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ISC II Tournament of Champions Starts Tuesday, Aug 13

Monday, August 13th, 2007


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The ISC II Tournament of Champions gets underway Tuesday morning at Budd Park, in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The first radio broadcasts begin at 11:30 am EST on Ballparkradio, with Kyle Smith and Jim Flanagan. The ISC II Ballparkradio crew has grown to eight members this year, including Blair Setford, Jim Flanagan, Joe Todd, Lance Winn, Chris Bach, Kyle Smith, David Bakker and its newest member, Steve Sabourin, the “voice of the Monkton tournament.” We’ll be doing 27 games over the next five days, finishing up with our first ever video broadcast of the title game on Saturday at 11am EST.

Get the complete schedule, and all the details, including the “Click to listen” button at the Ballparkradio website. Click the logo below.


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Live Video Broadcast of 2007 ISC II Championship Game – Aug 18

Friday, August 10th, 2007

LIVE STREAMING VIDEO FOR ISC II TITLE GAME

For the first time ever, the ISC II Championship game will be broadcast in live streaming VIDEO, on “ISC-TV”, on Saturday, August 18, 2007, at 11AM EST.

Ballparkradio.com will carry live streaming audio broadcast 27 of the 90+ games throughout the tournament, in its fourth year of broadcasting, culminating with the video broadcast of the finale. Visit the Ballparkradio.com website for more details.

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Tavi set to defend title

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Reprinted with permission from the Woodstock Sentinel Review.

By Cory Smith
Sports reporter

TAVISTOCK — If the St. Marys/Tavistock Merchants have any hope of defending their ISC II world fastball championship, they’ll have to find the missing ingredients they used to win last year. The Merchants started 2007 ranked No. 1 among ISC II teams, but a slow start in the South Perth Men’s Fastball League and a disappointing finish at the Ontario eliminations last weekend dropped the club to a top-five world ranking. Hardly anything to be ashamed of, but the Merchants will have a bull’s-eye on them all week. “We expect to be able to compete. With a little luck anything can happen,” Merchants manager Steve Kaufman said. “I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of teams gunning for us.”

First on that list will be the Kitchener Outlaws, who host the Merchants Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
“I don’t think expectations are going to be a problem,” Kaufman said. “We’ve had a lot of expectations for many years, going back to Fargo in 2004 when we got second. It was like a relief to win last year.”

Nearly everything went the Merchants’ way in Kitchener last August. Tavistock — before adding St. Marys to its name this season — went 7-1 over eight games and outscored its opposition 34-7. The pitching staff — which hurled five shutouts, including a Ryan Cummings no-hitter — is back this year. There are some holes, such as the departure of shortstop Mark McKay, who scored the winning run in the eighth inning of last year’s championship, but Kaufman is confident that players brought in from St. Marys will mix with the returnees to form another formidable mix.

“We need good pitching and good hitting and timely hitting, that’s what it takes,” he said. “We have the ability to score lots of runs, but when it comes to playoffs and good teams it’s pitching and defence that comes through.”

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The Ingersoll Crush want to make an impression

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Reprinted with permission from the Woodstock Sent.

By Darryl G. Smart
Sports Editor

INGERSOLL — The rankings have them at the bottom but that’s not going to bother the Ingersoll Crush when they go to Kitchener for the Intarnational Softball Congress II Tournament of Champions. The Crush, who have qualified for the ISC II ToC for the first time, will have a good mix of youth and veterans. “I think our team chemistry is our biggest strength by far,” Crush manager Rob Deakin said. “We all eat, drink and hang out with each other. This is a real close-knit team and I think that will help us in a tournament like this.” Having umpired in the ISC worlds several times, Deakin knows about the magnitude of the ToC, which is something he said the younger players will learn in a hurry. “We have the veterans to calm the young guys’ nerves down. I know we’ve played a lot of these teams before and have done well against them. But this is the Tournament of Champions. The level of ball is raised, which something I want them to experience.”

