OCTOBER 26 UPDATE
COMMITMENTS
Gloria Rae Jobe, P, Hutchinson Community College, Kansas, has signed with Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and will join the team in January 2007.
Roni Jo Raney Austin Storm Blues committed to Navarro Junior College in Texas
Wanda Malone, Pitcher/Utility - Texas Glory 18-U has orally committed to Louisiana Tech University.
Commitments to Cal State University San Bernadino
Brianne Godfredson, '07, Minors Gold
Cassidy Lee, '07, White Rocks
Nikki Perez, Antelope Valley CC
Valerie Calderon, Pasadena CC
BATBUSTER/SURF CITY SCORES
The Renegades Gold team went
5-0 in the Batbusters October Showcase in Huntington Beach the weekend of Oct
21-22. It was a good start for the team in their first weekend of actual play in
the fall season. Four of the five teams they beat attended Gold Nationals in
Oklahoma City this past August and the 5th one was at 16U Nationals, so the
competition was good.
Game 1: Renegades 5 NJ Inferno Gold 4. Shae Bass allowed only 3 hits but an
error and a couple walks allowed 2 unearned runs for Inferno. For the Renegades,
Ashley Estepa was 2 for 3 with a double, while 6 other players added a hit
including a triple for Maile Guerrero.
Game 2: Renegades 2 Strike Zone (Ford) 1. Shae threw with much more command in
this game with a 1-hit gem. The lone Strike Zone run scored on a botched
pick-off play allowing a runner to score from second. Lauren Morizi and Rosie
Gonzales accounted for the only 2 Renegades hits, but several other hard hit
balls created errors allowing for an unearned run. The first run was scored on a
perfectly executed 1st and 3rd steal by Amanda Omahen and Lauren Morizi, who had
walked and reached 3rd on a wild pitch and a ground out.
Game 3: Renegades 5 WA Sidewinders 2. Christy Cavano and Kylee Krings combined
efforts on the mound for a 6-hit victory. Cavano also tagged a 2-run double to
right center as the Renegades bats started to come alive in this game with
several hard shots. Estepa, Morizi, Danielle Balough and Nicole Wolfe also added
line drive hits offensively.
Game 4: Renegades 4 CA Grapettes 1: Brittany Balough and Christy Cavano combined
for a 2-hit victory over a very good hitting Grapettes team. The Renegades bats
stayed hot putting together an 11-hit attack led by Lauren Morizi’s 2 for 3
effort with a double. Ashley Estepa led the game off with a triple over the
right fielder’s head and Alyssa Schott and Danielle Balough both hit shots off
the left center fence that were only inches from going out. Chelsea Bemis,
Cavano, Guerrero, Omahen and Wolfe also added base hits.
Game 5: Renegades 5 SC Jets 3:Britty Balough left one pitch in the wrong place
and gave up a 3-run HR in the 4th inning of this one, but pitched a great game
around the one mistake pitch, holding a very powerful and quick Jets offense to
just 4 hits. She made up for it in the 5th with a HR of her own, a towering solo
shot to center field for her first Gold HR!! Chelsea Bemis added a triple while
Morizi, Schott, Cavano, Wolfe, Gonzales, and Omahen all added singles, Omahen’s
being a clutch 2-RBI shot through the middle in the 3-run third inning.
LANCASTER SCORES
Capital City Comets 5, Drop Zone 1
Capital City Comets 1, AZ Americans Byrne 1
Capital City Comets 2, So Cal Sliderz 5
Capital City Comets 2, Case Batbusters 1
Capital City Comets 4, CA Flames-Rotunno 1
THOSE CHINESE PITCHERS
Note from Michael Bastian, coach China National Team: After the Batbuster Showcase. I have been contacted by several colleges and universities regarding Zhou Yin's and Wang Lan's eligibility and desire to play softball and get an education In the states. I will attempt to respond to you all personally. But with this job. I never have enough time on the Internet. Update. We are attempting to get the pitchers qualified for NCAA eligibility. The paper work and testing process has started. Clearinghouse. TOEFL. SAT/ACT. Transcripts all have been requested. With the Chinese Government. These types of things will take some time. If we are unable to get this done by January 1, 2007? We will then consider the Junior College opportunities. I am looking for the best development opportunities for these players. I am preparing them for potential participation with The Chinese National Softball Team In The Olympic Games In 2008. Strength of schedule. Academic support. Cultural support. Coaching and teaching are very Important to me. All options will be considered. I want to Thank everyone for their help and support regarding these ladies. They truly deserve this opportunity! Thank You! Sincerely, Michael Bastian.
UVA CLINIC
Fall Softball Clinic Nov. 4-5, 2006 with University of Virginia Head Coach Karen Johns. Lord Botetourt High School, Daleville, Virginia.
Sponsored by the Botetourt Parks and Recreation.
Player Fee - $125, Coach Fee - $25
Sat: Offense - 9:00am to 12:00noon, Defense - 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Sun. 9:00am to 3:00pm
Head Coach/Instructor - Karen Johns - UVa Coach and Assistant USA Softball Team Coach
Pitching Coach - Carie Dever-Boaz - UVA Asst. Coach
Position Coach - Brandon Duncan - UVa Asst. Coach
Please contact RICK ANDERSON, Virginia Renegades 18U, at Rick.Anderson@parts-depot.com or call 540-537-2953 to register for the clinic. Limited to the first 100 players.
(SPY note: not a clue about Lord Botetourt, but actually met a player from there at a tournament in New Jersey; glad to help kids from a remote area)
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Shootout at the OK Corral, Tombstone, 1881. Detroit beats St Louis 10 games to 5 in 1887 World Series. Actress Jaclyn Smith and Hilary Clinton born this day in 1947 (no, I won’t go there). Minimum wage increased from 40 cents per hour to 75 cents, 1947. Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis, 1951.PanAm flies first transatlantic jet, Paris, 1958. Doonesbury debuts, 1970. Henry Kissinger declares peace is at hand in Vietnam, 1972. On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the 82nd World Series, 1985. Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service, 1988.
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