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Volume 32, Number 1 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE AMATEUR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION | SUMMER 2016
Hall Of Fame Banquet a success
136 attend to welcome five new inductees
The annual NDASA Hall of
Fame banquet and induction ceremony scored another success as
three dozen members of the Hall
of Fame along with another 100
or more guests welcomed five new
members to the softball shrine. The
number increased the total membership to 271 since the Hall of Fame
was established in 1957. The banquet and induction ceremony was
held in conjunction with the annual
Spring meeting of the North Dakota
Amateur Softball Association on
Saturday, April 23 at the Gladstone
Inn in downtown Jamestown.
The five new members are Kyle
Christensen of Glen Ullin; Jeff Burgess of Bismarck who was elected
posthumously; Jon Kegel of Fargo;
Michele Paul of Bismarck and
Larry Bellerud of Fargo. The event
began with an open bar at 4:30 p.m.
followed by a buffet dinner and the
induction ceremony. The annual
banquet has continued to flourish
with good crowds of softball enthusiasts, friends and team mates
of the inductees. Local softball
associations are urged to also have
local ceremonies to honor the new
inductees.
Hall of Fame Photos by:
R.C. Court Right
The Class of 2016 pose with their plaques from the Hall of Fame. From left to right, Jon Kegel, Michele Paul, Kyle Christensen, Larry Bellerud and Sylvia and Nick
Burgess accepting on behalf of Jeff Burgess who was elected posthumously.
State Commissioner Dick Gulmon presents Hall of Fame plaque
to Jon Kegel of Fargo.
to Michele Paul of Bismarck.
State Commissioner Dick Gulmon presents Hall of Fame
plaque to Kyle Christensen of
Glen Ullin.
to Larry Bellerud of Fargo.
Sylvia Burgess, her son Nick accept the Hall of Fame plaque on
behalf of Jeff Burgess who was
elected posthumously.
Hall of Fame members attending Annual Banquet welcomed five new members
Back Row: Left to Right: Ron Geffre, Jon Kegel, Bob Piatz, Scott Radloff, Kyle Christensen, Tim Burckhard, Rhino Fleck, Roger Weigel, Jim Collins, Pat Stockert, Scott
Collins, Jack Jones, Benji Potter.
Second Row: Left to Right: Bill Gauslow, Wayne Beyer, Kathy Stefonek, Keith White, Larry Bellerud, Steve Granburg, Sue Lachenmeier, Michele Paul, Darcie Hanson,
Jim Thoreson, Ed Laxdahl, Dick Gulmon, Kyle Magnusson, Sharon Morgan.
Front Row: Left to Right: Maurice Railing, Mike Lyman, Stacie Keller, Margaret Fiechtner, Shirley Schafer, Rose Kreitinger, Gordy Smith, Nick Burgess, Sylvia Burgess,
Donna Henson, Walt Stack.
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Softball News Summer 2016
President’s Report
As I write this letter I have just
returned from the 41st Annual
McQuade Softball Tournament. It
was another great success with 460
teams entering this year. We had
both the Wounded Warriors and the
US Air Force teams as this year’s
event. It still amazes me how well
this huge tournament is run each
year. That is a tribute to co-chairmen Jack Jones and Mike Wolf and
the many umpires and volunteers
that work this tournament all the
way down to the young ladies that
bring water to the umpires. It is
a total team effort from everyone
there. If you have never been to the
McQuade you need to go to at least
one to experience everything that
goes on at this monster event. And
the proceeds go to many different
charities throughout the State.
I have sent out the final classification sheets to all the League Reps.
Please get them sent out and sent
back to me right away. They are
due back to me by July 1st. (and the
means you too Reino!!) We need
these in as soon as possible as the
Classification Meeting is July 8th
in Jamestown. State entry fees must
also accompany this Classification
breakdown. And this is a reminder
that the State entry fees have gone
up this year to $225 for Class D
and above. It is $175 for all other
classes and the Masters teams.
The State Tournaments are just
around the corner with the Masters
50- both Metal and wood bat, along
with 60 Masters starting things
off on July 23-24 all in Mandan.
Make-up teams are permitted in
the Masters State tourney. You
just need to be on another NDASA
roster. Here are the current rules
for the Masters pick-up rules for
State. Masters 35 Div-1- can pick
up any player regardless of class.
Masters 35 Div. 2- pick-ups must
be Rec.1 or lower. And Masters 35
Div. 3- pick-ups must be Rec. 3-4
only. In the Masters 40 Div. 1- any
class can be picked up. Masters
40- Div.2- pick-ups must be Rec.
2 or lower. All other pick-up rules
apply. Pick-ups must be NDASA
rostered players. You can pick up a
maximum of 2 players, with a maximum of 12 players total including
pick-ups. Players must meet the
age requirements. Masters 50 can
pick up 3 players, with a maximum
of 20 players total, any class, and
must meet age qualifications.
Mandan is hosting the MSP
Masters 35 National Tournament
this year on Aug 26-28th. There
will be 2 divisions- competitive and
recreational. Competitive will have
no limits regarding player classification. Recreational will have a
maximum of 3 Class D players- NO
player above a Class D. Entry fee
is $450- but if paid by Aug 1st it
is only $350. NDASA will allow
makeup teams for this event. North
Dakota players must have been on
a roster of teams that have played
in a State tournament . Make-up
teams must pay a $70 registration
fee to NDASA.
The pick-up player rules are the
same for the rest of the Class teams
that are going to State. Teams may
pick-up a maximum of 2 players
and cannot have more than 12 players total including pick-ups. Pickups must be from the same class or
lower than the team picking them
up. Pick-up players must wear the
uniforms of the highest classified
team with which they are rostered.
A State tournament pick-up form
must be turned into the tournament
director prior to playing the first
game. Pickup forms must be signed
by the teams League Rep or a State
Official. Both pickup players( if
there are 2) can be on the same
form this year, but must be signed
off individually.
Have a great rest of the season
and good luck to all the teams going
to State and National tournaments .
See you around the diamonds.
Jack Lukes
Some Thoughts By Walt
Already past the middle of June
and so far I have not umpired a
game. I had to take last year off
due to a bad hip but was looking
forward to coming back this season.
I went to the first meeting held by
our local umpire association, registered with ASA for the season but
you know what they say about the
best laid plans –this time a stomach
virus coupled with a revival of
some old ulcer trouble took me out
of play for several weeks. Spent
some time in the hospital in early
May, took several tests and am just
now feeling like I may still be able
to get in a couple of games. I’m
starting to think I may be too old to
consider umpiring. Anyway, we’ll
see how it goes the second half of
the season.
