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New Zealand Black Sox Squad Named for Canberra Tournament – End of November
From the New Zealand Black Sox: New Zealand Black Sox Head Coach, Thomas Makea, has named a squad of 17 athletes to attend the Canberra Skins Tournament at the end of November. This will be an opportunity to play against the best Australian players in a format that will challenging them. The team was selected to create competition within the wider squad, and to give the players the opportunity to push their case for selection for the 2025 WBSC World Cup in Prince Albert, Canada. Six (6) … [Read More...]
Championship Game Recap and Box Score – 14th Annual Amigos Tournament
USA 23U Elite Defeat Caballos/IMUA Behind Strong Performance From Cody Gibbons, 3-Run Homer and 10K, 2-hitter From GameChanger Media Cody Gibbons struck out 10 batters as the hurler led AMIGOS - USA 23U Elite past AMIGOS - Caballos/IMUA 5-1 on Sunday. Gibbons allowed two hits and one run over seven innings while walking one. USA 23U Elite were the first to get on the board in the first when Cody Gibbons homered to left field, scoring three runs. AMIGOS - Caballos/IMUA scored one … [Read More...]
2025 Las Vegas Roadtrip Tournament – April 4-6
2025 SCIFL/NAFA Las Vegas Road Trip Invitation SCIFL and NAFA are pleased to announce its 18th edition of the "Las Vegas Road Trip" Men's Fast Pitch Tournament which will be held on April 4-6, 2025 with the first round games starting Friday at 12:00 PM PT, and the Championship games scheduled for 3:00 PM PT on Sunday. PLAN EARLY AND LATE Teams flying in and out should make plans to be ready to play early on Friday and late on Sunday in the event the brackets are running late. While … [Read More...]
USA Softball National Championships 2025
https://twitter.com/USASoftball/status/1856862376353751520 The 2025 #USASoftball National Championships are officially scheduled Find a National Championship http://go.usasoftball.com/47A7bpx Men's Major - July 17-July 20, 2025 at OKC Men’s Major Fast Pitch Devon Park Oklahoma City, OK, United States … [Read More...]
Final Recap of 14th Annual San Francisco Bay Area Amigos Open Tournament – Nov. 2-3, 2024
Editor's Note: Special thanks to Vanessa O'Laughlin and NorCal USA Softball for info and photos and to Kary Moore, Marcus Tan and Ricky Sivilla for their work on the tournament. 2024 14th Annual San Francisco Bay Area Amigos Major/Open Fastpitch Invitational Softball Tournament November 2-3, 2024 Hayward, California USA Alden E. Oliver Sports Park Played In Loving Memory of CJ DeDeaux II Pool Play Standings … [Read More...]
63rd Annual Au Sable Forks NY Tournament – July 11-13, 2025
Cap tip, Blair Setford, original posting, Fitzroy Fastball. Editor's Note: 63 is the magic number. This one started in... 1963. Where is Au Sable Forks New York, you ask? 141 km (a bit less than 100 miles) south of Montreal This one's an ISC Qualifier. … [Read More...]
Scoreboard for 14th Annual San Francisco Bay Area Amigos Open Tournament
Cap tip, Kary Moore. Editor's Note: We'll update the final scoreboard as soon as those results come in. Caballos is undefeated thus far, awaiting the winner of 2nd and 3rd seeds, Team USA U23 Elite and Ohanas. 2024 SF Bay Area Amigos Softball Tournament 2024 14th ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AMIGOS MAJOR/OPEN FASTPITCH INVITATIONAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT NOVEMBER 2-3, 2024 HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA USA All Games will … [Read More...]
Rosters for 2024 Amigos Tournament – Nov. 2-3 at Hayward CA
Cap tip, Kary Moore and Vanessa O'Laughlin … [Read More...]
Pitching Staffs for 2024 Amigos Tournament
Nov. 2-3, 2024 at Hayward CA Cap tip, Kary Moore OHANA'S Matt Christiansen Ryan French Jorge Segura CABALLOS/IMUA Marco Diaz Bobby Alvaro FAULTLINE Zach Abernathy Tommy Gaide Juan Potolichio … [Read More...]
Joe Davis Shines in Baseball’s Most Storied Booth
Editor's Note: (We posted a link to this piece last Friday, but we're told that some people had trouble accessing, so decided to repost at in full at Fastpitch West. Enjoy.) Like many of you, we are following the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees. Being that we are here in So Cal, you'll have to excuse a little extra coverage of the Dodgers. Today, we share some of the Freddie Freeman home run videos, and a piece about the lead play-by-play broadcaster for … [Read More...]
Brent Stevenson – ISC Hall of Fame – Class of 2025
Our final "Cliff Notes" on the ISC's upcoming Hall of Fame Class of 2025: From the official ISC Website Previously announced in 2023, Brent Stevenson was a star for the Decatur ADM teams in the 1980s making ISC All World First Team in 1984 and 1985 and ISC All World Second Team in 1987 with Decatur Pride. He won 12 games in a row at the World Tournament from 1981-1984 and finished with 23 career ISC wins. Brent went on to star in the Legends division with another 20 career … [Read More...]
