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Other video interviews from Week 1 are now posted. Check them out!

 

Play-offs recap

A slideshow of all the teams who played in the final round of play-offs on Aug. 23. It’s a little long but all the teams are on there. Enjoy! The rest of the photos are on the photographers’ Web sites, as posted earlier.

 

Play-offs photos available

League A’s play-offs by Mark Villasenor.

League B’s play-offs by Peter Kim.

League C’s play-offs photos by Andrew Yau.

Feel free to download directly from their sites. But please remember to give credit to the photographers if you plan on using the photos.

 

Softball 2009 has come to an end.

Congratulations to the winning teams!
New Life A, Bethel B, Calvary coed

The games were competitive and a great time of fellowship among several churches. After last week’s rain delay, this week was sunshine and just a few clouds–perfect conditions for a day of softball.

Looking back at the season, Church of Christ’s captain, Alex Guzzardo, echoed many other captains: “We had a great time playing and fellowshipping with ourselves as well as the other churches this year.  It was an enjoyable experience and we will definitely do it again next year.”

On a more personal team level, he added, “Unfortunately our bats were MIA this year, maybe that will change next season.  We learned one thing from this season, next year we’ll have at least one practice!”

IISL leaders are glad to hear that teams are looking forward to another season next year. They’re excited for more possible sports events to come.

Check back soon for more updates and media. Continue to follow IISL.org here and on twitter too.

For now, we leave you with some photos from League A’s play-offs by Mark Villasenor. Feel free to download from his flickr directly. He said it would be great to let him know if you do download them though.

League B’s play-offs by Peter Kim

Updated: League C’s play-offs photos by Andrew Yau.

Please remember to give credit to the photographers if you plan on using the photos.

More to come…

 

Week 2 Rain Out

The full size photo can be downloaded at Mark’s flickr site.

The rain came again on Sunday, but it was more vicious this week. No games could be played, and they were postponed to Aug. 23.

But no worries. It’ll be even more exciting and even more intense next week with many captains praying for a sunny, cloudless day.

So get your muscles stretched and game faces on! It’s going to be a fun last play-off day for IISL!

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Announcement for Week 2 Playoffs

With the unfortunate rain out last weekend, we will need to make a slight change to the playoff format this Sunday. We will complete the tournament in one day and still have the double elimination tournament. The change is the championship game will be single elimination game. Easy rule to remember: lose 2 you’re out, first team to 3 is the champion.

This decision was made because:

1. Churches cannot commit to past this Sunday
2. Field availability is limited (fall leagues start)
3. Saturday is not an option for some churches
4. 5 games would be too many for one team to play in one day.
5. Games would extend to 9pm

This weekend, please inform your teams to be available from 2-8pm. Below is a tentative schedule for this weekend’s playoffs. Look for an email from John Park with the official schedule:
League A – field 1
League B – field 2
League C – field 3

Game 1 – 2PM
#2 vs #3
Game 2 – 3PM
#1 vs #4
Game 3 – 4PM
G1L (Game 1 Loser) vs G2L (Game 2 Loser)
Game 4 – 5PM
G1W vs G2W
Game 5 – 6PM
G3W vs G4L
Game 6 – 7PM
Championship Game
G4W vs G5W

 

Play-offs Day 1 Video Recap

 

Day 1 Recap

In the scorching 90-degree weather, 10 teams came prepared for the heat and competition. The day started off with lots of sun, a slight breeze and free ice cream for all. The captains met and prayed, thanking the Lord for fellowship and holding off the rain.

The A and C league got off to a heated competition. Bethel came out with a 6-run lead over KCCC. And NCPC Chicago finished with just one run ahead of New Life.

In the B League, Living Grace was not able to attend, so Faith had a scrimmage game with its own team members. Faith’s captain, Jason, said, “It was an unfortunate forfeit.” He mentioned they had an unfortunate forfeit at the beginning of the season too, which gave them a 1-5 record for the season.

