{"id":12721,"date":"2011-07-07T07:15:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T14:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=12721"},"modified":"2011-07-07T08:25:53","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T15:25:53","slug":"this-week-in-fastball-from-dennis-dosman-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=12721","title":{"rendered":"This week in Fastball from Dennis Dosman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Some catching up to do this week…<\/p>\n

The Legends of Fastball<\/strong> was a success, a lot of hard work by a lot of volunteers made it work again….it was another exciting tournament with some great teams playing some great ball…You can recall some of those games when you see the photos that Gord Dearborn provided of the games, the teams and the fans in the park.<\/p>\n

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New Zealand Black Sox pitcher # 25 Nathan Taikato at the Legends in Kitchener, June 2011 (photo by Gord Dearborn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Click here for the Legends of Fastball Classic photos from Gord Dearborn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note:<\/strong> If you enjoy the Legends photos, drop Gord a line and let him know. Gord Dearborn – gdearbrn (at) rogers.com<\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nBut First things first….an update on the local tournaments involving our local teams..
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\nBANTAM OASA’s in Stratford<\/strong>….<\/p>\n

The KW Selects under the leadership of Bruce Young and Gilles Butcher were Silver Medal finishers at this years OASA Bantam Elimination tournament.<\/p>\n

The opened the games with a 2 – 0 win over Domville, then a big win over the Napanee team 10 – 3…(There are KW clubs that went head to head with Napanee over the years and never came up with ten runs in a season against the Express….) the a loss to Tavistock, 4 -0 , A win over Fullarton 7 – 0 and then over Cobourg 4 – 0….The 3 – 1 over Teeswater….and in the final….another loss to Tavistock, this time 3 – 0…Gilles Butcher says the defence played well, the bats were quiet…<\/p>\n

Other teams in Stratford include…Highgate, Oshawa, New Hamburg, Pickering, Jordan, Stratford, Innerkip, Micksburg, and Port Perry…<\/p>\n

Tavistock Gold, KW Silver and Teeswater, Bronze…<\/p>\n

Good news for western Ontario fastball fans…good quality ball players taking the top 3 spots in the province….\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nWe missed the MITCHELL METS TOURNAMENT<\/strong>…..June 11th and 12th but here are the results of the competitive division…<\/p>\n

The Kitchener Outlaws beat the Wellington Sox 2 – 1 in the “A” final…<\/p>\n

They met Wellington with a victory over Cayuga Rebels 6 – 1, and the Sox beat the Linwood Jr Chiefs 13 – 8 in the other semi.<\/p>\n

Other Kitchener Outlaw wins were 8 – 2 over the Linwood Jrs. ….7 – 4 over Puslinch, and 7 – 6 over the Mitchell Mets<\/p>\n

Wellington opened with a11 – 0 win over the Mitchell Royals…the 8 – 2 over the Tavistock Jrs…5-4 over Cayuga, <\/p>\n

Mitchell beat the Tavi Jr A’s 7 – 6 in 9 innings….and then won the B final 5 – 0 over Puslinch Kodiaks…<\/p>\n

Nice job up in Mitchell …a lot of local fans wanted to make it but they were at Hillside Park for the Waterloo Midget Tournament\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nNow, for the results from Springfield…the big ISC qualifier<\/strong> for the teams and the Level 5 ISF ( International Softball Federation) qualifier for the Blue Crew…<\/p>\n

THE KW CUBS PICK UP THE ISC BERTH with a win in a very tough tournament…with lots of top quality teams on hand in Springfield..<\/p>\n

JoeTodd reported to Al’s Fastball that the Cubs ” gave up only 3 runs on 3 hits for the weekend…and ended every game on the run rule”<\/p>\n

The Cubs met Shakespeare in the final and beat them 8 – 1 on some big hitting…Travis Hofstetter HR, Andy Baechler 3 doubles, Bob Gillow 2HRs, and 2 singles, Adam Hiller, 2 singles and a double…and Brad Thomson, a 3 run Homer to end the game….<\/p>\n

Alvinston and Shakespeare also picked up invites to the ISCs in Illinois this August…<\/p>\n

The Cubs other wins were 11 – 1 over Shakespeare in Game 19, Jamie Boyd spoiled Scott Wagar’s no hit attempt, a homer…9 – 1 over the Combat Flyers from Quyon Quebec, Allan Phibbs went 3 for 3 with a HR and 5 RBIs…nice production..In game 8…The Cubs crushed the Sweaburg Crush 11 – 0 on a Scott Wagar no hitter, <\/p>\n