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2024 Las Vegas Road Trip XVII (SCIFL) – April 5-7
Editor’s Note: Be sure to note the updated phone number and room code for the Tropicana. They just informed that the original ones are not working. It should be call Reservations at (800) 634-4000 and reference Group Code: SGSCIFL – NAFA Tournament. The SCIFL and NAFA are pleased to announce its 17th edition of the […]
Jack Besgrove, Josh McGovern Spark Japan League Championship Win for Daiwa
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New Zealand Black Sox Squad Named for Canberra Tournament – End of November
From the New Zealand Black Sox: New Zealand Black Sox Head Coach, Thomas Makea, has named a squad of 17 athletes to attend the Canberra Skins Tournament at the end of November. This will be an opportunity to play against the best Australian players in a format that will challenging them. The team was selected […]
Championship Game Recap and Box Score – 14th Annual Amigos Tournament
USA 23U Elite Defeat Caballos/IMUA Behind Strong Performance From Cody Gibbons, 3-Run Homer and 10K, 2-hitter From GameChanger Media Cody Gibbons struck out 10 batters as the hurler led AMIGOS – USA 23U Elite past AMIGOS – Caballos/IMUA 5-1 on Sunday. Gibbons allowed two hits and one run over seven innings while walking one. USA […]
2025 Las Vegas Roadtrip Tournament – April 4-6
2025 SCIFL/NAFA Las Vegas Road Trip Invitation SCIFL and NAFA are pleased to announce its 18th edition of the “Las Vegas Road Trip” Men’s Fast Pitch Tournament which will be held on April 4-6, 2025 with the first round games starting Friday at 12:00 PM PT, and the Championship games scheduled for 3:00 PM PT […]
USA Softball National Championships 2025
https://twitter.com/USASoftball/status/1856862376353751520 The 2025 #USASoftball National Championships are officially scheduled Find a National Championship http://go.usasoftball.com/47A7bpx Men’s Major – July 17-July 20, 2025 at OKC Men’s Major Fast Pitch Devon Park Oklahoma City, OK, United States
Final Recap of 14th Annual San Francisco Bay Area Amigos Open Tournament – Nov. 2-3, 2024
Editor’s Note: Special thanks to Vanessa O’Laughlin and NorCal USA Softball for info and photos and to Kary Moore, Marcus Tan and Ricky Sivilla for their work on the tournament. 2024 14th Annual San Francisco Bay Area Amigos Major/Open Fastpitch Invitational Softball Tournament November 2-3, 2024 Hayward, California USA Alden E. Oliver Sports Park Played […]
63rd Annual Au Sable Forks NY Tournament – July 11-13, 2025
Cap tip, Blair Setford, original posting, Fitzroy Fastball. Editor’s Note: 63 is the magic number. This one started in… 1963. Where is Au Sable Forks New York, you ask? 141 km (a bit less than 100 miles) south of Montreal This one’s an ISC Qualifier.
Scoreboard for 14th Annual San Francisco Bay Area Amigos Open Tournament
Cap tip, Kary Moore. Editor’s Note: We’ll update the final scoreboard as soon as those results come in. Caballos is undefeated thus far, awaiting the winner of 2nd and 3rd seeds, Team USA U23 Elite and Ohanas. 2024 SF Bay Area Amigos Softball Tournament 2024 14th ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AMIGOS MAJOR/OPEN FASTPITCH INVITATIONAL […]
Rosters for 2024 Amigos Tournament – Nov. 2-3 at Hayward CA
Cap tip, Kary Moore and Vanessa O’Laughlin
Pitching Staffs for 2024 Amigos Tournament
Nov. 2-3, 2024 at Hayward CA Cap tip, Kary Moore OHANA’S Matt Christiansen Ryan French Jorge Segura CABALLOS/IMUA Marco Diaz Bobby Alvaro FAULTLINE Zach Abernathy Tommy Gaide Juan Potolichio Jason Iuli Kinsey Danny Gonzalez USA 23U ELITE Brennan Ducharme Cody Gibbons Davin McCrory
Joe Davis Shines in Baseball’s Most Storied Booth
Editor’s Note: (We posted a link to this piece last Friday, but we’re told that some people had trouble accessing, so decided to repost at in full at Fastpitch West. Enjoy.) Like many of you, we are following the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees. Being that we are here […]
Brent Stevenson – ISC Hall of Fame – Class of 2025
Our final “Cliff Notes” on the ISC’s upcoming Hall of Fame Class of 2025: From the official ISC Website Previously announced in 2023, Brent Stevenson was a star for the Decatur ADM teams in the 1980s making ISC All World First Team in 1984 and 1985 and ISC All World Second Team in 1987 with Decatur Pride. […]
Netherland’s Women’s Team Adds Mark Smith to Coaching Staff
Netherlands Eyes Spot on Podium at 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles Editor’s Notes: First saw Mark Smith pitch in Southern California, with Camarillo Kings, when he was 26. No one, IMHO, threw harder than Smith. Mark won back-to-back ISC World Tournament titles in 1981 and 1982 with the Kings, and had an illustrious career pitching […]
Hill Family – ISC Hall of Fame – Class of 2025
Our second-to-last “Cliff Notes” on the ISC’s upcoming Hall of Fame Class of 2025: From the official ISC Website: The Hill Family, Ohsweken, ON, founded the Hill United Chiefs in 2012 and nearly won the ISC World Tournament in their inaugural season. Since then, the Chiefs have become one of the most successful teams in […]
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