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Two Friday games played at Kelso Klassic

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Despite some torrential rains in the area, they managed to play two games Friday night at the Kelso Klassic in Kelso, Missouri.

Saturday’s schedule starts on field 1 with the regular schedule while field 2 will be at least 1 1/2hours behind Field 1 when the first round games there are complete.

The highest finishing ISC II team will receive a berth in the 2008 ISC II Tournament of Champions.

Friday night
So. Illinois Pirates 9, Kelso 1
WP-Les Wood and Rich Tillitt
LP-Tom Jansen
Pirates roster includes the Bryan’s from St. Louis, Brad Johnson and Boomer Brush, to name a few….

Lee’s Sports (Radom) 6, Kelso Jamco 3
WP-John Kiselewski
LP-Jeff Schott

Saturday and Sunday schedule
Game 3-#23 Memphis, Tn. (The Posse) vs. Belleville, Il. (Belleville
Stallions), F-2
Game 6-Memphis, Tn. (Memphis Dawgs) vs. Altamont, Il. (Altamont Home
Center), F-2
Game 2-Tulsa, Ok. (Oklahoma Chiefs) vs. Nokomis, Il. (Bud Light),
8:30 a.m., F-1
Game 5-#21 Hermann, Mo. (Black and Gold) vs. Springfield, Il. (Franny’s
Ole Irish Pub), 8:30 a.m., F-2
Game 9-Winner game 3 vs. Vandalia, Il. (Guaranteed Air Freight), 10
a.m., F-1
Game 10-Winner game 6 vs. #31 Mascoutah, Il. (Pete’s Blues), 10 a.m., F-2
Game 7-Winner game 1 vs. Winner game 2, 11:30 a.m., F-1
Game 8-Winner game 4 vs. Winner game 5, 11:30 a.m., F-2
Game 11-Loser game 4 vs. Loser game 10, 1 p.m., F-1
Game 12-Loser game 2 vs. Loser game 3, 1 p.m., F-2
Game 13-Loser game 1 vs. Loser game 9, 2:30, F-1
Game 14-Loser game 5 vs. Loser game 8, 2:30 p.m., F-2
Game 15-Loser game 11 vs. Loser game 12, 4 p.m., F-2
Game 16-Winner game 11 vs. Winner game 12, 4 p.m., F-1
Game 17-Loser game 13 vs. Loser game 14, 6 p.m., F-2
Game 18-Winner game 7 vs. Winner game 9, 6 p.m. F-1
Game 19-Winner game 8 vs. Winner game 10, 7:30 p.m., F-1
Game 20-Winner game 13 vs. Winner game 14, 7:30 p.m., F-2
Game 21-Winner game 15 vs. Loser game 7, 9 p.m., F-2
Game 22-Winner game 17 vs. Loser game 8, 9 p.m., F-1

Sunday, June 14
Game 23-Winner game 21 vs. Winner game 22, 9 a.m., F-1
Game 24-Winner game 16 vs. Winner game 20, 9 a.m., F-2
Game 25-Winner game 23 vs. Loser game 19, 10:30 a.m., F-1
Game 26-Winner game 24 vs. Loser game 18, 10:30 a.m., F-2
Game 27-Winner game 25 vs. Winner game 26, noon, F-2
Game 28-Winner game 18 vs. Winner game 19, noon, F-1
Game 29-Loser game 28 vs. Winner game 27, 1:30 p.m., F-1
Game 30-Winner game 28 vs. Winner game 29, 3 p.m., F-1
Game 31-Winner game 30 vs. Loser game 30, 4:30, F-1 (if needed)

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Two US East Qualifiers this weekend

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Two US East qualifiers go this coming weekend (June 13-15) with a total of three 2008 ISC II ToC berths available to be won.

Watch The Deuce as well as Al’s Fastball for updates.

