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Promo Video for 2007 ISC WT & ISC II ToC

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Courtesy Al’s Fastball

Thought we should share this little promo video produced by the Kitchener ISC Host Committee. The promo was produced to be played on the jumbotron at our local Ranger’s Junior Hockey games this past winter. Gives a good sense of the action that you can expect to see this August in Kitchener at the ISC World Fastball Tournament. Have a look and pass the link around. Looking forward to seeing everybody at the Ballyard in August.

—
Duncan Matheson
Tournament Chair
2007 ISC World Fastball Tournament

I got a sneak peak at this a couple of weeks back. The producers have done a great job putting this together. I hope everyone that runs a website will provide a link to it to help promote the game.

Cheers,

Blair

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K-W Pride Tournament – St. Clement’s, ON

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Courtesy Al’s Fastball

St. Clements, ON

May 25-27, 2007

Results from K.W. Pride Tourney
Preliminary round
Breslau Badgers 4 Elmira Advance Millwright Jrs 3
Shakespeare Falcons 3 Kitchener Outlaws 0
Harriston Mercury’s 7 Waterloo Hallman Jrs 0
Mitchell Mets 5 Linwood 86er’s 2
Alvinston Indians 6 Breslau Badgers 1
Port Elgin Blue Devils 5 Waterloo Hallman Jrs 0
Shakespeare Falcons 4 Rockwood Rush 2
Morpeth Magic 6 Linwood 86er’s 2
Elmira Advance Millwright Jrs 4 Alvinston Indians 2
Port Elgin Blue Devils 4 Harriston Mercury’s 3
Kitchener Outlaws 4 Rockwood Rush 2
Mitchell Mets 3 Morpeth Magic 2

Elimination Rounds
A Division Double Knock Out Elimination
Port Elgin Blue Devils 3 Alvinston Indians 0
Mitchell Mets 6 Shakespeare Falcons 5
Port Elgin Blue Devils 3 Mitchell Mets 1
Shakespeare Falcons 7 Alvinston Indians 1
At this point the Tournament was rained out with Port Elgin Blue Devils the only undefeated team with Shakespeare Falcons and Mitchell Mets 1 loss each
all parties decided to divide the rewards as the fields were under water and would be unplayable for hours at best.

B Division Single Elimanation
Elmira Advance Millwrights Jrs 6 Harriston Mercury’s 5
Morpeth Magic 7 Kitchener Outlaws 1
At this point rained out with Elmira Millwright Jrs and the Morpeth Magic splitting this Division

C Division Single Elimination
Breslau Badgers 13 Waterloo Hallman Jrs 9
Linwood 86er’s 6 Rockwood Rush 5
Linwood 86er’s 6 Breslau Badgers 0 to win the C Division

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PA Power qualifies for 2007 ToC

Monday, May 28th, 2007

ISC II #27 Harrisburg, PA PA Power became the 10th team to qualify for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions as the highest finishing ISC II team at the Erie, PA tournament this past weekend.

While PA Power dropped a 2-0 decision to ISC II #6 Oswego, NY CPI, in the finals, the boys from New York had added a couple of non-roster players for the tourney and were not attempting to qualify.

PA Power finished the tournament with a 4-2 record, including a pair of wins over ISC II #17 Waterdown, ON Hammer and a big 5-1 win over ISC #13 Midland, MI Explorers.

PA Power 8 WP – David Stokes
Hamilton Hawks 0 LP – Duane Singer – 6 innings – mercy rule.

Rain delay – all further scores are five inning games.

PA Power 3 WP – Stokes
Waterdown Hammer 0 LP – Tim Neill

CPI 7 WP – Shaun Winship
PA Power 3 LP – Merlin High

PA Power 5 WP – Stokes in relief of Ryan Rutt
Waterdown Hammer 4 LP – Neill

PA Power 5 WP – Fogel – Save – Stokes
Midland 1 LP – Mike Joseph

CPI 2 WP – Winship
PA Power 0 LP – Stokes

Click here for a complete list of teams that have qualified for the 2007 ToC.

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Ontario Home League Program Affiliation request

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

I am asking all men’s fastball leagues in Ontario to confirm their affiliation with the Ontario Home League Program. Affiliation is voluntary and is cost-free.

For the last few years, the Home League Program has seen teams from as many as 10 leagues from across the province send representatives to Hillsburgh to compete in the Ontario Challenge Cup.

We will again be holding a tournament in Hillsburgh August 24-25 for teams in the central and southwestern part of the province.

