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Comox Valley Cannons, B.C. Win 47th Seattle Invitational

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

47th Annual Seattle Invitational
Fastpitch Tournament
Fort Dent Sports Complex, August 4-5, 2007

The Comox Valley Cannons from Courtenay, British Columbia defeat Cleons Auto to Win the 47th Seattle Invitational.

The Comox Valley Cannons hung on to defeat Cleons Auto 5 – 3 to win the 47th Annual Seattle Invitational. The Cannons from Courtenay, British Columbia, jumped out to a 2 – 0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on a 2-run home run by the Cannon first baseman Brad Douglas. The Cannons extended their lead to 5 – 0 in the bottom of the 5th inning on 4 consecutive hits. Left fielder, Kyle Law, lead off the inning with a triple. Right fielder, Michael Pohl, followed with a double to drive in Law. Brad Douglas then singled to drive in Pohl. Center fielder Tyler Douglas completed the scoring by driving in his brother Brad. However, Cleons Auto would not give up. In the 7th inning, as the Cannons Joe Robbins (Tournament MV-Pitcher) began to tire and yielded a couple of walks, Cleons Auto came back with 3 runs highlighted by Sean Praven’s 2-run single. Robbins recoved to get the last 3 outs and wrap up the Championship for the Cannons.

The hard fought Championship Game featured each team’s workhorse pitcher. Ryan Divish of Cleons Auto (Tournament All-Star Pitcher) started all 7 of their games in the tournament. Joe Robbins pitched in 5 of the Cannons 6 games. Robbins finished the Championship Game with 12 K’s.

Game 35 (Championship Game)

Cleons Auto (Tacoma, WA) 3 – 4 – 1
Comox Valley Cannons (Courtenay, B.C.) 5 – 5 – 0
WP – Joe Robbins
LP – Ryan Divish

CR/Adidas (Portland, OR) won the Consolation Championship.

All Stars

C – Mike Loder Cleons Auto
1B – Al Khalaf Cleons Auto
2B – Mike Shock Screaming Yaks
3B – Josh Agnew CR/Adidas
SS – Sean Praven Cleons Auto
OF – Tyler Douglas Comox Valley Cannons
OF – Mike Linnane Bodle Chiropractic
OF – Derek Stith Boise Clippers
U – Benny Van Buskirk Cleons Auto
U – Todd Barnes Comox Valley Cannons
P – Ryan Divish Cleons Auto
P – Jim Robinson Screaming Yaks

MVPitcher – Joe Robbins – Comox Valley Cannons
MVPlayer – Matt Friesen – Comox Valley Cannons

SCOREBOARD
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Baytown Hawks Win Latin Tournament

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Baytown Hawks Win Their 9th Championship Behind MVP’s Potoliccio and Pena

The Baytown Hawks with the pitching of Juan Potoliccio from (Argentina)and Lalo Escobedo from (Chiguagua,Mexico) won the Latin tournament there was also help from other parts of the world like Mark Santillano (Woodbridge Cali.) Reymundo Parra (Encenada, Mexico) Joe Morales ( El Paso Texas) Rene Solis ( El Paso Texas) Roland Gonzales (Houston Texas) Johnny Villanueva (San Antonio Texas) David Rocha (San Antonio Texas) Mark Parre ( San Antonio Texas) Jr Hernandez (Houston Texas) Daniel (pops ) Garcia (baytown texas) Roo Hinojosa ( Baytown Texas ) Matt Hinojosa (Baytown Texas) and Charlie Pena (Brownsville Texas ) the Coaches Michael (Dub) Garcia, Perry Garcia, Daniel (lalis) Garcia and the great Bebe Garcia led us to the 9th championship

All Tournament Team Selections

Mark Santillano third base
Johnny Villanueva outfield
David Rocha catcher
Lalo Escobedo pitcher
Joe Morales golden glove

Outstanding Pitcher – Juan Potoliccio
Most Valuable Player – Charlie Pena

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Tournament at Soboba – So Cal – Sept 14-16

