From ISC Canada East With the conclusion of the Ontario Challenge Cup and the awarding of the Laverne Reichert Memorial Trophy to Shakespeare Falcons, the 2014 fastball season comes to a close for ISC Canada East. We want to thank our host committee lead by Darrell and Alisha Anderson and the Ohsweken Redmen and the Six Nations Parks grounds crew. Fantastic job … [Read more...]
Scoreboard for 2014 Ontario Challenge Cup
Information courtesy of Blair Setford Friday, September 12, 2014 Ohsweken Redmen 7 Hamilton Pirates 2 WP Rory Miller 7 inn 5H 2R 5Ks LP Chris VanVolkenburg 5 inn 5H 7R 2 earned 3Ks; Darryl Banks 1 inn 2Ks Redmen Ryan Davis 3-RBI 3b Matt Sault 2-run HR Pirates Chris McColl HR Kyle Stevenson HR Sweaburg Crush 2 Kitchener Bell Cartage 1 WP Rob Schweyer 7 inn 3H … [Read more...]
Ontario Challenge Cup Broadcasts – Sept 12-14, 2014
From ISC Canada East: The Ontario Challenge Cup goes this weekend in Ohsweken, starting with three games tonight at 7, 8 & 9 pm. Games continue all day Saturday, starting at 9 am. We have an early start on Sunday at 8 am with a single championship game scheduled for 2 pm. Join us on the ISC Network at 10 am, 12 pm and 2 pm for the final 3 games of the ISC Canada East … [Read more...]
1994 ISC World Tournament Media Guide
Editor's note: I was moving some boxes over the weekend and found some with fastpitch memorabilia, including this 1994 ISC World Tournament Championship Guide from 20 years ago. The champions the prior year in 1993? Toronto Gators, with pitcher Darren Zack and catcher Bruce Casselman featured on the cover of the guide. Darren was the Most Valuable Pitcher that year, while … [Read more...]
ISC Top 10 Teams – How they did at the 2014 WT
Below is a recap of the ISC's Top 10 teams and how they did in the tournament, including our thoughts on whether they met, exceeded or fell short of expectations. All in all, I would have to say the ranking committee was pretty close to being on the money. Of course, the seeding from the rankings sometimes contributes to the higher finish, but at the end of the day, the … [Read more...]
Hill United Chiefs capture 2014 ISC World Title on Craig Crawford’s walk off hit
It was a classic battle of titans in the world of men's fastball. The reigning world champions, unbeaten Hill United Chiefs, with the best pitcher in the world, healthy and in top form. The host team, longtime perennial power, the Kitchener Hallman Twins, had stumbled earlier in the week, losing to the Bloomington Stix and falling into the loser's bracket early, but showed the … [Read more...]
Midland Junior Explorers win second straight ISC Under-21 World Fastpitch Championship
From MLive.com By Hugh Bernreuter MIDLAND, MI— The Midland Junior Explorers earned their second consecutive world championship, beating the Alvinston Junior Indians in the International Softball Congress Under-21 World Championship game in Kitchener, Ontario. Midland beat Alvinston (Ontario) with a walk-off 1-0 decision in the title game after Drew Thompson from Reese … [Read more...]