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Panteras, Pyle Reign at Artesia

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

From the SCIFL News Blog:

The Panteras rode the arm of Gerald Pyle as he threw a complete game 4 hit shutout in beating The Long Beach Black Sox 5-0 in the championship game. Pyle struck out 10 and walked none in a brilliant performance. The Panteras completed a perfect 5-0 weekend in winning the 12 team event at Artesia Park in Artesia. Eli Salazar led the offensive attack going 2-3 with 3 RBI. Tony Acedo also added 2 hits and a run scored. Jimmy Buentello chipped in with another 2-3 day and a run scored. The Panteras beat Ron Rupp for the second time in the day.

The Panteras jumped on Rupp early in the first inning. Rupp walked the first two hitters of the game. Two outs later Eli Salazar lined a 0-2 pitch to left field for a single making the score 2-0 Panteras. Tony Aucedo later singled with two outs driving in Salazar making the score 3-0 after one inning. In the Panteras fourth inning Tony Aucedo singled with one out. Trino Ramirez followed with a walk. With runners on first and third Dee Neeblas hit a sac fly to center making the score 4-0. In the Panteras 5th Jesse Duncan singled as did Jimmy Buentello. Eli Salazar singled home Duncan to make the score 5-0 after 5 innings.

Pyle did the rest for the Panteras as the Sox mounted only 1 real threat in the first inning when Andy Martinez singled and Fred Hanker doubled. With runners on second and third with 1 out Pyle retired Chris Minogue and Dave Demaio to stop the rally. After the first inning Long Beach never got a runner past second base the rest of the game. Fred Hanker led the Sox going 2-2 and Andy and Chris Martinez got the 2 other hits.

The game marked the end of the 2007 SCIFL inaugural season. The Long Beach Black Sox were crowned the A Major champions winning 3 tournaments and compiling an astounding 31-7 record in league play. The A Minor champion will be determined in a few days. I would like to thank all the teams for participating in what was a very successful first season of competitive fast pitch softball. A special thanks to Robert Hernandez the Tournament Director for whom made all this possible. We hope to continue to bring exciting softball to the Southern California area for many years to come. Good luck to all the teams going to the nationals in a few weeks.

Fred Hanker

SCIFL Commissioner

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Maddy’s Slideshow – SCIFL at Artesia – Aug 4

Sunday, August 5th, 2007


Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

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Canadian Jr. Men’s Championships – PEI

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

Click here for the coverage of the Canadian Jr. Men’s Championships in PEI. The coverage includes live streaming audio broadcasts, with a link at the official site to listen.

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ASA Major National Champions – Patsy’s

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

From

Patsy’s wins first ASA Men’s Major Fast Pitch National Championship

South Bend, Ind.—Patsy’s of New York City won its first ever ASA Men’s Major Fast Pitch National Championship on Saturday night with a 9-5 win over the Farm Tavern of Madison, Wis. Gerald Muizelaar, who was named as the Herb Dudley Most Valuable Player, held off a scrappy Farm Tavern squad to collect his third win and secure Patsy’s first ASA Men’s Major National Championship.

Patsy’s Thomas Makea was named as the Batting Champion after going 9-for-18 (.500) during his team’s run to the title. Despite a runner-up finish, the Farm Tavern’s second baseman Zeron Winters was named as the Most Valuable Player after posting a .433 batting average with 13 hits, three home runs and 10 RBI.

Patsy’s cruised in to the championship game with a 6-2 win over the Quaker Riversharks of Ambler, Pa. Frank DeGroat was once again the offensive star for Patsy’s collecting a single, a home run and three RBIin the winning effort. Travis Wise drove in two RBI while Omar Moraga posted a single, a double and an RBI. Adam Folkard was the winning pitcher for Patsy’s after striking out nine.

After dropping its opening game of the tournament to Broken Bow, the Farm Tavern battled all the way back to meet Patsy’s in the championship game. On Saturday alone, the Farm won four games in a row just to get in to the championship game. They started the day with a 10-6 win over the Minn Dak Millers of Fargo, ND at 9 a.m. Jeff Goolagong almost hit for the cycle going 3-for-3 with a double, triple, home run and two RBI.

At 11 a.m. the Farm got their revenge on Broken Bow with an 8-7 victorythat sent the Gremlins home. The win sent the Farm into the semi-finals of the loser’s bracket where they faced Circle Tap of Denmark, Wis., the defending ASA National Champion. Arepeat of 2006 was not to be for Circle Tap as Broken Bow continued their dreamcome back with a 6-2 win to move one step closer to the championship game. Wintersled the way for the Farm with a single, a home run and two RBI.

