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2018 USSSA “Circle City” Major tournament preview!

 

 

 

5th Annual "Circle City" Classic

 

Indianapolis, Indiana

 

Conference USSSA!

 

June 16-17

 

Tournament Preview

 

 

2018 Circle City bracket and team list link

 

The "Circle City Classic" returns to the Indianapolis Sports park in 2018 after last year rains moved it to Columbus, Indiana.  For many years (1996-2001) the classic was an NSA flight tournament that was attended by a large amount of the top teams.  See the list of winners at the bottom of this article.  The tournament will start on Saturday morning at 8:00 AM Eastern.  The tournament features 19 teams with 4 of them being from the Nationwide Conference USSSA.  The weather will be warm and the favorite is Precision/3rd Street/Bull Dawg a 'AA' team based out of Illinois who has won this tournament twice in the past.  

I (DW) will probably not be there this weekend and there won't be any livestreaming on USSSALive.com.  So good luck to all of the teams.

 

SoftballCenter.com Chat Room Link

There will be no USSSALive livestreaming at this tournament

Don't forget to play the Circle City Major Pickem Game

 

Team Breakdown:
19 Teams Overall
4 Conference USSSA Teams
  1 'AA' Team
  3 'A' Teams
  5 'B' Teams
  3 'C' Teams
  7 'D' Teams

Indianapolis Sports Park INC Address:
 6701 S. Harding St 
 Indianapolis, Indiana 46226

 

Fences are 300 feet

 


 

Shea Nations Picks

This weekend at the Circle City Classic Major NIT in Indianapolis, IN they will have 19 teams and 4 Nationwide Conference USSSA teams in attendance including 0 major, 1 AA, 2 A, 1 B and 15 local teams.  Precision/3rd Street/Bull Dawg is the #1 overall seed.  The other teams looking to get the win without any major teams present are: Pauer Sports/JBL/Tailgaters/B&E; Insane Sports/Basement/Ray’s/M24; and Sports Reach.

Indianapolis Predictions:  The final 4 undefeated should be: Precision versus T&W/Miken and Headlines Sportswear versus Pauer Sports.   In the losers bracket we could see some upsets from local Ohio teams T&W/Miken and Headlines Sportswear / CSB.  The 7th place games start at 5:20 pm on Saturday and could be some match ups we see at World events.

Shea's Final Picks for the Indianapolis Major:
1. Precision/3rd Street/Bull Dawg
2. T&W/Miken
3. Pauer Sports/JBL/Tailgaters/B&E
4. Insane Sports/Basement/Ray’s/M24
5. Headlines Sportswear / CSB
    Sports Reach

 

 


 

Weekend Weather

 


 

Past Winners

 

2017 Indy Major winner was Worth Astros/K&G/Klutch

2017 Indy Major Report Link

 

2016 Indy Major winner was Resmondo Specialty Tank Worth

2016 Indy Major Report Link

 

2015 Indy Major winner Precision/Easton/DO

2015 Indy tournament report link!

 

2014 Indy Major winner Precision/Easton

2014 Indy tournament report link!

 

USSSA Conference Event started in 2014

2014   1st – Precision/Easton – Illinois
          2nd – Red's Astros/Louisville Slugger – Indiana
          3rd – Cooper/Yuengling/Easton – Ohio
          4th – P&P 333/Suburban/Clutch/LT/Combat – Michigan
         MVP – Daniel Kirkwood – Precision (20-23, .870, 5 HR, 11 RBI)
         Offensive MVP – Brad Tabler – Red's Astros (20-23, .870, 7 HR, 21 RBI)
         Defensive MVP – Andy Vitcak – Precision and Andrew Collins – Red's Astros

2015   1st – Precision/Easton/DO – Illinois
           2nd – Red's Astros/Louisville Slugger – Indiana
           3rd – Pure Romance/Foulks Adjusting/Headlines/Easton – Ohio
           4th – TG Brand – Michigan
          MVP – Matt Rear – Precision (22-31, .710, 5 HR, 9 RBI)
          Offensive MVP – Cory Boothe – Red's Astros (27-32, .844, 8 HR, 24 RBI)
          Defensive MVP – Andrew Vitcak – Precision

2016   1st – Resmondo Specialty Tank Worth – Florida Major
           2nd – Precision – Illinois AA
           3rd – TG/Red's Astros/Headlines/K&G/Worth – IN/OH AA
           4th – Street Kids/MSC – IN-B
          MVP – Andy Purcell and Lee Payne – Resmondo
          Offensive MVP – Brett McCollum – Precision
          Defensive MVP – Don Dedonatis Jr – Resmondo

2017   1st – Worth Astros/K&G/Klutch – Indiana AA
           2nd – OA Apparel/Broughton/KBI/Easton – Illinois AA
           3rd – Precision/3rd Street/G Brand/Easton – Illinois AA
           4th – TG Brand/Easton – Michigan 'B'

          MVP – Steve Edwards – Worth Astros
          Offensive MVP – Zach Messer – OA Apparel
          Defensive MVP – Ricardo Lizcano – Worth Astros

Past tournament results for the Circle City Classic, Indianapolis, IN (NSA 1996-2014)

1996    1st – Sunbelt/Easton, Centerville, GA
            2nd – Shen Valley/TPS, Bridgewater, VA
            Dave Steffen, Sunbelt (17-19, .895, 13 HRs, 20 RBIs)
            Dewayne Frizzell, Shen Valley (21-26, .808, 23 RBIs) – 15 HRs
            Scott Flood, Long Haul (12-13) – .923

1997    1st – Sunbelt/Smith/Easton, Centerville, GA    
            2nd – Martin/Mizuno/Bike/Demarini, Seymour, IN
            Todd Joerling, Sunbelt (11 HRs)
            Jeff Ross (16-16, 9 HRs) and Jack Ragon, Martin/Mizuno (17-17, 6 HRs) and
            John McCraw, Sunbelt (11-11, 6 HRs) – 1.000

1998    1st – Steele's/R&D/Reda, Brook Park, OH    
            2nd – Gasoline Heaven, Commack, NY
            Randy Kortokrax, Steele's (23-24, .958, 15 HRs)
            Jimmy Devine, Steele's (24-28, .857) – 18 HRs

1999    1st – Team TPS, Louisville, KY
            2nd – R&D/Nike, Lima, OH
            Todd Martin, Team TPS (29-36, .806, 14 HRs)
            Hank Garris, Team TPS (34-38, .895, 45 RBIs) and
            Dewayne Nevitt, Team TPS (30-35, 857, 43 RBIs) – 23 HRs

2000    1st – Team TPS, Louisville, KY        
            2nd – Sunbelt Plastics, Centerville, GA
            Dennis Mendoza, Sunbelt (45-57, .789, 32 HRs, 54 RBIs) and
            Hank Garris, Team TPS (.854, 23 HRs)
            Shane Dubose, R&D – .892 (33-37, 11 HRs, 26 RBIs)

2001    1st – Long Haul/TPS, Albertville, MN        
            2nd – Reece/Roosters, Canal Winchester, OH
            Andy Purcell, Long Haul/TPS (27-36, .750, 15 HRs, 27 RBIs)
            Hank Garris, Long Haul/TPS (36-41, .881, 42 RBIs) – 23 HRs

2002    Tournament disbanded

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