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#30 South Lebanon, PA TNT win Allentown

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Article from Allentown Morning Call about results of the Fourth of July Classic. South Lebanon (ISC II #30) defeated Keating’s Fitness Center ISC #25 twice to win the championship.

TNT South Lebanon results:
Round Robin:
South Lebanon – 5
PA Power – 1

South Lebanon – 8
Allentown Patriots – 1

South Lebanon – 1
Keating’s Fitness – 0

Semi Final:
South Lebanon – 9
Matarazzo Bros. – 1 (Matarazzo are the defending 40 and over national champions)

Final:
South Lebanon – 5
Keatings Fitness – 2

July 3, 2006
For Tracy, MVP is for memorable vacation planning Canadian begins his visit by leading TNT South Lebanon to title.
By Keith Groller Of The Morning Call
Jeremy Tracy smiled as he clutched the Most Valuable Player Award from the 41st annual Allentown Patriots’ 4th of July Classic Sunday afternoon at Pates Park.
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Allentown, PA tourney features #5 Rise along with TNT, PA Power and Bob Hoffman’s

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Patriots 4th of July Tourney Opens Friday Night

Defending champ Keating Fitness Center of Wilkes-Barre is among the eight teams in the field of this year’s Allentown Patriots’ 4th of July Classic. The 41st annual tourney — it began in 1965 and has been held every year since except 1976 — begins with a pair of games Friday night at Pates Park. The KMV Rise play Bob Hoffman’s of Reading, a new team in the field, in the 7 p.m. opener. That game will be followed by the host Pates Petro Kings taking on PA Power of Harrisburg.

The round-robin tourney, sponsored by Allentown Beverage, Coca-Cola of the Lehigh Valley and the Allentown Patriots, continues with 10 games throughout the day on Saturday — two at Percy Ruhe Park — and then concludes Sunday with the semifinals in the morning and the title game at 12:30 p.m.

Keating is led by the pitching of Bill Hillhouse and Ontario native Gregg Garrity, last year’s tourney MVP. Mark Smith, Dave Martin and Justin Stock highlight the offense.

The KMV Rise, last year’s tourney runner-up, feature the 2005 most valuable pitcher, Tom Vogel, as well as veteran stars Matt Daley and Allentown native Mike Smith.

The Rise won the Niagara Snapper tournament earlier this month and is ranked No. 5 in the latest ISC II world rankings.

The host team could also be a factor. The Pates, led by Jeff Hess, Bob Thomas and Tom Stinner, have already qualified for the ASA Class C nationals in Georgia.

Other potential favorites include TNT South Lebanon, which features the pitching of Jeremy Tracey and Scott Adams and the offense of Bob Wengert, Mike Rohrer, and Paul Batt.

PA Power won last year’s ASA Class C national title and Mattarazzo Brothers is the defending ASA men’s 40&over national champions and feature Whitehall’s Reno Lato.

All-series tickets for the tourney cost $7 and daily tickets cost adults $3, seniors $2.

#22 ISC II JRW & Associates of Yakima at DeMarini Rose Cup

Monday, June 26th, 2006

#22 ISC II JRW & Associates of Yakima at DeMarini Rose Cup

Portland, Oregon – What do the following nine world class pitchers have in common ……..

# 8 ISC ranked SoCal Bombers,
Travis Price
Tyson Barkman (18 yr. old prodigy from the recent Jr. Men World Championship)

# 14 ISC II ranked California Lumberkings.
Sonny Perkins
Jon Nimmo

# 36 ISC ranked Prince George Black Bears
Sean Whitten
Craig Pidcock

# 16 ISC ranked CR/Portland
Mark Bennett
Terry Luster
Mike Piechnik

They all threw against JRW & Associates in the Rose Cup in Portland, Oregon.

JRW & Associates did have a measure of success against these pitchers with one HR, 7 runs scored and 17 hits. And this was with 5 JRW starters and 3 ASA Class C pick-ups out of Portland to make 8 position players for the weekend.

Two of JRW’s four opponents – CR/Portland and the SoCal Bombers – finished 1 & 2 in the Rose Cup.

It certainly prepared JRW for the flame throwers they will meet in the ISC II Tournament of Champions (ToC).

It is measure of some respect that most teams throw their ace at the Associates.

Line scores for # 22 ranked JRW & Associates games were posted on Al’s Fastball list and summarized on Jim Flanagan’s Fastpitch West web site.