New this year will be the Eastern Ontario Challenge Cup to he held August 24-25 for teams in the eastern and northern part of the province. This tournament will be held in McNab/Braeside near Micksburg in the Ottawa Valley.

We would ask that the top team(s) in your league as of August 1 be asked to compete in the tournament.

The winning team in each tournament will receive a berth in the 2008 ISC II Tournament of Champions in Appleton, WI, giving them a year to raise funds for the trip.

Entry fee for each double knockout tournament is $200. This can be paid by the league, shared with the league and the team or paid solely by the team. The fee is due by August 5.

Please note that any team that wins an automatic berth to the 2008 WT or ToC by finishing in the top 4 at the 2007 ToC will not be eligible for the Challenge Cup tournaments.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Thanks in advance for your participation and have a great season!

Cheers,

Blair Setford
ISC Canada East VP

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Major Signing in SoCal Announced

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Editor’s note: I did not post this story. See what happens when I leave town and leave the blog unlocked ? Thanks Blair, for mining the far reaches to find this story on an aging veteran….;-) I figured 3 innings would keep me under the radar. All I know is that the big guy better get in shape!

From the SoCal Hustlers website:

Friday, May 18
Hustlers do it AGAIN!!!

It just keeps getting better for the Hustler Organization. Not only did they acquire another veteran pitcher…..but a well know veteran at that. Looking ahead to nationals and wanting to bolster an already potent pitching staff….the Hustlers are happy to announce the addition of none other than Jim Flanagan to the team. Most of you know Jim from Fastpitchwest.com, but us locals of the Socal alliance and SCIFL know him better as a pitcher. And a good one at that. Sidelined with an injury early in last years season the Black Sox organization was forced to replace him and left him open for the free agent market. That’s all that was needed for the Hustler staff to jump at the chance to strengthen our bullpen. Coach Cole was quoted as saying “we’ll start him off slow and let him get back into pitching shape and he should be ready by nationals”. GM Proffitt was also quoted as saying “this is just what we needed to be a serious contender at NAFA”. Some of the negotiations were over heard and this tape was leaked out by “unknown sources”. The tape clearly shows that veteran Kenny Shaw has some influence on who plays for the Hustlers. Here is just some of what Flanagan allegedly said during those negotiations. http://eteamz.active.com/hustlers/sounds/Mybestfreind[1].wav

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South Perth League features 16 teams in 2007

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Courtesy Mitchell Advocate

Men’s fastball league declines
Sixteen teams to play in South Perth Men’s Fastball League; new Mitchell
team joins

By Andy Bader
Wednesday May 02, 2007
The decline in men’s fastpitch softball is starting to reflect in the number
of teams in the South Perth Men’s Fastball League (SPMFL), as 16 teams will
compete for the 2007 championship this September.
Another two teams ceased operations for this upcoming season, the longtime
Fullarton A’s as well as the Milverton AW Millwrights, while the SPMFL
welcomed back the Waterloo Jr. Hallman Twins from a year’s hiatus. The St.
Pauls Generals, another longtime franchise, ceased operations one year ago
as well.
Also new to the league this season is the Mitchell Jr. Chiefs, a team of
almost entirely first-year junior-aged players who have played together, for
the most part, since they were mite age. Coach/manager Calvin Annis has a
number of players eager to play with the newfound junior club, and their
early team fundraising initiatives have proven successful thus far.
The Jr. Chiefs will play their home games on Monday nights, and bring back
to two the number of Mitchell teams in the SPMFL, joining the Mets, who once
again will play their home games Wednesdays.

The SPMFL regular season doesn’t begin until May 22, with each team in the
league playing 22 games, capped, as usual, by the playoff tournament in
Mitchell Sept. 14-16th.
The league also has four teams amalgamating for 2007, the Linwood Chiefs and
the Moorefield Dukes are joining forces and will be known as the Linwood
86ers. Another merging of two established clubs, the Tavistock Merchants and
the St. Marys Gunners, will see the team be known as Tavistock, but they
will play half of their home games in St. Marys to keep the game’s presence
alive with the future hope of recessitating their own team once again.
There will be two eight-team divisions in the league this year – the
Smith/Egli Division, who will have the two Mitchell teams, Sebringville,
Monkton, Shakespeare Falcons, Shakespeare Colts, Hickson and Tavistock play.
The other eight-team division, known as the Arand/Thomson Division, will
feature Bridgeport (the two-time defending champions), Breslau, two Elmira
teams, the Cubs and Juniors, Linwood, Harriston, Wellington (formerly known
as Elora) and Waterloo Jrs.
Other meaningful fastball dates to mark on your local calendar include the
17th annual Mitchell Mets tournament June 8-10 which will feature 16 men’s
teams (including the hosts and the Jr. Chiefs) and eight ladies clubs; a
doubleheader in Sebringville on June 15 which will see the Canadian national
team take on New Zealand; an eight-team junior men’s tournament June 22-24
hosted by the Jr. Chiefs, in conjunction with a bantam baseball tournament;
and the 4th World Fastball Invitational in Monkton Canada Day long weekend.
More details on these local events will be available closer to the dates.

