{"id":1164,"date":"2006-08-26T09:54:16","date_gmt":"2006-08-26T17:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2006-08-26T11:37:02","modified_gmt":"2006-08-26T19:37:02","slug":"asa-a-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1164","title":{"rendered":"ASA “A” Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just Five of 50 States Represented in National Tournament<\/strong>
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\nFrom the Illinois section of the Fastpitchwest Forum: A Nationals<\/strong><\/a> with a special thanks to forum member Epley21 for tracking down this information<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Sixteen teams at this year’s ASA “A” Nationals. A better turnout than in recent years. Unfortunately, just four from out of state. But for the great state of Illinois, they could hold this tournament in one afternoon. In 1991, there were 67 teams at the ASA “A”. What has befallen this once great tournament? <\/p>\n

\nFrom Illinois<\/strong>
\nCerro Gordo Broncos
\nSpringfield Brandts
\nMt. Zion Merchants
\nNokomis Bud Light, Nokomis
\nVandalia Freight, Vandalia
\nLee’s Sports Falcons, Radom
\nRudd’s Trophy, Peoria
\nThe Heat, Villa Grove
\nPete’s Blues, Mascutah
\nWessel’s Coors Light, T-Town
\nWest Central Bud, Jacksonville
\nChicago Fastpitch, Chicago<\/p>\n

From out of State:<\/strong>
\nAshland, OH
\nNew Image, WI
\nRPM Reasnor, IA
\nRice Creek Homer, MI <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As aptly put by Illinois Forum member Jeff Proffit<\/a>:
\n<\/p>\n

\n“I really like the odds of an Illinois team bringing home a trophy or two. “<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Or the more sobering note by Epley21<\/a>:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

“Nice ASA National tourney with 4 out of state teams.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is the wealth of information<\/a> on the ASA “A” National tournament available at the official ASA website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just Five of 50 States Represented in National Tournament From the Illinois section of the Fastpitchwest Forum: A Nationals with a special thanks to forum member Epley21 for tracking down this information: Sixteen teams at this year’s ASA “A” Nationals. A better turnout than in recent years. Unfortunately, just four from out of state. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}