Archive for May, 2006

Red Rock – 3pm scores

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Canyons Complex, St. George, Utah – Red Rock Tournament
Mountain Time Zone – one hour ahead of west coast PST and two behind EST

Saturday May 6, 2006
3pm results

Pool A
Patsy’s NY – 8
A-1 Tank, CA – 1
WP – Terry Luster & Joglar
LP – Darcy Byrne & Rogers

Pool B
So Cal Bombers CA – 14
Santa Rosa, CA – 0
WP – Ryan Brand & Wenstrum
LP – Bill Hillhouse, Hugh Hillhouse (3) & Osbuorn

Pool C
Houston Aces, TX – 2
CR/Portland, OR – 0
WP – Wayne Wells, J.Smith (2) & Gilmour
LP – Bahler & Rasmussen

Pool D
The Bar of Appelton, WI – 7
Lumberkings, CA – 5
WP – Gerard Long & Wartman
LP – Martinez & Harbison

Red Rock – 1pm scores

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Canyons Complex, St. George, Utah – Red Rock Tournament
Mountain Time Zone – one hour ahead of west coast PST and two behind EST

Saturday May 6, 2006
1:00 p.m. results

Pool A
A-1 Tank, CA – 6
Hogs, UT – 3
WP – Doug Sleep & Reyes
LP – Cody Thompson & Gray

Pool B
Castlewood, UT – 10
Santa Rosa CA – 2
WP – Chadwick & Bingham

Pool C
CR/Portland – 4
Hi Desert Dawgs – 2
WP – Piechnik & Rasmussen
LP – Ratlif & Hajjar

Pool D
Lumberkings, CA – 4
Colorado Rage, CO – 3
WP – Sonny Perkins & Mooneyham
LP – Smock & Rowan

We will be posting results after each set of games throughout the
tournament, to Al’s Fastball, and posting scores, photos and more at
the Red Rock Tournament Website shown below.

Technical issues permiting, we will be broadcasting the 5pm MST (7pm
EST) game between Team Rainey, CA and The Bar of Appleton, WI (Log
into Ballparkradio.com and click the “click to listen” link.)

Jim Flanagan
(for Ken Hackmeister & Josh Olmstead)
www.fastpitchwest.com
Email: jim (at) fastpitchwest.com

Red Rock Tournament Website:
www.fastpitchwest.com/redrock.htm

Broadcast Website:
www.ballparkradio.com

Red Rock Roster – The Bar of Appleton WI

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Red Rock Roster
Appleton Wi
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#2 Tony Schaaf Util
#5 Jeff Wartman C
#6 Kyle Van Abel SS
#7 Josh Johnson Inf P
#10 Sean Houge OF
#13 Jason Dreger 1b
#14 Kevin Schumacher 1b
#16 Darren Derricks 2b
#17 Matt Paulsen 3b
#23 Kirk Shillcox OF
#27 Gerard Long P
#38 Collin Mckenzie P
Tony Schaaf
Business and Information Technology Instructor
Kimberly High School
W2662 Kennedy Avenue
Kimberly, WI 54136
(920) 687-3024 EXT 6242
(920) 687-3029 FAX
tschaaf@kimberly.k12.wi.us

Red Rock Scoreboard

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Red Rock Saturday Scoreboard.

Red Rock Tournament – 11am Scores

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Canyons Complex, St. George, Utah – Red Rock Tournament
Mountain Time Zone – one hour ahead of west coast PST and two behind EST

Saturday May 6, 2006
11:00 a.m. results

Pool A
Patsy’s NY – 6
Hogs, UT – 1
WP – Muizelaar & DeGroat
LP – Urquhart & Gray

Pool B
So Cal Bombers, CA – 6
Castlewood, UT – 2
WP – Travis Price & Ghostkeeper
LP – Black, Fawcett (5) & Bingham

Pool C
Hi Desert Dawgs, UT/AZ – 2
Houston Aces, TX – 0
(forfeit, arrived late)

Pool D
The Bar of Appelton, WI – 7
Colorado Rage, CO – 3
WP – Colin McKenzie & Wartman
LP – Tabashnuik & Rowan

We will be posting results after each set of games throughout the
tournament, to Al’s Fastball, and posting scores, photos and more at
the Red Rock Tournament Website shown below.

We will be doing live broadcasts of selected games via
ballparkradio.com and will post the broadcast schedule to Al’s
Fastball and Ballparkradio as soon as we can confirm internet
connection for broadcasts. I was pleased to discover this morning
that the Red Rock complex now has a high speed internet connection !

Red Rock Tournament Website:
www.fastpitchwest.com/redrock.htm

Broadcast Website:
www.ballparkradio.com

Red Rock – 9am Saturday Results

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Canyons Complex, St. George, Utah – Red Rock Tournament
Temperature at noon, beautiful sunny 72 degrees F (22 C)
High today headed up to 84 degrees F (29 C)

Saturday May 6, 2006
9:00 a.m. results

Pool A
A-1 Tank, CA – 8
Las Vegas, NV – 1
WP – Ed Gasper & Rogers
LP – Cockerin & Hartley

Pool B
Hilo Athletics, HI – 6
Santa Rosa CA – 0
WP – Rob O’Brien & O’Brien
LP – Bill Hillhouse & Osborn

Pool C
CR/Portland, OR – 5
West Coast Cardinals, CA – 0
WP- Mark Bennett & Rasmussen
LP – Crawford & Winship (4) & Muratella

Pool D
Team Rainey, CA – 5
Lumberkings, CA – 4
WP – Bricklen Anderson & Acedo
LP – Grant Patterson & Harbison

We will be posting results after each set of games throughout the
tournament, with 11am game results from today due up shortly. We will
also be posting scores, photos and more at the Red Rock Tournament
Website shown below.

