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Herb Dower’s report on Santa Rosa Fasptitch at the ASA “C” Nationals in Killeen, TX:
Good news and bad news:
The Santa Rosa Fastpitch team remained alive in the Class C National Tournament in Killeen, TX, by defeating Rico Motors of Gallup, NM, 5-1, in a losers’ bracket game Sunday morning but may have lost its No. 1 pitcher, Jeff Want, in the process. With Santa Rosa holding a slim 3-1 lead in the fifth inning, Want suffered a leg injury while delivering a pitch and was forced to leave the game. He may be out for the rest of the tournament. Jim Fleck relieved Want and completed the game, with Santa Rosa getting two insurance runs in the top of the seventh inning.
Santa Rosa will be on the field again against the winner of the Team Killeen-Marysville VFW game, and the winner of that game will play again at 2 p.m. in the losers bracket finals against the loser of the Tatis-Piper Lake game. It would take two more wins to win the championship.
Here is the latest bracket from the official ASA website, which does not yet reflect Santa Rosa’s win over Rico Motors, of Gallup NM. (bracket *.010.pdf”)
Unbeaten (2)
Tatis, El Paso, Texas
Piper Lake, Shawnee, Kansas
One Loss (3)
Team Killeen, Killeen, Texas
Marysville VFW, Marysville, Pennsylvania
Santa Rosa Fastpitch, Santa Rosa, CA (waiting for the winner of the Team Killeen vs. Marysville game)
Participating teams
Albuquerque Hitmen Albuquerque, New Mexico
Alpha Omega 2 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Anco Longnecks College Station, Texas
Arizona Brewers Window Rock, Arizona
Austin Indians Austin, Texas
Austin Jokers Austin, Texas
Blue Lake Myerstown, Pennsylvania
BPA Miller Lite Beaumont, Texas
Cleon’s Auto Repair Bonney Lake, Washington
Flor De Cana Orange, California
Garden Spot Bowl Quarryville, Pennsylvania
Geo-Per Houston, Texas
Key Athletic Club Baltimore, Maryland
Killeen Fast Pitch Killeen, Texas
Manor Fast Pitch Manor, Texas
Marquette Fence Marquette, Michigan
Marysville V.F.W. Marysville, Pennsylvania
Memphis Dawgs Memphis, Tennessee
MoKan Twins Fort Scott, Kansas
Piper Lake Shawnee, Kansas
Rez Dawgz Lemoore, California
Rico Motors/Roadrunners Gallup, New Mexico
San Antonio Titans San Antonio, Texas
Santa Rosa Fastpitch Santa Rosa, California
Savala Painters Fresno, California
Senators Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Silver Hawks Bakersfield, California
Tatis El Paso, Texas
Team Killeen Killeen, Texas
Twin Pine Auto Group Adamstown, Pennsylvania
Wolf Pack Las Cruces, New Mexico