In the loser’s bracket finals the Farm showed no signs of fatigueas they took down the Quaker Riversharks, who were playing just their secondgame of the day, 8-2, to advance in to the championship game against Patsy’s.Collin Abbott, Donny Hale and Winters were all offensive stars in the win. Abbott had a single, a home run and two RBI, while Dale contributed a single, a double and two RBI. Winters continued his success with a single, two RBI andtwo RBI.

Brian McCall
bmccall@softball.org

(Championship) Game #37 – 5:00pm
The Farm Tavern – Madison, WI 5runs, 10 hits, 0 errors
Patsy’s – New York, NY 9runs, 9 hits, 2 errors
WP – Gerald Muizelaar
LP – Sebastian Geravsutti
Zeron Winters (Farm Tavern) three singles
Donny Hale (Farm Tavern) triple, home run, two RBI’s
Jeff Goolagong (Farm Tavern) single, home run, RBI
Paul Rosebush (Farm Tavern) two singles, RBI
Travis Wilson (Patsy’s) two singles, two RBI’s
Frank DeGroat (Patsy’s) single, home run two RBI’s
Lois Joglar (Patsy’s) two singles, RBI

Batting Champion: 9 hits, 18 at-bats, .500 batting average
Patsy’s – Thomas Makea

Herb Dudley Most Valuable Pitcher: Won 3, Lost 0 –1.68 ERA, 16 2/3 innings pitched, allowed 10 hits, while striking out 20
Patsy’s Gerald Muizelaar

Most Valuable Player: 13 hits, 3 HR’s, 10 RBI’s,..433 batting average
The Farm Tavern – (2B) Zeron Winters

Bob Waters
Belleville Softball Staff
574-282-1449

Final Bracket

First Team All Americans

Second Team All Americans
Final Order of Finish

Individual Award Winners

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Patsy’s Over The Farm for ASA Major Crown

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Patsy’s 9-5 Win Caps Perfect Run at ASA Major

Patsy’s of New York entered the ASA Major Tournament as the # 2 team in the ISC World rankings, but it managed to knock off both teams that held the # 1 spot during the 2007 season, the Riversharks, and Broken Bow. ISC # 6 ranked The Farm dropped its first game of the tournament on opening night to Broken Bow, NY, in a tough draw, but they battled all the way back to the championship game before falling to unbeaten Patsy’s. Along the way, The Farm rattled off 7 straight wins, and avenged the earlier loss to Broken Bow by eliminating them in a Saturday afternoon game today, 7-6, enroute to a second place finish, while the other winner’s bracket finalist, the Riversharks finished third, though dropping their final two games.

Circle Tap finished fourth, while Broken Bow and Midland tied for fifth. Midland dropped their second game of the tournament, to the Riversharks, then notched 5 consecutive wins before being eliminated by Circle Tap.

Unofficial Order of Finish:

1. Patsy’s, NY
2. The Farm Tavern, WI
3. Riversharks, ON/PA
4. Circle Tap, WI
5. Midland, MI
5. Broken Bow, NY
7. Minn Dak, MN
7. Florida Fastpitch, FL
9. Midwest Stampede, MDWST
9. HBC Rice Creek, MI
9. Thomson Merchants, IL
9. Quad City
13. Bloomington, IL
13. Duncan, IN
17. Dolan & Murphy, IL
17. Ashland, OH
17. Planggers, IL

From

Click here for the updated bracket at Al’s Fastball

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South Bend Newspaper Story on ASA Major

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

From the

Outlaws pick up ASA victory

MEN’S SOFTBALL

Elkhart’s Duncan Outlaws picked up the lone local win on the second day of the ASA Men’s Major Fast Pitch National Softball Tournament at Belleville Complex.

The Outlaws topped the Ashland Mets (Ashland, Ohio) 3-2 in the nightcap behind Allen Hodge with two hits including a triple and an RBI. Craig Foor added a pair of hits in the win.

Jeff Brown tried to provide enough offense by connecting for a single, double, and a home run to drive in three runs, but the Outlaws dropped a close game, 5-4, to HBC Rice Creek Lightning (Homer, Mich).

Tim Smart added a pair of singles and an RBI in the loss.

The Outlaws fell to The Farm Tavern (Madison, WI) 11-0 in the late game.

Benton Harbor’s Plangger team surrendered six runs in both of its games and was unable to make up the difference.

Plangger dropped its opener 6-4 to Dolan & Murphy (Aurora, Ill.) and 6-2 later in the afternoon to the Midland Explorers (Midland, Mich).

In other games:

Midland Explorers (Mich.) 4, Ashland Mets (Ohio) 0: Craig Crawford had a home run and two RBIs.

Thomson Area Merchants (Ill.) 10, Bloomington Stix (Ill.) 5: Steve Manson had a single and two homers to drive in four runs in the win. Marquis Cody had three hits and three RBIs, John Brandon had a pair of singles and a double with two RBIs, and Chad Seeman had a single and home run for three RBIs.

