ALLIANCE TOURNAMENT SERIES – WEEK 5
SAVALA ROUNDERS AND SO CAL HUSTLERS TAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP’5
The Savala Rounders won the B portion of the tournament with a 6 – 3 extra inning victory over the Panteras on Sunday, going 5 – 1 over the weekend and earning the number one seed in the single elimination.
The So Cal Hustlers also went into the single elimination as the top seed with big victories in the round robin and then continuing the scoring parade on Sunday, getting both wins via the run rule, including the 11 – 2 victory in the Championship game over RAS Contractors.
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Rounders, Hustlers Win at Santa Fe Springs, CA
Monday, July 10th, 2006Texas Stars Come Out of Loser’s Bracket to Claim ASA 50+ National Title
Sunday, July 9th, 2006The Texas Stars returned to the top of the mountain, coming out of the loser’s bracket to beat the winner’s bracket champion, Tulsa Grey Sox twice and claim the National title in the ASA 50 and over Masters Division.
ASA 50+ Nationals Bracket Updated
Sunday, July 9th, 2006Final day today, with six teams remaining, 2 in winner’s bracket, 4 in loser’s bracket. A couple of perennial contenders are in the winner’s bracket final, the Tulsa Grey Sox and the Memphis Po-Men. Jim Tennity’s So Cal Masters finished 2-2, finishing 7th. Both losses were to teams still in the hunt, the first coming at the hands of one of the winner’s bracket finalists, the Memphis Po-Men.
SoCal ASA @ Santa Fe Springs (July 8-9)
Thursday, July 6th, 2006From the SoCal ASA website: So Cal ASA at Santa Fe Springs
ALLIANCE TOURNAMENT SERIES – WEEK 5
The Alliance Tournament Series finally makes it back to Santa Fe Springs, no rain in the forecast, for the fifth week of play. In what is generally one of the smaller tournaments of the year, there will be twelve teams battling for the Championship and to gain in the standings. With both the first and second place teams in each classification playing each other in the round robin, there could be some significant movement in next week’s standings.
Click link above for schedule information.
Portland’s Old Growth Begins Play at ASA 50 & Over Nat’ls
Wednesday, July 5th, 2006Yakima, Washington – Portland’s Old Growth team will begin play in the ASA 50 & Over Nationals in Prescott, Arizona on Friday July 7th.
Old Growth was runner-up in the 50-OVER NAFA Masters in Carson City in early October last year. The champion was Prescott Badger Roofing, this year’s # 1 seed for this ASA National.
Old Growth Manager Bob Rider of Portland has assembled a good hitting group of players from Seattle and Portland. But he reached to the southern tip of Oregon for his pitching staff. Ageless Mike Trotter of Eagle Point, OR and Morgan Mapes of Medford, OR will be counted on to minimize the opposition’s bats.
Mike Trotter has thrown no lower than the ASA Class A level for 6 decades. Morgan Mapes pitched for Global Pacific, runner-up in the ASA Class “C†Nationals in Stockton last year. In Portland on June 25, Morgan pitched his team to the Northwest Class “B†Regional title.
Northwest Old Growth’s first game will be on Friday night July 7th, 6 PM against Galpin Ford. Galpin Ford is one of two host teams to be representing Prescott in this tournament.
ASA 50+ @ Prescott, AZ (July 7-9, 2006)
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006For Immediate Release – SPORTS
From: Sharon Mitchell, City of Prescott Parks and Recreation, 777-1556
ASA MEN’S 50 AND OVER FAST-PITCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
THREE LOCAL TEAMS TO COMPETE
The ASA Men’s 50 and Over Fast-Pitch National Championship tournament will be conducted July 7, 8 and 9 at Ken Lindley, Roughrider and Pioneer Park diamonds. Action will commence Friday at 6 P.M. with the championship scheduled for Sunday 3 P.M. July 9, 2006 at Ken Lindley Field.
Prescott was awarded the rights for this national championship during the Amateur Softball Association National Conference by outbidding Killeen Texas and Cedar Rapid Iowa. Teams from Arizona, Montana, California, Illinois, Iowa, Colorado, Tennessee, Oregon and Texas will be competing in this tournament.
