NOVEMBER 10 UPDATE

NOVEMBER 10 UPDATE

COMMITMENTS

Francesca Enea C/1b Orange County Batbusters ( Haning) committed to University of Florida

Laicole Walker, Wichita Mustangs Gold to Coastal Carolina

Jessica Pledger, catcher Texas Storm Gold- Dixon has verbally committed to Harvard

Coley Woyak, C, USA Elite (CA), signed to University of San Diego.

Long Island University

Blaire Porter (RH pitcher) REDMOND HS, formerly of Washington Ladyhawks Gold

Raylene Asman (ss,c) ESCONDIDO HS ,San Diego County Breakers Gold

University of Oklahoma

Amber Flores (El Centro, Calif.),

Iver McDonald (Houston, Texas) and

Lindsey Vandever (Stroud, Okla.).

LIL’ REBELS – LAS VEGAS

Lindsey Callaway – signed – Southern Utah University

Monique Fuiava – verbal – University of Oregon

San Diego Renegades

Brittany Knudsen, OF, San Diego State University

Brenda Langston, P/1B, Indiana University

Davie Power-Black Signings

Cassidi Hardy-P Boston University-Jan. 2006

Nicole Steffen- SS/2B Barry University

Natalie Smith-3B Lander University

Krista Clyde-CF- 2007 Verbally Committed to Virginia Tech

THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS

The assassination of a Reich official in Paris provided Goebbels, Hitler's Chief of Propaganda, with the excuse he needed to launch a pogrom against German Jews. The attack was interpreted by Goebbels as a conspiratorial attack by "International Jewry" against the Reich and, symbolically, against the Fuehrer himself. This pogrom has come to be called Kristallnacht, "the Night of Broken Glass."

On the nights of November 9 and 10, gangs of Nazi youth roamed through Jewish neighborhoods breaking windows of Jewish businesses and homes, burning synagogues and looting. In all 101 synagogues were destroyed and almost 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed. 26,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps, Jews were physically attacked and beaten and 91 died (Snyder, Louis L. Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. New York: Paragon House, 1989:201).

In these modern days of violence, we do well to remember the past. Civilization, as much as idealize it, exists just yards away from the jungle.

BALANCED REPORTING

The Washington Post this morning devoted two full pages to Judith Miller leaving the New York Times. The triple bombing in Jordan got two columns. Of course, the Miller story gave the Post opportunity to rehash the political turmoil enveloping the White House, while the news from Amman confirmed the President’s warning about the a world in which no community is truly safe from terrorists.

TEXAS ELITE TOURNAMENT

This tournament and the following Florida tournament will offer 43ft pitching.

Shortcut to: http://www.eastoneliteshowcase.com/images/2005_Elite_Showcase_43ft_MG_Div.xls

	POOL A
1	Texas Rapid Fire Gold (Menefee), Flower Mound, TX
2	Arizona Absolute Gold (Anway), Tucson, AZ
3	Houston Power Gold (Glowacz), Houston, TX
4	Texas Eclipse Gold (Glass), Magnolia, TX
5	Tulsa Eagles Gold (Simmons), Tulsa, OK
6	Wichita Mustangs Gold (Griggs), Wichita, KS
	POOL B
1	Tuff-n-Tuffer Gold (Goddard), Somerville, NJ
2	Colorado Quicksilver (Taylor), Co Springs, CO
3	Texas Hawks Gold (Haskel), Conroe, TX
4	California Lite Easton Gold (Newton), Pomona, CA
5	Austin Storm Blues Gold (Koehler), Austin,TX
6	Delta Dynamite Gold (Chisom), Bentonville, AR
	POOL C
1	Texas Glory Gold (Adkins), Dallas, TX
2	MC Elite Gold (Drude), Magnolia, TX
3	Texas Elite Easton (Sicotte), Grand Prairie, TX
4	Colorado Comets Gold (Dvorak), Denver,CO
5	Omaha Finesse Gold (Negrete), Omaha, NE
6	Texas Peppers Gold (Gaskins), Houston, TX
	POOL D
1	Chaos Softball (Flagella), Colleyville,TX
2	Texas Heat (Lemons), Rockwall, TX
3	OKC Dynamites Gold (Foutch), Edmond, OK
4	Texas Elite Easton (Brock), Grand Prairie, TX
5	prospect softball (franklin), belton,tx
6	Kansas City Xtreme Gold (Caccavo), Olathe, KS
	POOL E
1	Texas Spark Plugs (Smitty), Joshua, TX
2	Texas Terminators Gold (Puckett), Round Rock, TX
3	Texas Aces Gold (Orsak), Pearland, TX
4	San Antonio Royals Gold (Darling), San Antonio, TX
5	CO Pony Express (Mang), Highlands Ranch, CO
6	St Louis Sluggers Gold (Neubauer), St Louis, MO
	POOL F
1	Shadows (Carter), Grand Prairie, TX
2	Texas Avengers Gold (Burrows), College Station, TX
3	Houston Wave Gold (Legler), Houston, TX
4	Hearts of Texas Blue (Darling), Austin, TX
5	Texas Shockwave Gold (Ondrey), Houston, TX
6	Colorado Commotion (Duran), Westminster, CO
	POOL G
1	Texas Glory (Butler), Ennis, TX
2	Oklahoma Sidewinders Gold (Moore), Ok City, OK
3	Texas Steelers Gold (Laferrara), Seguin, TX
4	Tomball Sting Gold (Hallmark), Tomball, TX
5	Hit Away Gold (Lindley), Spring, TX
6	CO Pony Express (Gomez), Denver, CO
	POOL H
1	Texas Playmakers Gold (Ottmer), Sachse, TX
2	High Voltage (Crawford), Whitehouse, TX
3	Lethal Weapon Gold (Ramirez), LaPort,TX
4	Oklahoma Dazzlers (Evett), OK City, OK
5	San Antonio Hitt Gold (Dismuke), San Antonio, TX
6	CO. Quicksilver (Zornacki), Colorado Springs,CO
	POOL I
1	Texas Sox Gold (Benedict), Forney, TX
2	Texas Stix Gold (Staton), Austin, TX
3	Texas Jets Gold (Jaetzold), Stafford, TX
4	Texas Starz (Sosa), Houston, TX
5	Texas Challengers Gold (Garcia), Brazoria, TX
6	Colorado Warriors (Thomson), Erie, CO
	POOL J
1	Majestix (Francis), Grapevine, TX
2	T.C.B. (Wells), Houston, TX
3	Texas Select Gold (Rodgers), Houston, TX
4	Houston Power (Jones), Houston, TX
5	Oklahoma Impact (Stover), Owasso, OK
6	Wichita Mustangs (Seth), Wichita, KS

