17th Annual Best of the West - June 2-3, 2007 at Santa Barbara, CA (Comprehensive Report)

June 20, 2007

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We have updated our Best of the West Tournament pages at
Fastpitchwest, including a comprehensive recap of scores, winning and
losing pitchers, along with our familiar Photo Galleries. For
convenience, we've also included the tournament recap below:
Our main page for the Best of the West Tournament is at:
http://www.fastpitchwest.com/bow.htm

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17th Annual Best of the West - June 2-3, 2007 at Santa Barbara, CA
INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATIONS OF UTAH IS BEST OF THE WEST
Top seeded Innovative Communications team from Utah capped a perfect
weekend with a 13-5 win over second seed Panteras of Southern
California, running their record to 5-0 on the weekend, and claiming
the 2007 Best of the West title in Santa Barbara, CA. The win by
Innovative Communications marked the second year in a row the champion
has come from Utah, with last year's title being captured by the High
Desert Dawgs.
Steve Black was the winning pitcher in the title game, with the
Panteras Ron Rupp suffering the loss. The Utah squad mounted a well
balanced offensive attack to score 13 runs, aided by a number of
defensive miscues by the Panteras.
Innovative's Jason Littledike was 3-5 in the championship game, while
teammate Ryan Briggs was 3-3. Jason Littledike of Innovative
Communications, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player,
winning an Easton CNT Stealth bat, while the championship game starter
Steve Black won Outstanding Pitcher honors. Each member of the
championship team won a Locker bag embroidered with "2007 Best of the
West Champions", gear generously donated by AIS/ Sportsrobe.
The Best of the West is the longest running open tournament in
California, 17 years and counting. It has been headed up for most of
them by the ISC's streaming media maven, David Blackburn. Blackburn
will be in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, in that role for the 7th
consecutive year. After five years of extensive live audio broadcasts,
the 2006 ISC World Tournament marked the first year of extensive video
broadcasts, on "ISC-TV". More information for this year's broadcasts
will be posted in August at the official ISC website,
http://www.iscfastpitch.com.
SATURDAY ROUND ROBIN RESULTS
9:00 AM Field #1
Innovative Communications, UT 7
Young Bucks 0
WP- Steve Morgan
LP-Anthony Martinez
HR-Sean Hogue (IC); Jason Littledike (IC) 3-3
9:00 AM Field #2
SoCal Tribes 5
Romie's Angels 0
WP- Sonny Perkins
LP-Keith Frey
HR-Art Lopez (SCT); Steve Lopez 2-3 (SCT), Sonny Perkins 2-3 (SCT)
10:45 AM Field #1
Innovative Communications, UT 4,
Panteras 3, 8 innings
WP-Steve Morgan, (5), in relief of Ryan Webb
LP-Ron Rupp, in relief Spud Barker (5)
HR-Brandon Bingham, (estimated at 350¡ä) and 2-2; (IC);
3B-Javier Fiero (P); Eli Salazar 2-3 with run scored and 3 RBI (P);
Fernie Ramirez Jr., 1-2 with RBI (P); Doug Hajjar, 2-3 With RBI (IC);
10:45 AM Field #2
Tri-County 3,
So Cal Tribes 2
WP-Clayte Robinson (4 hitter, 7 K's)
LP-Sonny Perkins
Tricounty-Eddie Martin 2-3 2 RBI and scored the Game Winning Run; Phil
Hiromerides, 2-3 and Scored 2 Runs; Chris Alvarez 2-2 For So Cal
Tribes;
12:30 PM Field #1
Panteras 9,
Young Bucks 2
WP-Gerald Pyle; Ron Rupp, save;
LP-Lamar Goss
HR-Kevin Castillo (Young Bucks); Eli Salazar (P);
Ron Rupp 2-2 RBI; (P); Eli Salazar, 2-3, 3 Runs Scored, and Finished
with Walk-Off HR (P)
Jimmy Buentello 2 RBI (P); Javier Fiero 1-2 With 2 RBI (P)
12:30 PM Field #2
Tri County 6
Romies 5
WP-Matt Barnes
LP- BJ Hunhoff
Bob Aguilar Scored The Winning Run for Tri County
2:15 PM Field #1
Innovative Communications 6,
SoCal Tribes 5
WP-Steve Black
LP-Sonny Perkins
HR-Perkins, with 2 RBI (SCT) ;Art Lopez 2-3 With 2 RBI (SCT);
2:15 PM Field #2
Romies Angels 4
Young Bucks 2
WP-Keith Frey
LP-Steve Adam
Dan Winnick 1-3 with Triple And RBI (RA); Dustin Boots 2-3 With RBI
(RA); Joe Sanchez 1-2 with RBI (RA); Jason Reynolds 1-3 With RBI (YB);
Eric Sander 1-3 With RBI (YB);
4:00 PM Field 1
Panteras 8,
Tri County 2
WP-David Blackburn
LP-Ron Mizener; Clayte Robinson(4)
HR-Keith Barker (P); Fernie Ramirez Jr 1-3 with 2 RBI (P); Dan
Plesentz 2-3 With 2 RBI (P);
SUNDAY JUNE 3 - CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
9:00 AM Field #1
4th Place So Cal Tribes 6,
5th Place Romie's Angels 4
WP-Sonny Perkins
LP-BJ Hunhoff
HR-Danny Villa (3 run HR); Rick Abina (RA);
Other: (SCT) - Chris Alvarez, 3B with RBI; Art Lopez scored the game
winning run on a wild pitch; (RA) - Rick Abina, 2-3 with 3 RBI; Josh
Hunhoff, 3B with RBI;
So Cal Tribes advance to play the # 1 seed, Innovative Communications of Utah
9:00 AM Field #2
6th Place Young Bucks 4,
3rd Place Tri County 3
WP-Anthony Martinez
LP-Ron Mizener
HR-Jason Reynolds (YB); Eric Smalling (YB)
Other: (YB)- Kevin Castillo, 2-3 with RBI; (TC)-Benny Limosnero, 2B
and 3B with RBI; Mick Ventura RBI single; Eddie Martin 2-3 with RBI;
Young Bucks advance to play the #2 seed, Panteras
SEMI FINAL RESULTS
10:45 am Field 1
1st seed, Innovative Communications, UT 4
4th seed, So Cal Tribes 3
WP-Steve Morgan
LP-Sonny Perkins
HR-Sonny Perkins (2 run HR)
Other: Doug Hajjar (IC) 1-2 with RBI; Canyon Vance (IC) 1-2 with RBI
10:45am Field 2
2nd seed Panteras 4,
6th seeed Young Bucks 0
WP-Greg "Spud" Barker
LP-Anthony Martinez
Eli Salazar (P) 2-4 with RBI and scored 2 runs
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Innovative Communications - 13
Panteras ¨C 5
WP-Steve Black
LP-Ron Rupp
Tournament MVP - Jason Littledike, Innovative Communications
Outstanding Pitcher - Steve Black, Innovative Communications

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Jim Flanagan
www.fastpitchwest.com
Email: jim (at) fastpitchwest.com