Archive for June, 2006

Taylor Farms Over Prime Time at Lancaster

Friday, June 30th, 2006

From the SoCal ASA Website: LANCASTER – PART II The City of Lancaster played host to the Alliance Tournament Series the weekend of June 24 – 25. Seven “B” teams and nine “C” teams participated with Taylor Farms from Northern California winning the B portion of the tournament and Latin Heat taking the C portion [...]

Latin Heat On Fire at Lancaster

Friday, June 30th, 2006

From the SoCal ASA Website: “C” ALLIANCE Latin Heat came out as the number one seed of their pool going 3 – 0 while scoring 33 runs. In their first game of single elimination they faced Level One and took the win 8 – 1. In the semi-finals they faced Palm Springs Express and came [...]

Sonora Gold Rush Tournament

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

The latest edition of “The Dower Report”: SONORA, CA–Santa Rosa Fastpitch had high hopes of bringing home its third tournament title of the season, but it was Da Bruddhas and Fat City who dominated play here Saturday and Sunday in the Class C Division of the Sonora Gold Rush Tournament. Both teams went 3-0 on [...]

Kevin Herlihy, Recovering from Heart Attack

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

From Al’s Fastball: Kevin Herlihy Best wishes are extended to one of the legends of the sport, Kevin Herlihy, recovering in Waikato Hospital following a heart attack. From all reports Kevin was “lucky” to have been in hospitalal ready after an earlier mild attack, when he suffered a more severe heart attack requiring surgery. Now [...]

#22 ISC II JRW & Associates of Yakima at DeMarini Rose Cup

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Portland, Oregon – What do the following nine world class pitchers have in common …….. # 8 ISC ranked SoCal Bombers, Travis Price Tyson Barkman (18 yr. old prodigy from the recent Jr. Men World Championship) # 14 ISC II ranked California Lumberkings. Sonny Perkins Jon Nimmo # 36 ISC ranked Prince George Black Bears [...]

Doug Gillis Suffers Stroke, Improving

Monday, June 26th, 2006

From Al’s Fastball: Novi, MI As many have heard, Doug had a stroke last Wednesday night. He is still in the hospital, but is walking around, pacing the halls and moving as much as the doctors will let him. Speech and handwriting are improving everyday. His personality is 100% Doug…he’s laughing at jokes, rolling his [...]

Dramatic Win by County Materials over Townline at Eau Claire Classic

Monday, June 26th, 2006

From Al’s Fastball: The 40th Annual Eau Claire Classic came to a close in exciting fashion as County Materials came from behind to beat Townline on a walk off two-run home run by T. Schultz in the bottom of the 7th. Thank you to all teams and fans who stuck with us through all of [...]

CR/Portland Strikes Gold in Portland

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Brian Ree Homers, Terry Luster Picks up Title Game Win Host CR/Portland won their own tournament, the well-established Rose Cup tournament for the first time Sunday, with a 6-1 win over the So Cal Bombers. Portland made it to the championship game last year, but finished second to the Vancouver Grey Sox. In 2006, however, [...]

Eau Claire Classic – Sunday Results, Final Four

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

From Al’s Fastball: Down to the Final Four at the Eau Claire Classic in Wisconsin: Eau Claire Classic – Sunday Results We are down to the final four, County, Farm, Kegel and Townline. County and Farm are playing the winner’s bracket final at this time, and Kegel and Townline are battling it out to stay [...]

Rose Cup Final – Portland vs. So Cal Bombers

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

So Cal Bombers Rally from Down 2-0 to Defeat Team Rainey 4-2 and Advance to Rose Cup Final Rainey’s Roy Guinaldo singled home a run in the bottom of the 5th to give Team Rainey a 2-0 lead. But the Bombers rallied back for 4 runs, including a home run by Jason Porto, and pitcher [...]