Sixteen teams are competing in the annual West St. Paul, MN tournament for a berth to the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions in Quad Cities.

Wilber Lime Galesville WI
Herda & Sons Hollywood MI
Grand 7 Saloon St Paul MN
Magic City A’s Minot ND
Pirates Farmington MN
Custom Rock St Paul MN
New Image Mondfort WI
Gallagher’s Bar St Paul, MN
Wonderoos Wonderoos WI
The Stadium Duluth, MN
Jordan Realty Minneapolis MN
Imaging Solutions Fargo ND
ABS- Villard Villard MN
Len’s Automotive St PAul MN
Cerro Gordo Dawson,MN
Preston Merchants Preston MN

Results Friday 18 July
Herda & Sons 3 Picher Christain Pachero Catcher Mariano Jaurez
Custom Rock 2 Pitcher Josh Limex Catcher Troy Wesley

Len’s Automotive 11 Picher Bob Tapp Catcher Nick Leach
Gallagherâ’s Bar 4 Pitcher Tommy Vanders Catcher Garrod San Dauch

Saturday 19 July
Wilber Lime 1 Pitcher Dan Wahl Catcher Steve Hovell
Jordan realty 0 Pitcher Kevin Kammuller Catcher Bill Lesher

Grand 7 7 Picher Mike Tschida John Tschida 7th Catcher Mike Gerundo
Preston Merchants 6 Picher Ryan Schner Catcher Brett Scheever

Cerro Gordo 3 Pitcher Kyle Kosske Catcher Brody Richerson
The Stadium 1 Pitcher Dave Myer Catcher Jamie Mills

Wonderoos 5 (8inn) Pitcher Mike Fink Catcher Ricky Danielson
Pirates 4 Pitcher Miah Vanbocken Catcher Jeremy Hendrickson

Magic City 0 Pitcher Rick Lange Catcher Scott Collins
Villard 1 Pitcher Mitch Hardy Catcher Tom Schoeberh

Gallagherâ’s Bar 2 Pitcher Ed Vandebusch Dave Doocey 5th Catcher Santino Vasquez Dave Vandebusch 5th
The Stadium 12 Pitcher Bud Joyce Brett Koslowski 4th Catcher Jamie Mills

New Image 3 Pitcher Brian Lethrob Catcher Jeff Jahn
Imaging Solutions 8 Pitcher Brady Woods Catcher Cody Cavett

Cerro Gordo 5 Pitcher Lyle Gosslx Catcher Brady Richards
Lenâ’s Auto 0 Pitcher Rob Tapp Bob Anderson 6th Catcher Nick Leach

Rain delays – More scores to follow

Continuation of Saturday July 19 Games

Castle Rock 0 (11 inn) Pitcher Tory Westley Catcher Josh Klimek
Jordan realty 1 Pitcher Kevin Kammuler Catcher Billy Lesher

Herda & Sons 6 Pitcher Lisandor Sabate Catcher Mariano Juaraz
Wilber Lime 4 Pitcher Brad Chenney Dan Wahl 2nd Catcher Steve Hovell

Grand Seven 6 Pitcher Mike Tschida John Tschida 1st Catcher Mike Gernudo
Villard 11 Pitcher Mitch Hardy Catcher Tom Schoeberl

Magic City 6 Pitcher Chad Boon Catcher Scott Collins Cedric Lang 5th
Preston Merchants 0 Pitcher Bryan Scheevel Ben Koster 2nd Catcher Brad Scheevel

Pirates 1 Pitcher Miah Vanbockem Catcher Jeremy Hedrickson
New Image 3 Pitcher Jeremy Holman Catcher Jeff Jahn

Wonderoos 2 Pitcher Mike Peterson Catcher Ricky Danielson
Imaging Solutions 3 Pitcher Pat Johnson Brody Woods 2nd Catcher Cody Covett

Magic City 4 Pitcher Rick Lang Catcher Cedric Lang
Len’s Auto 1 itcher Kenddall Norman Catcher Nick Leach

Wonderoos 1 Pitcher Mike Fink Catcher Ricky Danielson
Jordan Realty 2 Pitcher Kevin Kammuler Catcher Bill Lesher

The Stadium 5 Pitcher Dave Meye Catcher Anthony Smith
Grand Seven 4 Pitcher Roman Toore Catcher Mike Gerado

Imaging Solutions 6 Picher Brady Woods Catcher Cody Calvett
Cerro Gordo 5 Pitcher Kyle Gosler Catcher Brody Richards

Herda & Sons 0 Pitcher Cristian Pacheco Catcher Mariano Jaurez
Villard 3 Pitcher Mitch Hardy Catcher Tom Schoeberl

New Image 3 (11 inn) Pitcher Jeremy Holman Catcher Ted Jahn
Wilber Lime 1 Pitcher Dan Wahl Catcher Steve Hovell

Day finished @ 1am

#2 Knights and #9 Keating’s finish tied for second

The NY Knights competed in the rain shortened Allentown , PA 4th of July tournament this past weekend. Due to the bad weather all games were reduced to 5 innings. The Knights were tied with Keatings in the bottom of the second inning 6-6 when the heavy rain came and ended the event.

