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Boys of Summer – Saturday Scores

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

From the Green Bay Gazette:

Townline, Circle Tap advance in Boys of Summer

Press-Gazette

DENMARK — Circle Tap of Denmark and Townline of Green Bay advanced to quarterfinal games today at the Boys of Summer fastpitch softball tournament.

Circle Tap went 2-0 on Saturday to go to 2-1 in the tournament, winning Pool D.

Circle Tap beat Midland, Mich., 7-2 in its first game Saturday. Matt Bramwell threw a six-hitter with eight strikeouts, Tim Jorgensen homered and Kevin Reichardt, Chris Delarwell and Steve Schucker had two hits apiece.

Circle Tap then beat the Quad City Sox 6-3 as Collin McKenzie threw a seven-hitter with eight strikeouts. Kyle Magnusson, Jorgensen and Brian Hansen had two hits.

Townline, went 1-1 on Saturday to improve to 2-1, finishing second in Pool A.

Townline began Saturday by topping the Kegal Black Knights of Fargo, N.D., 14-8. Nick Shailes was the winning pitcher and hit a grand slam, and Gustavo Guerrinieri and Aaron Neemia also homered.

Patsy’s of New York, the second-ranked team in the world, then beat Townline 6-2 to win Pool A. Betto Guerrinieri took the loss, and Gustavo Guerrinieri and Neemia homered for Townline.

In quarterfinals at 10 a.m. today, Circle Tap plays Portland, Ore., at Circle Tap; Townline plays The Farm of Madison on Memorial Park’s upper diamond; and Midland plays Aspen of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on Memorial Park’s lower diamond.

Semifinals will be at noon, and the title game at 2 p.m. at Circle Tap.

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Boys of Summer Friday night scores

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

From the Green-Bay Gazette:

Townline snaps Stix at Boys of Summer tourney

Press-Gazette

DENMARK — Townline of Green Bay shut out the Stix of Bloomington, Ill., 7-0 on Friday in the Boys of Summer fastpitch softball tournament at Circle Tap and Memorial Park.

Betto Guerrinieri earned the win, and James Darby preserved the shutout in relief.

Stacy McLean was 2-for-2 with three runs scored, and Nick Shailes was 2-for-3 with two RBIs to lead Townline. Aaron Neemia was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Dolan & Murphy 3, Circle Tap 1

Juan Pottoluccio struck out 12 to outduel Circle Tap’s Matt Bramwell.

Circle Tap scored its run in the second inning on Kyle Van Abel’s home run. Bramwell pitched a three-hitter and struck out six against the Aurora, Ill.-based team.

Other games

The Demarini Merchants of Portland, Ore., beat the MinnDak Millers of Moorhead, Minn., 5-2, and the Midland, Mich., Explorers defeated the Quad City Sox 5-1.

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Merchants Win VA Classic

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

From

MERCHANTS WIN VA. CLASSIC TITLE WITH 11-4 VICTORY OVER PA. POWER

HAMPTON, VA. — Tournament MVP Bill Hillhouse struck out 13 as the Peninsula Merchants used a five-run fifth inning to break open a close game in route to an 11-4 victory over PA Power in the championship game of the Virginia Classic on Sunday.

PA Power held a 3-1 lead after two innings, but the Merchants started coming back with three runs in the bottom of the third as Joby Overstreet doubled in two and eventually scored on a
line out by Mike Chase. The visitors from Harrisburg, PA tied the game 4-all in the top of the fourth, but the Merchants took a lead for good on a Kelly Dampeer solo home run in the bottom
of the fourth.

The hosts exploded for five runs in the bottom of the fifth as J.T. Ortiz hit a two-run home run which was followed by RBI doubles from Todd Smith and Paul Hall who scored the fifth run on a wild pitch. Peninsula closed out the game in the bottom of the sixth as Ortiz scored on a groundout from Joe Hineline to end the game via the seven run-rule.

Hall, Dampeer, Overstreet and Hineline had two hits each for the Merchants (14-5) while Dampeer, Overstreet and Ortiz drove in a pair each. The Merchants will play at Francis Asbury Park again on July 21-22 against the Virginians from Roanoke.

