Mitchell ON Mets cap successful season with ISC Challenge Cup

September 26th, 2010

Veteran squad earns berth in 2011 ISC world tournament

By Andy Bader

For the first time ever, the Mitchell Mets – the longest-serving intermediate men’s fastball team in the South Perth Men’s Fastball League – have qualified for a berth in the International Softball Congress (ISC) world championships.

The squad, which has participated and won various provincial, Eastern Canadian, North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) and ISC II tournaments, earned the right to participate in the elite world championships in Quad Cities, Iowa next August 12-20 thanks to their perfect 5-0 mark in the 12-team ISC Challenge Cup this past weekend on their home field.

The Mets were never really threatened in the process, using a powerful offensive display, fine pitching and airtight defence to win two games Sunday via the mercy rule after a 3-0 start Saturday, including the final, a 9-2 thrashing of the Ingersoll Crush in five-innings. Earlier, in the semi-final, the Mets exploded for six runs in the sixth to rip Ingersoll 12-4 and earn a berth in the final of the double-knockout tournament.
A five-run first inning in the final, keyed by a two-run home run by pickup Dale Levy of the Sebringville Sting and a two-run triple by Kevin Gettler, set the tone as the Mets crushed the Crush. Fred Follings, a pickup from Shakespeare Falcons, did the rest, earning his third win of the tournament.

Kevin Pomfret pitched a two-hit shutout to lead a 3-0 win over the Kitchener Selects Saturday morning, while A.J. Moses singled twice, walked and scored two runs. Matt McGill had a pair of RBI. Follings threw a no-hitter in the Mets’ 6-1 win over Mississauga immediately thereafter, allowing only an unearned run in the fourth while striking out 10. McGill’s two-run home run keyed a four-run top of the inning. Gettler singled, walked and scored twice while Darryl Eidt had a pair of RBI’s.

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Members of the Mitchell ON Mets Championship team were:

A.J. Moses, Dennis Pauli, Steve Cook, Kevin Pomfret, Dale Levy, Kevin Quipp, Dave Falhaufer, Kevin Gettler, Bob Ward (manager). Front row (left): Kory Dietz, Jeff Pauli, Darryl Eidt, Joe Harris, Scott Lealess, Jamie Everett, Fred Follings, Bill Davidson. Absent was Matt McGill.

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AAU Poll – Pitching Rule

September 24th, 2010

The AAU tournament held each January has always used 2 pitching rules, ISC and ISF. When an international team plays a North American team, the International team can require the North American team to use the ISF pitching rule which requires more restrictive movements. At the 2010 Peligro Cup in NYC, the individual pitchers got to choose their own style of pitching and one side could not determine the rules for both teams. In other words, an International pitcher could use the ISF rule and a North American pitcher could use the ISC rule in the same game.

What do you think?

Should the AAU change its pitching rule?
Let each pitcher throw the way he wants
Should be ISC rules only
Should be ISF rules only
Keep it the way it is
  
pollcode.com free polls

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Three JRW Fastpitch Players Make All-World at NAFA 45+

September 22nd, 2010

Information courtesy of Jim Williamson

Carson City, NV …. Three players from the JRW Fastpitch Team were named First team All-World at the North American Fastpitch Assn Masters World Series in the 45-OVER division (Sept 17-19). Catcher Troy Grow, Second Baseman Jake Andreas and Pitcher Sam Aldridge were playing on the Ladner, BC team that lost 9-8 in the Championship game Sunday night.

Grow batted .500 and had 7 RBIs with one HR, Andreas batted .533 and had 6 RBIs and Aldridge was 2-2 with 24 K’s and an ERA of .251.

BC players on the All-World Team were SS Brian Manderville and Left Fielder Steve Pidwerbeski. Manderville batted .476 and had 8 RBI’s and Pidwerbeski batted .467, had 4 RBI’s and slugged a 3-Run Homer in the Championship game.

JRW & Associates Sponsor/Manager Jim Williamson coached the team.

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Colton Dirtbags Tournament – October 16-17

September 21st, 2010

Info courtesy of Ernie Marez

1st Annual Conquistadors Men’s “ C” fast pitch tournament

* Hosted by Colton Dirt Bags
* October 16/17 2010
* Games played at Veterans Park Colton CA
* entry fee $350.00
* Contact information Tony Campa 909-824-1620 or Joaquin Juarez 909-915-4946

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2010 Ontario Challenge Cup – Wrap Up

September 21st, 2010

From our good friend Joe Todd:

On behalf of ISC Canada East- Vice President , Blair Setford and myself, I would like to congratulate the Mitchell Mets on winning the 2010 Ontario Challenge Cup held this past weekend in Mitchell. The Mets went 5-0 and with the perfect record came away with the Laverne Reichert Memorial Trophy and will receive a berth in the 2011 ISC World Tournament to be held in the Moline, Illinois next August. The finalist for the weekend were the Ingersoll Crush Who posted a 4 win – 2 loss record with both losses notched on the backs of the eventual champions , the Mitchell Mets

I would like to Thank our hosts for the weekend, Chairman Kory Dietz and the OHA Jr. C Hockey Team – the Mitchell Hawks who are also celebrating 45 years
of history for this storied franchise.

