First Weekend of Play at the 2007 NAFA World Series

2007-08-21 Thread Al's Fastball News

Received: 8/21/07 12:06:04 PM 
From:  "Brett Bresnahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
 
Subject:  First Weekend of Play at the 2007 NAFA World Series
 

West Des Moines and Des Moines, Iowa


  The first weekend of play at the 2007 NAFA World Series concluded
Mondayafternoon as the third of three Champions was crowned,
with the Scarlett's Sox(Sioux Falls, SD) defeating Priority Mortgage
(Grand Rapids, Mich) in thefinal.
  On Sunday New Image (Monfort, Wisc) defeated the Black Knights
(Fargo,ND) to win the inaugural Class AA-Major title while earlier
in the day Rude-Pac(Sun Valley, Cal) outlasted Odin Fastpitch
(Odin, Minn) in the Class A-Major.

  Following aresummaries of the finals of each class of play.

  The 2007 NAFAA-Major World Champion was crowned at the Des
Moines Softball Park in DesMoines, Iowa Sunday afternoon as Rude-Pac
(Sun Valley, Cal) defeated OdinFastpitch (Odin, Minn) 3-2.

  Rude-Pac went undefeated on the weekend, posting a6-0 record.

  Odin was dropped to the Loser's Bracket by Rude-PacSaturday
and won three games Sunday to set-up a rematch with Rude-Pac.

  Odin moved into the Championship Game with a 1-0victory of
the Blues Sofball Club (Hastings, Mich).  Odin's Dusty Pfeifferhit
an RBI double in the top of seventh for the games lone run.

  The Blues threatened in the bottom of the seventh,getting their
leadoff runner on before popping up a bunt.  The next battersingled
but Odin ended the game with a strikeout.

  Rude-Pac's Greg Baker was named the tournament MostValuable
Player with Odin's Justin Davis walking away with Most ValuablePitcher
honors.

  Rude-Pac becomes the first California team since 2004when the
Yucaipa Bombers (Yucaipa, Cal) won the Class AAA title in Hutchinson,Kansas.

  New Image (Monfort,Wisc) defeated the Black Knights (Fargo,
ND) 8-5 Sunday evening at Racoon RiverPark in West Des Moines
to win the inaugural NAFA Class AA-Major crown.

  With the win, New Image becomes the first team inNAFA history
to win World Titles in back-to-back years after claiming the
AAWorld Title last year in Appleton, Wisconsin.

  New Image bumpedthe Black Knights into the Loser's Bracket
Saturday afternoon, forcing Kegel toplay five games just to get
into the Championship Game.

  A win by the Black Knights would have made them thefirst three-time
NAFA World Champions after winning the 2000 Class A Title(Fargo,
ND) and the 2003 Open Title (Eau Claire, Wisc).

  In the Championship Game, New Image jumped out to a3-0 lead
in the first inning on RBIs by Jim Peccararo and Kris Agnew.

  The Black Knights countered with a run in the bottomof the
first then tied the game in the second by scoring on a passed
ball and aNathan Wiens RBI single.

  The Black Knights grabbed the lead by scoring anunearned run.

  New Image tied the game again the next inning on aTodd Burlage
RBI double.

  In the sixth, New Image scored three runs on asacrifice fly
by Brent Holman and singled by Harvey Knutson and Jim Peccararo.

  The Black Knights cut into the lead in the bottomhalf with
a run, which New Image countered in the top of the seventh.

  The Black Knights' Nathan Weins was named the MostValuable
Player while Jeramie Holman of New Image was awarded the Most
ValuablePitcher award.

  The Scarlett's Sox(Sioux Falls, SD) defeated Priority Mortgage
(Grand Rapids, Mich) 2-1 in the"If Necessary" Championship Game
at Racoon River Park in West DesMoines, Iowa to claim the 2007
NAFA Class AA World Championship.

  Priority forced the "If Necessary" game bywith a 4-3 win. 
Trailing 3-1 in the top of the sixth inning, Mike Gruppenhit
a three-run homer to give Priority Mortgage the win and force
the finalgame.

  In the final game, the Scarlett's, the 2005 ClassA-Major Champion,
jumped out to an early lead on Tim DeJong's RBI single.

  Travis DeJong led off the Sox second inning with atriple then
scored on Chris Becker's single for a 2-0 lead.

  Priority cut the lead in half in the sixth on anotherRBI single
by Mike Gruppen.

  Sox catcher Tim DeJong was named the Most ValuablePlayer with
team mate Kyle Eberts taking home Most Valuable Pitcher honors.

  Play for the secondweekend becomes Thursday afternoon with
competition in Class A, followed byplay beginning in Class AAA
that evening, with the 23-and-Under divisionbeginning Friday
evening.

  The Class AAAchampion will be crowned Saturday with Sunday
bringing the finals of Class Aand 23-and-Under.

  The Racoon Riverand Des Moines Softball Park will be both in
use this weekend once again.

   The 2007 NAFAWorld Series website at http://www.2007ws.nafafastpitch.comwill
serve as the information point for everything concerning the
event.

  Due to sometechnical difficulties, we are still in the process
of working out box scoresand other stats to post on the website.