The Crush have had a solid season thus far in the Tri-County Men’s Fastball League, but consistency has plagued them at times. “I think if we play error-free ball and get rid of the mental errors, I think we could make it to the playoffs, where anything can happen,” he said.
And the Crush just have to look at the Tavistock Merchants for inspiration. Ranked 22nd heading into last year’s ToC, the Merchants got on a roll and beat the 32nd-ranked Palermo Athletics in the final. The 35th-ranked Crush will begin their quest to climb the ladder Tuesday against the Kingston Cowboys at 7:30 p.m. On Wednesday at 11 a.m., they will take on the Hoffman Rise and then the Elora Brewers at 5:30 p.m.The Crush will round out the round-robin with the Rockwood Rush Thursday at 11:30 a.m.

“It doesn’t matter who we’re going to play, every game’s going to be tough,” Deakin said. “But I really think we can have a 2-2 record and maybe get into the playoffs. But the main thing is that our guys enjoy the tournament and take in the experience.” Deakin said not only has the team been committed to doing well at the ToC, sponsors like Elgie Trucking have been important.

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Complete a Player Profile Form for Ballparkradio

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

** Note: The online player profile form is TEMPORARILY out of commission. We’re working to fix the form today, and hope to have it back up by tonight. We have received over 140 profiles so far, and thank all of you who took the time to complete it. That still leaves about 500 of you that we don’t have a broadcast profile for – so please return to fill one in, won’t you? **


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* Notice to All Players Competing in the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions *

Ballparkradio will be broadcasting (at least) 27 games from this year’s ISC II Tournament of Champions.

We have posted an online “Player Profile” form at the Ballparkradio.com website, for you to complete. Nothing to handwrite, nothing to send in — just fill in the blanks, and click the “Submit” button and you’re done.

We encourage and request all players complete one, so that our broadcast crew has some information about you to share with the listening audience.

The form can be submitted entirely online, so there is nothing to mail or email. The first dozen or so items are basic information – name, team, uniform number, hometown etc. and are required, while the rest is up to you. (though we do appreciate you providing as much information as possible)

Don’t wait – you can do it now. Click here to go directly to the form.

Be the first team to have all of your players submit profiles !

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2007 Rosters now online

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

August 2, 2007 – The complete list of rosters for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions is now available on the ISC website by clicking here.

The 2007 ISC II ToC starts on Tuesday August 14 at 11:30 am with games at Budd Park in Kitchener and Riverside Park in Cambridge. The championship game is slated for 11 am on Saturday August 18 at Peter Hallman Ballyard.

Click here for master schedule, schedule by pool, schedule by team and playoff bracket. (then click menu buttons on left of that page).

For additional information, please contact:

Jim Williamson
ISC II VP
jrwilliamson(at)foodfacility.com

or

Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner
blairjs(at)rogers.com

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2007 T of C Manager’s Package (PDF)

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

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27 Games from ISC II ToC will be webcast

Monday, July 23rd, 2007


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July 23, 2007 – The International Softball Congress is pleased to release the streaming schedule for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions being played in Kitchener and Cambridge.

“We are planning to cover 17 round robin games plus 10 more in the playoffs for a total of 27 games with the possibility of 28 if there is a tie-breaker required,” said ISC II Commissioner Blair Setford, adding that 27 of the 35 teams will be covered during the round robin games.

And, if all goes according to schedule and plan, the ISC II championship game will be video streamed for the first time.

The streaming signal for all of the games can be accessed through www.ballparkradio.com as well as through www.iscfastpitch.com.

The BallPark Radio crew in the booth at the ToC will consist of returning voices Jim Flanagan, Kyle Smith, Joe Todd, Lance Winn, David Bakker and Blair Setford. Joining the team is Steve Sabourin, of CKNX radio – and the voice of the Monkon World Fastball Challenge – who will be doing a pair of round robin games on Wednesday afternoon/evening and a pair of quarter-final games on Friday afternoon.

Last year, more than 12,000 listeners tuned in for the ISC II ToC games.

The sixth annual ISC II Tournament of Champions which will be played August 14-18 at Budd Park in Kitchener and Kinsmen Park in Cambridge, Ontario and features 35 teams playing a four-game round robin schedule in seven pools of five teams each. The top three teams from each pool along with three wildcards will advance to a single elimination playoff bracket.