We will be doing live broadcasts of selected games via
ballparkradio.com and will post the broadcast schedule to Al’s
Fastball and Ballparkradio as soon as we can confirm internet
connection for broadcasts. I was pleased to discover this morning
that the Red Rock complex now has a high speed internet connection !

Red Rock Tournament Website:
www.fastpitchwest.com/redrock.htm

Broadcast Website:
www.ballparkradio.com

Red Rock Tournament Gets Underway Today

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

The Red Rock Tournament gets underway at the beautiful Canyons Complex in St. George, Utah today, with games starting at 9am Mountain time, and thereafter at 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm and 7pm. Today’s games are round robin, pool play games, which determines seeding for tomorrow’s single elimination championship bracket round.

Selected games will be broadcast live on the internet, on Ballparkradio.com. Watch here and at the ballparkradio.com website for more details. We’re checking out internet connection before posting the schedule, but the tentative is to do a 5pm game tonight (4pm PST, 7pm EST), and two tomorrow, a 1pm semi-final, and 3pm championship game. Again, we are in the mountain time zone, so adjust yours accordingly.

We will be providing scores and updates throughout the weekend, so check back after each set of games.

Hillhouses on the Hill for Santa Rosa at Red Rock

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Thanks to Herb Dower for his Red Rock roster:

Santa Rosa Fastpitch
Santa Rosa, CA
Former home of the Guanella Bros. Floormen
(Two-time ASA Major National Champions)

Danny Macler 2b
Brian Macler of
Gary Dower 3b-p
Tom Dower ss-c-p
Brian Osborn c
Mark Young 2b
Mike Mathewson of
Jewells Valesi of
Preston Boswell of
Tony Corkhill of
Alvaro Valladares 1b-p
Scott Stout util
Bill Hillhouse p
Hugh Hillhouse p
Manager and sponsor–Gary Dower

• Formerly the Santa Rosa Storm
• Finished third in ASA Class C National Qualifier.
• Won North Pacific State Tournament championship.
• Competed in 2005 Class C National Tournament in Stockton, going 1-2 to tie for 32nd place.
• Big wins in 2005 were over Long Beach Painters, Long Beach Black Sox, West Coast Financial, Bay Area Hi Reach, Oroville Braves, McLaughlin Air, San Juan, and Country Club Villa.
• Won Santa Rosa Wednesday Night League championship with 9-3 record.
• Won opening tournament of 2006, going 5-1 in Fairfield.

Santa Rosa is in Pool B with the Hilo Athletics – HI, Bombers – SoCal and Castlewood – UT. Their Saturday Schedule, on Diamond 1 is as follows:
9 AM – Hilo vs Santa Rosa
1 PM – Castlewood vs Santa Rosa
3 PM – Santa Rosa vs Bombers

Elmira Cubs top ISC II Preseason Rankings

Monday, May 1st, 2006

2005 ISC II Champions, the Elmira ON Cubs
Click here to enlarge photo.

Toronto, ON] – Defending Champion Elmira, ON Cubs claim top spot in the ISC II Preseason Rankings released today. Elmira tops a list of more than 50 teams from across North America that received at least one vote from the panel of 12 judges. Seven of the top 10 hail from the hotbed of ISCII fastball, the Ontario province. (not surprising, considering all four Final Four teams last year were from Ontario. Three teams from the USA have broken into the top 10, Black Gold from Herman, MO, Cutro Professional Inspection of NY (CPI, formerly McKie Sports), and KMV Rise, of PA, holding down the 7, 8 and 9 spots, respectively.

Click here for the complete set of rankings.

The top 10 (including ties) break down as follows: (more…)

AAU Coverage in This Month’s Softball Mag

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Softball Magazine has published Fastpitchwest’s feature story, “Price is Right” and photo layout from the 2006 AAU International Tournament in this month’s issue.

The magazine, dubbed the “Sports Illustrated of Softball” is available by subscription, and now also at a variety of newstands and bookstores across the country, including some Borders, Barnes & Noble, Waldens, Michael’s, and all of the Books-A-Million If you’re not already receiving it, we recommend it to you. Softball Magazine has been providing some great coverage of men’s fastball over the past several years, including the AAU, Red Rock, Rose Cup and ISC tournaments.

This month’s issue features full page photos of AAU tournament MVP Frank DeGroat, Jr., on the “inside cover” and Travis Price, who earned Most Valuable Pitcher honors at the tournament. (the “Price” in “Price is Right”) . Both players played for the 2006 AAU champion, Team USA, and will be at the Red Rock tournament this coming weekend in St. George, Utah, with their respective teams, Patsy’s of New York, and the So Cal Bombers.

Runner-up Team Minnesota is also featured prominently in the article.

Click PDF icon below to view a PDF copy of the magazine article. (Adobe Reader required).