Table: international softball congress
[['year', '1st place team', '2nd place team', '3rd place team', '4th place team', 'host location'], ['1951', 'hoak packers , fresno , ca', 'nitehawks , long beach , ca', 'robitaille motors , montreal , qc', 'wells motors , greeley , co', 'greeley , co'], ['1952', 'hoak packers , fresno , ca', 'nitehawks , long beach , ca', 'pointers , barbers point , hi', 'wyoming angus , johnstown , co', 'plainview , tx'], ['1953', 'nitehawks , long beach , ca', 'merchants , tampico , il', 'lions , lorenzo , tx', 'hoak packers , fresno , ca', 'selma , ca'], ['1954', 'hoak packers , fresno , ca', 'condors , dinuba , ca', 'nitehawks , long beach , ca', 'lions , lorenzo , tx', 'selma , ca'], ['1955', 'nitehawks , long beach , ca', 'condors , dinuba , ca', 'elites , new bedford , il', 'local 1014 chiefs , gary , in', 'new bedford , il'], ['1956', 'nitehawks , long beach , ca', 'siebren hybrids , geneseo , il', 'elites , new bedford , il', 'national cash register , dayton , oh', 'new bedford , il']]
Statement: the Hoak Packer from Fresno , Ca , were the 1st Place Team for Year 1951 , 1952 , and 1954
Statement: the Nitehawks from Long Beach , Ca were either the 1st Place Team or the 2nd Place Team for Year 1951 , 1952 , 1953 , 1955 , and 1956
Statement: the Elite , from New Bedford , illinois , never placed higher than 3rd
Statement: the Nitehawks , from Long Beach , Ca , never placed lower than 3rd
Statement: the first Place Team were always from california