The Hill United Chiefs will open the 2015 fastball season as the unanimous #1 team as they set out in pursuit of a historic three-peat. The Chiefs prevailed 3-2 with a walk-off win over Kitchener Hallman Twins to close out the 2014 ISC World Tournament. With a shortened season building to the 2015 ISC World Tournament in South Bend, IN, the Chiefs will be the standard by which … [Read more...]
Stockton CA squad knocks off 2014 Champs for Boatnik title
From the Daily Courier, Grants Pass Oregon, courtesy of Maurice Blankenship. Editor's note: Congrats to the KW Pirates, and to the individual award winners, including MVP Garret Borba and MVPitcher Bobby Alvara, along with So Cal's own, Lumar Goss who was named to the all tournament team. Regular readers of Fastpitch West will remember Lumar's remarkable run in 2012, … [Read more...]
Argentina announces their roster for WBSC World Championship and Pan-Am Games
(Cap tip Blair Setford) (Rough Google Translation) "We're going for glory!" Argentina already has the names seek glory in Canada. The National Team coaching staff, headed Julio Gamarci, today announced the list of players who will represent our country in the two major powers of the Men's Softball: Saskatoon World Championship and Pan American Games in Toronto. The list of … [Read more...]
May 15 Deadlines for ISC
A final reminder that there are three very important ISC deadlines on Friday, May 15: All Out-of-Region (OOR) players must provide notice of intent to play to ISC Executive Director Larry Fisher via email at iscfastpitch@gmail.com All teams must arrange to pay OOR fees to Larry Fisher by end of day May 15 Pre-season rosters are due - please download the roster form from the … [Read more...]
Argentine head coach Julio Gamarci expects to name his team for worlds by May 25
Cap tip Blair Setford.From unoentrerios.com.ar Rough Google Translation: Mayor to Argentina Softball Team Cup champion devoted CONPASA the Americas, after beating in the final match to Dominican Republic for 6 runs 2. The national team is guided by the July paranaense Gamarci, which had its first major tournament as coach Mayor of the main national team and was nothing more … [Read more...]
2015 Bartos/Isenhart Tournament Update (Midland MI)
From Bartos/Isenhart tournament director, Kyle Beane: Teams for 2015 Bartos/Isenhart tournament at Emerson Park in Midland. June 12-14. Midland Junior Explorers Twin City Gray Sox Turner Concrete Reese A's Explorers Legends Great Lakes Mariners Still looking for more teams. Message me if you're interested. Thanks, Kyle kbeane8 [at] yahoo.com … [Read more...]
ISC slashes entry fee for ISC U21 Championship
[Findlay, OH] – In an era of rising prices, the International Softball Congress is bucking the trend, announcing that it is cutting entry fees and offering rebates for teams that enter its annual ISC U21 Championship Tournament. Teams submitting an entry prior to July 1, 2015 will pay only $250 for an opportunity to play alongside the best players in the game. Additionally, … [Read more...]