{"id":1093,"date":"2006-07-29T22:42:38","date_gmt":"2006-07-30T06:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2006-07-29T22:44:52","modified_gmt":"2006-07-30T06:44:52","slug":"vancouver-challenge-day-two-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1093","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Challenge – Day Two Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Cal Bombers, Portland 3-0, Top Seeds for Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 5th Annual Vancouver Challenge Mens FP tournament continued on Saturday under cloudy skies, but with no rain at South Memorial Park in Vancouver. A good size crowd was treated to a full day of senior mens fastpitch action that concluded at approx. 10:00 pm local time.<\/p>\n

Results from the Saturday round robin games were as follows:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

So Cal Bombers 4 – Prince George Black Bears 1<\/strong>
\nWP – Tony Peeples with relief from Ryan Brand (5)
\nLP – Heine Shannon
\nDarren Box and Glenn Ormsby lead the Bombers with solo home runs.<\/p>\n

Vancouver Grey Sox 4 – Prince George Black Bears 1<\/strong>
\nWP – Rick Smith
\nLP – Richie Clark with relief from Mike Egerdeen (4)
\nKevin Schellenberg lead the Grey Sox attack with a 3 for 4 performance at
\nthe plate.<\/p>\n

Portland CR 5 – Richmond Stealers 4 – (11 innings)<\/strong>
\nWP – Mike Piechnik (6) in relief of Roberto Bahler
\nLP – Darren Strang (6) in relief of John Bishop
\nA hard fought game that took 11 innings to settle. Portland battled back
\nfrom a 3 – 1 deficit to tie the game in the 7th inning on 4 consecutive
\nhits. Brian Ree was 3 for 5 and Kevin Rasmussen 4 for 5 to lead the
\nPortland offense.<\/p>\n

Vancouver Grey Sox 11 – Saskatoon Diamondbacks 0<\/strong>
\nWP – Sean Whitten
\nLP – Zack Flath with relief from Jason Hill (5)
\nGerry Kennedy lead the Grey Sox attack with a grand slam homerun.<\/p>\n

Prince George Black Bears 7 – Richmond Stealers 6 (8 innings)<\/strong>
\nWP – Heine Shannon
\nLP – John Bishop (5) in relief of Darren Strang
\nAnother tough extra inning loss for the Richmond team. Prince George staged
\nsome dramatics in the come back victory, they trailed 5 – 1 early in the
\ncontest, tied it in the 7th and won in the 8th.<\/p>\n

So Cal Bombers 10 – Squamish Wizards 0<\/strong>
\nWP – Travis Price
\nLP – Jim Peers
\nThe So Cal bats exploded in this one sided contest. Nate Devine contributed
\n2 home runs and 5 RBIs for the Bombers.<\/p>\n

So Cal Bombers 7 – Vancouver Grey Sox 6<\/strong>
\nWP – Tony Peeples (4) in relief of Ryan Brand
\nLP – Nick Underhill with relief from Rick Smith (6)
\nAn exciting game for the fans who witnessed two high level teams battle it
\nout on the diamond. So Cal jumped out to a 4 – 1 lead, only to see the Grey
\nSox tie the game at 4 by virtue of a 3 run blast off the bat of Kevin
\nBobroske. Full marks to the Bombers who regrouped after giving up the early
\nlead and prevailed in this contest. Darren Box contributed 3 RBIs for the
\nBombers who also received a mammoth 2 run blast off the bat of Nate Devine.<\/p>\n

Portland CR 4 – Squamish Wizards 3<\/strong>
\nWP – Mike Piechnik (4) in relief of Mark Bennett
\nLP – Jim Ullock
\nFull marks to the scrappy Squamish side, who after being beaten handily by
\nSo Cal Bombers returned to the diamond and played a very solid game.
\nPortland for the second consecutive game rallied for the victory. Trailing
\n3 – 1 in the 5th the Portland side erupted for 3 runs and held on the rest
\nof the way to notch the one run victory.<\/p>\n

Portland CR 9 – Saskatoon Diamondbacks 7<\/strong>
\nWP – Mike Piechnik with relief from Roberto Bahler (4) and Mark Bennett (6)
\nLP – Jeff Farion
\nPortland jumped out to an early and commanding lead of 9 – 3 thanks to a 2
\nrun and 3 run home run from the bat of Marc Santillano. The pesky Saskatoon
\nside chipped away at the lead and brought the deficit to 2 runs in the final
\ninning and had 2 runners on base with none out before Portland was able to
\nshut the door.<\/p>\n

Standings at the conclusion of the modified round robin:<\/p>\n

1st – So Cal Bombers 3 – 0 \/ +11<\/strong>
\n2nd – Portland CR 3 – 0 \/ + 4
\n3rd – Vancouver Grey Sox 2 – 1 \/ + 10
\n4th – Prince George Black Bears 1 – 2 \/ – 5
\n5th – Saskatoon Diamondbacks 1 – 2 \/ – 5
\n6th – Richmond Stealers 0 – 3 \/ – 6
\n7th – Squamish Wizards 0 – 3 \/ -12<\/p>\n

The top 6 teams now advance to Sunday’s single knockout playoff round. The
\nmatchups and game times are as follow:<\/p>\n

9:00 am – 3rd (Vancouver Grey Sox) vs. 6th (Richmond Stealers)
\n9:00 am – 4th (Prince George Black Bears) vs. 5th (Saskatoon D’Backs) –
\nDiam. 2
\n11:00 am – winner of Vancouver \/ Richmond vs. 2nd – Portland CR
\n1:00 pm – winner of Prince George \/ Saskatoon vs. 1st – So Cal Bombers
\n3:00 pm – FINAL – winner of 11:00 am game vs winner of 1:00 pm game<\/p>\n

Ball park tidbits – despite cloudy skies no rain fell throughout the day. A good sized crowd enjoyed the park atmosphere and the action provided by the teams. For the second consecutive day Softball Canada National team coach Don Bates along with team leader Harvey Stevenson were in attendance scouting. The silent auction attracted plenty of interest from the attendees, some of the items up for grabs included an autographed Justin Morneau bat, a limited edition signed Eddie Feigner and Gordie Howe print, and a signed copy of the Eddie Feigner autobiography. A core group of hard working and dedictaed volunteers are successfully operating the event.<\/p>\n

Final results will be provided at the conclusion of the event. More
\ninformation \/ game updates can be found on the Vancouver Challenge link on
\nour website at www.vancouvergreysox.com<\/p>\n

Larry Kancs
\nPresident
\nVancouver Grey Sox
\nwww.vancouvergreysox.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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