Archive for June, 2007

2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions

Saturday, June 30th, 2007


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ISC II Tournament of Champions
August 14-18, 2007
Budd Park and Riverside Park
Kitchener and Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

The roster of teams for the 2007 ToC is filling up. CPI, TNT and Keating’s are expected to qualify in the next couple of weekends. Click here for the full list of teams in the 2007 ToC and then watch The Deuce for the final rankings and the schedule.

Canada East Sydenham Sunday scores

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007


Sunday June 24

GAME #18
Waterdown Hammer 5 I4C Victory 0
Waterdown opened the scoring in the top of the third inning on a two run inside-the-park homerun by Dave Brownhill. Joe Reeve, who had led off the inning two outs earlier, scored on the hit. In the fifth inning, Waterdown struck again, this time for three runs. Brownhill hit a one out double and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Tim Coe. Dave Kingdon, who reached base on an error scored on a triple by Kyle Davis. Davis rounded out the scoring when he was plated on a Carp error. Carp had runners in scoring position during three innings, however they were unable to push a run across against Tim Neil.

WP: Tim Neil 7IP 6H 1BB 11K 0ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Chad Hargrove 7IP 6H 1BB 3K 3ER 2UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
Waterdown Hammer
Dave Brownhill – 2/4 2R 2B HR 2RBI
Kyle Davis – 1/4 R 3B RBI
Joe Reive 1/3 R
I4C Victory Carp
Darren Featherstone 2/3
Kyle Gourgon 2/3 BB SB

GAME #19
Quyon Flyers 4 Scarborough Wolverines 0 (8 innings)
In a very well played game that seen each team only manage 3 hits during regulation, a play at the plate and the resulting clearing of the benches is what this game will be remembered for. After battling to a 0-0 tie through seven innings, Quyon’s bats came alive in the top of the eighth inning. After taking a 4-0 lead, Quyon runner Joran Graham made no attempt to slide at a play at the play and ran over the catcher. This resulted in both benches clearing and eventually the end of the game as Scarborough, when things had cooled down, did not return for their bat in the bottom of the eighth inning. In all there were 9 ejections, with Graham being suspended for his next game in the tournament. Steve McCord drove in two runs for Quyon.

WP: Matt Greer 7IP 3H 3BB 2K 0ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Greg Dalgarno 7.67IP 7H 2BB 4K 3ER 1UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
Quyon Flyers
Joran Graham 2/4
Steve McCord 1/4 2RBI
Scarborough Wolverines
Cam Hauck 1/3 2B
Andrew Putnam 1/3 BB
James Murchison 1/3

GAME #20
Waterdown Hammer 7 Quyon Flyers 0
Waterdown attacked early and often in this game, scoring in all four of their innings. Tim Coe drove in the first run of the game with an RBI triple in the first and later scored on an error. In the second inning Dave Brownhill doubled in Darrin Curtis who had reached via a walk. In the third inning Waterdown loaded the bases with no one out for Neil Curtis, who delivered a two RBI single. Joe Reeve followed with a sacrifice to score John Kemp from third. In the fourth inning Waterdown scored the final run of the game on an RBI single by Trevor Brownhill that score Dave Kingdon. Quyon twice had runners reach third base but both times they were unable to score.

WP: Jim Hurst 5IP 2H 0BB 5K 0ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Matt Greer 4IP 5H 5BB 4K 6ER 1UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
Waterdown Hammer
Tim Coe 1/1 2R 3B 2BB RBI
Neil Curtis 1/2 2RBI
Dave Brownhill 1/3 R 3B RBI
Quyon Flyers
Nick Armitage 1/2
Dennis McCleary 1/3 3B

GAME #21
Donnaconna Blue Sox 3 Waterdown Hammer 2
Both teams struck for a run in their first at-bat. Donnaconna scored their run when Michael Dumas tripled with one out and later scored. Waterdown tied the score in the home half of the inning on an RBI single by John Kemp that scored Tim Coe. Donnaconna regained the lead in the third inning when Jean Pierre Savard delivered a sacrifice fly to left field to score Frederick St. Pierre, who had led off the inning with a base on balls. Waterdown rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh inning when a passed ball allowed Tim Coe to score. Coe had led off the inning with a single, was sacrificed to second and moved to third on a passed ball. Donnaconna immediately responded in their next at-bat. Johnathan Darveau lead off the inning with a single and was later thrown out at the plate when he tried to score on a ground out. Michael Dumas had reached base on an error and moved into scoring position on the throw out at the plate. Dumas would score the winning run when Jean Daniel Doucet reached base on an error. Waterdown were able to get the tying run to third base in the bottom of the seventh but could not tie the score.

WP: Francis LeClair 7IP 4H 3BB 8K 2ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Tim Neil (relief) 1IP 1H 0BB 0K 0ER 1UER 0HBP
Jim Hurst (starter) 4IP 4H 1BB 3K 2ER 0UER 0HBP
Drew Hathway (relief) 2IP 2H 2BB 1K 0ER 0UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
Donnaconna Blue Sox
Marco Goullemette 2/3
Michael Dumas 1/2 2R 3B 2BB
Waterdown Hammer
Tim Coe 1/2 2R BB
John Kemp 1/2 BB RBI
Kyle Davis 1/2

GAME #22
Ottawa Team Easton 9 Donnaconna Blue Sox 0
In a mercy rule shortened final Ottawa Team Easton pitcher Jeff Murphy tossed a 5 inning perfect game. Murphy received all the support he would need in the first inning. Two walks in the first inning, to Dave Tubman and Dan Jessiman, provided the baserunners for Darryl Butter to drive in two runs with a single. In the second inning, Scott Herriott, with a triple, and Kevin Chevrier, with a single, each drove in a run to make the score 4-0. Team Easton put the game out of reach in the third inning scoring five times to make the score 9-0. Todd Fraser, Scott Herriott and Scott Marion all drove in runs in the inning.

WP: Jeff Murphy 5IP 0H 0BB 8K 0ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Francis LeClair 2.33IP 8H 5BB 3K 9ER 0UER 0HBP
Luc Thibault 2.67IP 2H 1BB 2K 0ER 0UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
Ottawa Team Easton
Scott Herriott 2/2 2R 2B 3B 2RBI
Darryl Buttar 2/3 R 2SB 2RBI
Dan Jessiman 1/1 R 3BB
Donnaconna Blue Sox

Congratulations to Team Easton on winning the Eastern Ontario qualifier and to Donnacona Blue Sox on qualifying for the ToC.

Canada East (Innerkip) Sunday scores

Sunday, June 24th, 2007


Canada East (Innerkip) ISC II Qualifier
Sunday June 24

Another beautiful day for ball in Innerkip. Things got underway at 8:55 am between Alvinston & Harriston, while the Port Elgin-Elmira game was delayed for 52 minutes due to some overzealous diamond watering by the Innerkip fire department. Harriston and Port Elgin won the early morning loser’s bracket games while Bucktown Bees, Phillip Martin and Lee Hopkins continued to confound and amaze, scoring three off Wyevale ace Jason Giffen in the first inning of the winner’s bracket final game, crusing to a 4-2 win. Harriston then dismantled Port Elgin 6-2 to meet Wyevale in the loser’s bracket final. Wyevale would manage only two hits off Scott Smith, both by Graham McNab, but he made them count, blasting a lead off home run in the top of the first and doubling him the game-winning run in the top of the 9th. McNab then came on in relief of starter Jason Giffen in the first final game after Giffen gave up five runs. McNab held down the Bees the rest of the way while the Tribe scored six in the bottom of the second and tacked on three more in the 6th to win 9-5. The “if” game was scoreless into the 6th, when Mike Kelly singled. Pinch runner Chris Bell stole second. Mike Lambie reached on an infield single advancing Bell to third and he scored on an RBI ground out by Cory Kelly. Jason Giffen came on for McNab in the 7th with two aboard and struck out the side to preserve the 1-0 win and the no-hitter. Congratulations to Wyevale on winning the 2007 ISC II Canada East (Innerkip) Qualifier.