Last year’s champion Prescott Badger Roofing will enter this years contest as the number one seed. Manager Lonnie Brooks has assembled what he considers a competitive club for this tournament. Brooks who won last years Most Valuable Pitcher award is one of three pitchers along with Mark Blair from Tucson and Russ Martin out of Oklahoma, other local players include Mike Fisher, Paul Ruben, Albert Mendibles Sr. and Skip Black. Badger opens the tournament on Friday night July 7th, at 8 PM at Ken Lindley Field against Montana Big Sky from Helena, Montana, Galpin Ford is one of two host teams to be representing Prescott in this tournament. Manager Rocky Annecchini feels this could be Galpin Ford’s best year with Chris Burkhart starting at pitcher and other locals Larry Stephan and Ted Blake playing. Galpin’s first game will be on Friday night July 7th, 6 PM against Northwest Oldgrowth of Portland Oregon. Yavapai Casino is the third local entry in the tournament with their opening game being played at Bill Vallely (Roughrider park) on Friday night, July 7th, 6 PM against Southern California Masters of Lancaster Ca. Steve Hardesty of Bullhead City will be sharing pitching duties with Dale Weinhold and John Hanna Sr. Other teams entering the tournament include the Texas Stars who last year were known as Clearwater Pride and finished second in last years contest and will enter this year as the number two seed. Houston Stars who will have Billy Montana and Sam Banegas pitching. Sam won the MVP for this tournament in 2003. Berry’s Eagles from San Diego Ca. will have Barry Roberts throwing for them. Barry has seen a lot of action in Prescott when he threw for the Las Vegas Aces.
Games will be scheduled every two hours at Ken Lindley, Roughrider and Pioneer ball fields, beginning Friday evening July 7th, 6 P.M., all day Saturday July 8th beginning at 9 A.M. and Sunday July 9th. Championship play will conclude at Ken Lindley Field on Sunday July 9th beginning at 9:00 A.M. with the “championship†game being played at 3:00 P.M and the possible “if†game scheduled at 5 P.M.
Opening ceremonies will take place on Friday at Ken Lindley field at 4 P.M., with first pitch of the tournament happening at 6 P.M… All games are open to the public with no admission charge.
The Arizona Softball Hall of Fame has relocated to the Grace Sparkes Activity Center (Old Armory) 824 E. Gurley Street in Prescott. Weekend hours for the Hall of Fame will be Friday July 7 from 3 PM to 7 PM, Saturday July 8 from Noon to 5 PM and Sunday July 9 from Noon to 5 PM.
ARIZONA AMATEUR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
A.C. WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER
P.O. BOX 1850, PRESCOTT ARIZONA 86302
PHONE: 928-445-5725
EMAIL: azasa@earthlink.net
STATE WEBSITE: www.azasa.org
NATIONAL WEBSITE: www.softball.org
A R I Z O N A
Taylor Farms Over Prime Time at Lancaster
Friday, June 30th, 2006LANCASTER – PART II
The City of Lancaster played host to the Alliance Tournament Series the weekend of June 24 – 25. Seven “B” teams and nine “C” teams participated with Taylor Farms from Northern California winning the B portion of the tournament and Latin Heat taking the C portion of the tournament
“B” ALLIANCE
After playing four games on Saturday, as a result of a team dropping out of the tournament, Taylor Farms posted a 2 – 2 record and came into the single elimination portion of the tournament as the second seed in their pool. In their first game of the morning they faced the So Cal Masters who were preparing for their annual appearance at the 50 & Over Nationals. Never to be taken lightly, the Masters scored five runs in the first inning, but Taylor Farms shut them down for the remainder of the game. Scoring six runs to take the lead Taylor Farms earned the win when their right fielder made a diving catch, with the Masters having a runner in scoring position, to end the game.
Their next opponent was the Savala Rounders who earned the top seed in the bracket, with two wins over Taylor Farms in the round robin. Taylor Farms stepped up and shut down the Rounders to win the game by a score of 6 – 2 to send them into the Championship game to face San Diego Primetime.
In the Championship game, Primetime scored three runs early and led 3 – 0 going into the bottom of the fourth inning. Taylor Farms kept chipping away at the lead scoring a run in the fourth, sixth and seventh inning to tie the game and send it to the International Tie Breaker. On the first pitch of extra innings, a quick throw by Taylor Farms catcher Jeff Twist picked off Primetime’s runner at second and pretty much ending the inning. In Taylor’s half, Manager Ron Guzman was the runner on second and Primetime was able to get the first two outs of the inning. With third basemen Dustin Carpreso at bat, he hit a shot into left center out of the reach of Primetime’s outfield and Guzman was able to walk home with the win and end a great played game The win went to “Dude” Ybarra in relief of Leland Grisby, Jr.
San Diego Primetime entered the single elimination in a rough way going 0 – 3 in the round robin and the low seed in their bracket. In their first game of the day they held Rude-Pac to one run and took the win 3 – 1. In the semi-finals they faced the Panteras and held them off with a 4 – 3 victory to get into the Championship game.
