ISC II #2 Bakersfield, CA California Lumberkings won their second tournament of the year with a 7-3 victory over #35 Sun Valley, CA Rude Pac. The Lumberkings avenged an earlier loss to Stockton, CA IAC by beating them in the semi-final while Rude Pac topped Castro Valley, CA A-1 Pape in the second semi-final.

Saturday May 17th Round Robin
IAC-4
Team Pape-1

#17 River City Rockers-1
#2 Taylor Farms LumberKings-5

#35 RudePac-9
Fat City-1

IAC-9
Taylor Farms LumberKings-2

Team Pape-4
RudePac-2

IAC-3
River City Rockers-1

Team Pape-6
River City Rockers-5

Taylor Farms LumberKings-2
RudePac-6

Sunday May 18th single elimination
River City Rockers-3
Taylor Farms LumberKings-6

Semi Finals
Taylor Farms LumberKings-3
IAC-1

Team Pape-3
RudePac-4

Finals
Taylor Farms LumberKings-7
RudePac-3

Three of the teams playing a four-game round robin in Radom, IL this past weekend are looking for berths in the 2008 ISC II ToC. #23 Hermann, MO Black Gold, with ace Eric Steinbeck, #31 Mascoutah, IL Pete’s Blues, and #49 Radom, IL Lee’s Sports Falcons with John Kiselewski.

Final standings:

#23 Black/Gold, 3-1
#49 Lee’s Sports, 3-1
Belleville Stallions, 3-1
#31 Pete’s Blues, 1-3
Elkville, 0-4

Sunday games:

Black/Gold 9, Elkville 2
WP-Speckhals. LP- Hale.

Black/Gold 1, Pete’s Blues 0
WP-Steinbeck. LP- Ames

Stallions 5, Pete’s Blues 2
WP- Godar. LP-Ames & D. Linton

Lee’s Sports 7, Stallions 4
WP-Kiselewski & Radake
LP-Ohms, Godar & Davis

Lee’s Sports 9, Elkville 2
WP- Radake.
LP- Downen & Malawy

Saturday scores
Belleville Stallions 4, Black/Gold 2
WP-Ohms. LP-Speckhals.

Black/Gold 7, Lee’s Sports 6
WP-Steinbeck. LP- Kiselewski

Stallions 6, Elkville 5
WP-Davis. LP-Hale

Pete’s Blues 4, Elkville 2 (13 inns.)
WP-Ames and Dalmasso. LP-Downen

Lee’s Sports 2, Pete’s Blues 1
WP-Radake. LP-Ames and D. Linton

While not an ISC II qualifier, the Dick Tracy Tournament in Roscoe, IL included N/R Team Chicago, who qualified for the 2008 ToC at the DeKalb Icebreaker, #41 Springfield, IL Brandt’s, who will look to earn a ToC berth in Kelso, as well as the #48 DeKalb Hustlehogs, who are also looking for a ToC berth. ISC teams included ISC #18 Aurora, IL Dolan & Murphy and N/R Thomson, IL Area Merchants.

Sunday
FINAL
Dolan&Murphy 4
Duncan Outlaws 3
Dolan earns a bid to the ISC WT
WP Gutesha LP Hodge

Semi’s
Dolan 7
Springfield Brandt’s 1
WP Ginger 9k’s LP Reis, Sturdy 4th

Duncan7
Thomson 0
WP Grey LP Flores

1st rd
Thomson 6
Chicago 0
WP Van Derare LP Brubaker

Brandt’s 7
BAC Pride Rockford 0
WP Sturdy LP Krohse

Dolan + Murphy 4
Red Dog Ranch Brodhead,Wi 3 9 inn
WP Ginger(7) in relief of Hoffman
LP Davis

Duncan 14
Hustle Hogs Dekalb 6
WP Hodge
LP Murphy, J.Crouch 3 rd

Saturday
Pool A

Duncan 16
Dolan 4
WP Hodge
LP Gillis Ginger(6)

