by linedrivelouie » Wed May 01, 2013 9:54 am
After a great weekend of softball in Fresno I have added a few, shifted a few and removed a few. Congrats to Grapes K on a final 4... LTG on a final 8... CA Rapids, Team CA, Clovis Rockets, Lady Spartans and KG 01 on top 16 finishes.
1.Grapettes K: Fresno Force 2 and 1 on Saturday #2 seed. Made gold bracket and finished in the top 4 on Sunday. Strong staff all the way around. Hopefully they will be able to represent Nor Cal at PGF
2. Salinas Storm: Fresno Force 3 and 0 on Saturday #1 seed. Made gold bracket but got bumped by KG Hitters 01 in the first game Sunday. Obviously not the weekend they had planned. #1 pitcher is very strong great defense to support and normally a pretty strong line up.
3. Rocklin Hype: Fresno Force 1, 1 and 1 on Saturday #3 seed. Didn’t make gold. Won the Silver Bracket. I am sure the team was looking for more out of their weekend as well. Pretty strong defensively, Balance line up with speed and power. Going to need another strong pitcher to go deep in the big tourneys
4. KG Hitters: Fresno Force 2 and 1 on Saturday # 2 seed. Made gold lost game 1 to No Doubt who was #1 seed. Always fun watching the KG coach get fired up Got tossed game during the game but had nothing to do with the loss. Strong hitting line up. Probably one of the best mid infields in 12u with 7 and 8 on the dirt.
5. Clovis Rocket Millar: Fresno Force 2 and 1 on Saturday #2 seed. Made gold beat Magic game one lost to Grapes K in game 2. Overall good weekend I know being on home turf Bob would have like to have gone another game or 2. Strong #1 pitcher pretty solid through the line up.
6. Lady Magic: Fresno Force 3 and 0 on Saturday #1 seed. Made gold, lost a close first game on Sunday to Clovis Rockets Millar. What I think on paper is probably the strongest line up in 12u. Learning to play together and trust each other
7. Foothill Gold: Fresno Force 2 and 1 on Saturday #2 seed. Made gold, lost to Grapes K 5 – 7 in game 1 on Sunday. Pitching is pretty good. A few real strong bats in the line up. Strong 01 pitcher
8. CA Rapids: Fresno Force 2 and 1 Saturday #1 seed. Made gold, got past Strikeforce game 1 and lost to Firecrackers in game 2. Pretty good line up. I have said before if they can get their other pitchers working this team could go farther in tourneys. To hard to ride one all day.
9. Team CA: Fresno Force 2 and 1 on Saturday #2 seed. Made gold, beat North West Lady Sharks from Washington game one, lost a close game to San Diego Thunder who made it to the final 4 in game 2. This team is making strides every week. 2 solid pitchers and the line up looks pretty strong.
10. NC Valley Stompers: Didn’t make the trip to Fresno. Slipped them down a few since I haven’t seen them since the qualifier.
11. LTG Lions: Fresno Force 3 and 0 on Satuday #1 seed. Made gold, Beat won first 2 games Sunday. Lost to Grapes K in game 3 who made it to the final 4. Great weekend for this 01 team. Best 01 team out there. Pitching will struggle through the year because they are young but strong defensively and a pretty solid 01 line up.
12.Grapettes E: Fresno Force 2 and 1 on Saturday. Made gold, lost game 1 to Lady Spartans in ITB after Spartan had a huge come back. This team has played well in friendlies but struggled in the stronger tournaments. A little hot and cold so far. Typical of a new team though.
13. CV Synergy: Didn’t make the trip to Fresno.
14. Lady Spartans 2 and 1 on Saturday. Made gold out of a 3 way Saturday tie. Beat Grapettes E in a crazy game 1 on Sunday. Came back from way down to pull out a win. They were a strong 01 team in 10’s who went to Nationals. Honestly haven’t seen them play much. I was able to watch a little bit of their come back against Grapes on Sunday. I think they figured out if you can put the ball in play good things will happen.