Category: ISA

1992 held at Gainesville, Georgia.

Champion – Ritch’s-Superior/TPS, Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Runner Up – Steeles’s Hit Men/Sunbelt, Brook Park, Ohio

The R-S Express won the first leg of the grand slam softball event. They beat Steele’s Hit Men twice; 30-25 in winners bracket final and then again 31-9 in the Championship to win the ISA World Series. They hit 17 HR in the Championship Game.. Charles Wright earned his MVP award as he blasted home runs in his first three at bats in the final game. R-S scored 147 runs in 5 games, almost 30 runs per game. They were 190-272 for a .699 team average. They hit 70 HR total. Steele’s/Sunbelt hit 85 total HR. Pitcher Paul Drilling held their opponents to less then 10 runs in three of the five games.

• MVP – Charles Wright, Ritch’s-Superior (17-27, .630, 11 HR)
• Defensive MVP – Kerry Everett, Steele’s
• HR Leader –Kenny Carver, Williams/Worth (21-31, .677, 27 RBI) – 16
• Batting Leader – Kim Seamon, Bell Corp. (20-24, 10 HR, 12 RBI) – .833

ISA ALL WORLD TEAM

• Charles Wright, Ritch’s-Superior (17-27, .630, 11 HR)
• Dirk Androff, Ritch’s-Superior (19-27, .704, 12 HR)
• Jim Fuller, Ritch’s-Superior (15-21, .714, 2 HR)
• Dave Steffen, Ritch’s-Superior (18-24, .750, 5 HR)
• Cecil Whitehead, Ritch’s-Superior (16-24, .667, 7 HR)
• Britt Hightower, Ritch’s-Superior/TPS (16-25, .640, 5 HR)
• Paul Drilling, Ritch’s-Superior (11-21, .524, 1 HR)
• Steve Craven, Steeles’s Hit Men/Sunbelt (20-31, .645, 14 HR)
• Jimmy Powers, Steeles’s Hit Men/Sunbelt (24-31, .774, 12 HR, 22 RBI)
• Mike Macenko, Steeles’s Hit Men/Sunbelt (23-31, .724, 10 HR, 16 RBI)
• Kerry Everett, Steeles’s Hit Men/Sunbelt (15-25, .600, 10 HR, 17 RBI)
• Kenny Carver, Williams/Worth (21-31, .677, 16 HR, 27 RBI)
• Jeff Arnold, Williams/Worth (24-33, .727, 14 HR, 25 RBI)
• John Grissom, Williams/Worth (19-29, .655, 6 HR, 8 RBI)
• Freddie Johnson, Williams/Worth (21-20, .700, 9 HR, 20 RBI)
• Kim Seaman, Bell Corp. (20-24, .833, 10 HR, 12 RBI)
• Dan Schuck, Bell Corp. (18-25, .720, 12 HR, 27 RBI)
• Ricky Roberts, Nanney’s (19-26, .731, 13 HR, 26 RBI)

