ASA Regionals vs Triple Crown Sports Nationals

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Has anyone attended a Triple Crown Sports Nationals tournament?
If so, please provide your feedback.
Pros - Cons compared to ASA

This summer .... ASA Eastern Region (Salem, VA) vs TCS Nationals (Myrtle Beach, SC)

 

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I assume you are talking about 14u (since you mentioned Myrtle Beach)....i cannot offer you any opinions on the Nationals in Myrtle Beach but here is the deal, once you play any tournament with Triple Crown- and do well, you will have an easier time at the older age groups to get into their more coveted tournaments like Colorado Sparkler, Rising Stars etc. Same goes for PGF.

 

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I assume you are talking about 14u (since you mentioned Myrtle Beach)....i cannot offer you any opinions on the Nationals in Myrtle Beach but here is the deal, once you play any tournament with Triple Crown- and do well, you will have an easier time at the older age groups to get into their more coveted tournaments like Colorado Sparkler, Rising Stars etc. Same goes for PGF.

Honestly I do not know anyone that has played in a Triple Crown Nationals. I think I am right about the Sparkler - but don't they take all commers? I know the other Colorado events are more selective - not sure about the Sparkler though. I know I am right about the Rising Stars - they do take anyone that applies. It is a family business and it funds the Gold Coast Hurricanes Gold. They have even begun taking 14's. Rising Stars and T.C. are now tied together somehow. Not sure if R.S. partnered in or bought them out - rumors......

 

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interesting flarays....thought both of those events were billed as showcase/application events....I knew the Gold Coast Hurricanes were associated but i was always under the impression that the showcase 16u was more selective.

 

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We went to the Myrtle Beach TCS/Rising Stars as an 18u team in 2011. Some of he fields were nice, although the pitching plate was a couple feet in front of 1st & 3rd (40ft) but the teams there weren't what you would want to play at a 'National' tournament. Only saw 2-3 college coaches the entire time we were there.

 

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interesting flarays....thought both of those events were billed as showcase/application events....I knew the Gold Coast Hurricanes were associated with Rising Stars but i was always under the impression that the showcase 16u was more selective.

No not at all. Enter and you are in!! Now getting to play where the college coaches are is definately where the selection process comes into play. Marty and Sid have done a nice job of building a "franchise" for the family. Year in and year out Marty's team is among the best in the country.

 

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I assume you are talking about 14u (since you mentioned Myrtle Beach).....

The TCS is housing all age groups. I just booked my hotel.

 

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I am refering to 14U ... however; it appears there are many other age groups as well.

 

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Sparkler does take all comers. Fireworks is very selective and Boulder Independence Day is extremely selective. The Louisville section of the Independence Day is selective, more similar to Fireworks.

 

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Sparkler does take all comers. Fireworks is very selective and Boulder Independence Day is extremely selective. The Louisville section of the Independence Day is selective, more similar to Fireworks.

Hey Joe, do you know if the Fireworks tournament that you are referring to is now called (for 2012) the Freedom tournament in Broomfield for 14u and Boulder IDT for 16's and 18's?

 

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The Boulder Independence Day at 16s and 18s is an entirely different tournament than Fireworks. Boulder will have the OC Batbusters, Corona Angels and most of the other top 64 teams in the country. Some of the top 64 will go to Fireworks, but Boulder will look like what ASA Gold used to look like, or what PGF/Premier now looks like. Fireworks has always held its 14-U section in Broomfield, so I imagine the Freedom tournament is part of Fireworks. Triple Crown runs Fireworks now, so if Freedom is associated with that, then it must be the same.

 

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Here are two tournaments that will feature the some of the top teams such as the Corona angels etc... We are excited to be in one of them, the other in New York, we didn't know much about but are certainly looking into next year.

http://teamnjsoftball.com/2012_Summer_Classic.htm

http://www.triplecrownsports.com/whoscoming.asp?results=False&sportid=3&tournyid=4532

 

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Here are two tournaments that will feature the some of the top teams such as the Corona angels etc... We are excited to be in one of them, the other in New York, we didn't know much about but are certainly looking into next year.

http://teamnjsoftball.com/2012_Summer_Classic.htm

http://www.triplecrownsports.com/whoscoming.asp?results=False&sportid=3&tournyid=4532

Any event by Diamond 9 / Team NJ will draw serious teams and the coaches follow.

 

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The Freedom Invitational is not associated with TCS. It's the 14u version of the IDT in Boulder. Here are the teams:

Springwood Stingers	North Maclean, QLD	Australia
So Cal Choppers	Valencia	California
Case Batbusters	Garden Grove	California
Orang County Batbusters	Corona	California
Broomfield Boltz	Broomfield	Colorado
Colorado Stampede	Aurora	Colorado
Colorado Crush	Aurora	Colorado
Colorado Comets	Arvada	Colorado
Colorado Lady Outlaws	Littleton	Colorado
Colorado Twisters	Aurora	Colorado
Indiana Magic Gold	Fort Wayne	Indiana
Kansas Renegades	Augusta	Kansas
St. Louis Chaos '97	St. Louis	Missouri
St. Louis Esprit '97	Fenton	Missouri
Missouri Firestix	Niza	Missouri
Jersey Intensity	South Bound Brook	New Jersey
Albuquerque Scorpions	Albuquerque	New Mexico
Hudson Valley Express	Hopewell Junction	New York
Chill Gold	Mount Gilead	Ohio
Blaze Fastpitch	Yukon	Oklahoma
Oklahoma Force '98	El Reno	Oklahoma
Gametime 97	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma
D-Bat Tulsa Shootout	Bristow	Oklahoma
Tulsa Elite '97	Hominy	Oklahoma
Northwest Blaze	Beaverton	Oregon
Northwest Bullets	Hillsboro	Oregon
Oregon Panthers	Salem	Oregon
Oregon Titans	Salem	Oregon
Newtown Rock	Newtown	Pennsylvania
Aces Express	Sugar Land	Texas
Katy Cruisers '98	Houston	Texas
Texas Hawks	Cypress	Texas
Houston Power	Pearland	Texas
Texas Ball Brats	Cleveland	Texas
Texas Glory	Sunnyvale	Texas
Texas Glory Adkins-Allen	Roanoke	Texas
Texas Glory Adkins-Tolan	McKinney	Texas
Hitaway 98	Katy	Texas
Texas Storm Elite	Houston	Texas
Texas Storm	League City	Texas
Texas Cobras '98	Kingwood	Texas
Shamrocks	Falls Church	Virginia
Absolute Blast	Kent	Washington
Clark County Velocity	Ridgefield	Washington
Edmonds Starz	Brier	Washington
Fox River Rush	De Pere	Wisconsin
Northwest Lady Sharks '98	Mill Creek	Washington
SFC Grizzlies	Seattle	Washington
Washington Angels '98	Kennewick	Washington
Washington Ladyhawks	Kirkland	Washington
Washington Hurricanes	Redmond	Washington

 

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City & County of Broomfield

Here is a link to the brackets.