Fischers Softball, Lancaster, PA (1-3) 1956 Lincoln Heat Treatment, Detroit, MI C Juan Cruz Zara, Northeast Drillers 1980 All-American Bar, St. Paul, MN Great Lakes Region (Michigan, Wisconsin, Metro Detroit, Metro Milwaukee and Metro Toledo created in 1977), 1977 Days Sanitary Service, Pontiac, MI American United Life, Flint, MI took an at-large berth McArdle Pontiac, Midland, MI took a host berth. 1976 Young American Clothing Stores, Minot, ND 1959 Pepsi-Cola, Montreal, Quebec Standard Oil, Clearwater, FL took a host berth. 1966 Matts Tavern, Grand Forks, ND 1965 US Navy All Stars 1955 Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX Ladislao Malarczuk played a key role with a 6-for-7 day at the plate, scoring three runs and hitting the go-ahead home run to give the Gremlins the win in their first game of the day. UTIL Shea Bryant, Kegel Black Knights 1959 Club 500, Detroit, MI That lead didnt hold long though, as a pair of walks and string of hits allowed the Gremlins to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth. 13t. Rio Grande Senators, Midland, TX (0-3). 1973 Mueller-Stevens Chevrolet, Prescott, AZ 1959 Carling Pilseners, Vancouver, British Columbia Mid-America (Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Metro St. Louis, Metro Kansas City; Nebraska, Metro Omaha created in 1977), 1977 Hortons, Springfield, MO Walnut Products, St. Joeseph, MO took an at-large berth. 1978 Byerlys, Minneapolis, MN 1976 Tammy Wynette, Nashville, TN Kegel Black Knightsbeat Gremlins 8-1 in the final. Bear Bottom Lodge, Denver, PA (1-2) NY Gremlins beat Bear Bottom Lodge 6-1 Duane Weller in losers bracket final. Ostrander Norsemen, Chanhassen, MN (2-2) Gremlins Pitcher Roman Godoy struck out 6 and allowed no ER and gave up 3 hits over 5 innings. UTIL Mick Baker, Bloomington Stix ASA / ASA Men's Major Fast Pitch. 13t. 1957 Dover AFB, Dover, DE 1954 Naval Air Station, Denver, CO P N/A 1962 Local 57 Engineers, Providence, RI Raybestos Cardinals went to nationals using a host berth. Northwest Implement, Stanberry, MO (0-3). 1) Dot Richardson A current physician and coach of Liberty University's softball team, Dot Richardson is the epitome of Fastpitch softball. 1956 Lawson Plumbers, Salt Lake City, UT Tin Cup Tornado, Little Canada, MN (1-3) Nick Mullins and Blair Ezeklel both hit 3-Run HRs in the 2nd inning as the Gremlins had a commanding 10-0 lead after two. 1953 Gators, Lake Jackson, TX 1968 Stephens Truck Line, Lake Charles, LA OF Colin Walsh, Ostrander 1957 Merchants, Redwood City, CA In their run through the losers bracket, the Knights also sent home the Hallman Twins in a three inning, 18-1 run-rule victory. 1943 Camp Wallace, Galveston County, TX Deep Rock Oilers, Tulsa, OK earned a defending national champion berth but disbanded and did not attend. Pitcher do no need to reapply for classification each year unless their has been a change in their pitching ability. IF Tony Gonzales, Hill United Chiefs NOTES: The tournament was a three game guarantee format and shortened by rain. The NY Gremlins, gunning for their 4th straight USA National Championship, couldnt get past old nemesis, Hill United Chiefs n the winners bracket final. 1943 Public Service, Denver, CO 1950 Stephens-Adamson Sealmasters, Aurora, IL 1942 NA no regional took place during World War II due to transportation restrictions. 1973 Whitaker Buick, St. Paul, MN 1985 N/A, Southern Region (Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee; North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida added in 1944; North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Metro Memphis and Metro Nashville dropped 1956; Metro Miami, Metro Jacksonville, Metro Orlando, Metro St. Petersburg, Metro Mobile and Metro Birmingham added in 1977; Note-This region sometimes referred to as the Southeastern Region from 1957-76), 1942 Homewood Dairies, Birmingham, AL 1939 San Juan, Puerto Rico 1982 N/A 1956 Meenan Oilers, Levittown, NY Circle Tap Dukes, Denmark, WI (2-2) The rise ball is a dominant pitch in fastpitch softball. At that time, teams that wanted to play, did so under their local ASA guidelines. 