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Subject: Comox Valley Cannons, B.C. Win 47th Seattle Invitational -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47th Annual Seattle InvitationalFastpitch Tournament Fort Dent Sports Complex, August 4-5, 2007 The Comox Valley Cannons from Courtenay, British Columbia defeat Cleons Auto to Win the 47th Seattle Invitational. The Comox Valley Cannons hung on to defeat Cleons Auto 5 - 3 to win the 47th Annual Seattle Invitational. The Cannons from Courtenay, British Columbia, jumped out to a 2 - 0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on a 2-run home run by the Cannon first baseman Brad Douglas. The Cannons extended their lead to 5 - 0 in the bottom of the 5th inning on 4 consecutive hits. Left fielder, Kyle Law, lead off the inning with a triple. Right fielder, Michael Pohl, followed with a double to drive in Law. Brad Douglas then singled to drive in Pohl. Center fielder Tyler Douglas completed the scoring by driving in his brother Brad. However, Cleons Auto would not give up. In the 7th inning, as the Cannons Joe Robbins (Tournament MV-Pitcher) began to tire and yielded a couple of walks, Cleons Auto came back with 3 runs highlighted by Sean Praven's 2-run single. Robbins recoved to get the last 3 outs and wrap up the Championship for the Cannons. The hard fought Championship Game featured each team's workhorse pitcher. Ryan Divish of Cleons Auto (Tournament All-Star Pitcher) started all 7 of their games in the tournament. Joe Robbins pitched in 5 of the Cannons 6 games. Robbins finished the Championship Game with 12 K's. Game 35 (Championship Game) Cleons Auto (Tacoma, WA) 3 - 4 - 1 Comox Valley Cannons (Courtenay, B.C.) 5 - 5 - 0 WP - Joe Robbins LP - Ryan Divish CR/Adidas (Portland, OR) won the Consolation Championship. All Stars C Mike Loder Cleons Auto 1B Al Khalaf Cleons Auto 2B Mike Shock Screaming Yaks 3B Josh Agnew CR/Adidas SS Sean Praven Cleons Auto OF Tyler Douglas Comox Valley Cannons OF Mike Linnane Bodle Chiropractic OF Derek Stith Boise Clippers U - Benny Van Buskirk Cleons Auto U - Todd Barnes Comox Valley Cannons P - Ryan Divish Cleons Auto P - Jim Robinson Screaming Yaks MVPitcher Joe Robbins Comox Valley Cannons MVPlayer Matt Friesen Comox Valley Cannons SCOREBOARD Saturday, August 4, 2007 Game 1 Daly's - 3 vs. Screaming Yaks - 10 Game 2 Boise Clippers- 7 vs. Cleons Auto - 12 Game 3 Cleons Auto -1 vs. Comox Cannons -0 Game 4 Jay Birds - 3 vs. JRW & Associates -6 Game 5 Interbay Door -5 vs. Eric's Remodeling -1 Game 6 CR/Adidas -6 vs. Boise Clippers -2 Game 7 Screamimg Yaks -5 vs. Rose City Merchants -2 Game 8 JRW & Associates -9 vs. Daly's -3 Game 9 Bodle Chiropractic -5 vs. Boise Clippers -0 Game 10 Eric's Remodeling -0 vs. CR/Adidas - 4 Game 11Cleons Auto -0 vs. Bodle Chiropractic -3 Game 12 Jay Birds -1 vs. Screamimg Yaks -14 Game 13 Daly's -5 vs. Comox Cannons -12 Game 14 Rose City Merchants-4vs. Interbay Door -5 Game 15 Interbay Door -7 vs. Jay Birds -2 Game 16 Bodle Chiropractic-4 vs. CR/Adidas -3 Game 17 Eric's Remodeling -9 vs. Rose City Merchants -5 Game 18 JRW & Associates -1 vs. Comox Cannons -4 Sunday, August 5, 2007 Game 19 #12 (Daly's)-1 vs. #5 (CR/Adidas) -8 Game 20 #10 (Boise)-0 vs. #7 (Cleons Auto) -6 Game 21 #9 (Rose City)-5 vs. #8 (Eric's) -7 Game 22 #11 (Jay Birds)-8 vs. #6 (JRW) -6 Game 23 CR/Adidas 0 vs. #4 Cannons -1 Game 24 Cleons Auto 8 vs. #2 Interbay -6 Game 25 Eric's 3 vs. #1 Yaks -11 Game 26 Jay Birds 1 vs. #3 Bodle -2 SEATTLE INVITATIONAL PREVIOUS WINNERS Federal Old Line, Seattle 1961 Federal Old Line, Seattle 1962 Portland Ramblers, Portland 1963 Federal Old Line, Seattle 1964 Federal Old Line, Seattle 1965 Rain Out 1966 Dog House, Seattle 1967 Federal Old Line, Seattle 1968 Ole's Place, Yakima 1969 Portland Lakers, Portland 1970 Pay N' Pak, Seattle 1971 Pay N' Pak, Seattle 1972 Pay N' Pak, Seattle 1973 Pay N' Pak, Seattle 1974 Pay N' Pak, Seattle 1975 Victoria Bate, B.C. 1976 Ray Bristow, Lake Oswego, Oregon 1977 Vancouver Thirsk, Vancouver, B.C. 1978 Peterbilt, Seattle & Allomatics, Saskatoon 1979 Westside Federal, Seattle 1980 Peterbilt, Seattle 1981 Peterbilt, Seattle 1982 Pay N' Pak, Bellevue 1983 Pay N' Pak, Bellevue 1984 Pay N' Pak, Bellevue 1985 Pay N' Pak, Bellevue 1986 Ruth Realty Dukes, Renton 1987 Guanella Brothers, Santa Rosa, CA 1988 Seafirst, Bellevue 1989 Seafirst, Bellevue 1990 Guanella Brothers, Santa Rosa, CA & Regents, New Westminster, B.C. 1991 Page Brake, Salt Lake City, UT & Regents, New Westminster, B.C. 1992 Payless, Victoria, B.C. 1993 Payless, Victoria, B.C. 1994 Payless, Victoria, B.C. 1995 Rain Out 1996 Seattle Fastpitch Club 1997 Miller-Toyota (Salt Lake City, UT) 1998 Miller-Toyota (Salt Lake City, UT) 1999 Miller-Toyota (Salt Lake City, UT) 2000 Portland Merchants, Portland, Oregon 2001 Lucky Star, Seattle 2002 Bucknell Park, Lacey, Washington 2003 Morgan Transfer, Olympia, Washington 2004 Team CR/DeMarini, Portland, Oregon 2005 Richmond Stealers, Richmond, B.C. 2006 Comox Valley Cannons, Courtenay, B.C. 2007 Thanks to Tournament Director Charlie Bendock for this comprehensive report.. 47 years ! -- Best regards, Jim Flanagan www.fastpitchwest.com www.ballparkradio.co Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com
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