Archive for the ‘Tournaments’ Category

50 Teams at ASA “C” National at Prescott, AZ

Monday, August 25th, 2008

There will be fifty (50) teams in the ASA’s largest field of men’s fastpitch teams in 2008, with 14 from California, and 12 from Arizona.

(Downtown Prescott – click photo to enlarge)

No Team Name City / State

No Team Name City / State
1 G2 Willcox, Az
2 A Perfect Game Grass Valley, Ca
3 Tucson Rattlers Tucson, Az
4 Vergedaal Shellers Merced, Ca
5 Barros Roofing Prescott Valley, Az
6 Brotherton Pipeline Rogue River, Or
7 Badger Roofing Prescott, Az
8 Da Bruddahs Hayward, Ca
9 Nor-Cal No. Highlands, Ca
10 Kht Pumpers Visalia, Ca
11 Boise River Dogs Boise, Id
12 Salvala Silverhawks Bakersfield, Ca
13 Brennan Aire Prescott Valley, Az
14 Cedar Ridge Roosevelt, Ut
15 Amigos Ontario, Ca
16 Bloodline Gardnerville, Nv
17 Montgomery Montgomery, Al
18 Colorado Rage Centennial, Co
19 Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, Ca
20 South Carolina Tornados Spartanburg, Sc
21 Twin Pine Adamstown, Pa
22 Blue Lake Lititz, Pa
23 Landis Supermarket Telford, Pa
24 Eagle Aa Pennsburg, Pa
25 Albuquerque Bulls Albuquerque, Nm
26 New Mexico Sundevils Albuquerque, Nm
27 Techna Glass Farmington, Nm
28 Albuquerque Hitmen Albuquerque, Nm
29 Wolf Pack Las Cruces, Nm
30 Albuquerque Risers Albuquerque, Nm
31 Shockers Las Cruces, Nm
32 Vandehey Builders Prescott, Az
33 Salt Lake Magic Salt Lake City, Ut
34 Flor De Cana Orange, Ca
35 Caribbean Fontana, Ca
36 So. Cal Hustlers Fountain Valley. Ca
37 Panteras Ii Whittier, Ca
38 San Diego Primetime San Diego, Ca
39 Katman Sports East Wareham, Ma
40 Manor Dirtbags Manor, Tx
41 Atlanta Vipers Atlanta, Ga
42 Funky Monkey Hayward, Ca
43 Lumpy’s Salt Lake City, Ut
44 Tucson Hurricanes Tucson, Az
45 Prescott Cool Arrow Prescott, Az
46 Peoria Guns Peoria, Az
47 Progressive Roofing Peoria, Az
48 Az Brewers Window Rock, Az
49 Hawks Tucson, Az
50 Piper Lake Shawnee, Ks

Bracket for ASA “C” Nationals – Prescott, AZ

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Bracket Released for ASA “C” Nationals

Click here to view bracket.


The bracket for the ASA “C” Nationals in historic Prescott, Arizona has been released.

(Ken Lindley Field, Prescott, AZ)(click photo to enlarge)

Ken Lindley Field and Park

Located at 702 E. Gurley Street, Ken Lindley Field & Park is Prescott’s historic stadium built in the 1930’s. This park is used as a multi-use facility between softball, soccer and football. It is utilized for league play, state and national tournaments. The stadium includes a snack bar, picnic tables, and restrooms. The park includes a playground with swings, slides, many climbing and springing structures. In addition Ken Lindley has a large ramada for picnics or reservations with a barbeque grill, picnic tables and easy access to the restroom facilities

Main Diamond – Ken Lindley Field:


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Al’s Fastball Coverage of Sr. Canadians

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Click here for Al Doran’s coverage of the Sr. Canadians at Saskatoon, including links to the PDF files of the “Champs Chatter” newsletter being given out at the fields.


Here is the list of teams competing:

British Columbia- Vancouver Grey Sox
Alberta – Camrose Fury
Alberta- Horse Lake Thunder
Saskatchewan – Saskatoon Aspen Interior Black Sox
Saskatchewan – Saskatoon Poly Plus Diamondbacks
Saskatchewan – Bruno Merchants
Ontario- Jarvis Gamblers
Ontario- St Thomas Evergreen Centenials
Newfoundland- Westside Charles Bud Light
Prince Edward Island- Charlottetown Fawcettes

So Cal Teams Return with Winning Records from NAFA “A” World Series

Monday, August 25th, 2008


All three teams from Southern California returned from Mankato, Minnesota, with winning records while competing in the NAFA “A” World Series. The teams compete in the So Cal Independent Fastpitch League (SCIFL).

The Panteras II won their first two games in the tournament, falling in their third, 5-4 to Jack Daniels, Ohio, then finishing 3-2 in the tournament.