1947 Grumman Aircraft Yankees, Bethpage, NY IF Cam Schiller, Hallman Twins Softball was on the International Olympic . Bar On The Avenue Buzz, Kimberly, WI (2-3) The regional championships started in 1942 and went all the way up until the late 1980s early 1990s. A-1 Bombers, Castro Valley, CA (1-2) 2019 held at St. Joseph, Missouri on July 19-21. The tournament was getting very big. 1969 Reillys Rebels, Refugio, TX 1947 Kings, Hanford, CA 1948 Standard Parts, Memphis, TN 1956 Anderson Furniture, San Diego, CA 1950 Phillips 66 Oilers, Okmulgee, OK 1957 Holly Produce, Houston, TX 1970 Alaska Builders Cache, Anchorage 1976 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL 2017 held at South Bend, Indiana on August 3-6. IF Frederico Eder, Circle Tap Dukes Runner Up Hill United Chiefs, Machias, New York. 1983 N/A P Sebastian Gervasutti, Circle Tap Dukes MVP Most Valuable Player . After holding the BBL offense to a scoreless at-bat in the top of the eighth, Marchio Sausage Co. pieced together three singles from Chase Thompson, David Reiter and Sam Nieman to plate the game-winning run in walk-off fashion. 1975 Pay n Pak, Seattle, WA 1953 Rochester Radio, Rochester, NY 1971 Little Brauhaus, Poughkeepsie, NY 1977 The region was disbanded. 1958 McDonald Scots, Lake Charles, LA 1975 Nothdurft Tool & Die, Detroit, MI ShO Shutout The NY Gremlins had a strong showing in the winners bracket, edging their three opponents of the day in competitive contests. Mike Lewis, Chris Heinline and BJ Gulick finished with two hits apiece, with tournament MVP Heinline leading the team with 5 RBI. Scarborough Force, Glencoe, NY (3-2) In the first game of the day on OGE Energy Field, Marchio Sausage Co. posted a come-from-behind walk-off victory over Bear Bottom Lodge after falling behind 5-0 through the first three innings. P Roman Godoy, New York Gremlins Hallman Twins, Chesterfield, VA (5-1) C Rafael Flores, Gremlins OF Yusef Davis, San Antonio Glowworm UTIL Nick Mullins, NY Gremlins, 1. 1969 F.E. 1972 S.H. 1955 Hilliards Cafe, Houston, TX 1972 Combustion Engineers, Chattanooga, TN 1956 Arvada Merchants, Denver, CO 1956 Stephens-Adamson Sealmasters, Aurora, IL Overview: As softball players know, Mizuno is the upper echelon of fastpitch softball as the Mizuno 9-Spike Swift 7 is the top cleat in the game. 1948 Chicksan Company, Brea, CA 1985 N/A, Mid-Atlantic Region (New York, New Jersey, Metro New York City, Metro Newark, Metro Rochester and Metro Buffalo; Metro Long Island and Metro Jersey City added in 1966), 1942 Kodak Park, Rochester, NY 1946 Monowatt Electric AC, Providence, RI OF Alan Parker, Kegel Black Knights 1955 Kodak Park, Rochester, NY Hill United Chiefs posted a 17-5 win over Hallman Twins to earn the rematch against the NY Gremlins in the Championship Game. 1984 United Van Lines, St. Louis, MO Walnut Woods, St. Joe, MO 1977 Guanella Brothers, Santa Rosa, CA 7t. 1959 Johnnies New & Used Cars, Baltimore, MD 1954 State Farm Insurance, Bloomington, IL 1954 Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX 1968 Whitaker Buick, St. Paul, MN 1958 Harry Rich, Miami, FL Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL earned a defending national champion berth. 13t. 7t. 1964 Motif Homes, Oklahoma City, OK 1980 Home Savings & Loan, Aurora, IL Decatur ADM, Decatur, IL took a host berth. IF Chris Heinline, Kegel Black Knights (5 RBI on a single and then grand slam BJ Hunhoff, 5 IP, 1 R, 2 K) Matt Palazzo went 2-4 with 2 HR. 1967 Federal Old Line Insurance, Seattle, WA The major class started the regionals, soon the class A, then class B and class C followed. 