Some of the Movers and the Shakers with Kory were Jason Murray and Becky Eidt, who both did a marvelous job behind the scenes in keeping
Everything working like clock work. Also a big Hurrah to Arena Manager and Diamond Grooms person Rick Vivian. The players on the Hockey team
Were very visible on Saturday and assisted in the raking and keeping the Diamonds in tip/top Shape.

Also a big part of the tournament were the (4) scorekeepers, MaryBeth Gilbert, Kerrie Vosper, Marianne Stroh and Don Barr, who took care of all 23 games, With an experienced crew of Scorekeepers we were able To send in timely reports to Al Doran and Jim Flanagan to keep the people that were not able
To attend make them feel like they were just around the corner.

The Blue Crew lead by Umpire in Chief Paul Baier from Stratford, again did a marvelous job The Crew consisted of Chris Lamer, Jay Hart, Ed Otterman, Tim Whitelaw, Trevor Topping, Steve Kuhl, Moe Carde, Mike Clark and Dave Selden p.s. also a Thank you to Maryanne Baier who took some pictures That I am sure she will share later on in the week and also cooks a mean bowl of homemade Chicken Noodle Soup that I can vouch for .

And last by certainly not least, our experienced crew of Game Controllers , Sr. Game Controller Doug Bach stepped in for me on Saturday afternoon and Saturday night to allow me to attend a 35 year reunion of our Jr B team that won the OASA Crowns in both 1974 and 1975. The weather did not co-operate. On Saturday night while I was away but at the end of the day only one game was moved from late Saturday night had to be shuffled to a Sunday morning start time . The Game Controllers assisting Doug were Chris Bach, Jim Marr, and Jeff Whetstone.

Thank you to all the teams and leagues that participated in the 2010 OCC and to all the Fans that made the trip to Mitchell for our last fastball fix for 2010

Good Health in the off season and See you all in the Spring of 2011

Joe Todd
ISC Canada East Commissioner

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Santa Rosa at the NAFA 45+

September 21st, 2010

Information courtesy of Herb Dower

It was one loss and out for Santa Rosa Fastpitch in the NAFA West Masters 45-and-over tournament held in Carson City, NV, but that was good enough for a third place finish.

Santa Rosa won its first three games to land the No.1 seed in Sunday’s single elimination finals, but then lost 14-3 to Ladner Masters of Canada to be eliminated.

Landner was scheduled to play either the Tulsa Gray Sox (The No.2 Seed) or the Oregon Masters for the championship. Tulsa also posted a 3-0 record going into Sunday’s championships.

Santa Rosa opened play with a 13-2 win over the Oregon Masters Friday night, edged Landner’s 2-1 Saturday afternoon, and followed that with a 16-6 win over Grants Pass, OR, Blue Hares to earn the No. 1 seed.

First baseman Rick Kane and centerfielder Dana Faccini of Santa Rosa were named to the All-World team. Kane his a lofty .667 (8-for-12) with three RBI and four runs scored while Faccini went 4-for-11 (.364). Other top hitters were Tim Grund (7-for-13, .538) with 7 runs scored, six RBI and two home runs; Tony Lopez (5-for-9, .556), Tom Dower (5-for-13, .385 with five RBI and four runs); Galen George (4-for-10, .400); and Gary Dower (3-for-7, .429).

Pitcher Matt Smith had a 2-0 record to Santa Rosa and Jim Fleck was 2-1.

In Sunday’s loss to Ladner, catcher Troy Grow led a 14-hit attack for the winners by going 4-for-4 and Brian Mandeville and Don Cawthron hit back-to-back home runs in the second inning to quickly erase a 3-1 deficit. Sam Aldridge, who earlier lost a 2-1 decision to Santa Rosa, was the winning pitcher.

Friday Schedule(All games at Centennial Park 4,5,6,7 and lower field 3)

6:30 F4 Tulsa Gray Sox def. Ladner Masters

8:15 F6 Oregon Masters def. Strathmore Bulls 4-3

9:45 F6 Santa Rosa FP def. Oregon Masters 13-2

Saturday Schedule(All games at Centennial Park 4,5,6,7 and lower field 3)

1:45 F4 Tulsa Gray Sox def. Strathmore Bulls

1:45 F5 Oregon Masters def. Grants Pass Blue Hares

1:45 F6 Santa Rosa FP def. Ladner Masters 2-1

3:30 F5 Tulsa Gray Sox def. Grants Pass Blue Hares

3:30 F4 Ladner Masters def. Strathmore

5:15 F5 Santa Rosa FP def. Grants Pass Blue Hares 16-6.

