Archive for July, 2008

Rich Haldane pitching for Britain at Euro Championships

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Rich Haldane, who pitched for Perkasie, PA Hoffman Rise in the 2007 ToC, is pitching for Great Britain in the 2008 Euro Championships. Britain is looking to qualify for the 2009 ISF World Championship in Saskatoon next July.

Photos can be found here.

Drama in the Game between the Netherlands and Great Britain
Af: Caroline Damsbo Holme

Even though the Netherlands were favorites in the game against Great Britain, the underdogs from overseas came out as the winners in the end with a score of 7-5. The game was tight throughout the seven long innings and the whole event lasted more than three hours – that is three hours full of great entertainment!

With actual fights, illegal pitches, hit by pitch and intentional walks, the game between Great Britain and the Netherlands provided the growing number of spectators with great entertainment. Especially British pitcher Richard Haldane claimed a lot of the attention, when he threw three illegal pitches, after he had already had several talks with the umpires in the first innings about his pitching style.

Best batter for Great Britain was probably James Chalmers who had two great hits before he was intentionally walked twice. The Netherlands had quite a few good hits; among these was one by Joost Droog and one by Enrique Javier who hit the ball out in right field in the 2nd inning. Still it wasn’t enough, and the Dutch suffered their first defeat against the Brits in a very long time.

Great Britain Left Little Room for the Belgian Team when they Met in their First Game
Af: Nana Rasmussen

Great Britain won 8-0 against Belgium and got off to a good start in this year’s European Championship. Great Britain scored their first 3 runs in the very first inning and steadily kept on going with one run in the fourth inning and two runs in the fifth and sixth innings. With Belgium unable to fight back, Great Britain won the game on mercy rule.

Great Britain did not leave much to chances when they met the Belgian team. Great Britain’s pitcher, Rich Haldane, pitched a good game, and with a well playing field behind him the British team had control over the game all the way through. The game ended in the bottom of the fifth inning with a nice play by 3rd baseman, Neil Davies.

For more on the European Championship, click here.

#3 NY Knights MAFTL recap

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008


The NY Knights went 3-0 in the league play on Saturday, July 26 finishing the MAFTL regular season with a league best 7-1-1 record and earning # 1 seed for the playoff round. In league play the Knights defeated The Rise, TNT and Cornerstone Excavating. We opened the playoff round Saturday night with a win over Cornerstone before losing to Keating’s in the semi’s on Sunday morning. The Knights season record now stands at 22-5-1. Details of the weekend as follows:

League Play
Game 1
Knights 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 – 11 19 2
Rise 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 – 3 10 1
WP – Price 4 IP, 2R, 5 H, 6 K, 1BB
Dyke 3 IP, 1R, 5 H, 4 K, 0BB
LP – Smith 5IP Vogel 2 IP
Knights – Chad McConnell homered twice and John Rozich and Dewey Dyke added one each.

Game 2
TNT 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 – 2 8 0
Knights 0 3 3 1 0 0 x – 7 11 1
WP – Dyke 7 IP, 2R, 8 H, 6 K, 0BB
LP – Bauer 3IP, McClune 4 IP
Knights – Chad McConnell, Dave Simon and Steve Price each had HRs for the Knights. This game was not indicative of the close games we have played all year with TNT as they were resting their ace Jeremy Tracy.

Game 3
Knights 0 4 2 0 1 4 3 – 14 14 1
Cornerstone 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 – 6 10 1
WP – Stewart 6 IP, 6R, 8 H, 9 K, 4BB
Platt 1 IP, 0R, 2 H, 0 K, 0BB
LP -K. Obrehelizer 7IP
Knights – Steve Platt hit 2 HRs and George McConnell added a solo shot for the Knights. Aussie Damien Stewart saw his first action of the year as an injury prevented him from pitching during his season at home. He was able to battle through the rust and pick up the win.

Playoffs
Game 4
Cornerstone 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 – 6 10 2
Knights 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 – 7 10 2
Price 4 IP, 4R, 5H, 6K, 3BB
WP – Dyke 5 IP, 2R, 5H, 10K, 0BB
LP- J. Obrehelizer 10IP
Knights’ 14 straight hours at the fields and our 4th straight game took their toll on the Knights in this one as youth almost prevailed. The young Cornerstone team gave the Knights all we could handle forcing 2 extra frames before we could come away with the victory. Reggie Barrua was a one man show for the Knights in this one going 3-3 with a HR, 3 RBI including the game winner. Barrau also stole home with 2 outs in the bottom of the 7th to force extra innings.