Now for some good news. We
had another great crowd at the
annual Hall of Fame Banquet and
induction ceremony. Thirty seven
Hall of Fame members attended to
congratulate five new members:
Jon Kegel of Fargo, Michele Paul of
Bismarck, Jeff Burgess of Bismarck
who was elected posthumously,
Kyle Christensen of Glen Ullin and
Larry Bellerud of Fargo. Congratulations to each of these very worthy
new members. Also featured at
the banquet was a Distinguished
Service award presented by State
Commissioner Dick Gulmon to
long time state secretary Shirley
Schafer of Jamestown. Shirley
s has been a fixture in North Dakota softball since she and her late
husband Duane “Tiny” Schafer
moved to Jamestown in 1960 when
Tiny was named State Softball
Commissioner, a job he held for
36 years, ably assisted by Shirley.
She handled most of the paperwork
necessary to keep the Association
operating . She certainly earned
and deserved the award.
This issue of the Softball News
won’t go out until after the McQuade Tournament is over but if
the weather co-operates it should
be another great event. As of this
date, 460 teams have signed up for
the 41st Annual tournament. Special
events will include the Wounded
Warrior softball tournament who
made such a great impression two
years ago when they made their first
appearance at the tournament. An
All AirForce team is also scheduled to appear and will participate
in exhibition games as well as the
regular tournament.
Mandan will again host the Men’s
Masters 35 National tournament in
late August. This tournament was
originally set for Mississippi but the
host city turned it down due to lack
of team interest. ASA officials then
asked Jack Jones our Assistant State
Commissioner if Mandan would
be willing to host on short notice.
After receiving several concessions from ASA the tournament is
set for August 26 to 28 in Mandan.
Two separate tournaments will be
held, one recreational and the other
competitive. The conditions are set
out in a separate story in this issue.
Mandan has a history of hosting
successful National tournament
events. They drew the largest field
of teams in the country when they
hosted the Men’s E/Rec tournament
in 2014. They also successfully
hosted the Men’s Master’s 40 in
2009 and the Men’s Master’s 35 in
2012. They will also serve as the
tournament host for the Men’s E/
Rec tournament in 2017.
Also in this issue, you will
find an article about the Fargo/
Moorhead Hall of Fame, which is
brainchild of Sharon Morgan. She
tells me that the Fargo/Moorhead
area has over 80 softball people
in the state Hall of Fame and she
is determined to establish the first
city or area Hall of Fame to honor
those recipients in their home area.
Dedication and induction ceremonies for the first class to be installed
will be on Saturday, August 20 at
the new Northern Softball Complex
in Fargo.
Hope to see you around the
diamonds.
by the end of the year. I also want
to thank Billy Schmidt of Bismarck,
and Scott Lafond of Dickinson,
for leading their organizations and
supporting youth fastpitch softball
in their towns.
I need to mention that ASA, at
the national office, has switched
carriers for background checks for
both umpires and youth coaches.
This year there have been a number of umpires and coaches, from
North Dakota, that have failed their
back ground checks. In a couple
of cases, the individuals have appealed ASA’s decisions and have
been reinstated. However, other
individuals should not be allowed at
all to coach in youth sports. Everyone needs to have their background
checked before coaching or sitting
on a bench, thru registerasa.com. I
feel this is a service, we have to
have, in order to have a successful
organization. Despite the pain, ASA
seems to be on track for protecting
our youth in North Dakota.
I look forward to seeing all the
teams at the state tournament in
Grand Forks on July 15th, 16th and
17th. I want to thank both Terry
Bohan and Charlie Makovsky for
working with Grand Forks youth
fastpitch on putting on this year’s
state tournament. I also want to
thank Pat “the Rock” Healy for recruiting and scheduling the umpires
for this year’s event.
Items to think about in the future,
is again splitting the state tournament into 2 weekends, adding an
8U state tournament, adding a
plus 18 year old state tournament,
and how can we keep growing the
sport. All interesting topics that
need discussion. Have a good rest
of the summer.
Walt Stack
J.O. Fastpitch Update
The High School season was just
completed and congratulations go
out to both the West Fargo Packers
and Kindred/Richland. West Fargo
defeated Dickinson 6 to 2, and
Kindred/Richland defeated Grafton
8 to 6 in the Championship games.
This was Pat Johnson’s (West Fargo
coach) 8th straight year of winning
the High School championship.
Congratulations to both programs.
Both tournaments were held in
conjunction with the NDHSAA
baseball tournaments. The Class A
was in Jamestown and the Class B
in Fargo.
Dickinson’s Madison Jahner,
was named the North Dakota Gatorade player of the year. She plans
on attending the University of Mary
and looks forward to playing softball for the Marauders next year.
Next year’s NDHSAA Softball
tournaments will be held in Mandan
for the Class A, and Jamestown for
the Class B. The NDHSAA is on a
two year experiment, by placing the
softball and baseball in the same
towns, on the same weekend. We
will all have to wait and see, as
to the future for those tournament
host cities.
The NDASA Junior Olympic
teams, will again set a new record
for player registrations. Every
year I am amazed at the expansion
and growth of the sport, and the
commitment of the organizations.
I want to thank Thor Nelson, of
Minot, for expanding their traveling
teams, and they will be sending 10
teams to this year’s state tournament in Grand Forks. Also, I want
to thank Vance Christianson, of
the Moorhead Crush, for leading
his organization to North Dakota
ASA. They have added over 130
new players to NDASA. Bismarck,
Dickinson and Minot are once again
the programs that have the most
registered players. Each organization will be right around 300 each
Brian Neuhardt
Softball News Summer 2016 – 3
Ump Chat
Another softball season where
the summer just seems to fly by especially now that McQuade weekend has come and gone. However,
there is a lot of softball left to play
with state tournaments starting July
15th and run through August 20th.
We have another national tournament in North Dakota this summer.
Mandan will be hosting the Men’s
35 Masters National Tournament
over Labor Day weekend. We
are hoping for a great turnout for
this tournament. This tournament
is a great opportunity to play in a
national championship—something
not many players will be able to say
they did once their playing days are
over. So, be sure to take advantage
of this great opportunity! There is a
Rec division and an upper division
which will allow more teams to be
involved. There is a discount for
early registration!!
We have several North Dakota
Umpires working national tournaments once again. I have been
working with UIC’s from around
the country to exchange umpires
for national tournaments. When
umpires travel to other regions of
the country, it is a great opportunity
to showcase their talents outside
of their local areas. I have been
assigned to serve as the UIC for
the Men’s 35 Masters National in
Mandan and Elliott Gerhardt and
Terry O’Clair will serve as Umpire
Coordinators.
