A.S.A. Turkey Tourney Predictions??????????

[Platinum]

12U
TOP 8
Corona Angles 97
Firecrackers 98
Team Smith 97
Minors Gold 97
Valley Tribe 97
OC Batbusters Ray 97
Firecrackers 97
OC Batbusters Snow 97

Firecrackers 98.......Top 8???, Really???

LOL

What's so funny?

[hotwheels]

It would not surprise me to see Firecrackers 98 in the top 8 at all....That team has excellent coaching and we saw them way back in September and they looked good back then.....Should be even better by now.....JMWO!

[1prouddad]

It would not surprise me to see Firecrackers 98 in the top 8 at all....That team has excellent coaching and we saw them way back in September and they looked good back then.....Should be even better by now.....JMWO!

I'm not saying that the team doesn't look good, but if you look at all of the other talented teams there, a top 8 is a little ambitious....especially for a 98 team....doesn't mean it won't happen with a little luck and a few calls going your way...all in all, not a very good prediction for a top 8...JMO.

[easyout]

Definitely would not surprise me for Firecrackers 98 to be in final 8. This team could finish 1st or 2nd in a lot of the other pools. That being said, they're in a very tough pool so it would be somewhat of an upset. Heard that this team had already knocked off 3-5 teams ahead of them on the Bracky rankings (granted friendlies). This team as well as Victory 98 have the coaching and the players to play to the level of the upper 97's.

[OCwildcatMom]

no one likes

Bombsquad 97?

[1prouddad]

This is the way I predict the pools will play out:
Pool A
1st - CA-Lockman
2nd - Valley Tribe
3rd - OCBB-98

Pool B
1st - OCBB-Snow
2nd - MG97
3rd - MG98

Pool C
1st - Nemisis 97
2nd - Corona Xpress
3rd - So Cal Bulldogs

Pool D
1st - OC Frenzy
2nd - Bomb Squad 97
3rd - CA-98

Pool E
1st - OC Elite
2nd - Team Smith 97
3rd - USA Athletics 98

Pool F
1st - OCBB-Ray
2nd - American Pastime
3rd - Firecrackers 98

Pool G
1st - Firecrackers 97
2nd - Irvine Sting
3rd - CA Grapettes

[1prouddad]

That being said, here are my Top 8 (in no particular order):
OCBB-Snow
OCBB-Ray
MG-97
CA-Lockman
American Pastime
Valley Tribe
Firecrackers 97
OC Elite

Note: This is the way I see it playing out based on the pool info above and then plugging into the brackets.

[outfielder]

1- BB-ray
2- BB-snow
3- CA- Lockman
4- Firecrackers '97

Is there a consolation game? Shouldn't there be two 3rd place teams?

Maybe someone can go out on a limb...how about...
1) FC '97
2) MG
3) BB-Ray
3) Valley Tribe
5) Pastime
5) Team Smith
5) CA-Lockman
5) BB-Snow

I can't see it happening the way Brackey rated the teams in early Fall...something's gotta break--they are 12-year-olds and the parents are CRAZY!

[DadsDD95]

GREAT intel on 12's, any one care to take a crack at the 14's & 16"s????

[samsoftball]

GREAT intel on 12's, any one care to take a crack at the 14's & 16"s????

There are teams other than 12U??????