#6 Oswego, NY CPI will be looking to wrap up one of the two berths available in their home tournament, but will face some stiff competition from #4 Perkasie, PA Hoffman Rise, #7 Waterdown, ON Hammer, #9 Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder, #20 Ephrata, PA Pennsylvania Power, #22 Glencoe, ON Astros, unranked Carp, ON I4C Victory and unranked Dunkirk, NY Falcons.

For the schedule, click here.

Heading the field in Midland, Michigan is #3 New York Knights. After knocking off the defending champions TNT on Memorial Day in Linden, NJ, the Knights will be looking to secure a berth to the ToC. Also in the hunt will be #29 Grand Rapids, MI Priority Mortgage along with unranked Duncan, IN Outlaws, Bay City, MI Twisters, DC Current (IN) and Ludington, MI Kelder’s.

For the full schedule, click here.

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Video Webcast from Kelso Klassic – Friday Night 8pm EDT

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

The Kelso Klassic is in it’s 24th year and, for the first time, has been designated as an ISC II qualifier. Teams on hand include #21 Black Gold, #23 Memphis Posse, #31 Pete’s Blues and n/r Radom Falcons among others.

For the full schedule, click here.

From Jeffrey Profitt on the Illinois Forum.

KFVS-12, a CBS television station in Cape Girardeau, Mo. will webcast the first game of the Kelso Klassic this Friday night. Live. Kelso Fastpitch vs. Southern Illinois Pirates.

The webcast can be found on www.kfvs12.com by clicking on to sports and then webcast. The entire game will be shown and then archived.

Kudos to Rick Heuring and the folks hooked in with the Klassic for convincing KFVS to offer this webcast. This is a potentially great thing for the tournament and fastpitch in general. The station, depending on how things go this time around, is considering web casting even more games in 2008. Obviously a lot of hits on the site- and a good crowd- will do nothing but help. Fastpitch promotion is the responsibility of all who love the game. Now is a great chance to step forward and help the cause !!

Here is the official press release:

KELSO KLASSIC
KFVS12 WebCast to Present Fast Pitch Softball

Posted: June 11, 2008 10:12 AM

KFVS12 WebCast To Present Kelso Klassic Softball

Kelso Fastpitch vs. Southern Illinois Pirates

(Cape Girardeau) The KFVS12.com WebCast is scheduled to present the opening game in the 24th annual Kelso Klassic fast pitch softball tournament this Friday night. The game features the host team Kelso Fastpitch against the Southern Illinois Pirates from Royalton, Illinois. Coverage will begin at approximately 8:00 p.m. from the Kelso, Missouri softball fields.

The multi-camera WebCast will be presented live at KFVS12.com, and then archived on the web site for users to watch at their convenience. Both the live presentation and the archived version will be available free of charge.

Randy Ray, former long time Sports Director for KFVS12 will do play by play for the WebCast.

“We know the Kelso Klassic has become one of the most respected and anticipated tournaments throughout the Midwest,” said Paul Keener, Director of Marketing for KFVS12. “When they approached us about WebCasting some of the action we jumped at the chance. We’re thrilled that we were able to work it out.”

According to Keener, WebCasting the opening tournament game will “test the waters” for possibly featuring more of the action next year.

“We hope the WebCast will focus attention on the entire tournament and the sport in general. We intend to use our WebCast on Friday night to promote the rest of the games throughout the weekend,” continued Keener.

The exclusive sponsor of this WebCast is Kluesner Concreters from Kelso. Internet service is provided by Charter Communications.

Since the KFVS12.com WebCast premiered last Fall, the on-line video presentation has featured more than 50 regional events including many local high school football and basketball games.

In an exclusive agreement between Turner Sports and Raycom Media, Inc., parent company of KFVS12, the station will stream full coverage, multi-camera events live at www.kfvs12.com. The content will also be archived for on-demand viewing following the end of event coverage. All WebCast content will be available free of charge.

