: Snapper News: Snapper Shootout Tournament Results
Sunday, June 8Snapper Shootout Tournament Results
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
June 6, 2008
Friday results from the 5th annual Hooligan’s/Molson’s Snapper Shootout, which kicked off this evening with 16 teams competing for over $500 in prize money with the winning team taking home $2500. 12 of the competing teams are in the top 42 ISC II rankings, 2 of the teams are highly touted junior teams out of Ontario, and the host Niagara Snappers are competing this year at the ISC WT. All these factors add up to the Shootout being one of North America’s toughest tournaments to win.
Red Division
California Lumberkings (Ranked #1 in ISC II Rankings)
CPI Fastpitch (Ranked #6 in ISC II Rankings)
Ohsweken Redmen (Ranked #37 in ISC II Rankings)
Wyevale Tribe (Ranked #17 in ISC II Rankings)
White Division
Bridgeport Braves (Ranked #14 in ISC II Rankings)
Palermo Athletics (Ranked #16 in ISC II Rankings)
Port Elgin Blue Devils (Ranked #13 in ISC II Rankings)
Shakespeare Falcons (Ranked #42 in ISC II Rankings)
Black Division
Elmira Cubs (Ranked #10 in ISC II Rankings)
Hamilton Hawks (Not Ranked in ISC II Rankings)
Niagara Snappers (Ranked #20 in ISC Rankings)
Napanee Juniors (5th place at 2007 Ontario Eliminations)
Silver Division
Ashland Stockpack (Ranked #5 in ISC II Rankings)
Elmira Juniors (3rd place at 2007 Canadian Junior Championships)
Ottawa Team Easton (Ranked #9 in ISC II Rankings)
Elora Brewers (Ranked #11 in ISC II Rankings)
Six games were played Friday night, with another 18 games scheduled for Saturday. Results are provided below (latest ISC II rankings in brackets, N/R denotes NOT RANKED):
Friday Results
Game #1
(#N/R) Hamilton Hawks 2
(#20 ISC) Niagara Snappers 0
WP: Greg Garrity
LP: Jamie Simpson
Game #2
(#10) Elmira Cubs 5
(N/R) Napanee Juniors 2
WP: Casey Halstead
LP: Kyle Linton
Game #3
(N/R) Elmira Juniors 4
(#11) Elora Brewers 0
WP: Dan Martin
LP: Nic Goetz
Opening ceremonies were held after the 7pm games. Gary Boroughs (Lord Mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake), Jim Bradley (St. Catharines’ MPP, Minister of Transportation, and avid fastball fan and supporter), Joe Todd (ISC Commissioner) and Perry Bartley (chairman of the Shootout Tournament committee) all welcomed the fans and players to the tournament. A special ceremony took place that recognized the 1979 Niagara Motors fastball team that was the last club team to win the Canadian Championships and lost in the gold medal game of the ISF’s to the USA in 1980. Barry Newhouse, was the starting catcher on the 1979 team that won the Canadian championships, now comes out regularly to watch his son, Kevin Newhouse, play for the Niagara Snappers.
Game #4
(#1) California Lumberkings 6
(#37) Ohsweken Redmen 2
WP: Mike Egerdeen
LP: Phil Martin
Game #5
(#16) Palermo Athletics 6
(#14) Bridgeport Braves 1
WP: Scott Wagar
LP: Todd Winkworth
Game #6
(#42) Shakespeare Falcons 1
(#13) Port Elgin Blue Devils 0
WP: Fred Follings
LP: Rob Fawcett
Saturday Results
Game #7
(#6) CPI Fastpitch 6
(#17) Wyevale Tribe 2
WP: Jason Smith
LP: Jason Giffen
Game #8
(#5) Ashland Stockpack 3
(#9) Ottawa Team Easton 1
WP: Ty McKinney
LP: Dan Bradley
Game #9
(#10) Elmira Cubs 6
(#20 ISC) Niagara Snappers 3
WP: Casey Halstead
LP: Tom Berube
Game #10(#N/R) Hamilton Hawks 8
(N/R) Napanee Juniors 0
*5 inning mercy
WP: Greg Garrity
LP: Jordan MacDonald
Game #11
(#13) Port Elgin Blue Devils 2
(#14) Bridgeport Braves 1
WP: Matt Hamilton
LP: Jeremy DeBelleval
Game #12
(#16) Palermo Athletics 2
(#42) Shakespeare Falcons 2
Wayne Wells and Scott Wagar for Palermo
Reid Yantzi and Fred Follings for Shakespeare
Game #13
(#5) Ashland Stockpack 2
(N/R) Elmira Juniors 2
Cory Avery and Dan Martin for Elmira Jrs.
