Italian Athletic Club from California won the ten team ASA “A” National Tournament at Gladstone, Missouri, with a 6-3 win over former ASA “A” National champs, New Image of Wisconsin. IAC was a perfect 4-0 in the tournament.
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How is this for building a program over the past four years?
Italian Athletic Club, CA:
2005 25th C natonals
2006 2nd place B nationals
2007 3rd A nationals
2008 A NATIONAL CHAMPS
New Image made it to the championship game by winning five games in a row, after losing its second game of the tournament to Team CR from Portland, Oregon. It’s fifth and final win of the tournament was against Team CR.
Final Order of Finish:
Champions – Italian Athletic Club – Stockton, CA 4-0
Runner-Up-New Image Fastpitch – Montfort, WI 6-2
3-Team CR-Portland – Vancouver, WA 2-2
4-Topeka Toros – Topeka, KS 2-2
5-HBC Lightning – Homer, MI 2-2
5-Broncos Fastpitch – Cerro Doreo, IL 1-2
7-National Investors – Albany, MO 1-2
7-Herzog – St. Joseph, MO 1-2
9-Pete’s Blue Softball – Swansea, IL 1-2
9-KC Angels – Kansas City, MO 0-3
Team CR’s Mark Bennett tossed a perfect game against New Image when the two teams met earlier in the tournament, Bennett’s first ever in a National tournament.
