ASA Tournament 2011 ASA 16u State Tourney June 23-26

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I just noticed that the dates include a Thursday. Will there really be play on Thursday? If so, starting at what time?

Thanks.

Jim told me 8 a.m.


Also team list in post #16 updated thru April 14

 

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Nice to see some of the smaller community travel teams coming out, some of which where your daughter might have started her travel adventures at.

 

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updated list???

 

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List in post #16 updated through May 4

 

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for the oldtimers, this long list of entries resembels how the NSA states used to be. I can remember once at 14u, the ASA state was held down by wright patterson air force base and there was seven teams.

 

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Schedule should...should... be out this week. At last count there are 61 teams entered! (not all are listed)

 

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How many USA/ASA berths are available and on the line??

Assuming at LEAST 4, but with 61+ teams wondering if there are more than that this year? One per 10-12 teams?

 

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just 4 per ASA

 

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Is the a schedule yet for the Thursday games?

 

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will the teams that already qualified that are registered still play? if so, how will the bids be handled?

it would stink to be knocked out early after having played one of the qualified teams and never even get into a position to get a bid passed down to you if the already qualified team were to earn one of the four bids here.

 

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@woolfman:

Yes, it will stink, but that's the reality of the rule that now allows berth holders to play in other qualifiers. And I can certainly see the argument that probably led to the rule change: should a berth holder really have to forfeit its berth in order to play in a geographically close tournament that offers top flight competition? To penalize a berth holder by making that team either skip something as good (both in terms of play and in terms of college coaches) as the 16u ASA States or forfeit its berth in order to play ASA States doesn't make a whole lot of sense either.

The rule change makes it clear that the berth will be passed down to the highest placing team in the tournament that does not yet have a berth.

I guess that's why the call it the luck of the draw.

 

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When will the schedule be posted?

 

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@wildfire:

We are getting somewhat anxious messages from our families asking about whether we have a Thursday game and, if so, when it will be. Many employers require at least a week's notice for a vacation day. And if our parents aren't able to take a Thursday vacation day, they need to be making arrangements to get their DDs to a Thursday game with one of the other team families.

I'm still not clear on how the tournament is entitled to hold Thursday play, since the ASA Code says that play for National Qualifiers can't begin earlier than Friday. Perhaps it is another of those elusive Local Association exceptions. But the important point is that if there is going to be Thursday play, teams needs to know as early as possible when they are going to play on Thursday.

Please help us out here.

 

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Here's the pools copied from the Spreadsheet. Games start at 12:00 pm on Thursday and go to 8:00 pm on Thursday night.

Buckeye Heat 94 Clark A1
Wizards Bouisselle A2
Valley Extreme Heverly A3

Cincy Doom B1
Valley Extreme Blue B2
Venom B3

Mc Madness White C1
Buckeye Heat McGee C2
Ohio Hawks C3


Ohio Classics Black D1
Wizards Kujawa D2
Ohio Saphires D3

NWO Buckeyes E1
OFC Blast E2
Lake Erie Waves E3

Tidalwaves 94 F1
Ohio Swarm F2
Turbos Wisecarver F3

Vipers G1
Wizards Eisenbrandt G2
Tuscarawas County G3

Hancock Heat H1
Ohio XS H2
Ohio Extreme H3

Marion Diamonds I1
Wizards Gold I2
S. Ohio Cyclones I3

Tigerlillies J1
Buckeye Elitem J2
W. Liberty Force J3

McMadness Black K1
Ohio Stingrays - Wiley K2
Ohio Hawks Pifer K3

Ohio Power L1
Ohio Lady Lib Red L2
Lady Lasers Silver L3

EMR 94 M1
Ohio Lasers Black M2
Extreme Heat M3

Cincy Static Purple N1
Mad Dogs N2
Ohio Stingrays - Jensen N3

Cincy Static 94 O1
Tidalwaves 95 O2
Lady Lasers Scarlet O3

Impact P1
Heart of Ohio Exposion P2
Ohio Hurricanes P3

Impact Green Q1
JABC Blitz Q2
Miami Valley Express Q3

Valley Extreme R1
Ohio Lady Lib Blue R2
Ohio Ice 15U R3

Turbos S1
Expolsive Black S2
Ohio Ice Black 16U S3

Buckeye Heat 95 T1
Championship Fastpitch T2
Ohio Outlaws T3
Explosive White T4

 

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Here's the Thursday Schedule. I'm guessing the head coaches will send out the info soon but for those who don't have it start your planning.........

12pm A1-A2 E1-E2 I1-I2 D2-D3 Q1-Q2 O2-O3 L3-L1 R1-R2 P2-P3
2pm C1-C3 N2-N3 G2-G3 K1-K2 T1-T2 S1-S2 M1-M2 T3-T4 J1-J2
4pm H1-H2 A2-A3 I2-I3 D2-D1 Q2-Q3 O2-O1 L3-L2 R2-R3 E1-E3
6pm P1-P2 C1-C2 G1-G2 K2-K3 Q1-Q3 T1-T3 M1-M3 T2-T4 J2-J3
8pm H1-H3 N1-N2 I1-I3 A1-A3 x x x x S1-S3

Reading left to right the first 4 games are at Marathon. The next 4 games are at Van Buren. The last game on the far right is at Findlay High School which includes S1-S3 in the 8 pm slot.

 

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Thanks Ice Black. We got our copy this morning as well. Our pool position was switched from the earlier pool to a the T pool. And we switched with another Central Ohio team. Wonder what that was all about.

Oh well, we are playing Championship Fastpitch and the Ohio Outlaws, so our pool play will consist of hard-fought games, which is great.

 

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Here's the Friday Schedule.

8am O1-O3 F2-F3 B1-B2 E2-E3 D1-D3 J1-J3 M2-M3 K1-K3
10am G1-G3 F1-F2 B2-B3 N1-N3 H2-H3 P1-P3 C2-C3 S2-S3
12pm R1-R3 F1-F3 B1-B3 L2-L1

Reading left to right the first 4 games are at Marathon. The next 4 games are at Van Buren.

Bracket play starts at 3 pm on Friday.

The Thursday/Friday schedule was as of 10:45 am on 6/14/11.

 

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Thanks Ice Black. We got our copy this morning as well. Our pool position was switched from the earlier pool to a the T pool. And we switched with another Central Ohio team. Wonder what that was all about.

Oh well, we are playing Championship Fastpitch and the Ohio Outlaws, so our pool play will consistent of hard-fought games, which is great.

Looks like the B & F pools said "We ain't playing Thursday." Both pool games for them are Friday.

BTW, great game against you guys this past Sunday!

 

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Note to self: insist on Friday play as earliest next year.

@IceBlack: it was indeed a great game. After you scored those 5 on us in the top of the 6th, we couldn't have asked for a better opportunity than to be in a position to tie it in the bottom of the 7th. Statistics caught up with us and we couldn't string one more hit to force the ITB. A great game, however, for the memory data bank on the topic "never give up".

And up until that 6th inning it really was a case of both teams hunkering down on defense when there were multiple runners on base. Fun stuff.

See you at the ASA States.

 

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Could you please post field addresses for the Van Buren and Findlay HS fields? Thanks.