Fresno Force Classic 30 April to 1 May 2011

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I haven't seen result, but on the norcal page they say 14U went like this:
Breeze 97 over Salinas Storm in the gold bracket (top 24 teams),
Sorcerer over Lady Magic in the silver (3rd and 4th place pool finishers)

Are these the same teams that were given free passes to PGF 14u?

[bruisedshin]

I'm not sure about Sorcerer, but there's only one 14U Lady Magic team.
In pool, they tied Nemesis from SoCal, and lost to AASA, ending up the 3 seed. Sorcerer went 0-2-1 in pool play for the 4 seed.

[lv2earat8]

Just keep in mind that some 14U teams will change dramatically when high school ends.

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Coachadab, not counting this last year when the Fresno Force Classic went against a newly created Beat the Heat tournament in Hemet where most SoCal teams went, the Fresno Force Classic was the tournament to go to for all teams in SoCal. My recollection was that at least for the 4 years previous to last year the winner of the 12u division also won ASA Nationals and they were all from SoCal.

Not sure why not many went this year.

[hotwheels]

Coachadab, not counting this last year when the Fresno Force Classic went against a newly created Beat the Heat tournament in Hemet where most SoCal teams went, the Fresno Force Classic was the tournament to go to for all teams in SoCal. My recollection was that at least for the 4 years previous to last year the winner of the 12u division also won ASA Nationals and they were all from SoCal.

Not sure why not many went this year.

The economy is awful...It costs me $5,000 each time I put gas in my truck...Not many So Cal teams went for those reasons...I know that's why we didn't go considering Midland is not too far off!

[anonlooker]

I'm sure you meant ..."Premier is not too far off"...

[assignor87]

So Cal Breakers - Williams from San Marcos made the trip .................... we all had a great time. We were eliminated in the 2nd round by the Smash 3-2 (what a nail biter).

Thanks FF for putting on a great tournament.

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Just keep in mind that some 14U teams will change dramatically when high school ends.

For better or for worse - some will get HS players back and some will lose 8th graders that return to a team that went dark.