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May 1 deadline for Canada East qualifier entries, OOR registration and preseason rosters

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

May 1 is an extremely important date in the fastball world this year.

It is the deadline for entry into the ISC & ISC II qualifiers in Canada East, the deadline for registering out-of-region players and the deadline for submitting preseason rosters.

Canada East ISC & ISC II Qualifiers:
Both of these ISC II qualifiers are now starting to fill up. Entries will be taken on a first-in basis in the event that the tournaments have to be capped.

Date: June 22-24 – Innerkip, Ontario
Berths: World Tournament and ISC II ToC for 2007
Double elimination
In region teams only
Canada East VP – Blair Setford 905-826-297 blairjs(at)rogers.com
Tournament Director – Joe Todd ftode739(at)rogers.com
Local Contact – Howie Brown 519-421-6334

Date: June 22-24 – Sydenham, Ontario
Berths: ISC II ToC for 2007
Double elimination
In region teams only
Canada East VP – Blair Setford 905-826-297 blairjs(at)rogers.com
Tournament Director – Colin Smith 905-790-8226 colinsmith(at)look.ca
Local Contact – Adam Lake 613-484-1313 paullake(at)kingston.net

Entry fee for qualifiers is $325.
Cheques should be made payable to: ISC Canada East.
Mail to:
Blair Setford
ISC Canada East Vice President
2927 Nipiwin Drive
Mississauga, Ontario L5N 1Y1
Entry deadline is May 1, 2007

Out-of-Region Players
Please note that if you are signing out-of-region players, or are a player that is signing out-of-region, the deadline for the paperwork and fee to be submitted to the ISC is also May 1. The OOR form can be found on the ISC website here: http://www.iscfastpitch.com/uploads/File/2006_OOR_Form.xls
Completed forms and fees should be sent to:
Ken Hackmeister
ISC Executive Director
153 E. 200 S. #10
Farmington, UT 84025

Preseason Rosters
Lastly, May 1 is also the deadline to submit preseason rosters. These rosters are non-binding and can be changed during the year. The roster form can be downloaded here: http://www.iscfastpitch.com/uploads/File/Team_Reg_roster_2007.xls
Completed ISC II roster forms should be emailed as attachments to ISC II Statisticians Hank DeWild at hdewild@milwpc.com and Tony Schaaf at tschaaf@kimberly.k12.wi.us.
ISC roster forms can be emailed to Gary Baughman at ISCSTAT@hotmail.com

If you have any questions about any of the above, please contact:

Blair Setford
ISC Canada East VP
1.888.860.9888 x2285 (office)
905.826.2697 (home)
blairjs(at)rogers.com

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Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating’s Fitness Center Announces 2007 Roster & Schedule

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

Courtesy Al’s Fastball

KEATINGÂ’S ANNOUNCES ROSTER

April 21, 2007

KeatingÂ’s Fitness Center from Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania is pleased to announce its 2007 roster and schedule. KeatingÂ’s finished last year with a 26-13 record. Last year was the 3rd consecutive year that KeatingÂ’s have won theMid-Atlantic Travel League championship.

Returning from last yearÂ’s squad will be: CatcherMark Smith, Infielders Frank Keating Jr., Neal KoserKevin Smith, Bret McHenry, and Toby Ranck. Returning in the outfield will be Justin Stock, Mike Keating, Mike Fulton Jr., and Steve Ray.

In addition, KeatingÂ’s is pleased to have added:
Pitchers Rob Fawcett (Port Elgin), Troy Hertzler(Landis Markets), and Jim Yates (Up-To-Date Painting).
Infielders Brent Moyer (Landis Markets) and Steve Cotellese (BobHoffmans).
Also outfielders Scott Emerich, (Bob Hoffmans) and Chad Sensenig (Lancaster Merchants).

