Courtesy Dan Bernard, Niagara Snappers

Pictures from the Park at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=262948&id=868475614&l=2503b407a5

Friday results from the 6th annual Snapper Shootout, which kicked off this evening with 16 teams competing for over $4000 in prize money with the winning team taking home $2500.

Anyone reading this that is within driving distance should come down for the day to enjoy some of the best fastball action that you will see outside of the ISC WorldTournament and Tournament of Champions.

Withthe temperatures expected to be about 75-80 degrees all weekend, what betterway to spend it then by finding a nice patch of grass, a cold beer and a burgerand watch some fastball. We have cold beer (and lots of it), great food at the concession stand, plenty of seating for the fans, and a live band in thebeer tent on Saturday night.

June ISC II Ratings in brackets. N/R denotes Not Ranked.

HOJO Division
BridgeportBraves (#5)
HamiltonHawks (N/R)
NiagaraFalls Dawgs (N/R)
QuebecTeam Combat (#30)

B&W MOTORSDivision
OhswekenRedmen (#3)
NiagaraSnappers (N/R)
NewmarketJuniors (N/R)
ShakespeareFalcons (#29)

MOLSONS Division
ElmiraExpos (#7)
NapaneeNorth Key Express (N/R)
NYGremlins (#13 ISC)
NiagaraFalls Fury (N/R)

DUFFS Division
AshlandStockpack (#1)
LinwoodChiefs (N/R)
PortElgin Blue Devils (#12)
WyevaleTribe (#28)

Sixgames were played Friday night, with another 18 games scheduled forSaturday. Results are provided below

Friday Results

Game #1
(N/R)Hamilton Hawks 5
(N/R)Niagara Falls Dawgs 2
WP:George Topp
LP:Dan Duemo

Game #2
(#5)Bridgeport Braves 1
(#29)Quebec Team Combat 0
WP:Tood Winkworth in relief of Greg DeBelleval
LP: Frank LeClaire (took a no-hitter into B7)

Game #3
(#7)Elmira Expos 6
(N/R)Niagara Falls Fury 2
WP: Dan Martin
LP: Tom Berube

Game #4
(N/R)Niagara Snappers 4
(#3)Ohsweken Redmen 0
WP:Rob O’Brien (1 hitter)
LP: Darren Zack

Game #5
(#12)Port Elgin Blue Devils 3
(#1)Ashland Stockpack 2
WP: Scott Smith (save Rob Fawcett)
LP: Ty McKinney

Game #6
(#28)Wyevale Tribe 4
(N/R)Linwood Chiefs 0
WP: Jason Giffen (1 hitter)
LP: Kyle Coles

ISC II #12 Waterdown Hammer edged #16 Ohsweken Redmen 2-1 in a 12-inning thriller in the championship game of the Norwich tournament this past weekend. This was the third straight tournament final for Ohsweken while Waterdown successfully defends a title it won last year.

Hammer 4 vs Tavistock Jrs 0
Hammer – Wayne Wells 5 innnings – called due to weather.
Hammer – John Brunton – 3 run HR

Hammer 9 vs Simcoe 0
Hammer – Tim Neil 3 innings, Rod Fevreau 2 inning
Hammer – Kyle Davis Grand Slam
Simcoe – Ryan Gill – 1 inning Willy Wills 4 innings

Semi-final:
Hammer 1 vs Harwood 0
Hammer – Wayne Wells 5 innings – called to due Weather
Harwood – Adam Martin 5 innings

Final:
Hammer 2 vs Oshweken 1
Hammer – Tim Neil – 11 innings, Wayne Wells 1 inning
Hammer – Colin Fraser 2-4, Paul Barron 2-5 RBI, Neil Curtis game winning RBI
Oshweken – Darren Zack 12 innings
Oshweken – Lee Hopkins 1B, 2B and HR

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

Less than week away from the 2009 Snapper Shootout and every thing is set to go,with 16 of the top Junior and ISC II teams in the field, it looks like it willbe a very competitive weekend of fastball. The action gets underway on Friday June 5th with 6 games schedule including The Ohsweken Redmen led by the legend Darren Zack taking onthe host Niagara Snappers at 9pm. Saturday will see 18 games being played, withthe top 8 teams advancing to Sunday’s single elimination round.

Full results will be sent on a daily basis to Al’s Fastball as well as being posted on the GHFL forum (www.ghfl.com/forum) and here at The Deuce. We will also be sending updates throughout the day by blackberry to Al’s Fastball. With Al being in Kitchener that same weekend at the Legend’s tournament, he will be updating his site periodically throughout the day.

Click here for the full Snapper Shootout schedule.

Here’s a quick look at the teams in this year’s field. ISC II pre-season rankings are brackets (N/R denotes NOT RANKED)
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