Indoor Tournament War of the Wetlands Scores

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• Mar 16, 2009

• #21

Congratulations to the Ohio teams. It was a nice showing with the Riptides finishing 3rd and Doom 96 finishing 4th against some tough competition from Indiana and Michigan. The Stingrays will get stronger as the season moves on. Below are the official standings from NSA:

Finish
1 Indiana Thunder 96 IN
2 Indy Xcel 96 IN
2 Red Chix - 12u IN
3 Riptides OH
3 Indy Dreams 97 IN
4 Lookouts - 12u MI
4 Kalamazoo Klash Blue 97 MI
4 Cincy Doom 96 OH
5 Portage Hurricanes Green MI
5 Riverfield Angels - 12u IN
5 Indy Voltage IN
6 Bulldogs IN
7 Oakland Sidewinders MI
7 Indy Diamond Chix - 12u IN
7 Hamilton Heights Huskies IN
7 TWIST IN
7 Ohio Stingrays OH
7 Indiana Magic 96 IN
7 Hoosier Crush IN
7 Michigan Mustangs - 12u MI

 

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• Mar 16, 2009

• #22

Congrats to the Riptides. Nice job.

 

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• Mar 16, 2009

• #23

congrats Riptides --hard work , and playing a difficult schedule in the past, is paying off.

 

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• Mar 16, 2009

• #24

Not sure how they get the final standings but. Doom eliminated Dreams 8-0 and then Angels 8-3 who eliminated the Riptides?

 

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• Mar 16, 2009

• #25

Indy Thunder 96 beat the Riptide 6 - 4 in the Semi - Quarter finals game eliminating them

 

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• Mar 16, 2009

• #26

Congratulations to Riptides also! Sounds like Riptides and Doom had a great weekend with some tough competition.

 

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• Mar 16, 2009

• #27

Fastpitch and Eagle,not that it really matters , but just spoke to NSA Director and she stated the way she runs her tournaments are different than most, she stated you could go 0-3 in pool play and 0-2 in loser's bracket but if you win 1 more game than another team out of bracket play you place higher no matter who you play, she admitted it was more luck of the draw than anything else.So us knocking out Dreams 8-0 and beating Riverfield Angel's 8-2 the game after they eliminated Riptides 3-0 didnt matter ?@%? Go figure NSA !

 

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• Mar 17, 2009

• #28

Moral of story is DON"T PLAY NSA. Every year OFC is filled with gripes about NSA and many promises of sending them a message by not playing NSA tournaments. Here we go again, welcome to 2009.

 

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• Mar 17, 2009

• #29

I don't care what place they say we finished in, I'd go back to this tourney even though it is NSA. The dome is an awesome place to play. We went 5-2 and played some good teams.

 

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• Mar 17, 2009

• #30

John, I thought you guys played great up there. I thought we (Riptides) competed well and will only get better. I love playing at the dome and will play there again regardless of what sanctioning body is holding the tourney. There has never been a let down in the quality of teams that play in that tournament and this year was very good. The only thing I would change would be the 1 hour time limits. This was the first year for that since I started going out there.

 

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• Mar 18, 2009

• #31

I thought all the Ohio teams did a good job. My DD said she had fun and enjoyed playing in the Dome. She is still catching up with her sleep after playing late and getting back to the hotel around 4:00AM both Friday and Saturday night. I had a good time and look forward to playing in the Dome in the future.

 

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• Mar 18, 2009

• #32

Congrats to the HOH Nitro!!!

Also, the facilities and competition at all age groups are always A-1 at the Dome, so this is one place where playing NSA is not a factor in most teams attending. Most play because the competition is top notch and the facilities are top notch and the Doom staff treat famlies/players/coaches very well.

 

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• Mar 18, 2009

• #33

Great tourney. My only knock.. I think tourney director could have done a better job with managing the brackets. Some 3 seeds got a bye while 2 seeds had to play in? Also all other 1 seeds played between 4-6 pm except the Doom..8pm, which turned into 9:30pm. Great competition and some nice Indiana comp. that I can't wait to see outdoors.

 

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• Mar 18, 2009

• #34

I've read all about the trouble with NSA events in Ohio. Residing in the Hoosier state and having been through quite a few years worth of travel ball seasons, I can say with very little hesitation--- in Indiana, there is no reason to avoid NSA events. They have an informative web-site (tournament listings and teams entered), return phone calls and e-mails, usually decent umpires and more often than not strong competition.

While my dd's will probably make the switch to playing primarily ASA next year at the 16U level, the move will only be made due to the reputation ASA has for superior exposure, not because they are a better run organization--at least in Indiana! Bottom line is---if any of you are thinking about coming to Indiana for a tourney this summer as a 14U team or younger--NSA is the best bet for you.

 

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• Mar 19, 2009

• #35

Good Luck to the 13U Sting Rays this weekend in the Dome..

 

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• Mar 19, 2009

• #36

Wish you were going with us SB. You could help me drink Hitters JD. DD is going down for leasson on April 1st. Make sure he gets an empty bottle as my April fools day treat to him.

 

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• Mar 19, 2009

• #37

He can keep his JD and Crystal Light. She will love it, he is great to work with and I'm sure he will love giving you a bunch of S!!!!!!. I suggest taking notes and bring a Video camera. My head was spinning after my first trip. I learned as much as she did. Plus if you get bored you can take the cards of the garage door he uses for vision drills ! This won't be anything she is use to. I think Swifty's first lesson was 4 plus hours and she loved every min. of it.

 

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• Mar 19, 2009

• #38

I am not able to go. Cannot get off work, new job and all. But I will get down sooner or later.

 

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• Mar 19, 2009

• #39

I will take you down with us, when we can work it out.

 

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• Mar 19, 2009

• #40

Sounds like a plan.