The latest edition of “Fastball This Week” from Dennis Dosman, reporting on the fastball scene in Ontario, Canada:
Another weekend in fastpitch softball….with reports on the Waterloo Midget Invitational at Hillside Park in Waterloo, a rundown of how the Mitchell tournament went, with emphasis on the teams what will be at the Legends of Fastball here in KW June 25th 26th and 27th.the line up for Innerkip and a couple of other notes….leading up to the Legends of Fastball at Peter Hallman Ball Yard…
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But first of all….Coach Doug Davies has happily returned home from London hospital where he underwent
successful surgery last week. His first team catcher from the TienHoa ball club, Tom Clancy with the lovely Cecile
along, picked up Coach Davies and got him safely home. Doug told Clancy, that he has not felt better in months,
maybe years…
Thanks to the good wishes and prayers from the fastball community….I mean who prays more that a ball player…
Oh, I hope I get that rise ball now…
Oh I pray I get to that fly ball…
Oh I pray that bunt stays fair….
Oh, I hope the ump didn’t catch that trapped ball…
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A couple of the local teams made the trip out of the Region all the way to Mitchell for the 20th annual Met’s tournament.
Here are some results involving local teams and teams playing in the upcoming Legends of Fastball June 25th to 27th
Bob Halls Kitchener Outlaws opened up with two wins over good local Junior clubs, 6 to 5 over Rick McLeans Waterloo Hallman Jr Twins…and 6 to 2 over the Mitchell Juniors…then got a nice 2 to 1 win over the Shakespeare Falcons
to place in the A Semi Finals which they lost to the Linwood Chiefs with Dan Martin picking up the “W” and
Mel Ross, the “L”
Wellington Sox, opened up with a big win over the host Mitchell Mets, 8 to 3, followed up with a Smoking 11 – 3 win
over Saugeen Shores …and then took the bite out of the Puslinch Bulldogs 13 to 3 to meet and defeat the
Shakespeare Falcons 4 to 2 in the A Semi….
The Sox, behind the releif pitching of Todd ‘Uhrig beat the Linwood Chiefs 9 to 5 in the A Final, Nic Goetz started
for the Wellington Sox, Dan Martin was the LP for the Chiefs…
The Waterloo Junior Twins followed their loss to the Kitchener Outlaws with another loss this time to the
Shakespeare Falcons, and then got on track with a solid 7 – 2 win over the Mitchell Juniors…
Port Elgin Blue Devils opened up with a 4 – 3 win over Fisherville A’s, then lost to the Linwood Jr Chiefs 8 – 2,
before beating the Monkton Muskats 10 to 0…
The Blue Devils met and beat the Waterloo Juniors 5 to 0 to make it to the B final, which they won with
a 10 to 0 score over Puslinch.
C winners were Mitchell Jr Chiefs..
The Waterloo Juniors and the Linwood Juniors will be coming into the junior division “the Future of Fastball”
in the :Legends of Fastball Classic in the hunt for the championship. They are part of the four team Junior Division
that includes the highly ranked Fingal Juniors and the new Brantford Juniors, lead by Al and Wayne Staats…..
The Legends of Fastball and the Future of Fastball begins on June 25th and goes to Sunday the 27th at
Peter Hallman Ball Yard in Kitchener…
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ISC Fastpitch Rankings…
Guess who is ranked first and second…and guess which of the top 4 ISC ranked teams are coming to
Kitchener June 25th 26 and 27th…and guess which additional top ranked teams will also be in Kitchener as well
See the recently released rankings from the ISC on the page link below…
http://www.iscfastpitch.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=444&cntnt01origid=15&cntnt01dateformat=%A%2C %B %e%2C %Y&cntnt01returnid=132
That is right, the top four ISC (International Softball Congress) teams, Kitchener Hallman RiverShark Twins,#1,
the revamped and powerful Travelers from Jarvis, #2 both the NY Gremlins #3 and NY/Chicago Dominicanas #4
plus Midland Michigan Explorers, ranked at #6, plus the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions Port Elgin Blue
Devils and the runners up..KW Cubs, plus another great local team the Elmira Expos, along with the long time
Twins rivals the Owen Sound Verge Selects, and the emerging Niagara Snappers.
Big time softball…big time fastpitch…
See you at the ball yard…..Peter Hallman Ball Yard..Hayward Ave..Kitchener Ontario….
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Hillside Park Wateloo was the venue for the annual SPORTSZONE Midget Invitational….
Here are the results…I have missed a couple…but it was damp and wet and I went for cover a couple of times….
and Bruce Young, the hardest working volunteer in softabll,was hard to find. Bruce ran the Conestogo Park portion
and wasn’t available to answer the dozens of questions I always have for him…
Hillside Upper Diamond
KW Twins lsot to Oshawa BBs 3 – 2
Napanee 5 – 2 over Stratford
Oshwas BBs 10 New Dundee Dodgers 3
Owen Sound 8 – Sebringville 3
Rockwood 10 Jarvis 3
Napanee 5 – Oshawa Pops 1
Hillside Lower
Walkeron Wild 8 Jarvis 1
Wiarton 12 Sebringville 5
Walerton 10 Rockwood 6
Stratford 9 Oshawa Pops 2
KW Twins 7 New Dundee 0
Owen Sound 6 Wiarton 2
Conestogo Park
New Dundee 7 Rockwood 0
Owen Sound 5 Oshawa Pops 0
KW Twins 10 Jarvis 3
Wiarton 8 Napanee 4
Oshawa BBs 7 Walkerton 3
In the A division championship round….KW Twins 5 Owen Sound 4, Oshawa BB’ 7 Wiarton 0 and the
final Oshawa BBs 9 KW Twins 2
B championship round…Napanee 14, Rockwood 6, Stratford over Walkerton 3 – 1 and the B Championship
Napanee beat Stratford ….
Good tournament and a great warm up for Owen Sound Midget Elims ..
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The KIP and Tim Wright’s annual qualifier….
InnerKIP is this weekend….the annual ISC qualifier…many of the local teams have qualified….but a few
are still looking to make the trip to Midland this August…
They include the Kitchener Outlaws, Wellington Sox, Ingersoll Crush, and the SP Juniors in the B division…
I like the Sox and Outlaws….
In the A division…..Innerkip Eagles, Hickson Reds, Shakespeare Falcons and Alvinston Indians….I gotta say I am not
familiar with these teams other than seeing the Indians at St Clements a couple of weeks ago at the Outlaw’s annual…
Let’s go with the Sox and Outlaws in the final…someone by one run….and the hope that there are two spots available
for the ISCs in Midland..I like to see both Ron Gilbert and Bob Hall making the trip to the ISCs …
Cobourg by the way, with some former Bridgeport Bravee members are in the eastern Ontario ISC qualifier in Napanee…
I can’t make the KIP this weekend… I will be watching the horses at Churchill Downs and maybe the Toledo Mudhens play Louisville in AAA ball..
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KWMinor Boys Fundraising Golf Tournament
July 10th……1PM Doon Valley ….$90…….
18 holes, cart, prime rib and chicken buffet, prizes and lots of fun..scramble format….
for more information….Dave Macdonald….519 570 1116….
That is between tournaments…after the Legends and before Tavistock invitational…..
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If anyone wante to promote their business at the Legends of Fastball, we are looking for prizes
Give me a call and I can pick them up next week…
Thanks
and see you at the ball park…
Dennis