More ISC II Scores from Rose Cup (Second Round)

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

#14 California Lumberkings Make the Elite Eight at Portland Rose Cup Tournament

Second Round Games – Quarter Finals

Game 9
(ISC #24) Team Rainey, CA – 13
(#14) Lumberkings, CA – 0
WP-Sebastian Gervasutti
LP-John Nimmo

The #14 Lumberkings were the highest finishing ISC II team, finishing 2-3 and making it to the Elite Eight. The #16 Colorado Rage finished 2-2, including an upset win over ISC #23 ranked Houston Aces. #22 JRW Associates finished 0-4.

The Rose Cup tournament field of teams included a number of ISC World tournament teams, including:
#6 Vancouver Grey Sox, eliminated second round
#8 So Cal Bombers, in the semi-finals
#16 CR/Portland, in the finals
#23 Houston Aces, eliminated first round
#24 Team Rainey, in the semi-finals

ISC II Scores from Rose Cup, Sunday, Portland, OR

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Single Elimination Sunday, June 25, 2006

First Round Games

Game 2
(#14)Lumberkings, CA – 11
(#16) Colorado Rage, CO – 1
WP-Sonny Perkins*
LP-Kurt Tabashnuik
*not ISC II eligible

Game 5
(ISC #16) CR/Portland, OR – 7
(#22) JRW Associates – 1
WP-Mark Bennett
LP-Dave Drotzman

ISC II Scores from Rose Cup

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

ISC II #16 Colorado Rage finished with the best record among the ISC II teams at the Portland Rose Cup Tournament at Portland, Oregon, with a 2-1 record. The Rage notched one of the biggest upsets of the tournament, knocking off ISC World #23 ranked Houston Aces, with lefy Kurt Tabashnuik outdueling veterans Wayne Wells, 1-0. The Rage’s second win came over a former ISC II team, A-1 Tank. The Tank had been ranked #24 before dropping out of competition at the ISC II level. A-1 was winless in 3 tries at Portland, Saturday.

ISC II #14 ranked Lumberkings finished 1-2, notching a win over ISC II #22 JRW Associates, falling to two ISC World Tournament teams, the So Cal Bombers and the Prince George Black Bears, of British Columbia.

ISC II #22 JRW Associates also faced stiff competition, going 0-3 while playing up in classification. Like the Lumberkings, JRW had to face two of the ISC World’s best, the So Cal Bombers and Prince George Black Bears.

Play continues Sunday, in single elimination bracket play.

Saturday 9 am
Pool B
ISC #8 SoCal Bombers, CA – 11
#22 JRW Associates, WA – 3
WP-Travis Price
LP-Mike Egerdeen

Prince George Black Bears, BC – 6
#14 Lumberkings, CA – 0
WP-Sean Whitten
LP-Sonny Perkins

11:00 a.m. games
Pool C
#16 Colorado Rage, CO – 1
ISC #23 Houston Aces, TX – 0
WP-Kurt Tabashnuik
LP-Wayne Wells

1 pm
Pool B
Lumberkings, CA – 9
JRW Associates, WA – 3
WP-Anthony Martinez
LP-Dave Drotzman

Pool C
ISC #16 CR Portland, OR – 7
Colorado Rage, CO – 0
WP-Mark Bennett
LP-Kurt Tabashnuik

5:30 pm
Pool B
So Cal Bombers 10
Lumberkings, CA – 0
WP-Ryan Brand
LP-Jon Nimmo

Prince George Black Bears, BC -10
JRW, WA – 0
WP-Sean Whitten
LP-Mike Edgerdeen

LumberKings, Rage & JRW in Portland

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

One of the highlights of the fastball season, the Portland, OR Rose Cup, features three ISC II teams: #14 Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings, #16 Denver, CO Colorado Rage and #22 Yakima, WA JRW & Associates.

Their schedule is as follows:

Pool B
Sat 6/24/06 Bombers / JRW Bud 9:00am
Sat. 6/24/06 Black Bears/ Lumberkings Pizza Mia 9:00am
Sat. 6/24/06 JRW / Lumberkings Pizza Mia 1:00pm
Sat. 6/24/06 Lumberkings / Bombers Pizza Mia 5:30pm
Sat. 6/24/06 Black Bears / JRW Bud 5:30pm

Pool C
Sat. 6/24/06 Rage / Aces Pepsi 11:00am
Sat. 6/24/06 CR/Portland / Rage GI Joes 1:00pm
Sat. 6/24/06 Rage / A-1 Tank Bud 7:30pm

All teams advance to single elimination Sunday.

