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Team USA Tops Team Minnesota for AAU Title

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

With the score tied at 2 in the bottom of the 7th inning, USA centerfielder Adam LaLonde singled through the left side scoring Blake Miller from second base for the game winning run — and 2006 AAU Championship.

Travis Price went the distance for Team USA to pick up the win. Rick Lang was the hard luck loser, pitching well in relief for Team Minnesota.

In Sunday’s semi-finals, Team USA topped Kitchener Hallman Twins, Ontario, Canada 4-1, and Team Minnesota topped Heflin 6-4.

Team Awards

1st Place – Team USA
2nd Place – Team Minnesota
3rd Place – Heflin NY and Kitchener Hallman Twins

MVP – Frank DeGroat, New Jersey, Team USA
MVPitcher – Travis Price, Southern California, Team USA

Final score, 3-2 Team USA; Adam Lalonde game winning hit in botom of 7th inning, scoring Blake Miller from second base.

AAU Sunday Schedule – Final Four !

Saturday, January 21st, 2006


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After three days of play, there are just four teams remaining in the 2006 AAU International Tournament. Four teams, three games, one champion !

The Final Four are:

1. Kitchener Hallman Twins, Ontario, Canada
2. Team USA
3. Heflin, NY
4. Team Minnesota

Sunday schedule, January 22, 2006

Semi-final:
10AM – Team USA vs Hallman Twins

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Semi-final
10am – Team Minnesota vs. Heflin, NY

Noon – Championship game
Winner Team USA/Kitchener Hallman Twins vs. winner Heflin, NY vs. Team Minnesota
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AAU Saturday – 5pm Results (Single Elim)

Saturday, January 21st, 2006


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Team Minnesota – 12
Fedlock – 3
WP – Muizelaar & Twordick
LP – Dyck, Roman (5) & Sell

Team USA – 14
Texaco Pirates – 0
WP – White, Thomson (4) & DeGroat
LP – Garrity & O’Neil

Hallman Twins – 9
Orr Park – 1
WP – T. Martin & Shewfelt
LP – Garrity & O’Neil

Heflin – 11
Los Socios – 10
WP – Ezekeil & Gasaway
LP – Perez, Navaz (5) & Oropoza

AAU Tournament Live on Ballparkradio at 5pm EST Tonight!

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

Team Minnesota v. Fedlock
Muizelaar vs. Dyck
5pm EST on Ballparkradio

If our dial up connection cooperates, it looks like we will be broadcasting live from the Disney Complex in Orlando, Florida. Fedlock, DC/MI vs. Team Minnesota in a quarterfinal game; 5pm EST, adjust your timezone accordingly.

Looks like a great pitching matchup with Gerald Muizelaar going for Team Minnesota and Dewey Dyck for Fedlock. For those who won’t be home to hear it live, we’ll post a podcast on the ballparkradio.com website. Click the “Click to Listen” link at the top of the page at Ballparkradio:
http://www.ballparkradio.com

If you’re listening, perhaps you can email me, jim (at) ballparkradio.com and let me know how it sounds.

Best regards,
Jim Flangan

AAU – Saturday 1pm Results (Single Elim)

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

Texaco Pirates – 6
Florida Fastpitch – 2
WP – Bethel & Albury
LP – Zack & Gray

Harter’s All Stars – 1
Hallman Twins – 6
WP – Koert, T. Martin (6) & Gibson
LP – Algar, Scheller (5) & Esteves

Orr Park – 3
Quad City Sox – 2
WP – Haymen, Garrity (4), McCabe (7) & O’Neil
LP – Rebling & Kranz

Team USA – 7
Venezuela/Miami – 2
WP- S. Perkins & DeGroat
LP – Hernandez, Torres (4) & Castillo

Consolation Championship:

Jamaica – 9
Burke Xplosion – 14
WP – Chapman & Propst
LP – Salmon, McCaw (5) & Donaldson

AAU – Saturday 11am Results (Single Elim)

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

Ohsweken – 3
Orlando Kings – 1
WP – Miller, Schweyer (6) & Sowden
LP – J. Hineline & Castillo

Alabama Fastpitch – 5

Oklahoma Fastpitch – 3
WP – Fawcett & Perry
LP – Leitka, Bolin (6)& Hudson

Earl’s Club – 4
Union Storm – 1
WP – Johnson & Frodermann
LP – Merserau, Wardell (5) & Simes