2007 KeatingÂ’s Fitness Center Schedule:
May18-20 – Travel League – Lebanon, Pa.
June 1-3 – Snapper Shoot-out – Niagara-On-the-Lake Ontario
June 15-17 -Travel League – Willow St, Pa.
June 29 – July 1– 4th of July Classic – Allentown, Pa.
July 20-22 – Bob WalshMemorial Tournament – Allentown, Pa.
July 27-29 – TravelLeague – Lebanon, Pa.
August 3-5 – NSA WorldSeries – Salisbury, Md.
August 14 -18 – ISC II Tournament of Champions- Kitchener, Ontario

MikeFulton

Managerof KeatingÂ’s Fitness Center

gotti(at)ccomm.com

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2006 ISC II ToC Stats now available

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

At long last, the 2006 ISC II ToC stats have been posted on the ISC website.

Click here to get your stats fix.

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ISC Guides Now Available

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

[Salt Lake City, UT] – The 2007 edition of the annual ISC World Championship Guide is now available for purchase. This new edition has 152 pages filled with information about the 2006 ISC World Tournament, the 2006 ISC II Tournament of Champions, 2006 Developmental Tournaments for both 23U and U19 teams. It contains historical records of most offensive, defensive and pitching statistics going back to 1947. The 2007 Guide has more photos than any prior editions. The Hall of Fame section has 8-pages of photos of 2006 inductees and the text of a very inspirational talk given by 12 year old Johnathon Baker of Kitchener. It also includes a complete list of all Hall of Fame inductees, by year and the rules for nominating someone for Hall of Fame consideration. Photos of all 32-World Tournament teams, World Tournament umpires, ISC II umpires and ISC Commissioners are in full color. It shows the following from 1947 to present: ISC World Champions, Most Valuable Players, Outstanding Pitchers, Leading Hitters and Most RBI. It has a great feature article on Dave Blackburn and his streaming team’s efforts to successfully provide video streaming of world tournament games from Kitchener last year. There are more than 20 pages of ISC II coverage including dozens of photos, team and individual stats and all-time ISC II records. There’s also the all-time list of ISC All-World players, from 1947 thru 2006, and a separate list of the 47 players making All-World teams 5 or more times. The Guide contains ISC rules and newly revised Region definitions.

Orders for the Guide can be handled in two different manners.

1. From our web site www.iscfastpitch.com click on ISC Products and follow the links. Payment is made by Visa or Mastercard.

2. Mail a $7.50US check or money order, payable to ISC, to Ken Hackmeister – 153 E. 200 S. – #10 Farmington, UT 84025. Or email to iscken@comcast.net to order and pay by Visa or Mastercard. We feel all fastball fans and players will want to have the 2007 ISC World Championship Guide for their collection as well as seeing some very interesting articles, stats and photos.

Ken Hackmeister
iscken@comcast.net

Welcome

Editor’s note: FastpitchWest is pleased to appear as a sponsor, at page 98, and to see that the ISC has included many of Maddy’s photos, started at page 79, a large color photo of Travis Price, featured prominently on the AAU Tournament flyer, and lots of ISC II photos at page 80 and those that follow.

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Several ISC II teams at Red Rock

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

A number of ISC II teams, including the Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings, who finished tied for 9th at the 2006 ToC, are competing in the 2007 Red Rock tournament in St. George, UT.

Joining the LumberKings are fellow California teams River City Rockers, A-1 Taylor Farms, Italian Athletic Club and Panteras. The latter three have expressed serious interest about qualifying for the 2007 ToC.

The schedule is below, courtesy of our brother blog The Morning Brief. Closer to the tournament, check BallparkRadio.com for Jim’s streaming broadcast schedule.

St. George, UT

May 5 & 6, 2007

Pool A:
1. River City Rockers – No Cal
2. So Cal Tribes
3. Team Minnesota
4. Innovative Communications – UT

Saturday – Diamond – 4
9 AM – Rockers vs Tribes
11 AM – Minnesota vs Innovative
1 PM – Tribes vs Innovative
3 PM – Tribes vs Minnesota
5 PM – Rockers vs Minnesota
7 PM – Rockers vs Innovative

Pool B:
1. A-1 Taylor – No Cal
2. Panteras – So Cal
3. Portland/DeMarini – OR
4. Cruces Titans – NM

Saturday – Diamond – 1
9 AM – A-1 vs Panteras
11 AM – Portland vs Titans
1 PM – Panteras vs Titans
3 PM – Panteras vs Portland
5 PM – A-1 vs Portland
7 PM – A-1 vs Titans

Pool C:
1. Lumberkings – So Cal
2. Mexicali Soles – MX
3. Houston Aces – TX
4. Castlewood 2- UT

