Impact Freshman for 2009

default · Feb 18, 2009

BIG CORRECTION - The school was Olentangy Shanahan middle school, not Liberty.
I have corrected my original post.

Here is the Central Catholic League I was referencing:

The original post mentions Trinity - the only reference I can find is Trinity Elementary School in Columbus.

(From WBNS 10-TV Post)

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default · Feb 18, 2009

I'll add one freshman to the list - Andi Lowe/Westerville Central. This kid can flat out hit, has tremendous size, speed, & aggressiveness.

default · Feb 18, 2009

If a player was participating on two teams (and I have no knowledge either way) there is not really a penalty going forward. From the OHSAA Eligibility Phamplet:

PARTICIPATION ON NON-SCHOOL TEAMS
You may not try out, practice or participate in a contest
with a non-school team while a member of a school
team in the same sport.

? [background="yellow"]Violating these rules during the school season may
result in your being declared ineligible for the remainder
of the school season.[/background]
? Violating these rules outside the school season may
result in your being declared ineligible for the next
season.
? Violating these rules by a senior may result in that student
being declared ineligible for the remainder of the
school year.

If the participation took place AFTER the end of the middle school season, it certainly would not be a violation.

default · Feb 19, 2009

Sideliner,
I could be wrong but, it sounds like you are very interested in finding out why she played.
You have her dads Name on here (your post with a quote). Why don't you PM him?

default · Feb 19, 2009

Honestly, I don't have a stake in this issue.

I responded to a post that another OFCer listed that contained what I thought as a factual error. Now, I don't know if there is an error or not.

And the fact that there may be no error IS the point. A player could have played on both teams.

If she didn't - no foul, but the post by oldtimer is inaccurate.

If she did play on both teams, then potentially there could be an OHSAA violation, but ONLY if she played for a rec team during the school season. (The Olentangy system subscribes to OHSAA rules.) And the penalty, as posted earlier, is moot, since the season is already in the past. It is perfectly acceptable to play for another team - by OHSAA RULES - once the school season is over. So if a player competed for another team after the school season - no foul. (The mass exodus of 12U and 14U travel players after the middle school season to Memorial Day tournaments is proof enough of that concept.)

In terms of competing in a rec league AND also competing on a middle school team, I don't have a stake in that issue. A few posters have said that action is against rec league rules. I don't have any knowledge of the league rules, nor does it impact me. So I really don't care.

I will take a stand and say that I am against players breaking the OHSAA rules in terms of competing for non-school teams during the school season. But I am pointing the finger at parents. These girls aren't sneaking out of the house and driving themselves to those games. And shame on the coaches who would recruit those players.

The OHSAA has some pretty crappy rules. There are inequities in terms of how students are allowed to transfer between schools (and still retain eligibility). A few parents work extremely hard to bend the system to get their daughters to play on the right team, for the right coach, in the right year. I get tired of reading the innuendos and snipes in posts on this board. And I get tired of knowing that it happens.

default · Feb 19, 2009

Did anyone see the episode where I got traded to Tyson Chicken, this is better!

default · Feb 19, 2009

kostanza said:
Did anyone see the episode where I got traded to Tyson Chicken, this is better!

Oh well maybe not:lmao:

default · Feb 19, 2009

"I will take a stand and say that I am against players breaking the OHSAA rules in terms of competing for non-school teams during the school season. But I am pointing the finger at parents. These girls aren't sneaking out of the house and driving themselves to those games. And shame on the coaches who would recruit those players.

The OHSAA has some pretty crappy rules. There are inequities in terms of how students are allowed to transfer between schools (and still retain eligibility). A few parents work extremely hard to bend the system to get their daughters to play on the right team, for the right coach, in the right year. I get tired of reading the innuendos and snipes in posts on this board. And I get tired of knowing that it happens.
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The reality is that you cannot post facts about players from certain teams without the risk of being attacked. Since you are not supposed to write "posts that attack certain members or organizations," people resort to innuendos and snipes. Others create multiple identities and basically carry on a conversation with themselves within the forum. Don't know anything about middle school ball but the diocese recreation association league runs from March through May. I thought the club/rec rule didn't apply last year and was only applied this year.

default · Feb 19, 2009

Enough said. Time to move on. If you have a complaint, file it with OHSAA and keep the names off of this forum.

