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The schedule of games was released today for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Aug 14-18, 2007. The highly competitive ISC II division is one of the premier divisions in all of fastball.
California will send two teams, A-1 Taylor Farms of Salinas/Castro Valley, CA and the Lumberkings of Bakersfield, CA. (ISC II Rankings are shown parenthetically below)
A-1/Taylor Farms is in Pool C
Tavistock, ON Merchants (# 3)
Kitchener, ON Outlaws (#12)
Moraviantown, ON Bucktown Bees (#17)
Castro Valley, CA A-1 Taylor Farms (#24)
Linwood, ON 86ers (unranked)
A-1/Taylor Farms Schedule:
Tues, Aug 14
12:00 PM EST/9:00am PST
vs. Linwood 86ers
Wednesday, Aug 15
3:30 PM EST/12:30pm PST
vs. Tavistock Merchants
6:30 PM/3:30pm PST
vs. Bucktown Bees
* Tentatively scheduled for broadcast on Ballparkradio.com *
Thursday, Aug 16
5:30 PM EST/2:30pm PST
vs. Kitchener Outlaws
The Lumberkings are in Pool B:
Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings (#2)
Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves (#13)
Harrisburg, PA PA Power (#16)
Carp, ON I4C Victory (#31)
Hamilton, ON Hawks (unranked)
The Lumberkings schedule:
Tuesday, Aug 14
7:30pm EST/4:30pm PST – vs. the host Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves. (This game is immediately following opening ceremonies, a rematch of last year’s game which drew one of the largest crowds of the tournament.) * Tentatively scheduled for broadcast on Ballparkradio.com *
Wednesday, Aug 15
9:30a EST/6:30am PST
vs. Harrisburg PA Power, PA
7:30pm EST/4:30pm PST
vs. Hamilton Hawks, ON
Thursday, August 16
1:30pm EST/10:30am PST
vs. Carp, ON I4C Victory
The single elimination playoff round starts at 9am Friday morning, with the top 24 teams advancing, and seeded according to their record in pool play competition. (Tie Breaker games are slated for — ugh — 7:00 a.m. (4am here on the west coast!)
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