From ISC II Commissioner Blair Setford, over at our companion blog for the ISC II, “The Deuce”:
http://fastpitchwest.com/thedeuce/
An ultra-competititve field of 35 teams is set for the 5th annual ISC II Tournament of Champions August 13-18 in Kitchener/Cambridge.
Headlining the field is the defending champion Elmira, ON Cubs, joined by host team Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves. See below for the full list of teams.
Each team will play four round robin pool games. The top three in each division, plus three wildcards, will advance to a single elimination playoff bracket.
The pool assignments will be based on rankings where possible, with exceptions made to ensure teams from the same areas and/or leagues are not playing each other in the round robin.
The schedule will be released in late July.
For further information, please contact:
Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner
blairjs(at)rogers.com
or
Bob McGowan
ISC II Vice-President
jbob99(at)allstream.net
1 Elmira, ON Cubs – Defending Champions
2 Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils – 2005 Finalist
3 Bridgeport, ON Braves – Host
4 Toronto, ON Champion Indians – Canada East TL
5 Saginaw, MI Up-to-Date Painting – Mid Michigan TL
6 Perkasie, PA Rise – Mid-Atlantic Area
7 Oswego, NY CPI – Northeast Area
8 Ashland, OH Merchants – Ohio Area
9 Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings – CA-NV Area
10 Denver, CO Colorado Rage – CO-NM-AZ Area
11 Hermann, MO Black Gold – Gateway TL 1
12 South Lebanon, PA TNT – Mid-Atlantic TL
13 Harrisburg, PA PA Power – W IA-SD Area (invite)
14 Reading, PA Bob Hoffman’s Garage – MO-KS Area (invite)
15 Grande Prairie, AB Pride – Canada West TL
16 Yakima, WA JRW & Associates – WA-OR-BC Area
17 Thomson, IL Area Merchants – Iowa Area
18 Marshall, MI Rice Creek Lightning – Indiana Area
19 Sydney, NS Cardinals – Atlantic Canada
20 Elora, ON Wellington Brewers – Eastern Canada Area 1
21 Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder – Eastern Canada Area 2
22 Tavistock, ON Smully’s Merchants – Illinois Area (invite)
23 Micksburg, ON Twins – Rainier (NorWest) TL (invite)
24 Mitchell, ON Mets – Western Fastball Alliance TL (invite)
25 Orangeville, ON Resolve Kings – WI Classic TL 1 (invite)
26 Glencoe, ON Astros – KOTA Travel League (invite)
27 Kingston, ON Cowboys – Tri-State TL (invite)
28 Kitchener, ON Phoenix Outlaws – Northern Illinois Area (invite)
29 Alvinston, ON Indians – Gateway TL 2 (invite)
30 Waterdown, ON Hammer – Northern Illinois TL (invite)
31 Orrville, OH Orr Park Knights – Utah Area (invite)
32 Palermo, ON Athletics – Southeast Area (invite)
33 Harriston, ON Mercury’s – Wisconsin Area 1 (invite)
34 Stittsville, ON 56ers – MidWest Softball Congress TL (invite)
35 Fitzroy Harbour, ON West Carleton Electric – WI Classic TL 2 (invite)
Editor’s note: I am pleased to say that I will be back in the booth with the ISC II broadcast crew, streaming audio broadcasts of more than two dozen games, from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. (Broadcast schedule due out in the coming weeks leading up to the tournament. Hope you’ll be able to tune in and join us.