Reprinted with permission from Al Hamnik, NWI.com It was to be such a fun road trip, traveling with teammates from Los Angeles to Prescott, Ariz. for the 40-and-over ASA National Tournament. Dave Blackburn was riding shotgun that night of Aug. 26, chatting with the driver while a buddy in the backseat played with his dog. That's the last thing the 1978 T.F. North … [Read more...]
Christi Orgeron off to good start with US team
Cap tip, Bob Henning Christi Orgeron's summer is picking right up where her junior season ended. The UL slugger has gotten off to a great start as a member of the U.S. women's national team through its exhibition season. Orgeron has started in three games and is hitting .500 (4-for-8) with two homers, six RBIs and five runs scored. The senior-to-be made her … [Read more...]
Diamond Dirt Special Feature – 2011 Legends Edition – updated with more photos – and player names for NZ team photo
Update: We've bumped this back up to the top, as we've added the names of all of the New Zealand Black Sox shown in the team photo below. Thanks to SNZ statistician Ronlynne Gurney for providing the info! DIAMOND DIRT Extra by John Thompson (photos courtesy of John as well) Kitchener, ON - The touring New Zealand Black Sox ran the table at the 8th annual Legends … [Read more...]
JRW’s Tim Fischer – 5 for 5 with 7 RBI
From the Yakima (WA) Herald Sports Fischer’s 7 RBI leads JRW Tim Fischer went 5 for 5 with a pair of three-run homers and seven RBI as JRW & Associates rallied to beat the Morton’s Supply Gamblers 13-12 at Kiwanis Park on Thursday night. JRW prevailed with six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. The first two batters were out, but Pitcher Shayne Arndt singled … [Read more...]
Mark Sorenson battling another challenge
Softball legend Mark Sorenson swapped the bat for the golf club to take a swing at fundraising to raise awareness of a rare genetic condition his son has. Grayson Sorenson, 12, has fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition that affects one in 4000 people but is carried by about one in 500. Symptoms include developmental delays and intellectual and behavioural problems. It is … [Read more...]
Makea back to boost New Zealand Black Sox chances
By SHANE HURNDELL Don't be surprised if Hawke's Bay softball export Thomas Makea plays in a fifth World Series at North Harbour in 2013. Three-time world champion Makea, 36, is back in the Black Sox team after missing last year's Australian tour and will tour North America in June and July. He was among the North America-bound players who completed a week-long coaching … [Read more...]
New Zealand’s Chubb Tangaroa to be inducted into Hawke’s Bay Hall of Fame
LEGENDARY softball pitcher Chubb Tangaroa and hockey star Caryn Paewai will be the next inductees into the Unison Hawke's Bay Sports Hall of Fame. The long-standing New Zealand representatives will be inducted at the UnisonFibre Hawke's Bay Sport Awards on May 28 at the Pettigrew-Green Arena in Taradale. Tangaroa played 16 years for the White (Ed. note: I think they mean … [Read more...]