Softball: The Southwest Voice

Shockwaves Are Being Felt Across California

The Shockwave girls fast pitch softball teams are really making a name for themselves this summer. A total of 23 girls from throughout Bakersfield, and beyond, make up the two teams of hardworking players.

The 14U “A” team is coached by Bill Senecal, Denis Lepine, and Ron Holt. In addition to playing extremely well at numerous tournaments, the team has qualified to represent California at the ASA\USA girls fastpitch National Championship in Midland, Texas. The 14U team members are: Liz Aguilar - Liberty High School, Bree Bailey - Stockdale High School, Jamie Duran - Kern Valley High School, Hannah Harris - Dos Pueblos High School, Victoria Johnson - Ridgeview High School, Jessica Meninga - Bakersfield Christian High School,

Ryanna Morua - RidgeviewHigh School, Colleen Reed - StockdaleHigh School,

Destiny Ruiz - Delano High School, Sarah Smith - Bakersfield High School, Maddy Wilen - Ridgeview High School, and Tori Zimmermann - Rosedale Middle School.

The 16U “A” team is also having a fantastic season. The team has qualified to represent California at the ASA/USA girls Fastpitch Nationals in Owensboro, Kentucky. The team also went undefeated in the USSSA NORCAL State Championship. The players on the team this year are: Danielle Ayler – Foothill High School, Jazmine Irvin – Stockdale High School, Annissa Carender – Wasco High School, Julie Estep – Golden Valley High School, Brianna Gonzalez – Ridgeview High School, Megan McCormick – Bakersfield Christian High School, Ashley Mills – Frontier High School, Brittney Roberts – Centennial High School, Smantha Saldana – Wasco High School, Nikki Sawyer – Centennial High School, and Megan Sweet – Frontier High School. The Shockwave 16U team is coached by Mike Sweet, Kent Roberts, and John Sawyer.

The families and friends couldn’t be more proud of the girls and wish them luck in their upcoming tournaments.

Kern County High School All-Star Scholarship

Cassaundra St. John, V.P.of Coffee Exchange Of The Americas, Inc. presents to Aly Rosales the Supreme Bean Coffee - Kern County Senior All-Star Softball Game $200 Scholarship for 2008. Every year any profits from the Senior All-star game go towards giving a scholarship to one of the players.

Bakersfield Bobby Sox 12U All-Stars win Northern California Championships!!

On a hot, dusty field in Madera California the Bakersfield Bobby Sox 12U All-Star team took first place in the Bobby Sox Softball Northern California Championships. The team outscored their opponents 51-6, not losing a single game all weekend. This truly was a team effort and we could not be more proud of how the girls played and how well they represented Bakersfield. Congratulations girls! Now it's on to Hawaii for Nationals!!!

Dirt Queens Rule!!

The Dirt Queens, affectionately known as The Dirt Giants took first place in the 10u Division of Bobby Sox Softball.

The Queens are: Morgan, Julia, Patty, Jayci, Emma, Cameron, Jena, Stasia, Mikaila, Madison, Bailey, and Johny.

KERN COUNTY ASA SENIOR ALL-STR GAME

Once again the Kern County Amateur Softball Association and the Kern River Girls Softball are planning on holding the Kern County ASA Senior All-Star Softball Game. Again, we will be needing some sponsors so that we don't have to charge the players for anything. We have to pay for the player insurance, umpires, the awards, the T-shirts, field use, lights and other expenses! We will again charge admission to help with raising some of the money needed. If we can turn a profit, the money will go to a scholarship to one of the deserving players in the game. If you can help out, or know someone who can, please do!

Tentative plans:
First, we will have one 8 inning game. Eight innings so that coaches can get all the girls playing time.
Second, the game will be played on a Wednesday evening (June 11) so that all the travel league players can take part in this years game.

Third, each High School can nominate two (2) players (If you feel you have more on your team that deserve consideration contact me). I try to follow every Kern County high school that fields a softball team in Kern County. There are over 30 High schools in Kern County this year and we can't pick every player nominated from every school! We would like to have as many High Schools taking part as possible! We would like to keep the teams at around 14-18 players each?

Fourth, the awards for this year will be as follows: A scholarship to a deserving player that hasn’t received one from any College or University, MVP of the game (usually a pitcher), Outstanding player (usually a hitter or defensive player), Coaches awards, Outstanding Kern County Woman of Softball. (If you want to nominate someone for this honor, please feel free to do so!)

If you have any ideas, please let us hear from you. This game is for our local girls to show off one last time to the Bakersfield fans and to be seen by some college couches. Last year we had 7 college coach’s in attendance. We are looking for more this year.

By the way, last years Kern County ASA Woman of Softball, Kristine Karr-Jacobson will be inducted into the Central California Amateur Softball Association (CCASA) Hall of Fame on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore.

Please try to find a sponsor to help us out this year. We need your help!

Thank you,

Joe Cox
Kern County ASA Junior Olympic Commisssioner
KernCountyASAJO@aol.com
661-565-1808

Softball Clinic

There will be a Fast-Pitch softball clinic held on 5/4/08. Clinic will be open to all girls 14U,16U, and 18U. For details please RSVP to e-mail address SoftballClinicbk@AOL.com . We look forward to meeting with you soon.

Softball tryouts for 16u and 14u summer travel team

The central cal. missfittz will be holding open tryouts for 16u and 14u travel teams for this summer. If interested please call 703-8815 for details.

A Great Start for High School Softball

The high school softball season is off to a great start and Bakersfield has got some strong competitors. This year’s Redwood Invitational Softball Tournament held February 27^th through March 1^st in Tulare, and Ridgeview, Stockdale, and Centennial made sure Bakersfield’s presence was felt. With 15 of the top softball teams in central California at the tournament, the competition was strong.

After three days of pool play, Ridgeview was seeded number two, Stockdale was number three and Centennial was number seven. A disappointing lose to Golden West eliminated Stockdale Saturday morning. Ridgeview and Centennial faced each other in the semifinal game with Centennial winning 2 to 1, who then went on to win the tournament.

Coming together

OK, starting to receive names of the players for the All-star game. Have a couple of dignitaries RSVP me about attending the All-star game. Guess now I will have to set aside some parking spaces for them along with some seating. It's shaping up to be a very good event. Had a couple of people step up and offer to help sponsor the game. Thank you for your help. Your names will be posted at the field before the game for all to see. Hopefully, next year I will have more people involved and will get more input from the high schools as to what is needed for this game?

Greenfield Softball Association

Greenfield Softball Association is holding registration on the following dates:

Feb. 10th 11-3pm at Papa'o Pizza Wible & Panama

Feb.24th 11-3pm at Rusty's Pizza South H & White Lane

Mar.3rd 11-3pm at Rusty's Pizza South H & White Lane

Ages 4-16

Cost per player is $100.00 and a discount after 2nd player

Any question please call Joe at 831-9304 or 808-4365