2010 NAFA World Series Events Start This week with the Open July 24-25 in Middleton, Wisconsin.
Join us on www.Nafafastpitch.com to see who else is signed up to play in the:
64 team “A”
48 Team “A-Major”
25 team “AA”
13 team “AA-Major”
12 Team 23-Under
4 Team 18-Under
at two beautiful complexes in Des Moines, Iowa.
In addition check out the “Wood Bat” World Series being held at a new location in Rockford, Illinois over Labor Day Weekend and the gigantic Masters World Series held at two great locations in Rockford, Illinois Sept. 10-12 and in Carson City, Nevada Sept. 17-19.
There is still time to enter but you should do it soon as we are getting prepared for Des Moines. The overhead pictures of both complexes rotate through our home page pictures at the top of the homepage.
The Masters Pitchers List has also been updated as well as the approved pitchers(highlighted in yellow) for each team playing in each class of the World Series.
The Open World Series Bracket in posted on the Website and It is going to be great fun and this tournament is up for grabs although the favorite has to be the Bar of Appleton of Appleton, Wisconsin and their aces Andrew Blackshaw and Josh Johnson who are currently ranked 9th in the World and drew a bye and will face at 11am on field C the winner of the BAC-Wisconsin Allstars game.
Watch out for #2 seeded Dolan & Murphy Shamrocks of Aurora, Illinois as they have been building up to this event and feel great about their odds with their ace Ales Jetmer who are currently ranked 12th in the World who drew the othe bye and will face at 11 am on field B the winner of the Rocky Mountain Rebels and Wilkomm Mobil.
Defending NAFA AA-Major Champion New Image and their ace Jeremy Holman and their great batting squad add flame thrower Kevin Kammueller to their lineup and enter the event with the 3rd seed and will face Pete’s Blues of Southern Illinois enters the tourney seeded 6th behind the fireballer Jonas Mach at 9 am on field A.
#14 World Ranked Kegel Black Knights of Fargo, North Dakota are seeded 4th behind the two young arms of B.J. Hunhoff and Brady Woods and they will face local Favorite Wilber Lime who takes the 5th seed with one of the best batting lineups in intermediate ball and behind the arm of Dan Wall at 11 am on field A.
Tall Timber Todd Lubkeman leads Wilkomm Mobil from Kenosha, Wisconsin and is backed by Wayne Guara and faces David Beets throwing for the Rocky Mountain Rebels of Colorado/Texas in the first round of the tournament at 9 am Saturday on field B.
In the other 9 am game on field C, Blackhawk Athletic Club of Rockford, Illinois and ace Ray Reynolds faces the Wisconsin Allstars and their ace Bryan Lathrop.
Yours in better Men’s Fastpitch,
Benjie Hedgecock
NAFA Executive Director