Two qualifiers scheduled this weekend with 4 berths available to be won.

US West – 2 berths
Best of the West – Santa Barbara, CA

Canada West – 2 berths
Rambler Park Skins – Regina, SK

Editor’s Note: Ten teams will be a part of the Rambler Park Skins ISC II Qualifier in Regina May 29-31. Among the entries are #19 Lloydminster, AB Dodgers, #29 Bulyea, SK Rustlers and #38 Regina, SK Supreme Auto Body (who won the 2008 Western Canadians). Two berths to the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions are on the line.

RAMBLER PARK SKINS
FRIDAY 30-May
6:30 PM D1
Regina Gold
Standing Buffalo Dakotas

6:30 PM D2
KMC Diamondbacks
Supreme Auto Body

8:30 PM D1
Bulyea Rustlers
Silverscreen Sportswear

SATURDAY 31-May
10:00 AM D1
Regina Gold
Supreme Auto Body

10:00 AM D2
KMC Diamondbacks
Gordon’s Hawks

12:00 PM D1
Delisle Diamond Dogs
Bulyea Rustlers

12:00 PM D2
Silverscreen Sportswear
Bruno Merchants

2:00 PM D1
Standing Buffalo Dakotas
Lloydminster Dodgers

4:00 PM D1
Bulyea Rustlers
Gordon’s Hawks

4:00 PM D2
Delisle Diamond Dogs
Silverscreen Sportswear

6:30 PM D1
Regina Gold
Lloydminster Dodgers

6:30 PM D2
Supreme Auto Body
Bruno Merchants

8:30 PM D1
Standing Buffalo Dakotas
KMC Diamondbacks

SUNDAY 1-Jun
10:00 AM D1
Gordon’s Hawks
Bruno Merchants

10:00 AM D2
Lloydminster Dodgers
Delisle Diamond Dogs

SEMI FINAL (Game M1)
12:00 PM D1
1st –
4th –

SEMI FINAL (Game M2)
12:00 PM D2
2nd –
3rd –

FINAL
2:30 PM D1
Winner (M1) –
Winner (M2) –

Halifax Blackburn Transport qualified for the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions this weekend, finishing 2nd at the Capital City Shootout.

Halifax, who won the 2008 Eastern Canadian Intermediate “A” Championship, finished 5-1 on the weekend.

W 7-0 over Whycocomagh

W 10-3 over Stewiacke River Rats

W 13-4 over Nova Scotia U19

W 10-3 over Halifax Bud Light

W 12-5 over Halifax Outlaws

L 4-3 to Eskasoni

Day 1 Results for Linden , NJ Metro Fastpitch Invitational
Scores courtesy Gregg Leather

Saturday May 23
ISC #13 Gremlins 2 #3 CPI 0
WP- Newton LP- Murphy, Winship 6th

#27 Adco 13 NJSports Club 1
WP- Pleszwicz LP- Lawrence

#35 Pa. Power 7 Adco 1 ***
WP- Rutt LP- Jones

Gremlins 10 NJ Sport 2
WP – Hillhouse LP- Neff

Gremlins 9 Pa. Power 1
WP- Tracy LP- Rutt, Fogel 2nd

CPI 9 NJ Sport 1
WP – Walseman LP- Marco

Adco 5 CPI 3 ***
WP – Pleszwicz LP- Smith

Pa. Power 2 CPI 1 ***
WP – High LP- Winship

Gremlins 7 Adco 0
WP – Newton LP- Torres

Pa. Power 11 NJ Sport 0
WP – ? LP- ?

Final Round Robin Standings
NYGremlins – 4-0
Pa Power – 3-1
Adco Electric – 2-2
CPI – 1-3
NJ Sports Club – 0-4

*** These games decide ISC II berths – Pa. Power & Adco Electric win ISC II Berths

Sunday May 24
Pa Power 5 Adco Electric 2
WP- High LP- Jones
Pa Power trailed 2-1 going to the bottom of the 7th. Power tied the game and Derrick Zechman hit a 3 run walk off HR to end it.