9 am
Game 32
Harriston Mercury’s 3
Alvinston Indians 1
WP: Scott Smith 7IP 1R 0ER 5H 4Ks
LP: Ryan Swift 5IP 3R 2ER 6H 3Ks 1BB, relief Doug Charlton 1IP
Harriston: Trevor Seip RBI 3B, Geoff Gunson RBI 1B; Scott Walls RBI 1B; Jeremy Creeden, 2-3 2B
Alvinston: Ryan Swift RBI 3B; Mike Black 3-3 3B

Game 33
Port Elgin Blue Devils 4
Elmira Cubs 3
WP: Steve Ketchell 2 2/3 IP 1R 3H, in relief of Scott Christie 1 1/3IP 1K and Matt Hamilton 4IP 2R 1K
LP: Casey Halstead 8IP 4R 4Ks
Port Elgin: Shawn Detzler 2-run HR; Brian Lantz RBI 1B; Greg Thede GWRBI
Elmira: Andy Baechler 2-RBI 2B; Matt Reinhardt Inside the park HR

11 am
Game 31
Bucktown Bees 4
Wyevale Tribe 2
WP: Phillip Martin 7IP 2R 1ER 7H 7Ks
LP: Jason Giffen 1IP 3R 4H 1K 1BB; Graham McNabb 5IP 1H 4Ks
Bucktown: Mike Hopkins RBI single; Lee Hopkins RBI single; Richie Taylor RBI single; Darren Jacobs RBI single
Wyevale: Mike Lambie RBI single

Game 34
Harriston Mercury’s 6
Port Elgin Blue Devils 2
WP: Greg Vader
LP: Dustin Veenhof
Harriston: Aaron Small and Wayne Stephen score on passed balls in T1 after Port Elgin catcher Matt Turcotte is injured and comes out of the game. Ryan Fisk triple in T3 scores Brook Cochrane and Aaron Small. Jeremy Creeden RBI single scores Fisk. Cochrane 3B scores on an error on Small in T6.
Port Elgin: B1 Shawn Detzler RBI single scores Ryan Dudgeon. Ryan Whitney RBI single to score Ryan Dudgeon.

1 pm
Game 35
Harriston Mercury’s
Wyevale Tribe
WP: Graham McNabb 8IP 1ER 3H 7Ks, relief Jason Giffen 1IP 1K
LP: Scott Smith 9IP 3R 1ER 2H 11Ks
Wyevale: Graham McNabb has both Wyevale hits, a lead off HR in T1 and an RBI double in T9, then scores on an error.
Harriston: B4, Wayne Stephens leads off with a hustling double and scores on an RBI single by Ryan Fisk.

3 pm – Championship Game 1
Game 36
Wyevale Tribe 9
Bucktown Bees 5
WP: Graham NcNab 4IP 6Ks, in relief of Jason Giffen 2IP 5R 1K
LP: Lee Hopkins 4 2/3IP 5R 6Ks in relief of Phillip Martin1 1/3IP 4R 2Ks
T1 Duane Greenbird reached on an error, scored on an RBI double by Mike Hopkins who scored on an RBI double by Lee Hopkins, who scored on an RBI bloop single by Mattie Johnson.
T2 Duane Greenbird bunt single, scores on a bad hop triple by Mike Hopkins who scores on a SAC fly by Lee Hopkins, his 10th RBI of the tournament.
B2 Dave Drinkill singles and scores on RBI single by Makr Lambie. Chris Bell double scores Lambie and Mike Kelly.
Lee Hopkins in to pitch for Phillip Martin.
Matt Tjart triple scores Shane Bywater and Bell. SAC fly by Graham McNabbscores Tjart.
B6 Matt Tjart reaches on an error and comes across on another error on a bunt attempt by Graham McNabb who scores on an RBI single by Kevin Peterson, who scores on an error on Dave Drinkill.

5 pm
Game 37
Bucktown Bees
Wyevale Tribe
WP: Graham McNab 6IP OH 5Ks 3BB; Jason Giffen 1IP 3Ks – COMBINED NO-HITTER
LP: PhillipMartin 7IP 1R 5H 8Ks 2BBs
Wyevale: Mike Kelly singled. Pinch runner Chris Bell stole second. Mike Lambie reached on an infield single advancing Bell to third and he scored on an RBI ground out by Cory Kelly. Jason Giffen came on for McNab in the 7th with two aboard and struck out the side to preserve the 1-0 win. Mike Kelly 2-3 Mark Lambie 2-3

Tournament MVP: Graham McNab, Wyevale Tribe
Top Pitcher: Phillip Martin, Bucktown Bees

Order of finish:
1.Wyevale Tribe
2.Bucktown Bees
3.Harriston Mercury’s
4.Port Elgin Blue Devils
T5 Elmira Cubs, Alvinston Indians
T7 Glencoe Astros, Shakespeare Falcons

Thank you’s to:
Host Committee, Howie Brown, chairman, Carl Littlejohns, Drumbo, Mert McMahon Food Booth & Beer Garden and Jonathan Vink, Zack and friends, Groundscrew and the scorekeepers and announcers.
Umpire-in-Chief Jay Hart, deputies Len Georgi and Tim Whitelaw and the entire Blue Crew.
ISC II Staff: Joe Todd, Laurie Fraser, Jim Marr, Doug Bach, Chris Bach & Rick Boyd.

Congratulations to Wyevale Tribe and Bucktown Bees on qualifying for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions and thank you to all teams for their sportsmanship & support of the ISC II program.

Blair Setford
ISC Canada East VP
ISC II Commissioner

Canada East (Sydenham) Saturday scores

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

Sat June 23
GAME #5
Ottawa Team Easton 3 Enterprise 1
Enterprise jumped out to an early lead scoring in the first inning without the benefit of a hit. Lyle Brown lead off the inning with a walk and then came around to score on 3 passed balls. Kurt Clark led off the second inning with a single to left field but pinch runner Ryan Gibbons was stranded at third base. Clark’s hit was the only hit of the game given up by Ottawa pitcher Dan Bradley. Ottawa Team Easton left 9 base runners on through the first 6 innings of the game, with runners in scoring position in four of those innings. In the seventh, Ottawa finally were able to score off of Clark. Dave Tubman led off the inning with a triple and scored on a ground out by Kevin Chevier to tie the game. Dan Jessiman then hit a triple of his own. Kevin Brown then entered the game in relief of Clark. Randy Peck was hit by a pitch and advanced to second on a passed ball. Darryl Buttar drove in both runners with the third triple of the inning.

