ASA Region-12 Slow Pitch Softball Champions

ASA Region-12 Men's Slow Pitch Softball Champions

(1967-1975, plus renamed regions in 1976 & 1977)

Year	Class	Location	Champion, Home Town	Runner-Up, Home Town
1967	Open	Wilmington, DE	Skip's/Jim's Sport Shop, Pittsburgh, PA	Del Campo Bakery, Wilmington, DE
1968	Open	York, PA	San Carlos (Vigilantes), York (Declared ineligible by ASA due to roster violations and had to forfeit their national berth) - After an indept investigation, Golf Oasis, Girard AA and Greensburg were all disqualified for using players that played in non-sanctioned tournaments. Captain's Log was disqualified for not having players signatures notarized. BYMC was disqualified for having a professional player. Defending Champ, Jim's Sports was not allowed to play after playing in an USSSA event. Blair's Tavern of DE was invited, but could not field a team)	Golf Oasis, Arnold, PA Del Campo Baking, Wilmington, DE (went to national as Region-12 Rep, they finished 0-2 and in last place, but were found to have the only legal team in the tournament)
1969	Open	Etna, PA	615 Lounge (Bollinger), York, PA	Concord Esso Oilers, Wilmington, DE
1970	Open	York, PA	Aero Oil (615 Lounge), York, PA	Arena News, York, PA
1971	Open	New Kensington, PA	Brookline BYM Club, Pittsburgh, PA	Jim's Sport Shop, Pittsburgh, PA
1972	Major	Canterbury, DE	Brookline BYM Club, Pittsburgh, PA	Zipay's Cafe, Scranton, PA
1973	Major	York, PA	Brookline BYM Club, Pittsburgh, PA	Iron Dukes, New Castle, PA
1974	Major	York, PA	Jim's Hard Hats, Pittsburgh, PA	Brookline BYM Club, Pittsburgh, PA
1975	Major	New Kensington, PA	Brookline BYM Club, Pittsburgh, PA	Jim's Hard Hats, Pittsburgh, PA
1976	Major	York, PA	York Barbell, York, PA (won Region-5/6)	Addies, Silver Spring, MD-DC
1977	Major	Richmond, VA	York Barbell, York, PA (won Region-3)	Trainham, Richmond, VA St. Margaret's Club, New Castle - (went to National As At Large Team; PA State Champ)

Region-11
1976 - Brookline BYM Club, Pittsburgh, Won Region-11 unopposed
1977 - Brookline BYM Club, Pittsburgh, Went to Region-9

Region-12 History
In 1967, the ASA Open Slow Pitch Nationals had to be reduced in size. Upwards of 50-60 teams were starting to attend by the 1966 season. Instead of every State and Metro Association sending their champions straight to the National Tournament. These teams would now have to attend a Regional Tournament first and only that Regional Tournament Champ would be able to attend the National Tournament. This assured that the number of teams would always be around 32 teams. The ASA divided the country into 30 Regions, A team had to win it's Regional Championship to qualify for the National Championships. These regions were comprised of states and metro cities. Also invited to the nationals were the defending champ and the host team, which made up a field of 32 teams. Prior to 1967, the nationals had upwards of 65 teams. Usually the top 2 finishers in the respective state or metro championships went to the regionals to compete for the right to go to the nationals. These regionals were usually held in mid-August a couple weeks after their respective state and metro championships. Region-12 started out with just ASA of Pennsylvania, ASA of Delaware and ASA of Metro Pittsburgh. In 1970, they incorporated ASA of Metro Philadelphia from Region-8. In 1974, They incorporated ASA of West Virginia from Region-4 and lost ASA Metro Philadelphia and ASA Delaware to Region-7. In 1976, The ASA consolidated Region-7 into District 5/6 by adding ASA Maryland, ASA Metro Washington DC, ASA Delaware and ASA Metro Philadelphia. District 5/6 also added ASA Pennsylvania from Region-12. The Regions were renamed due to the loss of Region-7 and District-12, now renamed District-11, contained only ASA Metro Pittsburgh and ASA West Virginia. In 1977, the ASA stared the Area Region system calling each region by location. They consolidated 30 regions into 15. It has remained pretty much the same up until the present with only difference being some Metro Associations being incorporated into it's own State Association.

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