Saturday August 15
Ashland 4 Decatur 3
WP: Ty McKinney LP: Brent Stevenson
Ashland 6 Decatur 2
WP: Jim Yates LP: TJ Dobson
Sunday August 16:
Ashland 1 Decatur 8
WP: TJ Dobson LP: Jamie Thompson
Ashland 7 Decatur 0
WP:Ty McKinney LP: David Scott
#4 Ashland Stock Pack will stop in Decatur, IL on the way to Quad Cities to play Saturday/Sunday doubleheaders against the #11 Decatur Pride, who recently won the Illinois state championship. The Pride organization, long a force in ISC play before shuttering the operation in the early 2000s, is expecting over 1,000 fans at Borg-Warner Sports Complex.
Editor’s note: The following is courtesy Chad Buehnerkemper of the Teutopolis, IL Wessel’s Coors Light team, making their ISC II debut next week in the ToC.
Here is an article that will be printed this weekend in our local Effingham paper
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Wessel’s Coors Light qualifies for the ISC II World Tourney in the Quad Cities, IA/ILWessel’s Coors Light will begin the ISC II (International Softball Congress) Tourney of Champions in Rock Island, IL this Tuesday. The tourney runs August 18–22. Coors Light is the first and only local team to attend this event. The 40 teams are from 13 different states and Canada. Canadian teams make up almost half the field including 5 different provinces. The top 10 nationally ranked teams are all from Canada. There are 3 Illinois teams qualified including # 11 Decatur Pride. The tourney takes place at the Campbell Softball Facility in Rock Island, IL. 40 teams total. 8 pools of 5 team pool play leads into a 24 team single elimination to crown the ISC II champion.
Coors Light will play their first game on Tuesday at 2:30 pm against #17 Hoffman Rise from Pennsylvania. August 19 they will play # 13 Ohsweken Redmen from Ontario, Canada That evening they will face # 32 Duncan Outlaws from Indiana. Thursday they complete their pool play against # 1 ranked Waterdown Hammer also from Ontario. Bracket play starts August 21 at 8 am.
Wessel’s enters the tournament with a record of 34-22. In 2009, Coors Light finished 2nd in the ISC Qualifier and the T-Town Memorial Day Tourney. They finished 5th at the Altamont 4th of July. They finished with 5-2 record at state last weekend good for 3rd place.
The team would like to thank their sponsors Wessel’s Grocery and Koerner’s Distributing. They will also compete in the ASA National in Decatur, IL Labor Day weekend.
Wessel’s Coors Light ISC Roster includes:Chad Buehnerkemper – Inf/MGR
Jim Raddatz- OF/Coach
Tim Schumacher – 1st base
Paul Mersman – pitcher
Sean Lee – shortstop
Jon Lee – 2nd base
Gary Niebrugge – pitcher
Greg Corder – outfield
Kris Zalman – catcher
Josh Pruemer – outfieldTodd Thoele and Don Wendt will not make the trip due to injuries.
Marcus Millsap , Kent Niebrugge, Scott Moeller, Eric Roley, Todd Venters, from Wessel’s regular roster will not be able to make the trip.They have added John Schweighhart from Villa Grove and Matt Schumacher from T-Town to round out their roster.
Courtesy of our good friend Adam Brown, who manages the Eastern Ontario Fastball Blog
OTTAWA – The Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoffs (www.GOFL.ca) begin on Tuesday August 11. The regular season consisted of 89 games (one game was rained out and will not be made up as standings are not affected.)
Nine teams from across eastern Ontario and western Quebec participate in the men’s intermediate fastball league and all make the playoffs to compete for the I4C Trophy. Playoffs will be on hiatus during the ISC Tournament of Champions as two GOFL teams will be participating (Quyon COMBAT Flyers and Ottawa Team Easton).