The Farm Tavern (Wis.) 7, Dolan & Murphy (Ill.) 2: Rob Gray and Colin Abbott both singled and homered in the win. Kevin Schellenberg singled and doubled, and Jason Hill had two singles and a double in the win.

Bloomington Stix (Ill.) 8, Dolan & Murphy (Ill.) 6: Chad Seeman had three hits and three RBIs and Thomas Cameron singled and homered to drive in three runs for Stix. Paul Montero had three hits and Mitch Pruemer added two doubles in the win. Dolan was led by Camden Decker with a single and a triple and Adam Perkins with two hits.

Broken Bow Gremlins (N.Y.) 5, Florida Fastpitch (Fla.) 2: Jordan Taveras had two hits, including a double.

Patsy’s (N.Y.) 3, Quad City Sox (Ia.) 0: Gerald Muizelaar had 12 strikeouts, holding the Sox to one hit. Travis Wilson homered and had two RBIs.

Quaker Riversharks (Pa.) 4, Midwest Stampede (Ia.) 0: Blair Ezekiel homered to lead Quaker. Dennis Jensen and Chris Bowman both had two hits for the Stampede.

Circle Tap (Wis.) 8, MinnDak Millers (N.D.) 6: Frankie Perez had two hits, including a home run to lead Circle Tap. Tim Jorgenson had two hits, including a triple, Tom Crouch had two hits, and Chris DeLarWelle homered. Brian Lammeng singled and homered to knock in three runs for MinnDak.

Midland Explorers (Mich.) 3, Bloomington Stix (Ill.) 2: Brant Lynch had two hits for Midland.

Florida Fastpitch (Fla.) 5, Thomson Area Merchants (Ill.) 2: Terry Luster struck out 11. Fastpitch was led at the plate by Blake Miller with a double and home run with three RBIs, and Mike Brown with a single and double. B.J. Gulick homered for Thomson.

The Farm Tavern (Wis.) 3, Midwest Stampede (Ia.) 0: Zenon Winters homered and had two RBIs. Benise Hanson had two singles for the Stampede.

MinnDak Millers (N.D.) 11, HBC Rice Creek Lightning (Mich.) 2: Ward Goose pitched a three hitter with 13 strikeouts. Gregg Cascaes had two hits and four RBIs and Goose singled and homered to drive in two runs for MinnDak.

Midland Explorers (Mich.) 3, Quad City Sox (Ia.) 2: Midland was led by Todd Schultz and Steve Horning with two hits each. Horning drove in the winning run in the seventh. Billy Kranz had two hits and Henry Schelb had a single and a double for the Sox.

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ASA Major – And Then There Were Six

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Midland Over Florida, The Farm Over Minn Dak

From

Winner’s Bracket Final:
Patsy’s vs. Riversharks (ISC # 2 vs. ISC # 3)

Loser’s Bracket Semi-finals:

11am EST – The Farm vs. Broken Bow (ISC #6 vs. ISC # 1)
11am EST – Midland vs. Circle Tap (ISC # 12 vs. ISC # 8.)

1pm EST – Loser’s Bracket final, with winners of 11am games
3pm EST – Loser’s Bracket Winner vs. Winner’s Bracket Loser

5pm EST – Championship Game
7pm EST – “if” game

Click here for the updated bracket at Al’s Fastball

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ASA Major – Day 3

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Eight Teams Left Standing As Tournament Heads into Day 3

Matchups for Saturday:

Winner’s Bracket Final:
Patsy’s vs. Riversharks

Loser’s Bracket:

9am EST – The Farm vs. MinnDak Millers
11am …….winner to face Broken Bow at 11am

9am EST – Midland vs. Florida Fastpitch
11am……….winner to face Circle Tap at 11am

1pm EST – Loser’s Bracket final, with last two standing from above 6 teams
3pm EST – Loser’s Bracket winner vs. loser of Winner’s Bracket final (Patsy’s-Riversharks)

5pm EST – Championship Game
7pm EST – “if” game

Click here for the updated bracket at Al’s Fastball

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ASA Major – Day 2 – Late Night Results

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

From

Click here for the updated bracket at Al’s Fastball

Friday night results:

Winner’s Bracket:

Patsy’s over Broken Bow
Riversharks over Circle Tap

Loser’s Bracket:

Farm over Midwest Stampede
MinnDak over HBC Rice Creek
Florida over Thomson
Midland over Quad City

As of Saturday morning:

Unbeaten:(2)

Patsy’s (3-0, def. Duncan, Quad City and Broken Bow)
Riversharks (3-0, def. Midland, Stampede and Circle Tap)

