2009 USA/ASA National Championships Awarded

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The ASA Council voted on 2009 sites for the USA/ASA National Championships.
10U Johnson City, TN
12U Normal, IL
14U Marietta, GA
16U Souix Falls, SD
18U Las Vegas, NV

The balance of Nationals will be listed as I can get the information.

Patty - reporting from the ASA National Convention!
Rules and Code changes have not been voted on at this time.

 

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Las Vegas??? Now I'm completely JEALOUS... LOL.

thanks for the updates Patty!! Keep them coming!!

Marie

 

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Las Vegas!!!!!! I wonder if you will be able to bet on DD's team in the casino?? ;D

 

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It's Vegas, you can bet on her games here in Ohio.

 

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Vegas has just built a new 12 diamond complex for the Junior Olympic program. They also host several large college showcase events during the year.

Patty

 

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Vegas in July!!!! No thanks. Why would ASA put their premier event in the desert in the middle of summer when you are 7 feet from the surface of the sun. I hope you enjoy the 115 degree games. I don't want to hear, "It's ASA" either. Vegas in July??? I'm not even sure that is safe.

 

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I know there playing at night it cant be much above 95 then

 

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Vegas in July!!!! No thanks. Why would ASA put their premier event in the desert in the middle of summer when you are 7 feet from the surface of the sun. I hope you enjoy the 115 degree games. I don't want to hear, "It's ASA" either. Vegas in July??? I'm not even sure that is safe.

I`m with ya on that! As Charlie Brown would say........"Good Grief"

I do like the 10u at Johnson City Tn. though. I do have another dd that will come up thru the ranks soon.

 

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I have never been to Vegas, but I don't think it could be much hotter than Midland, TX where our Breakers played a couple of years ago. ?

Yeah, I am with you Hillbilly, Johnson City, TN sounds great, but I don't have anymore girls coming through the ranks. ? I could still go watch and enjoy, ?since it would be much less nerve wrecking without dd playing.

 

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Yeah, but Ringer, ... it's a "dry heat". ?

Sacramento last year was absolutely stifiling at times 100-105 pretty consistently, I was in a full lather just moving from the hotel to the car at times. Three years ago, Chattanooga (NSA B) was in the mid ninties with high humidity, heat index was 115-120 at times, IIRC. Wonder which is worse, heat index (heat + humidity) of 115, or dry heat of 115. Maybe the simpler answer is that they are both just bad? Plus, that desert sun can scorch - Yeah, that could be like a broiler in the dry sun of LV.

There are some nice cooler mountain areas like Johnson City, Colorado, etc, which are nice destinations and which are more moderate, and still reachable by all areas of the map - wonder why they are not selected more, given that hottest time of year?

Our age group will be in Marietta, GA if we go to ASA. I am sure that will be both hot and very humid. At least we will have the Atl for finding some fun in down time, although it's not Vegas.

 

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Here are the rest of the events for 2009.
Girl?s Championships
Girls Slow Pitch - Owensboro, Ky.

ASA Girls? 10-Under A Fastpitch Eastern ? Sterling, Va.
ASA Girls? 12-Under A Fastpitch Eastern ? Sterling, Va.
ASA Girls? 14-Under A Fastpitch Eastern ? Sterling, Va.
ASA Girls? 16-Under A Fastpitch Eastern - Salisbury, Md.
ASA Girls? 16-Under A Fastpitch Eastern - York, Pa.

ASA Girls? 10-Under A Fastpitch Northern ?Allouez, Wis.
ASA Girls? 12-Under A Fastpitch Northern ?Greenbay, Wis.
ASA Girls? 14-Under A Fastpitch Northern ? St. Joseph, Mo.
ASA Girls? 16-Under A Fastpitch Northern ? St. Louis, Mo.
ASA Girls? 18-Under A Fastpitch Northern ? Bloomington, Ind.

ASA Girls? 10-Under B Fastpitch Eastern ? Sterling, Va.
ASA Girls? 12-Under B Fastpitch Eastern ? Sterling, Va.
ASA Girls? 14-Under B Fastpitch Eastern? Dayton, Ohio
ASA Girls? 16-Under B Fastpitch Eastern? York, Pa.
ASA Girls? 18-Under B Fastpitch Eastern? York, Pa.

ASA Girls? 10-Under B Fastpitch Northern ? Bloomington, Ind.
ASA Girls? 12-Under B Fastpitch Northern ? Bowling Green, Ky.
ASA Girls? 14-Under B Fastpitch Northern ? Overland Park, Kan.
ASA Girls? 16-Under B Fastpitch Northern ? Wichita, Kan.
ASA Girls? 18-Under B Fastpitch Northern ? Wichita, Kan.

USA/ASA Girls? 10-Under A Fastpitch ? Johnson City, Tenn.
USA/ASA Girls? 12-Under A Fastpitch ? Normal, Ill.
USA/ASA Girls? 14-Under A Fastpitch ? Marietta, Ga.
USA/ASA Girls? 16-Under A Fastpitch ? Sioux Falls, S.D.
USA/ASA Girls? 18-Under A Fastpitch ? Las Vegas, Nev.
Girls? 18-Under Gold Fast Pitch ? Oklahoma City, Okla.

Attended legislative committee meeting today - will update on code / rule chages after council votes tomorrow.

Patty

 

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Any news on where to qualify for 2008?

 

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At this time, I can only tell you where the ASA National Qualifiers are scheduled to be held in Region #10 but not the dates (except the 16U which Metro Cincinnati is hosting.) ?I should have the other sites / dates some time after the 15th of this month.
2008
10U - IL
12U - KY
14U - CHI
16U - CIN June 20-22, at Rivershore
18U - IN

You can also keep an eye on the Metro Cincinnati JO web site at www.metrocincinnati-asa.com for updated tournament information.

Patty

 

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I know it's just the 15th, but any updates on the qualifiers?

Thanks,
Marie

 

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so Patty,

Do you have to be from region 10 to play in the region #10 qualifier? Could I being my Ohio Classics 16 team down in June?

thnx

 

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I too, am still awaiting info from the region's JO Commissioners with the info as I indicated above.

Here's what I have to add - to-date.

Class "A"
National Qualifiers
18U - July 11-13, 2008
Chuck Klein Complex - Indianapolis, IN

Regional National Qualifier
16U - July 11-13, 2008
CenterBrook Entertainment Complex - Martinsville, IN

18U - June 27-29, 2008
Chuck Klein Complex - Indianapolis, IN

Class B
14U - June 27-29, 2008
Sonshine Park - Mooresville, IN

12U - June 27-29, 2008
Brownsburg Girls Softball - Brownsburg, IN

As far as teams from other regions participating in Region 10's events, you can play, however, you can not earn the berth.

 

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14u national tournament right here in Dayton.



Clyde Brewer and Lou Desaro have worked hard to get this tournament here. This will be good for Dayton. Congratulations. These guys continue to support the game of fastpitch softball. The Kettering fields facility is a great place to play. There have been tremendous improvements made to the complex.


?Scott Herman

? Diamond Dominators 14u