16s FATT DADDY's ....what's going on!!

[onlooker]

do I have to drive to Lincoln to gather the info this weekend?

To see all the teams you mentioned with the exception of Nuggets, you have to do a big loop. You'll find them in Lincoln, Salinas, and Stockton. Bring some snacks for the road trip!

Only Hustle and Nuggets NOT in Lincoln. RR, Team Cali, Sorcerer and Breeze 99 not mentioned. Heck, even Norwood was in town if you were able to get to Sac and Lincoln! It's about 10 minutes fromt he high school to wilson, heck I even can give a report on Lady magic 12U, but will nto add any fuel to that fire......hehehe.

Hats off to the assembled, self coached (appeared they warmed up on their own), hard working BATS kids. Was fun to watch that level all weekend, I sure wish some teams would have been there to make you sweat a little. (sure the lightning had you going....for a minute or 2)

NV Rapids....class of the 99's right now that I had mentioned above. In fact, not only from a talent aspect, but from a team/parent aspect. Determined team, down to the last out on Sunday Night.

Crossfire - sweet uni's sunday! (of course that carries NO weight), good team, will compete, final 4 finish.

Kappmeyer - made final 4, that has to be considered an accomplishment, leading to a bright spring is my guess.

Only saw KG and Hot Shots saturday and Heat Sunday (the other #1 seeds), im thinking I saw them on the wrong days as my reports wouldn fit the finish/record

[Foul_Ball]

BATS had a good team practice at last weekends tourney.They really had no competition.
At the PGF qualifiers last weekend in Salinas, Lady Hustle made it to the finals and Mizuno-Stone made it to the quarter finals. Lets see what happens for those teams in the following tournament

[99NorCal]

Updating the groups I posted earlier after this weekend's action. Miss anyone?

Group 1 - BATS, Sorcerers

Group 2 - CA Breeze 99, Lady Hustle, Lady Sharks, NV Rapids, RR Gold, Team California

Group 3 - CA Crossfire, Grapettes-Kappmeyer, KG Hitters, Mizuno, Roseville Heat, USA Shockers

Looking to break in to Group 3 - AASA Norwood, Foothill Gold, Hot Shots, Nor Cal Bandits, NV Lightning, San Jose Sting

[onlooker]

you nailed that 99norcal

[GameTime23]

Congrats BATS & dm….

Seems like 14’s will be more competitive tournys when HS girls come back…

KG and Shockers will both get a boost and move up to the top of Group 2…. And many of these young 14’s team will get a true test where they stand in the 14’s and fall back. Best of luck to all this Spring.

[Kool-Aid]

Help me out, who are the BATS? Is this another one of those temp teams while HS is going on, and who is coach?

[GameTime23]

BATS= Don Mashburn....not sure whats up this team, but he always fields ballers!!!!

[fansoftball]

Updating the groups I posted earlier after this weekend's action. Miss anyone?

Group 1 - BATS, Sorcerers

Group 2 - CA Breeze 99, Lady Hustle, Lady Sharks, NV Rapids, RR Gold, Team California

Group 3 - CA Crossfire, Grapettes-Kappmeyer, KG Hitters, Mizuno, Roseville Heat, USA Shockers

Looking to break in to Group 3 - AASA Norwood, Foothill Gold, Hot Shots, Nor Cal Bandits, NV Lightning, San Jose Sting

lady sharks in group 2?? expectd better from Grapes-Kapp & USA Shockers. and San Jose Sting cant even break into group 3?

[demash]

The BATS-Mashburn team is a Spring Temp team and they wear their team uniforms and the team is made up of the following teams.

1 7 grader from Grapettes Krueg
2 8 graders from Grapettes-Bilbao
2 8 graders from Roseville Heat-Bennett
7 8 graders from Breeze-Mashburn
1 9 grader from Breeze-Mashburn

Coaches
Don Mashburn
Hodgie Brandner
Jim Bennett

[99NorCal]

lady sharks in group 2?? expectd better from Grapes-Kapp & USA Shockers. and San Jose Sting cant even break into group 3?

Here is my thinking. Lady Sharks in group 2 for winning a good tourney. Would like to see them play now against this group and see if they should stay in.

Grapes-Kapp had a really strong weekend and only loses to BATS, unfortunately playing them twice. Play like that again should get them into group 2 to see if they can consistently hang with those teams. USA Shockers need to see in a tourney now. San Jose Sting would have been group 3 if they had won a game Sunday at PGF Salinas but they're likely to be the first to get into group 3.

These are just my thoughts from pre-season and this last weekend. Happy to have the questions and disagreements. Until the high schoolers get back, we can at least see who is playing at the top of their game and compare the area teams against others amongst the 99's and the 98 eighth-graders.