Sweet 16 set at 2013 ISC World Tournament

This morning, we posted the “Elite Eight” of the Winner’s Bracket. After games on Tuesday, we now have the “Second Eight”, those teams with one loss, battling to stay alive (and who are playing to get to the next round, against the loser’s of the Elite Eight.

Here they are as of Tuesday night, Loser’s Bracket Quarterfinalists:(Pre-Tournament Rankings shown in parenthesis) Click team name for box score from latest win.

1. Midland Explorers (#16)
2. Cal A’s (#6)
Wednesday 1pm

3. Houston Carnage (unranked)
4. Sooke Loggers, BC (#7)
Wednesday 3pm

5. Pueblo Bandits, CO (#11)
6. Venezuela Lanceros (unranked)
Wednesday 5pm

7. Saskatoon, SK (#12)
8. Scarbourough Force, ON (#5)
Wednesday 8pm

The Elite Eight that started Tuesday unbeaten*

1. Minnesota Angels (#9)
2. PA Power (#4)

3. Kegel Black Knights (#8)
4. New York Gremlins (#1)

5. Bloomington Styx (#21)
6. Jarvis Hallman Twins (#2)

7. Circle Tap (#10)
8. Hill United (#3)

*In the Winner’s Bracket, PA Power beat the Minnesota Angels, so they will advance to the Winner’s Bracket Final Four, to play the New York Gremlins on Thursday at 6:30pm, while the Minnesota Angels will await the winner of the Midland Explorers vs. Cal A’s. The Angels’ next game is at 10am Thursday.

*In another Winner’s Bracket quarterfinal, the New York Gremlins topped the Kegel Black Knights. Kegel’s next game will be Thursday at 12 noon, against the winner of Houston Carnage v. the Sooke Loggers of British Columbia.

As of Wednesday morning, the Winner’s Bracket Final Four has two members, PA Power and NY Gremlins.

The other two spots will be decided on Wednesday, when Bloomington squares off with Jarvis Hallman Twins, and Cirle Tap tangles with Hill United.

Schedule of Games – Wednesday August 14th

1:00 pm
Game75
D-5
W-73 Midland MI Explorers
W-71 Bakersfield CA California A’s

3:00 pm
Game 76
D-5
W-70 Houston TX Houston Carnage
W-69 Sooke BC Sooke Loggers

5:00 pm
Game 77
D-7
W-68 Pueblo CO Bandits
W-67 Vargas VZ Lanceros de Venezuela

6:00 pm
Game 78
D-5
W-63 Denmark WI Circle Tap
W-64 Six Nations ON Hill United Chiefs

8:00 pm
Game 79
D-5
W-61 Bloomington IL Bloomington Styx
W-62 Jarvis ON Hallman Twins

8:00 pm
Game 80
D-7
W-66 Saskatoon SK Diamondbacks
W-65 Scarborough ON Scarborough Force

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Editor’s note: A pretty good job by the ISC’s ranking committee in their pre-tournament rankings. Here’s how the teams have done to date:

1. NY Gremlins (3-0) Winner’s Bracket Final Four
2. Jarvis Hallman (2-0) Winner’s Bracket Elite Eight
3. Hill United (2-0) Winner’s Bracket Elite Eight
4. PA Power (3-0) Winner’s Bracket Final Four
5. Scarborough (2-1) Sweet Sixteen, still alive
6. Cal A’s (2-1) Sweet Sixteen, still alive
7. Sooke Loggers BC (2-1) Sweet Sixteen, still alive
8. Kegel Black Knights (2-1) Sweet Sixteen, still alive
9. Minnesota Angeles (2-1) Sweet Sixteen, still alive
10. Circle Tap (2-0) Winner’s Bracket Elite Eight
11. Pueblo Bandits (3-1) Sweet Sixteen, still alive
12. Saskatoon Dbacks (3-1) Sweet Sixteen, still alive
13. Pete’s Blues (2-2) Eliminated
14. Kitchener Cubs (2-2) Eliminated
15. Lake Simcoe ON (3-2) Eliminated
16. Midland Explorers (3-1) Sweet Sixteen, still alive
17. Elmira Expos (3-2) Eliminated
18. Randy’s A’s (2-2) Eliminated
19. Marshal MI (3-2) Eliminated
20. Cal State Builders (2-2) Eliminated
21. Bloomington Stix (3-0) Winner’s Bracket Elite Eight
22. Dolan & Murphy (1-2) Eliminated
23. Topeka Toros (2-2) Eliminated
24. New Image WI (1-2) Eliminated
Unranked: Houston Carnage (3-1) Sweet Sixteen, still alive

Cinderellas: Bloomington and Houston.

# 21 Bloomington started with a win over #16, knocked off #11 Pueblo, then #7 Sooke Loggers, BC, to get to the Winner’s Bracket Elite 8.

Unranked Houston Carnage dropped their opener, but has reeled off three straight wins, over # 24 New Image, Midland Emerson Aces and the NY Swashbucklers, to arrive today at the Sweet 16.

Editor’s Note 2: How’s this for the line of Tuesday’s games: Derek Mayson of the California A’s: in the 11-1 win over the Lacey WA A’s, Mayson was 3-for-4 with a single, double and home run. He drove in 4 runs and scored 3. Oh, and for good measure, he was the winning pitcher, tossing a complete game 5 hitter, striking out 9.