Speaking of Santa Clarita

[Madmun]

Good luck to William S. Hart's 10U and 12U rec allstar teams that qualified for ASA "B" Nationals. GREAT JOB GIRLS! Have fun and enjoy the experience, you've earned it.

[Demonboy]

It's quite hard to qualify in rec ball. There aren't all these do overs if you bomb like there is in travel ball.

Great job Hart

[Madmun]

Update:

Hart's 10U Team won the ASA "B" Western National Championship going undefeated and the 12U team took 9th.

Great job girls!

[artomatic]

Congrats!
and thanks Madmun for dredging up the painful memory of 2006 - 10U Western B Nationals in St Louis:
Hart beats my South Huntington Beach team in the final.....


Actually those are great memories and we had a blast.
Funny story, 3 of those Hart girls came down south and played for me in 2007-2008, Anderson Heat 12U.
Small world...

Also, congrats to this year's SHB 12u team for coming in 2nd place in their Western B's.
Lost to Bonita Valley in the final....of course...

[hotwheels]

Congrats!
and thanks Madmun for dredging up the painful memory of 2006 - 10U Western B Nationals in St Louis:
Hart beats my South Huntington Beach team in the final.....


Actually those are great memories and we had a blast.
Funny story, 3 of those Hart girls came down south and played for me in 2007-2008, Anderson Heat 12U.
Small world...

Also, congrats to this year's SHB 12u team for coming in 2nd place in their Western B's.
Lost to Bonita Valley in the final....of course...

Everyone loses to them!

[sportzjunky]

Met Coach Darin Fitz on Monday. Looks like he'll have the next group of So Cal Bulldogs coming back... Great guy and a nice kid.

[artomatic]

Everyone loses to them!

Not always!
that year, 2006, they beat us twice at states, including the final, then knocked us into the losers bracket in st louis....but we met them in the semi's, and in a great game, won 7-6!!!
but great league, and no one even comes close to them as far as all star success year after year...
ok, so that will spark another topic, where do those BV girls go from there...

that year, it was always us (SHB), Hart, and BV...at states, we beat Hart in the semi's, BV beat us in the final....in st louis, hart knocked BV into the losers bracket in the quarters, we beat BV in the semi's, then Hart beat us in the final...

[ice_67]

Yeah, Arto had a secret weapon, The Famous South Huntington Beach Yoddle. In St. Louis, we had nothing that could counter that yell.

[hotwheels]

Everyone loses to them!

Not always!
that year, 2006, they beat us twice at states, including the final, then knocked us into the losers bracket in st louis....but we met them in the semi's, and in a great game, won 7-6!!!
but great league, and no one even comes close to them as far as all star success year after year...
ok, so that will spark another topic, where do those BV girls go from there...

that year, it was always us (SHB), Hart, and BV...at states, we beat Hart in the semi's, BV beat us in the final....in st louis, hart knocked BV into the losers bracket in the quarters, we beat BV in the semi's, then Hart beat us in the final...

I wondered that myself...If I'm not mistaken there are a couple travel teams from that area but they don't seem to do very well......Not sure if those teams are representative of Bonita Valley because I'm not totally familiar with the beautiful lower desert.....

[artomatic]

Yeah, Arto had a secret weapon, The Famous South Huntington Beach Yoddle. In St. Louis, we had nothing that could counter that yell.

Yeah, our secret weapon was a mom who had the loudest, shrillest battlecry in the history of sports...we got lots of comments form the opponents, and I still run into people who remember that lady...
Here Ice, I will refresh your memory!
"GO BREAKERS!!!"
GO TEAM BREAKERS GO!!!"
but when she yelled it, it sounded more like:
"COCKADOODLEDOOOOOO!!!!"

although no one compared to the Rancho Trabuco mom who had a voice that was a cross between sandpaper and Marge Simpson's sisters....
Man, still makes the hair on my neck stand up remembering that voice...
"Chatter girls, chatter!"

HaHa, wow, this is like a trip down memory lane!
Ice's kid was on Rancho Bernardo, I forgot, another team that was always in the mix...

wondered that myself...If I'm not mistaken there are a couple travel teams from that area but they don't seem to do very well......Not sure if those teams are representative of Bonita Valley because I'm not totally familiar with the beautiful lower desert.....

I remember talking with a BV coach back then, and he said they keep their girls in the league through 14's. I have seen a couple of those girls who have made the move to travel. They definitely could add to the travel talent pool down south if they chose to.