ISC Legend, Peter Meredith started and was the winning pitcher for Wasatch Properties and some of the former Larry Miller Toyota teammates shutout Roseville Eagles 6-0. Roseville will need to win one elimination game tonight in order to get to Championship Sunday.
Thanks to Kary Moore for this info.
Update from the ASA A Nationals.
The Bakersfield Silverhawks are 2-0 after beating SAU Fastpitch of Utah 4-0 in the first game with Sebatian Gervasutti recording the win. In the second game Andrew Putnam recorded the win beating Cal State Builders with Gerald Pyle throwing 9-1 in five innings. The Silverhawks will face off against the Italian Athletic Club at 6:20pm.
Thanks to Chris McGehee for this info.
MEN’S INVITATIONAL FAST PITCH TOURNAMENT
September 10 – 13
ST. PETERS FIELD
CAMBRIDGE, MA.
CLASS – “ OPEN â€
ENTRANCE FEE – $500.00
FORMAT – 4 GAME GUARANTEE
Round Robin followed by Single Elimination
The winner and runner-up of the tournament will receive a travel stipend equal to 50% of the entrance fees received for this tournament. The winning team will receive 75% of the purse and the runner-up will receive 25% of the purse.
For information and/or an entrance form please contact the following individuals:
Tournament Director
Jim Fanning
800-931-6148 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              800-931-6148      end_of_the_skype_highlighting ext. 504
jfanning (at) mass-ASAsoftball.com
Tournament Umpire in Chief
Rich Silva
800-931-6148 ext. 503
rjsilva26 (at) aol.com
Roseville Eagles (3-0) win again, 12-0 in 4 innings vs. Funkey Monkey, Hayward, CA. Roseville is awaiting to play the winner of the Peter Meredith led Wasatch Properties, Utah vs. Comox Valley Cannons.
Thanks to Kary Moore for this info.
Smiling faces of the USA Jr. Women, off to Columbia for international competition. (Facebook login required to see photos of the team)
The Jr. Women will compete Aug. 2-15 at III Pan American Softball Championship (18-Under) in Bogota, Colombia.
Fastpitch softball tournaments kick off at Wallace Marine Park
(From the Statesman Journal)
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Rose City Merchants’ Brad Branch takes a cut during their game against Funky Monkey, from Hayward, Calif., during the opening day of the ASA Men’s A, B & West C Fast Pitch National Championships, at Wallace Marine Park, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (TIMOTHY J. GONZALEZ | Statesman Journal)
It took just more than 10 hours Thursday, but the first day of play at the ASA Men’s A and Western C National softball tournaments at Wallace Marine Park in West Salem.
Jason Grow of JRW and Associates from Yakima, Wash., hit a 15th inning walk off-single to beat the all-Native American Rez Dawgs of LeMoore, Calif., in the final game of the day, pushing the planned opening ceremonies back by a half hour.
“Just tired. We played three games today, left was like a fourth,†Grow said. “Four games a day is too much.â€
The tournament is bringing some of the best talent Salem has every seen for a softball tournament.
Tournament director Billy Powers said that while some have brought more players, the men’s A has some of the best players in the country.
“This is the top, A level, and C level is as big as anything we’ve got prestige-wise,†Powers said. “It’s a step below the national team.â€
The tournaments run through Sunday. Games start at 9 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 1:40 p.m. and 4 p.m. today through Saturday, with 6:20 p.m. games Friday and Saturday
Championships: A Division at 11:20 a.m. (if necessary game at 1:40 p.m.); C Division at 1:40 p.m. (if necessary game at 4).
At “C” Nationals, 14-0 Roseville Eagles beat Team Jones, Gaspar throws a no-hitter.
Men’s softball tournaments to begin four-day run today at Wallace Marine Park
Five Oregon teams to compete
BY JAMES DAY • STATESMAN JOURNAL
More than 30 softball teams from eight states and Canada will be in town this weekend for a pair of fastpitch tournaments at Wallace Marine Park.
Twenty-five C Division teams will battle for the Western national title and eight A Division teams will battle for national honors.
Games in the C Division begin at 9 a.m. today, with action in the A division starting Friday.
Championship games are Sunday.
Each team is guaranteed three games.
Five Oregon teams are involved: three C teams from Grants Pass and A and C teams from Portland.
Teams also will be representing California, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Utah and British Columbia.
One C Division team, from Carthage, Texas, drove to Oregon after Hurricane Alex forced the team to cancel the fundraisers that were planned to pay for the team’s airfare.
The team is staying in a cabin at Detroit Lake.
Opening ceremonies are at 7 tonight.
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lick here for brochure to ASA “A” Nationals in Salem, Oregon. (home to the 2002 NAFA World Series, for those who remember)
Click here for the Championship Bracket.
Click here for the Consolation Bracket
Fullerton Head Coach Returns to National Team Duty
Cal State Fullerton head coach Michelle Gromacki has joined the staff of the 2010 USA Softball Women’s National Team. (Photo Courtesy USA Softball)
FULLERTON, CA – Cal State Fullerton head softball coach Michelle Gromacki has accepted a coaching position with the 2010 USA Softball Women’s National Team, the Amateur Softball Association announced on Thursday.
Gromacki, who recently completed her 11th season as head coach of the Titans, joined the team in time to help lead the United States to a seventh consecutive and ninth overall gold medal at the International Softball Federation’s Women’s World Championships in Caracas, Venezuela, defeating Olympic champion Japan, 7-0, in five innings in the championship game.
She will also assist with the national team during the fifth-annual KFC World Cup of Softball on July 22-26 in Oklahoma City, OK.
Gromacki is no stranger to Team USA as both a player and a coach. She previously served as an assistant coach for the USA Blue Team in 2001 and the USA “Elite” National Team from 2002-04, competing in international tournaments and serving as the “sparring partner” for the U.S. National Team in preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
In 2003, she helped lead the “Elite” Team to a gold medal at the Canada Cup with an 11-1 record and a roster that featured former Titans, Gina Oaks and Jodie Cox.
As a player, Gromacki was also selected as a member of the U.S. National Team that participated in the tournament to open the Olympic Softball Complex in Columbus, GA, prior to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.
In 1994, Gromacki was a member of several U.S. National Teams that claimed gold medals at the South Pacific Classic Tournament, the World Championships in Canada, and the Pam Am Qualifier in Guatemala. She was a participant in the Olympic Sports Festival in St. Louis as both a player and assistant coach.
From 1985-92, Gromacki participated in three Olympic Sports Festivals and was a member of two U.S. National Teams that took gold medals in international competition in China (1987) and Japan (1985). She also spent eight months playing on a travelling team in New Zealand from 1988-89..