Al Doran is at the Woodstock Tournament and posting scores game by game. His site, www.alsfastball.com is down at the moment, but you can still get the news on his back-up site, “NEWS-2” (the mailing list archive).
Archive for June, 2007
Woodstock Tournament Results from Ontario Canada
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007Best of the West Tournament This Weekend in Santa Barbara, CA
Friday, June 1st, 2007The 2007 edition of the 17th Annual Best of The West Tournament will take place at Field #1 and Field #2 at Pershing Park in Santa Barbara. Berths will be awarded for the ISC World Tournament, and the ISC II, Tournament of Champions.
Teams Competing:
Pool A
Innovative Communications
Young Bucks
Panteras
Pool B
SoCal Tribes
Tri-County
Romie’s Angels
Click here for the Schedule of Games.
The image above is from an old T-shirt from the 2nd Best of the West in 1992, in the days when the “Bombers” were from Vista 😉 Recognize any of those other teams? (more…)
Elkville and Lee’s Sports Falcons of Radom split Illinois Doubleheader
Friday, June 1st, 2007From the DuQuoin Evening Call, Illinois
By Jeff Profitt/American News Service
Elkville (Fastpitch) and Lee’s Sports Falcons of Radom split a pair of games Wednesday evening.
In the opener, Elkville won 9-2 as Les Wood tossed a two-hitter with eight strikeouts.
Drew Porter was 4-for-4 at the plate with three RBI. Aaron Hunter and Barry Maynor added two hits apiece with Maynor and Tim Herring each notching two RBI.
Travis Klingler knocked in both runs for Lee’s Sports.
Game two was a complete reversal as Lee’s won in five innings, 14-2, behind Mark Radake’s five-hit effort.
Ricky Kasban, Haven Hicks, John Kiselewski and Kelly Bauza enjoyed multi-hit nights with Kiselewski knocking in three runs.
For Elkville, Chad Reams blasted a solo home run.
Maynor tripled with Shawn Hunter adding the final RBI.
Mike Goldman and Troy Downen handled Elkville’s pitching duties.
Kiselewski was the pitcher of record for Radom in game one.
Elkville is idle until next Wednesday.
Lee’s plays three games Saturday atthe Franny’s Ole Irish Pub/NAFA National Qualifier in Springfield.
ISC # 9 vs. # 15 This Weekend
Friday, June 1st, 2007Vancouver Grey Sox v. Portland DeMarini, June 2-3
[VANCOUVER, BC] – The # 9 ranked Vancouver Grey Sox host # 15 ranked Portland DeMarini for a 4 Game Super Series this weekend, June 2-3. Doubleheaders start at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday. All games at South Memorial Park on E. 41st Ave between Fraser and Knight Streets, in Vancouver.
Conrad Margolis
Vancouver Grey Sox
conradmargolis@telus.net
ISC II #1 vs. #2 Tonight at Snapper Shootout
Friday, June 1st, 2007New # 1 Niagara Take On Defending Champs and # 2 Tavistock
[VIRGIL, ONTARIO] – When Niagara Snappers face off against Tavistock Merchants at the Snapper Shootout tournament tonight at 9:15 pm in Virgil, Ontario, it will be a battle of the top two ranked ISC II teams.
While the defending champions from Tavistock were rated #1 in the preseason rankings a month ago, news that they’ve lost three key players was enough to drop them to #2 in the latest rankings.
The top ranked Niagara Snappers failed to qualify for the ISC II Tournament of Champions, though a number of their players played key roles as pick-ups for other teams. Determined to get back to the show, the Snappers went out in the off-season and signed the top pitcher in the ISC II division, Cory Costello, who broke the ISC II strikeout record for a T of C, leading his hometown Micksburg Twins to a 3rd place finish.
The ink is barely dry on the latest set of rankings released today by the ISC II ranking committe, so we’ll see how many of them got it right. Are the Niagara Snappers the top dog to be reckoned with, or has the memory of Tavistock’s 2006 ISC T of C championship faded from the collective memory of the voters too quickly.
We’ll keep an eye out for that score and post it here.
4 USA Teams in Top 10 of ISC II
Friday, June 1st, 2007For the first time in recent memory, four (4) USA teams have climbed into the top 10 in the ISC II Rankings for June 2007. The Perkasie PA Rise Fastpitch team is the top ranked USA team at # 3, the same spot they wound up in at last year’s ISC II Tournament. Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections (CPI) is right in the middle of the top 10 at # 5, with last year’s newcomer, the California Lumberkings right on their heels at # 6. Another Pennsylvania team rounds out the USA group at # 8, South Lebanon, PA TNT, who also played in their first ISC II in 2006 and will be looking to move up as well.
The ISC II Tournament of Champions has been dominated by Ontario area teams since its inception in 2002, though the Perkasie Rise PA squad broke into the Final Four in last year’s teams, with more USA teams looking like contenders in this year’s event.
1. Niagara, ON Snappers
2. Tavistock, ON Merchants
3. Perkasie, PA Rise
4. Elmira, ON Cubs
5. Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections
6. Bakersfield, CA LumberKings
7. Palermo, ON Athletics
8. South Lebanon, PA TNT
9. Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder
10. Elora, ON Wellington Brewers
Niagara Snaps Up # 1 Ranking in ISC II
Friday, June 1st, 2007California Lumberkings Move Up to # 6
June 1, 2007 – When Niagara Snappers face off against Tavistock Merchants at the Snapper Shootout tournament tonight at 9:15 pm in Virgil, Ontario, it will be a battle of the top two ranked ISC II teams.
While the defending champions from Tavistock were rated #1 in the preseason rankings a month ago, news that they’ve lost three key players was enough to drop them to #2 in the latest rankings.
Moving up two spots to #3 is the Perkasie Hoffman Rise who are coming off their win in the first weekend of the Mid-Atlantic league.
Holding steady at #4 are the 2005 ISC II Champion Elmira Cubs while Oswego Cutro Professional Inspections come in at #5, up one from the preseason rankings.
A total of 32 teams from across North America received at least one vote from the panel of 12 rankers.
The top 10 are as follows:
1. Niagara, ON Snappers
2. Tavistock, ON Merchants
3. Perkasie, PA Rise
4. Elmira, ON Cubs
5. Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections
6. Bakersfield, CA LumberKings
7. Palermo, ON Athletics
8. South Lebanon, PA TNT
9. Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder
10. Elora, ON Wellington Brewers
To see the full list, including how each committee member ranked the teams, please see the ISC II section of the ISC website at www.iscfastpitch.com.
The rankings will form the basis for seeding teams in the sixth annual ISC II Tournament of Champions which will be played August 14-18 at Budd Park in Kitchener and Kinsmen Park in Cambridge, Ontario. The tournament will feature 35 teams from across North America playing a four-game round robin schedule in seven pools of five teams each. The top three teams from each pool along with three wildcards will advance to a single elimination playoff bracket.
For more information, please contact:
Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner
Email: blairjs(at)rogers.com