Softball Promotions for Youth
Rayburn Hesse
P.O. Box 397
McLean, VA 22101
SPY provides reports on major ASA, PONY and other 18-U girls fastpitch softball tournaments, including national championships, and exposure tournaments like the Boulder Independence Day tournament, the Plantation, Pennsbury and Rock Hill exposure tournaments, the annual Batbuster and Firecracker tournaments, Colorado Fireworks at Aurora,etc. SPY also reports on major college tournaments, including the Women's College World Series, the NFCA leadoff, Fiesta and KIA classics, other college tournaments and season competition.. SPY reports have proven recruiting links to college coaches, enabling them to identify prospects they might not have seen, and to corroborate their own assessments. All SPY reports are written by Rayburn Hesse, a nationally-recognized coach and scout. SPY is a non-profit company, primarily funded by Mr. Hesse, but also supported by team subscriptions to SPY's links pages.
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We will summarize all new information for the current month under Breaking News. Previous months and events like College Ball 2003, Canada Cup 2003 will be retained in archival files, as shown below.
SPY MAGAZINE
http://www.spysoftballthemagazine.com/
SPY Softball Magazine
Details Inside; Great Photographs
VOLUME 9 IS ON LINE
College Action Photos March/April
NFCA Photos
KIA Photos
SPY Gallery
Open Letter to ASA
MAGAZINE BONUS IS ONLINE
"April Bonus More College Action"
Dozens of action photos from virtually every conference
posted May 3
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES PHOTO ALBUM
PHOTOS FROM CONFERENCE GAMES AND NCAA REGIONALS
BREAKING NEWS
11-26-04
11-25-04
11-24-04
Commitments; Huntington Beach Batbuster Scores
11-23-04
11-22-04
More Batbuster and Commitments
11-21-04
Rain cancels games at 4 parks
11-20-04
11-18-04
11-15-04
Commitments, Firecracker & Rising Stars Scores
11-12-04
11-11-04
Major change in Gold, Other Formats Approved
Steve Monson chosen president-elect
commitments
11-10-04
Signing Day Commitments
proposals could reshape JO
11-09-04
Commitments galore; heartwarming photos from Iraq
11-04-07
A different perspective of Jennie Finch
commitments; tournaments; the election
11-01-04
Commitments; 24; Ozymandias
Photo and Final Statistics
Sports Illustrated
10-31-04
USA Defeats Chinese Taipei, 1-0 for Gold
Taipei takes Silver
Chinese Taipei 4, Japan 0; Taipei to Gold Medal Game
10-30-04
Hollowell perfect game puts USA into Gold Medal Game
Australia wins Consolation Bracket
10-29-04
Australia and Netherlands win
More proposals to restructure Gold
Jennie Finch goes Pro
USA national teams invitations
FINAL ROUND ROBIN GAMES
Canada 3, Netherlands 0
Chinese Taipei 3, China 0
Japan 1, Australia 0 (9)
USA 12, Guatemala 0 (5)
perfect game
Elimination games tonight
10-28-04
SPY editorial on upcoming Council meeting
(amended 10/29/04)
In Old Kabul
Australia 1, China 0
USA 2, Canada 0
Japan 9, Guatemala 0 (5)
Chinese Taipei 14, Netherlands 7
USA 3, China 0
Canada 1, Australia 0
Chinese Taipei 2, Japan 1 (8)
Netherlands 9, Guatemala 0
statistics courtesy USA Softball
10-27-04
Canada 4, China 0
USA 2, AUSTRALIA 1
Japan 4, Netherlands 0
Chinese Taipei 17, Guatemala 0
USA 2, Netherlands 0
Australia 3, Chinese Taipei 2
Canada 10, Guatemala 0 (perfect game)