Game 5
Playoffs
Keatings 0 0 2 3 1 3 x – 9 12 1
Knights 0 1 0 0 1 0 x – 2 5 3
WP – Hertzler 4 IP Stokes 3IP
LP – Dyke 4 IP, 5R, 6H, 7 K, 0BB
Stewart 2 IP, 4R, 6H, 0K, 1BB
Knights- The Knights offense couldn’t get much going and Keating’s offense jumped on the Knights pitching staff for 9 runs and 12 hits in a 6 inning run rule shortened game. Dave Simon’s HR was the lone bright spot for the Knights in this game.

The Knights will be back in action Aug 1-3 in Holland Patent, NY for our last tune up before the ISC II TOC.

Gregg Leather
NYSoftball@aol.com
www.leaguelineup.com/NYKnightsFP

Editor’s Note: The NY Knights will be making their ISC II debut at the 2008 ToC and will headline a very tough Pool C that includes Elora, ON Wellington Brewers, Sun Valley, CA Rude Pac and Kenosha, WI Earls Club.

ISC II Roster Deadlines & Ballpark Radio bio page link

Monday, July 28th, 2008


Click logo to visit official ToC page

A reminder to all ISC II teams that your final roster is due Monday August 4 at 6 pm eastern. If you have made any changes to your roster since you last submitted a copy, you need to submit an updated roster to ALL of the following:

blairjs@rogers.com
jrwilliamson@foodfacility.com
rudiereed@aasd.k12.wi.us
jody.lockhart@thedacare.org
hdewild@milwpc.com
tschaaf@kimberly.k12.wi.us

Also, all ISC II players, coaches and managers are encouraged to click on the Player Bio link on the Ballpark Radio home page at www.ballparkradio.com and fill in the form to provide a personalized touch for the broadcasts.

We have 20 webcasts planned from this year’s ToC.

Please provide this link to your players and ask them to take 5 minutes to fill out the form.

Thanks in advance for your help and cooperation on both the rosters and the bios.

Cheers,

Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner

Pete’s Blues win Illinois State Tournament

Monday, July 28th, 2008


Mascoutah, IL Pete’s Blues won the Illinois State ASA Open Tournament on the weekend, coming the long way through the loser’s bracket to finish with a 7-1 record.

Pete’s knocked off perennial state champs Vandalia The Freight in the loser’s bracket final and then twice defeated Cerro Gordo Broncos to claim the title.

Friday, July 25
Game 2- Pete’s Blues 14, Rumours Fastpitch 6

Saturday, July 26
Game 4- Broncos Fastpitch (Cerro Gordo) 3, Pete’s Blues 1
Game 6- Pete’s Blues 12, Franny¹s 7
Game 8- Pete’s Blues 7, Rumours 3

Sunday, July 27
Game 10- Pete’s Blues 4, Lee¹s Sports Falcons 3
Game 11- Pete’s Blues 3, Guaranteed Air Freight 1
Game 12- Pete’s Blues 6, Cerro Gordo 5
Game 13- Pete’s Blues 10, Cerro Gordo 4

Final Order of Finish
1. Pete’s Blues, 7-1
2. Cerro Gordo, 2-2
3. Guaranteed Air Freight, 1-2
4. Lee’s Sports Falcons, 3-2
5. Franny’s & Rumours, 0-3

Pete’s players named to 2008 ASA All-State Team
OF Mack Schmitt
SS Jim Pecoraro
3B Dave Perkins
C Danny Alstat
P Ron Ames
P Jason Iuli
Most Valuble PlayerDave Perkins
Most Valuable PitcherJason Iuli

Pete’s Blues are making their ISC II debut at the 2008 ToC and are in a very tough pool in Pool D with Oswego, NY CPI, Kitchener, ON Outlaws and Salt Lake City, UT Innovative Communications.