FLORIDA EXPOSURE TOURNAMENT

Florida’s Finest

Fall College Exposure Tournament

November 12-13, 2005

Hosted by Tampa Mustangs

FIELDS: Greco Complex & New Tampa

	DIVISION A	DIVISION B	DIVISION C	DIVISION D	DIVISION E	DIVISION F
1→	Mustangs-Scudder	Jax Storm	Mustangs-Tejas	Lady Hawks Gold	Lightspeed	Plant City Pride
2→	Knights	Tallahassee Bullets	Wildcats	Diamond Dusters	Team FL-Brent	Seminole Gold
3→	Gainesville Gold	Team FL Gold	Maniacs	Sarasota Heat	Lady Hawks Black	Mustangs-Rogers
4→	Bombers	Mustangs-Rodriquez	Quicksilver	Intimidators	Jax Storm-B	Team FL-Brian

SATURDAY

	Field 1-Greco	Field 2-Greco	Field 3-Greco	Field 4-Greco	Field 5-New Tampa	Field 6-New Tampa
9:00	1A – 2A	1B – 2B	1C – 2C	1D – 2D	1F – 2F	1G – 2G
10:45	3A – 4A	3B - 4B	3C – 4C	3D – 4D	3F – 4F	3G – 4G
12:15	1A – 4A	1B - 4B	1C – 4C	1D – 4D	1F – 4F	1G – 4G
2:00	3A – 2A	3B – 2B	3C – 2C	3D – 2D	3F – 2F	3G – 2G
3:45	3A – 1A	3B – 1B	3C – 1C	3D – 1D	3F – 1F	3G – 1G
5:30	2A – 4A	2B – 4B	2C – 4C	2D – 4D	2F – 4F	2G – 4G

SUNDAY

	Field 1-Greco	Field 2-Greco	Field 3-Greco	Field 4-Greco
8:00	1A – 1B	1C – 1D	1E – 1F	4E – 4F
9:45	2A – 2B	2C – 2D	2E – 2F	4A – 4B
11:30	3A – 3B	3C – 3D	3E – 3F	4C – 4D

TOURNAMENT RULES

§ Pitching distance: 43 feet	§ Scores: Home team posts scores
§ Time Limit: 1 hour 20 minutes; finish the inning	§ Dugout: Team listed 1^st occupies 3^rd base dugout

Directions

New Tampa Community Park Fields

From East of Tampa

I-75 north toward New Tampa area.

Exit left (west) onto Bruce B. Downs/CR-581 (exit #270).

Travel west (southwest) to Tampa Palms Blvd. turn right

*Lowes is on the southeast corner of the intersection

Travel 1 block to Commerce Park Blvd. turn right

Travel 1 mile to softball fields. (Before High School)

From Tampa Area

Bruce B. Downs and travel east (northeast) toward New Tampa

Travel to Tampa Palms Blvd. Turn left

*Lowes is on the southeast corner of the intersection

Travel 1 block to Commerce Park Blvd. Turn right.

Travel 1 mile to softball fields. (Before High school)

Greco Complex

From East of Tampa

I-75 north – exit at Fowler Ave

Go west on Fowler about 3 miles

Turn left at light on 50^th and Fowler

*MOSI on the southwest corner

½ mile to fields on your right

Spy Softball Home Page

Wildcats