Final standings: http://www.gofl.ca/standings.asp
“Play in” game to determine final seed:
Series A: Greely DNTW Eagles (#9) vs. Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric (#8)
The eighth and ninth places teams play a one game sudden death game to determine which squad will advance on to the GOFL quarter-finals. Greely finished the season winless at 0-18-1 while Fitzroy Harbour ended their rebuilding season at 5-14-1. Shannon Borho, Gord Flannery and Ryan Cox are the pitchers for Greely, while Anil Hayne (.455 BA) is their top hitter. Fitzroy Harbour has Bud Hanlon, Steve Cavanagh and 16-year old rookie Andy Barber that can throw. Lead off man Jon Daley (.411 BA) is the Electric’s main threat at the plate.
A1: Tuesday August 11 at 8:30pm in Fitzroy Harbour
Quarter-finals – all series best-of-three:
Series B: Winner of Series A vs. Stittsville 56ers (#1)
The winner of the play-in game gets has a quick turnaround to face GOFL defending champions Stittsville 56ers who took the regular season pennant with a 17-1-2 mark. Dan Bradley (11 wins) and Darren Featherstone (6 wins) throw for Stittsville. Dan Jessiman was the leading hitter for Stittsville with a .444 batting average and Scott Herriot was second in the GOFL with six home runs on the season.
B1: Wednesday August 12 at 8:30pm in Stittsville
B2 / B3: to be determined
Series C: Orleans Gators (#7) vs Ottawa Team Easton (#2)
Ottawa Team Easton was the only team to defeat the first place 56ers all year and were playoff runners up in 2008. Easton had a 14-4-1 record on the season. Orleans Gators, a junior-aged team, finished with a respectable 7-12-1 mark. Brad Porter had eleven wins pitching for Easton, and Jeff Murphy and Corey Costello also made pitching appearances for Ottawa. Kyle Gourgon (.383 BA) and Dave Tubman (.360 BA) are top hitters for Easton. Chad Hargrove, Jeff Barber and Cory Alkerton throw for Orleans. Joel Langford leads the Gators with a .420 batting average.
C1: Tuesday August 11 at 8:30pm in Stittsville
C2: Thursday August 13 at 8:30pm in Orleans
C3: to be determined
Series D: Ottawa Blitz (#6) vs Quyon COMBAT Flyers (#3)
Quyon, the only Quebec-based entry in the GOFL, finished the year with a 11-7-2 record, while the much-improved Ottawa Blitz ended at 8-11-1. The Flyers have Matt Greer and Drew Hathway on the slab. Top hitters for the COMBAT sponsored team are Greer with a league leading seven homers on the season and Nick Armitage who led the league with 19 RBIs. Jamie Blakely and Derick Bulley are the main chuckers for the Blitzos. Will Mood is the offensive leader for the Blitz with a .426 batting average.
D1: Wednesday August 12 at 7:00pm in Manotick
D2: Thursday August 13 at 8:00pm in Quyon
D3: to be determined
Series E: Carp I4C Victory (#5) vs Manotick Lomor Printers (#4)
The veteran Manotick team was in first place for much of the early part of the GOFL season but tailed off later in the campaign to finish fourth with a record of 10-7-3. Carp ended the year at 9-7-4. Manotick has Trevor Lahey and Paul Ceppi to throw. Calvin Medynski had a big year at the plate, leading the league amongst regular players with a .533 batting average. Carp counters with Neil Cooke, Trevor Wood and Billy Gerber as pitchers. Kevin McGuire hit .339 and had 14 RBIs for I4C.
E1: Wednesday August 12 at 9:00pm in Manotick
E2/E3: to be determined
Advancing teams will play in the best-of-five semi-finals.
For full results and statistics, visit www.GOFL.ca.
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Ballpark Radio, the exclusive provider of streaming audio and video for the International Softball Congress, is pleased to announce that it will be doing 49 live broadcasts from the ISC World Tournament and the ISC II Tournament of Champions in Quad Cities, IA-IL. The broadcast schedule for both tournaments is below.
Broadcasts from the ISC World Tournament will be streamed with four-camera video and audio through a new portal – www.ballparkradio.tv.
