A look back at Border Battle #9 —> Canada sweeps 2017 USA Softball Border Battle 9!
Boxscores and links to livestream archived video are at the bottom of this article for each day.
Team Canada shocked the softball world Saturday with a 12-8 win over the USA Women's team an then a 31-28 win over the USA men's team.
Congratulations to Canada on games well played.
Team Canada men's and women's teams gather for a picture after their two epic wins!
Final 2017 Men's Standings:
USA Futures 3-0
Team USA 2-1
Canada 3-2
ASP 1-1
All Star Plumbing 0-3
OC 0-2
Final 2017 Women's Standings:
Team Canada 4-0
Team USA 2-1
The Crew 1-2
On Point 0-4
2017 Team USA men's, futures, and women's
ASP takes a team picture with Team Canada
ASP takes a team picture with Team USA
Team Canada 3-2
Team USA 2-1
USA Futures 3-0
ASP 1-1
All Star Plumbing 0-3
OC 0-2
Women's
Team Canada 4-0
Team USA 2-1
On Point 0-4
The Crew 1-2
Preview
The 9th annual Team USA vs Team Canada Border Battle takes place June 30th through July 2nd with Team USA, Team Canada, and the USA Future Stars squaring off in a series of exhibition matches before and after the big game between the two countries which takes place at 8 PM Central time on Saturday, July 1st. Some other big games to watch for are the first annual Women's Border Battle at 6:30 PM on Saturday, and what some consider the best game of the event the Team USA vs USA Future Stars game at 8 PM on Friday, June 30th. Another good matchup is Team Canada vs USA Future Stars on Saturday, July 1st at 5 PM Central.
The Border Battle event is a USA Softball (formerly known as ASA) event that is played at the Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Team USA is led by veterans like Brian Wegman and Bryson Baker and joined by some of the top hitters in the game like Greg Connell, Kyle Pearson, Jason Branch, Kevin Kennington, Bubba Mack, BJ Fulk, Brandon Dillon, and Dale Brungardt. Look for some great defense from infielders Luis Reyna and Steve Whaley, the pitching of Travis Clark and Andrew Vitcak, and watch the younger stars like Neil Haglund, Jeremy Yates, and Nic Santana roam the outfield. The USA Future Stars will feature outfielders Andrew Collins, Mike Umschied, and the range of Brian Logan in center field. They will be powered by the big men Ryan Harvey and Shannon Smith playing in his home state. Faron Miller will return to do the pitching and the infield will be anchored by the young and talented Cory Briggs, Orlando Castillo, Jeff Flood, Brett Rettenmeier, Isaac Gonzalez, John Williams, and Erik Kanaby. The future stars are young and there are a lot of new faces but hopefully the pure talent lives up to the moment.
I added the rosters at the bottom of this article. It looks like ASP, All Star Plumbing, and OC will most likely give Team USA, USA Futures, and Canada all they can handle in the exhibition games. ASP has many of the players that have done very well at ASA Nationals in recent years. All Star Plumbing has many of the Monsta players and team that won 'B' Nationals. OC has big Andy Schiltz and Precisions Travis Houseman. The USA Women's team is primarily comprised of Derby Girls who have won many of the recent Major and National tournaments.
As I look at the livestream schedule there looks like the Canadian women's and men's teams play exhibitions today (Thursday) at noon central time.
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2017 Border Battle 9 Schedule
Team USA star Kyle Pearson and Team Canada star Steele Lewis
Border Battle 9 Men's Teams:
ASP
All Star Plumbing
The Crew
Team Canada
Team USA
USA Future Stars
Border Battle 9 Women's Teams:
Canada
On Point
OC
Schedule (All times are CENTRAL)
Past Border Battle Reports!