WP: Dan Bradley 7IP 1H 2BB 12K 1ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Kurt Clark (starter) 6.33IP 6H 1BB 7K 2ER 0UER 0HBP
Kevin Brown (relief) 0.67IP 1H 0BB 0K 1ER 0UER 1HBP

Top Batters
Ottawa Team Easton
Kevin Chevier 2/4 RBI
John Peck 2/3
Darryl Buttar 1/4 3B 2RBI
Enterprise
Kurt Clark 1/3
Lyle Brown 0/2 R BB
Mike Finn 0/1 2BB

GAME #6
Waterdown Hammer 8 Ottawa Valley Raiders 0
Waterdown took advantage of a two out walk in the top of the first inning to open the scoring. Tim Coe drew the walk and was able to trot around the bases on a homerun to right centre field by Kyle Davis to put Waterdown ahead 2-0. Waterdown scored runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings as this game ended after five innings due to the mercy rule. In the third inning, Waterdown took advantage of a couple of fielding errors and an RBI single by Davis to make the score 5-0. After scoring a sixth run in the fourth on a passed ball, Andrew Hill and John Kemp drove in the final runs of the game with a single and a double respectively. Ottawa Valley was unable to get any offence going despite having the leadoff man single to start each of the first two innings. After the second, Waterdown starter Tim Neil did not allow a baserunner.

WP: Tim Neil 5IP 2H 0BB 8K 0ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Derrick Bulley 5IP 8H 3BB 3K 6ER 2UER 0HBP

Top Batters
Waterdown Hammer
Kyle Davis – 2/3 2R HR 3RBI
Drew Hathway – 2/3 R 3B
Tim Coe – 1/2 2R BB
Ottawa Valley Raiders
Rich Antunes – 1/2
Derrick Bulley – 1/2

GAME #7
Donnaconna Blue Sox 3 Kingston Cowboys 0
Donnaconna pitcher Francis LeClair came within out out of pitching a perfect game and ended up facing the 21 batter minimum as he throw a no-hitter. Ryan Sharpe was the only runner to reach base, as a result of a throwing error in the top of the seventh inning. Donnaconna took advantage of a throwing error that allowed Michael Dumas to get into scoring position. After advancing to third base, Dumas was able to score the opening run of the game on a sacrifice fly to left field by Jean Pierre Savard. In the fifth inning, Dumas singled and stole second base. Jean Daniel Doucet followed with a double to make the score 2-0. Steve Savard drove in Doucet with a single to extend the score to 3-0.

WP: Francis LeClair 7IP 0H 0BB 11K 0ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Bryan Brooks 6IP 7H 2BB 10K 2ER 1UER 1 HBP

Top Hitters
Donnaconna Blue Sox
Frederic St. Pierre 2/3
Steve Savard 1/2 RBI BB
Jean Daniel Doucet 1/2 R 2B RBI
Kingston Cowboys

GAME #8
QUYON FLYERS 7 SCARBOROUGH WOLVERINES 1
Quyon took advantage of three Scarborough errors in the top of the second inning to build a 6-0 lead. Joe McCleary drove in one run with a single and Joran Graham drove in 2 runs with a double on Quyon’s only two hits of the inning. Scarborough used a Quyon error to help them get onto the scoreboard in the third inning. Nick Dambrosio drove in Jake Taylor with a single. Quyon added one more run in the fifth inning to end the game due to a mercy rule. B. Young tripled home Nick Armitage, who had led off the inning with a single.

WP: Matt Greer 5IP 5H 2BB 3K 0ER 1UER 0HBP
LP: Robert Bennett (starter) 1.33IP 1H 2BB 2K 0ER 5UER 0HBP
Greg Dalgarno (relief) 3.67IP 6H 1BB 1K 1ER 1UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
Quyon Flyers
B. Young 2/3 3B RBI
Matt Greer 1/2 R
Joran Graham 1/3 2B 2RBI
Scarborough Wolverines
Andrew Putnam 3/3 3B
Nick Dambrosio 1/2 BB RBI
Mark French 1/2

GAME #9
I4C Victory Carp 1 Northern Explorers 0
In a well pitched game, Carp was able to score the only run needed in the top of the third inning. Trevor Wood hit a two out double and scored when Mike Money singled. Carp did not have another runner past first from that point on. The Northern Explorers left a runner stranded at third base in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, including a leadoff triple in the fourth.

WP: Chad Hargrove 7IP 4H 1BB 9K 0ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Aaron Owl 7IP 3H 0BB 9K 1ER 0UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
I4C Victory Carp
Mike Money 1/3 RBI
Trevor Wood 1/2 R 2B
Shawn Houle 1/3
Northern Explorers
Belanger Brown 1/3 3B
Mike Abitong 1/3
Brandon Solomon 1/3

GAME #10
Blackburn Bombers 5 Fitzroy Harbour 2
Blackburn opened the score in the top of the second inning, receiving an RBI by Stefan Sklepowicz and a two run triple by Norm Manns. Fitzroy cut the Blackburn lead to 3-1 when Todd Clouthier drove in Neil Murphy, who had doubled to lead off the inning. In the sixth inning Terry Jones hit a one out single and later scored on a single by Anil Hayne. In the top of the seventh inning, Joe Allan hit a solo homerun to make the score 5-1. Fitzroy Harbour were only able to score one run in the bottom of the seventh as their rally fell short. Jon Daley drove in Steve Johnson, who had led off the inning with a single.

WP: Ray Shanoush 7IP 5H 1BB 10K 0ER 2UER 0BHP
LP: Brad Porter 7IP 8H 0BB 7K 2ER 3UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
Blackburn Bombers
Anil Hayne 2/3 R RBI
Steve Walman 2/3
Joe Allan 1/4 R HR RBI
Fitzroy Harbour
Mike Cavanaugh 2/3
Steve Johnson 1/2 R
Neil Murphy 1/3 R 2B

GAME #11
Kingston Cowboys 1 Enterprise 0
Jeff Hannah led off the game with a single and moved to third base on a single by Chris Lewis. Tyler Robinson followed with a ground ball to shortstop that allowed Hannah to score the only run of the game. The Cowboys had runners reach second base only three more times during the game. Enterprise also had runners reach second just three times during the game and had their best chance to score in the sixth inning when Lyle Brown doubled and moved to third base on a passed ball before being stranded.

WP: Bryan Brooks 7IP 3H 1BB 10K 0ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Dale Dowdell 6IP 4H 3BB 4K 1ER 0UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
Kingston Cowboys
Jeff Hannah 2/3 R
Chris Lewis 1/2 BB
Ryan Sharpe 1/3 SB
Enterprise
Jason Norman 1/1 BB
Lyle Brown 1/3 2B
Anthony Brooks 1/3

GAME #12
Scarborough Wolverines 6 Ottawa Valley Raiders 2
Brandon Horn led off the bottom of the first inning with a double and then stole third base. Dale Boadway then followed with a ground out that scored Horn giving Scarborough the early lead. In the fourth inning, Scarborough combined two hits, two walks and an error to scratch four more runs arcross the plate. Ryan Freedman scored on an RBI fielder’s choice by James Murchison. Boadway and Murchison were plated on a triple by Cam Hauck and Hauck scored on an RBI single by Robert Bennett to extend the lead to 5-0. Valley put together a four hit rally in the top of the sixth inning, scoring twice on RBI singles by Bryce Levesque and John Zeiger. In the bottom of the inning Cam Hauck drove in his third run of the game with a single that scored Andrew Putnam, who had earlier singled.