For further information, please contact:

Blair Setford
ISC Canada East Vice President
ISC II Commissioner
blairjs(at)rogers.com

2007 ISC II Streaming Schedule
TUESDAY AUGUST 14
11:30 AM
Wyevale, ON Tribe vs Jarvis, ON Rock

1:30 PM
Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder vs Ashland, OH Merchants

3:30 PM
Niagara, ON Snappers vs Harriston, ON Mercury’s

7:30 PM
Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings vs Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves

9:30 PM
Tavistock, ON Merchants vs Kitchener, ON Outlaws

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15
10:30 AM
Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections vs Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating’s Fitness

12:30 PM
Waterdown, ON Hammer vs Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils

2:30 PM
Ephrata, PA PA Power vs Carp, ON I4C Victory Consulting

4:30 PM
Palermo, ON Athletics vs South Lebanon, PA T.N.T.

6:30 PM
Moraviantown, ON Bucktown Bees vs Castro Valley, CA A-1/Taylor Farms

8:30 PM
Harriston, ON Mercury’s vs Wyevale, ON Tribe

THURSDAY AUGUST 16
10:30 AM
Quyon, QC Flyers vs Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections

12:30 PM
Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder vs Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils

2:30 PM
Alvinston, ON Indians vs Shakespeare, ON Falcons

4:30 PM
Niagara, ON Snappers vs Wyevale, ON Tribe

6:30 PM
Tavistock, ON Merchants vs Moraviantown, ON Bucktown Bees

8:30 PM
Elora, ON Wellington Brewers vs Perkasie, PA Hoffman Rise

FRIDAY AUGUST 17
7:00 AM
Tiebreaker game – if necessary

PLAYOFFS
9:00 AM
Wildcard vs Pool A – 2nd

11:00 AM
Pool D – 3rd vs Pool E – 2nd

1:00 PM
Second Round W-71 vs Pool C – 1st

3:00 PM
Second Round W-75 vs Pool A – 1st

5:00 PM
Quarter-final W-79 vs W-80

7:00 PM
Quarter-final W-83 vs W-84

9:00 PM
Quarter-final W-85 vs W-86

SATURDAY AUGUST 18
9:00 AM
Semi-final W-87 vs W-88

9:00 AM
Semi-final W-89 vs W-90

11:00 AM
Final W-91 vs W-92

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2007 Schedules, Playoff Bracket and More

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Click here for master schedule, schedule by pool, schedule by team and playoff bracket. (then click menu buttons on left of that page)

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Schedule Sneak Preview

Friday, July 13th, 2007


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The formatting isn’t the best, but here’s a sneak preview of the full 2007 ISC II ToC Schedule.

Field abbreviations:
B1 = Budd Park, Field 1
B2 = Budd Park, Field 2
K1 = Kinsmen Park, Field 1
K2 = Kinsmen Park, Field 2

TUESDAY POOL PLAY
11:30 AM
B1 Wyevale, ON Tribe
Jarvis, ON Rock
K1 Carp, ON I4C Victory Consulting
Hamilton, ON Hawks

12:00 PM
B2 Linwood, ON 86ers
Castro Valley, CA A-1 Taylor Farms
K2 Kitchener, ON Outlaws
Moraviantown, ON Bucktown Bees

1:30 PM
B1 Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder
Ashland, OH Merchants
K1 Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating’s Fitness
Quyon, QC Flyers

2:00 PM
B2 South Lebanon, PA T.N.T.
Ottawa Valley, ON Raiders
K2 Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections
Alvinston, ON Indians

3:30 PM
B1 Niagara, ON Snappers
Harriston, ON Mercury’s
K1 Perkasie, PA Hoffman Rise
Rockwood, ON Drexler Construction Rush

4:00 PM
B2 Glencoe, ON Astros
Mitchell, ON Mets
K2 Hamilton, ON Hawks
Harrisburg, PA PA Power

6:30 PM OPENING CEREMONIES – ALL TEAMS AT BUDD 1

7:30 PM
B1 Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings
Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves
B2 Ingersoll, ON Crush
Kingston, ON Cowboys

8:30 PM
K1 Blackburn, ON Bombers
Jarvis, ON Rock
K2 Quyon, QC Flyers
Shakespeare, ON Falcons

