{"id":4452,"date":"2010-07-30T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=4452"},"modified":"2010-07-30T12:39:48","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T19:39:48","slug":"top-fastpitch-teams-to-play-tournament-in-erie-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=4452","title":{"rendered":"Top fastpitch teams to play tournament in Erie this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

From GoErie.com website.<\/strong><\/a>
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\nFrom staff reports<\/em><\/p>\n

Six of the world’s top-ranked softball teams will converge on Erie this weekend to take part in a fastpitch tournament in preparation for this August’s national and world championships.<\/p>\n

Erie’s Bill Hillhouse put together a world-class eight-team field that includes the top-ranked Kitchener (Ontario) Riversharks among a field of other top-flight teams and individuals. Hillhouse pitches for the Gremlins of Clifton Park, N.Y.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s first round at the Hess Avenue fields starts at 9 a.m. and will feature two pools of round-robin play. Six teams will advance to Sunday’s final rounds starting at 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Admission is free.<\/p>\n

\nListeners can tune in to the broadcasts at the Ballparkradio website, free of charge.
\n(click logo below)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Some of the top players to watch include the following:<\/p>\n

– Adam Folkard, Jarvis Travelers, pitcher: Led the Australian national team to the 2010 world title with a no-hitter over New Zealand in the final game of the ISC World Championships.<\/p>\n

– Brad Rona, Jarvis Travelers, third base: The co-captain of three-time ISC world champion New Zealand led the Black Sox with 13 hits and a .464 average in the 2009 World Cup.<\/p>\n

– Rhys Casley, New York Gremlins, second base: The co-captain of the New Zealand national team is a three-time ISC all-world selection and veteran for the 2009 national runner-up Gremlins.<\/p>\n

– Sean Cleary, Blue Light Construction, pitcher: The Newfoundland native is considered by tournament coordinator Bill Hillhouse to be a promising up-and-comer.
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\nTournament schedule<\/strong>
\nAt Hess Avenue fields<\/p>\n

Saturday’s games<\/strong>
\n– 9 a.m. — Blue Lake Construction vs No. 4 New York Gremlins; No. 3 Chicago\/New York Dominican vs. Budweiser All Stars
\n– 11 a.m. — No. 6 Midland Explorers vs New York; Chicago\/New York vs. No. 8 Albaugh, Inc.
\n– 1 p.m. — No. 1 Kitchener Riversharks Twins vs. All Stars; Midland vs. No. 2 Jarvis Travelers
\n– 4 p.m. — Kitchener vs. Albaugh; Jarvis vs. Blue Lake
\n– 6 p.m. — Kitchener vs. Chicago\/New York; Albaugh vs. All Stars
\n– 8 p.m. — New York vs. Jarvis; Midland vs. Blue Lake<\/p>\n

Sunday’s games<\/strong>
\n– 8:30 a.m. — B3 vs. A2; A3 vs. B2
\n– 10:30 a.m. — A1 vs. B2\/A3 winner; B1 vs. A2\/B3 winner
\n– 12:30 p.m. — Championship<\/p>\n

Kyle Smith\/Ballparkradio will broadcast Erie Tournament on live streaming audio to a worldwide audience. Kyle will be joined in the booth by Bill Hillhouse and Derek Pukash — at least when their team, the NY Gremlins, isn’t playing. Hillhouse will wear a third hat as well, serving as the tournament director. <\/p>\n

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\nBallparkradio’s lead play-by-play man, Kyle Smith, will be in Erie PA on July 31-August 1, 2010 to bring you live streaming broadcasts from the Erie Tournament. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From GoErie.com website. From staff reports Six of the world’s top-ranked softball teams will converge on Erie this weekend to take part in a fastpitch tournament in preparation for this August’s national and world championships. Erie’s Bill Hillhouse put together a world-class eight-team field that includes the top-ranked Kitchener (Ontario) Riversharks among a field of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,3,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4452"}],"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=4452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}