We have an impressive fifteen
ND umpires going to various
national tournaments across the
United States this summer! As of
the date of this publication, congratulations and good luck to the
following umpires that have been
chosen to work national tournaments this year:
Ben Birkemeyer—Bismarck—
ASA/USA Worth Championship
Series in Oklahoma City, OK
Alan Oberg—Grand Forks—
Men’s E & Women’s C/D in Sioux
Falls, SD
Koby Pennick—Fargo— Men’s
Masters 35 in Mandan, ND
Greg Heitkamp—Lisbon—
Girl’s 14U ASA/USA Fastpitch in
Sioux Falls, SD
Chris Coleman— Men’s Masters
35 in Mandan, ND
Tom Hamkens—Bismarck—
Men’s B National Tournament in
Oklahoma City, OK
Mike Nider—Bismarck— Men’s
Rick Fischer—Fargo—Men’s D
Red Wing, MN
Wade Blumhagen— Bismarck—
Men’s Masters 35 in Mandan, ND
Naomi Erdahl—Bismarck—
ASA/USA JO Cup Fastpitch Tournament in Atlanta, GA
Chad Mears—West Fargo—
Gerald “Shorty Payne—Grand
Forks—Women’s Armed Forces in
San Antonio, TX
Paul Beech—Wahpeton—Men’s
Jason Farstad—Bismarck—
Men’s E & Women’s C/D in Sioux
Falls, SD
Marchel Krieger—Jamestown,
ND— Men’s Masters 35 in Mandan, ND
Mark Sondag—Bismarck—
The 41st Annual Sam McQuade
Charity Softball Tournament is in
the books and we are hoping to have
raised more money to distribute to
local charities than we have ever
raised before! 460 teams travelled
to Bismarck and Mandan this year
and the McQuade Board of Directors would like to once again thank
everyone for their support! We
were blessed with great weather all
weekend long and we were grateful
for that!
We kicked off the tournament
in fine fashion with our annual
Military Appreciation game. The
Military appreciation game is held
to say “Thanks” to all military
personnel for all the sacrifices they
have made to defend our Country
and our freedom! We were fortunate to have the Wounded Warrior
Amputee Softball Team back and
they kicked off the tournament by
taking on local first responders from
the Bismarck Police Department,
Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department, Bismarck Fire Department
and the ND State Penitentary. The
second exhibition game Friday
night featured a mixed team of the
Wounded Warriors and the Unites
States All- Air Force Alumni team.
The local first responders, the
Wounded Warriors and the Air
Force team were great ambassadors
and did a great job in the two exhibition games.
The Air Force team also played
in the 35 Masters Upper Division
and came away as the runner-up
in the Masters 35 & Over division.
Both the Wounded Warriors and the
Air Force team were so impressed
by the McQuade Tournament that
they both want to come back to
the McQuade next year and we are
working on a way to do just that.
The McQuade Tournament held
its second annual cancer awareness
appreciation day which was capped
off with a Cancer Awareness Appreciation game on Saturday night.
The cancer appreciation game was
named the Connie Wolf Memorial Cancer Appreciation Game.
Connie was a long-time volunteer
taking care of the umpires. Connie passed away from cancer last
August.
There was a great crowd in attendance at the game with a lot of fans
dressed in pink. Three teams—
“Give 5 To Cancer,” “Schock Top,
and a women’s “Bud Lime” team
combined forces for a a very entertaining coed game. We received
many compliments for putting on
our cancer awareness appreciation
game and it will be back again
next year.
Everywhere we look, it seems we
all know someone whose lives have
been affected by cancer in some
way or another. So, we continue to
think that it is a good idea to honor
those who are suffering from cancer, have beat cancer, or have lost
their battle to cancer.
On Friday night we held a cancer
awareness ball toss to raise money
for cancer patients. Volunteers
worked the crowd selling baseballs
for $5.00 each and prior to the final
game of the night, everyone tossed
their ball towards a target in the
center of the infield. The person
who got their ball the closest to the
center of the target won $1,000.00.
The additional money raised will
go directly to cancer patients in the
form of gas cards and gift cards.
Thanks you to everyone who
participated! Your generosity does
make a big difference in people’s
lives! MANY thanks to Loren
Balkowitsch and his team “Give 5
To Cancer” for doing such a great
job selling the balls for the ball toss!
All the umpires also rallied to
support our cancer awareness appreciation day by wearing neon
blue and pink shirts and pink hats
all day Saturday. Thanks to many
generous sponsors who purchased
the pink shirts and pink hats for the
umpires. The umpires looked great
and they were very proud to support
the cancer awareness appreciation
day! Players and fans were asking
umpires for their shirts throughout
the day!
On Friday night BEK Communications broadcast the two exhibition
games live on statewide TV. It
was the first time something like
that has been done in the history
of the tournament. We received
many positive comments about the
coverage from several people who
were unable to get to the diamonds
to watch it in person but were able
to watch it on TV.
Another big highlight of the
McQuade Tournament was our
annual exhibition game of Special
Olympic athletes. The Special
Olympic athletes from Bismarck
and Mandan put on quite a show for
the large crowd of fans that gathered to watch them play. Watching
them play puts a lot of things into
perspective, especially when you
see just how much fun they have,
the excitement they show, and the
enthusiasm of cheering for each
other and not caring who wins.
The Special Olympic athletes were
decked out in fancy softball jerseys
that were donated by Mark Weber
from TYJA Sports. It was fun to see
how proud the athletes were of the
jerseys they were wearing!
I would also like to thank all of
the volunteers and volunteer groups
that help make this tournament so
successful! Without their help, we
could not run a tournament of this
Mike Wolf
Umpire in Chief
magnitude. Another group I need
to thank are all of the umpires
who worked the McQuade tournament. I had 115 umpires this year.
Whether it is a local umpire from
Bismarck or Mandan, or umpires
from somewhere in ND, or umpires
who travel from out of state to the
tournament paying their own way
to get here, every umpire makes
many sacrifices to help make our
tournament successful. In addition, every umpire who worked the
tournament donated back game fees
to the tournament and many of our
local umpires donate many of or
all of their games that will be used
to help support the many charities
that benefit from the tournament. I
received many compliments on the
quality of umpiring at every level.
All the umpires should be proud of
their efforts. Thanks again to all of
the umpires for their dedication and
commitment to the McQuade Tournament. We couldn’t do it without
you!!! I’d like to also thank all the
teams, fans, and volunteers for the
important roles they play in the success of our tournament. Without the
combined efforts of umpires, teams,
fans, and volunteers, we could not
hold an event of this magnitude!!
Thank You!!
