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If the Explosives could post even a handwritten bracket through their web site, that would be a big help as some of the teams in this season's weekly versions of the poll were playing there. I have given a partial summary of what I know about the tournament on the Fireworks and Frenzy thread.
Would like to know more about results/participation in Colorado. A brief aside: There are three major events being played in Colorado. The most prestigious and the only one I know to be a true invitational, is the Independence Day tournament run out of Boulder, with a recently added division in Louisville. Triple Crown runs the other two: the Firecracker and the Sparkler. Roger has referred to the Firecracker as an Invitational, but with the exception of a "Power Pool" that has recently been created for the Firecracker, I'm under the possibly mistaken impression that this tournament is first come first served. I think that the Sparkler is also first come first served. It has several divisions, including a Power Pool, an 18u Open, a 16u Open, and then several sub-divisions.
I believe Lasers Scarlet was playing at the Sparkler event in Colorado in the 18u Open division and placed 2nd. If it was a different 18u Open division, maybe someone can clarify that. In any event, whatever the division, I can't see Lasers Scarlet being moved off of the #1 spot.
I'm not sure whether Ohio had any teams playing in any of the tournaments in Colorado.
Was Doom 95 playing this weekend? How about any of the others who have already qualified to go to USA/ASA Nationals?
As for the one team I know everything about, Buckeye Heat 95 went 6-2 at Explosives with pool wins over McMadness Red and Championship Fastpitch (and it must be noted that in this tournament pool wins had no impact on bracket seeding). We then beat the NEO Crush, lost a very well-played game to Explosive Black (4-3), beat NEO Phoenix in the losers bracket, beat the Vipers 8-3 in a great game whose score doesn't indicate how close and exciting the game really was, beat the Maddogs 7-5 and then lost 10-7 in another back-and-forth game with the Lasers Silver, who posted an impressive 5 runs in the top of the 7th. Positive experience for the Buckeye Heat in another weekend of competition against high quality teams, but not enough success to get our name on my ballot for this week.
Give those of us who vote as much information as you can on the teams that you think are worthy of the top ten list.
Would like to know more about results/participation in Colorado. A brief aside: There are three major events being played in Colorado. The most prestigious and the only one I know to be a true invitational, is the Independence Day tournament run out of Boulder, with a recently added division in Louisville. Triple Crown runs the other two: the Firecracker and the Sparkler. Roger has referred to the Firecracker as an Invitational, but with the exception of a "Power Pool" that has recently been created for the Firecracker, I'm under the possibly mistaken impression that this tournament is first come first served. I think that the Sparkler is also first come first served. It has several divisions, including a Power Pool, an 18u Open, a 16u Open, and then several sub-divisions.
I believe Lasers Scarlet was playing at the Sparkler event in Colorado in the 18u Open division and placed 2nd. If it was a different 18u Open division, maybe someone can clarify that. In any event, whatever the division, I can't see Lasers Scarlet being moved off of the #1 spot.
I'm not sure whether Ohio had any teams playing in any of the tournaments in Colorado.
Was Doom 95 playing this weekend? How about any of the others who have already qualified to go to USA/ASA Nationals?
As for the one team I know everything about, Buckeye Heat 95 went 6-2 at Explosives with pool wins over McMadness Red and Championship Fastpitch (and it must be noted that in this tournament pool wins had no impact on bracket seeding). We then beat the NEO Crush, lost a very well-played game to Explosive Black (4-3), beat NEO Phoenix in the losers bracket, beat the Vipers 8-3 in a great game whose score doesn't indicate how close and exciting the game really was, beat the Maddogs 7-5 and then lost 10-7 in another back-and-forth game with the Lasers Silver, who posted an impressive 5 runs in the top of the 7th. Positive experience for the Buckeye Heat in another weekend of competition against high quality teams, but not enough success to get our name on my ballot for this week.
Give those of us who vote as much information as you can on the teams that you think are worthy of the top ten list.
