The Italian Athletic Club (IAC), aka Team Rainey is in the championship game of the ten team ASA “A” Nationals at Gladstone, Missouiri. Four teams remain alive as the tournament heads into its final day on Sunday, August 31, 2008. New Image, Wisconsin plays the Topeka Toros at 9am Sunday morning, with the winner taking on Team CR from Portland, Oregon at 11am for a shot at IAC in the finals.
IAC defeated Team CR earlier in the tournament by a 3-2 score, sending them into the loser’s bracket. Team CR had 3-0 wins over the other two teams still in the hunt, New Image, WI and the Topeka Toros.
Click here for the bracket, updated through play on Saturday, August 30, 2008.
Here is a list of the nine (9) teams in the tournament:
Mid-America Region # 12
Topeka Toros – Topeka, KS
Great Lakes Region # 8
New Image Fastpitch – Montfort, WI
Pacific Coast Region # 14
Italian Athletic Club – Stockton, CA
Northwest Region # 15
Team CR-Portland – Vancouver, WA
Order of Finish
5-HBC Lightning – Homer, MI 2-2
5-Broncos Fastpitch – Cerro Doreo, IL1-2
7-National Investors – Albany, MO 1-2
7-Herzog – St. Joseph, MO 1-2
9-Pete’s Blue Softball – Swansea, IL 1-2
9-KC Angels – Kansas City, MO 0-3
