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The Dawgs are a Men’s Fastpitch Softball team based in the center of Israel. They play in the ISA (see their link at their website).
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008The Cages at Stillwater, MN
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
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We are pleased to share the news about a new batting practice, pitching and training facility in Minnesota, run by our friend Chris Diethert, of Team Minnesota.
The Cages is a premier indoor baseball and softball training facility that has 4,000 square feet, we offer:
* 4 Baseball/Softball Batting Cages
* Instructional Clinics: Skills, Pitching, Hitting, Catching
* Private Lessons:
(Pitching, Hitting, Catching, for Baseball & Slow and Fastpitch Softball Players)
* Training Instruction Area
* Party Room for Teams/Birthdays/EventsLocated in Stillwater at:
1709 Greeley Street
Stillwater, MN 55082Monday – Friday 3:15-9:30
Saturday 10am-8pm
Sunday 10am-6pmTel: 651.342.1406
Be sure to check out the photo gallery at their website.
Recap from the Panteras Valentine Tournament
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008From the SCIFL website:
Click here for the Panteras “Ace” Memorial Valentines tournament at Norwalk. (then click the menu buttons on the left for the scoreboards and bracket sheets for upper and lower divisions.
Introducing Ashland OH Stockpack
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Ashland STOCKPACK (formerly the Ashland Merchants) have completed a successful off season overhaul that involved much more than just a name change. We have added five seasoned players to an already strong core of players in hopes of making a serious run at the ISC II title in Appleton this August. Leading the new additions is pitcher Tyron McKinney. Many will remember Ty from his exploits as a young gun with the Ashland Coors Light team before he played for multiple season with the Midland Explorers, followed by a season with Ashland MVD Sports. Click here to read the full story at our ISC II blog, “The Deuce”
2008 Austin Blue Jays Tournament
Monday, February 18th, 2008
2008 Austin Blue Jays Men’s Fast Pitch Tournament
June 7 – 8, 2008
Austin, Texas
For further information please contact:
Pedro Tovar Jr.
512-743-4883
austinbluejays68@yahoo.com
About Those AAU Photos…..
Monday, February 18th, 2008If you are among those wondering what happened to this year’s AAU tournament photos, they will be “coming soon”. As we mentioned in an earlier post, Maddy’s computer crashed, hence the delay. She finally got it back from the shop and is hard at work sorting through several thousand shots, and prepping the best for online display. We’ll update you here when they’re up. In the meantime, here is one of So Cal’s Todd Budke, with the Broken Bow, NE squad from this year’s set:
Rude Pac, Panteras II Capture Valentine Crowns
Monday, February 18th, 2008Rude Pac’s John Pruneda and Panteras II’s Aaron Sepulveda Garner Tournament MVP’s
Rude-Pac and Panteras II take the crowns!
With another beautiful Sunday for fast pitch softball in Southern California, Rude-Pac took the number one seed out of the round robin with a 3-0 record, while only allowing four ones on Saturday. On Sunday they continued to win with a 5-0 victory over San Diego Primetime and then a 2-0 win in the Championship game against the Grillos of Mexicali for a perfect 5-0 record. Spud Barker took the win in the first game and Mark Bennett had the win in the second. Rude-Pac may have lost a couple of players from their 2007 NAFA A-Major World Series championship team, but they have improved their roster for their run at another championship or two for the 2008 season. With an already powerful linup, Rude-Pac picked up the services of seasoned veterans Steve Garcia, John Pruneda (tournament MVP) and Mark Bennett; as well as Gerald Pyle who will contribute both in the circle and batters box.
Panteras’ Valentine Tournament – Saturday results
Saturday, February 16th, 2008The first day of the Panteras tournament with an overcast sky which broke about 10 for a great day of softball. In the upper bracket Rude_pac and the Panteras both completed the day at 3-0 with Rude-Pac taking the number one seed by only allowing 4 runs in their games. In the “B” side of the lower bracket the Slverhawks came into town and took the number one seed with a 3-0 record with the Mud Dogs and Flor de Cana taking second and third respectively. Games were in progress in the “A” side of the lower bracket with the Caribbean holding the only undefeated record at 2-0
Championship games in both divisions are scheduled for 1:15 Sunday afternoon.
Click here for the Round-up.
So Cal’s 2008 Season Kicks Off Today
Saturday, February 16th, 2008The 2008 men’s fastpitch season gets underway today at Holifield Park in Norwalk as Fernie Ramirez and his Panteras team host the 19th Annual “Ace” Memorial tournament. Among the teams competing in the upper division is Rude Pac, the reigning NAFA A-Major champions from 2007. The Pac, headed up by Rudy Montanez, Jr. has improved its roster for 2008, and is gearing up the NAFA World Series, and perhaps its first foray into the ISC II Tournament of Champions, set for August 10-13, 2008 in Appelton, Wisconsin.
Games start at 8am, and will run late into the evening, with today’s final set due to start at 8:15pm. Sunday’s schedule has three sets of games slated starting at 8:30am, with the uppper and lower division championship games set for 1:15pm. For map and driving directions to Holifield Park, see our earlier post on the tournament.
Click here for the schedule posted at the SCIFL website. The schedule was revised, so be sure to note changes.
2008 NAFA Masters Dates Confirmed
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Thanks to Dave Birnie for providing this information:
East – Rockford, Illinois
West – Carson City, Nevada
The dates and locations for the 2008 NAFA Masters World Series have been officially announced. This information is supplied courtesy of NAFA Executive Director, Benjie Hedgecock. New for 2008 is the addition of a Women’s 35 and over division.
NAFA Masters East World Series
55-Over, 50-Over, 45-Over, 40-over, 35-Over, Womens 35-Over Rockford, Illinois(near Chicago) September 12-14, 2008 Friday evening to Sunday Afternoon 4 Game Guarantee, 3 Round Robin Games that seed all teams into a Single Elimination(If the number of teams is significant in any age class then we will break the Single Elimination Portion into an Upper and Lower Bracket on Sunday) First Game Friday Evening 5 pm and the championship at 3pm on Sunday Entry Fee $415 Ball: the new NAFA 120 stitch white cover white stitch cork center 47 core .375 compression ball
NAFA Masters West World Series
50-Over, 45-Over, 40-over, 35-Over, Womens 35-Over Carson City, Nevada(fly to Reno) September 20-21, 2008 Saturday Morning to Sunday Afternoon 3 Game Guarantee, 2 Round Robin Games that seed all teams into a Single Elimination(If the number of teams is significant in any age class then we will break the Single Elimination Portion into an Upper and Lower Bracket on Sunday) First Game Saturday Morning at 8 am and the championship at 3pm on Sunday Entry Fee $400 Ball: the new NAFA 120 stitch whi te cover white stitch cork center 47 core .375 compression ball.
NAFA Masters Program Committee
Mike Clark, East U.S. Co-Chair
Dave Birnie, East Canada Co-Chair
Jim Williamson, West U.S.
Lanky Johnson, West Canada
Benjie Hedgecock, Executive Director : nafafastpitch@gmail.com
Carley Parish, NAFA UIC
Check out the official NAFA web site : http://www.nafafastpitch.com/
or the Ontario Masters Fastball web site: http://eteamz.active.com/omf/
Stay tuned for further information as it becomes available.
Yours in Sport
Dave Birnie
Canada East Rep. & Co-Chair
NAFA Masters Committee
Web Site Administrator
Ontario Masters Fastball
Web Site : http://eteamz.active.com/omf/
E-mail : dbirnie(at)cogeco(dot)ca
E-mail : ontariomasters(at)hotmail(dot)com