Latin Heat On Fire at Lancaster
Friday, June 30th, 2006“C” ALLIANCE
Latin Heat came out as the number one seed of their pool going 3 – 0 while scoring 33 runs. In their first game of single elimination they faced Level One and took the win 8 – 1. In the semi-finals they faced Palm Springs Express and came out on top 3 – 1 with Cecillio Smalling getting the win and Latin Heat earned their second consecutive Championship game berth.
In the Championship game Latin Heat had “Sonny” on the mound against Lancaster’s own Goodfellas. This game featured two teams that are not shy about swinging the bat. This game turned into a scoring slugfest and it seemed whoever was able to stand last was going to win. After one inning it was Latin Heat (LH) 5, Goodfellas (G) 1. After two, LH – 5, G – 4. After three, LH – 7, G – 6. After four LH – 14, G – 10. In the fifth there was actually no runs scored by either team, shocking the crowd. In the sixth and seventh, Goodfellas scored two runs in each to tie the game and force the second International Tie Breaker of the day. Both teams scored a run in the eighth to keep the game going. In the top of the ninth with Cecillo back on the mound, Latin Heat was able to hold Goodfellas scoreless and then come back and score a run to end the game and take the Championship.
Goodfellas finished the round robin with a 2 -1 record and the number three seed of their pool. In their first game of the morning they faced the Silverhawks from Bakersfield and won 9 – 4. In the semi-finals they faced the So Cal Hustlers and hung on for a 5 – 4 victory.
Santa Rosa Runs Record to 22-8
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006Thanks to our friend Herb Dower for this edition of “The Dower Report”
It was showdown week in Santa Rosa’s two fastpitch leagues, and the young and talented Santa Rosa Fastpitch team was more than equal to the challenge. In a battle for first place in the Wednesday League, Santa Rosa first defeated Dry Creek 13-0 behind the three-hit pitching of Jim Fleck on June 14, and followed that up a week later with an 14-4 win over a veteran Wall’s Bail Bonds team, as Fleck got the nod over Jim Vargas.
It was the second night in a row that Santa Rosa defeated Wally’s, posting a 12-2 win on Tuesday, with Fleck again bettering Vargas. Santa Rosa is now 6-1 in both leagues. and is 22-8 overall (four of the losses came in the Red ock Tournament) after winning the Class C tournaments in Fairfield and Folsom. The team will be playing in Sonora this weekend in another travel league tournament. Fleck, who also pitches for the Class B River City Rockers, is now 10-1 in the Santa Rosa League, and he’s been getting plenty of hitting support from a bevy of young players like Carlos and Eddie Gomez, Jewels Valesi, Casey Hillman, Mark Young, Theo Fightmaster, and Brian and Danny Macler. Eddie Gomez had an awesome week against the Bailbondsmen, going 2-for-4, scoring three runs and driving in two in the 11-3 win, and then hitting for the cycle on Wednesday with a homer, triple, double and single, scoring three more runs and driving in six. Valesi was 2-for-4 with four walks, Carlos Gomez was 3-for-5 with five RBI, and Hillman and Brian Macler were both 2-for-3 in Wednesday’s win.
JOTTINGS–The Dry Creek team finished second in the big Ukiah Indian Tournament, losing in the finals to Blood Line of Gardnerville, NV…..The nucleous of the Wally’s Bail Bonds team played for the Santa Rosa Storm last season, including Jim and Mike Vargas, Carl Carr, Galen George, and Tony Lopez. All played in last year’s Class C National Tournament in Stockton, where the Storm went 1-2.
So Cal ASA League @ Lancaster, CA, This Weekend
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006From the So Cal ASA website:
SoCal ASA
Lancaster – Part IIThe Alliance Tournament Series once again goes to the City of Lancaster and the Big 8 Softball Complex where eight teams will be facing off in the “B” Classification and nine teams in the “C” Classification. Guest teams this weekend will include Taylor Farms making their first appearance in a So Cal ASA event in the B’s and the Silverhawks and Deadbolts entering the “C” portion of the tournament. The Silverhawks are no strangers to So Cal ASA as they have entered a number of tournaments in the past and the Deadbolts will have some familiar faces in their line-up from the old River Rat team.
Round Robin games will start at 9:00 AM on Saturday and the single elimination will start at 8:00 AM on Sunday. A word of warning; Caltrans has been closing Highway 14 overnight in both directions and has not been reopening until after 8:00 AM on weekends. We were not aware of this last month so we took players arriving late into consideration, however, for this tournament games will start on time and players should plan ahead to make sure they arrive at the park before their scheduled game times.
Click link above for schedule of games and directions to fields.