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Fifty-six athletes accept invitation to 2018 USA Softball Women’s National Team Selection Camp

From Codi Warren, Managing Director of Communications, USA Softball OKLAHOMA CITY - USA Softball announced today the list of athletes invited to participate at the 2018 USA Softball Women’s National Team Selection Camp to be held January 1-5, 2018 at Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex in Clearwater, Fla.  A total of 61 athletes were invited to attend the Selection Camp with 56 athletes accepting the invitation.  Those athletes who accepted the invitation to try out will vie for a spot on the 2018 … [Read More...]

Pitcher to throw for Queensland Australia Under-19s 

Editor's note: Always good to read about the development of young, up and coming pitchers. From the Observer By Matt Harris SOFTBALL: Rising softball star Michael Ludkin has been rewarded for his display at the recent Under-19 State Championships with a place in the Queensland U19 Men's team. The men's and women's teams were announced following the conclusion of the 2017 Queensland U19 Men's and Women's State Championships, which were used as a selection opportunity. The … [Read More...]

Innerkip Expos win the International Softball Congress Canada East Ontario Challenge Cup

From the Woodstock Sentinel-Review By Greg Colgan The Innerkip Expos won the ISC Canada East Ontario Challenge Cup in Innerkip, Ont. Sept. 22 to 24, 2017. The Innerkip Expos beat the Ohsweken Redmen 8-1 in the finals to win the tournament. The Innerkip Expos won the annual International Softball Congress Canada East Ontario Challenge Cup Sept. 22 to 24 in Innerkip. The Expos defeated the Ohsweken Redmen 8-1 in the finals. Dustin Veenhoff earned the win with five innings on the mound, … [Read More...]

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Pitcher to throw for Queensland Australia Under-19s 

Editor’s note: Always good to read about the development of young, up and coming pitchers. From the Observer By Matt Harris SOFTBALL: Rising softball star Michael Ludkin has been rewarded for his display at the recent Under-19 State Championships with a place in the Queensland U19 Men’s team. The men’s and women’s teams were announced […]

Bumper year continues for NZ under-15 developing sox softball player Mitchell Tweedie

From Stuff.co.nz By SCOTT DONALDSON, Stuff.co.nz Mitchell Tweedie is preparing to go to Australia for the International Softball Academy. Tweedie,15, is a Southland age group hockey representative, but had to decide whether to represent his province at the national championships next week, or fly to Sydney to play softball as part of the International Softball […]

Six National Teams qualify for Barranquilla 2018 in Men’s Softball

From the WBSC (The 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games will be held in Barranquilla, Colombia, from July 20 to August 3, 2018) SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — With only one game remaining in the round robin at the Pan American Men’s Softball Championship, six teams qualified for Barranquilla 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. […]

Canadian softballers fail in bid for 2019 Pan Am Games spot

From Telegram Sports In what can only be described as a shocker in the Dominican Republic, the Canadian men’s fastpitch softball team failed to qualify for the 2019 Pan American Games following a sixth-place finish at the qualifying tournament, which finished up Sunday in Santo Domingo. In the final game of the 2017 Pan American […]

RIP Hugh Hefner

A long and full life lived by Hugh Hefner, he died yesterday at the age of 91. He was many things to many people but among them a champion of free speech and and proponent of living the dream of one’s choosing: “Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream”.-Hugh Hefner As some […]

Venezuela, Pan American Champion 2017

From the official Pan American Championship website: Venezuela, Pan American Champion September 24, 2017 Venezuela crowned today two-time Pan American champions beating Argentina in the final by 9-2 in six innings. Venezuelan team had to play and win three consecutive games this Sunday to claim the title. The runner up was Argentina, while USA finished […]

Venezuela tops Argentina for 2017 Pan American Gold

Venezuela won three games on Medal Round Sunday, with wins over Mexico (4-2), the USA (5-4), and Argentina, (9-2) to capture the 2017 Pan American Championship gold medal. Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story called it Venezuela’s first Pan Am gold. It was not. My error mixing the records from the Pan American […]

2017 Pan American Championship – Gold Medal Game – Venezuela v. Argentina

The 2017 Pan American Championship’s Gold Medal Game will feature Venezuela vs. Argentina. In the 2015 Pan Ams held in Toronto, Venezuela won silver, and Argentina bronze.  (Canada winning gold) Since the inception of the tournament in 1979, no country other than Canada has ever won gold. Watch it live (PPV) here.

2017 Pan Ams – Bronze Medal for USA as they fall to Venezuela, 5-4

A valiant effort by Team USA fell just short in the Bronze Medal game as they fell to Venezuela, 5-4.  Trailing 4-2, they tied the game 4-4 on a 2 out single by Cameron Schiller.  Venezuela came right back to score the winning run in the bottom of the 6th. For the USA, the bronze […]

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