ISC II broadcasts, as they have for the past five years, will be audio streamed through www.ballparkradio.com.
Links to the broadcasts will also be available on the ISC website at www.iscfastpitch.com and Al’s Fastball at www.alsfastball.com
The Ballpark Radio team includes play-by-play broadcasters Kyle Smith, Jim Flanagan, Blair Setford and Lance Winn along with color commentary by Bill Hillhouse, Joe Todd and additional guests.
Players in both tournaments are asked to please fill out the online form at the links below to provide our broadcasters with some biographical information about you for use during the broadcasts.
World Tournament
http://fastpitchwest.com/morningbrief/?p=3583
Tournament of Champions
http://fastpitchwest.com/thedeuce/?p=1346
For additional information on Ballpark Radio or the ISC and ISC II broadcast schedule, please contact:
Program Directors
Jim Flanagan
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ISC II Tournament of Champions Broadcast Schedule – www.ballparkradio.com
Tue Aug 18
10:30 am ToC G5 Ashland vs Palermo
12:30 pm ToC G9 Port Elgin vs Sioux Falls
2:30 pm ToC G13 Ottawa vs Minnesota
6:00 pm ToC G17 Waterdown vs Ohsweken
8:00 pm ToC G21 Bridgeport vs Walcott
Wed Aug 19
10:30 am ToC G29 KW vs Lloydminster
11:00 am ToC G32 Rude Pac vs Quyon (CHANNEL 2)
12:30 pm ToC G33 Kitchener vs Villard
1:00 pm ToC G35 Halifax vs Port Elgin (CHANNEL 2)
2:30 pm ToC G37 Bridgeport vs CPI
4:30 pm ToC G41 Portland vs Elmira
6:30 pm ToC G45 Waterdown vs Rise
8:30 pm ToC G49 Ottawa vs Alvinston
9:00 pm ToC G52 Elmira vs Bulyea (CHANNEL 2)
Thu Aug 20
10:30 am ToC G57 Port Elgin vs Shakespeare
12:30 pm ToC G61 Ashland vs Black Gold
2:30 pm ToC G65 Kitchener vs Decatur
4:30 pm ToC G69 K-W vs Rude Pac
6:30 pm ToC G73 Bridgeport vs Donnacona
8:30 pm ToC G77 Portland vs PA Power
Fri Aug 21
11:00 am ToC G85 Pool B 3rd vs Pool G 2nd
1:00 pm ToC G89 Pool C 1st vs Winner G81
3:00 pm ToC G93 Pool A 1st vs Winner G85
5:00 pm ToC G97 Quarter-final 1
6:00 pm ToC G98 Quarter-final 2 (CHANNEL 2)
7:00 pm ToC G99 Quarter-final 3
9:00 pm ToC G100 Quarter-final 4
Sat Aug 22
11:00 am ToC G101 Semi-final 1 (CHANNEL 2)
11:00 am ToC G102 Semi-final 2
1:30 pm ToC G103 ISC II Championship Game
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Executive Producer David Blackburn
Co-Program Directors Jim Flanagan & Blair Setford
BALLPARKRADIO
ISC WORLD TOURNAMENT
Moline, IL – August 14-21, 2009
Streaming Video and Audio: www.ballparkradio.tv
ISC II TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
Rock Island, IL – August 18-22, 2009
Streaming Audio: www.ballparkradio.com
Editor’s Note: The top-ranked Waterdown Hammer, fresh off winning the Ontario championship, will head to Niagara Falls for a last-minute tune-up prior to the 2009 ToC.
The 18-team field is set for the annual Niagara Falls Men’s League tournament August 7-9 Ker Park. Below are the 18 teams participating and the tournament again is full.
On site concessions, beer gardens, and sporting goods will be available and as usual we can expect many fans to come out.
Schedule – Fri night
7 pm D1 Lukes vs Port Burwell
9 pm Snappers vs Udney
6:30 pm D2 Fury vs Raiders
6:30 pm D3 Dawgs vs Hammer
6:30 pm D4 RailRoaders vs Target
Games continue all day Saturday. Based on preliminary records, 16 teams advance to the playoff round on Sunday.