OTHERS

• Kenny Pruit, Nanney’s (22-27, .815, 5 RBI)
• Dewayne Nevitt, Starpath (11-14, .786, 5 HR, 10 RBI)
• Larry Fredieu, Bell Corp (17-22, .773, 9 HR, 16 RBI)
• Rich Plante, Starpath (11-15, .733, 6 HR, 14 RBI)
• Curtis Williams, Vernons (13-17, .765, 2 RBI)
• Jason Kendrick, Datom-Argus (19-26, .760, 5 HR, 23 RBI)
• Sylvin Little, Nanney’s (22-29, .759, 7 HR, 20 RBI)
• Wendell Rickard, Datom-Argus (18-24, .750, 8 HR, 20 RBI)
• Ricky Huggins, Vernons (14-19, .737, 6 HR, 14 RBI)
• Bill Blake, Bell Corp (17-24, .708, 9 HR, 14 RBI)
• Dewayne Frizell, Vernons (12-17, .706, 7 HR, 15 RBI)
• Mark Martin, Bell Corp (18-28, .692, 7 HR, 15 RBI)
• Todd Joerling, Bell Corp (18-27, .667, 11 HR, 14 RBI)
• Mike Bolen, Datom-Argus (16-24, .667, 6 HR, 14 RBI)
• Shawn Keane, Steele’s/Sunbelt (14-21, .667, 8 HR, 9 RBI)
• Greg Schults, WIlliams/Worth (19-29, .655, 10 HR, 19 RBI)
• Carl Rose, Williams/Worth (21-33, .636, 11 HR, 21 RBI)
• Ron Parnell, Ritch’s-Superior (15-24, .625, 6 HR)
• Dennis Graser, Ritch’s-Superior (15-24, .625, 5 HR)
• Doug Roberson, Ritch’s-Superior (15-24, .625, 5 HR)
• Ron Ford, Vernons (10-17, .588, 1 HR, 2 RBI)
• Monty Tucker, Steele’s/Sunbelt (12-21, .571, 5 HR, 10 RBI)
• Darrell Beeler, Ritch’s-Superior (13-24, .542, 11 HR)
• Tot Powers, Steele’s/Sunbelt (15-29, .517, 6 HR, 11 RBI)
• Jacques Miller, Steele’s/Sunbelt (13-26, .500, 7 HR, 12 RBI)
• Bruce Meade, Starpath (6-16, .375, 3 HR, 7 RBI)

FINAL STANDINGS

1. Ritch’s-Superior/TPS, Windsor Locks CT (5-0)
2. Steeles’s Hit Men/Sunbelt, Brook Park OH (4-2)
3. Williams/Worth, Houston, TX (4-2)
4. Bell Corp., Tampa, FL (3-2)
5t. Datom-Argus, Lebanon, TN (3-2)
5t. Nanney’s, Spartanburg, SC (3-2)
7t. Starpath, Monticello, KY (2-2)
7t. Vernon’s, Jacksonville, FL (2-2)
9t. Bunca/Worth, Kalamazoo, MI (1-2)
9t. Johnson Builders, Hilton Head, SC (1-2)
9t. Moulton Furniture, Moulton, AL (1-2)
9t. New Construction, Shelbyville, IN (1-2)
13t. Alford’s/Worth, Stone Mountain, GA (0-2)
13t. Southland Sox, Gainesville, GA (0-2)
13t. Stottler Stagg/Easton, Cocoa, FL (0-2)
13t. Timeout Sports/Worth, Jackson, MS (0-2)

1991 Held at Cocoa, Florida.

Champion – Ritch’s/Superior/TPS, Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Runner Up – Sunbelt Plastics/Worth, Centerville, Georgia

Ritch’s/Superior/TPS defeated Sunbelt Plastics/Worth in the Championship game 28-8. Charles Wright, eventual MVP, had 4 hits and 3 RBI in the game. Also coming up big for the R-S Express was Britt Hightower who was 4-5, including 2 HR and 7 RBI (a grand slam home run and a three-run homer). Ron Parnell chipped in with 2 Homers as well. Doug Roberson and Dave Steffen combined for 7 hits. Mike Macenko accounted for 5 of Sunbelts 8 runs with a 3-run HR and a 2-run Double. Ritch’s beat Sunbelt 16-9 in the winner’s bracket final and then waited for the surprise hometown team, Stottler-Stag team to survive a first round loss to battle back to the losers bracket final, where it lost to the powerful Sunbelt squad 18-11. Stottler finished 3rd, while another local team, Power Pit finished 5th.