WP: Greg Dalgarno 7IP 7H 0BB 11K 2ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Jesse Milne 6IP 5H 4BB 3K 3ER 3UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
Scarborough Wolverines
Cam Hauck 2/3 R 3B 3RBI
Andrew Putnam 1/2 R 2B
Robert Bennett 1/2 BB RBI
Ottawa Valley Raiders
Chad Milne 3/4 2B
Bryce Levesque 1/3 R RBI
John Zeiger 1/3 RBI

Game #13
Donnaconna Blue Sox 4 Waterdown Hammer 1 (9 Innings)
Waterdown opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI single by Kyle Davis that scored Dave Brownhill, who had led off the inning two outs earlier with a single. Donnaconna rallied in the fifth inning to tie the score. Johnathan Darveau hit a one out single to start the rally and then stole second base. After a strikeout, J.P. Savard singled to score Darveau to knot the score. Both teams received excellent pitching performances during this game. Donnaconna had the best chance to score the go ahead run in the sixth inning when they loaded the bases with no one out, only to have Tim Neil retire the next three batters via strikeout. In the nine inning, Frederick St. Pierre started the inning at second base as per the international tie breaker. After being sacrified to third base, St. Pierre was able to score on a double by Michael Dumas. Jean Daniel Doucet followed one out later with an RBI double and he scored on a triple by Steve Savard. Waterdown was able to get two runners on in the bottom of the ninth before Francis LeClair struck out the next three batters to end the game.

WP: Francis LeClair 9IP 4H 0BB 16K 1ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Tim Neil 9IP 11H 3BB 15K 4ER 0UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
Donnaconna Blue Sox
Johnathan Darveau 3/4 R 2B SB
Michael Dumas 2/4 R 2B BB RBI
Jean Daniel Doucet 2/5 R 2B RBI
Steve Savard 2/5 3B RBI
Waterdown Hammer
Dave Brownhill 2/4 R
Kyle Davis 1/4 RBI
Neil Curtis 1/3

Game #14
Ottawa Team Easton 6 Quyon Flyers 0
Team Easton opened the scoring in the bottom of the third inning. Scott Herriott was hit by a pitch and moved to second on a passed ball before scoring on a single by Dave Tubman. Tubman later scored in the inning to make the score 2-0. In the fifth inning Team Easton scored four more times and ended the game due to the mercy rule. Herriott led off the inning with a single and scored one out later on a double by Kevin Chevrier. Dan Jessiman singled Chevrier home to make the score 4-0. After John Peck walk and both runners had moved up on passed balls, Craig Buttar scored them both with a single.

WP: Jeff Murphy 5IP 2H 0BB 10K 0ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Joran Graham 5IP 7H 2BB 3K 6ER 0UER 1HBP

Top Hitters
Ottawa Team Easton
Kevin Chevrier 1/2 R 2B RBI
Dan Jessiman 1/2 R BB RBI
Craig Buttar 1/3 2RBI
Dave Tubman 1/3 RBI
Quyon Flyers
Joe McCleary 1/2
Matt Greer 1/2

Game #15
I4C Victory Carp 6 Blackburn Bombers 3
Blackburn opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning when Terry Jones reached base on a two out error that allowed Joe Allan to score. Allan had singled to start the inning. Carp tied the game in the second innin Matt McNish reached base on an error and came around to score on a ground out by Al Read. In the third Carp struck for three runs, Steve McLaughlin drove in the first run before scoring on a two run homerun by Matt McNish. Carp extended the lead to 5-1 in the fourth inning after Al Read led off with a single and scored when Trevor Wood reached base on an error. Blackburn scored once in the home half of the fifth inning when Joe Allen singled home a lead off triple by Tyler Cox. Carp immediately responded in the sixth with an RBI triple by Shawn Houle that scored Trevor Wood. Blackburn took advantage of an error in the seventh inning to score once but they could not continue the rally.

WP: Neil Cooke 7IP 6H 4BB 14K 2ER 1UER 1HBP
LP: Ray Shanoush (starter) 3IP 3H 0BB 2K 1ER 3UER 0HBP
Shannon Borho (relief) 4IP 4H 2BB 3K 0ER 2UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
I4C Victory Carp
Matt McNish 2/3 2R HR 2RBI BB
Darren Featherstone 2/3
Al Read 2/4 R RBI
Blackburn Bombers
Joe Allan 2/2 2R BB HBP RBI
Tyler Cox 1/3 3B

Game #16
Scarborough Wolverines 1 Kingston Cowboys 0
In another low scoring, well pitched game, Scarborough scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the second inning. Stephen Milic drew a two out walk and scored on an double to the right centre field gap by Cam Hauck. The Cowboys were unable to get a runner in scoring position throughout the game, settling for only three hits against Andrew Putnam.

WP: Andrew Putnam 7IP 3H 0BB 10K 0ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Bryan Brooks (starter) 5IP 4H 2BB 6K 1ER 0UER 0HBP
Ryan Sharpe (relief) 2IP 0H 0BB 2K 0ER 0UER 0HBP

Top Hitters
Scarborough Wolverines
Ryan Freedman 1/3 2B
Brandon Horn 1/3 2B
Ryan Jaynes 1/3 2B
Cam Hauck 1/2 2B RBI
Kingston Cowboys
Jeff Hannah 1/3
Ryan Sharpe 1/3
Chris Lewis 1/3

Game #17
Ottawa Team Easton 6 Donnaconna Blue Sox 1
Dave Tubman led off the game with a single for Team Easton and scored the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly to left field by Darryl Butter. In the third inning Buttar drove in his second run of the game, this time with a single that scored Kevin Chevrier. Donnaconna made a pitching change and brought in Luc Thibault to replace Francis LeClair. In the sixth inning, Donnaconna took advantage of a walk to Jean Pierre Savard and a timely RBI single by Steve Savard to score their only run against Team Easton starter Dan Konkle. In the top of the seventh inning Team Easton exploded for four runs. Todd Fraser drove in a run after being hit by a pitch and John Peck singled in two more runs before Fraser scored on a passed ball to close the scoring.

WP: Dan Konkle 7IP 2H 2BB 16K 1ER 0UER 0HBP
LP: Francis LeClair (starter) 2.33IP 3H 4BB 3K 2ER 0UER 0HBP
Luc Thibault (relief) 4.67IP 6H 3BB 4K 4ER 0UER 1HBP

Top Hitters
Ottawa Team Easton
Darryl Buttar 2/3 R 2RBI
Dave Tubman 2/5 R SB
Randy Peck 1/1 R 3B 3BB
John Peck 1/4 2RBI
Donnaconna Blue Sox
Jean Daniel Doucet 1/3
Steve Savard 1/3 RBI
Jean Pierre Savard 0/2 R BB

Sunday June 24

9 am

Gm 17

Carp vs Waterdown

Gm 18

Scarboro vs Quyon

11 am

Gm 20

Winner Gm 17 vs Winner Gm 18

1 pm

Gm 21

Winner Gm 20 vs Donnacona

3 pm

Gm 22 – Championship Game

Winner Gm 21 vs Ottawa Team Easton

5pm

Gm 23

If Necessary

Lumberkings Top A-1/Taylor Farms in the Battle for California

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007


Lumberkings’ Darren (Strang) Prevails Over A-1/Taylor Farms’ Darren (Zack)

ISC II # 4 ranked California Lumberkings of Bakersfield, CA squared off with in-state ISC II rival, # 25 A-1/Taylor Farms, of Salinas, CA in a 4:30pm pool play game Saturday at the Rose Cup tournament in Portland, OR. The Lumberkings came away with the victory, with pitcher Darren Strang tossing a 2-0 shutout for the win over a Darren Zack-led A-1 Taylor Farms. It was a well pitched game on both sides.

The Lumberkings played in their first ISC II T of C last summer, finishing in the top 12. A-1/Taylor Farms is new to the scene, but is expected to be at the 2007 T of C as well. The Lumberkings qualified at the Red Rock Tournament in St. George, Utah, in May. A-1/Taylor Farms did well in that one, but had ISC World pitcher Doug Sleep on the mound, so were not eligible for ISC II qualification. Sleep is with A-1/Taylor Farms at the Rose Cup tournament as well, and the team raised its profile decidely with the addition of the legendary pitcher, Darren Zack. Neither Sleep nor Zack is eligible to pitch for them at the 2007 T of C.

