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Pueblo Bandits Roll in the Joe Santos Memorial

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

From Al’s Fastball: Pueblo Bandits Roll in the Joe Santos Memorial

Pueblo Bandits Roll in the Joe Santos Memorial The Pueblo Bandits reached their second title game in as many weeks when they faced off in a battle of Manley men in the Joe Santos Memorial Tournament Final. Bandit ace Jeremy Manley led the Bandits to an 8-1 win over his younger brother Regan Manley of the Colorado Rage in the championship game. The Bandits achieved run rule victories in all but one game during the three-day event held at their home park. Jeremy Manley was again dominant on championship Sunday, this time completing the weekend with a win in the final. Peter Mersereau threw a no hitter on Saturday in a run rule shortened affair. The Bandits came out swinging on Sunday, outscoring opponents 27-2 to take the title. By virtue of their win, Pueblo earned a berth into the ISC tournament. The Colorado Rage earned the ISC II berth with their runner-up finish. This tournament showed a resurgence of team and fan interest in men’s fastpitch with teams from El Paso, TX, Arizona & Utah and from all over Colorado. Thanks to all who participated and supported the event. In attendance were Charlie Smith, ISC Treasurer, and Dick Mason, ISC President/Commissioner, who commented on how “great the tournament turned out.” Below is the list of game summaries. 2006 Joe Santos Memorial Fastball Tournament Summary Pueblo, Colorado May 26, 27 & 28, 2006

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Boys of Summer Schedule – July 7-9 (Denmark, WI)

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Click here for the schedule for this year’s “Boys of Summer” tournament in Denmark, Wisconsin. Both of California’s open level teams, the So Cal Bombers and Team Rainey are entered in the tournament. The Bombers are in Pool A, with defending ISC World champions, and #1 ranked County Materials, WI, the Saskatoon Aspen Black Sox, and Planggers Furniture, MI. Team Rainey is in Pool B, with #2 ranked Farm Tavern, WI, Kegel Black Knights, ND and Albaugh, Inc., IA. You’d be hard pressed to find a tougher field of teams this side of the ISC World.

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Help Wanted with Red Rock Photo ID’s

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Can you ID the players in the Red Rock photos listed here?

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Las Vegas Summer Slam Cancelled

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

The Las Vegas Summer Slam has been cancelled due to lack of team entries.

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CR/Portland Tops Boatnik field at Grants Pass, Oregon

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

[Grants Pass, Oregon]

25,000 people annually converge on Grants Pass, Oregon from all over the U.S. and Canada for the Boatnik Memorial Day Weekend Festivities. The Boatnik Men’s Fastpitch Softball Tournament sponsored by David Wise State Farm Insurance was held Memorial Day Weekend in Grants Pass, Oregon serving as a NAFA World Series Qualifier. Beginning with two exhibition games on Friday night and ending at 2:30 pm Monday with the nationally ranked Portland, Oregon Adidas team taking the title and the $500 team travel money. The runnerup was the A-Major Addidas team also from Portland who were awarded $250. Third place was Mock Ford from Grants Pass, Oregon, Fourth Place was last years ASA C National Runner-Up Brotherton Pipe(formerly Global) of Southern Oregon. Finishing 5th was the Portland Gamblers and taking 6th place was Blacksmith of Grants Pass and taking 7th place was Tule Lake-Beeber, California. Players from as far away as Argentina participated. Portland went 5-0 in winning the championship with an average run differential of 10-2 per game. The Tournament format was a four game guarantee with 2 round robin games that seeded all teams in to a full double elimination tournament. No team was eliminated until 6 pm on Sunday. The tournament saw two brief rain delays but finished each day on time. The key elements of this event that make it so special are the spectators that watch every game with no less than 100 people present and with a high of 500 during some games. Riverside Park has one of the best settings to play men’s fastpitch anywhere in the U.S. With a permanent 250 foot fence, electronic scoreboard, announcers for every game and scorekeepers for every game make it truly a fastpitch players dream. By team votes, next year’s event will feature both an upper and a lower bracket and will continue with a four game guarantee. The host committee also hopes to increase the travel money to $1,750 in 2006 as well. The Upper bracket will be for NAFA AA(ASA Good B) and higher teams and the lower bracket for NAFA A and A-Major teams(ASA C and low B). (more…)

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Houston Aces Win ISC Qualifier, Earn ISC World Tournament Berth

Monday, May 29th, 2006

The Houston Aces went undefeated this weekend at 5-0 winning their ISC Qualifier. The following is a recap of Sunday’s games.

9:30 A.M. Houston Aces vs Houston Nine ( H.I.S.) Semi-Final

In a battle of undefeated’s the Aces took on H.I.S in the semi final in the morning. Pitcher Wayne Wells took the mound for the Aces while Robert ” Tito” Florencia took the hill for H.I.S. The Aces started early scoring 2 runs in the first when with 2 man on cathcer Troy Gilmour singled to right scoring 2 runs. In the top of the second H.I.S. countered with 4 runs of their own and having the advantage at 4-2. The H.I.S. would then add 1 more in the 4th making it
5-2. In the 5th with one man on base 2nd baseman Peter Saldana would hit a 2 run homer to left field making it 4-5. Enter pitcher Panfilo Valdez who retired the side in the 6th. The Aces would then add 1 more tying the game at 5. In the last inning the Aces would score one more making it 6-5 and giving them the win and advancing to the finals.

