2024 Pre-season ISC Rankings

Blair Setford • May 30, 2024

New York Gremlins Pre-season #1

The ISC Ranking Committee is releasing the 2024 pre-season rankings. Defending ISC World Tournament Champions New York Gremlins open the season ranked #1 with 18 points, with Hill United Chiefs and Bear Creek Express taking #2 and #3 spots separated from each other by only 7 points. Rounding out the top 5 are NorthEast Drillers & Circle Tap Dukes. 

 

Our Rankers see a highly competitive ISC World Tournament with a lot of teams capable of big wins throughout the season. Hopefully they are correct and we will see not just a competitive World Tournament but a compelling ISC season on the North American tournament circuit.


The 2024 Pre-season Rankings are below. In the photo are the rankings from each of the 15 committee members.

 

1. Clifton Park, NY New York Gremlins   

2 Ohsweken, ON Hill United Chiefs   

3 Chippewa on the Thames, ON Bear Creek Express   

4 Richmond, VA NorthEast Drillers   

5 Denmark, WI Circle Tap Dukes   

6 Toronto, ON Toronto Batmen   

7 Grande Prairie, AB Pirates   

8 DuQuoin, IL AWP Lumberjacks   

9 Agoura Hills, CA JB   

10 Fargo, ND Kegel Black Knights   

11 Ensenada, Mexico Glowworm   

12 Lake Crystal, MN Ostrander Norsemen   

13 Santiago, Nuevo Leon Mexico Omma Tigres   

14 Chase, BC STK Fastball   

15 Midland, MI Explorers   

16 Waterdown, ON Waterdown Hammer   

17 Ohsweken, ON Redmen   

18 Pueblo, CO Bandits   

19 Olympia, WA Lacey A's   

20 Wiarton, ON Georgian Bay Giants   

21 Sydney, AU Tropics   

22 Prince George, BC River Kings   

23 Qualicup Beach, BC Parksville Red Sox   

24 Vanderhoof, BC Rippers   

25 Winnipeg, MB Peguis Redmen   

26 Victoria, BC Emery Electric Chargers   

27 Surrey, BC Rebels   

28 Tacoma, WA Westside Jacks   

29 Walton, ON Brewers   

30 Steveston, BC Canadians   

31 Townsend, ON Tide   

32 Richmond, BC Rays U23 

 

The Rankings committee is overseen by Greg Nydick, Rich Haldane and Bill Berkenpass. We selected 15 committee members from across North America. The committee is made up of Players, Coaches, Administrators and Associates. We hope this diverse selection balances each other out and allows for all teams to have rankers that see them.

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Bear Creak Sports and Entertainment Awarded World Tournament

By Blair Setford • July 30, 2025
The ISC is excited to announce the 2027 World Tournament is awarded to Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment! Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment’s new two-diamond complex, the JDT First Energy Veterans Memorial Fields on Chippewa-of-the-Thames First Nation, in southwest Ontario will be the main facility with additional games being played in Glencoe at Southwest Middlesex Recreation Complex. “We are really looking forward to visiting Bear Creek’s new venue to play our 2027 ISC World Tournament,” says ISC President Chris Santos. “We’ve always enjoyed going to new locations to showcase our great game of men’s fastpitch softball.” “Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment has a brand new ball park that they’ve built and they’re excited to show off this great facility to the softball world and to welcome all of the teams and the fans,” said Gregg Leather, manager of the Bear Creek Gremlins, on behalf of Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment. “We’re looking forward to building on the success that the Bear Creek organization is developing and everyone is really committed to making this a huge success,” continued Leather. “With the players who will be living and staying in the area for the summer, we’ll have the opportunity to do clinics and play in leagues and help the game to grow. There’s already a lot of great ideas.” It’s expected that there will be 36 teams competing for the ISC World Championship and the ISC II Championship with another 12-16 teams playing in the ISC 50+ Legends division. Teams and fans will be able to book accommodations in London, St. Thomas or Strathroy. For fans in the fastpitch hotbed of Ontario, it will be back-to-back ISC World Tournaments in their backyard. The 2026 ISC World Tournament will be played from August 8-15 in Kitchener. For more information on the ISC, please visit www.iscfastpitch.com. You can follow Bear Creek Sports & Entertainment on Facebook and other social media platforms.