The CT Hornets Travel Softball organization is looking for an experienced 14U position player and pitcher for the 2014 season.   Interested players must be age 14 or younger on Jan. 1, 2014 (typically entering 8th and 9th grade) and may e-mail cthornets@gmail.com to schedule a tryout.

The Shoreline Sting Fall Softball League is presently taking team and individual registration for girls in the Grammar (fourth through sixth grades), Middle (seventh and eight grades) and High School Divisions. Late registration will be at Coginchaug High in Durham on August 24-25 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Games will start on September 7-8 and end on October 26-27. For registration information contact Ray Ezell at 860-984-3060 (cell) or 860-388-9592 (home) or e-mail to www.ezellrg@yahoo.com.

 

 

The Connecticut Tides Travel Softball Team will be holding open tryouts for the 2014 season in the following divisions: 14U, 18U Elite, 18U Gold, 23 U. The tryouts will be held on Aug. 24 at Westbrook High varsity softball field at 10 a.m. to noon and from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The rain date is Aug. 25 at the same times. For Private Tryouts, please contact Ron Votto at 203-465-2310 or via e-mail at rvotto@comcast.net.

The Stratford Breakers will hold tryouts at the Wooster Middle School in Stratford on Aug. 21 from 5 p.m. until dark and on Aug. 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for 14U, 16U and 18U.

Team Connecticut will be holding tryouts for 16U and 18U on August 13 and August 15 from 7-9 pm at the Connecticut Baseball/Softball Academy in Berlin, located at 598 Deming Road. 

Additional tryout dates are August 11, 17 and 18 from 5-7 pm at the McCabe Waters Little League Complex in Bristol. 

If you are unable to make any of these dates, please contact Chris Galvin at 860-305-1044 or by email at cgalvin32@comcast.net to schedule an individual tryout. We will make every effort to accommodate your requests.

Head coach Jaqueline Sheftz and assistant coaches Erica Christopher and Kelley Larsen of Masuk High  have been selected as the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s National High School Coaching Staff of the Year  from the East Region the Association announced on Monday. 

The Panthers completed the campaign with a perfect 27-0 overall record, winning the Class L and SWC titles and finishing the year as the No. 1 team in the final Register Poll.

Masuk was guided from the circle by pitcher Tatum Buckley with the junior earning a NFCA First Team East Region selection while also being named the Connecticut Gatorade State Player of the Year and the Register All-State MVP.

The hurler posted a perfect 27-0 mark from the circle with a miniscule 0.37 ERA, 18 solo shutouts, four no-hitters and two perfect games while striking out 289 batters over 171 innings of effort. She also contributed strongly at the dish, batting .506 from the leadoff spot in the line-up with 42 hits and 28 RBIs.

The CT Charmers 18U Gold will have tryouts on Aug 17-Aug 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Seymour Middle School.

Contact Neil Swanchak at 203-906-7586 or go to www.eteamz.com for more information.

• The Connecticut Raiders Fastpitch travel program will be hosting tryouts for their 2014 teams. The schedule of tryouts are: 10U and 12U on July 26 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.  at the Old Tavern Complex (100 Old Tavern Rd., Orange); 14U and 16U on Aug. 1 and Aug. 6  from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Old Tavern Complex; 16U on Aug. 13 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Aug. 18  from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Trumbull High School varsity field (72 Strobel Rd., Trumbull) and 18U on Aug. 2  and Aug. 6 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Blake Field (50 Willow St., New Haven). Private tryouts are available at www.ctraiders.org or call 203-500-0806.

•  The CT Falcons will be holding tryouts for all age groups for it’s travel fastpitch teams on Aug. 10 at East Haven High School from 9-11 a.m. for 10u and 12u, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for 14u and from  12:30-2:30 p.m. for 16u and 18u. For more info contact Ed Emielita at (203) 996-0140 or Ed Crisafi at (203) 376-6753.

•  Seymour Tradition fastpitch softball program will be conducting tryouts on Aug. 5-6 at the Seymour Middle School softball field, 200 Botsford Road, Seymour. In case of inclement weather, tryouts will be at Valley Batting Cages, 132 Silvermine Road, Seymour. The 12U and 14U tryouts run from 5-6:30 p.m. with the 10U and 16U tryouts from 6:30-8 p.m. For more information and to pre-register, visit our website: seymourtradition.com or call Bob Lang at (203) 888-6268.

• The 5th Yellowjacket clinic run by East Haven head coach Ed Crisafi and his staff will be held from Aug. 12-16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for girls entering grades 4-8. Cost is $100, and the clinic is held at East Haven High softball field. For more info contact Ed at 203-376-6753 or edcrisafi@yahoo.com.

• Branford Softball is holding a training camp run at the high school. There will be one camp for girls ages 7-10 from Aug. 5-9 and another for girls 11-13 from Aug. 12-16 both from 8 a.m. to noon. The cost for each camp is $20 per day or $100 for the week with an additional charge of $20 for non-residents. Each participant is required to bring a glove, bat, sneakers and or cleats, sweatpants, water bottle and a snack. To register or for information, contact John Kustra at 203-535-4491 or at johnkustra@sbcglobal.net

•  The Connecticut Hornets travel softball program will be conducting their tryouts for the 2014 season on Aug. 4 at Foote Memorial Park in Branford. The time slots are as follows: 10u/ 12u will be from 10 a.m. to noon and the 14u/16u/18u will be from 1-3 p.m. Additional information at www.eteamz.com/connecticuthornets or 203-315-4855 or cthornets@gmail.com. 
• Tradition Softball tryouts 14,16 and 18u are on the following dates; July 31, 6 p.m.; Aug. 11 9:30 a.m. and Aug. 13 6 p.m. (Pire Park, Northfield Rd., Wallingford). Individual tryouts will be held after those dates.