Houston Aces 6 – Houston Nine ( H.I.S) 5

4 P.M. Houston Aces vs Houston Nine ( H.I.S) Final

The Aces would again face H.I.S. in the final. Pitcher Jason Smith would take the mound against H.I.S. In the 1st inning H.I.S. would take an early lead scoring 2. In that same inning the Aces would score 2 of their own making it even. The game would stay tied for 2 more innings as Jason Smith held H.I.S. The Aces bats came alive and before the game was done they would add on 7 more runs making it 9-2. This would give the Aces the Championship and a birth to the ISC World’s.

Houston Aces 9 vs Houston Nine ( H.I.S.) 2

Representing the All Tourney Team for the Houston Aces:

Mario Perez
Panfil Valdez
Troy Gilmour
Craig Buttar
Jason Smith – Most Valuable Pitcher
Ben Duron – Most Valluable Player

Pictures of the tournament as well as results can be seen at WWW.HoustonAces.com

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Houston Aces ISC Qualifier Results

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

From Al’s Fastball: Houston Aces ISC Results
Houston Aces ISC Results
AUSTIN, TX

The Houston Aces Fastpitch Team are in Austin, TX playing for a berth in the ISC Worlds. Saturdays results are as follows. 11 A.M. Houston Aces vs Austin Indians The Aces started their first game of the weekend against the Austin Indians. The Aces bats stayed hot from Red Rock scoring 10 runs over 5 innings of play. Panfilo Valdez took the mound for the Aces allowing no runs and 4 hits throwing a gem. The Aces got the win and next would face the Oklahoma Bombers. Aces 10 vs Indians 0 2 P.M Houston Aces vs Oklahoma Bombers The Aces next faced the Oklahoma Bombers a tough scrapy team in their 2 P.M. game. Wayne Wells took the mound throwing almost perfect allowing 3 hits with 11 strikeouts. The game stayed at zero until the 3rd inning. Then right fielder Ben Duron bunted with two outs and two men on, an error on the throw to first scored both runners. The Aces added 2 more in the 5th off a hit to the center field fence from Mario Perez. The Aces would win 5 – 0 and will face the Austin Jokers at 8 P.M. Aces 4 vs Bombers 0 8 P.M. Houston Aces vs Austin Jokers The Aces will face the Austin Jokers at 8 P.M. tonight, Jason Smith will take the mound for the team. Results of the night cap will be sent after the game as well as who the Aces will play next. Stay Tuned.

From: Anselmo Zamorategui
semoz81 (at) hotmail.com

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So Cal ASA “C” National Qualifier at Palm Springs

Friday, May 26th, 2006

From the So Cal ASA Website: SOCAL ASA : Softball

2006 NATIONAL QUALIFER – PALM SPRINGS
The schedule for Saturday’s round robin games are now available. Five teams will be competing for the berths to the “C” Nationals to be held in Marietta/Cobb County, Georgia Labor Day weekend. All teams in the tournament are from So Cal ASA. They are; Gamecocks, Latin Heat, Level One, Palm Springs Express and So Cal Hustlers. Games begin at 9:00AM Saturday morning in round robin format which will then seed to the teams into the single elimination bracket.

Please remember that construction is still on-going on Mesquite so you will need to into the park at El Cielo Road off Ramon Road. All games will be played on fields 7 & 8, the ones by the snack bar.

Click link above for all the details.

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#20 CR/Portland at Casa Trejo Palm Springs Classic

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

From Al’s Fastball:

May 20/21 in Palm Springs, CA

The CR/Portland squad would like to thank Ralph Trejo and the SoCal Bombers for a great weekend of ball in beautiful Palm Springs, CA. The fields, hotel, pool and scenery were very nice. I would recommend any teams looking to get out of the cold and play some early and stiff competition to plan for Palm Springs in ’07.

Relying on solid pitching from Mike Piechnik, Mark Bennett and Roberto Bahler, the team managed to win all 3 games Saturday, earning a bye in the first round of Sundays elimination. Saturday scores:

CR/Portland………2
Lumberkings………1
W-Mike Piechnik
L-Sonny Perkins

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Slow Start for #8 Circle Tap

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

From Al’s Fastball: CT in Palm Springs

The Circle Tap Fastpitch team ventured to the West Coast for it’s first games of the season and came away with an extremely dissapointing 2-3 mark. There were positives to come out of the weekend however, most importantly getting some games in and getting most of the guys together for the first time. First off I want to thank Chris Miljavac, Marc Benjamin, Tommy Gray, and Rob Scheller for filling in as we were missing a few players due to coaching and work commitments, i.e. Kyle Magnusson, Kevin Reichardt, Todd Malnory, and Jamie Knudson. The weather in desert was a very nice 101 when we landed Thursday night, can’t ask for a whole lot better than that. Thanks to the SoCal Bombers and the Trejo group for putting on a very nice event and giving us a chance to see some teams that we don’t normally see until the Worlds.

Click link above for complete recap.

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