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Don’t Forget – Team USA on ESPN2 on Sunday, July 22 – 10am PST
Friday, July 20th, 2007Team USA on ESPN2 This Weekend
Friday, July 20th, 2007
Don’t Miss the USA Softball Men’s National Team on ESPN2 this Weekend
Oklahoma City, OK —The USA Softball Men’s National Team is set to make its television debut on July 22 at 12 p.m. CST on ESPN2. The game being aired on a tape delay basis is a match-up between the USA Softball Men’s National Team and the Japanese Men’s National Team during round-robin competition at the KFC American Challenge Series.
This marks the first time in the history of the USA Softball Men’s National Team program that a game has been televised by the ESPN family of networks. Although the game is being shown on a tape delay basis it is still considered a milestone for the USA Softball Men’s program.
“This is a great opportunity to showcase the men’s fast pitch game to the entire country,” said ASA Executive Director Ron Radigonda. “We had great crowds during the KFC American Challenge Series and encourage those fans who didn’t make it to Oklahoma City to tune in and watch the USA Men’s team take on Japan.”
Editor’s note: Be sure to adjust your time zone so you don’t miss it !
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PST – 10am
MST – 11am
CST – 12noon
EST – 1pm
Thanks to Team USA player Nate Devine for the heads up on this one.
Winterset A’s, Iowa – Team Website
Thursday, July 19th, 2007The latest addition to our “Teams” page, the Winterset A’s, from Iowa. Thanks to Bob Baker for the link.
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USA Jr. Men – Training Camp Games
Thursday, July 19th, 2007The USA Softball dropped a pair of games on Tuesday night as their
bats went silent for the first at their training camp. In the first
game, they lost 6-0 to Larry Miller of SLC. Mitchell Elliott (St.
Louis, MO) collected the lone USA hit. BJ Hunhoff took the loss.
In the night cap, they battled rainy condition but still took a 2-1
lead into the late inning and could not hang on, losing 3-2 to Utah
Fastpitch. Tony Viger collected two hits and drove in both runs.
James Hartman took the loss.
They hope to bounce back tonight as they close out their 8 day
training camp with two more games in Pleasant Grove, UT.
Final 2007 ISC World Rankings
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
Broken Bow Gremlins Overtakes Orillia for Top Spot
Not much movement from the June 21 rankings to the final set, which is used for seeding of the ISC World Tournament. The biggest jump came from the So Cal Bombers, moving from # 7 to # 4, no doubt on the strength of their win at Monkton among all of the best teams.
Broken Bow, however, grabbed the top spot, moving up from # 3 to # 1, trading places with Orillia, which held the top spot nearly all season long. Patsy’s stayed put at # 2. Broken Bow was the consensus choice for the top spot, garnering 8 of the 12 first place votes, while Patsy’s and Orillia just two each. The Bombers received no first place votes, despite the win at Monkton, but did get three second place votes.
Kitchener, The Farm and Minn Dak moved down one slot each, more a measure of making room for the Bombers jump than anything else. Most of the rest stayed put. Portland traded places with Midland (# 12 and #13), likely on their runnerup finish at Rose Cup. Bloomington and Pueblo also traded places (#17 and # 18), as did Planggers and Elkland (# 23 and 24).
Prior ranking from June 21 shown parenthetically:
Rank Team Name
1 Broken Bow Gremlins (3)
2 Patsy’s (2)
3 Orillia Quaker Riversharks (1)
4 So Cal Bombers (7)
5 Kitchener Hallman Twins (4)
6 The Farm (5)
7 MinnDak Millers (6)
8 Circle Tap (8)
9 Aspen Interiors (9)
10 Vancouver Grey Sox (10)
11 Townline (11)
12 Portland/Demarini (13)
13 Midland Explorers (12)
14 Albaugh, Inc. (14)
15 Jarvis (15)
16 Quad City Sox (16)
17 Bloomington Stix (18)
18 Pueblo Bandits (17)
19 Dolan & Murphy (19)
20 Innerkip (20)
21 St. Thomas Centennials (21)
22 Ashland Mets (22)
23 Plangger Furniture (24)
24 Elkland (23)
25 Thomson Area Merch. (25)
26 Midwest Stampede (26)
A-1/Taylor Farms, Lumberkings View Draws for 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions
Friday, July 13th, 2007
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The schedule of games was released today for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Aug 14-18, 2007. The highly competitive ISC II division is one of the premier divisions in all of fastball.
