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The 2006 AAU Men’s International Fastpitch Tournament ended today with Team USA taking a 3-2 win over Team Minnesota in the championship game. Adam LaLonde hit the game winning single in the bottom of the 7th inning.

Earlier, Team USA defeated Hallman Twins of Kitchener, Ontario, 4-1 and Team Minnesota took a 6-4 win over Heflin Builders of Stillwater, NY to set up the championship game.

Team USA took both individual honors when Travis Price was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Pitcher and Frank DeGroat took the Most Valuable Player honors. Price was the winning pitcher in the championship game, going the distance while DeGroat hit .467 for the tournament and caught every Team USA game.

The tournament was played in outstanding weather conditions all four days. Today’s temperature is in the low 80’s under sunny skies.

The AAU thanked all 28 teams and their fans for supporting this 7th annual tournament and welcomed everyone back in 2007.

Game Summaries for Sunday

Team Minnesota 6
Heflin Builders 4
WP Muizelaar & Twordik
LP Vasquez, Ezekeil (5) & Gasaway

Team USA 4
Hallman Twins 1
WP – Luster, White (7) & DeGroat
LP – Koert, T. Martin (5) & Shewfelt

Team Minnesota – 2
Team USA – 3
WP – Price & DeGroat
Muizelaar, LP Lang (5) & Twordik

1PM GAMES

Texaco Pirates – 6
Florida Fastpitch – 2
WP – Bethel & Albury
LP – Zack & Gray

Harter’s All Stars – 1
Hallman Twins – 6
WP – Koert, T. Martin (6) & Gibson
LP – Algar, Scheller (5) & Esteves

Orr Park – 3
Quad City Sox – 2
WP – Haymen, Garrity (4), McCabe (7) & O’Neil
LP – Rebling & Kranz

Team USA – 7
Venezuela/Miami – 2
WP- S. Perkins & DeGroat
LP – Hernandez, Torres (4) & Castillo

Consolation Championship:

Jamaica – 9
Burke Xplosion – 14
WP – Chapman & Propst
LP – Salmon, McCaw (5) & Donaldson

Saturday 3 pm

Team Minnesota – 9
Radio 560 – 0
WP – Lang, Kammueller (4) & Twordik

Ohsweken – 1
Los Socios – 5
WP Perez & Oropoza
LP – Schweyer & Sowden

Heflin – 7
Alabama Fastpitch – 2
WP – Vasquez & Gasaway
LP – Dubsky, Bunge (6) & Perry

Fedlock – 8
Earl’s Club – 1
WP – Sleep & Sell
LP Lubkeman & Kulakowski

9 am
This session begins the 24-team single elimination tournament for the 2006 AAU Men’s International Fastpitch Tournament.

Quad City Sox – 8
Panama Orlando – 1
WP – Farion & Willert
LP – Bogo & Armier

Venezuela/Miami – 10
Houston Aces – 2
WP – Torres & Castillo
LP – Valdez & Gilmour

CPI – 2
Harter’s All Stars – 5
WP – Algar & Esteves
LP – J. Smith, Sampson (7) & Sepulveda

Florida Fastpitch 8
Ambassadors – 4
WP – Simpson & White
LP – Newton, A. Smith (5), Winship (7) & Abney

11 am

Ohsweken – 3
Orlando Kings – 1
WP – Miller, Schweyer (6) & Sowden
LP – J. Hineline & Castillo

Alabama Fastpitch – 5
Oklahoma Fastpitch – 3
WP – Fawcett & Perry
LP – Leitka, Bolin (6)& Hudson

Earl’s Club – 4
Union Storm – 1
WP – Johnson & Frodermann
LP – Merserau, Wardell (5) & Simes

Radio 560 – 11
Team Colombia – 2
WP – Cazales & Congo
LP – Caicedo & Mariaga

Consolation Bracket

Jamaica – 6
Big Cove – 3
WP – McCaw & Donaldson
LP – Hill & Ledford

Burke Xplosion – 11
Cherokee Pirates – 3
WP – McCarrick & Propst
LP Harjochee & Driver

Friday 1 PM Games

ORLANDO, FL

Heflin Builders – 11
Radio 560 – 0
WP – Vasquez, Ezekeil & Gasaway
LP – Castro & Cervantes

Hallman Twins – 15
Jamaica – 0
WP – D. Martin & Gibson
LP – Rebling, McCabe (5), Farion (7) & Kranz

Team USA – 14
Florida Fastpitch – 3
WP – Luster, Perkins (4), Thomson (7) & DeGroat, Daniels (5)
LP – Zack, Mitchell (3) & Gray

Earl’s – 8
Los Socios – 7
WP – Lubkeman & Kulakowski
LP – Navas, Ramirez (8), Perez (8) & Oropeza

Colombia – 0
Minnesota – 4
WP – Muizelaar & Twordick
LP – Caicedo & Guillermo

Friday 3 PM Games

ORLANDO, FL

Harter’s All Stars – 7
Panama/Orlando – 1
WP – Plangger, Scheller (4) and Esteves
LP – Gilbert, Vogel (6) & Prol

Venezuela/Miami – 4
Alabama Fastpitch – 2
WP – Hdez & Castillo
LP- Bunge, Dubsky (7) & Perry

Texaco Pirates – 11
Cherokee Pirates – 0
WP – Mason & Albury
LP – Taylor & Harjochee

Radio 560 – 5
Big Cove – 1
WP – Cazales & Cervantes
LP – Hill & Ledford

Ohsweken – 7
Houston Aces – 6
WP – M. Joseph & Sowden
LP – Wells & Gilmour

Florida Fastpitch – 0
Ambassadors – 3
WP – A. Smith & Parsons
LP – Simpson, Zack (4) & White