The Kelso Klassic was founded in 1985 as an invitational tournament. Over the years, the tournament has drawn teams from all over the Midwest including Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and a touring New Zealand National team. This year the tournament was approached by the International Softball Congress to make it an official qualifying event for the Men’s World Tournament, the most prestigious event in men’s fast pitch softball.

Keener says that, while the production won’t be as fancy as network on-air quality, the KFVS12.com WebCast will be clean and basic, and available free to the entire world.

“This is a great opportunity for out of town friends, family, and fans to see events that they never would before,” continued Keener. “And we think the players, coaches, and family members will enjoy watching on-demand when it’s convenient for them.

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#28 Sioux Falls Sox qualify for ToC

Monday, June 9th, 2008

The #28th Ranked ISCII Sioux Falls Sox men’s Fastpitch team competed in the Fred Huntimer Invite inSioux Falls, SD over the weekend. The Sox took home the championshipwith a perfect 4-0 record.

Game 1
Sox -6
Magic City A’s-1

Game 2
Sox-5
Kegal Black Knights-0

Game 3
Sox-1
Crow Bar-0

Championship
Sox-6
Crow Bar-3

Sioux Falls Sox qualify for the 2008 ISC II Tournament of Champions.

Other teams competingin the tourney were A and L Farms, Cerro Gordo, Fischer Group, Odin, Mn, and ArchitecturalMillwork A’s. The Sox have this weekend off, then traveling to the EauClaire Classic.

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Kelso Klassic Tournament Schedule

Monday, June 9th, 2008

#21 Hermann, MO Black Gold headlines the 24th Annual Kelso Klassic Invitational field in fight for berth in to 2008 ISC II ToC.

Kelso City Park, Kelso, Mo.
F-1: Main Diamond
F-2: Baseball Diamond

Friday, June 13
Game 1- Kelso, Mo. Fastpitch vs. Royalton, Il. (Southern Illinois
Pirates), 8 p.m. F-1
Game 3-#23 Memphis, Tn. (The Posse) vs. Belleville, Il. (Belleville
Stallions), 8 p.m., F-2
Game 4-Kelso, Mo. (Jamco Transportation) vs. Radom, Il. (Lee’s Sports Falcons), 9:30 p.m., F-1
Game 6-Memphis, Tn. (Memphis Dawgs) vs. Altamont, Il. (Altamont Home
Center), 9:30 p.m., F-2

Saturday, June 14
Game 2-Tulsa, Ok. (Oklahoma Chiefs) vs. Nokomis, Il. (Bud Light),
8:30 a.m., F-1
Game 5-#21 Hermann, Mo. (Black and Gold) vs. Springfield, Il. (Franny’s
Ole Irish Pub), 8:30 a.m., F-2
Game 9-Winner game 3 vs. Vandalia, Il. (Guaranteed Air Freight), 10
a.m., F-1
Game 10-Winner game 6 vs. #31 Mascoutah, Il. (Pete’s Blues), 10 a.m., F-2
Game 7-Winner game 1 vs. Winner game 2, 11:30 a.m., F-1
Game 8-Winner game 4 vs. Winner game 5, 11:30 a.m., F-2
Game 11-Loser game 4 vs. Loser game 10, 1 p.m., F-1
Game 12-Loser game 2 vs. Loser game 3, 1 p.m., F-2
Game 13-Loser game 1 vs. Loser game 9, 2:30, F-1
Game 14-Loser game 5 vs. Loser game 8, 2:30 p.m., F-2
Game 15-Loser game 11 vs. Loser game 12, 4 p.m., F-2
Game 16-Winner game 11 vs. Winner game 12, 4 p.m., F-1
Game 17-Loser game 13 vs. Loser game 14, 6 p.m., F-2
Game 18-Winner game 7 vs. Winner game 9, 6 p.m. F-1
Game 19-Winner game 8 vs. Winner game 10, 7:30 p.m., F-1
Game 20-Winner game 13 vs. Winner game 14, 7:30 p.m., F-2
Game 21-Winner game 15 vs. Loser game 7, 9 p.m., F-2
Game 22-Winner game 17 vs. Loser game 8, 9 p.m., F-1

