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48th Annual Seattle Invitational Fastpitch Tournament

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

48th Annual Seattle Invitational Fastpitch Tournament

Celebration Park
Federal Way, Washington
August 2 – 3, 2008

Rose City Merchants – Portland, Oregon
Interbay Door – Seattle, Washington
Country Insurance – Mount Vernon, Washington
Team Jones – Portland, Oregon
Cleons Auto – Tacoma, Washington
Screaming Yaks– Spokane, Washington
Boise River Dogs – Boise, Idaho
Yakima Heat – Yakima, Washington
Nighthawks – Renton, Washington
Two Generations – Seattle, Washington
Southern Oregon Bandits – Grants Pass, Oregon
Lacey A’s – Lacey, Washington


SEATTLE INVITATIONAL PREVIOUS WINNERS
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Midwest Stampede’s Website

Thursday, July 31st, 2008



Click here to view the Midwest Stampede’s website.

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All-Star Game at Currie, Michigan

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008



by Midland Daily News
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:38 PM EDT

The annual Men’s Fastpitch All-Star Game between the Midland Fastpitch League and Thumb Fastpitch League will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Currie Stadium in Emerson Park.

The Midland Fastpitch League will consist of one or two players from each of the 14 teams in the league.

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“We’re going to have quite a few ballplayers compared to their team, but it’s just going to be a friendly game,” said Wally Sidelko, who will play for the Midland team. “It’s just a chance for all of us to see what else there is in the state from that region.”

Admission to the nine-inning game is free.

Midland League All-Stars

Name Midland League Team

Greg Sauve Carey All State
Mike Hune Carey All state
Shae Bryant Carey All State
Wally Sidelko Twisters
Neil Faccio Twisters
Seth Freed Twisters
Rick Engle Twisters
Paul Hosington BCCI
Jason Hosington BCCI
Steve Bednarik Labidie Olds
Ryan Schank Labidie Olds
Dustin Collamer Metros
Joe Edwards Metros
Rob Collamer Metros
Tim Shepard Sperheion
Chad Dana Sperheion
Chris Heimlein Bear Truss
Willie Murray Simmons Thomas

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ISC II T of C reminders

Monday, July 28th, 2008

ROSTER DEADLINE AUGUST 4 AT 6PM EDT (3PM PDT)


Click logo to visit official ToC page

A reminder to all ISC II teams that your final roster is due Monday August 4 at 6 pm eastern. If you have made any changes to your roster since you last submitted a copy, you need to submit an updated roster to ALL of the following:

blairjs@rogers.com
jrwilliamson@foodfacility.com
rudiereed@aasd.k12.wi.us
jody.lockhart@thedacare.org
hdewild@milwpc.com
tschaaf@kimberly.k12.wi.us

Also, all ISC II players, coaches and managers are encouraged to click on the Player Bio link on the Ballpark Radio home page at www.ballparkradio.com and fill in the form to provide a personalized touch for the broadcasts.

We have 20 webcasts planned from this year’s ToC.

Please provide this link to your players and ask them to take 5 minutes to fill out the form.

Thanks in advance for your help and cooperation on both the rosters and the bios.

Cheers,

Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner

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Patsy’s Wins NAFA Open/Farm Tournament

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Middleton, Wisconsin

After being bounced to the Loser’s Bracket Saturday evening, the Patsy’s captured the 2008 The Farm/NAFA Open World Series Title Sunday afternoon at the Bowling Green Recreation Complex in Middleton, Wisconsin.

Sunday scores not yet reported:
Game 36, Patsy’s 7 MinnDak Millers 0, 5 innings, eliminated
Game 37, Patsy’s 2 Midwest Stampede 1, eliminated
-Stephen Ratu walk-off home run
Game 38, Championship, Patsy’s 8 Casa Trejo A-1 SoCal Bombers 1, 5 innings
WP-Adam Folkard
LP-Lucas Mata
All World teams and final boxes and stats to follow Sunday evening or Monday morning.