The McQuade Board would like
to thank NDASA Commissioner
Dick Gulmon for his presence at the
tournament. Dick is a great ambassador for softball and the tourna-
Ump Chat
continued on page 5
Commissioner’s Column
I just returned from the 41 st.
annual McQuade Charity Softball
Tournament and once again it was
a huge success. A special treat this
year was the return of the Wounded
Warrior Amputee Softball Team.
They are indeed an inspiration to all
of us and a favorite of the fans. The
McQuade is the largest non-profit,
one weekend tournament in the
United States. The tournament was
founded in 1976 by Sam McQuade
Sr. of McQuade Distributing. The
tournament has grown from four
divisions in 1976 and 103 teams
to fifteen divisions and 460 teams
in 2016. In 2015 the tournament
raised over $100,000 for charities.
It is truly amazing work by the
McQuade Board of directors and
the many volunteers who make it
possible. I would like to personally thank and congratulate Sam
McQuade Jr., Shannon McQuadeEly, Mike Offerdahl, Jim Janusz,
Cheryl Jones, Jack Jones, Eldie
Ulmer, and Mike Wolf for their
great work and success again this
year. I would also like to thank Jack
Jones and Mike Wolf who serve as
tournament directors. It is a huge
undertaking and these gentlemen
are two outstanding people who
are very dedicated to the McQuade,
and NDASA/ASA-USA Softball. It
was great to have a several softball
friends from ASA/USA Softball to
the McQuade this year. State Commissioner from Florida Carlton
Benton, Mid America UIC Dave
Epperson, Northern UIC Steve
Riswold and Rich Cress from the
ASA/USA National Staff were at
the McQuade this year. It was also
great to see our Umpire friends
from all over the country this past
weekend as well. Again, great job
to all the volunteers who made a
difference for the McQuade Charity
Tournament in 2016.
The NDASA DeMarini Tournament Series is well under way with
twenty one tournaments included in
the series. Teams must participate
in three tournaments plus a State
Tournament to qualify for the prize
package. Thanks to John DeHaan
and Sam Martin for handling the
statistics for all the events.
The State Classification meeting
is scheduled for July 8th and State
Tournaments will start with JO GFP
in mid July. We have 25 adult State
Tournaments scheduled around the
state and 9 JO events. Also around
the corner is the ASA/USA Masters
35 National Championship to be
hosted by Mandan August 26-28,
2016. The Men’s SP Masters 35
Championship will have two divisions of play. The Competitive
Division will have no limits regarding player classification. The
Recreation Division will have a
maximum of 3 Class D players
and no players above Class D. The
event will be a double elimination/3
game guarantee and the entry fee is
$350.00 if paid by August 1, 2016.
Entries after August 1 is 450.00.
Contact Mandan Parks & Rec @
www.mandanparks.com for more
information. Don’t miss this opportunity to play in a ASA/USA
Softball National Championship
when it is this close.
The final State Tournament of
the season will be the COED Slow
Pitch Tournament in Fargo September 10 and 11th. We have appointed
Chris Hutton of Grand Forks as our
new COED Commissioner to work
with this tournament and the COED
program.
The ASA/USA Softball Council
meeting will be in Shreveport,
Louisiana November 12th -17, 2016.
A delegation from the Fargo Slow
Pitch Board of Directors will be
bidding on Slow Pitch events for
the 2018 season.
A special thanks to Walt Stack
who continues to do a wonderful job in making this newspaper
possible. Walt is a special friend
to all of us in the NDASA-ASA/
USA Softball family and we are so
grateful for his dedication to our
great sport. Thanks Walt.
Lastly, a special thank you also to
the many sponsors and volunteers
who make the NDASA Softball
program possible.
Dick Gulmon
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2016 State Tournaments Women’s
Slow Pitch/Co-Ed/Jo Girl’s Fast Pitch
TOURNAMENT
Women’s Slow Pitch Old Pro
Women’s Slow Pitch Rec II
Women’s Class D
Women’s Class C
Women’s Rec I
Women’s Rec III East
Women’s Rec III West
Co-Ed
JO Girl’s Fast Pitch
DATES
July 23-24
July 30-31
July 30-31
Aug. 13-14
Aug. 13-14
Aug. 13-14
Aug. 13-14
Sep. 10-11
July 15-17
SITE
Bismarck
Jamestown*
Wahpeton
Valley City
West Fargo
Grand Forks
Bismarck
Fargo
Grand Forks**
*Women’s Rec II East and West tournaments have been combined.
**JO Girl’s Fast Pitch includes 10U; 12U; 14U; 16U;18U.
Retired secretary of the NDASA
office, Shirley Schafer with state
commissioner Dick Gulmon
awarding a Distinguished Service award for years of service.
Shirley Schafer with Distinguished Service award and members of
her family. Back Row: Left to Right: Chasity Schafer, Matt Schafer,
Shaun Schafer and Louie Weigel. Front Row: Left to Right: Jade
Schafer, Shirley and Shirley’s daughter Jill.
Shirley Schafer receives the
2016 State Tournaments distinguished Service Award
Old Pro and Men’s
TOURNAMENT
Old Pro 50
Old Pro 60
Old Pro 50-Wood Bat
Old Pro 35
Old Pro 40
Men’s Div. II Class C
Men’s Div. III Class D
Men’s Rec II East
Men’s Rec II West
Men’s Rec III East
Men’s Rec III West
Men’s Rec I
Men’s Open
Men’s Rec IV East
Men’s Rec IV West
DATES
July 23-24
July 23-24
July 23-24
July 30-31
Aug. 20-21
Aug. 6-7
Aug. 6-7
Aug. 6-7
Aug. 6-7
Aug. 13-14
Aug. 13-14
Aug. 13-14
Aug. 13-14
Aug. 20-21
Aug. 20-21
SITE
Mandan
Mandan
Mandan
Mandan
Jamestown
Bismarck
Bismarck
Fargo
Mandan
Fargo
Bismarck
Minot
Mandan
Grand Forks
Dickinson
Has served NDASA for over Fifty Years
Shirley Schafer who has been
involved in North Dakota softball
for over fifty years has received a
Distinguished Service Award from
State Commissioner Dick Gulmon.
Shirley and her late husband Duane
(Tiny) Schafer moved to Jamestown in 1960 when Tiny was named
State Softball Commissioner. They
established an office in their home
and Shirley became responsible for
many of the administrative duties
Jack Lukes
2018
President & MSP
Commissioner
614 Rose Street
Lisbon, ND 58054
(H/FAX) 701-683-4466
(W) 701-241-8758
(C) 701-680-0408
[email protected]
Jack Jones
Asst. State Commissioner
3804 Saratoga Ave
Bismarck, ND 58504
1222 SW 4th Ave (Oct-Apr)
Cape Coral, Fl. 33991
(C) 701-426-8700
[email protected]
Scott Collins
2018
At-Large
PO Box 684
Minot, ND 58702
(H) 701-857-4730
[email protected]
Greg Kaeding 2017
Secretary/Treasurer
2813-10th Street N.
