TERRE HAUTE — With the culmination of men’s and women’s ASA sate tournament play, the softball focus has shifted to coed league play, as well as invitational and ASA coed state tournament play.
Fall league coed action can be found at Brazil’s Forest Park on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, while the Terre Haute action is taking place at First and Farrington on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Another traditional source of co-ed action is the Shelburn league. The 13-team league commenced play in mid-August and will continue through October. Games are played starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings with a few Sunday afternoon contests scheduled.
Recently, co-ed tourney action has taken place at Saline City. Chop Shop recently earned a tourney title as they cruised through a five-team round robin tourney with a perfect 4-0 mark.
More coed play can be found this week at the annual Saline City Picnic Tournament. Play will start on Saturday morning and continue through Monday as 12 teams compete for tourney honors. The tourney field will include Chop Shop, First Financial, Robinson Heating and Cooling, Madsen Orthopedics (formerly Schurick’s) as well as two Greencastle squads.
For many, the Saline City tourney will serve as a warm-up affair for the upcoming ASA Co-ed Novice State Tournament held in Elkhart over the Sept. 8-9 weekend. As of this writing, six local squads plan on making the trip. They include Chop Shop, First Financial, Cook Law Office, Wible Farms, Madsen Orthopedics and Robinson Heating and Cooling.
Good luck to all involved.
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The state tournament schedule for 2008 as recently announced by Indiana ASA can be found below:
June 27-28 — MSP Church D/E (Avon)
July 4-6 — GFP 14-U C, 12-U C, 10-U C, Girls’ Coach Pitch 8-U (Wabash Valley Girl’s Softball Park, Terre Haute)
July 11-13 — GFP 14-U B South (Jasper), GFP 12-U B (Evansville), GFP 10-U A and B (Bloomington), GSP 18-U, 16-U, 14-U, 12-U, 10-U, Girls’ Coach Pitch 8-U (Mooresville)
July 18-20 — WSP C, D, E (Avon), GFP 18-U A and B (Miss Softball America, Terre Haute), GFP 16-U A and B (Mooresville), GFP 14-U A, 12-U A (Greenwood), GFP 14-U B North (WV Girls’ Softball, Terre Haute)
Aug. 1-3 — MFP B, C (Elkhart), MSP B (Avon), MSP C (Kokomo), MSP D North (Crawfordsville), MSP D South (Evansville)
Aug. 8-10 — MSP E North (Valparaiso), MSP E South (Avon)
Aug. 15-17 — MFP D (Lawrence), MSP Masters 35-Over D/E (Kokomo)
Sept. 5-7 — Coed SP D/E (Kokomo)
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At least two local men’s squads have remained active following ASA state tournament play. Both Chop Shop and Terre Haute Prescription Shop have participated in invitational tourney action lately.
At Odon, Chop Shop opened with a lopsided 29-1 win over Shoals Inn, then dropped two close contests by 13-12 and 14-10 scores. Opponents names in the last two games were unavailable.
The Terre Haute Prescription Shop recently finished with a 3-1 tourney mark in an Avon invitational tourney. Opponents and scores were unavailable.
Teams interested in future invitational action can contact Steve Boone at (317) 902-8243 for Avon tournament information, played every weekend through mid-October.
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As league and tourney action wind down, the Softball Scene will next appear on Sunday, Sept. 16.
John Benton can be reached at (812) 877-2566.
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Softball Scene: Fall coed softball action heats up
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Swingers win state title
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Brent D. Long Tournament a success on and off field
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Team Bud takes third at coed state tourney
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Wabash Valley slowpitch team takes seventh at state
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Tough tournament trail
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Valley softball teams fail to impress in ASA tourneys
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Copeland’s wins its first Show-Me’s coed tournament
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Valley squad wins Bedford tourney, series titles
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Sign-up now under way for city slowpitch championship
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SOFTBALL SCENE: The talent ladder for local softball
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.” -
SOFTBALL SCENE: Teams give some pep to area men’s softball
Wabash Valley softball action picked up briefly at Spencer Field last Saturday as four men’s slowpitch squads competed in tournament play.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Coed slowpitch softball tourney raises money for cancer research
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Local adult softball teams gearing up for action
Well softball fans, it’s time for yet another season of adult softball in the Wabash Valley.
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Wabash Valley well-represented in state tournamen t
The Wabash Valley was well-represented in the ASA Coed Class D/E state tournament last weekend at the Avon softball facility.
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Budweiser team has mixed results in national slowpitch regional tourney play
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SOFTBALL SCENE: Myers family softball tradition carries on
This past Jan. 10, local softball icon Wayne Myers passed away leaving behind two brothers, Fred and Bill, son Terry, daughter Elaine as well as grandchildren Haley, Whitey and “Chicky.” In addition, the Indiana Amateur Softball Association was left without its commander in chief.
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Softball Scene: Softball moments of years past
With the summer softball season coming to an end, I thought it might be interesting to look to past Softball Scene columns and dredge up a few old memories from seasons gone by. This type of column also serves as a reminder to those presently playing that in a few short years, your achievements will be largely forgotten by those who will be playing in future seasons.
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Softball Scene: Valley squads fare well at state tournaments
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Softball Scene: 8 Valley softball teams competing in 5 different state tournaments
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Softball Scene: Outkast heating up at right time with state tournament approaching
Local softball player and enthusiast Ryan Dehart recently made an astute observation when commenting on the Outkast softball squad. He said, “they’re getting hot at the right time of the year.” Lending support to Dehart’s claim was Outkast’s showing in the recent Hooter’s Invitational hosted by Indy Sports Park.
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Softball Scene: Get scoop on upcoming men’s, co-ed tournaments in Wabash Valley
Several questions have arisen concerning the upcoming city tournaments for men’s and co-ed softball teams. In an attempt to dispel any rumors and to address the questions, I will now address callers’ concerns.
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Softball Scene: Terre Haute ready for first-time city tournaments in July
The Terre Haute Parks and Recreation Department, working in conjunction with several interested softball parties, will be hosting city championship tournaments for both men’s and coed softball teams.
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Softball Scene: Hit Men making their mark on travel softball scene
I have recently noticed a dearth of young softball squads coming up through the ranks. In short, I am interested in knowing who will replace the Wabash Valley’s top-caliber talent as they fall pretty to age, injury work and family obligations.
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- Softball Scene: Crawlworks’ hard work to host tournament pays off Recent Softball Scene columns have been devoted to efforts to raise funds for various causes. The opening segment of this week’s column will stick with that theme.
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- SOFTBALL SCENE: Crawlworks prevents Valley shutout Thank goodness for the efforts put forth by the Crawlworks men’s slow pitch team in the ASA MSP Class D state finals. Without their 6-2 finish, local softball efforts were almost shutout in ASA state tournament play this past weekend.
- Softball Scene: Several Wabash Valley softball teams preparing for state-tournament action The next three weekends should prove interesting for local softball squads as several local teams will be competing for state titles. Hoping to improve on last year’s second-place finish in the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) women’s class C tournament, the Chop Shop women’s team will be traveling to Kokomo this weekend. Chop Shop’s second-place finish at state earned it a nationals’ berth, and the squad finished fourth.
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