Sunday, June 14
Game 23-Winner game 21 vs. Winner game 22, 9 a.m., F-1
Game 24-Winner game 16 vs. Winner game 20, 9 a.m., F-2
Game 25-Winner game 23 vs. Loser game 19, 10:30 a.m., F-1
Game 26-Winner game 24 vs. Loser game 18, 10:30 a.m., F-2
Game 27-Winner game 25 vs. Winner game 26, noon, F-2
Game 28-Winner game 18 vs. Winner game 19, noon, F-1
Game 29-Loser game 28 vs. Winner game 27, 1:30 p.m., F-1
Game 30-Winner game 28 vs. Winner game 29, 3 p.m., F-1
Game 31-Winner game 30 vs. Loser game 30, 4:30, F-1 (if needed)

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#8 Keating’s Fitness reach finals in Virginia

Monday, June 9th, 2008

via Al’s Fastball – The Peninsula Merchants rallied from an early 6-0 deficit to defeat ISC II #8 Keatings Fitness Center 11-10 for the 2008 Virginia Classic Men’s Fastpitch softball title on Sunday at Francis Asbury School in Hampton.

Keatings jumped out early leading 6-0 after three innings before the Merchants answered with five runs in the fourth sparked by a two-run double from Brian Harrison followed by a two-run home run from Zach Warne. In the fifth the Merchants matched that with another five runs paced by a two-run home run from tournament MVP Dave Catlin.

The visitors from Wilkes-Barre, Pa. cut the deficit to 10-9 with one run in the fifth and two in the sixth before a RBI single from Catlin gave the Merchants a 11-9 lead after six innings. Keatings scored one in the seventh but no more as the Merchants take the Virginia Classic title for the second straight season.

Catlin paced a 15-hit attack for the Merchants going 2-5 with four RBIs, a triple and a two-run home run. Zach Warne was 3-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBIs and a two-run home run in the fourth.

The Merchants (6-2-2) now will travel to Lancaster, Pa.. for the next Mid Atlantic Fastpitch Softball Travel League weekend in two weeks.

PENINSULA MERCHANTS 11, KEATINGS 10
Keatings 105 012 1 — 10 9 3
P.Merch 000 551 x — 11 15 4
WP: Hillhouse; LP: Tummins. Standouts: Keatings, Moyer 2-4 (2RBIs), Smith 3-4 (2 runs, solo home run in the seventh), Thomas 2-4 (double); Peninsula, Catlin, 2-5 (4RBIs, triple, 2-run home run in fifth, tournament MVP); L. Hineline 2-4, Rozich 2-4 (double), T. Smith 1-3 (2 runs, solo home run in fifth), Harrison 2-4 (2 runs, 2RBIs, 2-run double), Warne 3-4 (2 runs, 2RBIs, 2-run home run in fourth), Chase 2-4 (2 runs, double, RBI).

VIRGINIA CLASSIC –
June 7 Schedule
Game 1: Keatings 9, GP Gwaltney (Suffolk, Va.) 7
Game 2: Peninsula Merchants 3, Chapel Hill Warriors 3
Game 3: Keatings 9, Big Cove 0
Game 4: GP Gwaltney 2, Chapel Hill Warriors 1
Game 5: Peninsula Merchants 12, Big Cove 0
Game 6: GP Gwaltney 13, Big Cove 1
Game 7: Peninsula Merchants 10, GP Gwaltney 3
Game 8: Keatings 3, Peninsula Merchants 3
Game 9: Chapel Hill Warriors 7, Keatings 1
June 8
Game 10: Chapel Hill Warriors 3, Big Cove 0 (forfeit)
Single Elimination
Game 11: 11 am – Keatings 9, Chapel Hill Warriors 0
Championship
Game 12: Peninsula Merchants 11, Keatings 10

