Texaco Pirates – 6
Florida Fastpitch – 2
WP – Bethel & Albury
LP – Zack & Gray

Harter’s All Stars – 1
Hallman Twins – 6
WP – Koert, T. Martin (6) & Gibson
LP – Algar, Scheller (5) & Esteves

Orr Park – 3
Quad City Sox – 2
WP – Haymen, Garrity (4), McCabe (7) & O’Neil
LP – Rebling & Kranz

Team USA – 7
Venezuela/Miami – 2
WP- S. Perkins & DeGroat
LP – Hernandez, Torres (4) & Castillo

Consolation Championship:

Jamaica – 9
Burke Xplosion – 14
WP – Chapman & Propst
LP – Salmon, McCaw (5) & Donaldson

Ohsweken – 3
Orlando Kings – 1
WP – Miller, Schweyer (6) & Sowden
LP – J. Hineline & Castillo

Alabama Fastpitch – 5
Oklahoma Fastpitch – 3
WP – Fawcett & Perry
LP – Leitka, Bolin (6)& Hudson

Earl’s Club – 4
Union Storm – 1
WP – Johnson & Frodermann
LP – Merserau, Wardell (5) & Simes

Radio 560 – 11
Team Colombia – 2
WP – Cazales & Congo
LP – Caicedo & Mariaga

Consolation Bracket

Jamaica – 6
Big Cove – 3
WP – McCaw & Donaldson
LP – Hill & Ledford

Burke Xplosion – 11
Cherokee Pirates – 3
WP – McCarrick & Propst
LP Harjochee & Driver

Single Elimination Games:

Quad City Sox – 8
Panama Orlando – 1
WP – Farion & Willert
LP – Bogo & Armier

Venezuela/Miami – 10
Houston Aces – 2
WP – Torres & Castillo
LP – Valdez & Gilmour

CPI – 2
Harter’s All Stars – 5
WP – Algar & Esteves
LP – J. Smith, Sampson (7) & Sepulveda

Florida Fastpitch 8
Ambassadors – 4
WP – Simpson & White
LP – Newton, A. Smith (5), Winship (7) & Abney

Four, 11AM games are currently underway. The 8 byed teams play at 1 & 3 PM. Quarter finals at 5 PM to complete the day.

Editor’s note: We were in transit all day and night today, so will catch up on our reports at our AAU website shortly. In the meantime, Ken Hackmeister has the results posted over at Al’s Fastball. From Ken Hackmeister in Orlando, Florida, courtesy of Al’s Fastball

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Pool play games concluded Friday night, 42 games later. 24 of the 28 teams enter the single elimination championship bracket, with the top 8 teams earning first round byes, earned by winning their respective pools. The “Elite Eight” are:

Hallman Twins
Orr Park
Texaco Pirates
Team USA
Team Minnesota
Fedlock
Los Socios
Heflin

Here is the schedule for Saturday’ Single elimination bracket play:

SATURDAY SCHEDULE – SINGLE ELIMINATION

9:00 am
CPI vs Harter’s All Stars
Quad City Sox vs Panama Orlando
Ambassadors vs Florida Fastpitch
Venezuela/Miami vs Houston Aces

11:00 AM
Team Colombia vs Radio 560
Union Storm vs Earl’s Club
Ohsweken vs Orlando Kings
Oklahoma Fastpitch vs Alabama Fastpitch
Big Cove vs Jamaica (Consolation)
Burke Xplosion vs Cherokee Pirates (Consolation)

1 PM
Hallman Twins vs winner of CPI-Harters
Orr Park vs winner of Quad City – Orlando
Texaco Pirates vs winner of Ambassadors-FL Fastpitch
Team USA vs winner of Venez/Miami-Houston
Consolation Championship

3 PM
Team Minnesota vs winner of Colombia – Radio 560
Fedlock vs winnner of Union Storm-Earl’s Club
Los Socios vs winner of Ohsweken-Orlando
Heflin vs winniner of OK FP – AL FP

5 PM
4 games involving winners of 1PM & 3 PM games.

Los Socios, Venezuela, Hallman Twins, Canada, Fedlock, D.C./MI, Heflin, NY and the Quad City Sox, IA won their 6pm games Thursday evening in opening round action in the AAU International Tournament at the Disney Complex in Orlando, Florida.

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From Ken Hackmeister in Orlando, Florida, courtesy of Al’s Fastball

Heflin Builders – 16
Big Cove – 1
WP – Vasquez & Gasaway
LP- Hill & Ledford

Quad City Sox – 14
Cherokee Pirates – 0
WP – A. Rebling, McCabe (3), Farion (5) & Kranz
LP – Taylor, Harjochee (5) & Harjochee, Driver (5)

Alabama Fastpitch – 1
Hallman Twins – 12
WP – Martin, Koert (4) & Shewfelt
LP – Dubsky, Bunge (3) & Perry

Houston Aces – 0
Los Socios – 8
WP – Navas & Orupoza
LP – Wells & Gilmour

Fedlock – 2
Harter’s All Stars- 1
WP – Sleep & Sell
Algar, Scheller (LP 5) & LeBlanc

Oklahoma Fastpitch – 4
Team Colombia – 4
Marcus Chaqued – Colombia
Joe Leitke, Harry (6) – Oklahoma Fastpitch

Friday games begin at 9 AM.

Ohseken, Canada, Florida Fastpitch, Venezuela/Miami, Orr Park, OH, Union Storm, Canada and Texaco Pirates, Bahamas notched wins in Thursday 4pm games

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From Ken Hackmeister in Orlando, Florida, courtesy of Al’s Fastball

Under sunny blue skies this afternoon and a temperature of 65 degrees F, the 2006 AAU Men’s International Fastpitch Tournament began with a slate of 6 games at 4 PM. Six more games are currently underway to conclude this first day of play. Play begins Friday morning with 6 games each at the following times: 9 & 11 AM, 1, 3 and 5 PM. This will conclude the round robin portion of the tournament.

Thursday, 4 PM Results

Jamaica – 0
Venezuela/Miami – 16
WP – M Torres & Castillo
LP – T. McCaw & Donaldson
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Wakpamni Lake 4th of July Men’s Fast-Pitch Memorial Tournament
June 29-July 2, 2006
Wakpamni Lake Memorial Ball Field
Wakpamni Lake, SD

Entry Fee-$250/plus game ball

1st Place-$3,000/jackets
2nd Place-$1,000/jackets
3rd Place-$500/jackets
4th Place-$300/jackets

Lots of individual and team awards! This is a memorial tournament! The families will provide camping areas for out-of-state teams and feed breakfast and supper to these teams also! For more information you can contact:

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