The Northern California Mavs lost the loser’s bracket final, 8-1 at the 2005 NAFA “AA” World Series, finishing 3rd among 29 teams, a great showing for the first year club.
Game 63-Lancaster County Motors 8 Nor Cal Mavericks 1, 6 innings, NorCal eliminated
Nor Cal ….000 010-1 5 2
Lancaster 220 211-8 11 0
WP- Earl Rutledge (2-1)
LP-Keith Frey (1-2)
HR-Craig Daniels (2)
HR-Bart Fenstamaker (3, 4), Jeremy Gehr (1, 2)
Anthony Martinez, Jason Obregon, Kevin Castillo and Issac Hernandez earn First Team All American Honors
From the So Cal ASA website:
“The Young Bucks lost in the final of the winner’s bracket game to defending champions, LeMay’s, 8 – 5, but rebounded behind Anthony Martinez to defeat another strong team from Sioux City, South Dakota 9 – 2 and force a rematch with LeMay. The Championship game was a hitter’s fest that had the lead change numerous times. Anthony started the game and was relieved by Beau Brooks in the 5th inning. With the score tied at 13 in the bottom of the 7th, the Young Bucks scored the winning run and force the “if” game.
However, due to a 6:00PM scheduled game time, a flight scheduled for 9:00PM and an 1:30 drive, the Young Bucks were not able to finish competing for the National Championship and were awarded the second place trophy. Anthony Martinez finished the tournament with a perfect 4 – 0 record and Beau Brooks finished with a 2 – 1 record, including the big win in the Championship game.”
Click here to read the whole story at the So Cal ASA website.
Some additional notes, courtesy of the Young Buck’s manager, Clyde Bennett:
Subject: Santa Barbara Youngs Bucks
23 and under National Tournament Mankato Minnesota
Game 1
Young Bucks 10 Hadar Nebraska 2
WP Anthony Martinez
Isaac Hernandez 2-3
Game 2
Young Bucks 6 St.Louis, Missouri 3
WP Beau Brooks
Kevin Castillo 1-3 game winning hit
Game 3
Young Bucks 4 Mt.Lake Minnesota 3 (8 innings)
WP Anthony Martinez
Clay Miller 2-4 Jason Obregon2-3 Kevin Castillo 2-4 Eric Smalling 2-3
Game 4
Crystal Lake Minnesota 8 Young Bucks 5
LP Beau Brooks
Mike Morales 2-4 2 rbis
Game 5
Young Bucks 8 Sioux City S.D. 2
WP Anthony Martinez
Clay Miller 2-3 2 rbis Isaac Hernandez 3-3 3 rbis
Game 6
Young Bucks 14 Crystral Lake Minn., 13
WP Beau Brooks
Clay Miller 3-4 Eric Smalling 2-4 2HRs Adam Alegria 3-4 Isaac Hernandez 3-4
Stats G AB H RBI Avg.
Clay Miller 6 20 8 4 .400
Eric Smalling 6 16 6 7 .374
Jason Obregon 6 21 7 4 .300
Kevin Castillo 6 18 8 5 .444
Isaac Hernandez 6 20 12 13 .600
Matt Morales 4 12 6 4 .500
Adam Alegria 6 16 6 3 .374
Chris Paiva 6 18 4 2 .222
Chris Marsh 5 4 2 1 .500
Jason Reynolds 6 10 3 1 .300
Jason Gluckman 5 12 1 0 .083
Anthony Martinez 5 3 0 0 .000
Beau Brooks 3 0 0 0 .000
Pitching G IP K W L
Anthony Martinez 4 26 19 3 0
Beau Brooks 3 16 9 2 1
The Quaker Riversharks of PA and Tampa Bay Smokers of FL will meet in the winner’s bracket finals in the ASA Men’s Major Tournament at Altamonte Springs, FL, after each winning their first two games.
The R’sharks topped defending champions The Farm Tavern and Florida Fastpitch, while Tampa Bay beat Keating Fitness, PA and Team Iowa. Florida Fastpitch will take on the winner of Team Iowa and Keating Fitness for the right to face the Farm, which advanced by forfeit by the So Cal Bombers, who withdrew from the tournament.
The 3-day, 6-team tournament concludes Saturday.
Saturday’s schedule of games:(All game times EST)
9am: Team Iowa vs. Florida Fastpitch (loser’s bracket)
12noon: The Farm Tavern vs. winner of Team Iowa/Florida Fastpitch (loser’s bracket)
12noon:Quaker Riversharks vs. Tampa Bay Smokers (winner’s bracket final)
4pm: Loser’s Bracket Final;
7pm: Championship Game
9pm: “If” game
Rod Peterson’s Farm Tavern Set to Defend ASA Major Title
The ASA Men’s Major Tournament gets underway Thursday at 6pm EST (3pm west coast time), at Altamonte Springs, Florida, with two opening round games:
The Farm Tavern, Madison, WI vs. Quaker Riversharks, PA
Tampa Bay Smokers, FL vs. Keating Fitness, PA
The Farm Tavern has won the tournament the last two years in a row, and will go for a “three-peat” in 2005. Last year, they were led by pitcher Dean Holoien, who set a new ASA record for 21 strikeouts in a game, and threw a no-hitter in the championship game win over Broken Bow. Click here to read Bill Plummer’s recap of last year’s finale, courtesy of Al’s Fastball.
