[Alsfastball] Final Ontario ISC II Rankings

[Al Doran]

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:36:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: BLAIR SETFORD <blairjs at rogers.com>
Subject: Final Ontario ISC II Rankings
To: Al Doran <fastball at pmihrm.com>

Here are the season-ending Ontario ISC II Rankings. Congratulations to the 
Elmira Cubs, vaulting 8 spots to #1 in the rankings. The bracketed numbers 
refer to the last rankings which were released around July 31.

1 (9) Elmira Cubs - Won the biggest tournament of the year and will be in 
Kitchener to defend their title on home turf. The best may still be ahead 
for this team which is a great collection of young players combined with 
some veteran leadership.

2 (7) Port Elgin Blue Devils - Breezed through their league, but didn't 
play in the playoffs due to player shortage - looked very good in Chippewa 
Falls. Another team with a bright future if they can stay together.

3 (1) Niagara Snappers - Won a lot of tournaments, including the tough 
Snapper Shootout and Innerkip ISC II Qualifer. Should have most of their 
team back for next year.

4 (4) Ottawa Team Easton Thunder - Were two feet away from tying their 
semi-final game at the ToC in the botto m of the seventh. They've got the 
pitching, just need one more bat in the lineup.

5 (2) Tavistock Smully's Merchants - Another bridesmaid finish in the South 
Perth league tourney for Tavi. Will likely lose Fred Follings to 
Shakespeare next year for ISC II play and rumours are swirling about other 
players moving on, but that shouldn't take away from an exceptional season.

6 (8) Bridgeport Braves - Dropped a second round playoff game to Elmira at 
the ToC, but rebounded to win the South Perth league championship.

7 (-) Alvinston Indians - Were as good as anyone in the second half of the 
season, winning the Glencoe and Alvinston tourneys and finishing tied for 
third at the ToC.

8 (4) Palermo Athletics - Ran into the Eric Steinbeck buzzsaw in Chippewa 
Falls, but showed their capabilities in winning the Intermediate elims.

9 (6) Harriston Mercurys - Fell about two feet short in tying their quarter 
final game against Port Elgin. Will need to take the long way through 
qualifying to get to Kitchener.

10 (-) Toronto Champion Indians - Won the Ontario Challenge Cup and are in 
the finals of the Oshawa league.

Honourable mentions:
Orangeville Resolve Kings - opened a lot of eyes in finishing a strong 
second at the Ontario Challenge Cup.

Waterdown Hammer - finished second in the tough Elkland First Weekend 
Tournament and lost only once in the GHFL regular season.
Micksburg Twins - hard to go wrong with Cory Costello, who had a monster 
season and was named to the All-Tournament team at the ToC.
Kitchener Phoenix Outlaws - hit the ball a ton, lead by Tim Dubois. With 
the right pitching, could step up and make some noise in ISC II. Finished 
third at the Challenge Cup.

Highgate Rock - strong showing at the Intermediate elims in finishing 
second and are among the final four in the St. Thomas league.

Glencoe Astros - put up a good showing at the qualifier after losing early 
and are in the St. Thomas league finals.




Congratulations to all the tournament and league winners this year in what 
has been an outstanding summer for Ontario fastball.

On a personal note, I want to thank all the teams and players for their 
support of the ISC II program and for those who love the game and voice 
their opinions about how to make things better here on ghfl.ca.

There have been many highlights this year, but once again Ontario teams 
have shown their mettle by not only winning the ISC II championship for a 
fourth straight year, but all 10 teams made the playoffs and Ontario teams 
took 7 of the top 8 placings.

The four-team photo with Elmira, Port Elgin, Ottawa & Alvinston was a proud 
moment for Ontario fastball. Hopefully we'll see even better things in 
Kitchener.

Cheers,

Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner

From: BLAIR SETFORD <blairjs at rogers.com>

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