In single elimination bracket play at the Rose Cup on Sunday, the Lumberkings pulled (another) tough draw, the ISC World # 7 ranked So Cal Bombers. The Lumberkings finished the day 2-1, including a pair of shutouts by Darren Strang. They fell to ISC World # 3 ranked Broken Bow, 4-1, with Mike Egerdeen looking impressive in the loss.

A-1/Taylor Farms was also 2-1, and will face host, # 13 ranked Portland DeMarini.

Canada East (Innerkip) Saturday Scores

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007


Canada East ISC II Qualifier in Innerkip, On
Saturday June 23

Perfect day for ball here in Innerkip. High blue skies with temperatures in the mid 20’s. Good crowds for many of the games throughout the day and the beer tent was buzzing about the upsets. Elora Brewers dropped their second game of the tournament and were sent home early by Hickson Reds. Wyevale Tribe sent Elmira Cubs to the loser’s bracket with a thoroughly convincing 8-0 win as Jason Giffen tossed his second 1-hitter of the tournament while Lee Hopkins of Bucktown continued to be the hottest batter, driving in both of Bucktown’s runs in their 2-0 win over Glencoe Astros, giving him 7 in the Bees’ first two games. Bucktown’s Phillip Martin also continues to impress, allowing only four hits to Port Elgin in a 2-1 win to advance to the undefeated game. Giffen has given up only four hits all tournament as Wyevale has made their way to the an improbable winner’s bracket final against Bucktown.

Saturday 9 am
Game 9
Shakespeare Falcons 8
Mitchell Mets 1 – 5 innings
WP: Fred Follings 5IP 1R 2H 6Ks
LP: Garnett Kraemer 3 1/3IP 4R 6H 3Ks 2BB, relief Kevin Pomfret 4R 3H 1BB, Jeff Smith 2/3 IP 2Ks
Shakespeare: Reid Yantzi 1-2 2RBIs; Kyle Harloff 1-2 2 RBIs; Dave Faulhaffer 2-3

Game 10
Alvinston Indians 9
Jarvis Rock 7 – 10 innings
WP: Ryan Swift 7IP 2R 5H 9Ks 3BBs, in relief of Brett Neal 3IP 5R 4ER 6H 1K
LP: Dave Martin 8IP 3R 2ER 6H 6Ks 5BBs, in relief of Brent Fehrman 2IP 6R 5H 1BB
Alvinston: Theo Metron 3-6 2B GWRBI; Shawn Fenton 2-4 BB; Greg Huston 1-3 2BB
Jarvis: Greg Bacher 3-run HR; Dan Garman HR

Game 11
Glencoe Astros 6
Hickson Reds 3
WP: Ian Knott 7IP 3R 8H 8Ks
LP: Luke Raymer 3IP 3R 4H 1K 1BB; Mark VanVliet 4IP 3R 6H 8Ks 1BB
Glencoe: Ron Pazitka 2-run HR; Jason Dawdy 2x2B RBI
Hickson: Sean McLaren 2 singles, 2 RBIs

Loser’s Bracket
11 am
Game 12
Linwood 86ers 5
Hamilton Hawks 1
WP: Jamie Amos 7IP 1R 4H 9Ks 2BBs
LP: Matt Somerville 4 1/3IP 4R 3ER 7H 6Ks 2BB, relief Duane Singer 1 2/3IP 1R 4H 2Ks
Linwood: Todd Swift 2-4 2RBIs; Craig Frede 2-3 RBI John Hiller 2-4 2B, 3B
Hamilton: Gary Stokes 2-3

Game 13
Mitchell Mets 8
Ohsweken Redmen 2 – 5 innings
WP: Kevin Pomfret 5IP 2R 3H 6Ks
LP: Wayne Green 2 1/3IP 5R 8H 3Ks 1BB; relief Ron Chambers 2 2/3IP 3R 4H 1K
Mitchell: Darryl Eidt 3-3; Darryl O’Connell 3-3 2B; AJ Moss 2-3
Ohsweken: Robert Bomberry 3B

Game 14
Hickson Reds 5
Ingersoll Crush 4
WP: Greg DeBelleval 7IP 4R 3ER 8H 10Ks 3BBs
LP: Adam Martin 7IP 5R 7H 4Ks 6BBs
Hickson: Adam Fishbach 2-4 2-run HR
Ingersoll: Rick Johnson 2-4; Andy Richardson 2-4

1 pm
Winner’s Bracket
Game 19
Wyevale Tribe 8
Elmira Cubs 0
WP: Jason Giffen 5IP 1H 9Ks 5BB
LP: Ryan French 3 2/3IP 6R 8H 3Ks 1BB, in relief Casey Halstead 1/3IP 2R 1H, Brad Thomson 1IP 2Ks
Wyevale: Graham McNabb HR, 2x3B 2 RBIs; Jason Giffen has thrown two 1-hitters in first two games

Game 20
Harriston Mercury’s 8
Shakespeare Falcons 0
WP: Scott Smith 5IP 2H 10Ks
LP: Fred Follings 3IP 6R 5ER 5H 5Ks 3BB, in relief Ryan Shannon 2IP 2R 1ER 3H 2Ks
Harriston: Don Leslie Grand Slam

Game 21
Port Elgin Blue Devils 8
Alvinston Indians 5
WP: Matt Hamilton 6IP 4H 2Ks 1BB in relief of Scott Christie 2/3IP 5R 1ER 2H 1K 2BBs, Steve Ketchell 1/3IP
LP: Doug Charlton 4IP 3R 6H 5Ks 1BB in relief of John Ferguson 2IP 5R 6H 3Ks 1BB
Port Elgin: Ryan Dudgeon 4-4; Ryan Whitney 3-4 HR
Alvinston: Joe Triest 2-4

Game 22
Bucktown Bees 2
Glencoe Astros 0
WP: Phillip Martin 7IP 4H 7Ks 3BBs
LP: Ian Knott 6IP 2R 5H 4Ks 3BB 1HBP
Bucktown: Lee Hopkins 2 singles 2RBIs – Lee has driven in all 7 of his team’s runs the first two games.

3 pm
Loser’s Bracket
Game 15
Linwood 86ers 5
Owen Sound Crunch 4
WP: John Hiller 5 1/3IP 3R 8H 6Ks; relief Jamie Amos 1 2/3IP 1R 2H 2Ks
LP: Mark Robbins 7IP 5R 2ER 4H 1K 2BB
Linwood: John Hiller 2 hits & GWRBI
Owen Sound: Ken Kivell 3 hits
OS had a lead off triple in B7 but couldn’t tie the game.