Herda & Sons at Farm Invitational

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Waverly, MN Herda & Sons competed at the Farm Invitational/NAFA Open tournament in Madison, WI this past weekend, coming away with a 2-3 record with wins over The Bar of Green Bay and Quad City Sox.

New Image 2 Herda & Sons 0
Kegel Black Knights 5 Herda & Sons 2
Herda & Sons 5 The Bar of Green Bay 2
Herda & Sons 6 Quad City Sox 0
Circle Tap 10 Herda & Sons 0

Herda & Sons will be making their inaugural ISC II appearance at the 2008 ToC in Pool H with Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating’s Fitness, Waterdown, ON Hammer, and Chicago, IL Fastpitch Club.

Palermo Athletics earn berth in 2009 ToC

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Palermo Athletics earned a berth in the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions with a convincing 10-2 win over the Wyevale Tribe in the ISC II final of the Canada East Travel League playoff tournament Sunday afternoon at beautiful Lancaster Park in downtown St. Catharines.

Chris McColl picked up the win over Jason Giffen to earn Palermo a trip to Quad Cities in 2009. It will be Palermo’s fifth consecutive appearance at the ToC, dating back to Chippewa Falls in 2005.

Both teams will be taking part in the 2008 ISC II ToC. Palermo is in tough in Pool E with Ashland, OH Stockpack, Carp, ON I4C Victory and Winterset, IA A’s while Wyevale has the uneviable task of taking on top ranked Bakersfield, CA Taylor Farms LumberKings in Pool A along with Lloydminster, AB Dodgers and Memphis, TN Posse.

Lumberkings drop semi-final in Vancouver

Monday, July 28th, 2008

After going 3-0 in pool play to earn the #1 seed and a bye to the semi-finals of the Vancouver Challenge, the #1 ranked California Taylor Farms Lumberkings dropped a 6-3 decision to the ISC #24 Pueblo Bandits Sunday morning.

Pueblo Bandits 6R 10H 0E
California Lumberkings 3R 3H 1E
WP Max Montero
LP Dave Drotzmann

Hammertime at Cubs Classic

Monday, July 28th, 2008

courtesy Al Doran

Editor’s Note: A big THANK YOU to Dennis Dosman for outstanding reporting all weekend long from Hillside Park in Waterloo.

Waterdown Hammer win the Cubs Classic in Waterloo over the home town Bridgeport Braves 6 to 5.

The Hammer took 9 innings to beat the Braves in the championship final. Tied at 3 after 7 innings, and with Anthony Palmieri, on second with the ITB to start the 8th, he was sacrificed to 3rd by Kyle Davis, and then scored on Paul Barron’s single. Trevor Bownhill singled and Chris Smith scored Barron with his FC hit.

Bridgeport opened the bottom of the 8th with Duanne Gee on second (ITB). He scored on a Dan Harris single. Harris was sacrificed to second byJason Hoch. Right fielder Greg de Belleval then singled, followed by a Sam Forbes RBI single to score Harris. Jodie Schnarr walked and with two away Waterdown’s Tim Neil struck out Terry Eaton.

In the 9th, Dave Brownhill started at 2nd, was sacrificed to 3rd by Matt da Silva, and scored by DP John Kemp’s single. Bridgeport,with Eaton on second went 0 for 3 in the bottom of the 9th and the Hammer won the first Elmira Cubs Classic 6 to 5.

#10 Waterdown Hammer 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 6 10 2
#14 Bridgeport Braves 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 9 1
WP Tim Neill
LP Fred Follings

Waterdown MVP was John Kemp with a HR, 2 singles and 3 RBIs.
Bridgeport MVP was Ross Herold

There were some defensive classics for the Cubs Classic, in the 4thboth Don Harris of Bridgeport and Anthony Palmieri both 3rd basemen,made excellent line drive catches in their halfs of the inning. In the top of the 5th and the top of the 9th, Jodie Schnarr made two spectacular diving catches for the Braves.

Congratulations to the Waterdown Hammer.