Fargo, ND 58102
(H) 701-280-2200
(C) 701-799-8042
[email protected]
Scott Brahos
2016
Vice President
805 Diane’s Court
Mandan, N.D. 58554
(C) 701-425-9444
(W) 701-221-1006
(H) 701-667-9296
[email protected]
Mary Hager
2016
WSP Comm. At-Large
2838-18th Street NE
Harvey, ND 58341
701-324-5272
(C) 701-341-0565
[email protected]
Sue Lachenmeier
2017
At-Large
950 Summit Blvd
Bismarck, ND 58504
(H) 701-222-3627
(C) 701-471-3182
[email protected]
Wayne Beyer 2018
At-Large
304 South 5th Street
Wahpeton, ND 58075
(H) 701-642-3082
(W) 701-642-2811
(C) 701-899-1700
[email protected]
Mike Wolf
2018
At-Large
1926 Billings Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
(C) 701-400-2100
(H) 701-222-0478
[email protected]
Mike Peterson 2019
At-Large
4133 Arthur Dr.
Fargo, ND 58104
(C) 701-238-7384
[email protected]
Chris Hutton
2017
At-Large
9549 Demers Ave
Grand Forks, ND 58201
701-330-5798
[email protected]
RC Courtright
Ex-Officio Dir of Ops
Jamestown, ND
701-658-9337
[email protected]
the Secretary for the Hall of Fame.
Her son Scott also helped with the
many tasks of the office until his
untimely death in November, 2015.
Shirley retired on December 31,
2015 after years of service to the
organization.
RC Courtright of Jamestown has
been named Director of Operations
for NDASA and will maintain the
state office as well as continue his
duties as Webmaster.
Bismarck Umpire named to Elite Status
NDASA Executive Committee
Dick Gulmon
Commissioner
883 Chautauqua Blvd
Valley City, ND 58702
[email protected]
(H) 701-845-4332
(W) 701-845-2712
(C) 701-490-0078
FAX 701-845-0781
of the State Office. During the 36
years when Tiny was the state commissioner, Shirley was involved in
the day to day business of the office.
During this time, the number of
teams increased from less than 100
to over 2,000 and the corresponding work load increased with the
number of teams.
After her husband’s death in
1996, Shirley continued to maintain
the state office as well as serving as
Terry O’Clair
Terry O’Clair of Bismarck has
been awarded Elite status as an
ASA umpire. He is only the tenth
North Dakota umpire to reach that
status.
After a long playing career,
O’Clair decided to stay in the game
as an umpire beginning his career in
1998. He has umpired four national
tournaments and met the requirements for Elite status by obtaining
excellent evaluations from tournaments supervisors.
The Elite category was created
in 2003 by the Amateur Softball
Association to award those umpires
who were recognized as the best of
the best. Currently, fewer than 500
umpires nationwide have earned
this award out of over 30,000 registered umpires. The requirements
are stringent: To obtain the Elite
ranking, an umpire must have umpired for at least seven years and
must have worked in at least four
national championship tournaments
all of which are rated as competitive
. These include Men’s Super and
Men’s Major; Men’s A and Men’s
B plus Masters 35 and Masters 40.
Women’s tournaments which also
qualify are the Women’s Open and
Major Co-Ed tournaments. An
umpire must earn a rating of Excellent from the Umpire in Chief
in at least two of the tournaments
which qualify.
O’Clair has recently started umpiring JO fast pitch softball. He is
the Vice President of the Bismarck
Umpires Association and credits
his umpiring success to mentoring
from Elliott Gerhardt and state
Umpire in Chief Mike Wolf.
Other North Dakota umpires
who are rated Elite are:
Naomi Erdahl, Bismarck (Fast
Pitch)
Elliott Gerhardt, Bismarck (Slow
Pitch)
Tom Harty, Jamestown (Slow
Pitch)
Bobby Larson, Minot (Fast
Pitch) Deceased
Walt Stack, Bismarck (Fast
Pitch)
Mike Wolf, Bismarck (Slow
Pitch)
Larry Wood, Bismarck (Fast
Pitch)
Al Ziemann, Mandan (Slow
Pitch)
Gerald “Shorty” Payne (Slow
Pitch)
Girl’s Fast Pitch Softball High
School State Tournaments
High school girl’s fast pitch
softball has been so popular and
accepted that the state tournament
now has two classes, Class A for
the bigger schools and Class B for
the smaller ones. The state tournaments for each divisions were also
in different cities. The Class A girls
were in Jamestown while the Class
B girls played in Fargo. Both divisions had seeded teams from the
Eastern Region and teams from the
Western Region.
Class A Eastern Region: 1) West
Fargo 2)Shanley 3)Fargo North
4) Valley City
Class A Western Region: 1)
Dickinson 2)Jamestown 3) Minot
Ryan 4) Bismarck
Class B Eastern Region: 1)
Kindred/Richland 2) Grafton 3)
Central Cass 4)Thompson
Class B Western Region: 1)
Stanley 2) Watford City 3) Des
Lacs/Burlington 4) Wilton/Wing
CLASS A
Eastern powerhouse West Fargo
Packers claimed their 19th straight
state title, their 8th since the sport
was sanctioned by the High School
Activities Association.
They started with a ten run
victory over #4 ranked Bismarck
Demons scoring all their runs in
two innings and closing out the
Demons in six innings. In their
second game, they routed Valley
City6 to 1 to reach the final game.
In the championship, they faced the
number one seed from the West,
Dickinson. The Packers collected
runs in the first and third innings
then scored a run in the 4th, 5th and
6th innings to win 6 to2 and claim
the state title.
Second place Dickinson was
impressive in their opening game
shutting out Fargo North 9 to 0.
They faced a tough squad from
Shanley in their second game, winning 8 to 4 to reach the final against
West Fargo.
Valley City claimed third place
besting Shanley .
CLASS B
Kindred/Richland claimed its
second title in three years having won in 2014 by knocking off
Grafton in a tight contest 8 to 6.
Kindred/Richland reached the
championship game by beating arch
rival Central Cass shutting out the
Squirrels 6 to 0 in the semi-final
game.
Central Cass came back to claim
third place over Stanley 4 to 2. Watford City won 5th place defeating
Des Lacs Burlington 6 to 1 while
Thompson nosed Wilton/Wing by
a 2 to 1 for 7th place.
