams not shown, wondering why not – we were only there for the last few of games, (Silverhawks vs. Panteras II, LB Black Sox vs. Panteras and the championship game between Panteras and Panteras II (lots of maroon on that diamond). Hope you enjoy them.

“Free for All”

You’ll notice that you can right click and save the photos in this gallery, so if you like one, it’s yours. Maddy’s “free for all” gift to the local So Cal guys. (if you decide to post any on your team or other website, please add a “photo by Maddy Flanagan”)

Editor’s note: You’ll spot the wild finish to the Panteras walk-off win in the title game on the final page of the galleries, page 6. You can see the finish unfold, with Keith Barker at the plate, the swing, the game winning hit, and then the jubilation of the Panteras.

Feel free to peruse the Maddy’s Photos website to see what other events she’s been covering. The “featured” link on the top menu is a collection of shots that have been published in softball magazine. If you missed the earlier announcement, she is also blogging on her site, with some links to other galleries, including a video of a recent emergency response event at the airport, set to music.

Click here for the blog at Maddy’s photos.

You can always email Maddy directly, maddy (at) maddysphotos (dot) com

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PA Travel League Scores – Week 1

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Pennsylvania Travel League Scores, courtesy of the PAfastpitch.blogspot.com

May 15-17, 2009
Week 1

Gm 1
KCC
0
PA Power
12

Gm 2
NY Gremlins
9
Hoffman Rise
2

Gm 3
Keatings
6
Peninsula
0

Gm 4
ADCO
6
Maccabi USA
0

(more…)

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Panteras over Panteras II in SCIFL Final at SFS

Monday, May 18th, 2009

From:

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From the official SCIFL website:

SANTA FE SPRINGS II

PANTERAS WALK OFF WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP

Panteras score four in the bottom of the seventh to walk off with the championship over Panteras II. Click logo above for more information.

Editor’s note: Maddy has some photos from the weekend to share with our readers, keep an eye out for a link soon.

And on a slightly different subject, our two favorite adversaries are polishing their barbs for the upcoming “Best of the West”. These two never fail to provide some great entertainment. Rumor has it their show due for syndication next year.

For the un-initiated, these two “characters” are members of competing teams in the SCIFL. Here is a “discussion” about pitching rules from earlier in the week 🙂

Both happen to be good hitting pitchers, so things tend to reach a fever pitch when their teams square off, and especially so when the grudge match becomes personal, pitcher vs. batter and vica versa. All in good fun…..

(and if you still can’t figure out the real life players in this matchup, see this exchange)

Lots more on So Cal fastpitch, posted by players, coaches and fans at the Fastpitchwest forum.

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Recap of LB Black Sox SCIFL Win at Palm Springs

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

From Fred Hanker’s Long Beach Black Sox team website:

Rupp Throws Shutout in SCIFL Finals at Palm Springs

The Long Beach Black Sox won their 3rd consecutive tournament and 12th game in a row beating Travis Price and The Panteras 3-0. Ron Rupp beat The Panteras again throwing a complete game shutout striking out two and allowing 5 hits. No batter would reach third base for the Panteras the entire game. Travis Price and Ron Rupp both pitched outstanding games. The game was tied 0-0 after 2 innings with both pitchers on their game. In the Sox 3rd with 2 outs Matt Shaw tripled to left. Fred Hanker than hit the first pitch he saw up the middle for a RBI double making the score 1-0. The score held up thru the 4th and 5th innings. The Sox turned inning ending double plays in both of those innings. In the bottom of the sixth with one out Fred Hanker lined a single to left field. Todd Budke followed with a single to right field with Hanker going to third. With 2 outs and 2 strikes Gerald Pyle hit a long fly ball to right field which the right fielder misplayed and 2 unearned runs scored making the score 3-0. Hanker and Budke scored on the error. Ron Rupp put The Panteras away in the 7th inning and the Sox victory. The Sox 1-2-3 hitters did all the damage going 4-8 off Price with 3 runs and a game winning RBI by Fred Hanker. The Sox only got 5 hits as Fred Hanker was 2-3 and Matt Shaw tripled and Todd Budke and Gerald Pyle also singled. Long Beach celebrates another championship for 2009. This is also the 25th tournament The Long Beach Black Sox have won in their career. They improve to 24 – 4 in the SCIFL and have a stronghold on 1st place.