9:30 PM
B1 Tavistock, ON Merchants
Kitchener, ON Outlaws
B2 Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils
Hickson, ON Reds

WEDNESDAY
8:30 AM
B1 Rockwood, ON Drexler Construction Rush
Elora, ON Wellington Brewers
K1 Palermo, ON Athletics
Glencoe, ON Astros

9:30 AM
B2 Blackburn, ON Bombers
Niagara, ON Snappers
K2 Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings
Harrisburg, PA PA Power

10:30 AM
B1 Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections
Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating’s Fitness
K1 Carp, ON I4C Victory Consulting
Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves

11:30 AM
B2 Perkasie, PA Hoffman Rise
Ingersoll, ON Crush
K2 Linwood, ON 86ers
Tavistock, ON Merchants

12:30 PM
B1 Waterdown, ON Hammer
Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils
K1 Ashland, ON Merchants
Hickson, ON Reds

1:30 PM
B2 Wyevale, ON Tribe
Blackburn, ON Bombers
K2 Rockwood, ON Drexler Construction Rush
Kingston, ON Cowboys

2:30 PM
B1 Harrisburg, PA PA Power
Carp, ON I4C Victory Consulting
K1 Shakespeare, ON Falcons
Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections

3:30 PM
B2 Castro Valley, CA A-1 Taylor Farms
Tavistock, ON Merchants
K2 Ottawa Valley, ON Raiders
Mitchell, ON Mets

4:30 PM
B1 Palermo, ON Athletics
South Lebanon, PA T.N.T.
K1 Hickson, ON Reds
Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder

5:30 PM
B2 Kitchener, ON Outlaws
Linwood, ON 86ers
K2 Elora, ON Wellington Brewers
Ingersoll, ON Crush

6:30 PM
B1 Moraviantown, ON Bucktown Bees
Castro Valley, CA A-1 Taylor Farms
K1 Alvinston, ON Indians
Quyon, QC Flyers

7:30 PM
B2 Hamilton, ON Hawks
Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings
K2 Jarvis, ON Rock
Niagara, ON Snappers

8:30 PM
B1 Harriston, ON Mercury’s
Wyevale, ON Tribe
K1 Ashland, ON Merchants
Waterdown, ON Hammer

THURSDAY
8:30 AM
B1 Moraviantown, ON Bucktown Bees
Linwood, ON 86ers
K1 Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating’s Fitness
Alvinston, ON Indians

9:30 AM
B2 Kingston, ON Cowboys
Elora, ON Wellington Brewers
K2 Harriston, ON Mercury’s
Blackburn, ON Bombers

10:30 AM
B1 Quyon, QC Flyers
Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections
K1 South Lebanon, PA T.N.T.
Glencoe, ON Astros

11:30 AM
B2 Ingersoll, ON Crush
Rockwood, ON Drexler Construction Rush
K2 Mitchell, ON Mets
Palermo, ON Athletics

12:30 PM
B1 Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder
Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils
K1 Hickson, ON Reds
Waterdown, ON Hammer

1:30 PM
B2 Jarvis, ON Rock
Harriston, ON Mercury’s
K2 Carp, ON I4C Victory Consulting
Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings

2:30 PM
B1 Alvinston, ON Indians
Shakespeare, ON Falcons
K1 Kingston, ON Cowboys
Perkasie, PA Hoffman Rise

3:30 PM
B2 Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves
Harrisburg, PA PA Power
K2 Ottawa Valley, ON Raiders
Palermo, ON Athletics

4:30 PM
B1 Niagara, ON Snappers
Wyevale, ON Tribe
K1 Mitchell, ON Mets
South Lebanon, PA T.N.T.

