{"id":46234,"date":"2025-07-30T07:19:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=46234"},"modified":"2025-07-30T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:00:00","slug":"hill-united-and-jdt-first-energy-advance-to-winners-bracket-semi-finals-at-iscwt2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=46234","title":{"rendered":"Hill United and JDT First Energy Advance to Winner&#8217;s Bracket Semi-finals at ISCWT2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gremlins-Batmen and Drillers-Ostrander to Square Off Tonight for the Other Two Spots <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Down to six (6) unbeaten teams in the winner&#8217;s bracket as of Monday morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#1 ranked Hill United cruised past the #9 ranked Kegal Black Knights in one Winner&#8217;s Bracket Quarterfinal, while #5 ranked JDT First Energy slipped past #4 ranked Bear Creek, with Devin McCullough outdueling fellow Canadian Ty Sebastian.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other two Winner&#8217;s Bracket Quarterfinals are on tap for tonight, Wednesday July 30, with the #2 Gremlins taking on the #7 ranked Toronto Batmen in the 6pm game, while #3 ranked Northeast Drillers will tackle #6 ranked Ostrander Norsemen in the 8pm nightcap. Feature games, you don&#8217;t want to miss them !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to see how the bracket is shaping up? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=46173\">Click here<\/a><\/strong>.  (and note you can &#8220;pinch zoom&#8221; with your fingers and move the bracket around if you are on a cell phone or tablet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? Hill United Chiefs Continue Their Dominance!<br>The defending champs stay hot with a commanding 7\u20130 win over the Kegel Black Knights in a game that ended by mercy rule after 6 innings. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mTujTBSUdd\">pic.twitter.com\/mTujTBSUdd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ISCFastpitch (@ISCFastpitch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISCFastpitch\/status\/1950387220377895095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? Closing Out Day 4 with a Showdown!<br>In a battle between two of the top 5 ranked teams, JDT First Energy edged out Bear Creek Express with a thrilling 3\u20132 win! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZWs3Il32FD\">pic.twitter.com\/ZWs3Il32FD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ISCFastpitch (@ISCFastpitch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISCFastpitch\/status\/1950418772226920846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday July 30<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6pm #2 ranked Bear Creek Gremlins (2-0) vs. #7 ranked Toronto Batmen (2-0)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"|LIVE| | BC Gremlins V Toronto Batmen  | 2025 ISC World Tournament Championships\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ZU2jQhoWtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8pm #3 ranked Northeast Drillers (2-0) vs. #6 ranked Ostrander Norsemen (2-0)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"|LIVE| | NE Drillers V LC Ostrander Norsemen  | 2025 ISC World Tournament Championships\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AuEHHnOfTSc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gremlins-Batmen and Drillers-Ostrander to Square Off Tonight for the Other Two Spots Down to six (6) unbeaten teams in the winner&#8217;s bracket as of Monday morning. #1 ranked Hill United cruised past the #9 ranked Kegal Black Knights in one Winner&#8217;s Bracket Quarterfinal, while #5 ranked JDT First Energy slipped past #4 ranked Bear Creek, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,10],"tags":[1432],"class_list":{"0":"post-46234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-featured","7":"category-isc","8":"tag-iscwt2025","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46234"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46245,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46234\/revisions\/46245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}