• MVP – Charles Wright, Ritch’s/Superior (14-16, .875, 6 HR)
• Defensive MVP – Kenny Clark, Stottler Stagg
• HR Leader – Charles Wright, Ritch’s/Superior – 6
• Batting Leader – Charles Wright, Ritch’s/Superior – .875

1991 ISA ALL WORLD TEAM

• Charles Wright, Ritch’s/Superior (14-16, .875, 6 HR)
• Dirk Androff, Ritch’s/Superior (5 HR, 16 RBI)
• Ron Parnell, Ritch’s/Superior
• Britt Hightower, Ritch’s/Superior
• Doug Roberson, Ritch’s/Superior
• Dave Steffen, Ritch’s/Superior
• Monty Tucker, Sunbelt/Worth
• Todd Joerling, Sunbelt/Worth
• Sylvan Little, Sunbelt/Worth
• Greg Schulte, Sunbelt/Worth
• Rob O’Leath, Power Pit
• Alan Tanner, Power Pit
• David Franklin, Power Pit (11-13, .846)
• Ed Starcher, Stottler Stagg
• Kenny Clark, Stottler Stagg
• Mike Nye, Vernons

FINAL STANDINGS

1. Ritch’s-Superior, Windsor Locks, CT (4-0)
2. Sunbelt/Worth, Centerville, GA
3. Stottler Stagg, Cocoa, FL (4-2)
4. Skyhawk, Cape Coral, FL
5t. Bell Corp., Tampa, FL
5t. Power Pit, Cocoa, FL (2-2)
7t. Vernon’s, Jacksonville, FL
7t. Datum-Argus, Lebanon, TN
9t. WW Gay, Gainesville, FL
9t. Boys of Summer II, Miami, FL
9t. Back Porch, Fort Walton Beach, FL
9t. Treasure Coast, Fort Pierce, FL

*No info available on the final records

 1990 held at Columbus, Ohio.

Champion – Steele’s Silver Bullets, Grafton Ohio
Runner Up – Ritch’s/Kirk’s, Harrisburg North Carolina

• MVP – Ernie Montgomery, Steele’s – (20-26, .769, 7 RBI)
• Defensive MVP – Todd Joerling, Steele’s
• HR Leader – Dirk Androff, Steeles (20-33, .606, 26 RBI) – 9
• Batting Leaders – Rick Weiterman, Steele’s (18-23) – .783
• Batting Leaders – Steve Yancey, Starpath (18-23) – .783
• Base Burglar – Brad Farrar, NOSI – 4

ISA SUPER ALL WORLD TEAM

• Ernie Montgomery, Steele’s (20-26, .769, 7 RBI, 14 Runs)
• Dirk Androff, Steele’s (20-33, .606, 9 HR, 26 RBI, 17 Runs)
• Mike Macenko, Steele’s (22-31, .710, 8 HR, 19 RBI, 18 Runs)
• Bill Blake, Steele’s (18-30, .600, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 9 Runs)
• Monty Tucker, Steele’s (18-27, .667, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 11 Runs)
• Todd Joerling, Steele’s (16-28, .571, 7 HR, 20 RBI, 12 Runs)
• Rick Weiterman, Steele’s (18-23, .783, 3 RBI, 13 Runs)
• Cecil Whitehead, Ritch’s/Kirk’s
• Charles Wright, Ritch’s/Kirk’s
• Bruce Rains, Ritch’s/Kirk’s
• Cody Wyatt, Ritch’s/Kirk’s
• Greg Whitlock, Ritch’s/Kirk’s
• Steve Yancey, Starpath (18-23, .783)
• Doug Brown, Starpath
• Dave Johnson, Starpath
• Chuck Drewicz, Sunset
• Brad Farrar, NOSI

OTHERS

Scott Virkus, Steele’s Silver Bullets (16-28, .571, 4 RBI, 14 Runs)
Greg Schulte, Steele’s Silver Bullets (12-27, .444, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 7 Runs)
Danny Williams, Steele’s Silver Bullets (11-25, .440, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 11 Runs)
Dan Schuck, Steele’s Silver Bullets (11-25, .440, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 8 Runs)