Game 16
Mitchell Mets 4
Rockwood Rush 3
WP: Kevin Pomfret 7IP 3R 1ER 5H 6Ks 2BB
LP: Scott Gordon 4IP 4R 5H 5Ks 1BB, relief Joel Pegg 2IP 2Ks 1BB
Mitchell: Dennis Pauli 2-2; Jeff Pauli 2-3
Rockwood: Jason Miller unassisted double play
Rockwood up 2-0 in the first, Mitchell scored 2 in the 2nd & 2 in the 4th, Rockwood added one in the 6th

Game 17
Jarvis Rock 10
Innerkip Orioles 2 – 6 innings
WP: Greg Bacher 6IP2R 4H 5Ks 1BB
LP: Paul McIntyre 2 1/3IP 3R 3H 2Ks 1BB; relief Adam Poiter 2 2/3IP 3R 4H 1K 1BB; Adam Smith 1IP 4R 3H
Jarvis: Ed Dove 2-4 3-run HR
Innerkip: Aaron Kreiger 2-3

Game 18
Elora Wellington Brewers 3
Hickson Reds 8
WP: Mark VanVliet 7IP 3R 4H 6Ks 2BBs
LP: Todd Uhrig 7IP 8R 6H 10Ks 5BBs
Hickson: Adam Fishback HR, single
Elora: Tim Barnard HR, single

5 pm
Loser’s Bracket
Game 23
Elmira Cubs 5
Hickson Reds 4
WP: Casey Halstead 7IP 4R 7H 7Ks 2BBs
LP: Greg deBelleval 2/3IP 3R 4H, relief Mark VanVliet 6 1/3IP 2R 4H 8Ks
Elmira: Lyndon Grovum HR, single
Hickson: Brad deBelleval 2 singles

Game 24
Shakespeare Falcons 5
Jarvis Rock 2
WP: Nic Laurette 6 2/3IP 2R 6H 2Ks, relief Fred Follings 1/3IP 1K
LP: Greg Bacher IP 4R 6H 4Ks, relief Brent Fehrman 5IP 1R 6H 6Ks 1BB
Shakespeare: Reid Yantzi 3 hits, 2b; Chris Falhofer 2-run HR
Jarvis Greg Bacher HR; Darren Martin 2 hits

Game 25
Alvinston Indians 3
Mitchell Mets 1
WP: Brett Neal 4 1/3IP 1R 4H 1K 1BB, relief Doug Charlton 2 2/3IP 2H 3Ks
LP: Jeff Smith 7IP 3R 6H 5Ks
Alvinston Andy Triest 2-3 RBI; Theo Metron RBI Joe Triest RBI
Mitchell: Matt McGill 1-3 RBI

Game 26
Glencoe Astros 4
Linwood 86ers 3
WP: Jason Dawdy 4IP 1R 3H 4Ks 3BB, relief Luke Leahey 3IP 2R 2H 8Ks 3BBs
LP: Jon Hiller 7IP 4R 7H 4Ks
Glencoe: Mark Johnson 2-run HR T7; Norm Logan 2 hits
Linwood: Jamie Amos 2 hits

7 pm
Loser’s Bracket
Game 29
Alvinston Indians 8
Glencoe Astros 1 – 5 innings
WP: Doug Charlton 5IP 1R 4H 4Ks
LP: Luke Leahey 1 1/3IP 5R 4H 2Ks 2BBs, relief Ian Knott 3 2/3IP 3R 6H 4Ks 1BB
Alvinston Mike Black 2 hits; Steve Donald 2 hits
Glencoe Mark Johnson 2 hits

Game 30
Elmira Cubs 6
Shakespeare Falcons 0
WP: Casey Halstead 6IP 4H 6Ks
LP: Ryan Shannon 6IP 6R 9H 5Ks 3BBs
Elmira: Andy Baechler 3 hits, 2B
Shakespeare: Reid Yantzi 2 singles

9 pm
Winner’s bracket
Game 27
Wyevale Tribe 2
Harriston Mercury’s 0
WP: Jason Giffen 7IP 2H 14Ks 1BB
LP: Greg Vader 6IP 2R 10H 8Ks 1BB
Dave Drinkhill RBI single in the 3rd, Matt Tjart RBI single in the 4th

Game 28
Bucktown Bees 2
Port Elgin Blue Devils 1
WP: Phillip Martin 7IP 1R 4H 5Ks 1BB
LP: Steve Ketchell 7IP 2R 6H 11Ks 2BBs
Bucktown Duane Greenbird 3-4 2x3B; John Stonefish 2B GWRBI
Port Elgin Ryan Whitney 2 hits including a triple

Sunday June 24
9 am
Game 32
Alvinston Indians vs Harriston Mercury’s

Game 33
Elmira Cubs vs Port Elgin Blue Devils

11 am
Game 31
Wyevale Tribe vs Bucktown Bees

Game 34
Winner 32 vs Winner 33

1 pm
Game 35
Winner 34 vs Loser 31

3 pm – Championship Game
Game 36
Winner 31 vs Winner 35

5 pm
Game 37 (if necessary)

Blair Setford
ISC Canada East VP
ISC II Commissioner

Sydenham Qualifier Friday Scores

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

Sydenham, ON

Canada East (Eastern Ontario) Friday Scores courtesy Adam Lake

Enterprise 2 I4C Victory Carp 0

Ottawa Valley 3 Blackburn Bombers 2

Kingston Cowboys 4 Northern Explorers 0 – Jordan MacDonald pitched a no-hitter for the Cowboys

Scarborough Wolverines 3 Fitzroy Harbour 2 (9 innings)

Enterprise 2 I4C Victory Carp 0

Enterprise scored in the first inning. Lyle Brown singled moved to third on a fielder’s choice and a sac bunt and then scored on another fielder’s choice. Enterprise tacked on an insurance run in the top of the seventh inning. Kurt Clark led off the inning with a walk, moved to second on a sac bunt. Mike McCaw singled, moving Clark to third. Aaron Shiels singled to score the run. I4C Victory had runners in scoring position several times during the game and loaded the bases in the seventh with one out, however they were unable to score.

WP: Kevin Brown 7 IP 4H 1BB 14K 0ER 0UER 0HBP

LP: Neil Cooke (Starter) 4IP 3H 0BB 1K 1ER 0UER 0HBP

Chad Hargrove (Relief) 3IP 2H 3BB 3K 1ER 0UER 0HBP

Top Hitters:

Enterprise

Aaron Shiels 1/2 RBI

Kurt Clark 1/2 R 2B

Mike McCaw 1/2

I4C Victory Carp

Darren Featherstone 2/3

Ottawa Valley Raiders 3 Blackburn Bombers 2

Ottawa Valley opened the scoring in the bottom of the fifth inning. Chad Milne reached base on an error and scored on a single by John Zeiger. In the sixth inning, Valley took a 2-0 lead on an RBI single by Bryce Levesque that scored Rich Antunes, who had singled to lead off the inning. Blackburn rallied to tie the game in the top of the seventh inning on a one out two-run triple to right field by Terry Jones that cashed in Kevin Shonfield, who had singled, and Steve Walman, who reached on a catcher’s interference call. In the bottom of the seventh John Zeiger led off with a single and after a sacrifice moved him to second base, Zeiger scored on a single by Lucas Kamps to end the game.

WP: Jesse Milne 7IP 8H 5BB 3K 2ER 0UER 0HBP

LP: Ray Shanoush 6.33IP 8H 0BB 6K 2ER 1UER 0HBP

Top Hitters:

Ottawa Valley Raiders

Lucas Kamps 3/3 GW RBI

John Zeiger 2/3 R RBI

Bryce Levesque 2/3 RBI

Blackburn Bombers

Kevin Shonfield 2/4 R

Stefan Sklepowicz 2/4

Terry Jones 1/4 3B 2RBI

Kingston Cowboys 4 Northern Explorers 0

The Cowboys opened the scoring in the home half of the fifth inning when Ryan Sharpe hit a two out single to left field to score Jeff Hannah. Hannah had singled with two out and stole second base to get into scoring position for Sharpe. In the sixth inning the Cowboys scored three more runs. Tyler Robinson lead off with a triple to right field and scored one out later on an RBI infield single by Pat Severin. Chris Lewis followed with a single to centre field to put runners at the corners. After Lewis stole second base, Jeff Hannah knocked in both Severin and Lewis with a single. Kingston Cowboys pitcher Jordan MacDonald pitched a complete game no-hitter. Chris Lewis saved the no-hitter in the top of the seventh inning making a leaping catch of a hard hit line drive to shortstop.

