Sixth Time for World Class Host From the official ISC Fastpitch website: The ISC is excited to announce the 2026 World Tournament will be returning to Kitchener, ON! “It will be eight years since we last visited Kitchener and we’re looking forward to returning to such a hotbed for our game,” said ISC Executive Director Larry Fisher. This will be the sixth time as … [Read more...]
2025 Jack Grafmeier Memorial Tournament – June 6-8 at Kimberly WI
Cap tip, Joe Todd, ISCFastpitch … [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...]
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 … [Read more...]
Bob Otto Among ISC Hall of Fame Inductees in 2025
Otto will join players Jeremy Manley and Brent Stevenson, long-time ISC administrator Keith Erkenbrack, Jon Kegel and the Hill Family From the Official ISC Website: Originally hailing from Minnesota, Robert (Bob) Otto, Yucaipa, CA, is a longtime fastpitch pitcher, photographer, writer and newspaperman. In the late heyday of the game in 1990s through the early 2000s, … [Read more...]
AWP Lumberjacks Shutter Operations
Editor's Note: Sorry to see them go, a classy team and operation. Thanks to the Allstat family for all of their hard work, and best of luck to the players going forward, including my two favorite knuckleballers, Sisko Sabate and Valdy Terkelson. We will miss seeing you all and those powder blue uniforms. From the AWP Lumberjacks, via their Facebook Page: AWP … [Read more...]
Hot Stove League Reports from Softball Premier TV
Editor's Note: Below is a collection of the reports on player movements as reported to and by Softball Premier TV aka Luciano LoFrano. It tracks announced player moves for the upcoming 2025 season. For those not familar with the term "Hot Stove League", it originated from the image of fans gathering around a "hot stove" during the cold winter months to share news and … [Read more...]