The Cal State Builders will be headed to the Boatnik Tournament in Grant’s Pass, Oregon over the Memorial Holiday weekend. Started in 1959, the Boatnik includes boat racing, fastpitch tournament and other community events, and will be celebrating their 50th year !
If your first question was “Who are the Cal State Builders?”, I’m right with you. The answer is that they are team organized for this one tournament. The next question many will ask (Fastpitchwest Forum readers in particular) will be: “Are Ron Rupp and Gerald Pyle really going to be in the same dugout, playing for the same team?”. The answer is “yes”. No wait – it gets better — they will be riding up to the tournament in the same van for the 10 hour drive ! That might redefine the term “Rupp’s Worst Nightmare ©” Oh, I can hear them going at it already. I give them until just north of Bakersfield before one of them winds up hitch hiking the rest of the way 😉
Cal State Builders Roster
Matt Barnes P
Gerald Pyle P
Ron Rupp IF/P
Javier Fierro ss
Chris Paiva inf
Jason Gluckman C
Dan Winnick OF
Dean Waltier UTL
Ricky Moore UTL
John Abbott INF
Jeff Reich OF
Dave Carlton INF
There are 8 teams in the tournament and they just did the draw – here’s how it looks:
Pool A
CR Rockers, Portland, Oregon
Mock Ford, Grants Pass, Oregon
Southern Oregon Bandits, Grants Pass, Oregon
Paquin’s Well Drilling, Grants Pass, Oregon
Pool B
Cal State Builders, NorCal
Seargant & Sons/Mock Mazda, Norcal & So Or
Brotherton Pipe, Medford, Oregon
Tule Lake Aces, Tule Lake, California
2009 Game Schedule(All Games at Riverside Park)
Friday Night
7pm Pool A Game 1 Mock Ford vs Southern Oregon Bandits
Saturday(All Games at Riverside Park)
9:30 am Pool A Game 2 CR Rockers vs Paquin’s Well Drilling
11:15 am Pool B Game 1 Brotherton Pipe vs Seargant & Sons/Mock Mazda
1pm Pool A Game 3 Mock Ford vs CR Rockers
3pm Pool B Game 2 Cal State Builders vs Tule Lake Aces
4:45pm Pool A Game 4 SO Bandits vs Paquin’s
6:30pm Pool B Game 3 Brotherton Pipe vs Cal State Builders
8:30pm Pool B Game 4 Seargant & Sons/Mock Mazda vs Tule Lake Aces
Sunday(All games at Riverside Park)
8:30am Pool A Game 5 Mock Ford vs Paquin’s Well Drilling
10:15am Pool B Game 5 Brotherton Pipe vs Tule Lake Aces
Noon Pool A Game 6 Cal State Builders vs Seargeant & Sons/Mock Mazda
1:45pm Pool B Game 6 Southern Oregon Bandits vs CR Rockers
Sunday Single Elimination Playoffs Begins at 3:30 PM
3:30 PM Game 13 B4 vs A1
5:15 PM Game 14 B2 vs A3
7:00 PM Game 15 A2 vs B3
9:00 PM Game 16 A4 vs B1
Monday
9:00 AM Game 17 Semifinal game 13 winner vs game 14 winner
11:00 AM Game 18 Semifinal game 15 winner vs game 16 winner
1:00 PM Game 19 Championship game winner of game 17 and 18
Editor’s note: We expect to receive some updates from the tournament and will post them here at the Morning Brief as they become available.
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