One Loss (6)

Broken Bow (2-1, def. The Farm, Florida, lost to Pasty’s)
Circle Tap (2-1, def. Thomson, MinnDak, lost to Riversharks)
The Farm (2-1, def. Dolan & Murphy, and Midwest Stampede, lost to Broken Bow)
Minn Dak Millers (2-1, def. Ashland, and HBC Rice Creek, lost to Circle Tap)
Florida Fastpitch (2-1, def Planggers and Thomson, lost to Broken Bow)
Midland Explorers (4-1, def. Ashland, Plangger,Bloomington, and Quad City, lost to Riversharks)

Eliminated (9)

Quad City (1-2, def. HBC Rice Creek, lost to Patsy’s and Midland)
Midwest Stampede (1-2, def. Bloomington, lost to Riversharks and The Farm)
HBC Rice Creek (1-2, def. Duncan, lost to Quad City and Minn Dak)
Thomson Merchants (1-2, def. Bloomington, lost to Circle Tap and Florida Fastpitch)
Dolan & Murphy (1-2, def. Planggers, lost to Midland, Bloomington)
Bloomington (1-3, def. Dolan & Murphy, lost to Stampede, Thomson and Midland)
Duncan Outlaws (1-3, def. Ashland, lost to Patsy’s, HBC Rice Creek and The Farm)
Planggers (0-3, Losses: Florida, Dolan & Murphy, and Midland)
Ashland Mets (0-3, Losses: MinnDak, Midland, Duncan)

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Canadian Jr. Men’s Championships

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

From the Guardian
“Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew”

Working hard for fun
Tournament director Paul Gallant says there are many small details that need to be covered when putting on an event like the Canadian junior men’s fastpitch championship, which begins this Sunday in Summerside

AMBER SHEA
Transcontinental Media

SUMMERSIDE — The first tournament Paul Gallant ever organized was the national junior men’s fastpitch softball championship in 1983.

“Twenty-four years later and here we are again,” said Gallant, the tournament director.

Sunday at 11 a.m., the Causeway Bay national junior men’s fastpitch championship begins in Summerside.

“It lasts eight days,” said Gallant. “We’re hoping to get about 20,000 people going through the park during the tournament.”

There are nine teams entered in the tournament, including the host Summerside Source For Sports Twins.

There are no enteries from Manitoba, Alberta or British Columbia, but there is one each from Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Saskatchewan. There are three teams representing Ontario.

Gallant said families travelling with ball players tend to make a vacation out of these tournaments.

“There will be a visitor information booth set up at the ball field for people who want to know things like where to go sailing.”

Summerside was awarded the tournament late in 2005, beating out two other communities.

Since then, Gallant has been getting ready for the event.

“I could be on the phone with you for hours describing the minor details that go on behind the scenes in order to organize a ball tournament.”

Organizing volunteers, making sure the ball field meets softball Canada standards, getting sponsors, setting up travel times and putting together opening and closing ceremonies are only some of the things he needs to do to prepare for the tournament.

Gallant is also talking with the teams every day to make sure they are informed about things like transportation schedules.

So far, everything is going smoothly, but Gallant said there are always minor issues they have to deal with when the tournament starts.

“I don’t drink . . . but I usually have a beer at the end of each tournament to celebrate that it’s over,” he said with a laugh.

“I do this because I love it.”

The tournament website is
http://www.2007jrmensfastpitch.com

National junior men’s fastpitch championship at a glance

Dates – Sunday, Aug. 5-12.

Where – Queen Elizabeth Park in Summerside.

Teams – Summerside Source for Sports Twins (P.E.I.); Kelly’s Pub Canadians (N.L.); East Hants Henchmen (N.S.); Miramichi Vics (N.B.); St. Leonard d’Aston’s Express (Que.); Scarborough Wolverines (Ont. 1); Elmira Advance Millwright (Ont. 2); Simcoe Wildcats (Ont. 3); Saskatoon Jr. Diamondbacks (Sask.).

Opening Day Schedule – 11 a.m., Ont. 3 vs. Ont. 2; 2 p.m.,?Sask. vs. P.E.I.; 4 p.m., Que. vs. N.L.; 6 p.m., N.S. vs. Sask.; 8 p.m., Ont. 1 vs. N.B.

P.E.I.’s Games – Sunday, 2 p.m., vs. Sask.; Monday, 8 p.m., vs. Ont. 1; Tuesday, 12 p.m., vs. Ont. 3, 6 p.m., vs. N.L.; Wednesday, 12 p.m., vs. N.B., 8 p.m., vs. Que.; Thursday, 2 p.m., vs. Ont. 2, 6 p.m., vs. N.S.

Championship Game – Sunday, Aug. 12, at 1:30 p.m.

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