WP: Jordan MacDonald 7IP 0H 3BB 10K 0ER 0UER 0HBP

LP: Eric Abitong (Starter) 5.33IP 8H 1BB 3K 4ER 0UER 1HBP

Aaron Owl (Relief) 0.67IP 1H 1BB 2K 0ER 0UER 0HBP

Top Hitters

Kingston Cowboys

Ryan Sharpe 2/3 RBI

Jeff Hannah 2/3 R 2SB 2RBI

Tim Murphy 2/3 2B

Northern Explorers

Scarborough Wolverines 3 Fitzroy Harbour 2 – 9 Innings

Fitzroy Harbour took advantage of two bunt singles to lead off the game to score the opening run of the game in the top of the first inning. Jon Daley and Trevor Barton both reached base on bunts and Daley scored on a pass ball. Scarborough tied the game in the bottom of the inning on and RBI single by Ryan Jones that scored Dale Boadway, who had singled and moved into scoring position on an outfield error. Fitzroy again went ahead in the second inning on an RBI single by Steve Johnson that scored Neil Murphy who had doubled to right field to reach base. In the fifth inning Scarborough took advantage of a lead off walk and an error that allowed Brandon Horn to move into scoring position for an RBI single to right centre field by Nick Dambrosio. In the bottom of the seventh inning Scarborough loaded the bases with no one out, but were retired on three consecutive fielder’s choices hit to the third baseman. The game went to the international tiebreaker in the eighth inning. Scarborough took advantage in the bottom of the ninth inning with Ryan Freedman hitting the game winning RBI single to left field to score Stephen Mills, who started the inning at second base.

WP: Andrew Putnam (Relief) 4IP 1H 0BB 7K 0ER 0UER 0 HBP

Matt Leahy (Starter) 5IP 4H 1BB 10K 2ER 0UER 0HBP

LP: Brad Porter 8+IP 8H 1BB 10K 1ER 2UER 0HBP

Top Batters

Scarborough Wolverines

Brandon Horn 2/4 R

Dale Boadway 2/4 R

Ryan Jones 2/4 RBI

Fitzroy Harbour

Jon Daley 1/4 R

Neil Murphy 1/3 R 2B 2K

Steve Johnson 1/2 RBI SB BB

Thank you,

Adam Lake

Kingston Cowboys Fastball Club

Canada East (Innerkip) Friday Scores

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

2007 ISC II Canada East Qualifier (Innerkip)

Good crowds on hand on a coolish night in Innerkip for the 6th annual ISC II Qualifier. The top two teams out of the 19 on hand will earn automatic berths to the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions in Kitchener/Cmbridge in August.

Games start at 9 am Saturday and continue every two hours at Innerkip & Drumbo parks and start again at 9 am on Sunday in Innerkip. The championship game is scheduled for 3 pm with the “if” game at 5 pm.

The only upset came in the second game as the #2 ranked Elora Wellington Brewers fell 5-4 to the Bucktown Bees. Lee Hopkins was 3-3 for Bucktown with a single, double and three-run HR, finishing with all five RBIs for the Bees. Elora scored 1 in the top of the first and three in the sixth, but had the tying run thrown out at the plate.

Friday 7 pm
Game 1
Shakespeare Falcons 6
Ingersoll Crush 1
WP: Fred Follings 7IP 1R 4H 7Ks 1BB
LP: Scott Brookshaw 7IP 6R 8H 9Ks 1BB
Shakespeare: Reid Yantzi 2x2B 2 RBIs
Ingersoll: Steve Johnson RBI

Game 2
Jarvis Rock 3
Linwood 86ers 1
WP: Dave Martin 7IP 1R 6H 9Ks
LP: Jamie Amos 6IP 3R 5H 5Ks 2BB
Jarvis: Jason Richards RBI 2B; Brian Auld RBI; Greg Bacher RBI
Linwood: Tim Franklin 2B; Craig Fletcher RBI

Game 3
Hickson Reds 6
Ohsweken Redmen 0
WP: Luke Raymer 5IP 2H 9Ks
LP: Luke Hill 2IP 3R 5H2Ks 1BB, relief Ron Chambers 3IP 3R 5H 6Ks 1BB
Hickson: Jeff Rowell 2-run double in the 5th, 3RBIs; Jack McLaren 2RBIs

Game 8
Bucktown Bees 5
Elora Wellington Brewers 4
WP: Phillip Martin 7IP 4R 2ER 5H 7Ks 1BB
LP: Nick Goetz 6IP 5R 3ER 8H 8Ks 1BB
Bucktown: Lee Hopkins 3-3 1B, 2B, 3-run HR 5RBIs
Elora: Trailing 5-1 in the 6th, Elora scored three runs and had the tying run thrown out at the plate.

Friday 9 pm
Game 4
Elmira Cubs 6
Owen Sound Crunch 0
WP: Casey Halstead 5 IP 1H 8Ks 3BBs
LP: Mark Skerrit 5IP 6R 5ER 5H 5Ks 7BBs
Elmira: Andy Baechler HR 2b; Lyndon Grovum HR

Game 5
Wyevale Tribe 1
Hamilton Hawks 0
WP: Jason Giffen 7IP 0R 1H 13Ks 1BB
LP: Duane Singer 6IP 1R 2H 8Ks
Wyevale: Dave Drinkill RBI double in B1

Game 6
Harriston Mercury’s 3
Rockwood Rush 1
WP: Scott Smith 7IP 1R 7H 13Ks 1BB
LP: Kyle Anderson 7IP 3R 7H 1BB
Harriston: Ryan Fisk 2 singles RBI; Mercury’s score 3 runs on 3 hits in the first

Game 7
Port Elgin Blue Devils 8
Innerkip Orioles 2
WP: Steve Ketchell 4IP 2R 3H 7Ks 2BB, relief Matt Hamilton 1IP 1H
LP: Lee Portier 1 2/3IP 6R 5H 1K 2BB, relief Adam McIntyre 3 1/3IP 2R 1ER 4H 1K 2BB
Port Elgin: Darryl McKinnon 2-3 3-run HR; Aaron Whitney HR; Ryan Dudgeon 1-1 3BBs
Innerkip: Jon Atkinson 2B RBI; Nate Aude RBI

Saturday 9 am
Game 9
Mitchell Mets vs Shakespeare

Game 10
Alvinston Indians vs Jarvis

Game 11
Glencoe Astros vs Hickson

Loser’s Bracket
11 am
Game 12
Hamilton vs Linwood

Game 13
Ohsweken vs loser game 9

Game 14
Ingersoll vs loser game 11

Winner’s Bracket
1 pm
Game 19
Elmira vs Wyevale

Game 20
Mitchell vs Harriston

Game 21
Port Elgin vs Alvinston

Game 22
Glencoe vs Bucktown

3 pm
Loser’s Bracket
Game 15
Owen Sound vs winner game 12

Game 16
Rockwood vs vs winner game 13

Game 17
Innerkip vs loser game 10

Game 18
Elora vs winner game 14

Blair Setford
ISC Canada East VP
ISC II Commissioner

Michigan Twisters Burst onto Fastpitch Scene

Thursday, June 21st, 2007



Twisters Burst onto Fastpitch Scene

Midland Daily News
By Greg Chalfin

There’s a new local fastpitch softball team taking the competition by storm. The Michigan Twisters — a brand new team with several Midlanders — broke into the International Softball Congress II rankings on Saturday, coming in at No. 30.