Click here to view Fred Hanker’s Photo Gallery from the SCIFL Palm Springs Weekend

Bottom Row left to right, Carlos Romero, Doug Shaw,Chris Martinez, Fred Hanker, Matt Shaw; Top Row left to right, Ron Rupp, Todd Budke, Chris Paiva, Randy Clay, Gerald Pyle, and Ken Shaw.
(click to enlarge)

Hey G – put a cap on that head ! 😉

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Long Beach Black Sox Win Again

Monday, April 27th, 2009

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In the latest SCIFL action, the Long Beach Black Sox once again claimed the weekend title, this time at Palm Springs. From the SCIFL website:

Palm Springs Tournament
The Long Beach Black Sox are Champions of the Palm Springs Tournament going 6-0 over the weekend for their third championship of the season. The Black Sox shutout the Panteras in the championship game 3-0. More info to follow shortly…

The Palm Springs tournament marks the halfway point of the SCIFL season, with four weekends remaining, all at Santa Fe Springs, CA:

May 16 – 17 Santa Fe Springs
June 27 – 28 Santa Fe Springs
July 11 – 12 Santa Fe Springs
July 25 – 26 Santa Fe Springs

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SCIFL Las Vegas Results

Monday, April 6th, 2009

From:

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LAS VEGAS ROAD TRIP II – UPDATED 4/6

The Champions have been crowned for the 2009 edition of the Las Vegas Road Trip. In the AA-Major/AA division, Sta. Cecilla went undefeated and beat New Image 6-2 in the Championship game. In the A-Major division, after dropping their first two games of the tournament, the Long Beach Black Sox went on a 6-0 run to “double-dip” Macabbi USA and take home the Championship. For the “A” division, Flor de Cana also went the undefeated route going 5-0 with the Championship win over the Caribbeans.

Click here, then menu buttons on left for brackets.

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Treasure Valley Idaho Fastpitch

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Open House for New Teams, New Players April 11, 2009

New league forming in Treasure Valley, Idaho. Click here for their PDF flyer.

Their approach is a good one, that has worked elsewhere – they’ve lined up a pool of pitchers, so that teams without one that want to compete can still join the league, and pick up one of the pool pitchers.

A Facebook Group to go with it. If you “friend” them, tell ’em Fastpitchwest sent you.

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Las Vegas Road Trip – SCIFL

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Viva Las Vegas

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NAFA and So Cal Independent Fastpitch League (SCIFL) present the “Las Vegas Road Trip” Men’s fast pitch tournament this weekend. This will be a NAFA sanctioned event with the winners of each division having their 2009 NAFA World Series entry fee paid.

Twenty-six teams will be competing in 3 divisions with teams from Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin. In addition, there will also be a team representing Mexico. The NAFA 3-game guarantee bracket will be used for all divisions. Unfortunately due to field limitations, we were not able to accommodate all teams that hope to play.

We will hopefully be able to secure additional fields for next years Road Trip. In the AA-Major/AA division, last years Champion New Image of Wisconsin will be returning to defend their title as last year’s finalist Innovative Communications of Utah. This will be an 8 team divison.

In the A-Major division, last year’s NAFA World Series “A” finalist Fat City of California will compete against other teams from last years World series, the Manor Dirt Bags of Texas and Wilkomm Mobil of Wisconsin. In addition, Maccabi USA will be appearing in the tournament as they prepare for the Maccabi games set for July in Israel. This will also be an 8 team division.

The “A” division has a host of up and coming teams with both of last year finalist coming back, the champions Caribbeans and Palm Springs Express both of California. Last years NAFA 23 & under champions the Young Bucks will also be back and appearing in the tournament This division will have ten teams participating.

Games will be played at Sunset Park and Paradise Park starting at 8:00 AM on Saturday, April 4th. Games continure at both parks throughout the day with the remaining teams coming back to Sunset Park on Sunday. The Championship games for all divisions is scheduled for 3:00 PM.
For additional information and a complete list of teams, please visit www.scifastpitch.com . Depending on Internet availability, the SCIFL web site will be updated through the weekend.

Robert Hernandez
NAFA Pacific Coast VP
P.O. Box 1891
Anaheim, CA 92806

rmh323 ( at ) roadrunner.com
Don’t forget to change the at to an @
714-392-1387

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