FINAL STANDINGS

1. Steele’s Silver Bullets, Grafton, OH (6-1)
2. Ritch’s/Kirk’s, Harrisburg, NC (4-2)
3. Starpath, Monticello, KY (4-2)
4. Bell Corp., Tampa, FL (3-2)
5t. Sunset, Detroit, MI (2-2)
5t. NOSI, Columbus, OH (2-2)
7t. Stewart’s Lounge, Pittsburgh, PA (1-2)
7t. New Construction, Shelbyville, IN (1-2)
9t. Lighthouse, Stone Mountain, GA (0-2)
9t. Superior/Apollo, Windsor Locks, CT (0-2)
9t. Chem-Clean, Lebanon, TN (0-2)
9t. Canada TPS, Hamilton, Ontario (0-2)

1989 held at Gastonia, North Carolina.

Champion – Bell Corp, Tampa Florida
Runner Up – Ritch’s Salvage, Harrisburg North Carolina

Bell Corp went 4-0 in this tournament Ritch’s won won their first two games before losing to Steele’s. Ritch’s had to come back through the losers bracket defeating Lighthouse, New Construction and getting revenge on Steele’s by eliminating them also by a 17-15 score. Ritch’s hit more HR than Steele’s did as well. . Ritch’s defeated Bell in the first final 11-7, but then came back to win the title 14-6 as John Beasley hit a 3-Run homer to get them back in the game after Britt Hightower’s homer gave Ritch’s an initial 5-0 lead. Mark Heirlmeier had 3 hits and a HR for Bell in the game. Danny Williams also had 3 hits for Bell.

• MVP – John Beasley, Bell Corp. (13-17, .765, 2 HR, 12 RBI)
• Defensive MVP – Greg Whitlock, Ritch’s Salvage
• HR Leader –Dirk Androff, Steeles (14 RBI) – 6
• Batting Leader – Dirk Androff, Steeles (14-17) – .823
• Offensive MVP – Dirk Androff, Steeles (14-17, .823, 6 HR, 14 RBI)

ISA SUPER ALL WORLD TEAM

• John Beasley, Bell Corp. (13-17, .765, 2 HR, 12 RBI)
• Danny Williams, Bell Corp. (2 HR)
• Mike Ambers, Bell Corp. (11-18, .611, 2 HR)
• Mark Hierlmeier, Bell Corp. (11-19, .579, 5 HR)
• Mark Martin, Bell Corp. (3 HR)
• Mike Lewis, Bell Corp. (9-17, .529)
• Britt Hightower, Ritch’s Salvage (3 HR, 17 RBI)
• Charles Wright, Ritch’s Salvage (23-33, .697, 4 HR, 15 RBI)
• Greg Whitlock, Ritch’s Salvage (22-34, .647)
• Fred Trice, Ritch’s Salvage (3 HR)
• Mike Nye, Ritch’s Salvage (13-27, .481)
• Larry Neff, Ritch’s Salvage (20-29, .690)
• Dirk Androff, Steele’s (14-17, .823, 6 HR, 14 RBI)
• Mike Macenko, Steele’s
• Ron Parnell, Steele’s
• Cecil Whitehead, Steele’s
• Tom Fehring, New Construction
• Carl Rose, Lighthouse (12-20, .600. 4 HR, 15 RBI)
• Myles Schexnaydre, Ken Michaels (8-12, .667)

OTHERS

• Rodney Woods, Starpath (8-10, .800)
• George Marshall, Gastonia H&A (11-16, .688)
• Curtis Williams, Lighthouse (15-22, .682)
• Kim Smith, Gastonia H&A (10-15, .667)
• Bruce Meade, Ken Michaels (8-12, .667, 3 HR)
• Tim White, Gastonia H&A (11-17, .647)
• Cliff Carpenter, Bell Corp. (11-20, .550)
• Greg Miller, Ritch’s (4 HR)
• Kevin Giddens, Lighthouse (4 HR)
• Britt Hightower, Ritch’s (3 HR, 17 RBI)
• Fred Trice, Ritch’s (3 HR)