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

The 5th Annual Eric Post Memorial Fastpitch Open Tournament

Hosted By The Soboba BBC/So.Cal. Tribes
September 14th Thru 16th , 2007 At The Soboba Sports Complex
Limited To The First 16 Mens Teams
Teams There Will Be Friday Games
Double Elimination

Mail All Entries To
Isaiah Vivanco
Po Box 531
San Jacinto,Ca 92581
Entry Fee $300
ASA Rules With DH and DR
Debeer 212 Balls Will Be Used
Awards 1st .2nd and 3rd Place Sponsor Trophies
1st Place Hooded Sweatshirts (15)
2nd Place Shirts (15)
3rd Place Shirts (15)
9 All Tourney Awards
1 MV Pitcher
1 MV Player

Any Questions Call Isaiah Vivanco
(951)377-4173
Deadline Is Monday Sept 10th
Make Checks Payable To Isaiah Vivanco

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Youth Clinic At ISC Looking For Players To Help Out

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Editor’s note: We urge any ISC or ISC II players who can help out to contact Tom Crouch. They do great work with the youth clinic, and are working hard to ensure a solid foundation for the future of the game.

Via

Once again the ISC will be hosting a Youth Fastball clinic at Wilson park in Kitchener Ontario on Monday, Aug 13. The first session will be from 9-1130am and the second session will be
from 1-330pm. We are looking for players who can come out and help with the clinic. The clinic is dependent on players volunteering their time to help with this successful clinic.

On Monday night at 630 at Peter Hallman Ball Yard the Special Needs session will holding a clinic. This is for Special Olympians and athletes with special needs. On Tuesday night there will be a pitcher and catcher clinic at Peter Hallman Ball Yard as well. Please make an attempt to come out and help with any or all of these clinics. Contact me if you are available for any of the clinics and I will get more information out to you including directions to Wilson Park for Mondays clinics.

Thanks
Tom Crouch
tcro14(at)yahoo.com

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Panteras, Pyle Reign at Artesia

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

From the SCIFL News Blog:

The Panteras rode the arm of Gerald Pyle as he threw a complete game 4 hit shutout in beating The Long Beach Black Sox 5-0 in the championship game. Pyle struck out 10 and walked none in a brilliant performance. The Panteras completed a perfect 5-0 weekend in winning the 12 team event at Artesia Park in Artesia. Eli Salazar led the offensive attack going 2-3 with 3 RBI. Tony Acedo also added 2 hits and a run scored. Jimmy Buentello chipped in with another 2-3 day and a run scored. The Panteras beat Ron Rupp for the second time in the day.

The Panteras jumped on Rupp early in the first inning. Rupp walked the first two hitters of the game. Two outs later Eli Salazar lined a 0-2 pitch to left field for a single making the score 2-0 Panteras. Tony Aucedo later singled with two outs driving in Salazar making the score 3-0 after one inning. In the Panteras fourth inning Tony Aucedo singled with one out. Trino Ramirez followed with a walk. With runners on first and third Dee Neeblas hit a sac fly to center making the score 4-0. In the Panteras 5th Jesse Duncan singled as did Jimmy Buentello. Eli Salazar singled home Duncan to make the score 5-0 after 5 innings.

Pyle did the rest for the Panteras as the Sox mounted only 1 real threat in the first inning when Andy Martinez singled and Fred Hanker doubled. With runners on second and third with 1 out Pyle retired Chris Minogue and Dave Demaio to stop the rally. After the first inning Long Beach never got a runner past second base the rest of the game. Fred Hanker led the Sox going 2-2 and Andy and Chris Martinez got the 2 other hits.

The game marked the end of the 2007 SCIFL inaugural season. The Long Beach Black Sox were crowned the A Major champions winning 3 tournaments and compiling an astounding 31-7 record in league play. The A Minor champion will be determined in a few days. I would like to thank all the teams for participating in what was a very successful first season of competitive fast pitch softball. A special thanks to Robert Hernandez the Tournament Director for whom made all this possible. We hope to continue to bring exciting softball to the Southern California area for many years to come. Good luck to all the teams going to the nationals in a few weeks.

