CR/DeMarini of Oregon won the Class “A” National Championship at Kileen, Texas over the Labor Day Weekend. The Portland area team dropped the winner’s bracket final to Kriedler & Flick, but came back to beat them twice in the championship and “if” game.

Mark Bennett, from Santa Barbara California of CR/DeMarini was named the Most Valuable Pitcher in the tournament.

The tournament hosted five (5) teams.

Click here for the PDF bracket at the official ASA site.

ASA Men’s B National Official Order of Finish

City, State

1) Vandalia Freight, 7-0, Vandalia, IL
2) Ashland Merchants, 6-2, Ashland, OH
3) Sportsman Park Lightning, 10-2, Marshal, MI
4) Priority Mortgage, 5-2, Zeeland, MI
5) Brocos Fastpitch, 4-2, Cerro Gordo, IL
5) High Desert Dawgs, 5-2, Lehi, Utah

7) Plangger’s Furniture, 5-2, Anderson, IN
7) DeLau Fire & Safety, 4-2, Lansing, MI
9) River City Rockers, 6-2, Citrus Heights, CA
9) Landis Supermarkets, 4-2, Telford, PA
9) Roofs of the North, 3-2, Roscommon, MI
9) Cruces Titans, 3-2, Las Cruces, NM

Click here for the complete list.

Just in from the ASA/GSJSA website:

“PA Power comes into the bottom of the seventh trailing 10 – 3 scoring 8 runs, 6 with 2 outs and win the National Championship.”

Click here for the box score.

Watch the Morning Brief for the complete Order of Finish and the official GSJSA website for the final, official order of finish.

Read what players had to say about the tournament in Stockton, or post your own comments.

And more here on this thread.

Be sure and check out the box scores and stats prepared by the ASA “C” Nationals Tournament crew, headed up by So Cal’s Robert Hernandez. How many tournaments have you been to with those kind of stats and box scores? Nice work, Robert.

Global Pacific of Oregon won the winner’s bracket to emerge as the lone unbeaten team, but their opponent Penn Power came back to win the first championship game, 2-1 in 8 innings to send the game into a winner-take-all “IF” game.

see http://www.gsjsa.net for final bracket.

I am on the road from stockton and posting from my treo.

JF

We regret to report some off-the-field losses as well as those on the field at the ASA “C” Nationals in Stockton, CA.

The city of Stockton and host Radisson Hotel proved less than hospitable to teams and their players, with at least three separate incidents of theft at the host Radisson Hotel, including a stolen car, stolen fastball gear, and a “smash and grab” on our rental car at the host Radisson hotel resulting in the theft of all of Maddy’s digital cameras, lenses and equipment, personal effects and credit cards — which were used in less than an hour at three local retailers. Apparently, the thieves visited the local gas station, Jack-in-the-Box and Target Store impersonating Fastpitchwest’s Jim and Maddy. Naturally, we are hoping that Target’s cameras may have captured the thieves faces for all to see. Wouldn’t those look good on the cover of Fastpitchwest?

Despite reporting the thefts to the local police and to the Radisson Hotel, we returned from our game tonight to find thieves attempting an encore performance in the Radisson parking lot, before running off. No slight intended to the ASA organizing committee who put on a great tournament, IMHO. However, our experience and that of others with whom we have spoken, would not lead us to recommend the city to fastball players or fans, unless and until the crime spree is curtailed and the host Radisson Hotel spent some of the thousands of dollars paid by players and teams towards security for its hotel. After our unfortunate experience, we have learned of other similar incidents which occurred during prior tournaments — and still security is virtually nil. Two other teams reported thefts while in Stockton for tournament.

Again, my remarks are directed to the matters outside of the ballpark, and control of those running the tournament.

More on the subject in the Record newspaper,

Zeroing in on crime

Published Sunday, Aug 28, 2005

They gathered on Monday just as they do once every month.

The sheriff and police chiefs from San Joaquin County cities met to discuss crime trends, enforcement possibilities and the challenges they face amid the area’s rapid growth.

There was plenty to discuss, including:

# The survey that ranks the Stockton-Lodi metropolitan area No. 2 nationally in automobile theft per capita.

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It’s into the wee hours of the morning, so excuse the brevity of this report, but as the ASA “C” Nationals heads into the final day, here are the pairings for Monday, with just six (6) teams remaining:

Winner’s Bracket Final

Global Pacific, Oregon vs. Penn Power, PA

Loser’s Bracket Games:

Bob Hoffman’s PA vs. Team Taylor, CA
BMC West, UT vs. Cyclones, OH

It appears that the Rounders finished 7th, as the last team eliminated at 1:30 a.m. Monday morning.

Click here for the latest bracket, updated at 8pm Sunday night.