2010 Faster to First Tournament

[Surehitter]

I don't have a dog in the hunt but this is just sad. Why don't they just seed Canyon into the semi final game and save the extra games and umpire fees. I was going to cruise over and check it out but after seeing the Canyon gravy train I thought an evening watching the Notebook with the wife would be fine.

[lvtwft]

Just shows you how much faith I have in the Fab 50 ratings. A few big upsets, Or just people not taking into account how much better the level of softball is in California?

[Tyler Durden]

I'm guessing it will be Pleasant Grove over Vista Murrieta in Game 63, Etiwanda over Canyon in Game 64, and Etiwanda over PG in the Final.

[chgman]

The only out of state team to survive the first round was Jesuit HS out of Oregon and they get rewarded with facing Vista Murietta in the second round. (ouch)

Thursday weeded out a few ranked teams that appear to be a bit overrated in the polls. This is why we play the game. The top 16 that are moving undefeated to the second round are legitimate contenders.

My biggest surprise but not really was #9 Oak Ridge sitting at 0-2. Lots of teams finding out it's tough to leave the comforts of home and step into the ring with the big girls.

BT out....

[lvtwft]

Perhaps a few other California schools will get the top 50 ranking after this??

Here are scores from the Faster to First Classic at Huntington Beach Sports Complex:

CHAMPIONSHIP SECOND ROUND

No. 40 El Modena 4, El Toro 0: Haylie Wagner tossed a one-hitter with 14 strikeouts and she had an RBI single and solo homer to lift the Vanguards (8-1) over the Chargers (7-4).

No. 22 Canyon 3, Stockdale (Bakersfield) 2: Lauren Young's RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning helped the Comanches pull out the victory over the Mustangs.

No. 1 Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove) 4, Norco 3: Michaela Crow's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Eagles the victory over the Cougars.

No. 33 Valencia (Valencia) 4, No. 6 Etiwanda 3: Allyson Peskay drove in Sarah Solano with a squeeze in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Vikings (8-2-1) knocked off the Eagles (7-1).

No. 49 Ayala (Chino Hills) 4, Pacifica 0: UCLA-bound Jessica Hall tossed a four-hitter with 13 strikeouts and Mary Massei drove in two runs to lift the Bulldogs (9-2) over the Mariners (4-4).

No. 32 Rodriguez (Fairfield) 2, No. 17 Riverside Poly 0: Adriana Collins pitched a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts as the Mustangs (5-0-1) shut out the Bears (6-4).

Foothill 9, Sheldon (Sacramento) 1: Arizona-bound Hallie Wilson belted a grand slam and Anna Avalos had a two-run double as the Knights defeated the defending-champion Huskies (3-3-1).

No. 8 Vista Murrieta (Murrieta) 5, Jesuit (Portland, Ore.) 2

CONSOLATION GAMES

No. 12 Mortimer Jordan (Birmingham, Ala.,) 12, Foothill (Henderson, Nev.) 0

Green Valley (Henderson, Nev.) 5, No. 30 Seton Keough (Md.) 2

Centennial (Las Vegas, Nev.) 6, No. 37 Marist (Eugene, Ore.) 0

No. 23 Piedra Vista (Farmington, N.M.) 6, San Pedro 0

No. 36 Bingham (South Jordan, Utah) 2, Sunnyslope (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1

No. 31 Cienega (Vail, Ariz.) 14, No. 19 Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) 2

[Mr. Wonderful]

There are teams that are ranked out side of TMZ? (Thirty Mile Zone), ((to the non so cal people?))

[xxxYerOut]

There are teams that are ranked out side of TMZ? (Thirty Mile Zone), ((to the non so cal people?))

What, about 400 miles from Canyon to Pleasant Grove?

[Mr. Wonderful]

El mo/P Grove 0-0 ITB still in 8th. clock is on to beat the lights.

[Mr. Wonderful]

elmo up 4-3 11th

[Mr. Wonderful]

El Mo wins 4-3. The century league in so cal next year is one place you dont want to be! 3 out of the 4 Final 4 teams in the Nike F2F tourney will call that league home next year...