Flor de Cana, of the SCIFL dropped their first game of the tournament, then reeled off four consecutive wins before being eliminated, finishing 4-2 in the tournament.

Palm Spring Express of the SCIFL won their first game, then fell to the loser’s bracket at the hands of eventual champion Belleville, IL, picked up a forfeit win and another before elimination, finishing 3-2 in the tournament.


(Click logo for official SCIFL website)

Belleville Stallions Claim NAFA “A” Title

Monday, August 25th, 2008


The Belleville Stallions of Illinois dropped the winner’s bracket final to Fat City of California, but made it back to the championship game, beating Fat City twice for the NAFA “A” title on Sunday, August 24. Click here for the bracket. The Belleville Stallions were this year’s Illinois ASA Class “B” State Champions.

ISC TV Archives Now Available

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

A trenching operation cut through a critical AT&T T-1 Feeder Cable in Kimberly last week, which severely hampered ISC TV’s access to the appropriate bandwidth required for streaming live video from the Sunset Park Press Box. During the first 5 days of the ISC World Tournament, the live streaming was very problematic. It was very frustrating that the problem, and the solution, were completely out of the control of our ISC TV operation.

The feeder cable was repaired sometime on Friday Aug 15, and the final two days of ISC TV live streaming, went quite smoothly. Viewers who weren’t already alienated, enjoyed those final 6 – 8 games, as the tournament wound down to the Championship Game on Saturday evening.

There are now over 50 hours of the 23 game videos from the ISC TV coverage of the 2008 World Tournament archived on the Spirtsjuice.com / ISC page. These games are now available for viewing, on demand, for the next year. With a high speed Internet connection, the games can be viewed throughout the world. Other than an initial 10 seconds of buffering when the game is initially selected, the videos should play without any delays or buffering that plagued the first 5 days of our live broadcasts.

Follow the Kitchener Rivershark Twins march to the 2008 ISC World Championship by clicking here.

Click on the archive window’s down arrow, and select the game(s) of your choice, for on-demand viewing.

Hopefully there won’t be any trenches dug in the Quad Cities during August of 2009.

Dave Blackburn
ISC Commissioner
Streaming and Broadcasting
310-266-7803
daveb@virtvent.com

Editor’s note: For optimum desktop viewing, you can increase the size of the stream to 200% by right clicking the picture, then click “zoom”, and select “200%” . If you want to watch full screen, works best from a distance, like a TV across the room.

Sr. Canadians Get Underway Sunday

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008



The Men’s Senior Canadians get underway Sunday in Saskatoon, Canada.
Click the logo for the official website.

You can find great coverage of this tournament at Al’s Fastball, courtesy of newly minted HALL OF FAMER, Al Doran.

We were pleased to be on hand for Al Doran’s induction to the ISC Hall of Fame on Sunday, August 10, 2008, and have some video footage of both the presentation speech of Larry Lynch and acceptance speech of Al Doran, which wel will be posting to YouTube shortly.


Editor’s notes:
The term “senior” has a different connotation north of the border. It means their top division, as contrasted with the ASA’s use of the term for 50-and-over players. NAFA, thankfully, as least refers to the elder statesmen still playing the game as “Masters”.

There is also no truth to the rumor that the Sr. Canadians were being canceled, due to the fact that the ISC World Tournament final featured the two top Canadian teams there, Kitchener and Aspen 🙂

Hartford, South Dakota Wins 2008 ASA Boys’ 18-Under Nationals

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Place M/R Team Name Hometown Record

1st Hartford Explosion Hartford, SD 3-0
2nd Page Break Salt Lake City, UT 3-2
3rd Preston Merchants Preston, MN 2-3
4th Schmitz Dozing Conception Jet, MO 2-2
5th Freeport Freeport, MN 1-2
5th Hennager Plumbing & Heating Lake Crystal, MN 1-2

Amazonia Missouri Wins 2008 ASA Boys’ 16-Under Nationals

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Place M/R Team Name Hometown Record

1st Rockhounds Amazonia, MO 4-0
2nd Embroidery Touch Sioux Falls, SD 2-2
3rd Lake Crystal Blue Lake Crystal, MN 3-2
4th Andy’s Sioux Falls, SD 1-3
5th Young’s Prime Time Watertown, SD 0-3

Soukup, Sioux Falls Wins 2008 ASA Boys’ 14-Under Fast Pitch

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Place M/R Team Name Hometown Record

1st Soukup Sioux Falls, SD 3-0
2nd NW Implement Maryville, MO 2-2
3rd J Mac Sioux Falls, SD 3-2
4th Lake Crystal Legion Lake Crystal, MN 2-3
5th Abdo Mapleton, MN 1-3
5th Eagles Amboy, MN 1-2