The 18 teams are as follows:
Bracebridge Farm
Cool Hand Lukes
Don Cherry’s Fastball
Goulding Park
Hamilton Raiders
Hooligans Dawgs
K/W Wizards
Niagara Snappers
Pickering Blazers
Port Burwell Lakers
Predators Fastball Team
RailRoaders
Straffordville Express
Storm’s Fury
Udney Storm
Vaughan Stealers
Waterdown Hammer
Waterdown Target
Come on out to the park to see some great games, results will be posted
Rob Greatrix
Final Results from Altamont
1 – The Pride / Decatur Illinois
2 – The Freight / Vandalia Illinois
3 – Pete’s Blues / Swansea Illinois
4 – Stallion’s / Belleville Illinois
Game #1
Pete’s Blues 4, Nohren Farms Heat 3
WP-Iuli; LP- Dalmasso.
Pete’s was down 3-0 before a late 2-run homer by Daniel Eisenhauer.
RBI singles by Zack Boyer and Mack Scmitt then won it in the last of the 7th.
Game #2
Decatur Pride 12, KC/Lee’s Sports 2 (5 inn)
WP-Stevenson; LP-Radake.
Decatur brought its A-game and then some to blitz a pretty good team.
Pride HR’s from Williams (two), Larry Moffett and Koester.
Haven Hicks had a solo shot for KC/Lee’s.
Game #3
The Freight 12, Bowen 0 (4 inn.)
WP-Sturdy (1 hitter); LP-Grandersone
Sturdy also hit two homers. The Freight also brought its A-game.
Game #4
Belleville Stallions 6, Warsaw Stag Boys 5 (8 inn).
Back and forth game ends on wild pitch.
WP-M. Godar
Game #5
KC/Lee’s Sports 7, Nohren Farms 0
WP-John Kiselewski (2-hitter)
LP-Gualandi
HR- Haven Hicks and Lyle Winter
Game #6
Warsaw 11, Bowen 7
Game #7
Decatur Pride 4, Pete’s Blues 2
Game #8
The Freight 10, Belleville Stallions 2( 5 inn)
Stallions – Belleville, Illinois 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 4 1
The Freight – Vandalia, Illinois 0 1 1 7 1 – 10 10 0
Winning Pitcher – Alan Meinhart 5 inn/4 H/8 K/1 BB/2 R/2 ER
Losing Pitcher – Mike Godar 4 2/3 inn/10 H/2 K/4 BB/8 R/8 ER
Game #9
KC/Lee’s Sports 14, Bowen 6 (Bowen eliminated at 0-3)
Game #10
Nohren Farms vs. Warsaw
Game #11
Stallions over KC/Lee’s
Game #12
Pete’s Blues over winner Nohren/Warsaw
Game #13
Winner’s bracket final
The Pride – Decatur, Illinois 3 1 0 0 1 0 x – 5 3 0
The Freight – Vandalia, Illinois 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 6 0
Winning Pitcher – Brent Stevenson 7 inn/6 H/9 K/2 BB/1 R/1 ER
Losing Pitcher – Brad Sturdy 6 inn/3 H/9 K/8 BB/5 R/5 ER
Game #14
Pete’s Blues over Stallions
Game #15
Pete’s Blues – Swansea, Illinois 0 1 0 0 0 – 1 2 3
The Freight – Vandalia, Illinois 3 2 4 1 1 – 11 14 0
Winning Pitcher – Alan Meinhart 5 inn/2 H/9 K/2 BB/1 R/0 ER
Losing Pitcher – Doc Ames
Game #16
Championship Game
The Pride – Decatur, Illinois 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 – 8 15 0
The Freight – Vandalia, Illinois 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 – 7 8 0
Winning Pitcher – TJ Dobson 7 inn/2 H/8 K/2 BB/2 R/2 ER
Losing Pitcher – Brad Sturdy 3 inn/1 H/2 K/2 BB/1 R/1 ER
Waterdown Hammer won the OASA Intermediate Eliminations this past weekend, defeating Elmira Expos in the championship game. The win qualifies the Hammer for the 2010 ISC II Tournament of Champions in Midland, MI, pending their finish in the 2009 ToC.
