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#1 County over #2 The Farm Tavern for Walsh Memorial Tournament Title

Monday, July 25th, 2005

So Cal Bombers upset #7 Riversharks, #5 Circle Tap Enroute to Consolation Bracket Final

From Al’s Fastball: Walsh Story

Championship Game results from Al’s Fastball.

The reports from the Walsh were a little sketchy after the first day’s reports, but the last word we had on the So Cal Bombers is that they were playing for the consolation bracket title, after upsetting another Top 10 team, #5 ranked Circle Tap, on a home run by Gerry Kennedy, the muscle-bound slugger on loan from the Vancouver Grey Sox. The Bombers beat Quaker in a pool play game first thing Saturday morning, on a walk-off home run by Jason Porto, his second of that game.

Update Monday, July 26: The Riversharks of PA beat the Bombers 8-2 in the consolation final.

The “British Columbian” pipeline of talent to So Cal continues into August, as the Bombers will add flamethrowing pitcher Nick Underhill for the ISC World Tournament, while Team Rainey, already led by BC ace Bricklen Anderson during the season, will add another, Vancouver’s Rick Smith, along with position player Dan Whiteford.

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Long Beach Black Sox Win Third Alliance Tournament of 2005

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Fred Hanker’s 13 hits, HRs in semi-final and final lead the way

The Long Beach Black Sox won their third Alliance tournament, ending the season as it began in March in Palm Springs when they won the first tournament of the season. The Black Sox topped the Rounders 9-8 in the championship game, after the Rounders rallied from an 8-0 deficit to put the tying run at third in the 7th before Randy Clay closed it out.

No other team in the Alliance won more than one tournament during the season. Ironic, in that the Sox were the last team to qualify for a spot in the ASA “C” Nationals. But for a couple tough Sunday morning draws, they might have made a run for the Alliance Championship. Waiting for official word on who that honor goes to — the Amigos or Primetime. Both made it to the Final Four on Sunday, but fell in the semi-finals, the Amigos to the Black Sox in a wild extra inning affair, 14-13, and Primetime, to the Rounders. A grand slam by Gerald Pyle broke the latter game open. The Amigos and Primetime were tied for the Alliance crown headed into Sunday.

Primetime suffered the loss of workhorse ace Dan Zupp Saturday to a leg injury. The team is cautiously optimistic that he’ll have time to heal before Nationals.

Read the entire story on the Black Sox’s tournament win at the Long Beach Black Sox website. Some efforts that paved the road to the title, courtesy of Fred Hanker’s LBBlackSox website:

*CHUCK CHAPLE .320 5 RUNS
*ANDY MARTINEZ .523 10 RUNS 11 HITS 2 SB
*FRED HANKER .619 2 HR 8 RBI 5 2B’S 6 RUNS 13 HITS
*DAMO GUERRERO 1-0 HR 5 RBI
*CHRIS MINOGUE .444 2 HR 7 RBI
*JOHN OTTE .444 5 RUNS 3 RBI
*BRETT SEMANS .500 GS HR 5 RBI
*YOGI “THE BEAR” SALCEDO .389 4 RUNS 2 RBI
“RANDY CLAY 3-0 2 CG SHUTOUTS SAVE
*CHUCK VRANICH 2-0 CG SHUTOUT OVER SAVALA / WIN IN FINAL GAME

Click here to see the 2005 So Cal ASA Alliance finalists for each tournament.

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Third Time the Charm for Santa Rosa Storm, Wins ASA Nationals Berth

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

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

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3rd HR in 2 games for Porto, but Bombers Fall to St. Louis

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

From Al’s Fastball: Walsh Memorial Game 6 (game 1 @ Percy Rhue Park)

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Calling All Rosters (ISC World) – Deadline Aug 12

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

From Al’s Fastball: To All World Tournament Teams

Have you checked yours to see if it’s accurate and complete? Click this link to check. ISC head statistician Gary Baughman says:

Please let me know if there any errors in spelling of players names. Also those that still have to assign uniform numbers please do so and send me the numbers for those players and coaches that I do not have so I can enter them into the scoring program.

Rosters for the local boys:

So Cal Bombers
Team Rainey

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Jason Porto’s Walk Off HR Caps So Cal Bombers Come-from-behind win at Walsh

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

Jason Porto capped a 4-run 7th inning, come-from-behind victory for the So Cal Bombers over the Quaker Riversharks, Saturday morning. Porto had two homers in the game, driving in 4 of the team’s 6 runs in the dramatic 6-5 win.

Colin McKenzie, on loan from Prince George picked up the win, scattering 8 hits and striking out 9, while Glen Ormsby added 2 hits to the cause. The Riversharks are the #7 ranked team in the ISC World Rankings, the Bombers # 19.

From Al’s Fastball: Walsh Memorial Game 3 Final Score

The day won’t get any easier for the Bombers, as the face #6 St. Louis Heflin and #1 County Materials later today:

12:00 noon, vs. St. Louis Heflin Builders, MO
3:15pm EST vs. County Materials, WI

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Todd Budke, HR, 2 RBI in Farm’s Rout at Walsh

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

From Al’s Fastball: Walsh Memorial Game 2 Final Score

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Pre-Tournament Info for ASA “C” Nationals (GSJSA)

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

Click here for the Official Site of the Greater San Joaquin Softball Association, where you can download PDF file with Pre-Tournament information for the ASA “C” Nationals, slated for Labor Day weekend, August 31-September 5, 2005.

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ISC II Tournament of Champions Pools & Schedule Released at “The Deuce”

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

Click here to see the ISC II Tournament of Champions Pools and Schedule of Games, August 14-19, 2005, at our ISC-II Blog, “The Deuce”

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Bob Walsh Memorial Classic Schedule, July 22-24

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

Click here for Bob Walsh Memorial Classic Schedule of Games

The So Cal Bombers round robin games Saturday, July 23 are:

8am EST vs. Quaker Riversharks, PA
12:00 noon, vs. St. Louis Heflin Builders, MO
3:15pm EST vs. County Materials, WI

From the Bombers website:

The So Cal Bombers will join an elite field of teams at the Bob Walsh Tournament this weekend. The Bombers are currently ranked #18 in the ISC World rankings, and take on 6 teams with Top 10 rankings, looking to rebound from a disappointing Rose Cup outing.

[Allentown, PA]-The 6th Annual Bob Walsh Memorial Classic for Men’s Major Fast-Pitch Softball gets under way this Friday, July 22nd at Patriots Park in Allentown, PA. Scheduled start time is 7:00 pm with Circle Tap of Denmark, Wisconsin pitted against Keating’s Fitness of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The 9:00 pm game features The Farm Tavern of Madison, Wisconsin taking on Keating’s Fitness.

The Lehigh Valley will once again play host to the best teams in the United States that Men’s Major Fast-Pitch has to offer. Six of the eight teams traveling to this year’s tournament are ranked in the Top 10 in the world by the International Softball Congress (ISC)

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