Individual team stats now available from the 2009 ToC.
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Archive for the ‘2009 ISC II ToC’ Category
Individual team stats now available
Sunday, October 4th, 2009Ballpark Radio interviews on You Tube
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
In case you missed one, here’s all of the You Tube links to the Ballpark Radio interviews from the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions.
Ty McKinney, Ashland Stock Pack, All Tournament
Aaron Whitney, Port Elgin Blue Devils, 2009 ToC MVP
Will Lake, Waterdown Hammer
Ross Herold, Bridgeport Braves, All Tournament
Corey Jones, Lloydminster Dodgers
Jay Schnarr, Bridgeport Braves, All Tournament
Dan Martin, Elmira Expos
Mike Smith, Hoffman Rise
Brian Maas, Port Elgin Blue Devils
Scott Standerfer, Decatur Pride
Trevor Urban, Ashland Stock Pack
Luke Hopkins, Ohsweken Redmen
Francis Leclair, Donnacona Blue Sox, All Tournament
Jeff Van Hooser, Ashland Stock Pack
Final batch of Maddy’s Photos
Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Click here for Maddy’s Photos Gallery, “Opening Ceremonies”
Click here for Maddy’s Photos Gallery, “Around the Ballpark”.
“It is in a bittersweet mood that I finished the task of reviewing and uploading all the photos for the 2009 ISC II – Tournament of Champions. Bittwersweet because it signifies the end of the fastpitch season for me. No more standing in the field and sharing it with the very talented athletes who play this great game called fastpitch. No more smelling the sweet smell of grass as I stand too close to the foul line to get just the right shot. No more chattering with the managers and players as they return to their positions on the field. But all is not lost, as this will all repeat itself next year. Until then I hope you join me in re-visiting, through my photos, the wonderful tournament called the ISC II.
I have uploaded two more galleries: the first gallery is of the photos taken during the Opening Ceremonies (2009 ISC II – Opening Ceremonies) and the second gallery has photos taken around the ballpark of the fans, players and staff (2009 ISC II – Around the Ballpark). My thanks to everyone who each year make this tournament an unforgettable experience for me. From Blair Setford who each year gives me access so I can photograph this great tournament. To the game controllers who always happily accept the task of babysitting my equipment and keep me in stitches with their stories and jokes. To the players whose athletic prowess challenge me each and every game as I try to capture with photographs what they do so easily and with such talent. And last but not least, the umpires, for who I feel a close kinship; sort of brothers in arms you might say, sharing the field game after game but never playing in it. ”
-Maddy
(Photo of Maddy, not by Maddy)
Preliminary stats now available
Saturday, September 5th, 2009Adco falls short of goals
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
From the Staten Island Advance
Staten Island softball notebook: Adco falls short of goals
by Bob Nestel
Tuesday September 01, 2009, 1:09 PMAdco Electric finished up their fastpitch season with what manager Peter Quaranta calls “disappointing” — at least by their lofty standards.
“We didn’t have a great tournament,” said Quaranta, whose club went 1-3 at the ISC II Fastpitch Championship in Rock Island, Ill. “It was a tough season for us overall. We never seemed to be at full strength until last weekend.”
“This was the toughest schedule we’ve ever played,” he added. “We played in the Mid Atlantic Premier Fastpitch Travel League, we played a couple of ISC qualifiers and we played in the Summit Fastpitch League (second place).”
“Fastpitch is just a different game than modified,” he continued. “The pitching dominates. You fall behind just one or two runs and it’s tough to catch up.”
Quaranta’s club opened the ISC II leading CPI (Dundas, Canada) 4-1 early, before dropping a 10-5 decision.
They followed with a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to the Lamp Liter Inn (Iowa) and a 2-0 loss to the top ranked Bridgeport Braves (Ontario, Canada).
Not even a 5-2 tourney win over the Donnacona Blue Sox (Quebec, Canada) could get the Island entry into the elimination round.
“We got some good pitching from John Jones, Jeff Pleszewicz and Ryan Nichols,” said Quaranta. “And Dave Lohman and Jerry DeMatteo hit the ball well.”
“Overall it was a good learning experience for us, playing this type of competition almost every game,” he added.
Maddy’s Photos from 2009 ISC II ToC are up!
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
From the Maddysphotos Blog:
ISC II Photos Posted
After a long weekend of post-production work, I finished the “action” photos of the Tournament of Champions tournament. They are posted under the “ISC II – Action” gallery. I still have photos from the Opening Ceremonies to post and some photos I took around the ballpark. Hopefully I will have those up this week. Enjoy!
(Photo of Maddy, not by Maddy)
ToC coverage on cbcsports.ca
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Ballpark Radio’s Lance Winn, producer at cbcsports.ca, files this report on the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions. Click the image below to play the video.
Sharkey D’s Photos
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Stolen from Sharkey D’s Facebook Photos – Chicago – ISC II:
Another from Sharkey D’s Facebook collection:
“Big Sky Day in Rock Island”.
Ball Park radio…covering games and doing play by play.
Blackburn Transport:
Tim Norris, Randy Frame, Richie Connors and more of the guys.
Francis Leclair Interview
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Francis Leclair, Donnacona Blue Sox, is interviewed on Ballpark Radio at the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions on Thursday August 20 following his team’s 5-0 win. Francis pitched the shut-out and hit a home run to help his cause. You can watch in standard definition or click the HD button in the bottom right of the video to see in high definition.
Jeff Van Hooser Interview
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Jeff Van Hooser, Ashland Stock Pack, is interviewed on Ballpark Radio at the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions on Thursday August 20 following his team’s 9-6 come-from-behind extra innings win. You can watch in standard definition or click the HD button in the bottom right of the video to see in high definition.
First batch of Maddy’s Photos
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
The first set of Maddy’s photos from the 2009 ISC II ToC is now available on Maddy’s Photos web site here.
This initial set features team photos, including members of the All-Tournament team.
Stay tuned for more, soon!
Luke Hopkins Interview
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Luke Hopkins, Ohsweken Redmen, is interviewed on Ballpark Radio at the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions on Friday August 21 following his team’s 7-3 extra innings win. Luke hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 8th inning! You can watch in standard definition or click the HD button in the bottom right of the video to see in high definition.