Records

Santa Rosa FP, California 3-0

Tulsa Gray Sox, Tulsa, OK 3-0

Oregon Masters, Dayton, OR 2-1

Ladner Masters, Delta, British Columbia, Canada 1-2

Grants Pass Blue Hares, Oregon 0-3

Strathmore Bulls, Alberta, Canada 0-3

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Scores from Ontario Challenge Cup in Mitchell

September 19th, 2010

Mitchell, ON

Congratulations to Mitchell Mets, winners of the Laverne Reichert Trophy as Ontario Challenge Cup champions, who will receive a berth in the 2011 ISC World Tournament. Full scores below.

Saturday
9 am
Game 1 Kitchener Selects 0 Mitchell Mets 3
WP Kevin Pomfret
LP Scott Clark

Game 2 Kitchener Outlaws 8 Arthur Merchants 3
WP Ryan Shannon
LP Dylan Cunningham
Outlaws Cory Tinline, Ryan Shannon HRs
Arthur Jeff Moose HR

Game 3 Breslau Black Sox 1 Ingersoll Crush 2
WP Adam Martin 9 Ks
LP Larry Cox

11 am
Game 4 Elmira Expos 7 Maryhill Cardinals 0
WP Casey Halstead
LP Bryan Belisle
Elmira Josh Broman 3 hits

Game 5 Mitchell Mets 6 Mississauga Sox 1
WP Fred Follings – No Hitter
LP Glen Dorrington

Game 6 Kitchener Outlaws 12 Elmwood Smoke 2 – 4 innings
WP Mel Ross
LP Brady Lantz
Kitchener – Corey Tinline, Don Harris, Derek Martin HRs

1 pm
Game 7 Fisherville A’s 2 Ingersoll Crush 4
WP Todd Winkworth
LP George Topp

Game 8 Wyevale Tribe 6 Elmira Expos 5 – 8 innings
WP Mark Lambie
LP Dan Martin

3 pm
Loser’s Bracket
Game 9 Elmira Expos 3 Kitchener Selects 1
WP Casey Halstead
LP Doug Hoffman

Game 10 Arthur Merchants 6 Fisherville A’s 8
WP – Rory Miller
LP – Jayme Amos

Game 11 Breslau Black Sox 12 Elmwood Smoke 7 – 8 innings
WP – Shayne Riepert
LP – Dave Juniper

5 pm
Winner’s Bracket
Game 15 Mitchell Mets 6 Kitchener Outlaws 1
WP Fred Follings
LP Mel Ross

Game 16 Ingersoll Crush 14 Wyevale Tribe 7
WP Todd Winkworth
LP Kurt Glover

Loser’s Bracket
Game 12 Maryhill Cardinals 1 Mississauga Sox 0
WP Brendan Roach
LP Glen Dorrington

7 pm
Loser’s Bracket
Game 13 Fisherville A’s 0 Elmira Expos 2
WP – Dan Martin
LP – Dan Anthony

Game 14 Breslau Black Sox 4 Maryhill Cardinals 9

9 pm
Winner’s Bracket
Game 19 Winner Gm 15 (Ingersoll) vs Winner Gm 16 (Mitchell)
Moved to 11 am Sunday due to rain

Thanks to Joe Todd, Jeff Whetstone, Chris & Doug Bach, Kyle Smith for score reporting and game controlling, supervision at the tournament. Thanks also to Paul Baier and his blue crew as well as Kory Dietz of the Mitchell host committee for having us this weekend.
Blair Setford
ISC Canada East

Sunday
Losers Bracket
Gm 17 Elmira Expos 4 Kitchener Outlaws 5
WP Ryan Shannon, in relief of Mel Ross
LP Casey Halstead
Expos Travis Martin 2-run 2b to tie in T7
Outlaws Tim Dubois 2-run home run, 4 RBIs; Ryan Shannon GWRBI B7

Gm 18 Maryhill Cardinals 8 Wyevale Tribe 1 – 5 innings
WP Brandon Roach 2 hitter
LP Mark Lambie

11 am
Losers Bracket
Gm 20 Maryhill Cardinals 3 Kitchener Outlaws 6
WP Mel Ross 6 2/3 inn in relief of Ryan Shannon
LP Bryan Belisle 5 inn; relief Brendan Roach 1 inn
Outlaws Jim Culling 2-run home run

Winners bracket final
Gm 19 Mitchell Mets 12 Ingersoll Crush 4 – 6 innings
WP Steve Cook 3 2/3 inn in relief of Kevin Pomfret 2 1/3 inn
LP Todd Winkworth 4 inn, relief Adam Martin 2 inn
Mets Dale Levy home run 2x1b; Dave Faulhafer 2-RBI 3b 2x2b; Jeff Pauli 2 RBIs; Kevin Gettler 2x1b 3 RBIs
Crush DJ Latford home run, 2bj Eric Scott 2 RBIs