Here are the last two games of pool play played at 9 Sunday

Game 19
Elmira Juniors 6, #4 Oswego CPI 1

Elmira Juniors 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 9 1
Oswego CPI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 1
WP Corey Avery
LP Ryan Sharp
Dan Martin of Elmirs Jrs MVP with 2 run home run, and single. BenWideman 2 singles
For CPI Shaun Winship, and Chad Hodkinson two singles each

Game 20
Waterdown 10 Scarborough 1

Scarborough Wolverines Jr. 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1
Waterdown Hammer 0 9 0 1 10 11 0
WP Wayne Wells
LP Andy Skelton
For Scarborough Brandon Horne a 3B and Blake Underwood a HR
For Waterdown, Anthony Palmieri two singles and Chris Smith a singleand a 2B
Game MVP was Waterdowns Chris Smith with 2 RBIs on a 2 for 3 at bat

That closed pool play with Elmira Juniors and Bridgeport Braves in on top of their pools and Oswego and Waterdown meeting along with Scarborough and the Kitchener Outlaws with the winners to face the top seeded teams.

Game 21
#10 Waterdown 5 #4 CPI 0

Oswego CPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Waterdown Hammer 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 5 8 0
WP Tim Neil (no hitter)
LP Jason Smith
John Kemp has 2 singles and 2 RBIs and Kyle Davis a HR for the Hammer, Tim Neill was the MVP on the No Hitter

Game 22
Scarborough Wolverines 8 #13 Kitchener Outlaws 3

Scarborough Jr Wolverines 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 13 2
Kitchener Outlaws 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 10 0
WP Kevin Buckley
LP Mel Ross
Sean Geehan led the Outlaws with 2 HRs and Brad Hackert and Derek Martin each had 2 singles
For the Wolverines, Brandon Horne, Chad Lowey, Antony Paradiso Richard Colin Thome and Ryan Jaynes each had 2 singles,. Blake Underwood was the MVP for Scarborough with his 3 run HR.

Game 23
Waterdown Hammer 8 , Elmira Jrs 1

Waterdown Hammer 3 2 1 1 1 8 12 2
Elmira Juniors 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1
WP Wayne Wells
LP Corey Avery
Waterdowns Tim Coe was game MVP , 2 singles and a 3 run HR…4 totalRBIs
Also for Waterdown Matt DaSilva a 2 run HR and Dave Brownhill a 3B and2 singles

Waterdown in Classic final

Game 24
Bridgeport Braves 9 Scarborough Wolverines 3

Scarborough Juniors 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 0
Bridgeport Braves 4 0 2 1 1 1 x 9 10 1
Rick Johnson was game MVP for Bridgeport with 4 RBI’s Jodie Schnarr hit a lead off HR for Bridgeport in the 1st inning. Rick Johnson followed 4 players later with a 3 RBI HR of his own. Ross Herald has 2singles.

Bridgeport in the finals agaist Waterdown.

Wonderful weather in Waterloo this weekend for a great ball tournament. The 6 teams in the Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin in two weeks got a great tune up, and the two great Junior teams representing Ontario in the Canadian Junior Men’s CASA championships in Owen Sound tested their bats and pitching against some great senior ball clubs and did not disappoint the fans at Hillside

Next Hillside event is the OASA intermediate championship on labour dayweekend.

Enjoy Wisconsin Braves, Cubs, Outlaws, Hammer, Brewers, and CPI,
Enjoy Owen Sound Elmira and Scarborough Juniors

Congratulations Brad Thomson and the Cubs on a great tournament.

Lumberkings 3-0 at Vancouver Challenge

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

The #1 California Taylor Farms Lumberkings finished pool play undefeated at the Vancouver Challenge Saturday, earning a bye into the semi-finals.

Scores as follows:
California 7
Vernon, BC Arrows 2

California 7
Camrose, AB Fury 6

California 3
Portland, OR Demarini 1

The Lumberkings will play the winner of Vancouver South Hill Giants and Pueblo Bandits Sunday at 10 am pacific time.

Click here for more info.

Cubs Classic results for Saturday

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Courtesy Al Doran

Saturday at Hillside Park in Warterloo at the Elmira Cubs ClassicTournament

It is only the first ever Cubs Tournament in Waterloo’s Hillside Park, so it is a bit early to describe it as a Classic, but there were a couple of classic moments here today, including a three pitchers throwing 2 no hitters and a good junior team losing a close one to a good senior team…and a good senior team looking at 4 and 0 against some pretty good opposition

Game 5…
#4 Oswego NY CPI 4 #6 Elmira Cubs 3

Oswego CPI 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 9 0
Elmira Cubs 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 1
WPJason Smith relief of Shawn Winship
LP Casey Halstead
Mike Donavan game MVP 3 hits, and game winning RBI
Lyle Brown single and a double and Ryan Sharp two singles for CPI
For Elmira Grant Baechler single and HR, Travis Hoffstetter single andHR.