Brett Bresnahan
brett.bresnahan(at)gmail.com
http://www.open.nafafastpitch.com

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Former ISC Player Gary “P.K.” Kershner Inducted into Washington County Sports Hall of Fame

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

From:


County Hall inducts nine
July 20, 2008
By DAN KAUFFMAN (kauffman@herald-mail.com)

FUNKSTOWN – It’s been eight months since former St. James athletic director and football coach Charles “Chick” Meehan coached the 207th and final game of a successful career that spanned 34 years.

Meehan was one of nine honorees inducted into the Washington County Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday at New Dimensions Restaurant. Meehan was joined by Donna Aycoth, Terry Bailey, Gary “P.K.” Kershner, Joe Snyder, Jim Gossard and three “Pioneer” members: Charles Boyer, J. Vincent Jamison and John “Ike” Powers.

* Kershner, a shortstop, played baseball at South Hagerstown and earned a scholarship to Murray State University, where he made the All-Ohio Valley Conference First Team twice. After graduating in 1963, he went on to star in fastpitch softball around the Washington area, reaching the International Softball Conference World Tournament, and was indicted into the Greater Washington Fast-Pitch Hall of Fame in 1986.

“I probably was always a defensive ballplayer,” Kershner said. “I loved the game, and the transition (from baseball to fastpitch softball) was pretty easy.

“I tried some semipro baseball, that didn’t pan out, but softball, what a game, a super, super game. I played against a lot of world champions.”

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Special Olympics Game at ISC World Tournament – Aug 14 – 7pm

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Editor’s note: We heartily support this special event, and encourage anyone who will be in Kimberly on the 14th to contact Kyle Beane about helping out.

From Al’s Fastball:

Special Olympics Game – 2008 ISC World Tournament
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Kimberly, WI

The International Softball Congress and the Kimberly Recreation Association are pleased to announce that on Thursday, August 14th the Blazing Stars, an adult Special Olympics softball team from the Fox Valley, will be playing with and against players from the World Tournament.

Invitations have been sent to each WT team to participate and representatives from the Thomson Merchants, Circle Tap, the Bar of Appleton, the Midland Explorers and the Bar of Green Bay have already responded back to be part of the game. Many more are expected and all players are welcome.

The game will be played at 7:00 p.m. on the main diamond at Sunset Park where the Blazing Stars and World Tournament players will combine groups and play an exhibition game. World Tournament UIC Bruce Bierman will have a crew of Blue to officiate and Fastpitchwest.com’s Jim and Maddy Flanagan are going to be there as well.

I would like to encourage and invite players and fans to come out on the 14th to watch and support the game. It’s going to be a great addition to the World Tournament week and a chance for the ISC to continue to support a top-notch organization like the Special Olympics.

Kyle Beane
ISC Player Rep
kbeane8@yahoo.com

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Santa Rosa Wins Another

Monday, July 14th, 2008

The Dower Report

SONORA CA – Santa Rosa Fastpitch escaped a “close call” in Sunday’s semifinals before going on the win its second straight tournament at Sonora’s Standard Park, downing Fat City 9-0 in five innings in the championship game of the NAFA Tournament.

Sunday’s single-elimination tournament was strictly for Class C teams, but on Saturday, Santa Rosa posted an impressive 5-2 win over the Class B River City Rockers after dropping a narrow 9-7 decision to another strong Class B team, Team Pape. Earlier, Santa Rosa overcame an early 4-0 deficit to drub Fat City 22-11.

Brandon Shearer, the loser against Team Pape, came right back to turn in his strongest performance of the season in beating the Rockers. Shearer and River City starter Ed Gaspar were locked in a 2-2 tie before Gaspar had to leave the game in the fifth with an injury. Santa Rosa then scored three runs to break the game open.