FINAL STANDINGS

1. Bell Corp., Tampa, FL (4-0)
2. Ritch’s Salvage, Harrisburg, NC (5-2)
3. Steele’s Silver Bullets, Grafton, OH (2-2)
4. New Construction, Shelbyville, IN (5-2)
5t. Ken Michaels, Rockville, MD (1-2)
5t. Lighthouse, Stone Mountain, GA (2-2)
7t. Starpath, Lexington, KY (1-2)
7t. Gastonia Heating & Air, Gastonia, NC (1-2)
9t. Maroadi Transfer, Pittsburgh, PA (0-2)
9t. Action Awards, Atlanta, GA (0-2)
9t. Sunbelt Plastics, Centerville, GA (0-2)
9t. Cannan Roofing, San Antonio, TX (0-2)

1988 held at Belmont, North Carolina.

Champion – Howard’s/Western Steer, Denver, North Carolina
Runner Up – Steele’s Silver Bullets, Grafton, Ohio

With the help of some explosive bats, Howard’s went undefeated in this event, going 4-0. They defeated Steele’s in the Championship game 14-7. Rick Wheeler hit 3 HR and Stan Harvey hit 2 for Howards. Cecil Whitehead also hit a HR. Number 1 ranked Steele’s was knocked into the losers bracket by Maroadi Transfer by a 19-15 score. Steele’s came back through the losers bracket and beat Maroadi in the losers bracket final 26-9. They hit 15 Home Runs in the game, including 6 in a row. When Marlton Trucking folded, teams added players from that team to their rosters. Lighthouse picked up Jim Fuller and Bill Gatti, while Howard’s grabbed Cecil Whitehead, Rick Wheeler and Paul Drilling. Howard’s had previously snatched up Britt Hightower when Smyth Sox folded earlier in the year. Steele’s got in on the action as they grabbed Bruce Meade, Doug Brown, Larry Fredieu and Buddy Slater from the Smythe Sox team. They grabbed Charles Wright to play in this tournament, who had been with the now disbanded Marlton Trucking team.

• MVP – Cecil Whitehead, Howard’s (12-17, .706, 7 HR)
• Defensive MVP – Charles Wright, Steele’s
• HR Leader –Mike Macenko, Steele’s Silver Bullets (23-25, .920) – 13
• Batting Leader – Mike Macenko, Steele’s Silver Bullets (23-25) – .920

1988 ISA All-World Team (incomplete)

• Cecil Whitehead, Howard’s/Western Steer (12-17, .706, 7 HR)
• Britt Hightower, Howard’s/Western Steer (14-16, .875, 6 HR)
• Rick Wheeler, Howard’s/Western Steer (14-17, .824, 8 HR)
• Rick Scherr, Howard’s/Western Steer (11-17, .647 4 HR)
• Stan Harvey, Howard’s/Western Steer (10-16, .625, 5 HR)
• Mike Macenko, Steele’s Sports (23-25, .920, 13 HR)
• Charles Wright, Steele’s Sports
• Bill Blake, Steele’s Sports
• Bruce Meade, Steele’s Sports

*No other info available on the all-tournament team (Maroadi and Kirk’s/Ritch’s players)

FINAL STANDINGS

1. Howard’s/Western Steer, Denver, NC (4-0)
2. Steele’s Silver Bullets, Grafton, OH (4-2)
3. Maroadi Transfer, Pittsburgh, PA (2-2)
4. Kirk’s Glass/Ritch’s Salvage, Richmond, VA (2-2)
5t. Handy Pantry, Gastonia, NC (2-2)
5t. Lighthouse, Stone Mountain, GA (1-2)
7t. John Hanson Fence, Washington DC (1-2)
7t. Glass Wholesalers, Hammond, IN (1-2)
9t. Shelton Carpets/Willis Trucking, Dalton, GA (0-2)
9t. Tip Top Grocery, Greensboro, NC (0-2)