14U Fall Rankings

[Big Papa]

I will be all over stockton as two of my former players are on 18 Gold teams, so I'm going to check them out. They both have offers starting to come in, so its exciting times for them. I am also checking out the 14s on sunday to keep up on my poll.

Who did you used to coach for and why so much interest in the 14s if you don't mind my asking? If you are going to be the Brackey of the North it would be nice to have a little insight with regard to the ranker.

[bring'nheat]

Feel free to post your complaints. If anything maybe I will take a harder look at your team. I will update every two weeks or so. I will post the top 15, as there is not a ton of competative teams in the fall. Last weekends tournament weighted heavily as first big tournament. Enjoy!

Rankings:
1. Lady Magic- Good solid young team. Not a lot of competition thrown at them yet though. Solid core of returners. May need to cut roster down for spring.
2. Breeze 96- Huge turnover of players but looked ok at 16's last weekend. Turn over isn't hurting them as they're picking up some solid players[/u]
3. Roseville Heat(Edgar)- Played 16s as well and should give Breeze/Lady Magic a run.
4. OBS-Monarchs- Had a nice run on Sunday. Previous week I saw them, wouldn't have given them a chance. Find it funny that you have them ranked so... high. If I am not mistaken on Saturday they were 10 run ruled by all three teams. Props to them for waking up on Sunday. But wouldn't hold my breath on consistency. [/color][/u][/i]

5. RR Gold- Played Magic tough when I saw them. Easy pool on Saturday may have hurt them Sunday.
6. Breeze 97- Not a huge fan of this team, as they are still very green. They will be a team who beats a lot of mid level teams but none of the top teams. [i] [color=#BF0000][u]YOUNG
7. Silver Streak- A lot of returning players. Now they need to step it up and play in tourneys with more than 5 teams in it. Never heard of or have seen play
8. Fresno Force- Solid mid level team. Could trade places with a couple of teams.
9. Pack 96- Should get better as the season goes on as they are an older group.
10. Grapettes- Haven't seen the team play yet but I know they played Magic in final, 2 weeks ago. [color=#BF0000]Might be able to pull out a few in Fall, but once 90%[u] of their team leaves because they ALL should be playiing 16's, CL will have her work cut out for her to field another team of true 14u players.[/u][/color]
11. AASA- Another young team that will be better next spring with more experience. Young, but a very solid team. Looks as though they retained solid core and added a couple players. Another pitcher and some speed.
12. Livermore Smoke Watched them struggle couple weeks ago. Not sure how they'll continue to match up against more experienced and stronger teams.
13. Sorcerers It's fall and I'll never rule them out. Always seems to field a team of scrappers
14. Lady Sharks
15. Clovis Rockets

Good luck to all of them teams. Looking forward to hearing how you all do through out the Fall.

[watchtonsofsoftball]

I coached for a well respected organization for 12s and 14s, several years ago. Did the typical coaching daughters team as I got tired of idiots running the teams. I coached at the rec level for a few years while she was in 10s. Did well there of course, won nearly all the area tournaments. 12's had a lot of success. 14s we did pretty well, probably not as well as I had hoped (17th at Nationals). After 14s I let the kid make her own way. There was a few good coaches in the area so there was no need for me to continue on as I felt it would only hurt her down the road. My daughter is at her first year of college , and so now I did my part, and I just watch. Spent 1 year assisting at 18 Gold but to be honest it was more of them needing an extra hand to make things go smoother in practice. I stopped doing that as the recruiting process ate up a lot of my time. At one point I think I was spending more time with that then actual work. I made my daughter do some of it, but I made sure everything stayed in order and on top of things. If you've been through it, you know what I'm talking about. So thats my story in a nutshell. I grew very tired of showcasing by the time her senior year hit. So I would always check out what was going on at 14s. I made a lot of friends a long the way and it seems when I go to the fields now I spend more time b.s'n then watching the games Overall a great ride, learned a lot, made a ton of mistakes but has paid off. Somebody started 12u rankings, so I thought I would take on the 14s. Now I see a lot of same faces at the fields from younger siblings ,etc. I only had one to get through the process, 2 would have killed me

[jefe]

Perfect, I look forward to reading the threads on the NorCal teams leading onto spring. There are obviously some great programs and solid teams up there. Keep the posts coming! Nice group effort.

[lvtwft]

What you say Bracky of the North???

[watchtonsofsoftball]

We had quite a few changes this past 2 weeks. Lady Magic still holds onto a slim margin for the #1 spot as they were humbled today by AASA and some GREAT pitching. Roseville Heat has been dropped until they play 14u, although right now, they would probably be my number 1 as I haven't seen a clear cut favorite yet. Sorcerers move way up after a 7-0 weekend last weekend. Some teams move down such as the Grapettes with another 1 and done on sunday. Will update again after 2 weekends of softball has passed. Aside from the rain b.s some good softball played today!
Previous Ranking in Parenthesis:
1. Lady Magic (1)
2. RR Gold (5)
3. Breeze 96 (2)
4. Sorcerers (13)
5. AASA (11)
6. Fresno Force (8)
7. OBS Monarchs (4)
8. SJ Sting- S (unranked)
9. Breeze 97 (6)
10. Kryptonite 96 (unranked)
11. Silver Streak (7)
12. Pack 96 (9)
13. Grapettes (10)
14. SB Stars (unranked)
15. Lady Aces (unranked)

[huhnow]

Hmmm... RR Gold moved up to #2?? Yet, they lost to #4 Sorcerer the previous weekend in the
Championship game.. One would think that head-to-head play would have some impact on the rankings.
I know you are not a "fan" of Breeze 97, just curious how they moved down 3 spots to #9. Two tourneys this season-- RR Gold 3rd place finish with a win over Sorcerers on Sunday and 1st place in ASA tourney last weekend..

[watchtonsofsoftball]

Body of work plays a factor. I do see the rankings changing again, but based on one tourney , I'm not going to move them to # 2. At the end of fall, I'm hoping it will be cut and dry. 5-7 teams from 1-9 in my rankings could flip flop from week to week. As I mentioned, there is no clear cut BEST team right now. Breeze 97 played in weak tourney and lost to hype while others played in bigger tourney. Yes they won the tourney, but that wasnt where the competition was. Nice first post, how many accounts are you going to start? Is this why heybucket gets a bad name?

[sharksfan]

I may be a little biased. The lady Sharks have a case to be made for top 15. Played in 2 tournaments. have beaten AASA,grapettes,monarchs.lost to Krptonite this weekend 1-0 and to the force 1-0

[huhnow2]

Body of work plays a factor. I do see the rankings changing again, but based on one tourney , I'm not going to move them to # 2. At the end of fall, I'm hoping it will be cut and dry. 5-7 teams from 1-9 in my rankings could flip flop from week to week. As I mentioned, there is no clear cut BEST team right now. Breeze 97 played in weak tourney and lost to hype while others played in bigger tourney. Yes they won the tourney, but that wasnt where the competition was. Nice first post, how many accounts are you going to start? Is this why heybucket gets a bad name?

As many accounts as it takes. Your posts clearly reveal who you REALLY are. And the team you coach is very good.