Opening round games. By the rankings, a couple of upsets, #19 Bar Buzz knocking off #13 Glowworm and #21 Waterdown Hammer beating #12 Ostrander Norsemen. Upset of the Day The Waterdown Hammer win over the Norsemen was the upset of the day (#21 over #12), particularly as well as the Norsemen played just a week ago at the USA Softball Men's Major National Championship … [Read more...]
U21 at the ISC – Playoff Round
Cap tip to Tim Lyons, from Denmark Wisconsin Playoff resultsUSA 21u 8Australia Stingers 1 Bronze medal gameNew Zealand Blue Sox 11USA 18u 7Championship gameCzech 3Wisconsin 21u 2It was a very successful tournamentThanks to all the teams All tournament team Most Valuable Player Valentine Mata, Wisconsin 21u. Most Valuable Pitcher Matas Macas Czech 18u All … [Read more...]
77th ISC World Tournament
From the ISC: The 77th Annual ISC World Tournament starts Saturday August 12 at 2pm Central Time. Here are all of the links to bookmark to be able to follow along at home. ISC Website www.iscfastpitch.com with links to live scoring and streaming; tournament news & daily bracket updates Daily photos https://www.facebook.com/isc.fastpitch Live … [Read more...]
Passing of Long Beach Nitehawks Hall of Famer Nick Hopkins
We sadly report the passing of Long Beach Nitehawks Hall of Famer Nick Hopkins. Nick joined the Nitehawks in 1959 and played with the team for 18 years. He was inducted into the ISC Fastpitch Hall of Fame in 1992 and to the Long Beach Softball and Baseball Hall of Fame in its inaugural year, 2004. Editor's Note: We've update this post to add Memorial Service information, … [Read more...]
U21 at the ISC
Cap tip to Tim Lyons, from Denmark Wisconsin Game schedule for final day if we do not get rain10amUSA 21 vs Czech is make up gamePlayoffs5 vs 6 game2pmUSA 21 vs Australia4pmChampionship gameWisconsin 21 vs Czech6pmBronze medal gameUSA 18u vs New ZealandIf Czech wins 10am they are one seed and that leaves three way tie with Wisconsin, USA 18 and New Zealand….Wisconsin beat … [Read more...]
New York Gremlins Win 2 Saturday, Head to Playoff Round at Peligro Cup
Complete Game Victories by Kirkpatrick and Migliavacca Watch here for more details. Box Scores Game 2 - New York Gremlins 15, Fisher Fastball 1 Game 3 - New York Gremlins 7, Team Kennedy (NYC) 0 SUNDAY PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: Peligro Cup Tournament in New York City. Playoffs Sunday 7/2: First round: 10AM: Game A-Venezuela vs. AWPLumberjacks; 10AM: Game … [Read more...]
A Walk in the Park for Gremlins
8 Walks by AWP Key Victory for New York The New York Gremlins extended their win streak to six games with a 6 to 3 win over the AWP Lumberjacks Friday night in the Peligro Cup tournament in New York City. Their young Australian pitching star, Jack Besgrove was stellar, striking out 16 in the winning effort, surrendering only 3 hits and 0 earned runs, and walking only … [Read more...]