Are you coming to AZ for the Premier Qualifier June 3-5?

[PDad]

Actually, they apparently bypassed the PGF site in favor of http://www.d1sportsarizona.com/softball.htm where everything is posted. Good luck to all.

The pools and schedules were posted Tuesday and there have been a few hiccups.
- The initial 14u losers bracket was missing a play-in game. They fixed that, but still need to fix the game times for Sunday.
- The 14u winners bracket isn't seeded properly - they have 1st and 2nd place teams from a pool in the same half of the bracket (i.e. C1 and C2 in top; F1, F2 and F3 in bottom).
- 16u was missing CA Rebels - one of the first 2 teams to register.

[azsoftballacademy]

Hmmm, hope they get the brackets fixed soon...

At any rate, AZ Softball Academy is only a few short miles away from both fields for the Premier Qualifier. We have COOL, Indoor Batting Cages and all the equipment needed to practice. It is going to be over 100 degrees this weekend!

Good luck to all the teams playing in the tournament.

480-245-6400
azsoftballacademy@hotmail.com

[BigFan]

Any scores???

[anonlooker]

Any scores???

Check the link I posted above. Scroll down to results. There may be some posted there.

[fungodude]

Top 10 List of favorite things about Az 16u qualifier:

1. Not updating the website with teams attending
2. Putting out the wrong schedule - 3 days before attending.
3. Assuring teams that games would be played on Thursday and then canceling that.
4. Once realizing wrong schedule was put out and a 16th team needed to be added, not revising pools into 4 pools of 4 teams each, but creating a single "elimination pool" that had different rules than other pools.
5. Finally posting proper schedule the night before the tournament once another mistake was discovered.
6. Because tournament crammed into 2 days, all games played throughout day in 102 degree heat (unlike ASA Westerns 2 years ago)
7. No tarps on the dugouts to help deal with 102 degree heat.
8. NO SNACK BAR and NO NOTICE TO TEAMS.
9. No water in dugouts.
10. Cutting off website updates before first day's games are concluded.

To quote Anonlooker: Ring Ring!

[azsoftballacademy]

I agree that no snack bar with no notice was a big disappointment to the teams out there. The folks that ran the local ice cream truck probably were happy though...

But lets also add to the above list:
-no toilet paper in the restroom on Saturday!
-NO FENCES!

[PDad]

What team hosted this event? I know it is Premier but usually a local team handles things like fields, snack bar, and restroom maintenance.

It appears the TD, Keith Householder, is with AZ Hotshots.

[utility]

Who cares about fences.....who has qualified???

[snackbar]

Congrads to all the Southern California Teams who won berths this weekend in Arizona 14U and 16U Premier Girls FastPitch Qualifier!

[anonlooker]

Maybe these things will be ironed out by next year.
The equalizer, especially for the 14s, is Nationals in Huntington Beach. I'd trade a weekend without TP for a week in HB anytime.