Last Year's Tournament Results (2003)

Frontier Casino's Michael White Gets Title Game Win, Team Rainey's Young Travis Price Wins Most Valuable Pitcher Award as Upstart Team Rainey Beginning to Make Its Mark

[Portland, OR-6/29/03] - The St. Joe Frontier Casino Players showed why they are the defending ISC World Champions and ASA Major National Champions, going undefeated to win the Portland DeMarini Rose Cup tournament Sunday in Portland, Oregon.  Their pitching staff of Michael White, Doug Middleton and Rob O'Brien paved the way for the Casino Players, with Michael White (pictured at left) on the mound in the 7-3 championship game win over Team Rainey of Orange County California.  For complete coverage of the Rose Cup Tournament, click menu buttons at left.

St. Joe Frontier Casino Players from St. Joe, Missouri and Team Rainey, of Orange County California are the finalists in the 2003 Portland DeMarini Rose Cup Tournament, in Portland, Oregon. 

Click "Scoreboard", "Recap", and "Pool Play Standings" for more information.

Press Release

[Portland, Oregon - March 24, 2003]

The Portland Metropolitan Softball Association, DeMarini Sports, The Rose Festival Association & the City of Portland are reallyl enthused about this years INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT, which will have 14 teams.  The tournament will be held at Delta Park, shown in photo at left.

We are thrilled to have the World Champion Frontier Casino Players enter this year's event with their star-studded cast of players including eight National Team Players.  St. Joe's  Michael White (P) is also the pitching coach at the University of Oregon (women's softball) and doing an outstanding job.   Having the defending World Champions along with most of the top teams from California, Arizona, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia makes this years DeMarini Rose Cup one of the top tournaments on the West Coast this year.  Several other National Team players will be playing for their respective teams such as as Todd Garcia from Team Lyons as well as numerous Canadian National Team Players including last years MVP Collin McKenzie from Victoria.

Teams:   (Click "Teams" menu button on the left to view team profiles and photos.)

1. St. Joe Frontier Casino Players - Missouri (2002 ISC Champions and ASA Open Champs)

2. Victoria Travellers Inn - British Columbia (2002 7th Place in ISC and
   Defending Rose Cup Champions)
3. Vancouver Grey Sox - British Columbia (8th Place finish in 2002 ISC, ISC Qualifier winner for 2003)
4. Team Lyons - Fresno, California  (2002 ASA "A" National Champions)
5. Bodle Chiropractic - Seattle, Washington  (Joe Bodle is a coaching
   wizard - never look past this bunch)
6. Team Rainey - Orange County, California (2002 Best of West Champs, runner up Cal Int'l Las Vegas Classic, 2003 and ISC State champs 2003)
7. CR Adidas  -  Portland, Oregon  (Mike Trotter's last year ?? - 6 decades
   at Class AAA level or above)
8. Bucknell Park - Olympia, Washington (4th Place at NAFA "AAA" in 2002)
9. Meralomas - Vancouver, British Columbia (Tom Taylor always has a great bunch of players)
10. So Cal Bombers, Yucaipa, CA (Ralph Trejo has bolstered his already strong pitching staff)
11. Bucknell Park, Olympia, WA (NAFA President Pat Bucknell's team finished 4th in the NAFA "AAA" World Series last year.
12. California Sun Devils, So Cal (Moving up in the ranks)
13. The Host - Portland DeMarini Merchants, Portland, OR
14. Larry Miller, Salt Lake City, UT

    

***THE PORTLAND DeMARINI CLASSIC***

In addition to the DeMarini Rose Cup listed above, there will be an eight team NAFA Class "A" qualifier (DeMarini Classic) held simultaneously on adjacent fields to the Open Tourney.  Thus far we have 5 or 6 teams committed to play including JRW & Associates, Paolas, The Pirates, Limelight & Cascade Courier. Space is available for 8 teams.  Entry Fee is $300.00.  Plenty of DeMarini Product Prizes and Trophies.  See above contacts for more information.

Tom Ree
Tournament Director
Portland DeMarini Rose Cup