“We’re in our first year, and we’ve got a good squad,” catcher Neil Faccio said. “We’re starting to turn some heads.”

The team has started its inaugural campaign with three tournament victories, including a win in the ‘A’ division at Midland’s Boulevard Lounge tournament two weeks ago.

Faccio and five of his Midland-based teammates — Rick Engle, Seth Freed, Adam Osantowski, Ron Case and Matt Morgan — left locally operated Coppens Brigade to help form the new Twisters squad.

“It was kind of a bad leave (from Coppens Brigade),” Faccio said. “We were ready for a change.”

Former Coppens Brigade manager John Coppens was reached and opted not to comment about the state of his club at this time.

Faccio said he and his teammates were looking for an opportunity to play more often and against better competition and decided to join with some players looking to leave Roscommon’s Roofs of the North team. The team’s fast start — a 26-2 record thus far — has the team considering traveling to Kitchener, Ontario for the ISC II World Tournament. But the team will run into another Midland juggernaut this weekend.

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California Teams to Square Off Saturday at Rose Cup Tournament in Portland, OR

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

California’s two ISC II teams will be in action in Portland, Oregon this weekend, taking on some of the top teams out west, in the prestigious Rose Cup Tournament. Each team will play three (3) pool play games on Saturday, with the third game of the day against each other.

That head-to-head matchup will be at 4:30pm, west coast time, with bragging rights to California and ISC II rankings at stake. The Lumberkings will have a tougher road to hoe in the pool play portion of the tournament, facing the top ranked team in the tournament, ISC World # 3 ranked Broken Bow Gremlins earlier in the day.

The top 4 teams from each of the 7 team pools will advance to single elimination championship bracket play on Sunday. Two of the top 10 teams in the ISC World rankings are also in Pool B with the Lumberkings and A-1 Taylor Farm, # 3 Broken Bow and # 9 Vancouver Grey Sox.
Two other ISC World ranked teams are in the tournament, the # 7 ranked So Cal Bombers, and the # 15 ranked host, Portland DeMarini. Portland figures to move up in the next set of rankings after a third place finish at Red Rock, and taking 3 of 4 games against # 9 Vancouver in Vancouver recently.

A number of top USA players will be MIA in Portland, due to the World Cup tournament this week and weekend in Prague, Czech Republic, including Nate Devine of the Bombers and Tim Hunt of the Lumberkings. Others, such as pitchers USA pitchers Sonny Perkins, Travis Price and Terry Luster have usually surfaced at Rose Cup, but will not be able to play this year. Though Price is now with Minnesota for ISC World play in 2007, he grew up not far from Portland, in Victoria, B.C.

The Lumberkings jumped to # 4 recently, and are the highest ranked USA team, behind three Ontario area teams, the Niagara Snappers, the Elora Brewers, and the Elmira Cubs. The Lumberkings played in their first ISC II Tournament of Champions last summer, as the first-ever team from California. The Lumberkings did well for their first time out, making the playoff round of 24, and advancing to the Round of 12, before falling 2-1 in extra innings to a then unbeaten Kitchener Outlaw team. A-1/Taylor Farms has not played at the ISC II level yet, but took the best of two solid California teams, A-1 Tank and Taylor Farms from last year, and have played well as such highly regarded tournaments as Red Rock in St. George, Utah. A-1/Taylor Farms rose to the #25 ranking in the June 15 ISC II rankings.

SATURDAY JUNE 23, 2007 SCHEDULE:

Pool A

SoCal Bombers
Portland DeMarini
C-9 (Victoria)
Larry Miller Hogs (UT)
Romie Angels (CA)
Team Yakima (WA)
AA Riteway (OR)

Pool B

Broken Bow Gremlins (NY)
Vancouver Grey Sox (BC)
CR/Adidas (OR)
California LumberKings
A-1/Taylor (CA)

Mock Ford (OR)
Cleon’s Auto (WA)

Schedule of Games for the California Lumberings, of Bakersfield & A-1/Taylor Farms, of Salinas, CA

08:30am Mock Ford vs. A-1/Taylor M&W Field
10:30am Broken Bow Gremlins vs. California LumberKings GI Joes Field
12:30pm A-1/Taylor vs. CR Adidas Budweiser Field
12:30pm Mock Ford vs. California LumberKings M&W Field
4:30pm A-1/Taylor vs. California LumberKings M&W Field

The feature game on Saturday figures to be two top 10 ISC World teams, the # 7 ranked So Cal Bombers vs. the # 3 ranked Broken Bow Gremlins, starting at 6:30pm West Coast time.

Scores available at: fastpitchwest.com Saturday and Sunday

2007 ToC Umpires announced

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Umpires selected for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions

Joel Balberman – Brantford, ON
Steve Bedard – Port Hope, ON
Roger Cheyne – Forest Lake, MN
Michael D’Abreu – Brampton, ON
Jordan Hearn – Hagersville, ON
Adam Hook – Barrie, ON
Garry Kipfer – Angus, ON
Chris Lamer – Belleville, ON
Billy Norton – Sault Ste Marie, MI
Lloyd Poirier – Lower Sackville, NS
Trevor Topping – Kitchener, ON
Tim Whitelaw – Kitchener, ON

Canada East ISC II Qualifiers this weekend

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007


The Canada East ISC II Qualifiers go this weekend in Innerkip and Sydenham, Ontario. A total of 31 teams from across Ontario and Quebec will be on hand. The top two teams in each tournament will earn berths to the ToC with additional invites very likely to be issued.

The first game schedules for all teams are as follows.

Innerkip:
Game 1 #34 Shakespeare vs Ingersoll Friday 7 pm Drumbo 1
Game 2 Jarvis vs Linwood Friday 7 pm Drumbo 2
Game 3 Hickson vs Ohsweken Friday 7 pm Innerkip 2
Game 8 Bucktown vs #2 Elora Friday 7 pm Innerkip 1
Game 4 #2 Elmira vs Owen Sound Friday 9 pm Innerkip 2
Game 5 #28 Wyevale vs #28 Hamilton Friday 9 pm Drumbo 2
Game 6 Rockwood vs #15 Harriston Friday 9 pm Drumbo 1
Game 7 #12 Port Elgin vs Innerkip Friday 9 pm Innerkip 1
Game 9 #22 Mitchell vs winner Gm 1 Saturday 9 am Innerkip 1
Game 10 #23 Alvinston vs winner Gm 2 Saturday 9 am Innerkip 2
Game 11 #16 Glencoe vs winner Gm 3 Saturday 9 am Drumbo 1

Games continue every two hours at Innerkip & Drumbo on Saturday with all games in Innerkip on Sunday. The championship game is scheduled for 3 pm with the “if” game at 5 pm.

Sydenham:
Game 1 Enterprise vs #34 Carp Friday 7 pm Diamond 1
Game 4 Blackburn vs Ottawa Valley Friday 7 pm Diamond 2
Game 2 Fitzroy Harbour vs #27 Scarborough Friday 9 pm Diamond 2
Game 3 #31 Kingston vs Northern Explorers Friday 9 pm Diamond 1
Game 5 #9 Ottawa Team Easton vs winner Gm 1 Saturday 9 am Diamond 1
Game 8 #24 Waterdown vs winner Gm 4 Saturday 9 am Diamond 2
Game 6 Quyon vs winner Gm 2 Saturday 11 am Diamond 2
Game 7 Donnacona vs winner Gm 3 Saturday 11 am Diamond 1

Games continue every two hours on Saturday and start again at 9 am on Sunday. The championship game is scheduled for 3 pm with the “if” game at 5 pm.