2004 RED ROCK INVITATIONAL
CANYONS COMPLEX - ST. GEORGE, UTAH
Sponsored by St. George Leisure Services
MAY 1 & 2, 2004

Red Rock is a 4-game guarantee. Pools of 4-teams each playing round robin into single elimination play on Sunday for all entered teams.

Tournament headquarters will be the Crystal Inn where they are offering teams a $69 room rate which includes a full breakfast buffet for all motel guests. Contact Jodi Bradshaw 800-662-2525 for reservations. 

(Editor's note: I'm told the Crystal Inn has the nicest swimming pool in town, so remember to pack those suits.)

St. George is located in southwestern corner of Utah. Its warm weather retirement community with 7 beautiful diamonds of golf green outfields , enclosed fences. Snack Bar. From Las Vegas its about a 1 ½ hour drive and from salt Lake city about 5 hours. Commuter flights are available from both LV & SLC. It is also only a 30 Minute drive to Mesquite, NV a little Las Vegas. Motel info will be sent upon receipt of entry fee. Friday games available if desired by teams. We are looking for a 16 team tournament. There were twelve in 2002. 16 Teams in 2003, Three man umpiring crews I have negotiated with the Crystal Inn - St. George, Utah, to have three rooms with late check out for each team on Sunday. The Breakfast bar is being updated. $69.  Contact Jodi toll-free 1-800-662-2525 or e-mail Jodib@crystalinns.com  The Crystal Inn - St. George is conveniently located off of I-15, Exit 6, in St. George, Utah. St. George is home to beautiful scenery and the gateway to Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park. It's excellent golf courses, first-rate medical center, widely respected community college, commuter airline, symphony orchestra, comfortable climate, and many other factors have made it one of the fastest growing cities in the country.

5th Annual Red Rock International Invitational

Red Rock Update from Ken Hackmeister, March 29, 2004

The annual Red Rock Invitational in beautiful St. George, UT will see 2003 ISC World Tournament Champion, Broken Bow Spirit and 15 other top quality teams entered for the May 1 & 2 tournament.

Joining Broken Bow from last year's top 16 finishers in the ISC World
Tournament are Houston HIS and Portland DeMarini Merchants. Page Brake and Team Rainey, both of whom missed last year's final 16 by losing first-ever play-off games in the ISC, also join the field of 16.

For the schedule, click menu button at left.  Pool play on Saturday, bracket play on Sunday. Bracket play will have 2 8-team single elimination brackets. Top two teams from each pool go into Championship bracket while lower two teams enter the consolation bracket.

Jim and Maddy Flanagan who did such a great job in Internet Streaming and photography at the AAU International at Disney World in January, will be on hand to lend their talents to the Red Rock Invitational. Details on Internet Streaming will be announced once the schedule is developed.

Umpire In Chief, Roy Stout has lined up an impressive crew of blue who come from all parts of the US and Canada. Many of the Red Rock umpires have both ISF and ISC World Tournament experience.

ISC personnel expected to attend include former ISC President Ed Kirner (IL), current ISC President Dick Mason (CO) and ISC Treasurer Charlie Smith (TX). ISC Western Vice President Chris Santos will be there with his  Pueblo Bandits team. California ISC Commissioner Clyde Bennett will be umpiring. Don Young, Utah ISC Commissioner will handle scoring/stats for  his Utah teams. NAFA is to be represented by Executive Director, Benjie Hedgecock who will be attending as an umpire too.

Team USA Junior Men's head coach Tim Lyon (UT) and his 2005 coaching staff of Gary Mullican (CA) and Scott Standerfer (IL) will be present to evaluate some potential players on their 19-Under ISF team. Anyone interested in having an age-eligible player evaluated during the Red Rock Invitational, is asked to first contact Tim Lyon timlyon@earthlink.net  to make arrangements. The Junior Men's ISF
World Championships are scheduled for June 22 to July 1, 2005 in
Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. For age eligibility, players must have been born January 1, 1986 or later.

The coaching staff is also interested in seeing players who were born in 1989 or later for the 2008 cycle. If you have any questions about whether or not a player is eligible, please contact Coach Lyon. No softball experience is necessary, baseball players who have an interest in becoming a part of the USA National Team Program are also welcome and encouraged to attend.

Ken Hackmeister
KLSPORTS@aol.com

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