The ASA Major Tournament will be held in the “home of the Irish” this year, in South Bend, Indiana. Click here for the bracket.
Archive for July, 2006
ASA Major Bracket (Aug 3-8)
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006Have You Visited “The Deuce” lately?
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006Have you visited our ISC II blog, “The Deuce” lately? The format is similar to the Morning Brief, though the content different, focusing on the ISC II teams and the ISC II Tournament of Champions. The tournament is held in conjunction with the ISC World Event each year, with this year’s big event slated for Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Kitchener is the birthplace of the ISC II tournament, with the very first T of C held there. The ISC and ISC II tournaments will host 67 of fastball’s finest, 32 in the ISC World Division, and35 in the ISC II, representing the highest level of competition in the game.
The ISC II Tournament of Champions runs from Sunday August 13 to Friday August 18, with a 5pm Championship game. Things at “The Deuce” will kick into high gear as the tournament gets underway, with daily posts for fans and players alike. The Elmira Cubs will be back to defend their 2005 title. More than two dozen games will be broadcast live on the internet at Ballparkradio.com
JRW Associates of Yakima, Washington, the Colorado Rage and the California Lumberkings will represent the western region of the US at the tournament. JRW and the Rage are veterans of the last few ISC II tournaments, while the Lumberkings will make their first appearance, the first ever for a California team. JRW Associates finished 10th in the 2004 tournament, the highest finish for a western region team to date.
Click here for the latest story about facility improvements as the tournament preparation hits high gear before the first pitch, August 11 for the ISC and August 13 for the the ISC II.
The Dower Report from Stockton, CA (PCTS)
Monday, July 24th, 2006Thanks to Herb Dower for the latest edition of “The Dower Report” from Stockton, CA:
STOCKTON, CA (JULY 22-23)—Temperatures soared as high as 115 degreeshere over the weekend, and come Sunday, the Santa Rosa Fastpitch team was as hot as the weather. The Class C team captured the B-C Stockton Tournament with a 4-2 record by winning two games on the field, 8-2 over the West Coast Cardinals and 19-5 over the Lugnuts on Sunday before being awarded a forfeit win over a weather-weary A-1 Tank team, which had just battled eight innings to defeat Fat City, 5-3, after the regulation game had ended in a 1-1 tie.
Wood Bat World Series Moved to Boulder, CO
Monday, July 24th, 2006Due to a number of conflicts with a number of issues, the Rocky Mountain Fastpitch Association would like to announce the relocation of the Wood Bat World Series from St George,Utah to Boulder, Colorado. It will be run September 2,3,4 with a 3 game guarantee.
16th Annual Best of the West Tournament (July 29-30 at Santa Barbara)
Monday, July 24th, 2006(Editor’s note: Be sure to visit the Best of the West website by clicking here, and view the recaps and photos from past Best of the West tournaments)
16th Annual
Best of The West
Men’s Fastpitch Softball Tournament
Fields 1 & 2 at Pershing Park
Santa Barbara, CA
July 29 – 30, 2006
6 Participating Teams
Live Broadcasts of California Lumberkings from ISC II T of C
Monday, July 24th, 2006
The California Lumberkings are headed to the ISC II Tournament of Champions, August 13-19, 2006, and will be the first ever California team to compete in the tournament. The ISC II tournament will be held in conjunction with the ISC World Tournmament at Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Two of their games are slated for live (worldwide) broadcast during the tournament, with the possibility of additional broadcasts, should they advance to the playoff round.
Amigos, Latin Heat Top So Cal ASA Week 6
Monday, July 24th, 2006ALLIANCE TOURNAMENT SERIES – WEEK 6
In this past weekends tournament the Amigos came out on top in the B division and the Latin Heat won the C division.
Draw for Vancouver Challenge (July 28-30)
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006Vancouver, BC
The Vancouver Grey Sox and South Hill Sports are pleased to officially announce the schedule of games for the 5th Annual Vancouver Challenge Tournament to be held at South Memorial Park in Vancouver from July 28 – 30.
This year’s event features the Saskatoon, SK Sr. Diamondbacks, Prince George, BC Black Bears, Richmond, BC Linus Software Stealers, Squamish, BC Wizards, Portland, OR CR Fastpitch, Yucaipa, CA So Cal Casa Trejo Bombers and the host Vancouver Grey Sox. Unfortunately the Saskatoon, SK Aspen Interiors Black Sox withdrew from the event due to player availability issues. Several attempts have been made without success to secure an 8th team, and thus the decision has been made to proceed with a 7 team tournament.
Bob Walsh Memorial Classic Scores
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006From Al’s Fastball:
Game 1
Patsy’s 0 0 0 1 7 8
Seadogs 0 1 0 0 0 1
Game 2
Keating’s Fitness 1 0 0 0 0 1
Orilla Riversharks 0 3 0 0 X 3
Game 3
Kitchener Hallman Twins 3 0 0 1 0 4
Heflin Gremlins 0 0 1 4 X 5
Game 4
County Materials 1 0 3 0 0 4
So. California Bombers 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game 5
Keating’s Fitness 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kitchener Hallman Twins 2 0 2 0 X 4
Game 6
Seadogs 0 0 0 0 0 0
So. California Bombers 0 0 0 2 0 2
Game 7
Heflin Gremlins 0 1 1 0 0 2
Orillia Riversharks 0 1 4 0 X 5
Game 8
Seadogs 0 0 0 X X 0
7 run rule afer 3rd Inning
County Materials 8 0 4 X X 12
Game 9
So. CaliforniA Bombers 0 0 0 1 0 1
Patsy’s 1 0 0 0 1 2
Game 10
Heflin Gremlins 0 0 0 4 0 4 Rain
cancellation bottom 5th Inning
Keating’s Fitness 0 0 0 0 X 0 Official
Northern Cal’s Pacific Coast Travel League (July 22-23)
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006Click here for Northern California’s Pacific Coast Travel League schedule for July 22-23, 2006.