Fast pitch softball tournament in Hampton this weekend

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Fast pitch softball tournament in Hampton this weekend

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Subject: Fast pitch softball tournament in Hampton this weekend


        Fast pitch softball returns to Hampton Roads this weekend
as the Virginia Classic tournament will take place starting Saturday
at 9:30 am at Francis Asbury Elementary School in Hampton.  Four
teams will play a round-robin schedule on Saturday and the standings
after those games will determine championship bracket scheduling
on Sunday.

        The host team is the Peninsula Merchants (10-5) who open
the event taking on Suffolk-based GP Gwaltney at 9:30 a.m.  Following
that will be PA Power and Sketchers from Baltimore at 11:15.

        World class pitcher Bill Hillhouse will throw for the
host Merchants this weekend.  This marks his first pitching appearance
in Hampton as he threw for the Merchants in their last Mid Atlantic
Fastpitch Travel League weekend going 2-2 with a save striking
out 52 in 29 innings.  He has pitched at the highest levels of
men’s fast pitch softball since 1990 including stints on the
national teams of the USA and Great Britain.  Hillhouse has pitched
or coached on six of the world's seven continents.

        PA Power has loads of national tournament experience
as they won the 2005 Amateur Softball Association Class C Nationals
and followed that with the 2006 National Softball Association
National Championship.  The Merchants have faced PA Power earlier
this year in the Mid-Atlantic Fastpitch Travel League tournament
and lost 7-1.  Sketchers is a combination of two teams from Baltimore
that will bring strong pitching to the tournament.

        For more information on the tournament, please contact
Media Director Jim Heath at 757-846-5369. 

Virginia Classic 
Francis Asbury Elementary 
Hampton, Va. 
Saturday’s Schedule 
9:30 am: Game 1 - Peninsula Merchants vs. GP Gwaltney 
11:15 am: Game 2 - Pa. Power vs. Sketchers 
1:30 pm: Game 3 - GP Gwaltney vs. Sketchers 
5:30 pm: Game 4 - GP Gwaltney vs. Pa. Power
7:15 pm: Game 5 - Peninsula Merchants vs. Pa. Power  
9:00 pm: Game 6 - Peninsula Merchants vs. Sketchers 
Teams seeded at conclusion of round robin 
Sunday’s games 
9:30 am: Game 7 - #4-seed vs #3-seed (loser eliminated) 
11:15 am: Game 8 - Game 7 winner vs. # 2-seed 
1:00 pm:  Game 9 - Game 8 winner vs. #1-seed  (championship)


 From:  "Craig Smith" <craigsmith50(at)msn.com> 



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