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Nov. 12 deadline for 2008 PIC softball tourney
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Posted on Nov 03 2008
Teams interested in joining the 15th Annual PIC Thanksgiving Softball Tournament have until Nov. 12 to register for the co-ed slowpitch event will be held from Nov. 14 to 16 at the Miguel “Tan Ge” Basa Pangelinan Ballfield.
Each team is allowed to have a maximum of 20 players in its roster, but there should be at least two female players on the field at all times.
Entrance fee is $180. The tournament will have a double-elimination format.
Registration forms can be picked up at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium or at the Pacific Islands Club.
The tournament’s defending champion is No Ka Oi, which changed its name to Shell Marianas this year.
No Ka Oi won last year’s championship after a come-from-behind 11-10 victory over Natibu.
The 2007 champion swept the elimination round, before putting its title bid in danger when Natibu took a 9-3 lead in the championship match after four and a half innings.
But No Ka Oi No made five runs at the bottom of the fifth and Julian Camacho, leading off at the bottom of the seventh, scored on a Roy Celis RBI double to force the game into an extra inning.
Pinch-hitter Joey Dela Cruz completed No Ka Oi’s recovery when had a sacrifice fly at the bottom of the extra inning allowing Ton Camacho to score the winning run.
Besides No Ka Oi and Natibu, 10 other teams joined last year’s tournament. The list include third placer Total Chaos, No. 4 Saipan Crew Boats, Pacific Trading, Last Minute, Team CREES, Falcons, PIC Guam, 670, Ambyth Shipping, and Shell.
For more information about the Thanksgiving Tournament, contact Cole Pritchard or Lindsey Sosovec at (670)235-6231 ext. 5147 or e-mail to seaexec@picsaipan.com.
The Top 3 finishers in the tournament will receive prizes.