Radio 560 – 11
Team Colombia – 2
WP – Cazales & Congo
LP – Caicedo & Mariaga

Consolation Bracket

Jamaica – 6
Big Cove – 3
WP – McCaw & Donaldson
LP – Hill & Ledford

Burke Xplosion – 11
Cherokee Pirates – 3
WP – McCarrick & Propst
LP Harjochee & Driver

AAU – Saturday 9am Results (Single Elim)

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

Single Elimination Games:

Quad City Sox – 8
Panama Orlando – 1
WP – Farion & Willert
LP – Bogo & Armier

Venezuela/Miami – 10
Houston Aces – 2
WP – Torres & Castillo
LP – Valdez & Gilmour

CPI – 2
Harter’s All Stars – 5
WP – Algar & Esteves
LP – J. Smith, Sampson (7) & Sepulveda

Florida Fastpitch 8
Ambassadors – 4
WP – Simpson & White
LP – Newton, A. Smith (5), Winship (7) & Abney

Four, 11AM games are currently underway. The 8 byed teams play at 1 & 3 PM. Quarter finals at 5 PM to complete the day.

AAU BROADCAST UPDATE

Saturday, January 21st, 2006


BROADCAST UPDATE

Jim is going to try to do a 5pm game Saturday. Watch here and/or at Ballparkradio for details.

If this test game goes well, then he will be doing a semi final at 10 am (7 am pst) Sunday followed by the final at noon ( 9 am pst).

Click here to listen.

Guest post from Blair Setford

AAU heads into “Single Elimination Saturday”

Friday, January 20th, 2006

Editor’s note: We were in transit all day and night today, so will catch up on our reports at our AAU website shortly. In the meantime, Ken Hackmeister has the results posted over at Al’s Fastball. From Ken Hackmeister in Orlando, Florida, courtesy of Al’s Fastball

Click here to see them.

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Pool play games concluded Friday night, 42 games later. 24 of the 28 teams enter the single elimination championship bracket, with the top 8 teams earning first round byes, earned by winning their respective pools. The “Elite Eight” are:

Hallman Twins
Orr Park
Texaco Pirates
Team USA
Team Minnesota
Fedlock
Los Socios
Heflin

Here is the schedule for Saturday’ Single elimination bracket play:

SATURDAY SCHEDULE – SINGLE ELIMINATION

9:00 am
CPI vs Harter’s All Stars
Quad City Sox vs Panama Orlando
Ambassadors vs Florida Fastpitch
Venezuela/Miami vs Houston Aces

11:00 AM

Team Colombia vs Radio 560
Union Storm vs Earl’s Club
Ohsweken vs Orlando Kings
Oklahoma Fastpitch vs Alabama Fastpitch
Big Cove vs Jamaica (Consolation)
Burke Xplosion vs Cherokee Pirates (Consolation)

1 PM
Hallman Twins vs winner of CPI-Harters
Orr Park vs winner of Quad City – Orlando
Texaco Pirates vs winner of Ambassadors-FL Fastpitch
Team USA vs winner of Venez/Miami-Houston
Consolation Championship

3 PM

Team Minnesota vs winner of Colombia – Radio 560
Fedlock vs winnner of Union Storm-Earl’s Club
Los Socios vs winner of Ohsweken-Orlando
Heflin vs winniner of OK FP – AL FP

5 PM

4 games involving winners of 1PM & 3 PM games.

AAU – Thursday 6pm Results

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Los Socios, Venezuela, Hallman Twins, Canada, Fedlock, D.C./MI, Heflin, NY and the Quad City Sox, IA won their 6pm games Thursday evening in opening round action in the AAU International Tournament at the Disney Complex in Orlando, Florida.


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From Ken Hackmeister in Orlando, Florida, courtesy of Al’s Fastball

Heflin Builders – 16
Big Cove – 1
WP – Vasquez & Gasaway
LP- Hill & Ledford

Quad City Sox – 14
Cherokee Pirates – 0
WP – A. Rebling, McCabe (3), Farion (5) & Kranz
LP – Taylor, Harjochee (5) & Harjochee, Driver (5)

Alabama Fastpitch – 1
Hallman Twins – 12
WP – Martin, Koert (4) & Shewfelt
LP – Dubsky, Bunge (3) & Perry

Houston Aces – 0
Los Socios – 8
WP – Navas & Orupoza
LP – Wells & Gilmour

Fedlock – 2
Harter’s All Stars- 1
WP – Sleep & Sell
Algar, Scheller (LP 5) & LeBlanc

Oklahoma Fastpitch – 4
Team Colombia – 4
Marcus Chaqued – Colombia
Joe Leitke, Harry (6) – Oklahoma Fastpitch

Friday games begin at 9 AM.