Fred Hanker

SCIFL Commissioner

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ASA Major National Champions – Patsy’s

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

From

Patsy’s wins first ASA Men’s Major Fast Pitch National Championship

South Bend, Ind.—Patsy’s of New York City won its first ever ASA Men’s Major Fast Pitch National Championship on Saturday night with a 9-5 win over the Farm Tavern of Madison, Wis. Gerald Muizelaar, who was named as the Herb Dudley Most Valuable Player, held off a scrappy Farm Tavern squad to collect his third win and secure Patsy’s first ASA Men’s Major National Championship.

Patsy’s Thomas Makea was named as the Batting Champion after going 9-for-18 (.500) during his team’s run to the title. Despite a runner-up finish, the Farm Tavern’s second baseman Zeron Winters was named as the Most Valuable Player after posting a .433 batting average with 13 hits, three home runs and 10 RBI.

Patsy’s cruised in to the championship game with a 6-2 win over the Quaker Riversharks of Ambler, Pa. Frank DeGroat was once again the offensive star for Patsy’s collecting a single, a home run and three RBIin the winning effort. Travis Wise drove in two RBI while Omar Moraga posted a single, a double and an RBI. Adam Folkard was the winning pitcher for Patsy’s after striking out nine.

After dropping its opening game of the tournament to Broken Bow, the Farm Tavern battled all the way back to meet Patsy’s in the championship game. On Saturday alone, the Farm won four games in a row just to get in to the championship game. They started the day with a 10-6 win over the Minn Dak Millers of Fargo, ND at 9 a.m. Jeff Goolagong almost hit for the cycle going 3-for-3 with a double, triple, home run and two RBI.

At 11 a.m. the Farm got their revenge on Broken Bow with an 8-7 victorythat sent the Gremlins home. The win sent the Farm into the semi-finals of the loser’s bracket where they faced Circle Tap of Denmark, Wis., the defending ASA National Champion. Arepeat of 2006 was not to be for Circle Tap as Broken Bow continued their dreamcome back with a 6-2 win to move one step closer to the championship game. Wintersled the way for the Farm with a single, a home run and two RBI.

In the loser’s bracket finals the Farm showed no signs of fatigueas they took down the Quaker Riversharks, who were playing just their secondgame of the day, 8-2, to advance in to the championship game against Patsy’s.Collin Abbott, Donny Hale and Winters were all offensive stars in the win. Abbott had a single, a home run and two RBI, while Dale contributed a single, a double and two RBI. Winters continued his success with a single, two RBI andtwo RBI.

Brian McCall
bmccall@softball.org

(Championship) Game #37 – 5:00pm
The Farm Tavern – Madison, WI 5runs, 10 hits, 0 errors
Patsy’s – New York, NY 9runs, 9 hits, 2 errors
WP – Gerald Muizelaar
LP – Sebastian Geravsutti
Zeron Winters (Farm Tavern) three singles
Donny Hale (Farm Tavern) triple, home run, two RBI’s
Jeff Goolagong (Farm Tavern) single, home run, RBI
Paul Rosebush (Farm Tavern) two singles, RBI
Travis Wilson (Patsy’s) two singles, two RBI’s
Frank DeGroat (Patsy’s) single, home run two RBI’s
Lois Joglar (Patsy’s) two singles, RBI

Batting Champion: 9 hits, 18 at-bats, .500 batting average
Patsy’s – Thomas Makea

Herb Dudley Most Valuable Pitcher: Won 3, Lost 0 –1.68 ERA, 16 2/3 innings pitched, allowed 10 hits, while striking out 20
Patsy’s Gerald Muizelaar

Most Valuable Player: 13 hits, 3 HR’s, 10 RBI’s,..433 batting average
The Farm Tavern – (2B) Zeron Winters

Bob Waters
Belleville Softball Staff
574-282-1449

Final Bracket

First Team All Americans

Second Team All Americans
Final Order of Finish

Individual Award Winners

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South Bend Newspaper Story on ASA Major

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

From the

Outlaws pick up ASA victory

MEN’S SOFTBALL

Elkhart’s Duncan Outlaws picked up the lone local win on the second day of the ASA Men’s Major Fast Pitch National Softball Tournament at Belleville Complex.