So with the forfeit, Faith advanced to the finals and awaited their final round at 5 p.m. “Our team’s preparing for the game and trying to keep morale high,” Jason said. “We’re all about having fun, and we’re here to have good fellowship.”

And prepare they did. They waited three hours to play and faced Evergreen in the final round, who had just won their previous two games. But Faith didn’t let that deter them. Nor did they get discouraged when they were down 8-1 against Evergreen. They kept trying and it paid off. Faith came out on top with 12 runs.

Soon after the first round of play, the clouds began to loom overhead, signaling the rain. It held off for a while, but by 3:45 p.m., just before the 2nd round games finished, the drizzle began and soon turned into steady rain.

But the teams in their resilience carried on with their games, vying to move onto week 2.

Bethel and Calvary didn’t stop for anything until the end—least of all the downpour that came throughout their game. It was Bethel’s first time in the softball league, and they played well, giving Calvary a tough match. Bethel was down by 6 runs going into the 7th and scored 5 runs. As described by Leonard, Bethel “had a chance to tie/win the game in the bottom of the 7th, but Calvary got the last batter to fly out and win 20-19.”

In the C League, NCPC advanced after winning against both New Life and Vineyard. The first game against New Life was really close and New Life almost won. But NCPC held on and went on to win 15-5 against Vineyard 2 hours later.

And after all the rain, sweat and dust, three teams prevailed and are on their way to day 2 of the playoffs: Calvary Red, Faith, and NCPC Chicago.

Here are some photo recaps by the great photographers:

Mark’s recap:

Peter’s coverage:

Andrew’s shots

More media and a slideshow to come.

And the final scores of Day 1 are below:

A League:
Bethel vs. KCCC: Bethel (17) KCCC (11)
Calvary Red vs. Lakeview: Calvary (11) Lakeview (3)
Bethel vs. Calvary: Bethel (19) Calvary (20)

B League:
Faith vs. Living Grace: Forfeit by Living Grace
Evergreen vs. Hope Chapel (no score recorded on sheet): Evergreen won
Evergreen vs. Vineyard: Evergreen (10) Vineyard (9)
Evergreen vs. Faith: Evergreen (8) Faith (12)

C League:
NCPC CHI vs. New Life: NCPC (7) New Life (6)
New Life vs. Vineyard C: New Life (13) Vineyard (8)
NCPC CHI vs. Vineyard: NCPC (15) Vineyard (5)

 

Announcements Week 8 – Playoffs

Good morning everyone!

As you know, playoffs are right around the corner.  For teams playing in the single elimination round this weekend, please try to get to Schaumburg fields by 1:30pm.  We will be on a tight schedule and need to complete all of our games before 6pm.

Some additional information:

• We will have free ice cream for kids and families while their favorite softball team plays.  More details to come.
• Umpires will have final say.  Please refrain from arguing with the umps as this doesn’t promote anything.
• There is a batting lineup maximum of 13 players per game.  (Notice, this does not mean your team cannot have more than 13 players on a team.)
• Cone rule and helmets are in effect for B and C.  This will be enforced.
• Please make sure all waiver forms and Christian conduct agreements are filled out for each of your players.  You are ultimately responsible for these documents.
• Team photos will be taken and a reporter will be asking Captain’s to recap their games.  Please accommodate Caroline when she approaches you.
• Questions should go to council@iisl.org

Good luck everyone!

-Leonard
Bethel Presbyterian

 

Announcements Week 7

Hello Everyone!

Playoffs are quickly coming and there are a lot of questions with regards to seeding and format.  Look for an email on Sunday night with more details.

In the meantime please:

1. Send in your BIOs of your church if you haven’t done so.  This is a great way for the other churches to get to know you.
2. Update all of your scores.  We need these done by 7pm Sunday night.
3. Questions should go to council@iisl.org.

Thanks!