So Cal Bombers Finish 10th

The following is the unofficial order of finish for the top 16 teams at the ISC World Tournament at Eau Claire, WI. The final rankings going into the tournament are shown in parentheses. The Hallman Twins had the highest jump over ranking, 10 spots from # 13 to third place, as did the Pueblo Bandits, rising from #21 to eleventh place. The So Cal Bombers rose 8 spots from #18 ranking to tenth place, as did the Quad City Sox, IA, moving up from #16 ranking to eighth. Calgary fell the furthest, from a #4 ranking to 13th place.

The Hallman Twins were the only team in the Final Four that was not a member of the two “super pools” consisting of the Top 10 ranked teams entering the tournament.

1. County Materials, Marathon, WI (1)
2 The Farm Tavern, Denmark, WI (2)
3. Kitchener Hallman Twins, ON, Canada (13)
4. Circle Tap, Denmark, WI (5)
5. Aspen Interiors, Saskatoon, Canada (9)
6. Broken Bow Spirit, Amsterdam, NY (3)
7. Townline/Shoots, IL (12)
8. Quad City, IA (16)
9. Quaker Riversharks, PA (7)
10. So Cal Bombers, Yucaipa, CA (18)
11. Pueblo Bandits, Pueblo, CO (21)
12. Kegel Black Knights, Fargo, ND (11)
13. Calgary Smokers, Calgary, Canada (4)
14. Innerkip, Canada (19)
15. Midland Explorers, Midland, MI (10)
16. The Bar on the Avenue, WI (17)

County Materials of Marathon WI rallied for 3 in the bottom of the 7th to tie the ISC World Championship game, then scored one in the bottom of the 8th to win the 2005 ISC World Championship at Eau Claire, WI.

The Farm took a 3-0 lead into the 7th inning, but a lead off walk and two home runs tied the game at 3. Donnie Hale hit the game tying home run, a monstrous tee shot that was estimated at 350 feet to left center field. Korrey Gorreau was relieved by Paul Algar after Gorreau surrendered the three runs and walked the next batter. Algar escaped a bases loaded jam with two 3-2 counts, before recording the last out of the inning on a low liner in the gap to left center by a diving Ryan Wolfe.

The Farm went three up and down in the top of the 8th inning, but County Materials put two on and scored the game winning run on a single by Ken Kiefel. Jarrad Martin singled to open the inning. After two strikeouts, a walk advanced Martin to second, before Kiefel’s game winning single to left.

The Farm’s Korrey Gorreau was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Pitcher, while Colin Abbott, also of the Farm was the Most Valuable pitcher.

The order of finish for the Final Four:

First place: County Materials, WI
Second place: The Farm Tavern, WI
Third place: Hallman Twins, ON, Canada
Fourth place: Circle Tap, WI

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2005 ISC World Championship Semi-Finals and Finals to be Streamed in Live Video
Dave Blackburn

8/19:

The ISC will be webcasting live video of the 2005 World Tournament Semi- Finals, and the Championship game. Those games will take place on Saturday August 20th at Noon, 2:00 PM, for the two semi-finals, and at 4:30 PM CST for the ISC World Championship Game.

Men’s fastpitch softball fans with a broadband Internet connection can watch the ball games in streaming video, on their computers. Just go to the ISC Home Page www.iscfastpitch.com

and click the listen live streaming audio button at the bottom of the page.

You can also click on www.ballparkradio.com

and click on the ISC Logo.

To full screen the video image, right click on the image and select the full screen option.

‘Duane Hookom of the Eau Claire organizing committee was instrumental in assisting our effort to assemble a streaming video signal, and link from the Gelein Field Press Box’ said Dave Blackburn, ISC Commissioner of Streaming and Broadcasting. ‘John Onorato of www.Sportsjuice.com has also been incredibly helpful in making this streaming video service available to fastpitch fans worldwide.’

The Noon CST semi-final ball game will feature The world’s #1 ranked team ‘County Materials’ of Marathon Wisconsin, taking on their in-state rival and world’s #5 ranked team, ‘Circle Tap’ of Denmark, Wisconsin.

The 2:00 PM semi-final ball game pits the World’s #2 ranked Farm Tavern of Madison, Wisconsin against the 13th Ranked Todd Martin-lead Hallman Twins from Kitchener Ontario Canada. Earlier on Friday, Martin and the Twins eliminated 2-time defending Champion Broken Bow Spirit by a 4-1 margin, ending The Spirits run of playing in 6 consecutive World Championship final games.

The ISC will crown it’s 59th annual World Champion, at the conclusion of the 4:30 PM CST game that will match the two semi-final game winners.

A`capacity Crowd of over 5,000 is expected at the Gelein Field Ball park for all the action. Internet fans will get all the play-by-play action through Ron Chambers, Ferdi Nelissen, and Dave Blackburn, who will also be produce the webcast.

Editor’s note: Even if you don’t have high speed connection to watch the video webcast, you can still listen to the game via audio. (it’s the same link to get either, but for audio, just click the second link for audio)