The Outlaws topped the Ashland Mets (Ashland, Ohio) 3-2 in the nightcap behind Allen Hodge with two hits including a triple and an RBI. Craig Foor added a pair of hits in the win.

Jeff Brown tried to provide enough offense by connecting for a single, double, and a home run to drive in three runs, but the Outlaws dropped a close game, 5-4, to HBC Rice Creek Lightning (Homer, Mich).

Tim Smart added a pair of singles and an RBI in the loss.

The Outlaws fell to The Farm Tavern (Madison, WI) 11-0 in the late game.

Benton Harbor’s Plangger team surrendered six runs in both of its games and was unable to make up the difference.

Plangger dropped its opener 6-4 to Dolan & Murphy (Aurora, Ill.) and 6-2 later in the afternoon to the Midland Explorers (Midland, Mich).

In other games:

Midland Explorers (Mich.) 4, Ashland Mets (Ohio) 0: Craig Crawford had a home run and two RBIs.

Thomson Area Merchants (Ill.) 10, Bloomington Stix (Ill.) 5: Steve Manson had a single and two homers to drive in four runs in the win. Marquis Cody had three hits and three RBIs, John Brandon had a pair of singles and a double with two RBIs, and Chad Seeman had a single and home run for three RBIs.

The Farm Tavern (Wis.) 7, Dolan & Murphy (Ill.) 2: Rob Gray and Colin Abbott both singled and homered in the win. Kevin Schellenberg singled and doubled, and Jason Hill had two singles and a double in the win.

Bloomington Stix (Ill.) 8, Dolan & Murphy (Ill.) 6: Chad Seeman had three hits and three RBIs and Thomas Cameron singled and homered to drive in three runs for Stix. Paul Montero had three hits and Mitch Pruemer added two doubles in the win. Dolan was led by Camden Decker with a single and a triple and Adam Perkins with two hits.

Broken Bow Gremlins (N.Y.) 5, Florida Fastpitch (Fla.) 2: Jordan Taveras had two hits, including a double.

Patsy’s (N.Y.) 3, Quad City Sox (Ia.) 0: Gerald Muizelaar had 12 strikeouts, holding the Sox to one hit. Travis Wilson homered and had two RBIs.

Quaker Riversharks (Pa.) 4, Midwest Stampede (Ia.) 0: Blair Ezekiel homered to lead Quaker. Dennis Jensen and Chris Bowman both had two hits for the Stampede.

Circle Tap (Wis.) 8, MinnDak Millers (N.D.) 6: Frankie Perez had two hits, including a home run to lead Circle Tap. Tim Jorgenson had two hits, including a triple, Tom Crouch had two hits, and Chris DeLarWelle homered. Brian Lammeng singled and homered to knock in three runs for MinnDak.

Midland Explorers (Mich.) 3, Bloomington Stix (Ill.) 2: Brant Lynch had two hits for Midland.

Florida Fastpitch (Fla.) 5, Thomson Area Merchants (Ill.) 2: Terry Luster struck out 11. Fastpitch was led at the plate by Blake Miller with a double and home run with three RBIs, and Mike Brown with a single and double. B.J. Gulick homered for Thomson.

The Farm Tavern (Wis.) 3, Midwest Stampede (Ia.) 0: Zenon Winters homered and had two RBIs. Benise Hanson had two singles for the Stampede.