California will send two teams, A-1 Taylor Farms of Salinas/Castro Valley, CA and the Lumberkings of Bakersfield, CA. (ISC II Rankings are shown parenthetically below)
A-1/Taylor Farms is in Pool C
Tavistock, ON Merchants (# 3)
Kitchener, ON Outlaws (#12)
Moraviantown, ON Bucktown Bees (#17)
Castro Valley, CA A-1 Taylor Farms (#24)
Linwood, ON 86ers (unranked)
A-1/Taylor Farms Schedule:
Tues, Aug 14
12:00 PM EST/9:00am PST
vs. Linwood 86ers
Wednesday, Aug 15
3:30 PM EST/12:30pm PST
vs. Tavistock Merchants
6:30 PM/3:30pm PST
vs. Bucktown Bees
* Tentatively scheduled for broadcast on Ballparkradio.com *
Thursday, Aug 16
5:30 PM EST/2:30pm PST
vs. Kitchener Outlaws
The Lumberkings are in Pool B:
Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings (#2)
Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves (#13)
Harrisburg, PA PA Power (#16)
Carp, ON I4C Victory (#31)
Hamilton, ON Hawks (unranked)
The Lumberkings schedule:
Tuesday, Aug 14
7:30pm EST/4:30pm PST – vs. the host Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves. (This game is immediately following opening ceremonies, a rematch of last year’s game which drew one of the largest crowds of the tournament.) * Tentatively scheduled for broadcast on Ballparkradio.com *
Wednesday, Aug 15
9:30a EST/6:30am PST
vs. Harrisburg PA Power, PA
7:30pm EST/4:30pm PST
vs. Hamilton Hawks, ON
Thursday, August 16
1:30pm EST/10:30am PST
vs. Carp, ON I4C Victory
The single elimination playoff round starts at 9am Friday morning, with the top 24 teams advancing, and seeded according to their record in pool play competition. (Tie Breaker games are slated for — ugh — 7:00 a.m. (4am here on the west coast!)
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California Lumberkings in Aurora, IL for AFSA Classic
Friday, July 13th, 2007
The California Lumberkings travel all the way to Aurora, Illinois, to compete in the AFSA Classic for the second year in a row. The Lumberkings are currently ranked #2 in the ISC II rankings, and will step up in class this weekend, playing against upper division, ISC World teams. The stiff competition will help the Lumberkings gear up for the ISC II Tournament of Champions held next month in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, August 14-18, 2007. The tournament will mark the third time this year that the Lumberkings have stepped up to upper division play, including the Red Rock Tournament at St. George, Utah in May, and the Rose Cup tournament in Portland, Oregon in June.
The ISC World Tournament will host the top 32 teams, while the ISC II division will host 35 intermediate level teams. In the AFSA Classic, the Lumberkings will play Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 9am, 11am and 5pm, Chicago time against Quad City Sox, Bloomington Stix and Townline, all upper division ISC World teams. Quad City is ranked #16, Bloomington #18, and Townline #11.
The local Illinois newspaper, the Aurora Beacon News will be posting updates over the weekend, and have been kind enough to grant us permission to reprint those here. Keep an eye out for news stories with this banner graphic:
USA Jr. Men – Training Camp in SLC, Day 2
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Day two of an eight day camp.
Team USA spilt a pair of 8-6 decisions on Thursday night.
They opened against the Kings of Salt Lake City and came back from being down 5-1 early and scored 5 runs in the fourth inning to take the lead that they never give up. Offensively Team USA was lead by Mitch Warne of Sioux Falls, SD who had two hits and scored 3 runs. Gentry Mitchell of Spanish Fork, UT had 3 hits and drove in two runs. Nick Santos of Pueblo, CO also
collected two hits.
James Hartman of Sioux Falls, SD picked up the win.