PENINSULA MERCHANTS 11, PA POWER 4
Championship Game — Virginia Classic
PA Power 210 100 – 4 6 0
Peninsula 103 151 – 11 13 3
WP: Hillhouse (5-2); LP: Zimmerman. Standouts: PA, Ranck 2-3 (double, RBI, run), Sander 3-3 (triple, home run, 2 runs, RBI); Merchants, Hall 2-4 (2 runs, RBI, double, stolen base), Dampeer
2-3 (2 runs, 2RBIs, home run), Overstreet 2-4 (2 runs, 2RBIs, double), Ortiz 1-2 (2 runs, 2RBIs, home run), J. Hineline 2-3 (run, RBI, double), Hillhouse 13 strikeouts. Record: Peninsula 14-5.

Sunday Scores
GP Gwaltney 3, Sketchers 1 (Sketchers 4th place)
PA Power 3, GP Gwaltney 2 (GP Gwaltney 3rd place)

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Fastball Arizona Style – Aug 4-5

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

From

Si Senor/Pueblo Bandits is hosting a fastball tournament in Prescott, Arizona. August 4 and 5, 2007. Prescott is a mile high city with outstanding playing facilities. The cost is $150.00 with a three game guarantee. For further info contact, Herb Wisdom, e-mail or 520 398 2397.

From: HerbWisdom(at)webtv.net (Herb Wisdom)

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The Next Generation

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

Editor’s note: The story below, about a team from my home state of Michigan struck a chord with me, reminding me of the team that I play for, the So Cal Hustlers, started by Bobby Cole. Take away the four veterans, of which I am one, and it’s made up of 20-something players, whose enthusiasm for the game shines brightly. Two of them, Matt and Casey have fathers on the team, Doug and Ken. I’ve played again Doug and Ken for years, finally getting to call them teammates after all these years. Along with our senior statesman “Papa Joe” Salcido, the four of us skew the median age, adding 200 years to the mix. But make no mistake, the Hustlers are a young team, whose excitement about the game of fastpitch is clearly evident. It is contagious. The game will be just fine with this next generation. It just needs people like Rob Collamer (see story below) and others like many of you to introduce them to the game…..


From OurMidland.com:

Men’s fastpitch making inroads with next generation
By Greg Chalfin

More than 25 years ago, Rob Collamer got his start in fastpitch softball on Gary Wilson’s Great Lakes Photo team.

“He started a team so his boys could play on it,” Collamer said. “I was friends with his boys.”

Now, Collamer’s doing the same for his son Dustin and some of his friends through the newly formed Jr. Metros/Gillies team.

“I played fastpitch my whole life in the area,” Collamer said. “It was kind of tough for me to break in, so I kind of thought I’d start it for them.”

Alongside 11 players between the ages of 19 and 21, Collamer acts as player-coach in hopes of attracting more younger players to fastpitch softball. The team hasn’t had much success yet — one win in 20 games — but they’re playing tough competition to improve.

Dustin Collamer-Rowe — a 2006 graduate of Bullock Creek — played on his dad’s team last year and helped him recruit some of his friends from Bullock Creek to the team.

“It was a cool idea,” Dustin said. “I didn’t know how many kids they were going to be able to get at first, but I was able to help him out.”

But most of the team’s players were standout football players for the Lancers, and Dustin said the transition hasn’t been easy.

“There’s no contact in softball, but I have fun,” Dustin said. “There’s a lot of cool guys that we play against.”

Six of the team’s players, including Dustin, will play at a 19-and-under tournament in Frankenmuth over the weekend before returning to play for the Jr. Metros next week.

Fastpitch softball in the area appeared to be declining in recent years in favor of modified softball, but the pendulum between the two styles may be swinging back toward fastpitch with teams like Jr. Metros surfacing. Collamer said he found some of his current players in local modified leagues, and he’s happy to provide young players the opportunity to play fastpitch.