TNT was declared the winner as the only undefeated team and the Knights and Keatings tied for 2nd place.

The Knights overall season record now stands at 18-4-1. Bill Hillhouse and Darren Rea pitched for the Knights who were without pitchers Dan Duemo and Craig Pidcock.

Double Elim Format
Knights received a first round bye getting the winner of Keatings vs Ormrod

Game 1

Keatings 0 0 0 0 0 x x – 0 3 0
Knights 3 0 0 0 x x x – 3 4 0

WP – Rea 5 IP, 0R, 3 H, 6 K, 2BB
LP – Garrity 4 IP, 3R, 4 H, 5 K, 3BB

The Knights jumped on Keatings starter Greg Garrity for 3 first inning runs lead be Steve Price’s 2 run HR and Chad McConnell’s RBI single.

Game 2

Knights 4 0 0 0 0 x x – 4 5 2
TNT 0 0 0 2 3 x x – 5 3 1

WP – Tracy 5 IP, 4R, 5 H, 4 K, 1BB
LP – Hillhouse 4.2 IP, 5R, 3 H, 8 K, 2BB

The Knights had 4 straight hits off TNT starter Jeremy Tracy capped by a long 3 run HR by John Rozich. Tracy settled in and only allowed 1 hit through the final 4 innings. Knights starter Bill Hillhouse was in command through the first 3 innings and only allowed 3 hits for the game but TNT made those hits count with a long double and 2 Home Runs in the final 2 innings to come from behind for the victory. TNT’s Jay Herr struck the final blow with a walk off HR in the bottom of the 5th.

Game 3

Keatings 3 3 x x x x x – 6 6 0
Knights 6 x x x x x x – 6 4 0

Knights – Rea 1 IP, 6R, 5 H, 1K, 3BB
Hillhouse 1 IP, 0R, 1 H, 2K, 1BB
Keatings – Garrity 1/3 IP, 6R, 4 H, 0 K, 4BB
Hertzler 2/3 IP, 0R, 0 H, 0 K, 1BB

The Knights continued the trend of scoring in the first inning getting 6 runs in the bottom of the first answering the 3 runs Keatings had put up in the top of the inning. Keatings scored 3 more to tie it up off starter Darren Rea before Hillhouse came in to retire Keatings in the second. The Knights were batting in the 2nd inning when the game and tournament was called due to rain.

Although the weather put a damper on the weekend and limited the Knights to 10 offensive innings the team was able to put up 13 first inning runs off the high caliber pitching we faced in the shortened event.

The Knights are off until the final weekend of the MAFTL July 25-27 in Lancaster , PA.

Gregg Leather
NYSoftball@aol.com
www.leaguelineup.com/NYKnightsFP

ISC II QUALIFIER IN ALLENTOWN, PA
Friday, July 4, 2008

I am posting this from a friends home in Palmer, PA. The final berth from the Eastern USA region was up for grabs in the Allentown Patriots July 4th Classic Tournament. Their were seven (7) teams entered. Five (5) of the teams have made it their goal to play in the ISC ToC in Appleton, WI.. Three of the teams (NY KNIGHTS, LEBANON TNT & KEATING FITNESS) have already qualified. The tournament was set up as a double elimination tournament with a three game guarantee.

The game at 10:30 AM Friday (July 4) between Hoffman Rise and PA Power was for the berth to the 2008 ISC II ToC in Appleton. There was a big storm Thursday evening and the first game of the Tournament on Thursday evening was postponed. In the first game Friday morning, Lebanon TNT of Lebanon, PA beat ADCO Tool Shed of NY 3-0. In about
the 7th inning of that game it started drizzling.

The game between Hoffman Rise and PA Power started in a steady drizzle. The starting pitchers were Ryan Cummings for the Rise and Ryan Rutt for PA Power. Both teams went scoreless in the first inning. In the top of the second inning, Andy Sabo had a RBI single to drive in Johnny Hurst to give the Rise a 1-0 lead. In the top of the third inning Matt Daly walked, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on a RBI single by Stevie Moore. Cummings pitched out of jams in both the second and third innings to keep the score at 2-0.

In the top of the fifth for the Rise, Matt Daly singled, Brian Miller walked and then Stevie Moore hit a three run homerun to dead center field to make the score 5-0. Cummings shut down PA Power in the 4th and 5th innings . In the top of the 6th inning the skies opened up and the field was hit with a deluge. With the weather forecast calling for off and on rain for the remainder of the weekend and after some discussion with representatives of the two teams it was decided that if this game can
not be continued, it will be considered a legal game and Hoffman Rise will be awarded the berth to the 2008 ISC II ToC that was available through this tournament. At this time it appears somewhat unlikely that the tournament will be able to continue.

Bill Howell
ISC Eastern USA VP