In game two, Team dropped an 8-6 decision to the Magic of SLC. Nick Cole of Sacramento, CA had an rbi triple. Tony Viger of Sioux Falls, SD had two hits. Jordan Talbert of Pattonburg, MO picked up the loss. Robbie Black of Spanish Fork, UT pitched a scoreless inning in relief.
The team will train on Friday and play three games on Saturday in a local tournament.
Thanks to head coach Tim Lyon for this report.
ISC II Tournament of Champions finalized
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
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July 12, 2007 – The 35-team field is set for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions.
The sixth annual ISC II ToC will be played August 14-18 at Budd Park in Kitchener and Kinsmen Park in Cambridge , Ontario with the semi-finals and championship to be played on the Saturday morning at Peter Hallman Ballyard in Kitchener.
Teams will play a four-game round robin schedule in seven pools of five teams each. The top three teams from each pool along with three wildcards will advance to a single elimination playoff bracket.
Headlining the field are the defending champions Tavistock, ON Merchants and the top-ranked Niagara, ON Snappers.
The pool assignments and schedule will be released tomorrow, July 13.
For additional information, please contact:
Blair Setford
ISC Canada East VP
ISC II Commissioner
blairjs(at)rogers.com
1 Tavistock, ON Merchants – Defending Champion
2 Palermo , ON Athletics – Finalist
3 Bridgeport , ON PROforma Braves – Host
4 Kitchener , ON Outlaws
5 Perkasie, PA Hoffman Rise
6 Bakersfield , CA California LumberKings
7 Harrisburg , PA PA Power
8 Wyevale , ON Tribe
9 Ottawa , ON Team Easton Thunder
10 Moraviantown , ON Bucktown Bees
11 Ashland , OH Merchants
12 Harriston , ON Mercury’s
13 Waterdown , ON Hammer
14 Port Elgin , ON Blue Devils
15 Quyon , QC Flyers
16 Alvinston , ON Indians
17 Shakespeare , ON Falcons
18 Glencoe , ON Astros
19 Carp , ON I4C Victory Consulting
20 Hickson , ON Reds
21 Jarvis , ON Rock
22 Kingston , ON Cowboys
23 Mitchell , ON Mets
24 Linwood , ON 86ers
25 Oswego , NY Cutro Professional Inspections
26 Wilkes-Barre , PA Keating’s Fitness
27 South Lebanon , PA T.N.T.
28 Niagara-on-the-Lake , ON Niagara Snappers
29 Elora , ON Wellington Brewers
30 Salinas , CA A-1 Taylor Farms
31 Blackburn , ON Bombers
32 Ottawa Valley , ON Raiders
33 Rockwood , ON Rush
34 Hamilton , ON Hawks
35 Ingersoll , ON Crush
Editor’s Note: A-1 Taylor Farm of Salinas, CA will become the second California ever to compete in the highly competitive ISC II Tournament of Champions. They will be joining the California Lumberkings, who last year was the first ever California team to compete in the event. Both teams have played highly competitive schedules, include ISC level tournaments such as Red Rock in St. George, UT, and Rose Cup in Portland, OR. Keep an eye out for the soon-to-be released schedule of games, as well as the broadcast schedule.
Top Teams to Vie for 2007 ISC World Title
Thursday, July 12th, 2007From 
2007 ISC World Tournament Entrants
The 2007 ISC World Tournament secured its final team today and it will be a 32-team tournament. We are working on the bracket and schedule now and hope to have it released by mid-week.
1. Patsy’s
2. Hallman Twins
3. Broken Bow Gremlins
4. Orillia Riversharks
5. The Farm Tavern
6. So Cal Bombers
7. MinnDak Millers
8. Peterborough Pros
9. Rice Creek Lightning
10. Circle Tap
11. Aspen Interiors
12. Scarborough Royals
13. Vancouver Grey Sox
14. Townline
15. Elmira Cubs
16. Portland/Demarini
17. Midland
18. Napanee Express
19. Albaugh, Inc.
20. Jarvis
21. Quad City Sox
22. Horse Lake Thunder
23. Bloomington Stix
24. Pueblo
25. Dolan & Murphy
26. Innerkip
27. St. Thomas Centennials
28. Ashland Mets
29. Plangger Furniture
30. Elkland
31. Thomson Area Merchants
32. Midwest Stampede
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