See additional photos courtesy MaryAnne Baier here.
All of the game scores are after the jump courtesy Dennis Dosman. (more…)
Waterdown Hammer and Kitchener Outlaws will meet in the undefeated game of the OASA Intermediate Eliminations tournament on Sunday in Waterloo.
Still alive in the loser`s bracket are Bridgeport Braves and KW Cubs amongst others.
Watch The Deuce for more info on who will be the 2009 Ontario Champion and earn a berth into the 2010 ISC II ToC in Midland.
Napanee tourney results
Saturday, August 1, 2009
SAT JULY 25/09 – ROUND ROBIN SCHEDULE
GAME TIME
9:00AM OASIS BACKYARD LIVING 4 VS KARS ACES 3
CPI CLASSICS 2 VS DONNACONNA BLUE SOX 2
11:00AM NAPANEE NORTH KEY EXPRESS 3 VS TEAM QUEBEC JRS 4
NAPANEE MIDGET EXPRESS 5 VS COUNTY BREWERS 3
1:00PM OASIS BACKYARD LIVING 6 VS NAPANEE NORTH KEY EXPRESS 4
CPI CLASSICS 6 VS NAPANEE MIDGET EXPRESS 0
3:00PM KARS ACES 9 VS TEAM QUEBEC JRS 2
DONNACONNA BLUE SOX 6 VS COUNTY BREWERS 0
5:00PM OASIS BACKYARD LIVING VS TEAM QUEBEC JRS
CPI CLASSICS 6 VS COUNTY BREWERS 1
7:00PM KARS ACES 2 VS NAPANEE NORTH KEY EXPRESS 1
DONNACONNA BLUE SOX 6 VS NAPANEE MIDGET EXPRESS 4
SUN JULY 26/09 – PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
GAME TIME
9:00AM (A) KARS ACES 8 VS NAPANEE GRANT’S INS MIDGET 4
(B) TEAM QUEBEC JR 3 VS DONNACONA BLUE SOX 2
11:00AM (C) OASIS BACKYARD LIVING 3 VS TEAM QUEBEC JR 6
WP – GUILLIAME BOUCHER
LP – DALE DOWDLE
1:00PM (D) CPI CLASSICS 8 VS KARS ACES 2
WP – JEFF MURPHY
LP – DAN KONKLE
3:00PM – CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – TEAM QUEBEC JR 2 VS CPI CLASSICS 6
WP – JASON SMITH
LP – GUILLIAME BOUCHER
THE CPI CLASSICS ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF THE 1ST ANNUAL SOFTBALL NAPANEE FASTPITCH CHALLENGE WITH AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD OF 4 WINS 1 TIE. THE TEAM QUEBEC JR’S HAD A GREAT WEEKEND AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE CANADIAN JR NATIONALS IN AUGUST. THANKS TO THE BLUE CREW AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT A GREAT WEEKEND.
daryl macdonald
Napanee North key Jr Express
sixofus@kos.net
Lots at stake in this weekend’s OASA Intermediate Men’s Eliminations Tournament at Hillside Park in Waterloo.