Ken Zulski Memorial Fastpitch Tournament – Petoskey, MI

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

June 16-18, 2006

Tournament Cancelled due to weather during 6th inning of loser bracket final (game #13). Tiffany’s (Frankenmuth, MI) determined 1st place due to only team left unbeaten, #23 Up to Date Painting (Millington, MI) determined 2nd place due to Game #13 being declared complete after 5th inning and Roofs of the North (Roscommon, MI) was awarded 3rd place plaque. Individual awards were also handed out to managers of respective teams.

Full results can also be found here.

Order of Finish:
1. Tiffany’s – Frankenmuth, MI – 3-0
2. #23 Up to Date Painting – Millington, MI – 3-1
3. Roofs of the North – Roscommon, MI – 3-2
4. Coppens Brigade – Midland, MI – 2-2
5. Suburban Insulation – Ann Arbor, MI – 1-2
5. The Lumber Company – Zeeland, MI – 1-2
7. Windsor Reds – Windsor, ONT – 0-2
7. M-46ers – Hemlock, MI – 0-2

Individual Awards:

Outstanding Pitcher – Pete Loachridge / Tiffany’s (2-0, 10 IP, 2 R’s, 10 H’s, 21 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Outstanding Hitter – Adam Osantowski / Coppens Brigade (.667 average)
Outstanding Infielder – Brian Jammer / Up to Date Painting
Outstanding Outfielder – Brad Gnatkowski / Tiffany’s
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Innerkip & Fitzroy champions decided

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Innerkip 1 pm
Elora Wellington Brewers 6 Tavistock Smully’s Merchants 3 – Tavistock eliminated, finish 2nd
WP: Todd Uhrig
LP: Ryan Cummings

Elora Wellington Brewers win the Canada East berth to the 2006 ISC II Tournament of Champions.

Tavistock Smully’s Merchants will be offered an invite berth.

Fitzroy 1 pm
Ottawa Team Easton Thunder 6 Micksburg Twins 0 – Micksburg eliminated, finish 2nd
WP: Jeff Murphy, relief Dan Konkle
LP: John Graham

Ottawa Team Easton Thunder win the Eastern Ontario berth to the 2006 ISC II Tournament of Champions.

Micksburg Twins will be offered an invite berth.

Innerkip & Fitzroy Sunday 11 am scores

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Innerkip 11 am
Tavistock Smully’s Merchants 8 Mitchell Mets 2 – Mitchell eliminated, finish 3rd
WP: Cook
LP: staff

Tavistock playing Elora Wellington Brewers in final.

Fitzroy 11 am
Micksburg Twins 5 Kingston Cowboys 1 – Kingston eliminated, finish 3rd
WP: Len Berger
LP: Bryan Brooks

Micksburg playing Ottawa Team Easton Thunder in final.

Innerkip & Fitzroy Sunday 9 am scores

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Innerkip
9am
Mitchell Mets 4 Glencoe Astros 1 – Glencoe eliminated, finish 4th
WP: Gellar relief Pomfret
LP: Winship

Mitchell playing Tavistock Smully’s Merchants, winner to play Elora Wellington Brewers.

Fitzroy
9am
Micksburg Twins 4 Waterdown Hammer 1 – Waterdown eliminated, finish 4th
WP: Corey Costello
LP: Tim Neill

Micksburg playing Kingston Cowboys, winner to play Ottawa Team Easton Thunder

Fitzroy Harbour detailed scores – updated thru Sunday

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Friday June 16

R H E

Stittsville 56ers 4 7 1
Ottawa Valley Raiders 0 2 3
WP – Dan Bradley (2 hitter)
LP – Bryce Levesque with relief from Chad Hargrove

Carp I4C Victory 4 9 2
Enterprise Oasis Pool 1 6 1
WP – Neil Cooke with relief from Trevor Wood
LP – Dale Dowdle

Kingston Cowboys 4 8 3
Blackburn Bombers 2 7 0
WP – Jon Swaine
LP – Shannon Borho
HR – Jon Swaine (Kingston)

Stouffville Mennos 9 10 0 (5 inning mercy)
Ottawa Blitz 0 2 2
WP – John Sharpe
LP – Jamie Blakely with relief from Derick Bulley
HR – Byron Barenieski (Grand Slam), Jeff Boadway (Stouffville)

Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric 13 14 0 (5 inning mercy)
Fitzroy Harbour “Selects” 1 3 4
WP – Bud Hanlon with relief from Steve Cavanagh
LP – Andrew Jahn with relief from Shawn Ryan

HR – Jason Armstrong, Troy Wilson, Neil Murphy (Grand Slam) – WC Electric
Waterdown Hammer 4 7 1
Quyon Flyers 3 3 1
WP – Tim Neil
LP – Matt Greer
HR – Tim Coe (Waterdown)
HR – Dennis McCleary, Steve McCord (Quyon)

Saturday June 17
Blackburn Bombers 3 4 1
Quyon Flyers 0 1 2 (Quyon Eliminated)
WP – Ray Shanoush (1 hitter, 16K)
LP – Matt Greer
HR – Gary Larocque (Blackburn)

Ottawa Valley Raiders 2 7 2
Ottawa Blitz 0 5 1 (Blitz Eliminated)
WP – Chad Hargrove
LP – Derick Bulley

Micksburg Twins 4
Carp I4C Victory 0
WP – Corey Costello
LP – Steve McGillis
HR – Corey Costello (Micksburg)

Stittsville 56ers 4 8 1
Stouffville Mennos 0 2 3
WP – Dan Bradley (2 hitter)
LP – Byron Baranieski

Ottawa Team Easton Thunder 10 9 0 (5 innings mercy)
Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric 0 1 0
WP – Dan Konkle with relief from Jeff Murphy (combined 1 hitter)
LP – Mark Wright with relief from Brad Porter, Steve Cavanagh
HR – Todd Fraser (2), John Peck, Scott Herriott, Dan Jessiman (Easton)

Kingston Cowboys 9 14 1
Waterdown Hammer 2 3 3
WP – Bryan Brooks
LP – Dave Martin with relief from Rod Fevereau, Tim Neil
HR – Dave Brownhill (Waterdown)

Waterdown Hammer 15 15 0 (5 innings mercy)
Fitzroy Harbour “Selects” 0 0 3 (“Selects” eliminated)
WP – Tim Neil with relief from Rod Fevereau (combined perfect game)
LP – Shawn Ryan

Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric 6 7 0
Blackburn Bombers 0 2 3 (Blackburn eliminated)
WP – Bud Hanlon
LP – Ray Shanoush with relief from Rob Elder
HR – Troy Wilson, Trevor Barton (WC Electric)

Ottawa Valley Raiders 6
Carp I4C Victory 3 (Carp eliminated)
WP – Bryce Levesque with relief from Chad Hargrove
LP – Trevor Wood with relief from Steve McGillis and Neil Cooke
HR – Chad Milne, Bryce Levesque, Chad Hargrove (Valley)

Stouffville Mennos 5 7 0
Enterprise Oasis Pools 0 0 4 (Enterprise eliminated)
WP – John Sharpe (perfect game)
LP – Kevin Brown

Ottawa Team Easton 8 12 1
Stittsville 56ers 2 1 2
WP – Dan Konkle, Save: Jeff Murphy
LP – Dan Bradley with relief from Darren Featherstone, Rob Rattray
HR – Dan Jessiman, Dan Konkle, Todd Fraser (Easton)
HR – Dan Preston (Stittsville)

Kingston Cowboys 6 9 1
Micksburg Twins 1 4 0
WP – Jason Benne
LP – Len Burger with relief from Corey Costello
HR – Jon Swaine (Kingston)

Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric 1 3 0
Stouffville Mennos 0 1 2 (Stouffville eliminated)
WP – Brad Porter (1 hitter)
LP – Paul Boynton with relief from John Sharpe

Waterdown Hammer 14 15 0 (3 inning mercy)
Ottawa Valley Raiders 0 1 2 (Valley Raiders eliminated)
WP – Tim Neil with relief from Rod Fevereau
LP – Ryan Cox with relief from Gord Flannery and Derek Bergeron

Waterdown Hammer 3 7 0
Stittsville 56ers 2 4 1 (Stittsville eliminated)
WP – Tim Neil, Save: Dave Martin
LP – Dan Bradley
HR – Scott Parsons (Stittsville)
HR – Tim Coe, Joe Reeve (Waterdown)
Back to back home runs by Tim Coe and Joe Reeve in the fifth win the game for Waterdown.

