Teams from the Western region are well represented in the latest set of ISC Rankings, released June 8:
Ranking / Team
5 Salinas, CA Athletics
(winner, Best of the West)
11 Bakersfield, CA Silverhawks
(runner-up Best of the West)
15 Portland, OR Columbia River Rockers
(Boatnik Champions, Grant’s Pass Oregon)
16 Pueblo, CO Bandits
(Santos Memorial tournament champions)
26 Sun Valley, CA A-1 Rude Pac
(2nd at Silverhawks tournament, 3rd at Best of the West)
29 USA Maccabi
(3rd place, Best of the West)
34 San Mateo, CA California Builders
* The Italian Athletic Club (IAC) was previously ranked # 22 in the ISC pre-season rankings, but announced that they would not be competing for a berth to the ISC World Tournament, and are therefore not ranked by the ISC. Santa Cecelia/Mexicali (Mexicali tournament champs) likewise would warrant inclusion if they were competing in this year’s ISC World Tournament, as would Innovative Communications of Salt Lake City, Utah, giving the western region (at least) ten (10) strong, nationally ranked teams. Who did I leave out? jim (at) fastpitchwest (dot) com
Full Rankings
Western region teams shown in bold:
1 Kitchener, ON Rivershark Twins
1 Jarvis, ON Travelers
3 Clifton Park, NY Gremlins
4 Chicago/NY Dominicana
5 Salinas, CA Athletics
6 Midland, MI Explorers
7 Elkhart, IA Albaugh Inc.
8 Saskatoon, SK Diamondbacks
9 Decatur, IL Pride
10 Appleton, WI Bar of Appleton
11 Bakersfield, CA Silverhawks
12 Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils
13 Owen Sound, ON Selects
13 Fargo, ND Kegel Black Knights
15 Portland, OR Columbia River Rockers
16 Pueblo, CO Bandits
17 Aurora, IL Dolan & Murphy Shamrocks
18 Elmira, ON Expos
19 Kitchener-Waterloo, ON Cubs
20 Niagara, ON Snappers
21 St. Paul, MN Minnesota Angels
22 Alvinston, ON Indians
23 Ashland, OH Stock Pack
24 Marshall, MI Lightning
25 Cobourg, ON Force
26 Sun Valley, CA A-1 Rude Pac
27 Quyon, QC Flyers
28 Donnacona, QC Blue Sox
29 USA Maccabi
30 Toronto, ON Gators
31 Harrisburg, PA Pennsylvania Power
31 Waterdown, ON Hammer
33 Palermo, ON Athletics
34 San Mateo, CA California Builders
34 St. Thomas, ON Storm
36 Wyevale, ON Tribe
37 Wellington, ON Sox
38 Staten Island, NY Adco Electric
38 Winterset, IA A’s
40 Port Huron, MI Shaw Chiropractic
41 Shakespeare, ON Falcons