The field is set for the 2006 Pete Schwab Memorial Men’sFastpitch Tournament to be held this weekend, July 14-16, in Frankenmuth’s
Eight of the 14 teams entered into this year’stournament also competed in the 46 team 2005 ASA B National tournament held inDecatur, IL with 5 entrants finishing among last year’s top 10 ASA Bteams.
The brackets and team notes are following:
BRACKET A
1 – UP TO DATE PAINTING (
2 – PRIORITY MORTGAGE (
3 – ASHLAND MERCHANTS (Ashland, OH) - #18 in latestISC II rankings, Runner-up in 2005 ASA B Nationals
4 – LUMBER COMPANY (
5 – COPPENS BRIGADE (
6 – RICE CREEK LIGHTNING (Marshall, MI) - #19 inlatest ISC II rankings, #3 in 2005 ASA B Nationals
BRACKET B
1 – SUBURBAN INSULATION (
2 –
3 – DELAU FIRE & SAFETY (
4 – TIFFANY’S (Frankenmuth, MI) - #13 in 2005ASA B Nationals
5 – ROOFS OF THE NORTH (
6 – COMMUNIQUEST (
7 – BERNIE’S TAVERN (Homer, MI) – Welcomingthe return of pitcher Bryan Boyd
The tournament starts on this Friday evening with the hostteam, Up to Date Painting, playing a DHer against Coppen’s Brigade (7:30pm) and Rice Creek Lightning (9 pm). Meanwhile, another local team,Tiffany’s, plays a DHer against Suburban Insulation (7:30 pm) andCommuniquest (9pm).
For those interested in more details including a map to thepark and/or a full tournament schedule, please feel free to send me an emailand I will be happy to forward additional information.
David Lach
Up-to-Date Painting Fastpitch
david.r.lach@delphi.com