The Last Call
Don Brothers, Hall Of Fame member dies Hall of Fame pitcher dies
Word has been received that
Donald Brothers passed away February 29th in Memory Care at Summit Place, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
at age 97. He was born March 4th,
1918 in Menomonie, Wisconsin.
At age 19 he moved to Fargo and
began working for the GNRR. On
March 29,1941 he married Arlene
Albertson, Moorhead, Mn. In July
of 1942, he was inducted into the
Engineer Corps of the Army, serving until discharge in November,
1945. He and his wife welcomed
their daughter Sandy in 1949. After
his discharge, he returned to Fargo
continuing to work for the GNRR
for 32 years and later working to
NDSU Science Department retiring in 1979. The family continued
residing in Fargo with summers
being spent at their lake home in
Detroit Lakes.
Don was known as one of a
few left handed fast pitch softball
players in North Dakota. He was
inducted into the NDASA Hall of
Fame in 1961 and was the oldest
living member at the time of his
death. He was also an avid bowler
and golfer.
He is survived by his wife, Arlene of 75 years, daughter Sandy
Melby (Brooklyn Park) two grandchildren and two brothers John of
Grand Forks and Alfred of Fargo.
Brothers played for 22 years in
the Fargo/Moorhead area and was
regarded as one of the best southpaws of his time. He played in ten
state championship tournaments
and on two state championship
Leroy Olson was 83
Donald Brothers
teams. He was the 17th member
elected to the NDASA Hall of Fame
when he joined the shrine in 1961.
High School Girl’s Softball
Shows Steady Growth
Girl’s fast pitch softball in
schools around the state has shown
steady growth since being sanctioned by the High School Activities Association in 2008 and
crowned its first champion in 2009.
The latest participation figures as
shown by the North Dakota High
School Activities shows 62 schools
with fast pitch softball and a total
of 771 girls involved in the sport.
Participation in softball in North
Dakota high schools exceeds
the number of students in Cross
Country(boys and girls) Hockey
(boys and girls) soccer(boys and
girls) tennis, swimming and girl’s
golf.
The figures were compiled and
published in the championship
booklet produced by the Activities Association and represent the
Ump Chat
continued from page 3
ment gives him an opportunity to
visit with many players, fans, and
umpires throughout the course of
the weekend. Other Guests in attendance was Carlton Benton the ASA
Commissioner from Florida, Steve
Riswold, Region 11 UIC and Dave
Epperson, Topeka, KS, Region 12
UIC, and Rich Cress for the ASA
Office in Oklahoma City..
As always I invite players, managers, and umpires to email me or
call me about plays or situations
that occur in their games. I do
receive several calls and emails
throughout the year which I think is
great! It is great to see that players,
managers, and umpires care enough
to make sure they understand the
rules. Keep the questions coming!!
I look forward to seeing many
of your at the upcoming state
tournaments. Let me know if I can
be of any assistance in any way!
You can contact me via email at
[email protected] or give
me a call on my cell at 701-4002100. Stay safe on and off the field
and have a great rest of the summer.
Before we know it, the season will
be over.
Important Notice On Banned
Bats From Easton
The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA/USA Softball,
the National Governing body of Softball in the United States, in
working with Easton Baseball/Softball, Inc. (Easton), announced in
February that Easton is voluntarily removing the following softball
bat models from the ASA/USA list of certified bats:
SCN 1, SCN11BH, SCN1B, SCN2B, SCN3, SCN5, SCN5B,
SCN6B, SCN7, SCN7B, SCN8, SCN8B, SCN9,SCX14, SCX14B,
SCX24B AND SCX3.
Other organizations that currently use ASA’s bat performance
standards such as the NCAA, NFHS, NAIA, NJCAA may restrict
such bats from play in 2016 and beyond.
number of participants in each sport
reported at the end of the school
year 2013-2014.
Fast pitch softball was officially
sanctioned by the High School
Association in 2008. In 2012
the current format was adopted
with separate Divisions for Class
A and Class B schools with state
champions named in each of those
divisions.
Leroy Elmer Olson 83, passed
away peacefully Friday, June 24,
2016 at the Hatton Prairie Village. He was born May 18, 1933
in Hamberg, North Dakota, the
only child of C.E. Olson and Neta
(Simms) Olson. He was a graduate of Buxton High School and an
Army veteran of the Korean War.
Leroy worked at the Buxton
Bank, Central Valley School driving school bus and during the
summers he drove truck for local
beet farmers.
He had a passion for sports,
particularly softball and UND
sports. He excelled as a fast pitch
softball player and played the game
26 years. He played both infield
and outfield but preferred pitching
where he accumulated approximately 400 lifetime wins. Despite
playing for what was classified as a
Class B team, he was asked to pitch
for a number of Class A teams in
tournaments around the area.
Leroy pitched in eleven state
tournaments and pitched his Buxton
team to the state Class B title in
1975 which was the same year he
retired as an active player.
He averaged 10 strikeouts per
game despite what he called a fairly
average fast ball. He relied on a
curve ball, a drop and a change-up
to keep batters confused.
Leroy Olson
Leroy continued his interest in
softball long after his retirement. In
1963 he organized the Grand-Trail
softball league composed of eight
teams from the valley. He served as
District Commissioner and playing
coach of the Buxton team. He also
organized and coached a boy’s Pee
Wee Team and also organized a
women’s slow pitch league. He
served also as a tournament director
and also umpired for several years.
He was a long time member of the
state Softball Hall of Fame Selection Committee.
He was a loyal supporter of UND
athletics and held season tickets for
a number of their sports.
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Facade at new Northern Softball Complex in Fargo.
Left to Right: Cheryl Jones, Jack Jones, Dave Frueh, and Lori Yantzer
Mandan to host Men’s
Masters 35 National
Kiosk which will present photos and other items of Fargo/Moorhead
Hall of Fame.
Fargo/Moorhead Hall of Fame
To be dedicated on Sat., Aug. 20, 2016
a player, manager, umpire, sponsor
or in the category of meritorious
service or any combination of the
above.
Individuals must be a minimum
45 years old.
Team Nominations will also be
accepted however the age limitations above do not apply to teams.
A nominated team’s roster must
consist of 75% of the players originally from or residing in the Fargo/
Moorhead area when they were
playing as a team.
Formal dedication and induction
of the first members will take place
at the softball complex north of
Fargo on Saturday, August 20, 2016.
Further information or applications
may be obtained by contacting
Sharon Morgan at 701-235-4169
or Mike Lyman at 701-361-6249.
