{"id":2852,"date":"2008-08-28T08:58:39","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T15:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2852"},"modified":"2008-08-28T12:39:20","modified_gmt":"2008-08-28T19:39:20","slug":"ending-the-season-with-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2852","title":{"rendered":"Ending the Season with Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ending the season with nationals<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Daily Courier<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ken Lindley Field will again host a fast-pitch national event when the men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Class C bracket opens Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Out-of-state teams include Santa Rosa, Calif., who placed fourth in the 2007 ASA Men’s Class C Fast-Pitch National Championship; Twin Pine of Adamstown, Pa., who placed ninth in 2007; and Wolf Pack of New Mexico who placed seventh at nationals and also won the New Mexico state championship this year.<\/p>\n

PRESCOTT – Men’s fast-pitch softball wraps up its summer season with a bang – the Class C national championship in Prescott this week.<\/p>\n

Arizona’s Amateur Softball Association (ASA) brings 50 teams to town to crown the Class C champion out of a pool of teams spanning 11 states. Action gets under way on Thursday before the championship game decides the title on Sunday at Ken Lindley Field.<\/p>\n

The ASA, established in 1933, boasts more than 240,000 teams and 3 million members nationwide. Prescott has hosted seven ASA-sponsored events this summer, including an exhibition featuring the women’s U.S. Olympic softball team, which claimed the silver medal in Beijing this past week. This week’s men’s Class C national event is the city’s last of the summer.<\/p>\n

Play starts on Thursday at Lindley, Bill Vallely and Pioneer Park fields. The tournament features some of the best teams in men’s fast-pitch from Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Utah, New Mexico, Georgia, Colorado, Alabama, Kansas, and Texas.<\/p>\n

Two Arizona clubs – Tucson Hurricanes and Tucson Rattlers – will serve as host teams after placing first and second, respectively, in the state tournament held earlier this year. The Hurricanes have built a strong team expected to contend. Prescott teams in the bracket include Brennan Aire, Prescott Cool Arrows, Badger Roofing, Barros Roofing and Vandehey Builders.<\/p>\n

Peoria Guns, Tucson Hawks, G2 of Willcox and Progressive Roofing of Peoria round out Arizona’s representatives.<\/p>\n

After Thursday’s opener, games continue Friday, Saturday and Sunday, scheduled for every two hours at all three fields.<\/p>\n

Championship play starts Sunday at 8 a.m. with the title game firing its first pitch at 7 p.m. An “if” game will follow at 8:30 p.m. if necessary.<\/p>\n

All games are open to the public with no admission charge.<\/p>\n

SCHEDULE<\/strong>
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\nTHURSDAY’S GAMES<\/strong>
\n(at Ken Lindley Field)<\/p>\n

Rattlers (Tucson) vs. Vergedaal (Calif.), 4 p.m.
\nEagle AA (Pa.) vs. Brennan Aire (Prescott), 6 p.m.
\n(at Bill Vallely Field)
\nLandis (Pa.) vs. Wolf Pack (N.M.), 4 p.m.
\nSundevils (N.M.) vs. Panteras II (Calif.), 6 p.m.
\nShockers (N.M.) vs. Tornados (S.C.), 8 p.m.
\n(at Pioneer Park #1)
\nMontgomery (Colo.) vs. Badger Roofing, 4 p.m.
\nBrewers (Window Rock) vs. Caribbean (Calif.), 6 p.m.
\nHitmen (N.M.) vs. Flor De Cana (Calif.), 8 p.m.
\n(at Pioneer Park #2)
\nAmigos (Calif.) vs. Dirtbags (Texas), 4 p.m.
\nMagic (Utah) vs. Blue Lake (Pa.), 6 p.m.
\nBarros (Prescott) vs. Katman (Mass.), 8 p.m.
\n(at Pioneer Park #3)
\nG2 (Willcox) vs. Vipers (Ga.), 4 p.m.
\nVandehey (Prescott) vs. Perfect Game (Calif.), 6 p.m.
\nTwin Pine (Pa.) vs. Silverhawks (Calif.), 8 p.m.
\n(at Pioneer Park #4)
\nNor-Cal (Calif.) vs. Rage (Colo.), 4 p.m.
\nRisers (N.M.) vs. River Dogs (Idaho), 6 p.m.
\nPumpers (Calif.) vs. Progressive (Prescott), 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

FRIDAY’S GAMES<\/strong>
\n(at Pioneer Park #1)
\nHustlers (Calif.) vs. TBA, 8 a.m.
\nTechna Glass (N.M.) vs. TBA, 10 a.m.
\nCool Arrows (Prescott) vs. TBA, Noon
\n(at Pioneer Park #2)
\nLumpy’s (Utah) vs. TBA, 8 a.m.
\nDa Bruddahs (Calif.) vs. TBA, 10 a.m.
\nFunky Monkey (Calif.) vs. TBA, Noon
\n(at Pioneer Park #3)
\nHawks (Tucson) vs. TBA, 8 a.m.
\nPipeline (Ore.) vs. TBA, 10 a.m.
\n(at Pioneer Park #4)
\nBulls (N.M.) vs. TBA, 8 a.m.<\/p>\n

Piper Lake (Kan.) vs. TBA, 10 a.m.
\n(at Ken Lindley Field)
\nPrimetime (Calif.) vs. TBA, 8 a.m.
\nGuns (Peoria) vs. TBA, 10 a.m.
\n(at Bill Vallely Field)
\nSanta Rosa (Calif.) vs. TBA, 10 a.m.
\nCedar Ridge (Utah) vs. TBA, Noon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ending the season with nationals The Daily Courier Ken Lindley Field will again host a fast-pitch national event when the men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Class C bracket opens Thursday. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Out-of-state teams include Santa Rosa, Calif., who placed fourth in the 2007 ASA Men’s Class C Fast-Pitch National Championship; Twin Pine of Adamstown, Pa., who placed ninth in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852"}],"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=2852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}