Brandon Pizza Ranch of Brandon, South Dakota won the all South Dakota ASA 12-and-over National tournament:
Place M/R Team Name Hometown Record
1st Brandon Pizza Ranch Brandon, SD 3-0
2nd Sioux Falls Dairy Queen Sioux Falls, SD 2-2
3rd Stooges Sioux Falls, SD 1-2
4th Get N’ Go Sioux Falls, SD 0-3
From Brandon, South Dakota-
Place M/R Team Name Hometown Record
1st Northwest Royals Northwestern, MO 3-0
2nd Junkers Mankato, MN 2-2
3rd Young’s Primetime sports Watertown, SD 1-2
4th Brandon Dairy Queen Brandon, SD 0-3
Order of Finish
Team Location W – L
1 Kegel Black Knights Fargo, ND 6 – 1
2 The Bar of Appleton 23s Appleton, Wisc 4 – 2
3 Wilber Lime Galesville, Wisc 3 – 2
4 New Image Monfort, Wisc 2 – 2
5 River City Rockers Sacramento, Cal 4 – 2
Rude-Pac Sun Valley, Cal 3 – 2
7 Earl’s Club Kenosha, Wisc 3 – 2
Herda & Sons Waverly, Minn 2 – 2
9 Brandt’s Springfield, Mo 2 – 2
Sioux Falls Sox Sioux Falls, SD 2 – 2
11 Pickseed Explorers Balcarres, Sask 0 – 3
Priority Mortgage Grand Rapids, Mich 0 – 3
RBC Lightning Rice Creek, Mich 0 – 3
The Bar of Appleton Athletics Appleton, Wisc 0 – 3
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Be sure to scroll down to see a young(er) Todd Martin picking up the Outstanding Pitcher’s Trophy to go with the ISC World Title that his team, the Smokers, won in 1998.
Ten years later, he is standing in front of the same scoreboard at Sunset Park in Kimberly, Wisconsin, once again, winning the Outstanding Pitcher’s trophy to go with an ISC World Title, this time with the Kitchener Rivershark Twins. Two titles, two outstanding pitcher awards, ten years apart. Remarkable.
The Rockers Dave Drotzmann threw a complete game no-hitter for the win. He had 12 strikeouts. The Rockers Mario Pereira led the game off with a walk and scored on a single by Rob Penticoff. In the 2nd innining, Kary Moore got things started with a 2-out hit. Mario knocked him in. Mike Abernathy hit a triple to drive in the 3rd run. Rusty Newnan led the 6th off with a base on balls and scored the final run. Rob Penticoff and Kary Moore were both 2 for 3 at the plate. Next up for the Rockers, 3-1 is Herda & Son’s from Waverly, Minnesota. If they win, they advance to Championship Sunday with a shot at the crown.
Dean Holoien, of Aspen Interiors of Saskatoon, Canada hits a grand slam home run against defending champions, The Farm Tavern of Madison Wisconsin at the 2008 ISC World Tournament at Kimberly, Wisconsin, August 15, 2008.
The grand slam came in the bottom of the 5th inning, with Aspen trailing 2-1, and catapulted Aspen into today’s winner’s bracket final against Kitchener. Scoring ahead of Holoien is the pinch runner for Keith Mackintosh, Ron Head, Carl Crawford and Dale Levy.
(Video by Jim Flanagan)
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Here is a look at the Aspen 5th in that game:
Aspen Interiors 6th – Hale B to lf. Mackintosh K singled. Crawford C walked; Mackintosh K advanced to second. Head R pinch ran for Mackintosh K. Lawton M pinch ran for Crawford C. / for Lawton M. Levy D walked; Lawton M advanced to second; Head R advanced to third. Holoien D homered, 4 RBI; Levy D scored; Lawton M scored; Head R scored. Mackintosh P struck out. Ethier T grounded out to 2b. O’Brien S flied
out to lf. 4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
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Kitchener Rallies from Down 8-3 to Advance to Title Game
The Kitchener Rivershark Twins of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada rallied to tie the game in regulation, then again in extra innings, and finally, winning it in the bottom of the 13th inning, 10-9 to advance to the ISC World Tournament championship game. Ryan Wolfe singled home the game winner with the bases loaded in the 13th, in the 3 hour, 45 minute marathon. Aspen led in the game at one point, 8-3, in the top of the 4th inning, but could not hold the lead.
Steve Mullaley hit a big three run homer for Kitchener, to pull them them to 8-7 and turn it into a ballgame in the 5th, then doubled and scored the tying run in the bottom of the 7th. After Aspen’s Dale Levy homered to give Saskatoon the lead, Jody Eidt hit a homer in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game again, with Wolfe driving home the game winner in the 13th. It appears that Kitchener has suffered a huge loss in the game, however, as Mullaley was injured sliding into first in the 11th, and was seen after the game with a sling on his arm.
Todd Martin picked up the win in relief — coming back into the game in the 11th after giving way in the 3rd. Aspen starter Trevor Ethier suffered the loss, re-entering the game as well.
Pitchers for Kitchener were Martin, Scott, Cox, and Martin. Pitchers for Aspen were Ethier, Holoien, Smith and Ethier.
The River City Rockers Men’s Fastpitch Team lost to the defending champions, New Image of Monfort, Wisconsin, 4-0 in the AA-Major division of the 2008 NAFA World Series being held in North Mankato, Minnesota at Caswell Park. The Rockers managed only 5 hits off their starter, Jeremy Holman. The Rockers were paced by Kary Moore who was 2-3, Rob Penticoff, Dave Bostick and Greg Rogers. Bryan Newton gave up 2 earned runs and was tagged with the loss. The loss sent the Rockers to the losers bracket.
The Rockers 3rd game saw the Rockers bounce back Saturday morning against a young Canadian team, the Pickseed Explorers of Balcarres, Saskatchewan for a 5-1 victory. Dave Drotzmann started and was relieved by Ed Gaspar who picked up the win. The Rockers received home runs from Mario Pereiro and Rusty Newnan added a 3-run shot. Rob Penticoff had a hit and base on balls and Dave Bostick also had a single.
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Schedule of Games for Final Day of 2008 ISC World Tournament, Saturday, August 16, 2008
12:00 noon – Winner’s Bracket Final
Kitchener Rivershark Twins, Ontario, Canada vs. Aspen Interiors, Saskatoon, Canada
2:00 p.m. – Loser’s Bracket Semi-Final
Patsy’s, New York vs. The Farm Tavern, Madison, Wisconsin
4:00 p.m. – Loser’s Bracket Final
Loser of Kitchener Rivershark Twins, Ontario, Canada vs. Aspen Interiors, Saskatoon, Canada
vs.
Winner of Patsy’s, New York vs. The Farm Tavern, Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 p.m.CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Winner of 12:00 noon game
vs.
Winner of 4:00 p.m. game