NY Gremlins 8 CPI 0
WP- Newton LP- Winship, Smith 2nd, Murphy 4th
Gremlins John Rozich had 2 HR’s

Finals-
NY Gremlins 8 Pa Power 1
WP-Hillhouse LP-Rutt
HR- Houtz Pa Power

Gregg Leather
NYSoftball@aol.com

UPDATED May 23, 2009

Editor’s Note: The ISC has updated the initial list of ISC and ISC II qualifiers for 2009. In this edition, updates from Canada East and US Central. Below is an edited version showing what we believe are ISC II qualifiers. For the complete list, see our brother blog the Morning Brief. In the past, an ISC II team playing in an ISC-only qualifier would become eligible to receive an invite to the ToC if one becomes available. For the list of teams already qualified for the 2009 ToC, click here.
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Joe Santos Memorial Tournament Schedule
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

6th Annual Joe Santos Memorial Men’s Fastpitch Tournament Schedule

The Pueblo Bandits will host the 6th Annual Joe Santos Memorial
Men’s Fastpitch Tournament May 22nd – 24th in Pueblo, CO. There
is one ISC WT and one ISC II Tournament of Champions berth at
stake for Western US teams competing with ISC rosters.

Due to the number of teams entered (seven) the tournamment format was changed to bracket play with each team guaranteed 3 games.

Below are the teams playing in this years tournament and the first round pairings.

Bandits – Pueblo Colorado
Rebels – Boulder Colorado
N A LLC – Albuquerque NM
Dodge Oklahoma
Comets – Denver Colorado
Lee & Joe’s – Pueblo Colorado
Polito’s Beer Barrel / DILLIGAF – Pueblo Colorado

Friday
Joe Santos Field
7:00 pm: Opening Ceremony
8:00 pm: Pueblo Bandits vs Boulder Rebels

Saturday
Joe Santos Field
9:00 am: Lee & Joe’s vs N A Albuquerque
10:45 am: Polito’s Beer Barrel/DILLIGAF vs Comets Denver Colorado
12:30 am: Dodge Oklahoma vs winner Pueblo Bandits / Boulder Rebel game

Joe Santos Field is located at the corner of Northern Ave and Pine. From I-25 go to the Central Avenue exit go west on Central Avenue it will dead end at the Park.

Chris Santos
303-690-4847 – home
303-694-9880 x103 – office
303-694-3430 – fax
303-419-7352 – cell
jcsantos25@msn.com

Editor’s Note: A pair of ISC II berths are on the line this weekend in Linden, NJ at the Metro Fastpitch Invitational run by the NY Gremlins. ISC II #3 Dundas, ON CPI/ADS, #27 Staten Island, NY Adco and #35 Ephrata, PA Pennsylvania Power are all competing for the berths.

Saturday May 23

9:00 AM CPI vs Gremlins – Field # 1
9:00 AM Adco vs NJ Sports Club – Field # 2

11:00 AM Adco vs Pa. Power – Field # 1 ***
11:00 AM Gremlins vs NJ Sport – Field # 2

1:00 PM Gremlins vs Pa. Power – Field # 1
1:00 PM CPI vs NJ Sport – Field # 2

3:00 PM Adco vs CPI – Field # 1 ***

5:00 PM Pa. Power vs CPI – Field # 1 ***
5:00 PM Adco vs Gremlins – Field # 2

7:00 PM Pa. Power vs NJ Sport – Field # 1

*** These games will decide ISC II berths

Sunday May 24

9:00 AM 2nd Place vs 3rd Place – Field # 1
11:00 AM 1st Pace vs 4th Place – Field # 1
1:00 PM Winner 9AM vs Winner 11AM – Field # 1

Gregg Leather
NYSoftball@aol.com

Two qualifiers in Illinois were played this weekend. For more information, click the links.

Dick Tracy, Rockford, IL

Saturday
9 AM Thomson 3 BAC Pride Rockford 1
WP Dean Zink also 3×3 AB LP Sean Krohse

10:30 Thomson 2 Dolan+Murphy 1
WP Sean Kelly 5 k’s LP Ales Jetmar 8 k’s
Scott Beal game winning 1b in bottom of 7th

12:15 BAC Pride 6 Chicago FP 3
WP Ryan Mcduffa 4 ip Sean Krohse 3ip LP B.Nicholson

1:45 Dolan + Murphy 4 Warsaw 0
WP Doug Gillis 14 k’s LP Mike Jamison
David Schuett + PJ Mckinney each had 2 doubles

3:30 Dolan+Murphy 13 Chicago 0
WP Ales Jetmar LP Brian Nicholson

5:00 Warsaw 4 Chicago 1
WP Mike Jamison LP Ray Reynolds

Standings going into Sunday
run differential
Thomson 2-0 +3
Dolan 2-1 +10
BAC 1-1 +1
Warsaw 1-1 -1
Chicago 0-3 -13

Sunday May 17
9:00 Chicago 5 Thomson 0
WP Ray Reynolds LP Sean Kelly

9:00 Warsaw 8 BAC Pride 1 5 inn
WP Mike Jamison LP Ryan Mcduffa

Warsaw, IL Stagboys win the ISC II ToC berth.

