From Brett Baughman via Al Doran
This is just a reminder for all fans in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinoisthat Walcott Iowa will be hosting the 2006 Iowa Area ISC Tournament. Walcott is located just off I-80 near Davenport, you cant miss it just take the exit of the worlds largest truck stop. There will be 6 gamesFriday night starting at 6:30pm, 8 Games Saturday starting at 2pm and 7games on Sunday starting at 1pm. The defending champion Quad City Sox will be taking the field for the first time at 3:45 pm on Saturday. This tournament is one of the best played in the country each year, this year we have 18 teams competing for that all important berth to the ISC World Tournament and ISC II Tournament of Champions in Kitchener, Ontario.
I will bring you all the updates on sunday night and preview the upcoming action on Wed June 21st and Friday the 23rd before Championship Saturday on the 24th. Come downand spend a day, bring the family and make sure you enjoy a world famouspork chop sandwich. It’s a great chance to spend a cheap day with thefamily and what more could a Dad want on fathers day than to spend agreat day watching some great men’s fastpitch softball.
The teams in this year’s tournament are as follows plus the pairings for Friday and Saturday:
Barnes City Softball, Barn City Iowa
Quad City Sox, Davenport Iowa (Defending champion and 8th place in the2005 World Tournament)
Hammerheads, Dubuque Iowa
Reasnor RPM’s, Reasnor Iowa (Runner up last year and have played in theISC II Tournment of champions since the tournament was established in2002)
Thomson Area Merchants, Thomson IL (ranked #26 in the June 15 ISC II rankings)
Quad City Door, Durant IA
Walcott Merchants, Walcott IA
Play it Again Sports, Bettendorf IA
Aces, Biggsville IL
Slaby’s Bar and Grill, Planview IA
Grumpy’s Bar, Ackley IA
Kelly Mechanical Inc, Davenport IA
Coldwell Banker/Feye Brothers Realty, Cedar Rapids IA
Bi-State Office Furniture, Davenport IA
Quad City Junior Sox, Walcott IA (Will be playing in the 23 and undertournament in Walcott in a few weeks)
Quad City Titans, Bettendorf IA
Tauber Construction, Dubuque IA
T-Bone Bombers, Davenport IA
Friday Nights Games:
6:30pm
Game 1 – T-Bone Bombers vs Slaby’s Bar and Grill
Game 2 – Quad City Junior Sox vs Kelly Mechanical
7:45pm
Game 3 – Bi State Furniture vs Thompson IL
Game 4 – Aces vs QC Door
9:00pm
Game 5 – Tauber vs QC Titans
Game 6 – Feye Bros vs Walcott Merchants
Saturday Games
2:00pm
Game 7 – Play it Again Sports vs Reasnor RPM’s
2:30pm
Game 8 – Hammerheads vs Grumpys Bar
3:45pm
Game 9 – Quad City Sox vs Winner of game 1
4:15pm
Game 10 – Barnes City vs Winner of game 2
5:30 pm
Game 11 – Loser 2 vs Loser 3
6:00pm
Game 12 – Loser 1 vs Loser 7
7:15pm
Game 13 – Loser 5 vs Loser 9
7:45pm
Game 14 – Loser 6 vs Loser 10