News From Terre Haute, Indiana Softball Scene

SOFTBALL SCENE: Swingers win state title

2011-09-18T00:51:40-04:00

The Swingers from Greencastle double-dipped Carlisle Plaza 10-7 and 8-6 to win the ASA coed novice state title in Lafayette last weekend.

SOFTBALL SCENE: Brent D. Long Tournament a success on and off field

2011-09-04T05:00:00-04:00

Somebody forgot to tell the Tykal’s American team that they weren’t the favorite in the Brent D. Long Tournament last weekend at Spencer Field.

SOFTBALL SCENE: Team Bud takes third at coed state tourney

2011-08-28T05:00:00-04:00

Following last week’s news that local softball fortunes had improved with Crawlworks/All American Auto Repair’s seventh-place finish in the Amateur Softball Association men’s Class D state finals, this weekend’s news is even better.

SOFTBALL SCENE: Wabash Valley slowpitch team takes seventh at state

2011-08-21T05:00:00-04:00

News from the state softball front has improved as a result of Crawlworks/All American Auto Repair’s seventh-place finish in the ASA MSP Class “D” state tournament this past weekend. With their finish, this is the first local team with a .500-or-better record in state tournament play.

SOFTBALL SCENE: Tough tournament trail

2011-08-14T05:00:30-04:00

Results from various ASA state tournament play continue to trickle in and unfortunately for local softball interests, they are disappointing. The combined record for the Outkast men’s team and the Ladies Last Call women’s team was one win and four defeats.

Valley softball teams fail to impress in ASA tourneys

2011-07-31T05:00:00-04:00

“Disappointing” might be the operative word to describe the outcome for Wabash Valley softball efforts in the ASA men’s slowpitch Class D (North) and men’s slowpitch Class E (North) state tournaments last weekend.

SOFTBALL SCENE: Copeland’s wins its first Show-Me’s coed tournament

2011-07-24T00:41:35-04:00

Results are in for the Show-Me’s coed city softball tournament and Copeland’s are the new champions.
The eight-team affair was divided into two four-team pools, with the pool winners matched in the championship game.

SOFTBALL SCENE: Valley squad wins Bedford tourney, series titles

2011-07-17T05:00:00-04:00

This past weekend the Crawlworks/All American Auto Repairs squad ventured to Bedford to participate in another leg of the Tanel 360/Dudley Challenge Series. In doing so, Crawlworks/All American Auto Repair not only captured the tourney title but also annexed the season-long series title.

SOFTBALL SCENE: Sign-up now under way for city slowpitch championship

2011-07-10T05:00:00-04:00

Arrangements for the Show-Me’s city slowpitch softball tournaments have been completed and interested teams are encouraged to sign up.

SOFTBALL SCENE: The talent ladder for local softball

2011-07-03T05:00:00-04:00

I would like to open this week’s column with a “thank you” to Tribune-Star sportswriter David Hughes for his excellent article featuring local softball star Kevin Kull, which ran in Wednesday’s paper.
The article, which chronicled Kull’s rapid rise to prominence, was a much-discussed topic around the ballpark Wednesday and Thursday evenings. In addition, it provided me with an idea for this week’s installment of “Softball Scene.”