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#12 Kitchener Outlaws win Mitchell Tournament

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Sunday scores courtesy Jeff Pauli, Mitchell Mets

Quarterfinals
#12 Kitchener Outlaws 3 #41 Mitchell Mets 2
#22 Glencoe Astros 8 Breslau Badgers 4
Fingal Jrs. 5 Ingersoll 3
#24 Harriston Mercury’s 3 Monkton 2

Semi Finals
Kitchener Outlaws beat Glencoe
Harriston beat Fingal Jrs.

Final
Kitchener Outlaws beat Harriston

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ISC II Coverage on The Deuce & Morning Brief

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Check out the full post below for complete, wall-to-wall coverage courtesy of Al Doran from the Snapper Shootout, featuring many top-ranked ISC II teams. And, see our brother blog, Morning Brief, for complete coverage of the Best of the West tournament from Santa Barbara, California, where two more berths were going to be earned into the 2008 ISC II Tournament of Champions.

For the full list of teams in the 2008 ToC, see this link.

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Al Doran Live at the Snapper Shootout

Friday, June 6th, 2008

UPDATED 6:45 PM eastern – see below!

Congratulations to the California Lumberkings on their 3-1 win over Palermop Athletics to win the 2008 Snapper Shootout.

See all the game details below courtesy of Al Doran.

Al Doran is at the Snapper Shootout, posting scores and updates via his blackberry.

If you’re not on his email list, you can find the posts on this page.

And if you’re not on his list, maybe you should be ! 🙂 To be added, email him at fastball (at) pmihrm.com . Be sure to put the words “Please subscribe me” on the subject line, and include your full name in the email. (I’m not sure he can add you this weekend, since he’s at the ballpark, but at least you’ll be on it for next time).

Keep reading for all of the scores and game summaries.
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Lumberkings split with Snappers & GHFL in Melissa fundraiser

Friday, June 6th, 2008


I’m on the road today meeting with the ISC II host committee in Appleton, Wisconsin and will be touring Memorial Park, site of the 2008 ISC II Tournament of Champions tomorrow morning.

Dan Bernard, who did so much to make this event the absolute success that it was, has provided a terrific synopsis of the night below.

I can add the following:
Game 1
Niagara Snappers 3 California Lumberkings 0
WP: Jamie Simpson 3 IP, Tom Berube 2IP, Byron Demoe 1IP, Mike Bateman 1IP
LP: Dave Drotzmann 5IP, Jeff Kawaguchi 1IP
Kevin Newhouse had a single and double and was the Game MVP.

Game 2
Lumberkings 4 GHFL All-Stars 2
WP: Jeff Kawaguchi 3IP in relief of Mike Egerdeen 4IP
LP: Dan Duemo 2IP, in relief of Scott Wagar 3IP and Jeff Wilson 2IP
Lumberkings HRs by Brian Teeters (solo) and Gerry Kennedy (3-run shot in T7 to break a 1-1 tie)
GHFL RBIs to Scott Wagar and Rob Greatrix.

Thanks to Dan Bernard, Jay Paylove, Dave Weldin, Brian Teeters, Will Lake, Herb Beckman, Kyle Smith, Jim Flanagan, Storm’s Deli, the Niagara Falls umpires, and the Snappers, Lumberkings and GHFL players who made the night so successful. (And thanks to everyone who tuned in on Ballpark Radio and sent us emails.)

We raised a significant amount of money for Melissa and Tommy to continue her treatments in Venezuela and put on two highly entertaining fastball games for about 300 people.

Watch for photos to appear on www.ghfl.ca and www.niagarasnappers.com in the near future.