Japan 6, China 0
10-26-04
USA edges Japan 2-0
Update: USA loses to Chinese Taipei 3-2
AUSTRALIA 10, GUATEMALA 0
CANADA 7, JAPAN 3
CHINA 3, NETHERLANDS 2
Schedule
10-25-04
10-24-04
10-23-04
10-22-04
10-20-04
Plus editorial on upcoming ASA meeting
Maddy Coon to Stanford; other commitments
10-18-04
Melissa Pena; Other Commitments UPDATE
10-17-04
10-15-04
updated uu
uupdated
10-14-04
10-13-04
10-12-04
10-11-04
10-10-04
10-07-04
USA ELITE TEAM
Batbuster round robin schedule
Phoenix round robin schedule
10-05-04
10-03-04
10-2-04
NFCA Academic Honors
ISF World University Games
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TNJ Fall Classic
Olympians at USF
Revised Batbuster/Tyronne schedule
9-29-04
9-27-04
9-24-04
First day scores from Stockton
9-23-04
Volume 10 Spy Magazine is online
2004 in Photos
9-22-04
9-20-04
USA Softball clarifies position on pro ball
9-17-04
FINCH-DAIGLE WEDDING POSTPONED
From October to January
Amico and Clark sign with Chicago Bandits
9-16-04
9-13-04
9-09-04
Note tryout dates for both leagues
9-07-04
Indiana names Phillips interim head coach
9-04-04
Lots of Updates
9-1-04
Crystl Bustos Finalist for Sportswoman of the Year
8-30-04
8-30-04 update
8-29-04
Scott MVP
8-28-04
New England Upsets Thunder
Three-game series will determine NPF Champion
NPF CHAMPIONSHIP PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF WEATHER
New England and NY/NJ Will Begin at Noon Tomorrow (SUNDAY)
8-27-04
USA Softball on Sports Illustrated cover
Should softball continue as an Olympic sport?
8-26-04
NPF CHAMPIONSHIP
8-23-04
8-22-04
8-21-04
No games Saturday
8-20-04
8-19-04
8-18-04
8-17-04
8-16-04
8-15-04
ASA Gold
8-14-04
8-13-04
8-12-04
8-11-04
8-10-04
8-09-04
8-08-04
8-06-04
8-05-04
added 8pm EST
8-03-04
8-02-04
65 Teams
Tulsa Eagles Win AFA Nationals
Pool Play Results
8-1-04
7-31-04
PONY National Championship
Father of the Bride
7-30-04
7-29-04
Tournament schedule
Other NPF Games
7-27-04
7-26-04
7-24-04
7-23-04
Sue Ellen Candrea
7-20-04
Louisville Slugger/NFCA HS All Americans
SPY will be in Tucson Thursday and Friday
7-19-04
THE GREEKS IN ALLENTOWN
7-18-04
winners bracket
Friday thru Sunday
7-17-04
7-16-04
Scores and international championship bracket
Winners' bracket scores
Wins pool with two victories
Wednesday and Thursday games
7-15-04
Double-header in Washington DC area
Berth change
7-14-04
TULSA HIRES NEW COACH
7-13-04
5-0; 5-3 (9)
7-12-04
7-11-04
Defeats Australia 2-1
18A team edges Georgia Fire 1-0 (17)
Three Gold berths awarded
Five Gold berths awarded
Six Gold berths awarded in Texas
7-10-04
Sunday brackets
7-09-04
Including early brackets
7-08-04
USA Schutt Elite eliminates Canada 3-2
CANADA CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
List of teams at Hillsboro
7-07-04
SPY REPORTS FROM CANADA CUP
USA Elite vs New Zealand; other game notes
Correction:The
Region 15 berths went to Washington LadyHawks Gold and Vancouver Ford.
Spirit Gold won a berth in the sector qualifier.
7-06-04
Blanks Buffalo
New committees being formed
7-05-04
1-1 at Canada Cup
CA Cruisers repeat; defeat OC Batbusters 3-2 (10)
VA Shamrocks, St Louis Chaos tie for 3rd
SPY suffers foul ball neck injury
details to follow Monday morning (it's 2am, folks)
Texas Gold defeats OK Illusions
7-04-04
Boulder Day Four
7-03-04
Single Elimination
Complete 3-day review
7-02-04
7-1-04
6-29-04
and current statistics