Rumor has it that a couple of local (and well known) So Cal players will be wearing the Farm’s familiar “pig” logo tomorrow night, joining another Californian who is a regular member of the squad Todd Budke, while a Northern California player may be in a Riversharks uniform. Budke was a First Team All American at third base in last year’s tournament.
The winner of the Farm-Riversharks game will play Florida Fastpitch, which drew a first round bye, while the winner of the Tampa Bay-Keatings game will face Team Iowa, which got a first round forfeit/bye with the So Cal Bombers dropping out of the tournament.
The six team tournament runs through Saturday night. Click here for the bracket.
Team Rainey 10, So Cal Bombers 2; WP-Sonny Perkins; LP-Travis Price; Neil Sauerheber (TR) 2 run HR; Single elim bracket today. More details tonight.
Vancouver, BC The 4th Annual Vancouver Challenge Mens FP tournament continued on Saturday with beautiful west coast weather, under sunny skies and warm temperatures at South Memorial Park in Vancouver. Easily the largest crowd in recent history for Mens Faspitch in the Lower Mainland were treated to a full day of 9 games that wrapped up shortly after midnight local time. Pool play results from Saturday were as follow:
Saskatoon Black Sox 6 – Calgary Smokers 5
WP – Trevor Ethier (6) in relief of Sean Whitten
LP – Grant Patterson
A good ball game between these fine teams, with a back and forth affair that
finally ended using the international tiebreaker rule. HR – Trent Rubley,
Calgary.
Broken Bow Spirit 8 – New West Van City 6
WP – Mike Piechnik (7) in relief of Gerald Muizelaar
LP – Dan Valachy
This game proved to be one of the most exciting contests of the day, with
several lead changes. Van City tied the game in the bottom of 7 with 2 outs
only to have Bow rebound in extra innings to score 2 and take the victory.
HR – Brian Abrey, Van City – a 2 out grand slam shot that gave his team a
short lived 5 – 4 lead in the 5th inning.
Prince George Black Bears 3 – Saskatoon 0
WP – Collin McKenzie
LP – Trevor Ethier
Pitcher Collin McKenzie paved the way for the Prince George victory giving
up 1 hit and racking up 12 strikeouts. Harv Wiens lead the offensive attack
with a 2 run home run. HR- Harv Wiens, Prince George.
Broken Bow 3 – Vancouver 0
WP – Mike Piechnik with relief from Gerald Muizelaar (7)
LP – Nick Underhill
Vancouver committed 3 errors in the contest which directly resulted in all
of Bow’s runs for the victory.
Calgary 1 – Saskatoon 0
WP – Frank Cox
LP – Collin McKenzie
A good dual between both of these fine pitchers.
Final Standings after completion of pool play
Red Pool
1. Broken Bow 2 – 0
2. Vancouver 1 – 1
3. New Westminster 0 – 2
Blue Pool
1. Prince George 1 – 1 / +2
2. Calgary 1 – 1 / Even
3. Saskatoon 1 – 1 / – 2
* A 3 way tie in the Blue Pool was broken using runs for and against
criteria.
The top 2 teams in each pool received a double life in the playoffs and the
3rd seed received a single life.
Playoffs
Saskatoon 8 – New Westminster 0
WP – Sean Whitten
LP – Joe Robbins
Saskatoon’s bats came alive early and often in this game. With the loss New
Westminster Van City was eliminated from the event.
Broken Bow 5 – Calgary 2
WP – Gerald Muizelaar with relief from Mike Piechnik (5)
LP – Grant Patterson
Another good game between these top ranked ISC teams. Bow advances to play
Sunday morning vs. the Vancouver / Prince George winner. With the loss
Calgary drops down to play Saskatoon in the final game of the day on
Saturday evening, with the loser of that game being eliminated. HRS – Steve
Schott, Broken Bow (inside the park) & Sean O’Brien, Calgary.
Vancouver Grey Sox 7 – Prince George 0
WP – Rick Smith
LP – Collin McKenzie with relief from Jeff Hill (2)
Vancouver got off to quick lead courtesy of a 3 run home run from catcher
Kirk Waverick. Grey Sox advance to play Broken Bow on Sunday morning.
Prince George next plays on Sunday morning as well vs. the winner of
Saskatoon / Calgary late game. HRS – K. Waverick, Vancouver & Brad Avery,
Vancouver
Saskatoon 9 – Calgary 2
WP – Trevor Ethier with relief from Sean Whitten (6)
LP – Grant Patterson
Saskatoon blew open a tight affair in the later innings and cruised to
victory. Full marks to the Calgary Smokers who played 4 games on Saturday,
with a depleted line up and competed hard in each contest. Saskatoon’s bats
have come alive during their back to back victories in the playoffs, now
advance to play Prince George on Sunday morning. With the loss the Calgary
Smokers were eliminated.