1. Ontario Provincial A Championship
2. Paid berth to the 2010 ISC II Tournament of Champions in Midland, Michigan
3. Over $2000 in Prize Money
All teams will receive a minimum of 3 games
Friday July 31, 2009
GM 1 7:00pm Bridgeport Braves (#7) vs Ingersol Crush (N/A) (Hillside Lower)
GM 2 7:00pm Elmira Expos (#9) vs. Shakespeare Falcons (#21) (Hillside Upper)
GM 3 9:00pm Georgian Bay Axemen (N/A) vs. Palermo Athletics (#16) (Hillside Upper)
GM 4 9:00pm Cobourg Force (N/A) vs Wellington Sox (N/A) (Hillside Lower)
Saturday August 1, 2009
GM 5 8:30am Waterdown Hammer (#1) vs Winner GM 1 (Waterloo Park)
GM 6 8:30am K-W Cubs (#5) vs. Winner GM 2 (Hillside Lower)
GM 7 9:00am Kitchener Outlaws (#6) vs. Winner of GM 3 (Hillside Upper)
GM 8 10:30am Loser of GM 2 vs Loser of GM 4 (Hillside Lower)
GM 9 1030am Loser of GM 3 vs Loser of GM 5 (Waterloo Park)
Gm 10 12:30pm Loser of GM 1 vs Loser of GM 6 (Waterloo Park)
GM 17 12:30pm Winner of GM 4 vs. Winner of GM 5 (Hillside Lower)
GM 18 2:30pm Winner of GM 6 vs. Winner of GM 7 (Hillside Lower)
GM 12 2:30pm Loser of GM 7 vs. Winner of GM 10 (Waterloo Park)
GM 11 3:00pm Loser of Gm 8 vs Loser GM 9 (Hillside Upper)
GM 13 4:30pm Loser of GM 10 vs. Winner GM 9 (Hillside Lower)
GM 14 4:30pm Loser of Gm 12 vs. Winner of GM 8 (Waterloo Park)
GM 15 6:30pm Winner of GM 11 vs. Winner of GM 12 (Hillside Lower)
GM 16 8:30pm Winner of GM 13 vs. Winner of GM 14 (Hillside Lower)
GM 21 9:00pm Winner of GM 17 vs Winner of GM 18 (Hillside Upper) Undefeated Game
Sunday August 2, 2009
GM 20 8:00am Loser of GM 17 vs Winner of GM 16 (Hillside Lower)
GM 19 8:00am Loser of GM 18 vs Winner of GM 15 (Hillside Upper)
GM 22 10:00am Winner of GM 19 vs Winner of GM 20 (Hillside Lower)
GM 23 12:00pm Winner of GM 22 vs Loser of GM 21 (Hillside Lower)
GM 24 2:00pm Winner of GM 23 vs Winner of GM 21 (Hillside Lower)
GM 25 4:00 If Necessary
www.oasa.ca
Three of the teams in the Illinois State Tournament will be competing in the ToC: #11 Decatur Pride, n/r Belleville Stallions and n/r Warsaw Stag Boys.
Gilbert Park, Altamont
Friday, July 31
Game 1—Pete’s Blues (Mascoutah) DEFENDING CHAMPION vs. Nohren Farms (Champaign County), 7:30, Field A
Game 2—KC/Lee’s Sports Falcons (Pinckneyville) vs. The Decatur Pride (Decatur), 7:30, Field B
Game 3—Guaranteed Air Freight (Vandalia) vs. Ramsey Financial (Bowen), 9:00, Field A
Game 4—Belleville Stallions (Belleville) vs. Warsaw Stag Boys (Warsaw), 9:00, Field B
Saturday, Aug. 1
Game 5—loser #1 vs. loser #2, 10:45 a.m,, Field A
Game 6—loser #3 vs. loser #4, 12:30, Field A
Game 7—winner #1 vs. winner #2, 2:15, Field A
Game 8—winner #3 vs. winner #4, 4:00, Field A
Game 9—winner #5 vs. loser #6, 5:45, Field A
Game 10—loser #5 vs. winner #6, 7:00, Field A
Sunday, Aug. 2
Game 11—winner #9 vs. loser #8, 9 a.m., Field A
Game 12—winner #10 vs. loser #7, 10:45 a.m., Field A
Game 13—winner #7 vs. winner #8, 12:30, Field A
Game 14—winner #11 vs. winner #12, 2:15, Field A
Game 15—loser #13 vs. winner #14, 4:00, Field A
Game 16—winner #13 vs. winner #15, 5:45, Field A
Game 17—winner #16 vs. loser #16, 7:15, Field A (if needed)