“The biggest reason I did this was I’m not a big fan of slowpitch or modified,” Collamer said. “And when I’m done playing, I’d like to come down and watch some fastpitch.”

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California Lumberkings Jump to # 2 Spot in ISC II Rankings

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Snappers head into ToC as top seed followed by Lumberkings & Tavistock

July 6, 2007 – The Niagara Snappers will go in the ISC II Tournament of Champions as the unanimous top seed with the release of the final ISC II rankings today.

The Snappers will try to become the first top-ranked ISC II team to win the ToC.

Moving up two spots to #2 are the California LumberKings, who played ISC heavyweights Broken Bow Gremlins and SoCal Bombers extremely tough in Portland and will be in Aurora, IL next weekend.

Rounding out the top seven who will head up the seven pools at the ToC are the defending champion Tavistock Merchants, Cutro Professional Inspections, Palermo Athletics, Ottawa Team Easton Thunder and Elora Wellington Brewers.

The top 10 are as follows with the previous period’s ranking in brackets:

1. (1) Niagara, ON Snappers
2. (4) Bakersfield, CA Lumberkings
3. (5) Tavistock, ON Merchants
4. (8) Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections
5. (6) Palermo, ON Athletics
6. (9) Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder
7. (2) Elora, ON Wellington Brewers
8. (7) Perkasie, PA Rise
9. (12) Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils
10. (10) South Lebanon, PA TNT

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 ToC will feature 35 teams 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.

With the rankings complete, look for the schedule to be released next week.

For more information, please contact:

Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner
Email: blairjs(at)rogers.com

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Postscript on Bombers’ win at Monkton

Friday, July 6th, 2007

From Cesar Rodriguez, So Cal Bombers:

It was one of the best tournaments we’ve played in, in terms of competition and environment. Brian Baillie and the people of Monkton did an outstanding job and the atmosphere was outstanding.

The team played pretty well. We came out of the gate well against Aspen and were able to take advantage of some mistakes and timely hitting to win the first game. Lucas Mata threw well and kept the Saskatoon team off balance all day. In the second game against Patsy’s, we got smoked. No EXCUSES, hear that critics! We played poorly and had poor focus at the plate. When you combine that with a top pitcher like Muizy and the bats and defense of the Patsy’s, you’re going to get your butt kicked; and we did. What you hope to do is regroup and play better the next one. We did.

We went on to beat the Twins (facing Koert and Scott), the Farm (Gervasutti and Gareau), the Gremlins (Kirkpatrick), and the Twins again (Martin). No slouches in any of those games. Our pitching was outstanding, we used Peeples, Whitten and Mata in our first game against the Twins, Mata against both the Farm and the Gremlins, and Whitten threw the final. Great performances. We got clutch hitting and did many of the little things we need to do to win.

Now I’ve been criticized before for stressing the process but I really believe this; Monkton’s win was satisfying but only because it legitimized us – to ourselves. We have a chance to win and beat good teams – we’ve been saying it and now we can start to believe we have that ability. We still have a lot of work to do and we know it. Winning at the end of June is great and we feel good about it but it isn’t August yet and we have to keep working hard on the process of getting better and that means improving some of the little things to be the best we can be.

Next weekend we travel to the Boys of Summer, and as many know we’re without Mata and Ghostkeeper (this past weekend we were without Potskin and Parra) but who is with us or not is really irrelevant. Our job is to continue to work on our overall game; get our at bats in against good pitching; our innings in against good hitters; and continue to work on plays and situations. If we win the tournament again, it will simply be another bonus.

I’m happy with our progress to this point, Monkton was a great confirmation for us and Rob, the Trejo’s and I are very proud of our club, but the World’s are still about six weeks away and there’s lots of work to do. See you at the park…….

C-Rod

So Cal Bombers

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Newspaper Story on Chris Delarwelle, Boys of Summer

Friday, July 6th, 2007

From

Nice feature story on Chris Delarwelle, at the Green Bay Gazette,The Gazette has been a standout in covering the game.