Game 6
#14 Bridgeport Braves 3 #10 Waterdown Hammer 2

Waterdown Hammer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0
Bridgeport Braves 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 8 3
WP Todd Winkworth
LP Wayne Wells
Ross Herald Braves, game MVP, bottom of 8th walk off 2 run HR for win Herald 2 for 3
Rich Johnson HR and Single and Jodie Schnarr two singles for Braves

Game 7
#6 Elmira Cubs 13 Ayr Vics 4

Ayr Vics……….2 0 0 1 0 1 x 4 5 0
Elmira Cubs 2 2 0 0 1 8 x 13 10 2
WP Scott Smith
LP Chris Challenger
For the Vics Graham Scott had a 3B and Single
Cubs lead by game MVP Matt Reinhard 2 HR, 2 singles,
Cosey Halstead a PH 3 run home run, Kevin Gutscher a PH 3 run home runand Shawn Detzler 3B and HR.

Game 8
#14 Bridgeport Braves 7 Newmarket Singers 2

Bridgeport Braves……..4 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 14 1
Newmarket Stingers 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 3
WP Greg de Belleval
LP Chris Boyd
Kevin Boyd for Newmarket had a double and a single
Bridgeport”s Sam Forbes was game MVP 2 for 4 2 HP and 3 RBIs, JamieBoyd HR Rick Johnson HR.

Game 9
Elmira Juniors 5 #13 Kitchener Outlaws 4
Game delayed half an hour with one away in the first, lightning, and heavy rain. Fields dried quickly and the 1pm games got underway on both theUpper and Lower diamonds. A good dust settling rain, but it did pour for ten minutes proving the high fields at Hillside can take the rain and clean up quickly.

Elmira Juniors ………..0 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 6 4
Kitchener Outlaws 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 2
WP Adam Snider
LP Sean Geehan
Kitchener’s Kevin Hurley had a 3 run HR and Mel Ross a HR
Elmira Jrs. game MVP Travis Martin a 2 run HR and a single, Ben Wideman2 RBI double, and Dan Martin a RBI sinlgel dn pitched 2 1/3 to relieveWP Snider

Game 10
Scarbourough Jr Wolverines 12 #12 Wellington Brewers 3

Scarborough Jr Wolverines 0 3 1 0 3 5 12 18 0
Wellington (Elora) Brewers 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 6 0
WP Andy Skelton
LP Todd Uhrig

For Brewers Steve Oakes 2Run HR, plus 2 singles
Ryan Jaynes of Scarborough, game MVP, 4 for 4, 3 RBI HR, 2 singles anda 2B
Also Blake Underwood a 2B and a single, Anthony Paridisio 2B and asingle and RBI
Chad Lowey 3 singles and 2 RBI, AndyDavey 2 singles RBI, and JakeTaylor 2 Singles 2RBI

Game 11
#13 Kitchener Outlaws 3 #4 Oswego CPI 1

Oswego CPI……………….0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2
Kitchener Outlaws 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 1
WP Mel Ross
LP Shaun Winship relief of JasonSmith
CPIs Mark McCallum a single and HR
Kitchener;s Mel Ross, had a double and a single, with an RBI and winning pitcher for MVP, Outlaws Brad Hackert had 2 singles.

