The round robin played out as most would have expected with teams such as: Alliance, HardCor, Sin City, Quake, LAPD Blue, DEA Combo, and NorCal Chior Boys inking the top seed in their respective brackets.

In one of the most anticipated games, the upstart West Coast Police Softball Combo/WC PSC announced their presence to police softball with an impressive victory over the perennial West powerhouse the West Coast Aftershock. WC PSC was led at the plate and on the field by middle infielder Juan Galvan who is rapidly becoming one of the game’s best all around players. Meanwhile former Indianapolis Colts defensive back Scott Thomas locked down centerfield with blazing speed and his cannon arm. The win propelled WC PSC to the top seed in their bracket. Aftershock had no problem shaking off the defeat as they went on to down the police games gold medal winning LASD Warpigs to advance to the A-Flight playoffs.

In other round robin action, the re-charged Red Republic lost two heartbreakers to LAPD Blue and the surprising South Bay Outlaws and got bumped into the B-Flight. That was bad news for those teams in the B-Flight because Red is clearly an A-Flight caliber team. The Outlaws were one of the biggest surprises as they re-formed after a year hiatus and upset the Red and then almost pulled a shocker against LAPD Blue. It was evident that the Outlaws were taking 2011 seriously. Another team many thought would struggle, Nitro2Go looked better than ever. Under the leadership of Lyle Reyes the team reloaded with young talent and are once again a top flight team. They too advanced to the A-Flight. Southwest Elite lost three starters in the off-season and their rising star Danny Ruiz was unavailable due to a family emergency, but that didn’t stop Elite from also advancing to the A-Flight. Other teams rounding out the A-Flight were SoCal Riot, Lockdown, Team Vargas and Excessive Force.

With the tournament now separated into A and B Flights for the playoffs the intensity was ramped up. The playoffs began on Saturday afternoon and went into Saturday evening. Unfortunately, some teams would not be returning on Sunday as they were eliminated early into the contest.

In the B Flight, the brand new CenCal based TCB Softball Club introduced themselves to the circuit by promptly sweeping through the playoffs unbeaten. They advanced to the championship game and would need to be double dipped (beaten twice in a row), because they were only one win away from winning their first ps.com championship. Their chariot turned into a pumpkin on Sunday afternoon when the Red Republic marched through the loser bracket to double dip TCB and deny them of their first ps.com championship. Whatever the case, TCB certainly showed the circuit what they are capable of and will undoubtedly challenge for a top 15 ranking all year. Meanwhile, it was just another day at the office for the Red Republic as the veteran squad added yet another trophy to their collective mantles.

In the A-Flight, the final four unbeaten teams were among four of the best in the nation. To get to the undefeated game on Sunday morning the SoCal Alliance defeated another former World Series champ, the Cal Quake. Meanwhile the #1 ranked West team Sin City needed late inning heroics to knock off 09 World Series champs, HardCor. The stage was set for an undefeated game between SoCal and Sin City on Sunday morning.

All other A-Flight teams had either been eliminated or had a loss on their record so it was win or go home for the remaining teams. The LAPD Blue and DEA Combo both played strong softball all weekend but when the dust settled they came in tied for 5th. The Quake were an inch away (literally) from advancing but HardCor held on in the last inning to eliminate the Quake. Quake finished in 4th.

Meanwhile in the undefeated game, the SoCal Alliance continued to roll by knocking Sin City into the loser bracket. The Alliance advanced to the championship game and would need to be double-dipped since they were unbeaten.

HardCor avenged their Saturday loss to Sin City which placed HardCor in the championship game against familiar rivals, SoCal Alliance. Sin City ended up finishing in 3rd place.

In the championship game the Alliance poured it on with power and speed to jump out to an early lead. HardCor couldn’t get firing on all cylinders while the Alliance continued to play inspired softball. The SoCal Alliance won the game, and claimed the first championship of the West season at the DEA Kickoff.

A Flight

1. SoCal Alliance 7-0, champs
2. HardCor 

3. Sin City Combo 

4. Quake 

5t. LAPD Blue 

5t. DEA Combo 

7t. NorCal Choir Boys 

7t. West Coast PSC 

9t. West Coast Aftershock 

9t. SD Excessive Force 

9t. SoCal Riot 

9t. Nitro2Go 

13t. SoCal Lockdown 

13t. Southbay Outlaws 

13t. Southwest Elite 

13t. Team Vargas 



B Flight

1. Red Republic- Champs 

2. TCB Softball 

3. LAPD Lawmen 

4. Warpigs 

5t. CHP Springs 

5t. Balls Deep 

7t. Smoking Guns 

7t. LADA Gold

ALLIANCE MVP/ALL TOURNEY PLAYERS

MVP: Mike Snyder
Faced with a new role as the Alliance lead-off hitter, Snyder thrived in his first tournament by batting .796 with 16 doubles, 5 triples and several homeruns.
 
All-Tourney:  Chad Bankston
Chad batted .782 with 9 doubles and perfect defense.   Chad was a crucial ingredient as a set up man for the home run hitters to drive in runs
 
All-Tourney: Tommy Hayes
Tommy’s off-season conditioning program of bailing hay and herding cattle, paid dividends as evident by his team leading 9 homeruns.  Tommy finished with a .775 batting average and was his usual “Brooks Robinson” self at 3rd base.
 
All-Tourney: Kris “Cross-Fit” Ulibarri
After only playing half the season last year, Kris returned dedicated as ever with vengeance in 2011 by batting .781 with 14 doubles and 3 triples
 
GOLD GLOVE: Nate “N8” Baez
Nate picked up in 2011 right where he left off in 2010 by flashing the leather.  It was very apparent that Nate’s spring training session with Domingo Ayala has caused Nate’s game to elevate even more.  When asked how Nate could make such difficult plays look so easy, Nate simply responded as he winked, “Its God given”.

RED REPUBLIC MVP/ALL TOURNEY PLAYERS

MVP: Kenny Dawley/.730 BA. 40yrs plus played the outfield, making running catches and hit some homeruns.

All-Tourney: Brian Mello/.725 BA. Recovering from ankel surgery, played short stop and was our lead off. Set the tone for the team.

All-Tourney: Jason Moeller/.867 BA. Only played on Sunday. Played a sick 3b and 5th man.

All-Tourney: Josh Mead/.629 BA. Had timely hitting and HR's. He was defensive MVP. Made diving highlight catches and robbed a homerun going high over the fence.

HARDCOR ALL TOURNEY PLAYERS

Chris Enriquez
Jim Sanders
Paul Blandford

TCB ALL TOURNEY PLAYERS

At First Base JUSTIN RIEZEBOS, although this is his first year playing at this level, Justin definitely Rose to the Occasion! Both his Fielding and Slugging Percentage were outstanding.

At Third Base Daniel Mathews. Daniel is no stranger to PS as he played and helped a struggling Quit Resisting Team to become a Ranked Top Team.

Brandon Mathews. Brandon who plays OF/DH had a great weekend hitting well into the high 700's. both with power and just all-round bat control.