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Revised SCIFL Schedule of Games – Santa Barbara

Friday, July 6th, 2007

The schedule of games for this weekend in Santa Barbara has been revised. (The Amigos II dropped out, so “A” division teams will play one game “out of division”. )

Click here for Schedule of Games

Note game time changes for both divisions, Saturday AND Sunday.

For more details and maps, visit the SCIFL News blog by clicking here.

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Boys of Summer Schedule of Games

Friday, July 6th, 2007

From:

[Denmark, WI] – We are on the eve of the 7th edition of the Boys of Summer Open tournament in Denmark, WI. The local diamonds and bars are awaiting the masses that will swarm to NE Wisconsin and the small town of Denmark, WI, just outside of Green Bay. Always very strong crowds of knowledgable fans show up at this event year in and year out. Diamonds are being prepped with their final touches to be in top condition to host the finest players fastpitch has to offer. There will be a refreshment stand on the lower diamond at the Memorial Park location as well as the building at the upper diamond. The Circle Tap diamond of course will be a full service bar and menu as always with a beer garden down the 1st bast line. There will be a DJ in the bar following the games to keep the crowd excited. I’ve gotten e-mails from fans spanning the US and Canada looking to make the trip and we welcome them all with open arms to NE Wisconsin. Circle Tap has been a sponsor of men’s fastpitch for 13 years and going. A little added twist this year, with any luck, we’ll have some of the games webcast by Bret Baughman so the fans not making the trip can keep up with the action as it happens. All scores from all diamonds will be promptly updated via Al’s website by our 3 outstanding scorekeepers. Weather looks to be 80 and perfect on Friday. Sat and Sun look to be approaching 90 and clear. Safe travels to all coming to town.

Pool A
Patsy’s-New York, NY
TownLine-Green Bay, WI
Stix-Bloomington, IL
Kegel Black Knights-Fargo, ND

Pool B
Farm Tavern-Madison, WI
SoCal Bombers-Yucaipa, CA
Albaugh Inc-Elkhart, IA
Thomson Merchants-Thomson, IL

Pool C
Aspen Interiors-Saskatoon, SK
MinnDak Millers-Moorhead, MN
Portland DeMarini-Portland, OR
Plangger’s Furniture-Benton Harbor, MI

Pool D
Circle Tap-Denmark, WI
Explorers-Midland, MI
Quad City Sox-Davenport, IA
Dolan & Murphy-Aurora, IL

FRIDAY
Circle Tap Diamond(Highway X and NN 2miles outside of Denmark)
6:00 Circle Tap vs Dolan&Murphy
7:45 Portland vs MinnDak
9:30 The Farm vs Thomson

Denmark Memorial Park Upper diamond
6:00 TownLine vs Bloomington
7:45 Midland vs Quad City
9:30 Dolan & Murphy vs Quad City

SATURDAY
Circle Tap Diamond
9:00 Patsy’s vs kegel
11:00 Patsy’s vs Bloomington
1:00 TownLine vs Kegel
3:00 TownLine vs Patsy’s
5:00 Circle Tap vs Midland
7:00 Circle Tap vs Quad City
9:00 A1 vs B2 Playoff (G25)

Denmark Memorial Park Upper diamond
9:00 SoCal vs Albaugh
11:00 SoCal vs Thomson
1:00 Albaugh vs Thomson
3:00 Albaugh vs The Farm
5:00 SoCal vs The Farm
7:00 Bloomington vs Kegel

Denmark Memorial Park Lower diamond
9:00 Aspen vs Plangger’s
11:00 Aspen vs Portland
1:00 Plangger’s vs Portland
3:00 Plangger’s vs MinnDak
5:00 Aspen vs MinnDak
7:00 Dolan & Murphy vs Midland
9:00 No Games

SUNDAY
10:00 Playoffs on all three diamonds D1vsC2, B1vsA2, C1vsD2
12:00 Semi-Finals W#25 vs W#26, W#27 vs W#28
2:00 Finals

A copy of the schedule in Excel Format is available on our team website circletap.minnesotafastpitch.com

Zakk
CT Fastpitch
zakkflash(at)greenbaynet.com
www.circletap.minnesotafastpitch.com

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