5:30 PM
B2 Castro Valley, CA A-1 Taylor Farms
Kitchener, ON Outlaws
K2 Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils
Ashland, ON Merchants

6:30 PM
B1 Tavistock, ON Merchants
Moraviantown, ON Bucktown Bees
K1 Shakespeare, ON Falcons
Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating’s Fitness

7:30 PM
B2 Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves
Hamilton, ON Hawks
K2 Glencoe, ON Astros
Ottawa Valley, ON Raiders

8:30 PM
B1 Elora, ON Wellington Brewers
Perkasie, PA Hoffman Rise
K1 Waterdown, ON Hammer
Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder

END ROUND ROBIN PLAY

FRIDAY
7:00 AM Tiebreaker game B1
Tiebreaker games B2, K1, K2

PLAYOFF ROUND
9:00 AM
B1
Wildcard vs. Pool A – 2nd

K1
Pool B – 3rd vs. Pool G – 3rd

9:30 AM
B2
Pool F – 3rd
Pool C – 2nd

K2
Pool E – 3rd
Pool D – 2nd

11:00 AM
B1
Pool D – 3rd vs. Pool E – 2nd

K1
Pool C – 3rd vs. Pool F – 2nd

11:30 AM
B2
Wildcard vs. Pool G – 2nd

K2
Wildcard vs. Pool A – 3rd

1:00 PM
B1
W-71 vs. Pool C – 1st

K1
W-72 vs. Pool F – 1st

1:30 PM
B2
W-73
Pool G – 1st

K2
W-74 vs Pool B – 1st

3:00 PM
B1
W-75 vs. Pool A – 1st

K1
W-76 vs. Top 2nd place team

3:30 PM
B2
W-77 vs. Pool E – 1st

K2
W-78 vs. Pool D – 1st

5:00 PM
B1
W-79 vs. W-80

5:30 PM
B2
W-81 vs. W-82

7:00 PM
B1
W-83 vs. W-84

9:00 PM
B1
W-85 vs. W-86

SATURDAY GAMES AT PETER HALLMAN BALLYARD
9:00 AM
PH2
W-87 vs. W-88

PH1
W-89 vs. W-90

11:00 AM
PH1
W-91 vs. W-92

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2007 ISC II ToC Pools

Friday, July 13th, 2007


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July 13, 2007 – The ISC is pleased to release the pools for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions. The top three in each pool, along with three wildcards, will advance to a single elimination playoff bracket.

The full schedule can be found on the ISC II section of the ISC web site at www.iscfastpitch.com.

Games will be played at Budd Park in Kitchener and Kinsmen Park in nearby Cambridge with the semi-finals and championship game scheduled to be played Saturday morning at Peter Hallman Ballyard in Kitchener. Provided that the ToC and the ISC World Tournament are on schedule, we are working to have the ISC II championship game, for the first time, both video and audio streamed for fans across North America.

The webcast schedule will be released in the near future. All games will be available through BallPark Radio at www.ballparkradio.com.

For further information, please contact:
Jim Williamson
ISC II Vice President
jrwilliamson(at)foodfacility.com

Blair Setford
ISC Canada East Vice President
ISC II Commissioner
blairjs(at)rogers.com

Pool A
Niagara, ON Snappers
Harriston, ON Mercury’s
Wyevale, ON Tribe
Jarvis, ON Rock
Blackburn, ON Bombers

Pool B
Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings
Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves
Harrisburg, PA PA Power
Carp, ON I4C Victory
Hamilton, ON Hawks

Pool C
Tavistock, ON Merchants
Kitchener, ON Outlaws
Moraviantown, ON Bucktown Bees
Castro Valley, CA A-1 Taylor Farms
Linwood, ON 86ers

Pool D
Oswego, NY CPI
Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating’s Fitness
Alvinston, ON Indians
Shakespeare, ON Falcons
Quyon, QC Flyers

Pool E
Palermo, ON Athletics
South Lebanon, PA T.N.T.
Glencoe, ON Astros
Mitchell, ON Mets
Ottawa Valley, ON Raiders

Pool F
Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder
Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils
Ashland, ON Merchants
Waterdown, ON Hammer
Hickson, ON Reds

Pool G
Elora, ON Wellington Brewers
Perkasie, PA Hoffman Rise
Ingersoll, ON Crush
Kingston, ON Cowboys
Rockwood, ON Rush

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Hickson Reds to ISC II T of C

Monday, July 9th, 2007

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REDS receive invite to 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions

Jul 7, 2007 – The Hickson Reds have received and accepted an invitation to attend the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions in Kitchener. The currently ranked 29th team recieved an invite after going 3-2 in the Innerkip qualifier tournament.

Results:

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