Saturday – Diamond – 2
9 AM – Lumberkings vs Soles
11 AM – Houston vs Castlewood 2
1 PM – Soles vs Castlewood 2
3 PM – Soles vs Houston
5 PM – Houston vs Lumberkings
7 PM – Lumberkings vs Castlewood 2

Pool D:

1. Italian Athletic Club – No Cal
2. So Cal Bombers
3. Native Austin – SD & NM
4. Larry Miller Hogs – UT

Saturday – Diamond – 5
9AM – IAC vs So Cal Bombers
11 AM – Native Austin vs Hogs
1 PM – So Cal Bombers vs Hogs
3 PM – So Cal Bombers vs Native Austin
5 PM – IAC vs Native Austin
7 PM – IAC vs Hogs

Bracket Play – Sunday – May 6
9 AM – A3 vs B4 – Diamond 1
D4 vs C3 – Diamond 2
D3 vs A4 – Diamond 4
C4 vs B3 – Diamond 5

11 AM – A1 vs B2 – Diamond 1
D2 vs C1 – Diamond 2
D1 vs A2 – Diamond 4
C2 vs B1 – Diamond 5

1 PM – A3-B4 winner vsD4-C3 winner – Diamond 1
D3-A4 winner vs C4-B3 winner – Diamond 2
A1-B2 winner vs D2-C1 winner – Diamond 4
D1-A2 winner vs C2-B1 winner – Diamond 5

3 PM – Consolation Championship – Diamond 1

Championship – Diamond 5

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Updated Canada East Qualifying Info

Monday, March 19th, 2007

June 8-10 – Torbay, Newfoundland
Berths: World Tournament and ISC II ToC for 2007
Double elimination
In region teams only
Tournament Director – Blair Setford 905-826-297 blairjs(at)rogers.com
Local Contact – Harold Kelly 709-727-9871 harold_kelly(at)hotmail.com
Umpire In Chief – Keith Pender keithpender(at)esdnl.ca

June 22-24 – Innerkip, Ontario
Berths: World Tournament and ISC II ToC for 2007
Double elimination
In region teams only
Tournament Director – Blair Setford 905-826-297 blairjs(at)rogers.com
Tournament Director – Joe Todd ftode739(at)rogers.com
Local Contact – Howie Brown 519-421-6334
UIC – Bruce Bierman bierhawk(at)earthlink.net

June 22-24 – Sydenham, Ontario
Berths: ISC II ToC for 2007
Double elimination
In region teams only
Tournament Director – Blair Setford 905-826-297 blairjs(at)rogers.com
Tournament Director – Colin Smith 905-790-8226 colinsmith(at)look.ca
Local Contact – Adam Lake 613-484-1313 paullake(at)kingston.net
UIC – Peter Kluszczynski kluz2(at)idirect.com

Entry fee for the three above qualifiers is $325.
Cheques should be made payable to ISC Canada East.
Mail to:
Blair Setford
ISC Canada East Vice President
2927 Nipiwin Drive
Mississauga, Ontario L5N 1Y1
Entry deadline is May 1, 2007

Eastern Canada Travel League Tournament
July 27-29 – Jarvis, Ontario
Berths: World Tournament and ISC II ToC for 2008
Travel League teams only
Tournament Director – Colin Smith 905-790-8226 colinsmith(at)look.ca
UIC – Bruce Bierman bierhawk(at)earthlink.net

Eastern Ontario Home League Tournament
August 24-26 – McNab/Braeside
Berths: ISC II ToC for 2008
Double elimination
Affiliated league teams only
Tournament Director – Blair Setford 905-826-297 blairjs(at)rogers.com
Local Contact – Harold MacMillan 613 623 2739 jh.mac(at)sympatico.ca
UIC – Bruce Bierman bierhawk(at)earthlink.net

Western Ontario Home League Tournament
August 24-26 – Hillsburgh
Berths: ISC II ToC for 2008
Double elimination
Affiliated league teams only
Tournament Director – Blair Setford 905-826-297 blairjs(at)rogers.com
Local Contact – Don Cheyne 519 855 4403 lcbocheyne(at)sympatico.ca
UIC – Bruce Bierman bierhawk(at)earthlink.net

Entry fee for the two home-league qualifiers is $175.
Cheques should be made payable to ISC Canada East.
Mail to:
Blair Setford
ISC Canada East Vice President
2927 Nipiwin Drive
Mississauga, Ontario L5N 1Y1
Entry deadline is August 10, 2007

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