On Sunday, Santa Rosa opened with a six-inning 13-6 win over Country Club Villa, with Shearer, who was 4-1 when Santa Rosa Red finished 4-1 in the Sonora ASA Tornament earlier this season (the Blue team won six straight to take the title), picking up his second win of the weekend.

Gary Dower, who was the winner in relief in Saturday’s first game over Fat City, started in Sunday’s semifinals against the Merced Merchants, but was roughed up for four runs in the first inning before settling down. Merced still led 7-6 with Santa Rosa batting in the bottom of the fifth and facing the time limit. Santa Rosa had a runner on second with two out and one minute to play, when they had Mike Mathewson bunt for a quick out.

That forced the game into the sixth inning and after Shearer, who had relieved Dower, halted Merced in the top half of the inning, Santa Rosa scored twice to win the game, 8-7, with Casey Hillman hitting a long drive to left to drive in the game winning run. Shearer then shut down Fat City in the championship game for his third win of the day and fourth of the tournament. Fat City reached the finals by battering 45 Plus 13-4 in its semifinal game and the 45’s had eliminated J. Hart Plumbing, 9-8 in the first round.

–Herb Dower

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Pools for 2008 ISC II T of C

Friday, July 11th, 2008


(click logo for official ISC II T of C page)

July 11, 2008 – The pools are set for the 2008 ISC II Tournament of Champions. Please see the list below.

The seeding for each pool is based on the rankings but adjustments have been made for scheduling requests and to ensure that teams from the same geographic region won’t meet in the round robin.

Each team will play three pool games. All teams will advance to a single knockout playoff bracket. The third and fourth place teams will cross over to play fourth and third-place teams from other divisions. The second place teams will receive a first-round bye while each pool winner will receive a bye through to the third round.

Games will start at 10:00 am on Sunday August 10 at Memorial Park. All teams will play at least once on Sunday with some playing twice. Pool play will be completed Monday night with the playoff round starting Tuesday morning. The 2008 ISC II Championship Game is scheduled for 2:00 pm central time on Wednesday August 13.

For more information on the seventh annual ToC, see the ISC II section of the ISC website at www.iscfastpitch.com and or see links on the right side here at The Deuce.

Blair Setford
ISC Canada East VP
ISC II Commissioner
blairjs(at)rogers.com

Pool A
Bakersfield, CA Taylor Farms LumberKings
Wyevale, ON Tribe
Memphis, TN Posse
Lloydminster, AB Dodgers

Pool B
South Lebanon, PA TNT
Bridgeport, ON Braves
Sioux Falls, SD Sox
Bulyea, SK Rustlers

Pool C
New York, NY Knights
Elora, ON Wellington Brewers
Sun Valley, CA Rude Pac
Kenosha, WI Earl’s Club

Pool D
Oswego, NY CPI
Kitchener, ON Outlaws
Salt Lake City, UT Innovative Communications
Mascoutah, IL Pete’s Blues

Pool E
Ashland, OH Stockpack
Palermo, ON Athletics
Carp, ON I4C Victory
Winterset, IA A’s

Pool F
Elmira, ON Cubs
Perkasie, PA Hoffman Rise
Hermann, MO Black Gold
Appleton, WI Bar of Appleton II

Pool G
Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder
Sacramento, CA River City Rockers
St. Paul, MN ASB Villard
Kelvington, SK PDC Comets

Pool H
Wilkes-Barre, PA Keatings’ Fitness
Waterdown, ON Hammer
Waverly, MN Herda & Sons
Chicago, IL Fastpitch Club

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SCIFL in Santa Barbara – July 12-13

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008


(Click logo for official SCIFL website)

The SCIFL will be in beautiful, sunny Santa Barbara this weekend for more league play. Click logo above to get directions to the ballpark at official site.

Click here for the schedule at the official SCIFL website.

Update from Mark Bennett in Santa Barbara: Air back to normal after the fires last weekend.

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