default · Feb 21, 2009

Taylor Muhic- Amherst - MC madness- catcher/powerhitter
Jen Sutton- Amherst - Lasers Red- pitcher/switchhitter

default · Feb 21, 2009

I think a better thread might be, "Who WERE The Impact Freshman for 2009". This is kind of a sad read right now. I've heard/seen many of these players, and they're all excellent players. Not to mention the ones that I know, are excellent young ladies. Speculating on the high school careers of these players should be a positive thing, yet this thread continues down a negative road. My daughter is a freshman this year and I'm anxious to see her and many of the players listed in this thread play. I just think that as adults we should be above the "pettiness" in this thread, and celebrate the girls. If someone lists a player and you don't agree, so what? Impact Freshman is subjective anyway. C'mon moms and dads, let's be above this and celebrate the hard work these girls/young ladies have put into their sport so far. It should be an exciting season and I hope it will be a great freshman season for all the girls.

default · Feb 21, 2009

Well said rcpae! I agree........this thread should not have taken such a bad turn. Basically it is a "who should you watch 2009!" I have heard of a lot ot these players and I am looking forward to seeing a lot of them play this spring. There are probably many more in the freshmen class of 2009 that are not even listed.

default · Feb 21, 2009

PC SOFTBALL said:
Emily Froment goes to Twin Valley South.

I am not normally one to chime in on these types of threads because I hate throwing around praise on players until they have proven themselves that the high school level. Over the past ten years that I have been pretty well connected to the high school fastpitch scene I have watched hundreds of excellent players who performed well for four solid years. I have also seen a number of bright lights burn out way too soon after a solid start.

However in this case I have to agree with the mention of Emily Froment of Twin Valley South. Having the prevledge to coach her and see how hard she works and how she conducts herself on the mound I have little doubt that she will continue to improve and mature into a top level pitcher. She will certianly have an impact on the confrence that she is in and into the playoffs.

default · Feb 23, 2009

rcpae said:
I think a better thread might be, "Who WERE The Impact Freshman for 2009". This is kind of a sad read right now. I've heard/seen many of these players, and they're all excellent players. Not to mention the ones that I know, are excellent young ladies. Speculating on the high school careers of these players should be a positive thing, yet this thread continues down a negative road. My daughter is a freshman this year and I'm anxious to see her and many of the players listed in this thread play. I just think that as adults we should be above the "pettiness" in this thread, and celebrate the girls. If someone lists a player and you don't agree, so what? Impact Freshman is subjective anyway. C'mon moms and dads, let's be above this and celebrate the hard work these girls/young ladies have put into their sport so far. It should be an exciting season and I hope it will be a great freshman season for all the girls.

rcpae - my dad can beat your dad up.... can so....

default · Feb 24, 2009

rcpae said:
I think a better thread might be, "Who WERE The Impact Freshman for 2009". This is kind of a sad read right now. I've heard/seen many of these players, and they're all excellent players. Not to mention the ones that I know, are excellent young ladies. Speculating on the high school careers of these players should be a positive thing, yet this thread continues down a negative road. My daughter is a freshman this year and I'm anxious to see her and many of the players listed in this thread play. I just think that as adults we should be above the "pettiness" in this thread, and celebrate the girls. If someone lists a player and you don't agree, so what? Impact Freshman is subjective anyway. C'mon moms and dads, let's be above this and celebrate the hard work these girls/young ladies have put into their sport so far. It should be an exciting season and I hope it will be a great freshman season for all the girls.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I haven't seen one post on this thread that has discounted the abilities of any freshman. Maybe a post was deleted that stated something to this affect, but I have reread all the posts in this thread and most have been people's opinion on impact freshman with a few posts related to fact checking about which school a girl attended and a whole page of posts not related to the topic at all and just a bunch of silliness. I do agree that maybe this thread should have been started after the season was over so that the impact freshman made was based on facts/statistics not just speculation. I enjoy these threads and the ones related to rankings, even though my daughter or her team are never listed. It really should be about whether your daughter is enjoying the game of softball. Let's face it. statistics show that most of these girls are never going to play a day of fastpitch softball once they graduate high school, so just enjoy it while you can.

default · Feb 24, 2009

Re: Impact Freshman for 2009 (Machovina)

As mentioned by another, I will agree about (Jessie Machovina St. Clairsville Ohio Classics Black). Jessie played on our high school winter team in the Cleveland State Winter League when she was in the 7th grade. We were sorry to see her move.
Duane Sunagel
Head Coach
Elyria SunDogs

default · Feb 25, 2009

ball4, you are spot on about Jesse. Had a chance to watch her alot during the 2007 travel season and saw her again at the Classics Fall tournament. She is tough as nails behind and at the plate, and comes from a very solid family too.

default · Feb 27, 2009

oh the saga of high school softball....

default · Mar 9, 2009

Liberty Union High School has a very good Freshman pitcher this year. Look for Sara Klopfer to make some noise!!

default · Mar 11, 2009

kelly spellman first year @ eastlake north lets see what she can do! #22 from crushers gold team

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