Micksburg Twins 8 11 3
Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric 5 5 3 (Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric eliminated)
WP – Corey Costello with relief from Len Burger
LP – Brad Porter, in relief of Bud Hanlon, with relief from Mark Wright
HR – Corey Costello (2) (Micksburg)
After spotting Micksburg an 8-0 lead after three and a half, Fitzroy scrambles back to 8-5 and leaves the bases loaded in the fourth and fifth.

Winner Bracket Final:
Ottawa Team Easton Thunder 2 2 0
Kingston Cowboys 1 7 1
WP – Jeff Murphy in relief of Dan Konkle
LP – Jon Swaine
HR – Todd Fraser
Jon Swaine had a no-hitter through five innings and a 1-0 lead on a Pat Severin RBI double in the third. Pinch hiter Al Read broke up the no-hitter with a single to lead off the bottom of the sixth. Then with two out, Todd Fraser hit the game winning homerun just clearing the fence in centrefield. This was Fraser’s fourth homerun of the day in three games.

Sunday Schedule:
9AM Micksburg Twins vs. Waterdown Hammer
11AM Winner of 9AM vs. Kingston Cowboys
1PM Winner of 11AM vs. Ottawa Team Easton Thunder
3PM if necessary game

Great weather, good crowds, things running smoothly.

A few unfortunate injuries:
Greg McMillan (Stittsville) – broken leg
Bryce Levesque (Ottawa Valley Raiders) – major shoulder injury
Jason Armstrong (Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric) – took a Corey Costello wild riseball in the helmet and was cut for probably 15-20 stitches.

Detailed report for Sunday games at Fitzroy Harbour ISC II qualifier

Sunday June 18

R H E LOB

Micksburg 0.0.2.1.0.1.0 4 6 1 2
Waterdown 0.1.0.0.0.0.0 1 2 0 5
WP – Corey Costello (2 hitter, 13K, no earned runs)
LP – Tim Neil (8K)
HR – Brad Steege, Corey Costello (Micksburg)

Waterdown scored in the second, capitalizing on a Micksburg error. Micksburg responded with two in the third – Brad Pender hit an RBI single, advanced to second on the play at the plate and then stole third. He was later brought in on a sacrifice fly by Barry McIntyre. Brad Steege had a solo HR for Micksburg in the fourth. Corey Costello had a solo HR in the sixth – this was CostelloÂ’s fourth home run of the tournament. Waterdown was eliminated and finished fourth.

Kingston 0.1.0.0.0.0.0 1 7 1 8
Micksburg 0.0.0.4.1.0.X 5 9 0 4
WP – Len Burger (4K) in relief of Corey Costello (3K)
LP – Bryan Brooks (9K) with relief from Jason Benne
HR – Corey Costello, Chad Costello (Micksburg)

Kingston scored in the second inning when Jeff Hannah walked with the bases loaded. Micksburg struck for four runs in the fourth, with Corey Costello hitting a two run homer (his fifth homer of the tournament) and Chad Costello also hitting a two run shot. Jamey Mick drove in an additional run in the fifth. Veteran lefty Lenny Burger pitched very well in relief to get the win for Micksburg. Kingston was eliminated and finished
third.

Final:
Micksburg 0.0.0.0.0.x.x 0 1 2 1 (5 inning mercy)
Easton 0.0.0.4.2.x.x 6 7 0 3
WP – Jeff Murphy (3K) in relief of Dan Konkle (4K)
LP – Joran Graham with relief from Len Burger (1K)
HR – Scott Herriot, Randy Peck (Team Easton)

Micksburg ran out of gas and lost in the final to Ottawa Team Easton Thunder. With Corey Costello hurting, the Twins started 17 year old Joran Graham who held Easton scoreless over three innings before Easton scord four in the fourth. John Peck had an RBI single driving in his brother Randy. Later in the fourth inning, Daryl Buttar drove in two with a double and subsequently scored on a Pat OÂ’Connor single. Scott Herriot and Randy Peck both hit solo homers in the fifth to give Easton the 6-0 win in five innings. Ottawa Team Easton Thunder wins the Eastern Ontario qualifier over Micksburg for the second year in a row and accepts the berth to the Tournament of Champions. Micksburg finishes second and was offered a berth to Kitchener as well, which they have indicated they will accept.

From: “Brown, Adam”