1943 Coca Colas, Cincinnati, OH Briggs Beautyware, Detroit, MI took a host berth. AWP Lumberjacks, Fairview Heights, IL (2-2) 1982 N/A 1973 Masterbilt Motors, Oklahoma City, OK They come with a. The four-time MVP of the Women's Major Fastpitch National Championship, Dot owns two Olympic Gold Medals for her time as the shortstop for team USA. 1962 Sabourin Mountain Park, Hull, Quebec 1963 Champion YMCA, Canton, NC 2. Juan Potolicchio (1-0, Shutout, 7 K) and Andrew Kirkpatrick (1-0, Shutout, 9 K) won the other two game for the Gremlins. They shutout 4 straight teams by a score of 31-0, before winning the 12-3 final. 1981 Sonnys Exxon, Greenville, SC 9t. 1981 Planggers Furniture, Benton Harbor, MI Saginaw Bolters, Saginaw, MI took an at-large berth. 1981 Larry Miller Toyota, Salt Lake City, UT 1967 Jerrys Catering, Miami, FL Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL earned a defending national champion berth. 1979 Zeniths, Rochester, NY 1973 Sure-Brake, Lakewood, CA 13t. Both offenses remained quiet until Circle Tap Dukes got on the board in the fourth inning to tie the game 1-1. 1962 J.H. Twin City Gray Sox, Saint Joseph, MI (0-3) 1979 Ohio Caverns, West Liberty, OH 1985 N/A, Pacific Coast Region (Southern California, Northern California, Arizona, Metro Los Angeles, Metro San Francisco; Northern California and Metro San Francisco dropped in 1943; Region split in two in 1945; reinstated again in 1977 with Southern California, Northern California, Metro San Francisco, Metro Oakland, Metro Sacramento, Metro Stockton, Metro Santa Clara, Metro Fresno, Metro San Diego and Hawaii added in 1977; Metro Los Angeles had since disbanded and Arizona had been part of the Cactus Region, now Rocky Mountain Region), 1942 Phalanx, Fraternity, Phoenix, AZ Claiming a 14-1 win in the 8 p.m. game on INTEGRIS Field was the NY Gremlins who will face the Omma Tigres in the winners bracket tomorrow morning after posting a 12-3 win over Bar on the Avenue Buzz 2021. Champion NY Gremlins, Clifton Park, New York 1981 The James Gang, St. James, MN 1980 Ohio Caverns, West Liberty, OH After tying the game 1-1, Hill United continued to tack on runs, scoring in three of the next four innings to seal the victory. 1951 Cochituate Motors, Cochituate, MA Dot Richardson. 1972 Wisley Construction, Indianapolis, IN - The pitching distance is 43' for women and 46' for men. 1980 Hampshire, Baltimore, MD York Barbell Sunners, Reading, PA took an at-large berth. 1962 Ralph Motors Ltd., Calgary, Alberta The remaining nine teams will battle it out in the losers bracket with the playing field narrowing to four teams leading into Championship Sunday. Allentown Patriots, Allentown, PA took the host berth. 1961 Combustion Engineers, Chattanooga, TN 1983 N/A 1945 Bucks Bar Booteries, Omaha, NE LC Ostrander Norsemen, Chanhassen, MN (2-2) Stapley Hardware, Phoenix, AZ Hammer Field Raiders, Fresno earned a defending national champion berth. 1949 Manchester Biscuits, Fargo, ND Hill United Chiefs, Machias, NY (4-2) 1976 Burger King 1965 N/A 9t. 1945 Slush Pumps, Houston, TX ASA national championships started in 1933. 1961 Zeb Pierce, Mesa, AZ 1960 Club 500, Detroit, MI IF Kevin Castillo, BC Athletics 1970 Stephens Truck Line, Lake Charles, LA 2. 1964 Local #138, Levittown, NY Kegel Black Knights finished victorious at the Mens Major Fast Pitch National Championship, defeating the NY Gremlins for the second time this weekend. 1971 Sports Clubs of America, Mesa, AZ They have been 10-0 in the past two years. P N/A 1949 Smacks Candy, St. Louis, MO 1960 Barnes Store, Springfield, MO 1962 N/A 1957 Raybestos Cardinals, Stratford, CT NY Gremlins, Clifton Park, NY (5-0) 1974 Reds, Rogersville, TN 7t. 1971 Alaska Builders Cache, Anchorage 13t. 1949 The region was disbanded. 