Other Kitchener teams …Kitchener Outlaws…4 -3 loss to Quyon, 11 – 8 win over Hickson Reds, a 10 – 2 win over the Toronto Gators, and an elimination loss to Quyon, this time 3 – 2<\/p>\n

The Kitchener Selects lost their opener to Sweaburg 7 – 0, and were eliminated by the Toronto Gators….10 – 2<\/p>\n

Elmira Expos lost their opener to Quyon 7 – 5, beat Wyvale 6 – 0 and were eliminated by Sweaburg 3 – 1<\/p>\n

Shakespeare opened with a victory over Cree Nation..8 – 3, followed by a 5 – 0 win over the TO Gators, beat Alvinston Indians 8 – 6, to meet the Indians again and this time got a 2 – 1 win..before meeting and losing to the Cubs in the championship…..<\/p>\n

Hickson Reds beat Wyevale 7 – 1 in their opener…. lost to Alvinston 7 – 1 and were eliminated with the 11 – 8 loss to the Outlaws<\/p>\n

Alvinston beat Swaburg 9 – 2, and Quyon 2 – 1 in their other games to meet Shakespeare and elimination with a 2 – 1 shortfall<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nIn a great fastball game…the Umpires are rarely noticed…BUT the Blue Crew in Springfield<\/strong> was under the scrutiny of ISF evaluation with Level 5 certification on the line..<\/p>\n

7 Ontario Umpires familiar to many SWOntario ball fans were part of this class of L5 hopefuls. Mitch Zuk, Paul Baier, Peter Kluszcznski, and Tim Whitelaw included. 3 other Ontario umps, Sal Gara, George Findley and DougWebster were also on hand.<\/p>\n

From across Canada, Glen Blake and Al Strang out of BC, Terry Richter and Daryl Helmer from Alberta<\/p>\n

and 2 each from California, Michgan, and 1 each from Idaho and Illinois…<\/p>\n

Those that qualify at this Umpire evaluation will be elgible for Pan Am games, ISF championships, Olympics and other international championships\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nUp to OWEN SOUND for the OASA Junior Eliminations<\/strong>….<\/p>\n

Canada Day weekend..Junior Fastball Provincial Championship….winners to Napanee for the Nationals…<\/p>\n

Owen Sound VW Selects met and beat the Napanee North Key Const. 6 – 1 in the championship game last Sunday afternoon…<\/p>\n

Bright sunshine, clear cloudless sky, nice breeze in the beer tent just beyond the right field fence, good friends…and some great fastball…<\/p>\n

I overheard one player from the Fullarton team say to one of his teamates as they were preparing for their opening game…”Where else would you want to be?” Where else indeed?<\/p>\n

Owen Sound had beaten Napanee 4 hours earlier 9 – 2,
\nNapanee then met and beat the Linwood Jrs. 5 – 0, much of that win credited to poor Linwood defence…<\/p>\n

The VW Selects met the “other” Napane Shoeless Joes, 7 – 0 on Saturday, followed that one with a 15- 0 over Tavistock A’s, and over the Linwood Chiefs 11 – 1,<\/p>\n

Napanee North Key Const…lost to the 2nd Owen Sound entry..(Both Owen Sound and Napanee fielded a pair of teams), but came back with a solid win over Jarvis, 12 – 3 and 7 – 0 over New Dundee, and 8 – 0 over Tavistock, leading to their Sunday morning loss to Owen Sound.<\/p>\n

Linwood beat Sydenham 15 – 6, and New Dundee 10 – 7, then Owen Sound (2nd club) 9 – 4, to meet and lose to Napanee on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Waterloo Cardinals lost to the Tavistock A’s in their opener, 1 – 0, then beat Glanworth 3 – 0 and then lost to the New Dundee Dodgers 4 – 1 <\/p>\n

The Southern Ontario Jays, based out of Walkerton, opened with a win over Glanworth 4 – 2, lost to Tavistock 6 – 5. beat Newmarket 4 – 3, and then lost to Napanee Shoeless Joes, 10 – 1 and were eliminated..<\/p>\n

New Dundee had a 1 – 0 win over the Newmarket Stingers<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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