Friday 5 PM Games & Saturday Schedule
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:15:29 +0000

Orlando, FL

Heflin – 9
Union Storm – 0
WP Ezekeil, Vasquez (4) & Gasaway
LP Wardell & Franklin

Team Colombia – 11
Orlando Kings – 3
WP – Chaquez & Sandoval
LP – Hingus, Ford (4) & Castro

Fedlock – 3
Orr Park – 2
WP – Dyck & Sell
LP – Garrity & O’Neil

Team Minnesota – 10
Oklahoma Fastpitch – 2
WP – Kammueller & Twordick
LP – Mosquito & Ross

CPI – 3
Quad City – 4
WP – Ginger, Farion (6)
LP – Konkle & Cutro

Team USA- 16
Burke Xplosion – 0
WP – Price, Owen (5) & DeGroat
LP – Chapman, McCarrick & Propst

SATURDAY SCHEDULE – SINGLE ELIMINATION

9:00 am
CPI vs Harter’s All Stars
Quad City Sox vs Panama Orlando
Ambassadors vs Florida Fastpitch
Venezuela/Miami vs Houston Aces

11:00 AM
Team Colombia vs Radio 560
Union Storm vs Earl’s Club
Ohsweken vs Orlando Kings
Oklahoma Fastpitch vs Alabama Fastpitch
Big Cove vs Jamaica (Consolation)
Burke Xplosion vs Cherokee Pirates (Consolation)

1 PM
Hallman Twins vs winner of CPI-Harters
Orr Park vs winner of Quad City – Orlando
Texaco Pirates vs winner of Ambassadors-FL Fastpitch
Team USA vs winner of Venez/Miami-Houston
Consolation Championship

3 PM
Team Minnesota vs winner of Colombia – Radio 560
Fedlock vs winnner of Union Storm-Earl’s Club
Los Socios vs winner of Ohsweken-Orlando
Heflin vs winniner of OK FP – AL FP

5 PM
4 games involving winners of 1PM & 3 PM games.

Friday 9 am

Alabama Fastpitch – 11
Jamaica – 0
WP Fawcett & Perry
LP Salmon & Francis

Team USA – 8
Ambassadors – 0
WP – White & DeGroat
LP – Newton, Penn (4) & Abrey

Earl’s Club – 2
Houston Aces – 5
WP – Valdez & Gilmour
LP – Johnson & Frodermann

Union Storm – 11
Big Cove – 2
WP – Mersereau & Simes
LP – Hill & Ledford

Orr Park – 4
Harter’s All Stars – 3
WP – German, Garrity (7) & O’Neill
Scheller, R. Plangger (6), Algar (LP 7) & Esteves

Team Minnesota – 3
Orlando Kings – 0
WP – Lang, Muizelaar (6) & Goring
LP – Groves, Hineline (5) & Castillo

Friday 11 am
Venezuela/Miami – 0
Hallman Twins – 11
WP – Martin & Shewfelt
LP – Torres, Rivero & Castillo

CPI – 14
Cherokee Pirates – 0
WP – Samson & Cutro
LP – Harjochee & Driver

Oklahoma Fastpitch – 5
Orlando Kings – 0
WP – Bolin, Leitko (6) & Ross
LP – Ford & Castro

Ambassadors – 8
Burke Xplosion – 3
WP – Winship & Abrey
LP – McCarrick & Propst

Los Socios – 2
Ohsweken – 1
WP – Perez & Oropeza
LP – Schweyer & Sowden

Panama/Orlando – 5
Fedlock – 11
WP – Roman & Kahen
LP – Vogel, Gilbert (5) & Prol

Thursday, 4 PM Results

Jamaica – 0
Venezuela/Miami – 16
WP – M Torres & Castillo
LP – T. McCaw & Donaldson

Union Storm – 4
Radio 560 – 0
WP – P Mersereau & Franklin
LP – F. Cazales & Cervantes

Florida Fastpitch – 15
Burke Xplosion – 1
WP – J. Simpson & White
LP – D. Chapman & Probst

Panama/Orlando – 1
Orr Park – 5
WP – J. Hegman & O’Neil
LP – E. Gilbert, Vogel (4) & Prol

Ohseken Redmen – 8
Earl’s Club – 3
WP – R. Miller & Sowden
LP – Lubkeman & Kulakowski

CPI – 2
Texaco Pirates – 3
WP – D. Magon & Grant
LP – J. Smith & Sepulveda, Cutro (6)

6 pm

Heflin Builders – 16
Big Cove – 1
WP – Vasquez & Gasaway
LP- Hill & Ledford

Quad City Sox – 14
Cherokee Pirates – 0
WP – A. Rebling, McCabe (3), Farion (5) & Kranz
LP – Taylor, Harjochee (5) & Harjochee, Driver (5)

Alabama Fastpitch – 1
Hallman Twins – 12
WP – Martin, Koert (4) & Shewfelt
LP – Dubsky, Bunge (3) & Perry

Houston Aces – 0
Los Socios – 8
WP – Navas & Orupoza
LP – Wells & Gilmour

Fedlock – 2
Harter’s All Stars- 1
WP – Sleep & Sell
Algar, Scheller (LP 5) & LeBlanc

Oklahoma Fastpitch – 4
Team Colombia – 4
Marcus Chaqued – Colombia
Joe Leitke, Harry (6) – Oklahoma Fastpitch