Who are the big tough teams at 10u level A?? are there any?

[snoop]

NWI were one of the first teams to quality as was noted..... what the h**l does that mean?

10U Bake's????? Never heard of the bakes! 10U is a little early to "bake"

[indianasoftballrocks]

World Series Fisher results:
1 Team Oak Stars 500
2 Valpo Phoenix 10U 400
3 Indiana Lady Bandits - Francis 300
4 Crown Point Bulldogs 10u - FRAZIER 250
5 Oakland Edge 10U 6 2 225
5 Edge Chaos 10U 4 2 225
7 CG XPLOSION 2000 4 2 200
7 Lincoln-Way Storm 5 2 200
9 Indiana Thunder 10U 4 2 175
9 Lady Bandits 2001 - Biddle 4 2 175
9 Wabash Valley Sharks 10u 4 2 175
9 Indiana Eclipse 10U 3 2 175
13 Team Champion Fitness 3 2 150
13 Plainfield Twisters Black 3 2 150
13 Ambush Fastpitch 3 2 150
13 Frankton Flames 3 2 150
17 Wild Fastpitch Y2K 2 2 125
17 Warrior Softball 2 2 125
17 Ohio Braves 2 2 125
17 new lenox power 2 2 125
17 Brownsburg Bombers "01" 2 2 125
17 Lakeshore Pirates 10u 2 2 125
17 Esprit '00 2 2 125
17 St. Louis Chaos 2 2 125
25 Moultrie County Rush 1 2 100
25 Indiana Xtreme 1 2 100
25 Howard County Thunder - 10U 1 2 100
25 Heart of Ohio Raptors 1 2 100
25 10U Central Indiana CATZ 2 2 100
25 HSE Blue Cats 1 2 100
25 Red Chix 2 2 100
25 Hoosier Crush 10U

Lots of fantastic games this week by all these teams!

[softball_freak]

Well, the season is over. Good for some players and parents, sad for others. I was fortunate to see a lot of games in Fishers this past week. A few tough teams were eliminated early (Ambush, Xtreme, Crush). And a couple of unexpected teams made it to the final four (Valpo Phoenix and Lady Bandits). I watched both final four games and I was extremely disappointed in the Crown Point Bulldogs - Frazier. The girls seemed to play like a typical B team with the erros and lack of hitting, but the base coaching was terrible. I don't understand why a coach would try to send a girl from third to home with no outs on a tag up when the ball is barely hit out of the infield, especially being down some runs. There was also another play at the plate where the runner was out my many feet because of ridiculous base running. Those two idiotic moves cost the Bulldogs two runs and two additional outs. The Valpo Phoenix did beat the teams that they were expected to beat; however, they had no chance against Team Oak, as proven by the scores of both games they played against each other. In my opinion, Team Oak should have played in the A world series. My daughter is looking to move up to 12's next year and she/I have a lot of options here in Central Indiana. It seems like the best teams are either located here or Northwest Indiana. So I asked my good friend up there which are the best teams, and he told me that there are many options up there as well. He states that the Orland Sparks, Orland A's, White Sox Academy and New Lennox Lightning will more than likely draw the best girls to tryout. I haven't seen any of them play. I have also heard that the Bulldogs are going to lose a lot of players. From watching the coaching in the final game of the season, I can't say I blame them. Well, on to 12U in the coming weeks. Hope to see some familiar faces around the Indy area next year!

[mygirloryourgirl]

The rumor going around World Series was one of Cp's own was leaving the WS to play for the Sox at Nationals... if that is true I can imagine your predicition( softball freak) has already come true...

[Crimson]

I agree with you Crimson on all but one team, the Valpo Phoenix. There is absolutely no way that they are on the same continent as the majority of the other teams that you listed. Their pitching is very weak and the hitting is about the same. They also make quite a few more errors than your typical "A" team does. I have not seen them at any "A" tourneys this year that these other teams have been at. From what I hear, they seek out the "B" tourneys cause they know they can't compete at the "A" level. Maybe next year they will be better (with some quality pick-ups) and even get on the same continent as some of these other "A" teams. I could be wrong, but I don't see them placing in the upper third in the "B" World Series. Some of these other teams that are going "B" (Xtreme, Bulldogs, etc.) should place really high in Fishers.

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Ahem. Valpo.

[Crimson]

I see where most teams might have to tell all of their accomplishments on active.com for their tryouts when competing with well known teams and organizations. But when an established team thinks they have to tell the world their record and recieved hardware and even offer spots on teams without a tryout. I think that equals sell out not tryout. The best organizations stand by their name on their own two feet without shouting out to the world "look how good we are!" Just sayn

[softball_freak]

I agree with you Crimson on all but one team, the Valpo Phoenix. There is absolutely no way that they are on the same continent as the majority of the other teams that you listed. Their pitching is very weak and the hitting is about the same. They also make quite a few more errors than your typical "A" team does. I have not seen them at any "A" tourneys this year that these other teams have been at. From what I hear, they seek out the "B" tourneys cause they know they can't compete at the "A" level. Maybe next year they will be better (with some quality pick-ups) and even get on the same continent as some of these other "A" teams. I could be wrong, but I don't see them placing in the upper third in the "B" World Series. Some of these other teams that are going "B" (Xtreme, Bulldogs, etc.) should place really high in Fishers.

Ahem. Valpo. [/quote]


Ahem, what? We were talking "A" teams buddy, not "B". If Crown Point's coach(es) wouldn't have helped give the game away, then it would have been Crown Point and Team Oak Stars in the championship game. The Phoenix earned some respect in the "B" world, but still wouldn't have comepeted in the "A" world!

[sf26]

Nice talking to you Bake !!! I hope that you will spread the word to your 10/12u parents what we talked about, what it takes to play travel ball at a competitive level..

[slapperdad]

[Bake]

Good talking to you sf26!!!! You guy's have a great team!!! Thanks for spending time with our coaches, my daughter was very impressed with you and the way things are done in Cali, .........good luck the rest of the way in Johnson City, I would love to see Team Watley and Strike Force in the National Championship Game!!!! Keep in touch sf26!!!