Playoff games will continue on Sunday commencing at 9:00 am with the
Championship Final game scheduled for 3:00 pm.
The matchups are as follow;
9:00 am – Broken Bow vs. Vancouver Grey Sox winner advances to the final,
loser to the semi – final
11:00 am – Prince George vs. Saskatoon, loser is eliminated – winner plays
the loser of the 9:00 am game
1:00 pm – Loser of 9:00 am game vs. winner of 11:00 am game
3:00 pm – Winner of 9:00 am game vs. winner of 1:00 pm game
Results from Sunday will be posted after the conclusion of the event.
Larry Kancs
President
Vancouver Grey Sox
This one doesn’t exactly fall under the heading of fastball, but with so many of us on the road for tournaments and such, it seemed worth mentioning.
Paramedics in some cities are encouraging people to enter “ICE” numbers into their cell phone contacts. “ICE”, as in “In Case of Emergency”. Here’s what they suggest:
By entering the acronym ICE – for In Case of Emergency – into the mobile’s phone book, users can log the name and number of someone who should be contacted in an emergency. So that paramedics can easily contact your loved ones just in case. Several different contacts should be noted ICE1, ICE2, ICE3, etc.
A good idea.
Eight teams will be in Winchester, CA for the 15th Annual Best of the West tournament, the longest running tournament in California.
Pool A
Team Rainey, Whittier, CA
Casa Trejo Bombers, Yucaipa, CA
Team CR / DeMarini, Portland, OR
High Desert Dawgs, UT / AZ
Pool B
Prime Time Fastpitch, San Diego, CA
Young Bucks, Santa Barbara, CA
Raymar, Southern CA
Rounders, El Segundo, CA
The disappointment of losing two one-run games to McLaughlin Air and the Rounders on the final day of the Class C National Qualifier last month in Stockton is all but forgotten now that the Santa Rosa Storm has qualified in a National Championship Qualifier held this weekend (July 23-24) in Hayward. The Storm defeated Quality Fence Kings of Santa Rosa, 9-1, and King Real Estate, 9-3, on Saturday to advance into Sunday’s winners bracket finals against Bottom Line (Elk Grove). Bottom Line opened with a 9-4 win over the Oroville Braves, outlasted Black Oak Casino of Sonora, 16-7, and then held off Country Club Villa, 8-4, to move in opposite The Storm. Going into Saturday’s late games, Italian Athletic Club was paired against Oroville, and the winner was to play Country Club Villa, and in the other loser’s bracket games, Bay Area High Reach was to play Black Oak Casino with the winner being paired against King Real Estate. Two more teams out of the six remaining teams in the losers bracket will advance to Sunday’s play and also qualify for the National Tournament. In Saturday’s first game, the Storm took on Qualify Fence, a young team from Santa Rosa which won its first tournament game, 6-3, over the Stogies of Lodi behind the pitching of Jeff Nystrom. Veteran Chris Hamner pitched a four-hitter as the Storm prevailed 9-1 over Quality Fence in five innings. Jewells Valesi, Brian Osborn, and Rick Faccini all went 2×3 and Casey Hillman went 2×2, scored three and drove in three to lead the Storm. Jim Vargas stopped King Realty with a seven hitter and only one earned run. Vargas also singled, doubled and walked and drove in two runs, while his son, Mike, was 2×3, Gary Dower 2×3, Rick Kane 2×4, and Valesi 3×5 with two RBI.
Saturday’s Results
Game 1 Quality Fence 6, Stogies (Lodi) 3
Game 2 King Realty 6 San Juan 2
Game 3 Country Club Villa 9, Mission II 1
Game 4 Bay Area High Reach 5, Italian AC 4
Game 5 Bottom Line 5, Oroville Braves 4
Game 6 Santa Rosa Storm9, Quality Fence1
Game 7 King Realty 11, Al¹s Roofing 1
Game 8 Bottom Line 16, Black Oak Casino 7
Game 9 Country Club Villa 5, Bay Area High Reach 3
Game 10 IAC 11, Mission II 1
Game 11 Oroville Braves 7, Al’s Roofing 4
Game 12 Bay Area High Reach 5, Stogies 2
Game 13 Black Oak Casino 11, San Juan 8
Game 14 IAC 9, Quality Fence 1
Game 15 Santa Rosa Storm 9, King Realty 3
Game 16 Bottom Line 8, County Club Villa 4
Late Saturday
Game 17 IAC vs. Oroville.
Game 18 Bay Area High Reach vs. Black Oak Casino
Game 19 Winner G17 vs. Country Club Villa
Game 20 Winner G18 vs. King Realty
The So Cal Bombers, who are playing in the Bob Walsh Memorial Tournament in Allentown, PA this weekend, will open the ASA Major Tournament in Altamonte, FL in two weeks, August 4, 2005, at 8pm EST against Team Iowa. Ah, yes, that would be Sonny Perkins and company. The winner of that game would advance to play the winner of Tampa Bay Smokers vs. Keating Fitness at 2pm EST on Friday, August 5 ,2005.
Click here for the full bracket of the ASA Major Tournament.