10:30 Thomson 12 Warsaw 1 5 inn
WP Dean Zink LP Troy Pirie

10:30 Dolan+Murphy 8 BAC Pride 0
WP Doug Gillis 12 k’s Lp Sean Krohse

Championship
Dolan +Murphy 3 Thomson 2 10 innings
WP Ales Jetmar LP Sean Kelly
D+M scored in bottom of the 10th when Pj McKinney scored from 3rd on an infield pop up by Camden Decker that was lost in the sun and dropped for the game winning hit

Log Cabin Invitational, Villa Grove, IL

Saturday, May 16
Game 1 – Wessel’s 4 Franny’s 2 WP: Don Wendt (1-0)
Game 2 – Kelso 5 Wessel’s 0 WP: Tom Jansen (1-0)
Game 3 – Kelso 5 Franny’s 2 WP: Jeff Schott (1-0)
Game 4 – Belleville 20 Hustle Hogs 2 WP: Mike Godar (1-0)
Game 5 – Pinckneyville 10 Belleville 7 WP: Mark Radake (1-0)
Game 6 – Pinckneyville 10 Hustle Hogs 2 WP: Lyle Winter (1-0)
Game 7 – Decatur 7 Home Center 0 WP: Brent Stevenson (1-0)
Game 8 – Log Cabin 8 Home Center 4 WP: C.R. Black (1-0)
Game 9 – Decatur 5 Log Cabin 4 WP: Bobby Ginger (1-0)

Sunday, May 17
Game 10 – Hustle Hogs 7 Home Center 5 WP: Brian Tobin (1-2)
Game 11 – Belleville 11 Log Cabin 2 WP: Mike Godar (2-0)
Game 12 – Hustle Hogs 11 Kelso 4 WP: Brian Tobin (2-2)
Game 13 – Wessel’s 5 Pinckneyville 2 WP: Don Wendt (2-0)
Game 14 – Franny’s 4 Decatur 3 (8 inn) WP: Mike Reis (1-1)
Game 15 – Belleville 19 DeKalb 3 WP: Al Ohms (1-1)
Game 16 – Wessel’s 7 Franny’s 1 WP: Don Wendt (3-0)
Game 17 – Belleville 11 Wessel’s 6 WP: Mike Godar (3-0)

Belleville, IL Stallions win the right of first refusal for the ToC berth, defeating Teutopolis, IL Wessel’s Coor’s Light.

Chicago Fastpitch joins the list of teams that have qualified for the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions, taking the berth from the DeKalb Ice Breaker for the second year in a row.

RESULTS
Friday May 1
630 Hogs vs Creative DJ’s 8-4
WP Brian Tobin

815 Razorbacks vs Aurora D&M 0-11
WP Doug Gillis

Saturday May 2
10am Razorbacks vs DJ’s 8-7
WP Joe Crouch

(F2) Aledo vs Chicago 0-2
WP Bret Brubaker

1145 Aurora vs DJ’s 9-0
WP Bob Ginger

(F2) Villa Grove vs New Image 0-7
WP Bryan Lathrop

130 Razorbacks vs Hogs 11-4
WP Brian Tobin

(F2) New Image vs Aledo 13-0
WP Jeremy Holman

315 Aurora vs Hogs 14-1
WP Ales Jetmar

(F2) Villa Grove vs Chicago 7-9
WP Bret Brubaker

500 New Image over Chicago

Sunday May 3
Playoffs
B-side
Aurora DJ’s 12
Aledo 0

Villa Grove 7
Razorbacks 0

A Semifinals
Aurora 12 Chicago 0

New Image 8 Hogs 5 (9 innings)
game tied 4-4 after seventh when tie-breaker went into effect.

Championship:
Aurora 6
New Image 5 (8 innings)-Gutesha walk-off single in bottom of eighth.

Editor’s Note: The annual Dick Tracy Tournament goes May 16-17 at Sportscore Park in Rockford, IL with berths to both the ISC World Tournament and the ISC II Tournament of Champions on the line.

Saturday May 16
9:00 BAC Pride Rockford vs Thomson Area Merchants
10:30 Thomson vs Dolan+Murphy Aurora
12:15 BAC Pride vs Chicago FP
1:45 Stag Boys Warsaw,Il vs Dolan+Murphy
3:30 Chicago vs Dolan+Murphy
5:00 Warsaw vs Chicago

Sunday May 17
9:00 BAC vs Warsaw
9:00 Chicago vs Thomson
10:30 BAC vs Dolan +Murphy
10:30 Warsaw vs Thomson

12:15 1st place vs 2nd place championship