Cheers,

Blair

A quick recap of the Melissa Brideau Fastball Fundraiser at Lancaster park last night in St. Catharines. With over 300 people on hand, the Niagara Snappers beat the California Lumberkings 3-0 in game #1 with the Lumberkings storming back to take game #2 against the GHFL All Stars 4-2.

MVP for game #1 was Kevin Newhouse of the Niagara Snappers, with Gerry Kennedy of the California Lumberkings taking MVP of game #2.

What a great night of ball, the rains held off, a huge crowd on hand to watch, Storm’s Deli was serving up some great food, a lot of money raised for a great cause and we managed to get both games on Ball Park Radio with Kyle Smith coming down to lend a hand.

A really special thanks to the California Lumberkings who went above and beyond what was expected of them. To say this team is a class act is an understatement. Very, very solid individuals that really made a difference last night.

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#34 Springfield Brandt’s recap

Friday, June 6th, 2008

via Al’s Fastball

After taking Memorial Day weekend off, Brandt’s (Springfield, IL) was back in action on May 31-June 1 in the Springfield Franny’s Invitational, which also
doubles as the NAFA Southern Illinois State Tournament. As the defending champions of the event, they were looking to continue their hot start and get
more players on the field. With heavy rain and storms on Friday night, all of
the Saturday games were pushed back and the format was changed to 3 pools of 3 which would seed into a single elimination tournament beginning on Saturday night. The pools were only relevant for seeding on Sunday.

After their two pool games on Saturday, Brandt’s entered into a single elimination tournament on Saturday night against the host team Springfield
Franny’s, who featured Brandt’s ISC II pitcher Mike Reis. Brandt’s was able to get the win 7-3 and advance to Sunday for the final four of the event. Brandt’s
hurler Brad Sturdy chucked all 21 innings on Saturday, but would get some help on Sunday.

On Sunday morning, the semifinal matchups were set, as Pete’s Blues would take on Cerro Gordo and Brandt’s would take on the Belleville Stallions. The Stallions have had a strong year so far, already winning the Teutopolis Memorial Day Tourney and beating some of the top teams in Illinois. Mark Brayfield would see his first action of the year for Brandt’s, throwing 4
1/3 solid innings before yielding to Sturdy. Brandt’s would hold on for the 7-6 win and advance to the championship game. Brandt’s star hitter Tim Hopkins saw his first action of the season as well, and was a welcome addition to the lineup. Cerro Gordo would defeat Pete’s in the other semifinal game.
In the title game, Cerro Gordo pitcher Brent Stevenson and Sturdy would hook up in a classic pitcher’s duel. Brandt’s led 2-0 before the Broncos tied it with 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning, and it would remain tied until the bottom of the 11th inning, when things got strange. Brandt’s lost two players prior to the championship game due to travel concerns, and had used their bench up during the game. After losing a player in the last inning they would be down to 8 and had to forfeit the title game to Cerro Gordo in the 11th inning.
Stevenson won 4 games in the tournament and earned the Most Valuable Pitcher Award, while Larry Moffett won the Most Valuable Player Award for Cerro Gordo, who finished the tournament 5-0 to take the title.

brad sturdy
sturdy32@yahoo.com

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ASB-Villard in Baldwin, Wisconsin

Friday, June 6th, 2008

via Al’s Fastball

The #30 Ranked ISC II ASB-Villard men’s fastpitch teamtraveled to Baldwin Wisconsin to compete in the Village Inn tournament. ASB took home the championship with a perfect 4-0 record over the weekend. Our season record is 10-?.

Saturday May 31st
ASB-Villard 6
Rep and Baja 2

ASB-Villard 5
Jordan Realty 3

Sunday June 1
ASB-Villard 16
Rice Lake 0

Championship game

ASB-Villard 10
Pate Bonding, 2

ASB-Villard’s next tournament will be in Rice Lake June13-14th.

Manager
Dave Dziengel
651-295-0418
dave.dziengel@mail.evw.k12.mn.us.edu
www.villard.minnesotafastpitch.com

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