{"id":718,"date":"2007-05-01T09:50:06","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T17:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/?page_id=718"},"modified":"2007-05-08T11:40:34","modified_gmt":"2007-05-08T19:40:34","slug":"07-rankings-preseason","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/?page_id=718","title":{"rendered":"07 Rankings &#8211; Preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 1, 2006<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tavistock, ON Merchants claim #1 spot in 2007 ISC II Preseason Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The defending ISC II Champions Tavistock, ON Merchants will start the year atop the ISC II Rankings. The Merchants were ranked either first or second by eight of the 10 ranking committee members.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of ISC II strikeout king Corey Costello was enough to vault the Niagara, ON Snappers into the number two spot while last year&#8217;s finalist, Palermo, ON Athletics came in at number three.<\/p>\n<p>Elmira, ON Cubs, the 2005 ISC II Champion, and Perkasie, PA Rise, a semi-finalist last year, round out the top five.<\/p>\n<p>More than 40 teams from across North America received at least one vote from the panel.<\/p>\n<p>The preseason top 10 is:<\/p>\n<p>1. Tavistock , ON Merchants<br \/>\n2. Niagara , ON Snappers<br \/>\n3. Palermo , ON Athletics<br \/>\n4. Elmira , ON Cubs<br \/>\n5. Perkasie , PA Rise<br \/>\n6. Oswego , NY Cutro Professional Inspections<br \/>\n7. Wilkes-Barre , PA Keating&#8217;s Fitness<br \/>\n8. Ottawa , ON Team Easton Thunder<br \/>\n9. Bakersfield , CA LumberKings<br \/>\n10. Elora , ON Wellington Brewers<\/p>\n<p>To see the full list, including how each committee member ranked the teams, please see the ISC II section of the ISC website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iscfastpitch.com\">www.iscfastpitch.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rankings will form the basis for seeding teams in the sixth annual ISC II Tournament of Champions which will be played August 14-18 at Budd Park in Kitchener and Kinsmen Park in Cambridge, Ontario. The tournament will feature 35 teams from across North America playing a four-game round robin schedule in seven pools of five teams each. The top three teams from each pool along with three wildcards will advance to a single elimination playoff bracket. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact:<\/p>\n<p>Blair Setford<br \/>\nISC II Commissioner<br \/>\nEmail: blairjs(at)rogers.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007 ISC II Preseason Rankings <\/strong><br \/>\nRank Team<br \/>\n1 Tavistock, ON Merchants<br \/>\n2 Niagara, ON Snappers<br \/>\n3 Palermo, ON Athletics<br \/>\n4 Elmira, ON Cubs<br \/>\n5 Perkasie, PA Rise<br \/>\n6 Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections<br \/>\n7 Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating&#8217;s Fitness<br \/>\n8 Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder<br \/>\n9 Bakersfield, CA Lumberkings<br \/>\n10 Elora, ON Wellington Brewers<br \/>\n11 South Lebanon, PA TNT<br \/>\n12 Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils<br \/>\n13 Kitchener, ON Outlaws<br \/>\n14 Bridgeport, ON Braves<br \/>\n15 Ashland, OH Merchants<br \/>\n16 Harriston, ON Mercury&#8217;s<br \/>\n17 Waterdown, ON Hammer<br \/>\n18 Hermann, MO Black Gold<br \/>\n19 Memphis, TN Posse<br \/>\n20 Alvinston, ON Indians<br \/>\n21 Mitchell, ON Mets<br \/>\n22 Glencoe, ON Astros<br \/>\n23 Marshall, MI Rice Creek Lightning<br \/>\n24 Hamilton, ON Hawks<br \/>\n25 Salinas, CA Taylor Farms<br \/>\n26 Appleton, WI The Bar of Appleton<br \/>\n27 Harrisburg, PA PA Power<br \/>\n28 Frankenmuth, MI Tiffany&#8217;s<br \/>\n29 Monfort, WI New Image<br \/>\n30 Anadarko, OK Super Chiefs<br \/>\n31 Bulyea, SK Rustlers<br \/>\n32 Stouffville, ON Mennos<br \/>\n33 Millington, MI Up-to-Date Painting<br \/>\n34 Toronto, ON Champion Indians<br \/>\n35 Camrose, AB Fury<br \/>\n36 Stockton, CA Italian Athletic Club<br \/>\n37 Yakima, WA JRW Associates<br \/>\n38 Ingersoll, ON Crush<br \/>\n39 Kingston, ON Cowboys<br \/>\n40 Fitzroy Harbour, ON West Carleton Electric<br \/>\n41 Sacramento, CA River City Rockers<br \/>\n42 Grand Prairie, AB Pride<br \/>\n43 Sydney, NS Cardinals <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 1, 2006 Tavistock, ON Merchants claim #1 spot in 2007 ISC II Preseason Rankings The defending ISC II Champions Tavistock, ON Merchants will start the year atop the ISC II Rankings. The Merchants were ranked either first or second by eight of the 10 ranking committee members. The addition of ISC II strikeout king [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":221,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/thedeuce\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}