Schedule for DeKalb, IL Icebreaker

Blair Setford • May 6, 2022

DeKalb Icebreaker schedule

Here's the schedule for the 2022 IceBreaker in DeKalb, IL May 13-15 courtesy of Tom Crouch

Fri May 13

6:30pm Hogs vs DSC

Sat May 14

9a Shamrocks vs DSC

1045a Shamrocks vs Sting

1230p Hogs vs Optimum Crush

215p Norsemen vs Optimum Crush

4p Hogs vs Sting

545p DSC vs Optimum Crush

715p Shamrocks vs Norsemen

845p Norsemen vs Sting

Sun May 15

9a #5 vs 4 & #3 vs #6 (fields tbd)

11a Semi-finals with #1 & #2 playing 9a winners

1p Championship

By Brian Eradus July 31, 2025
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.