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Results from Ed McCormick Men’s Open Fastpitch Tournament In Erie, Pennsylvania
Sunday, August 2nd, 2015Annual Ed McCormick Men’s Fastpitch Tournament in Erie, PA
Wednesday, July 29th, 2015ERIE, Penn. – The host hotel for the Ed McCormick Men’s Fastpitch Tournament is the Avalon Hotel & Conference Center. Call Erica Roberts at (814) 459-2220 for information.
Pool A (Budweiser Division)
NY Gremlins
Toronto Gators
Circle Tap
Scarborough Force
Pool B (Bud Light Division)
Peligro Sports
Bloomington Stix
Hallman Twins
Hill United Chiefs
Field A
9 a.m., Peligro vs. Hill U
11 a.m., Gators vs. Scar. Force
1 p.m., Gators vs. CT
4 p.m., Stix vs. Hill U
6 p.m., Gremlins vs. Gators
8 p.m., Hill U vs. Hallman Twins
Field B
9 a.m., Stix vs. Hallman Twins
11 a.m., Gremlins vs. CT
1 p.m., Gremlins vs. Scarb. Force
4 p.m., Peligro vs. Hallman Twins
6 p.m., Scarb. Force vs. CT
8 p.m., Stix vs. Peligro
Sunday Playoffs
8:30 a.m.
#3 Pool A. vs #2 Pool B
#2 Pool B vs. #3 Pool A
Annual Ed MCormick Tournament in Erie, Pennsylvania set with top-ranked teams entered
Monday, July 27th, 2015
Bill Hillhouse, tournament director of the Ed McCormick Invitational, has eight of the world’s top-ranked teams entered and vying for a championship, Aug. 1-2.
ERIE, Penn. – Everyone…
The schedule for Erie will be completed TODAY/TONIGHT. There was the last minute subtraction of one more team leaving the tournament with eight teams – eight of the finest teams in North America: Toronto Gators, NY Gremlins, Circle Tap, Bloomington Stix, Scarb. Force, Peligro Gremlins, Hallman Twins and 2015 ASA National Champions Hill United.
Annual Ed McCormick Tournament seeking two more teams, top ISC teams entered
Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 Bill Hillhouse, tournament director for the Ed McCormick men’s fastpitch tournament would like to have two more teams enter the tournament.
By BILL HILLHOUSE
Erie Tournament Director
houseofpitching@yahoo.com
ERIE, Penn. – Greetings fastball fans, Erie is seeking two more teams to round the tournament to 12. I would much prefer 12 teams rather than 10 teams.
“Erie provides a great opportunity for the ISC fans to see the top teams,” said Bill Hillhouse. “And (for) teams who want to face the best this a chance. There is also no other place for fans of fastball to be right on top of the action…teams that want some world class competition before the ISC… drop me an email.”
Also, if you did send in a committment and you don’t see your name listed above… please let me know… accidents happen. You may have just slipped my mind.
CURRENT TEAMS ENTERED / ISC RANKING (May 2015)
Best Regards,
Bill Hillhouse
Tournament Director
houseofpitching@yahoo.com
www.houseofpitching.com
Page Brake of Salt Lake City carries on long tradition in men’s fast pitch
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
The Page Brake men’s fastpitch team has been in existence since the 1960s, and still goes strong today. Photo By BOB OTTO / 2013 NAFA World Series
SALT LAKE CITY – Mention the name “Page Brake” in men’s fast pitch circles and most will say, sure I’ve heard of them, or I’ve seen them play, or what a great team.
But for those REALLY in the know, they will go a bit further in dishing out the accolades. For this Salt Lake City ball club has quite a legacy.
New York Gremlins prove they deserve top billing
Monday, July 29th, 2013
Sean Whitten hurled the New York Gremlins to the championship of the Ed McCormick Men’s Fastpitch Tournament by defeating Pennsylvania Power in the championship, Sunday July 28 in Erie, Pennsylvania.
ERIE, Penn. – The world’s four top-ranked teams met in a head-to-head showdown and the New York Gremlins proved they deserve top billing.
The Gremlins, ranked No. 1 by the International Softball Congress, swept through the fourth annual Ed McCormick Men’s Fastpitch Tournament unblemished (4-0) and finished off the July 27-28 weekend by defeating No. 4 ranked Pennsylvania Power of Harrisburg, PA 11-4 in the final.
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Top fastpitch teams coming to Erie
Monday, July 22nd, 2013Fastpitch softball pitcher and Ed McCormick Fastpitch Tournament Director Bill Hillhouse. ROB ENGELHARDT//ERIE TIMES-NEWS
FROM STAFF REPORTS, Erie Times-News
ERIE, Penn – Four of the world’s elite fastpitch softball teams will collide July 27-28 in the fourth annual Ed McCormick Fastpitch Tournament, to be played at 11th and Hess.
