top 10 12u '96 teams for Spring 09

[HAMMER]

Why are there no *A* teams in 10u at USFA Nat's from FL. in there own state ?

[MADSKILZ]

Rock-it had a good NSA A state tournament, and some of the best teams had a bad tournament. Simple as that, they hit it at the right time. I would put Rock-it at #5 at best. Play that same tournament again, same teams, and the results would be completely different.

WP Diamond Dusters #1, best by far although they have struggled a little lately.

[MADSKILZ]

Additionally, drop Seminole Warriors significantly. They lost badly in USSSA states, and have termoil in the group. They are still a competitive team, but not dominate. They were beaten by several unranked teams.

[Wooahhhh]

Thanks for the input Madskilz. This has been an interesting spring season. And I welcome any and all input, this is all simply for fun and to get me away from work every so often. What's Letterman say, "it's just an exhibition, not a competition, please no wagering!" We'll watch for the NSA World Series results as the Dusters, Rock-it, Orlando Aftershock, Bartow Intimidators, and Blazers '96 travel to Chattanooga. We'll also keep track of the USSSA World Series at Disney the last week of July as the Jacksonville Storm, Wellington Wild - Blue, South Florida Crush, the Ga. Worth Cobras '97 and a Canadian team, the Panthers from Pleasant Hill (12 teams total) battle for the USSSA crown.

[Wooahhhh]

JULY 13, 2009
Top 20 – 12u (’96) Florida Fastpitch Softball Teams as of 7-13-09


1 West Pines Diamond Dusters 96 ASA & USSSA State Champions, 3rd place at NSA States, USSSA Wellington Wild tourney win
2 Space Coast Rock-it NSA State Champions, 1st at NSA tourney in May, 3rd in NSA tourney in May
3 Seminole Warriors 96 - ISA State Champs, NSA State runner-up, 4th USSSA States
4 Jacksonville Storm 96 - 4th at ASA States, 2nd at ASA Cent. FL Qualifier, 3rd in NSA Tsunami Wave tournament (14u)
5 Orlando Aftershock 96 - 4th at NSA states, 3rd at ASA Cent. FL Qualifier,
6 Osceola Overdrive - 5th at NSA States, 4th at ISA States, 5th at ASA States 1st at ASA Cent. FL Qualifier, NSA win in May,
7 Miami Stingrays 12UA - USSSA States runner-up, 5th at ISA States,
8 Wellington Wild - Blue ISA State runner-up, 14B USSSA State Champs, 5th at USSSA Wellington tourney, 5th at USSSA States
9 PBG Lady Gators Orange - 5th at USSSA States, 7th at NSA States, 1st at Swamp Clsc.
10 Plant City Raiders ASA State runner-up, 3rd at ISA States, 9th at NSA States
11 South Florida Crush 2nd at Swamp Classic, 7th at USSSA States, 3rd at USSSA Wellington Wild tourney, 13th at ISA States
12 WP Diamond Dusters - Manny 5th at USSSA Wellington Wild tourney
13 Coral Springs Panthers Red - 3rd in USSSA tourn. in late March, 3rd at USSSA Wellington
14 Team FLA - 13th at NSA States, 4th at ASA Cent. FL Qualifier
15 Venice Aftershock 5th at NSA States
16 Tsunami 97 - 9th at NSA States, NSA tourney win in April
17 Orlando Flames 5th at ISA States, 9th at NSA States
18 Royal Palm Beach Panthers 7th at ISA States
19 Ambush 3rd at ASA States, 13th at ISA States
20 Jacksonville Players 13th at NSA States

[MADSKILZ]

I thought Jax Storm folded. 2 of the Storm players were playing on the Orlando Aftershock team in NSA A. Maybe a tactic to avoid protest.

[aojr03]

Niiiiiice... this forum has gotten a little spicy. No one is going to agree with the rankings and thats what's fun about it. At least someone is taking the time (albeit at work) to post them and stimulate some thought. So for that, thank you.

I agree the Dusters are number 1, but not by the overwhelming margin maddskilz contends. For the same reason the Rock it won. Any team can get hot and run the table. Or a pitcher can have a great tournament and carry a team. The Rock-It deserve to be in the top 5. They had a really nice tournament, but did not fare well in the other state tourneys so a #1 ranking was a bit generous.

but considering how the year went, the rankings are not that far off.

[MADSKILZ]

1. WP DD
2. Olrando Aftershock 96
3. Miami Stingrays
4. Osceola Overdrive
5. Rock-it
6. Warriors
7. Plant City Raiders
8. Wellington Wild
9. Orlando Flames
10. Team FLA

So, lets bring top ten together, call it an invitational, play a straight double elimination and crown a champ. Have a real blind draw and not have NSA pit teams they want against each other.

Oh yeah - and follow the roster rules outlined in the rule book, not the FL NSA version which allows guest players.

[MADSKILZ]

As the NSA nationals wind down...look where our FLA teams are....

DD - Will finish strong
Orlando AS - beat by DD in winners bracket ... will finish top 10
Bartow Intimidators - Doing well, but in losers bracket - top 15 or so
Rock-it - out early, 2 wins in losers bracket


So, I think I still have the rankings correct but I will concede that it is hard to tell based on not knowing the other teams in the tournament.