1 pm
Loser’s bracket final
Gm 21 Ingersoll Crush 6 Kitchener Outlaws 1
WP Todd Winkworth
LP Mel Ross 2 2/3 inn, relief Ryan Shannon 3 1/3 inn
Crush Jon Klingenberg 2-run home run; Steve Johnson 2-RBI 2b; Josh Leuszler RBI 3B
Outlaws Blake Underwood Sac Fly RBI

Championship Game
3 pm
Gm 22 Mitchell Mets 9 Ingersoll Crush 2 – 5 innings
WP Fred Follings
LP Todd Winkworth 2 1/3 inn; relief Adam Martin 2 2/3
Mitchell: Kevin Gettler 2-RBI 3b; AJ Moses RBI 2b; Dale Levy 2-run home run; Joe Harris home run;
Crush Darryl Wharram 2b RBI; DJ Latford 2b RBI

On behalf of ISC Canada East- Vice President , Blair Setford and myself, I would like to congratulate the Mitchell Mets on winning the 2010 Ontario Challenge Cup held this past weekend in Mitchell. The Mets went 5-0 and with the perfect record came away with the Laverne Reichert Memorial Trophy and will Receive a berth in the 2011 ISC World Tournament to be held in the Moline, Illinois next August. The finalist for the weekend were the Ingersoll Crush who posted a 4 win – 2 loss record with both losses notched on the backs of the eventual champions , the Mitchell Mets I would like to Thank our hosts for the weekend, Chairman Kory Dietz and the OHA Jr. C Hockey Team – the Mitchell Hawks who are also celebrating 45 years of history for this storied franchise.

Some of the Movers and the Shakers with Kory were Jason Murray and Becky Eidt, who both did a marvelous job behind the scenes in keeping Everything working like clock work. Also a big Hurrah to Arena Manager and Diamond Grooms person Rick Vivian. The players on the Hockey team Were very visible on Saturday and assisted in the raking and keeping the Diamonds in tip/top Shape.

Also a big part of the tournament were the (4) scorekeepers, MaryBeth Gilbert, Kerrie Vosper, Marianne Stroh and Don Barr, who took care of all 23 games, With an experienced crew of Scorekeepers we were able To send in timely reports to Al Doran and Jim Flanagan to keep the people that were not able to attend make them feel like they were just around the corner.

The Blue Crew lead by Umpire in Chief Paul Baier from Stratford, again did a marvelous job The Crew consisted of Chris Lamer, Jay Hart, Ed Otterman, Tim Whitelaw, Trevor Topping, Steve Kuhl, Moe Carde, Mike Clark and Dave Selden p.s. also a Thank you to Maryanne Baier who took some pictures.

That I am sure she will share later on in the week and also cooks a mean bowl of homemade Chicken Noodle Soup that I can vouch for . And last by certainly not least, our experienced crew of Game Controllers , Sr. Game Controller Doug Bach stepped in for me on Saturday afternoon and Saturday night to allow me to attend a 35 year reunion of our Jr B team that won the OASA Crowns in both 1974 and 1975. The weather did not Co-operate On Saturday night while I was away but at the end of the day only one game was moved from late Saturday night had to be shuffled to a Sunday morning start time . The Game Controllers assisting Doug were Chris Bach, Jim Marr, and Jeff Whetstone,

Thank you to all the teams and leagues that participated in the 2010 OCC and to all the Fans that made the trip to Mitchell for our last fastball fix for 2010.

Good Health in the off season and See you all in the Spring of 2011

Joe Todd
ISC Canada East Commissioner

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NAFA Masters West – Carson City, NV – Sept 18-19

September 17th, 2010

Click here for schedule of games and further information.


(click logo for official NAFA website)

Brackets below:

40+

45+

50+

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ISF Men’s Fastball Video

September 16th, 2010

Cap tip to our Australian friend, Mark Long.

Click here to view.



(click logo for official ISF website)

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Young Bucks Tournament – Santa Barbara CA – Nov 20-21

September 15th, 2010

Beautiful Elings Park ballfields overlooking the Pacific ocean at Santa Barbara, home to the annual Best of the West tournament will be the site for the Young Bucks tournament in November.

The Young Bucks will be hosting a tournament on Nov 20-21 at Elings Park in Santa Barbara.

It will be 3 games round robin on Sat and single elimination on Sun. First twelve teams to pay will be entered. Cost is $350.

Contact Clyde Bennett at clydebennett13 (at) yahoo.com or805-895-9007 or 805-964-2114.

Send entry to 66oo Stagecoach Rd. Santa Barbara Ca. 93105

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