Game 12
#12 Wellington Brewers 2 #10 Waterdown Hammer 1

Wellington (Elora) Brewers 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 0
Waterdown Hammer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
WP Nick Goetz
LP Tim Neil
MVP, Todd Uhrig, Brewers 2 for 3 with winning RBI

Game 13
#4 Oswego CPI 5 Ayr Vics 3 start 5:00 end 6:20

Ayr Vics 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 1
Oswego CPI 1 2 0 1 1 0 x 5 7 0
WP Shaun Winship
LP Mark VanVliet
For Ayr, Jordan Hastings 2B
For CPI Lyle Brown HR, Mike Sorzickas HR and single
Mark McCallum 2B and single
Shawn Winship 2 hitter, single and an RBI for game MVP

Game 14
#10 Waterdown 5 Newmarket 0

Waterdown Hammer……..0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 9 1
Newmarket Jr Stingers…..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
WP Wayne Wells, with Tim Neil in relief in the 5th, combined for the no-hitter
LP Kevin Boyd
John Kemp for Hammer, 2 2B and a single, Matt de Silva HR 3RBIs
MVP Wayne Wells

Game 15
#6 Elmira Cubs 7 Elmira Jrs 6

Elmira Jr Millwrights……..1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 11 0
Elmira Cubs. 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 7 10 1
WP Casey Halstead in relief of Scott Smith (4th)
LP Dan Martin
For the Juniors Ben Wideman had 4 RBIs, Dan Martin went 8 innings allowing only 1 run til the 7th when the Cubs struck for 4, three from the Kevin Gutcher’s HR, Shawn Detzler tied the game with a solo HR.
The game went to the ITB, the JRs scored with Ben Wideman’s RBI. The Cubs followed with an RBI
single from Graham Beachler, who scored three batters later on a passed ball, winning the game.
MVP Kevin Gutscher with the 3 run RBI to bring the Cubs close in the7th.
This was the game….Juniors should have won Cubs needed to win,

Game 16
#14 Bridgeport Braves 6 Scarborough Wolverines 2

Bridgeport Braves…………1 1 2 1 0 0 1 6 11 0
Scarborough Wolverines 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 1
WP Todd Winkworth (6innings) Greg deBelleval
LP Luke Leahy (Buckley in the 4th)
Game MVP Braves Don Harris 2 singles and HR, Jamie Boyd 2 single and Jodie Schnarr HR.

Game 17
#13 Kitchener Outlaws 2 Ayr Vics 0

Ayr Vics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kitchener Outlaws 0 0 1 0 1 0 x 2 5 0
WP and MVP No Hitter Sean Geehan
Brad Hacker had the winning RBI for the Outlaws

Game 18
#12 Wellington Brewers 10 Newmarket Stingers 0

Wellington Brewers 6 0 2 2 0 10 11 1
Newmarket Stingers 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
WP Todd Uhrig
LP Scott Lennox,
Stuart Boyd Newmarket a triple
for Brewers, Mike Pinder game MVP HR, 2B and 5 RBIs , also Ron Dean single 3B, Ian Gilchrist, 3B and Single

That is the wrap up from Hillside for Saturday nite

Sunday 9 am last two games of pool play, playoffs at 11 and 1, championship at 3

Today, the Juniors almost beat the Srs, there were two no hitters thrown, the Bridgeport Braves are looking good at 4 – 0, the Kitchener Outlaws looking good at 2 – 1, and two Junior teams Elmira andScarborough promise to make the playdowns here and next week in the Canadian Championships in Owen Sound interesting.

Cubs Classic results for Friday nite

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Courtesy Al Doran

Beautiful fastball weather here in KW, and Hillside Park looked green and well kept as the Elmira Cubs Classic opened tonite with 6 ISC II Tournament of Champions qualifiers and two Canadian Junior qualifiers in the field.

Game 1
Start 7:00 end 8:15
#13 Kitchener Outlaws 5
#6 Elmira Cubs 2

Elmira Cubs 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2
Kitchener Outlaws 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 9 0
Casey Halstead LP
Mel Ross WP
Adam Hiller HR for the Cubs
Mike Kelly single and 3 run homer/ 3 RBIs and Jim Culling 2 singles for the Outlaws, Game MVP, Mike Kelly of the Outlaws.
A good battle between two teams both hopeful of good finishes in Wisconsin

Game 2
Start 7pm end 8:25
#14 Bridgeport Braves 4
#12 Wellington Brewers 1

Wellington Brewers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Bridgeport Braves 2 0 0 0 0 2 x 4 4 0
Fred Follings WP
Nick Goetz LP
Brwers: Terry Martin Brewers HR;
Braves: Ross Herald 2 HRs both with a runner on base for 4 RBIs (Game MVP)
Two more teams heading to Wisconsin and using this tournament for a tune up