1964 Oshawa, Toronto, Ontario 1961 Billy Betz Flatiron AC, Philadelphia, PA 1978 Poughkeepsie Brewers, Poughkeepsie, NY 1977 Da-Ros, Buchanon, NY OPA Outstanding Pitcher Award UTIL Justin Gonzalez, Jay Blank Realty 1984 Coors Kings, Merced, CA and San Gabriel Eagles, San Gabriel, CA and Guanella Brothers, Santa Rosa, CA 1964 Charlies Trading Post, Atlanta, GA C Zach Warne, Kegel Black Knights 1979 Alabama Auto Auction, Montgomery, AL 1965 Aurora Sealmasters, Aurora, IL 1967 Local 57 Engineers, Providence, RI 1969 Portland Lakers, Portland, OR 13t. 17t. 1974 Lynch Industries, Oklahoma City, OK ASA / ASA Men's Major Fast Pitch. 1950 Raybestos Cardinals, Bridgeport, CT 1975 Home Savings & Loan, Aurora, IL One of the greatest pitchers of all time, Cat Osterman, won three Olympic medals with team USA; gold in 2004 and silver in 2008 and 2020. 1959 Sacramento Burgermeister Burgies, Sacramento, CA 1975 Lamb Chevrolet, Prescott, AZ GameChanger is the best free mobile Softball scorekeeping application, used by teams like the Mean Judeans for full, detailed and accurate season and player statistics. Ostrander, Chanhassen, MN (3-2) Rick Scherr Who are the top men's professional softball players of all time? 1961 West Coast Packers, Pacific Fleet 1978 Raybestos Cardinals, Stratford, CT They quickly answered back, however, when a double from Steve Mullaley scored Brett Larson in the bottom of the frame. Alexander Crawlers, Calgary, WA (3-2) It was there they were met by the San Antonio Glowworm who were on their fifth game of the day and had battled through the losers bracket with four straight wins. IF N/A 1950 Briggs Beautyware, Detroit, MI 1976 Nothdurft Tool & Die, Detroit, MI He also had a save and struck out 39 batters in 24 IP. 1946 Grumman Aircraft Yankees, Bethpage, NY Some local associations required teams to win state championships, so associations just sent teams. These cleats feature Mizuno's Wave Structure to stabilize the cleat and take pressure or shock off the player's feet and ankles. . Stapley Hardware, Phoenix, AZ 1958 US Air Force World Wide Champs 1967 Oxnard Kings, Oxnard, CA 1955 Flame Show Bar, Detroit, MI IF N/A Rose Truckline, Houston, TX 1963 Whitaker Buick, St. Paul, MN 1951 Babbitt Realty, Houston, TX Hill United Chiefs, Machias, NY (3-2) Many players on ESPN's Greatest All-Time Softball Team are part of modern WCWS lore thanks to a surge in recent fan interest. IF Ladislao Malarczuk, NY Gremlins 1968 US Armed Forces 1948 Grand Prize Brewery, Houston, TX 2. Bloomington Stix, Lexington, IL (3-2) 1982 N/A 1978 N/A 1943 Teamsters, Tacoma, WA At that time, fastpitch was slowly dwindling and the ASA became less strict on letting teams participate. 1963 Local #55 Climate Controllers, Huntington, NY 1985 N/A, Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Metro Denver; Utah and Montana added 1943; New Mexico dropped in 1943; Metro Denver merged with Colorado in 1943; Metro Denver recreated in 1948; Arizona added in 1951 and dropped in 1952; New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and Nevada dropped in 1952; Montana dropped in 1953; Utah added in 1957, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Metro Phoenix added in 1977; Region split into two sections in 1979; Rocky Mountain Cactus and Rocky Mountain Alpine). 1971 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL Circle Taps record was 40-21 excluding the national tournament. 1945 Kavakos Grill, Washington, DC Wander Springs Chippers, Denmark, WI (2-2) Andrew Kirkpatrick won the only game he started 8-1 (5 IP, 8 K). 1985 N/A, Northern Region (Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota; Nebraska dropped in 1943; Metro Minneapolis and Metro St. Paul added in 1957), 1942 Metz Beer, Omaha, NE 1977 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL 1974 Glenn Miller Garage, Carson, CA 4. 1970 Nothdurft Tool & Die, Detroit, MI Roman Godoy, Circle Tap (3-1, Save, 22 IP, 31 K). 