Border Battle 9 Rosters
Team USA
3 Brandon Dillon
4 Bryson Baker
5 Steve Whaley
7 Greg Connell
8 Travis Clark
9 Neil Haglund
11 Kevin Kennington
12 Brian Wegman
18 Andy Vitcak
22 Luis Reyna
23 Kyle Pearson
25 Bubba Mack
30 Jeremy Yates
36 Jason Branch
44 Dale Brungardt
87 BJ Fulk
Team Canada
Dustin McLoughlin
Colin Andrews
Ted Baker
Bret Foisy
Olivier Forest
Kyle Knechtel
Mark Kucharski
Steele Lewis
Jeff Andrews
Ron Nadalin
Chris Parr
Justin Pennell
Hunter Platten
Kyle Reinders
Jeff Zanolli
Josh Zanolli
USA Future Stars
2 Isaac Gonzales
3 Andrew Collins
5 Brian Logan
6 Cory Briggs
7 John Williams
13 Orlando Castillo
16 Faron Miller
21 Mike Umscheid
23 Jeff Flood
24 Brett Rettenmeier
25 Shannon Smith
34 Nic Santana
35 Ryan Harvey
92 Erik Kanaby
ASP
1 Adam Ussery
2 Lyf Nimmo
3 Brad Lunda
3 Jason White
4 Chris Potts
5 Conner Murray
6 Danny Evans
7 Brian McBryde
12 Zach Messer
15 Brian Bohanon
22 Argen Dodds
35 Tim Bowser
55 Mike Brown
All Star Plumbing
3 Vincent Granados
3 Daniel Kirkwood
5 Aaron Kaiser
7 Chris Graham
10 Chase Roten
15 Jerrad Messersmith
16 Steven Lopez
18 Jordan Spaulding
21 Ryan Dacko
23 Ryan Brosnan
24 Davey Haggard
26 Ryan McClanahan
54 Aaron Bryant
OC
2 Gabe Bower
5 Tyler Ramus
7 Adam Aceto
13 Cody Raisch
14 Keaton Schuck
19 Spencer Black
21 Andy Shiltz
22 Kyle Ford
23 Lowen Reams
25 Andrew Malone
33 Eddie Sobzcak
40 Josh Dobson
55 Darren Nelson
99 Travis Houseman
Tanner Unkel
Team USA Womens
1 Julie Wisniewski
2 Kristen Shifflett
3 Melissa Perez
4 Leigh Campbell
5 Amanda Durand
6 Laura Harms
9 Dara Toman
10 Kami Marrott
13 Mandy Hollman
14 Brooke Connell
15 Megan Miller
19 Christan Dowling
22 Tiffany Qunell
23 Tammy Higginbotham
24 Stefanie Watt
31 Tara Salcedo
Team Canada Womens
Jacqueline O'Quinn
Lesley Aitkenhead
Jackie Bates
Tina Gudbrandsen
Tonya Gudbrandsen
Ashley Jackson
Kristen Kitagawa
Michelle Lorenz
Kait Anseeuw
Amanda Sanderson
Patricia Simon
Paige Smith
Kearstin Solberg
Ashley Steckle
Tanis Trottier
Charity Verboom
On Point Womens
2 Malloree Grove
3 Heidi Raymond
5 Danielle Kisner
6 Cara Coughenour
6 Amanda Hentges
7 Alexis Schuck
7 Marisa Bashman
8 Kristine Dooley
9 Megan Butler
10 Megan Tompkins
15 Mollie Hartman
17 Kacie Eagle
29 Jenna Baker
Game by Game Updates
Sunday, July 2nd
The rest of Sunday was cancelled due to rain.
Saturday, July 1st
Friday, June 30th
Thursday, June 29th
Video of Thursdays 2 games
11 responses to “A look back at Border Battle #9 —> Canada sweeps 2017 USA Softball Border Battle 9!”
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Hi,
Can you please post the scores from the two games last night (Border Battle)?
THX,
Steve Madaire
I am adding the game by game boxscores and scores to the bottom of this article each day.
Thanks!
Would like the scores for womens games yesterday please
I am adding the game by game boxscores and scores to the bottom of this article each day.
Is there going to be a livestream to the other field???
Is ESPN3 carrying the games this year or just USSSA live?
the games are on usasoftball livestream. link at the top of this page.
Is there somewhere where I can download all the games to watch? All I can find is utube videos. I would rather download the games and watch at any time
All of the games are in this article. I don’t know if you can download from youtube or not but sometimes you can.
Sweep nothing futures beat that ass