The following were selected as
the first class to be inducted into the
new Fargo/Moorhead Softball Hall
of Fame: Duane “Ace” Johnson;
Keith Rosenkranz; Randy Stevens;
and Pat Johnson. The 1992 Tharaldson Co-Ed Team which captured a
National title and D and S Beverages, Moorhead.
ers will be allowed.
Home Run Rule: Competitive 4
Recreational 2
Format: Ten or more teams
will be double elimination with
3 game guarantee. Nine or less
teams will play pool round then
seeded into double elimination.
Dates: August 26 to 28, 2016
Entry Fee: $450 per team $350
if paid by August 1.
All of the conditions set out
above were approved by Craig
Cress, Executive Director of ASA.
Mandan has exhibited an ability
to conduct national tournaments
with high ratings from players,
administrators and tournament
officials. In their initial foray into
National Tournaments, they hosted
a very successful Mens Masters 40
tournament in 2009. In 2012 they
hosted the men’s masters 35, again
with great success and in 2014 they
drew the largest field of teams in
the country for the E/Rec National.
Jack Jones will be the tournament manager and Mike Wolf will
be the umpire in chief.
Am Vets Honor Guard at McQuade Tournament. Photo by Mike Wolf
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The Fargo/Moorhead Softball
Hall of Fame is a new organization created to honor softball in the
Fargo/Moorhead area. According to
project sparkplug Sharon Morgan,
there are over eighty individuals
in the area who are already in the
state softball Hall of Fame and in
a formal statement of purpose the
new organization has the goal of
recognizing men and women who
have played a passionate role in the
growth and development of softball
in the Fargo/Moorhead area and
whose abilities, performance and
services were outstanding.
The Fargo/Moorhead Hall of
Fame will be located in a gazebo
at the Fargo Park Board’s new
northside softball complex. It will
display photos of Hall of Fame inductees, photos of F/M area softball
over the years and a list of building
sponsors. Players, coaches, managers, umpires and sponsors are all
eligible to be honored by the Hall
of Fame.
A Hall of Fame Council has been
established to consider each applicant and their respective merits to be
elected to this local Hall of Fame.
The Council contains representative
from both fast pitch and slow pitch.
The current members are:
Sharon Morgan, Benjie Potter,
Greg Kaeding, Mark Vanyo, Mike
Lyman, Paul Lybeck, Phil Shiek,
Amy Anderson and Steve Granberg.
The qualifications for membership include a minimum of 20 years
active involvement in the Fargo/
Moorhead softball community as
Mandan was awarded the 2016
Men’s Masters National tournament during the annual Council
meeting of the Amateur Softball
Association last fall. Mandan went
to the council meeting planning to
bid on the E/Rec National tournament for 2017 but officials asked
the Mandan contingent to also
take the Men’s Masters 35 for
2016. Assistant State Commissioner Jack Jones and Dave Frueh
from the Mandan Parks and Recreation Department agreed to do so
with some conditions attached:
Tournament should be held
the weekend before Labor Day.
There are to be two Divisions:
Competitive and Recreational
In the Competitive Division no
limits on player classification
In the Recreational Division a
maximum of three class D play-
The Wounded Warriors with state umpire in chief Mike Wolf, Assistant State Commissioner Jack Jones and Women’s State Commissioner Mary Hager. Wolf and Jones
are the two tournament managers for the McQuade tournament. Photo by Mike Wolf
Terry O’Clair Bismarck receiving his ASA Umpire Elite Award from State UIC Mike Wolf
Wounded Warrior pitcher delivers a pitch in exhibition game at
McQuade Tournament. Photo by Mike Wolf
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NDASA Invitational Tournaments 2016
Women’s Slowpitch Invitational Tournaments
Men’s Slow Pitch
Reported by Roger Weigel
These are the recommendations
from MSP group to the Executive
Committee.
Tournament series discussion.
• 21 tournaments included in
series.
• Must participate in 3 tournaments plus state.
• Discussion of guidelines and
prize packages.
Continue one weekend only
rosters
• $25 fee and roster submitted to
tournament director.
Try to get all illegal bats out of
play before games begin.
Discussed deadlines for registration, roster, and roster changes.
Correction/clarification on agenda item #17.
Players just on “league only”
roster are not eligible to be added
to a “weekend tournament only”
roster, or as a pick-up player in any
invitational or state tournament.
Women’s Slow Pitch
Reported by Amy Anderson
These are the recommendations
from WSP group to the Executive
Committee President Sue Heilman
called the meeting to order.
Elections were held:
Sue Heilman was re-elected as
President.
Pam Matte was re-elected as Vice
President.
Jo Black was newly elected as
Secretary.
Discussed January meeting minutes.
Discussed JO Slowpitch a dying
sport.
• Concentrate on 14+ year olds
in the schools and getting them on
women’s teams.
• Get in touch with park depts.
who offer free rec softball & get
park rep depts. who don’t have girls
softball to offer it with our help.
• Use Facebook and Social Media.
Women’s task force committee
to be chosen before classification
meeting. Task force meets in fall
in conjunction with men’s meeting.
Women’s Master State Tournament July 23rd & 24th discussed.
• May have to re-adjust point
system to bring 3 levels of play
back to this.
Mandan awarded E/Rec
Men’s National for 2017
Mandan has been awarded the
E/Rec men’s national tournament
for 2017. The tournament selection was made during the annual
Council Meeting of ASA meeting in
Louisville, Kentucky in November,
2015. ASA national tournaments
are awarded two years in advance
of the tournament dates to allow
host cities to properly prepare for
these important events.
This will be the second time
Mandan will play host to the E/Rec
National tournament after hosting
the largest national tournament
in the country in 2014 when this
same tournament came to Mandan.
In addition, Mandan has hosted
the Men’s Masters 40 National
tournament in 2009 and the Men’s
Masters 35 in 2012. They will also
be the host association for the 2016
Men’s Masters 35 in August.
Heartland rides surging offense
to McQuade championship
Mandan Heartland Investors teammates celebrate winning the ‘C’ division championship of the
McQuade Softball Tournament at Clem Kelly Complex.
Robert Reidell Bismarck Tribune
Men’s softball teams can be
almost impossible to stop when
they get on a roll, and the Mandan
Heartland Investors represent the
case study.
Heartland tore through the
men’s ‘C’ division bracket behind
a surging offense to claim a 45-26
McQuade Softball Tournament
championship victory over Fargo
3X Gear/The Box/The Ballyard at
Clem Kelley Complex.
“It’s a wonderful feeling, especially when you’ve had a run like
we have had,” Heartland sponsor
Eugene Graner said. “It’s been
fabulous.”