And while four teams might not seem like a lot, it’s actually twice as many teams as currently exist in Erie’s once-thriving men’s City Rec fastpitch softball league.
That’s a far cry from the 1980s and ’90s, according to Bill Hillhouse, a world-class pitcher who has competed internationally since 1990 and who plays for the New York Gremlins, the world’s No. 1-ranked team and one of the clubs locked and loaded for the McCormick Tournament.
Fastpitch softball, Hillhouse said, used to be the game in town.
So many men wanted to play that the city had a morning league for those who worked third shift.
Now, he said, it’s a struggle to find 18 players to fill out two teams for the City Rec’s informal Tuesday evening fastpitch league.
“People used to go down to the ballpark to watch games on Tuesdays and Thursdays — that was their form of entertainment,” Hillhouse said. “But now they can stay home and watch the Indians on TV every night.
“And it’s just not softball that’s suffering. Drive by any city park and you don’t see kids outside playing. Every sport is suffering. But we don’t have the numbers to make up the difference like the other sports have.” Continue reading
Ed McCormick Tournament showcases world’s top-ranked teams and pitchers
Saturday, July 20th, 2013
Bill Hillhouse shown pitching here for the USA National Men’s Softball Team at a USA Softball camp in Chula Vista, Calif. April 15, 2000, has long been instrumental in helping organize the Ed McCormick Tournament. Hillhouse was also an ISC Commissioner-At-Large for many years, starting in 1997. He is currently pitching for the top-ranked Clifton Park, New York Gremlins. Photo By BOB OTTO
ERIE, PA – The annual Ed McCormich Tournament will be held July 27-28 at 1137 E. 11th St. with the International Softball Congress’s four top-ranked teams squaring off in what could be a prelude to the 2013 ISC World Tournament “final four” when the championship takes place Aug. 10-17 in the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois.
This should be a dandy matchup of the world’s top hitters and pitchers. In the circle for the Clifton Park, New York Gremlins will be Andrew Kirkpatrick, Sean Whitten and Bill Hillhouse.
The Jarvis Ontario Hallman Twins will counter with Paul Koert, Jeff Farion and Nik Hayes. The Pennsylvania Power will trot out Juan Potolicchio, Eric Fogel, and Karl Gollan, while the Six Nations Hill United Chiefs will counter with a small army of arms, including Adam Folkard, Mitch Hardy, Jason Hill, Mike Joseph, and Grant Patterson.
For fans of the pitching-dominant side of the sport, this “who’s who” of great pitchers should send them scrambling for birds’ eye view seating behind home plate.
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE WITH CURRENT WORLD TEAM RANKING
SUNDAY CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
New York Gremlins men’s fastpitch team finalizes roster
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
CLIFTON PARK, NY – The New York Gremlins are happy to announce that Sean Whitten, Jeff Goolagong and Tyson Byrne will be joining the squad for the 2013 season. (Whitten, one of fastball’s top pitchers, played for the Eugene, Oregon / California A’s in 2012.)
The Gremlins, an annual threat to win an ISC World Tournament championship finished fourth ISC chronological order of finish in 2012 with a 4-2 record.
The Gremlin roster:
Andrew Kirkpatrick – P
Sean Whitten – P
Bill Hillhouse – P
Bryan Abrey – C
Blair Ezekiel – 1B
Rhys Casley – 2B
Tyson Byrne – 3B
Todd Schultz – SS
Travis Wilson – INF/DH
Nick Mullins – INF/C
Mathieu Roy – OF
Jeff Goolagong – OF
Derek Pukash – OF
Wayne Laulu – OF
Ben Wideman – OF
Vahram Mateosian – C/DH
Frank Perez – INF
Denny Bruckert – MGR
Gregg Leather – Coach
Jeff Hook – Coach
Peter Schmitt – Coach
Greg Nydick – Scorekeeper
Bruce Tanski – Sponsor
Bob Nydick – Sponsor
Someone to know: Fastpitch softball pitcher Michael Cantrell
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
In just nine years, Michael Cantrell has become one of the young promising pitchers in the USA.
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“I’m a very antsy person, so when the fastpitch season is coming up all I want to do is play softball,” – Michael Cantrell
MECHANICSBURG, OH – Young pitchers who follow the heady advice of veteran pitchers generally have a good start in becoming first-rate fastpitch pitchers.
Michael Cantrell is one of them. Though he’s only 20 years old, he’s learned much in his nine years in the circle, where he windmilled his first pitch as a 12-year-old.
He credits veteran pitchers Rich Markham, Ron Marstiller, Scott Sutherland and Bill Hillhouse with giving him sound advice in learning the trade.
“Over the span of my career I have taken their information and used it,” Cantrell said. “All of them are successful pitchers, and combined they have a lot of knowledge.”
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