1958 Dow, Montreal, Quebec 1946 Jockey Club, Mexico City 1947 Hudson House Grocers, Portland, OR 1956 Sewart AFB, Smyrna, TN 7t. Hallman Twins, North Chesterfield, VA (4-2) 1984 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL 1952 N/A 1959 La Mesa Big Shots, La Mesa, CA 1951 N/A 7t. 1962 N/A 1970 Anixter Brothers, Skokie, IL Dolan & Murphy, Aurora, IL (0-3) 1956 Madero Tamaulejas, Tampico, 1967 US Armed Forces 5t. 1944 Monowatt Electric AC, Cranston, RI 13t. 1971 Morgan Truckers, Lakewood, CA 1956 White Coffee Pot, Baltimore, MD 1967 Schindlers, Springfield, MO 3. 1963 Merced Monarchs, Merced, CA 1964 Rockbusters, Fresno, CA Sunnyvale Stars, Sunnyvale CA took a host berth. 1975 Napa Grand Auto, Napa, CA Guanella Brothers, Santa Rosa, CA earned a defending champion berth Alameda County Merchants, Hayward, CA took a host berth. 9t. # incomplete record. 1965 Lansing Bombers, Lansing, MI Burch Gage & Tool earned a defending national champion berth. 1947 Blackburn Bombers, Clearwater, FL 1972 Schaefer Beer, Baltimore, MD Midland Explorers, South Lyon, MI (3-2) 13t. Clearwater Tile, FL took a host berth. 1966 Local 57 Engineers, Providence, RI 1970 Turner Electric Company, Montgomery, AL Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL took a host berth. OF Mathieu Roy, Gremlins 1954 S-Site. P Rob Schweyer, Kegel Black Knights 1955 Firefighters, Vancouver, British Columbia 1976 Home Savings & Loan, Aurora, IL 1965 Lakewood Lancers, Lakewood, CA 1948 N/A Can-Am Twins, Pottstown, PA (1-2) 1952 Jones Ranchers, Eloy, AZ 1974 US Armed Forces 1. 1979 Wilson Powell Monarchs, Marlow Heights, MD York Barbell Sunners, Reading, PA earned a defending national champion berth. 1966 Motif Homes, Oklahoma City, OK 1948 Grumman Aircraft Yankees, Bethpage, NY C Bruno Montroni, Hill United Chiefs 1982 held at Midland, Michigan. However, there was a time when well-known players became household names. 1963 Billy Betz Flatiron AC, Philadelphia, PA 1944 Delchamps Foods, Mobile, AL August 6-8, 2021 | USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex . 1980 Odessa Merchants, Odessa, TX 1967 Rileys, Decatur, IL Aurora Sealmasters, Aurora, IL took a host berth. Marchio Sausage Co. began chipping away at the BBL lead with a three-run third inning before tying the game in the bottom of the seventh. Look no further than the guide that has helped develop the game's top players and most successful teams. 1981 Ohio Caverns, West Liberty, OH Faultless Rubber, Ashland, OH took an at-large berth. OF Jon Lynch, Bloomington Stix 1951 Copping Bricks, Eugene, OR UTIL N/A, 1. The Chiefs defeated Andrew Kirkpatrick and the Gremlins 8-1. 9t. 1979 Bandbox, St. James, MN 1971 Anixter Bombers, Skokie, IL P BJ Hunhoff, Kegel Black Knights 1983 N/A 1962 Biacardi Club, Rio Piedras He also hurled a no-hitter. Kegel Black Knights BJ Hunhoff (2-0, 11 IP, 9 K),Rob Schweyer (2-0, 9 IP, 10 K),Blaine Milheim (9-14, .643, 8 RBI, 8 Runs) BJ Gulick (7-10, .700, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 5 Runs) Zach Warne (6-10, .600) Mike Lewis (8-12, .667, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 8 Runs), NY Gremlins Duane Weller (2-0, 8 IP, 6 K),Tony Mancha (5 IP, 9 K),Luis Amaya (0-2, 9 IP, 15 K),Erick Oshoa (2 HR, 4 RBI),Jonathan Lynch (6-13, .462, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 4 Runs) Cam Shiller (1 HR, 2 RBI), Bear Bottom Lodge Kevin Reber (7-10, .700, 4 RBI, 3 Runs) Julian Fernandez (1-1, 24 IP, 28 K). 1985 N/A, Western Region (Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Metro St. Louis, Metro Kansas City; Nebraska added in 1943; Metro Omaha added in 1977, Region disbanded in 1977; Re-formatting into the Mid-America Region). 1983 CMI, Springfield, MO Finishing in fifth place with a 2-2 record one year ago at the 2019 edition, the Black Knights went on a 4-0 undefeated run and outscored opponents 51-21 at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex. 2. 9t. 1953 Casino Espanol, Havana 1961 Calgary Orioles, Alberta 1975 Burger King 1966 Lakewood Lancers, Lakewood, CA 1969 Champion Paper, Canton, NC Bar On The Avenue Buzz, Kaukauna, WI (2-2)