MinnDak Millers (N.D.) 11, HBC Rice Creek Lightning (Mich.) 2: Ward Goose pitched a three hitter with 13 strikeouts. Gregg Cascaes had two hits and four RBIs and Goose singled and homered to drive in two runs for MinnDak.

Midland Explorers (Mich.) 3, Quad City Sox (Ia.) 2: Midland was led by Todd Schultz and Steve Horning with two hits each. Horning drove in the winning run in the seventh. Billy Kranz had two hits and Henry Schelb had a single and a double for the Sox.

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ASA Major – And Then There Were Six

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Midland Over Florida, The Farm Over Minn Dak

From

Winner’s Bracket Final:
Patsy’s vs. Riversharks (ISC # 2 vs. ISC # 3)

Loser’s Bracket Semi-finals:

11am EST – The Farm vs. Broken Bow (ISC #6 vs. ISC # 1)
11am EST – Midland vs. Circle Tap (ISC # 12 vs. ISC # 8.)

1pm EST – Loser’s Bracket final, with winners of 11am games
3pm EST – Loser’s Bracket Winner vs. Winner’s Bracket Loser

5pm EST – Championship Game
7pm EST – “if” game

Click here for the updated bracket at Al’s Fastball

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ASA Major – Day 3

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Eight Teams Left Standing As Tournament Heads into Day 3

Matchups for Saturday:

Winner’s Bracket Final:
Patsy’s vs. Riversharks

Loser’s Bracket:

9am EST – The Farm vs. MinnDak Millers
11am …….winner to face Broken Bow at 11am

9am EST – Midland vs. Florida Fastpitch
11am……….winner to face Circle Tap at 11am

1pm EST – Loser’s Bracket final, with last two standing from above 6 teams
3pm EST – Loser’s Bracket winner vs. loser of Winner’s Bracket final (Patsy’s-Riversharks)

5pm EST – Championship Game
7pm EST – “if” game

Click here for the updated bracket at Al’s Fastball

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ASA Major – Day 2 – Late Night Results

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

From

Click here for the updated bracket at Al’s Fastball

Friday night results:

Winner’s Bracket:

Patsy’s over Broken Bow
Riversharks over Circle Tap

Loser’s Bracket:

Farm over Midwest Stampede
MinnDak over HBC Rice Creek
Florida over Thomson
Midland over Quad City

As of Saturday morning:

Unbeaten:(2)

Patsy’s (3-0, def. Duncan, Quad City and Broken Bow)
Riversharks (3-0, def. Midland, Stampede and Circle Tap)

One Loss (6)

Broken Bow (2-1, def. The Farm, Florida, lost to Pasty’s)
Circle Tap (2-1, def. Thomson, MinnDak, lost to Riversharks)
The Farm (2-1, def. Dolan & Murphy, and Midwest Stampede, lost to Broken Bow)
Minn Dak Millers (2-1, def. Ashland, and HBC Rice Creek, lost to Circle Tap)
Florida Fastpitch (2-1, def Planggers and Thomson, lost to Broken Bow)
Midland Explorers (4-1, def. Ashland, Plangger,Bloomington, and Quad City, lost to Riversharks)

Eliminated (9)

Quad City (1-2, def. HBC Rice Creek, lost to Patsy’s and Midland)
Midwest Stampede (1-2, def. Bloomington, lost to Riversharks and The Farm)
HBC Rice Creek (1-2, def. Duncan, lost to Quad City and Minn Dak)
Thomson Merchants (1-2, def. Bloomington, lost to Circle Tap and Florida Fastpitch)
Dolan & Murphy (1-2, def. Planggers, lost to Midland, Bloomington)
Bloomington (1-3, def. Dolan & Murphy, lost to Stampede, Thomson and Midland)
Duncan Outlaws (1-3, def. Ashland, lost to Patsy’s, HBC Rice Creek and The Farm)
Planggers (0-3, Losses: Florida, Dolan & Murphy, and Midland)
Ashland Mets (0-3, Losses: MinnDak, Midland, Duncan)

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