Duncan 6 8 inn
Thomson 5
WP Grey LP Flores(4) in relief of Van Derare

Brandt’s 5
Dolan 2
WP Reis LP Gutesha

Brandt’s 6
Duncan 4
WP Sturdy LP Hodge

Dolan 6
Thomson 4
WP Ginger LP Flores

Brandt’s 3
Thomson 2
WP Reis LP Van Derare

Brandt’s 2-1
Duncan 2-1
Dolan 1-2
Thpmson 0-3

Pool B

Chicago 11
Hustle Hogs 2
WP brubaker Lp Tobin

Hustle Hogs 4
BAC Pride 2
WP Murphy LP Krohse

Chicago 4
Red Dog 1
WP Brubaker LP Davis

Red Dog 8
Hustle Hogs 6
WP Zink LP Crouch

Chicago 10
Pride 6
WP Nicholson LP Reynolds

Red Dog 7
Pride 0
WP Zink LP McDuffa

Chicago 3-0
Red Dog 2-1
Hustle Hogs 1-2
BAc Pride 0-3

John Reed
mrgr@comcast.net

The #2 ranked Bakersfield, CA California Lumberkings won the Sonora, California tournament May 3 & 4. The six-team event also included #17 Sacramento, CA River City Rockers, #35 Sun Valley Rude Pac.

Saturday May 3
River City Rockers 4 Ed Gasper
Team Pape 2 B. J. Hunhoff

Demarini 4 Matt Barnes
Rude Pac 2 Mark Bennett

Lumberkings 6 Mike Egerdeen
IAC 3 Travis Price

Demarini 9 Rick Smith
IAC 4 Jesse Duncan

Team Pape 2 Tony Hunhoff
Lumberkings 1 Dave Drotzmann

River City Rockers 7 Brian Newton
Rude Pac 1 Spud Barker

Team Pape 14 Keith Frye
Demarini 4 Rick Smith

Lumberkings 6 Dave Drotzmann
Rude Pac 0 Mark Bennett

IAC 3 Travis Price
River City Rockers 2 Brian Newton

Sunday May 4
IAC 6 Travis Price
Rude Pac 2 Mark Bennett

Demarini 4 Matt Barnes
Team Pape 2 B.J. Hunhoff

Lumberkings 4 Mike Egerdeen
IAC 1 Jesse Duncan

Demarini 2 Rick Smith
River City Rockers 1 Brian Newton

Lumberkings 4 Dave Drotzmann
Demarini 2 Rick Smith

The Millgrove Early Bird Tournament kicks off tonight in Waterdown, Ontario with six games. This tournament continues to grow and improve. On hand this year, in addition to several local teams from the Golden Horseshoe Fastball League, are a number of top-ranked ISC II teams, including Ashland Stockpack and the host Waterdown Hammer, both of whom are in the top 10.

Red Pool
#13 Bridgeport Braves
Central Fairbank Lumberjacks
#45 Hamilton Hawks
#37 Ohsweken Redmen

Black Pool
Toronto Celtics
#8 Waterdown Hammer
Waterdown Target
Waterloo Jr. Twins

Blue Pool
#15 Kitchener Outlaws (2007 Champions)
#37 Rockwood Rush
Scarborough Jr. Wolverines
Waterdown Razorbacks / Rebels

White Pool
#7 Ashland Stockpack
Elmira Jr. Cubs
Niagara Falls Dawgs
North York Knights

Friday May 9th. 2008
7:00 pm
#8 Waterdown Hammer vs. Waterloo Jr. Twins – Millgrove Park Diamond # 1
#13 Bridgeport Braves vs. #33 Ohsweken Redmen – Millgrove Park Diamond # 2
#15 Kitchener Outlaws vs. #37 Rockwood Rush – Freelton Park

8:45 pm
Elmira Jr. Cubs vs. North York Knights – Millgrove Park Diamond # 1
Scarborough Jr. Wolverines vs. Waterdown Razorbacks/Rebels – Millgrove Park Diamond # 2
Toronto Celtics vs. Waterdown Target – Freelton Park

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