The Defending ISC World Tournament champion Jarvis Travelers will open the season at the top of the ISC rankings as the unanimous #1 pick.
Hard on the heels of Jarvis is the revamped Chicago/New York Fastpitch team, ranked #2 across the board, followed by an improved California A’s team.
Rounding out the top five is Albaugh Inc. and Saskatoon Diamondbacks.
The top 10 teams are as follows:
Rank Team
1 Jarvis, ON Travelers
2 New York, NY Chicago/NY Fastpitch
3 Bakersfield, CA California A’s
4 Elkhart, IA Albaugh Inc.
5 Saskatoon, SK Diamondbacks
6 Midland, MI Explorers
7 Harrisburg, PA Pennsylvania Power
8 Appleton, WI Bar of Appleton
9 Pueblo, CO Bandits
10 St.. Paul, MN Minnesota Angels
For the full set of rankings, please see the ISC website at www.iscfastpitch.com under Tournaments.
Note: Three different sets of statistical analysis were performed on the rankings to determine the impact of outliers. Ultimately, we have presented the rankings based on the raw data as the changes resulting from the statistical analysis were determined not to be significant.
For further information, please contact:
Blair Setford
ISC Canada East VP
blairjs (at) rogers.com
Editor’s note:
Top ranked teams from “out west”:
Two in the top 10, four in the top 25, and seven ranked teams overall. Seven of the eight ranked “Western” teams will be competing in this weekend’s “Best of the West” Tournament in Santa Barbara. (J & B Painting being a variation of the LA Cali-Mex Rhinos, with their 1-2 pitching staff of Cory Avery and Gerald Pyle.) Only # 9 Pueblo Bandits will be absent at Santa Barbara.
3 Bakersfield, CA California A’s
9 Pueblo, CO Bandits
11 Bakersfield, CA Silverhawks
25 Los Angeles, CA Cali-Mex Rhinos
27 Stockton, CA Italian Athletic Club
28 Seattle, WA Cal-State Builders
38 USA Maccabi
The full set, 2011 June 1 ISC Rankings
Rank Team
1 Jarvis, ON Travelers
2 New York, NY Chicago/NY Fastpitch
3 Bakersfield, CA California A’s
4 Elkhart, IA Albaugh Inc.
5 Saskatoon, SK Diamondbacks
6 Midland, MI Explorers
7 Harrisburg, PA Pennsylvania Power
8 Appleton, WI Bar of Appleton
9 Pueblo, CO Bandits
10 St. Paul, MN Minnesota Angels11 Bakersfield, CA Silverhawks
12 Fargo, ND Kegel Black Knights
13 Alvinston, ON Indians
14 Owen Sound, ON Selects
15 Davenport, IA Quad Cities Sox
16 Elmira, ON Expos
17 Kitchener-Waterloo, ON Cubs
18 Aurora, IL Dolan & Murphy Shamrocks
19 Ashland, OH Stock Pack
20 Mascoutah, IL Pete’s Blues
21 Harriston, ON Wellington Sox
22 Toronto, ON Gators
23 Shakespeare, ON Falcons
24 Sweaburg, ON Crush
25 Los Angeles, CA Cali-Mex Rhinos26 Montfort, WI New Image
27 Stockton, CA Italian Athletic Club
28 Seattle, WA Cal-State Builders
29 Cobourg, ON Force
30 Lloydminster, AB Dodgers
31 Quyon, QC COMBAT Flyers
32 Halifax, NS Blackburn Pepper Jacks
33 Port Huron, MI Shaw Chiropractic
34 Wyevale, ON Tribe
35 Topeka, KS Toros
36 Hickson, ON Reds
37 Kitchener, ON Outlaws
38 USA Maccabi
39 Mitchell, ON Mets
40 Kitchener, ON Selects
41 Topeka, KS Wave
42 Sioux Falls, SD Sox
43 Elkhart, IN Duncan Outlaws
44 Iowa Cocks
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