Ty McKinney and Jeff VanHooser for Ashland
Game #14
(#11) Elora Brewers 4
(#9) Ottawa Team Easton 2
WP: Todd Uhrig
LP: Jeff Murphy
Game #15
(#6) CPI Fastpitch 3
(#1) California Lumberkings 1
WP: Shawn Winship
LP: Dave Drotzman
Game #16
(#17) Wyevale Tribe 12
(#37) Ohsweken Redmen 4
WP: Jason Giffen
LP: Phil Martin
Game #17
(N/R) Napanee Juniors 7
(#20 ISC) Niagara Snappers 6
WP: Jordan MacDonald
LP: Jamie Simpson
Game #18
(#10) Elmira Cubs 10
(#N/R) Hamiton Hawks 4
WP: Brad Thompson
LP: Matt Sommerville
Game #19
(#42) Shakespeare Falcons 3
(#14) Bridgeport Braves 2
WP: Nick Laurette
LP: Todd Winkworth
Game #20
(#16) Palermo Athletics 5
(#13) Port Elgin Blue Devils 3
WP: Scott Wagar
LP: Rob Fawcett
Game #21
(#5) Ashland Stockpack 9
(#11) Elora Brewers 2
WP: Ty Mckinney
LP: Todd Uhrig
Game #22
(#9) Ottawa Team Easton 3
(N/R) Elmira Juniors 2
WP: Dan Konkle
LP: Dan Martin
Game #23
(#1) California Lumberkings 7
(#17) Wyevale Tribe 1
WP: Mike Egerdeen
LP: Graham McNabb
Game #24
(#6) CPI Fastpitch 5
(#37) Ohsweken Redmen 4
WP: Charlie Walseman
LP: Phil Martin
FINAL STANDINGS
Red Division
(#6) CPI Fastpitch 3-0 (#1 seed)
(#1) California Lumberkings 2-1 (#2 seed)
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(#17) Wyevale Tribe 1-2 (eliminated)
(#33) Ohsweken Redmen 0-3 (eliminated)
White Division
(#42) Shakespeare Falcons 2-0-1 (#1 seed)
(#16) Palermo Athletics 2-0-1 (#2 seed)
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(#13) Port Elgin Blue Devils 1-2 (eliminated)
(#14) Bridgeport Braves 0-3 (eliminated)
Black Division
(#10) Elmira Cubs 3-0 (#1 seed)
(N/R) Hamilton Hawks 2-1 (#2 seed)
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(N/R) Napanee Juniors 1-2 (eliminated)
(#20 ISC) Niagara Snappers 0-3 (eliminated)
Silver Division
(#5) Ashland Stockpack 2-0-1 (#1 seed)
(N/R) Elmira Juniors 1-1-1 (#2 seed)
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(#9) Ottawa Team Easton 1-2 (eliminated)
(#11) Elora Brewers 1-2 (eliminated)
PLAY-OFF SCHEDULE
Quarter Final #1 (Game #25)Elmira Cubs vs. Elmira Juniors
Elmira Juniors 3
Elmira Cubs 2
WP: Cory Avery
LP: Casey Halstead
Quarter Final #2 (Game #26)CPI Fastpitch vs. Palermo Athletics
Palermo Athletics 2
CPI Fastpitch 1
WP: Wayne Wells
LP: Jason Smith
Quarter Final #3 (Game #27)Hamilton Hawks vs. Ashland Stockpack
Hamilton Hawks 1
Ashland Stockpack 0
WP: Greg Garritty
LP: Jeff VanHooser
Quarter Final #4 (Game #28)
California Lumberkings vs. Shakespeare Falcons
California Lumberkings 1
Shakespeare Falcons 0
WP: Dave Drotzman
LP: Fred Follings
Semi-Final #1 (Game #29)
Winner Game #25 vs. Winner Game #26
Palermo Athletics 3
Elmira Juniors 2
WP: Wayne Wells
LP: Dan Martin
Semi-Final #2 (Game #30)
Winner Game #27 vs. Winner Game #28
California Lumberkings 10
Hamilton Hawks 4
**5 inning mercy
WP: Mike Egerdeen
LP: Greg Garritty
Snapper Shootout Finals (Game #31)
Winner Game #29 vs. Winner Game #3
California Lumberkings 3
Palermo Athletics 1
WP: Dave Drotzman
LP: Wayne Wells
Game MVP: Brian Teeters, California Lumberkings
Game MVP: Phil John, Palermo Athletics
The California Lumberkings are your 2008 Snapper Shootout Champions. Congratulatons to Dave Weldin, Brian Teeters and all of the Lumberking players for your hard work this weekend. The Lumberkings had to suffer through the loss of Kevin Castillo due to injury on Friday night, and battled all weekend long. It was great to see Kevin at the ballpark today to cheer on his team mates, and we would like to extend our best wishes, not only from the Niagara Snappers, but from the whole fastball community on a quick and full recovery. Best of luck to the California Lumberkings this year.
The Niagara Snappers Fastball team wants to thanks all players, family members, and fans for making the 5th annual Shootout such a memorable event. We had unbelievable weather all weekend, got to witness some amazing performances on and off the field (courtesy of Sam Forbes and the Bridgeport crew on Saturday night), and had alot of fun doing it.
Special thanks to California Lumberkings for travelling such a great distance to take part in not only the Shootout but also the Melissa Brideau Fundraiser fastball game on Thursday night. A great bunch of guys off the field, and a quality ball team on it.
Also, big thanks to Al Doran and Joe Todd for coming down for the weekend. Joe was a tremendous help and Al was on top of his reports all weekend. We hope to continue this arrangement in the years to come in order to bring the most up to date information to the fans as quickly as possible. We are very proud of the fact that literally minutes after games were done, they were posted on Al’s as well as Al updating games as they were in progress on his Blackberry. Joe, Al, thanks so much from the Snappers and there is an open invite for next year.