Brett Bresnahan

breshz(at)minnesotafastpitch.com

http://www.2007ws.nafafastpitch.com

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2007 NAFA World Series

2007-08-10 Thread Al's Fastball News

Received: 8/10/07 8:00:27 AM 
From:  "Brett Bresnahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 

  
Subject:  2007 NAFA World Series  



Des Moines, Iowa
  First round games times for the first weekend of play at the
2007 NAFA World Series in Des Moines Iowa are now posted, as
well as they bracket for the Class AA-Major tournament.
  Information for each class can be found at the following links:
  Class A-Major, http://2007ws.nafafastpitch.com/a_major.htm
  Class AA, http://2007ws.nafafastpitch.com/aa.htm
  Class AA-Major, http://2007ws.nafafastpitch.com/aa_major.htm
  For all information and results for the 2007 NAFA World Series,
make sure to visit the website at http://www.2007ws.nafafastpitch.com.
Brett Bresnahan
NAFA Webmaster
breshz(at)minnesotafastpitch.com
http://www.2007ws.nafafastpitch.com
http://www.nafafastpitch.com
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2007 NAFA World Series

2007-07-16 Thread Al's Fastball News

Received: 7/16/07 9:01:53 PM 
From:  "Brett Bresnahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 


Subject:  2007 NAFA World Series  
   



Des Moines, Iowa

  NAFA is pleased toannounce a number of items that pertain to
the upcoming 2007 NAFA World Seriesin Des Moines and West Des
Moines, Iowa.

  The first listingof the 2007 World Series teams list for classes
competing in Iowa can be foundon the 2007 World Series Website
at www.2007ws.nafafastpitch.comand clicking on the "Teams" page.

  A reminder thatthis is an unofficial teams list and does not
reflect who may or may not showup in Des Moines.  Rather, it
is a listof teams that have told their State Director they intend
on playing.

  If you team is onthe list and not attending, or is not on the
list and would like to attend,contact your State Director immediately
to get the process started.

  The State Directorslist can be found at 
http://nafafastpitch.com/Leadership/directors.htm.

  Hotel informationfor the Des Moines area can also be found
by following this link, 
http://2007ws.nafafastpitch.com/dm%20info/HotelTemplate2007.pdf.

  The Des MoinesOrganizing and Host Committee has already setup
a number of great hospitalityperks for teams and will be adding
more as the World Series approaches.  Those can be found at 
http://2007ws.nafafastpitch.com/team_deals.htm.

  The 2007 WorldSeries Website will serve as the information
point for scores, results, etc.for the 2007 NAFA World Series.

  A final list ofteams reclassified from last year's 2006 NAFA
World Series can be found at 
http://www.nafafastpitch.com/classification/06_ws_reclass.htm

  NAFA is alsopleased to announce the creation of a new class,
Class AA-Major.

  After it's 2003World Series in Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire,
Wisconsin, NAFA decided to takea new direction in it's classification
structure.

  The result of thisnew direction was the creation of the Class
A-Major.  This classification was created to minimize the gap
that wasbeing created between upper level Class A teams and the
remainder of the ClassA teams who were considered, for the most
part, local "town" teams.

  Class A-Major wascreated for those teams in Class A that had
grown above the competitive balanceof the more traditional Class
A teams but not yet ready to competecompetitively at the Class
AA level.

  The result of thisdecision has been an increase in not only
numbers at the Class A and A-Majorlevels, but an increase in
competition as well as a noticeable competitivebalance in each
class.

  Faced with asimilar situation the last three years, NAFA will
once again take a newdirection in its classification structure
with the creation of Class AA-Major.

  The current statusof the Major-level game has forced a overwhelming
number of teams that weretraditionally Class AAA for NAFA into
the category of "Open" based on the needfor an Open level pitcher
or a handful of "Open" level players simply tocompete at the
Major level.

  This situation hascreated a decrease in participants in NAFA's
AAA division.

  Yet, theupper-level teams in Class AA are not on the same level
as the AAA teams thatstill exist in NAFA, some of which do and
do not compete at the ISC WorldTournament.

  As was the case in2003 with Class A, the same disparity has
risen in Class AA for NAFA.

  The upper-levelClass AA teams are at a level higher than the
teams in the lower, which includeteams reclassified from Class
A-Major each year.

  It is with thisreclassification that NAFA will attempt to grow
the game by allowing thecompetitive balance that teams look for
to continue to strive each August.

  As A-Majorcurrently serves as a bridge between Classes A and
AA, Class AA-Major willserve as a bridge between Class AA and
AAA.

  Approximately 18teams and 25 pitchers have been reclassified
to create Class AA-Major.

  Approximately 13teams and 25 pitchers have been reclassified
to Class AA and approximately 15teams and 30 pitchers have been
reclassified to Class A-Major, all from lowerdivisions.

  Thesereclassifications will result in a new look Class AA division
that will looksimilar to the inaugural Class A-Major Division
of play in Hutchinson, Kansasin 2004.  The result will be a class
ofplay that will stronger each year.

  Lastly, in thecoming weeks, look for the website for the 2007
NAFA Masters Zone Championshipsto be launched.

  The Eastern ZoneMasters is being held September 8 and 9 in
Rockford, Illinois, with the WesternZone Masters being held September
15 and 16 in Carson City, Nevada.

  Both Zones willhave competition in 35-, 40-, 45- and 50-and-Over
age divisions.  Eligibility is based on a players age duringthe
2007 calendar year.

  Each team isallowed three (3) players who are three years younger
than the age bracket theyare playing in, based upon the 2007
calendar year.  These players 

2007 NAFA World Series Website

2007-04-02 Thread Al's Fastball News

Received: 4/2/07 9:44:23 PM 
From:  "Brett Bresnahan"  

  
Subject:  2007 NAFA World Series Website  
   



April 2, 2007
Salem, Oregon
 
The website for the 2007 NAFA World Series is now up at 
http://2007ws.nafafastpitch.com/.
 
This website will contain all information leading up to and during
the 2007 NAFA World Series, being held in Des Moines, Iowa.
 
Brett Bresnahan
NAFA Webmaster
breshz(at)minnesotafastpitch.com
http://www.nafafastpitch.com
http://2007ws.nafafastpitch.com/
http://www.minnesotafastpitch.com
 

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