Game 3
Elmira Millwright Juniors 8
Ayr Vics 1

Ayr Vics 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2
Elmira Juniors 0 0 0 0 5 3 8 10 1
Dwayne Oberle LP
Dan Martin WP
Mark Loebel (Vics) 2 singles
Elmira Nate Bauman triple, Josh Brohman triple and 2 RBIs, Cory Avery 2 RBI HR, Graham McNabb double, single, run scored and RBI, MVP Dan Martin Pitcher

Elmira Juniors showing that they are ready for the Canadian
Championships in Owen Sound starting next Sunday

Game 4 – 5 innings
Scarborough Woverines Jrs 12
Newmarket Stingers 2

Scarborough Wolverines Jr 6 2 0 2 2 12 18 0
Newmarket Stingers Jr 0 0 0 2 x 1 6 0
Kevin Buckley WP
Scott Lennox LP
Scarborough: Brandon Horn 2 doubles one single, AndySkelton 2 run HR in 1st and 2nd inning, total 5 RBIs
Antony Paradiso 2 run HR tio of the 4th, Skelton Game MVP
Wolverines also heading to the Canadian championships next Sunday in Owen Sound showing that they can hit the ball.

Good fan support for these teams, and great food at the pavilion.

Ballpark Radio at the 2008 ISC II ToC

Friday, July 25th, 2008


Ballpark Radio will be webcasting 20 games from the 2008 ISC II Tournament of Champions starting at 10:30 am Sunday August 10 and culminating with the ISC II Championship game Wednesday August 13 at 2:00 pm.

Broadcasters Jim Flanagan, Kyle Smith, Blair Setford, Joe Todd & Bill Hillhouse will be on hand to call the action. Established in 2004, the ISC II streaming audio broadcast program has drawn more than 30,000 listeners for the first four years.

To listen, just click the BALLPARKRADIO logo above, and then the “click to listen” button. Turn on your computer speakers, and you’ll feel like you’re right there in Appleton.

ISC II players, coaches and managers are encouraged to click on the Player Bio link on the Ballpark Radio home page here. (Coming soon.)

2008 Ballpark Radio Schedule
All Game Times are Central Daylight Time (CDT). Adjust for your time zone.
POOL PLAY
Sunday August 10
10:30 AM
#6 Elmira, ON Cubs vs
#9 Perkasie, PA Hoffman Rise

12:30 PM
#8 Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating’s Fitness vs
#10 Waterdown, ON Hammer

2:30 PM
#1 Bakersfield, CA Taylor Farms LumberKings vs
#16 Wyevale, ON Tribe

6:00 PM
#2 South Lebanon, PA TNT vs
#14 Bridgeport, ON Braves

8:00 PM
#22 Hermann, MO Black Gold vs
#28 Appleton, WI The Bar of Appleton II

Monday August 11
10:30 A
#4 Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections vs
#13 Kitchener, ON Outlaws

12:30 PM
#5 Ashland, OH Stockpack vs
#11 Palermo, ON Athletics

2:30 PM
#3 New York City, NY Knights vs
#12 Elora, ON Wellington Brewers

4:30 PM
#7 Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder vs
#15 Sacramento, CA River City Rockers

6:30 PM
#1 Bakersfield, CA Taylor Farms LumberKings vs
#20 Memphis, TN Posse

8:30 PM
#2 South Lebanon, PA TNT vs
#18 Sioux Falls, SD Sox

Tuesday August 12
Playoff Bracket
10:30 AM
First-round game:
D4 vs E3

12:30 PM
Second-round game
Winner Gm 49 vs C2

2:30 PM
Second-round game
Winner Gm 53 vs A2

4:30 PM
Third-round game
Winner Gm 57 vs D1

6:30 PM
Third-round game
Winner Gm 61 vs B1

Wednesday August 13
9:00 AM
Quarter-final game
Winner Gm 65 vs Winner Gm 66

11:30 AM
Semi-final 1
Winner Gm 73 vs Winner Gm 74

Semi-final 2 (alternate channel)
Winner Gm 75 vs Winner Gm 76

2:00 PM
ISC II Championship Game
Winner Gm 77 vs Winner Gm 78