3X Gear, which lost to Heartland
27-4 on Saturday night, entered the
title game from the losers’ side of
the double-elimination bracket after
defeating Casper (Wyo.) Totem/Uptop 18-5. The team required backto-back victories over Heartland
to be crowned champions, but a
winner was ultimately decided after
just one offense-heavy matchup.
“This tournament brings a lot
of great teams in,” Graner said.
“They can all catch the ball, so the
important factor to winning a game
is to hit the ball where they’re not
standing. That has been our strength
for the entire tournament, hitting
the gaps.”
Heartland opened the game with
a 20-run first inning, which featured a pair of three-run home runs
and a grand slam. The team then
proceeded to post a 12-run second
inning, which included two more
three-run blasts to open up a 32-6
early advantage.
The offensive surge was to be
expected, as Heartland had scored
at least 20 runs in all five of its
previous games. In the past, the
opposition often rolled over after a
discouraging start, and Heartland
was able to blow by its foes without
much difficulty.
This was not the case for 3X
Gear, however, which quickly
turned the tide of the game with
a 20-run inning of its own in the
bottom half of the third frame. The
same matchup that had the makings
of a blowout after two innings of
play had quickly become a 32-26
contest, with Heartland having lost
all the momentum it gathered early
in the game.
“When they came out hitting,
we knew they weren’t going to roll
over,” Graner said. “This was going
to be a fight. It was just a matter of
finding those three outs and then
getting back in and responding that
inning.”
Heartland certainly responded.
Despite being without the ability to
hit the long ball due to tournament
rules allowing only five home runs
per team in a given game, the group
combined to score 13 times to create a 19-run lead and effectively tilt
the game back in its favor.
The second significant deficit
of the contest proved too much
for 3X Gear, as Heartland earned
its first McQuade championship
since 2012.
“This team does a lot of practicing outside of game time,” Graner
said. “They will get together and do
batting practice, and every member
of this team has come up being a
good fielder. The secret of this team
is we pick good fielders who have
an advantage at hitting as well.”
Heartland finished the tournament with 180 total runs in six
games, and its 45 runs scored
against 3X Gear was the secondhighest total recorded in the ‘C’ division. Aberdeen (S.D.) SD Circus
Bar/Lamont Co./Lust Auto scored
47 runs against Pierre (S.D.) Sunset
Bombers during its second game of
the tournament.
“Fielding needs to be a requirement, it’s the hitting that we develop and build on,” Graner said.
Winning a McQuade title is a
significant victory for Heartland,
but the team still has plenty more
to accomplish before its tournament
schedule comes to a close this fall.
“Coming up we’ll be heading to
Shakopee [Minn.] in early August,”
Graner said. “We have some weddings coming up here this month,
so it’s kind of throwing us off for
some tournaments we would like to
play. But, we still have several of
them toward the end of the year, and
then we’re going down to Panama
City, Florida to play in September.
“We’re not done. We’ve still got
some miles ahead of us.”
Recreation I
Saskatoon (Sask.) Crush defeated Bismarck MANN Energy
23-10 to claim the men’s Rec I
championship. In order to reach the
title game, Crush overcame Watertown (S.D.) Hazardous 17-14 in the
semifinals and Mandan Hideaway/
Weigel/Dickinson Law/L&J 20-10
in the quarterfinals.
Hazardous took third place with
a 21-11 victory over Minot Ackerman Surveying. Mandan GH Farms
won the consolation bracket to earn
a fifth-place finish with an 11-1
victory over Bismarck Bistro/RF
Jewelry/BDS Concrete.
Recreation II
Centennial (Colo.) McCarthy’s
Bar earned the Rec II title with a
16-14 win over Bismarck Scherr
Exteriors/Peace Garden Homes.
McCarthy’s Bar reached the championship by way of a 17-10 semifinals victory over Williston Northern Energy Services and a 7-6
quarterfinals win over Rapid City
(S.D.) Extreme.
Lisbon Lasers earned a thirdplace finish with a 10-6 win over
Northern Energy Services. Grand
Forks Eagles Crest/Loft ran the
table on the consolation side of the
bracket on its way to a 26-6 fifthplace game win over Mandan Jiffy
Lube/BisMan Autoworx.
Recreation III Budweiser
Bismarck Rug Rat took home the
Rec III Budweiser championship
with a 15-9 victory over Bismarck
Schlotzsky’s. Rug Rat defeated
Bismarck Burnett Consulting 14-6
in the semifinals and Bismarck Amvets (Dustin Enockson) 14-4 in the
quarterfinals to reach the title game.
Williston American Oil Tools
claimed third place in Rec III Budweiser division with a 16-12 win
over Bismarck Burnett Consulting.
Minot Holm Construction won
the fifth-place game 19-2 over the
Gilbert (Ariz.) Lovable Losers on
the consolation side of the bracket.
Recreation III Bud Light
Grand Forks Speedway/Busch
Pounders paced the Rec III Bud
Light division by defeating Dickinson Spur Bar 8-5 in the title game.
Speedway defeated Street Chiefs
11-6 in the semifinals and Rapid
City (S.D.) Throwbacks 16-8 in the
quarterfinals.
Minot Central beat Billings
(Mont.) Street 10-4 to earn a thirdplace finish in the tournament. Lincoln (Bismarck) Sizzlin S/Hayward
defeated Bismarck Paragon Products 19-16 to win the fifth-place
game on the consolation side of
the bracket.
Trophies to be awarded at McQueades. Photo by Mike Wolf
Fargo women defend title two of three
Steve Thomas Bismarck Tribune
There are more ways than one
to skin a cat, and Fargo Amundson
Farms-Tharaldson Enterprises
displayed one of the alternatives
on Sunday.
Amundson Farms survived a
brief detour into the losers’ bracket
to win the women’s C-D championship at the McQuade Softball
tourament. The Fargo team dashed
undefeated through the tournament
last season, but it had to do some
scrambling this time around.
After winning its first three
games, Amundson Farms was
upended 15-9 Sunday morning by
Toxic of Parker, Colo., in the winners’ bracket semifinal.
Nonplussed, Amundson Farms
outscored Silver Dollar-Rohly’s of
Aberdeen, S.D., 21-16 in the losers’
bracket semifinal. That earned the
Fargo team a rematch with Toxic
in the championship game, and this
time Amundson Farms didn’t miss
a beat. The defending champions
rolled over previously unbeaten
Toxic 18-2, 18-3 in a pair of games
decided by the mercy rule.
Toxic was Amundson Farms’ opponent in last year’s championship
game, as well.
Amundson Farms manager
DaLee Wilkinson said she was
impressed with the way her team
won three straight games with its
back to the wall.
“We played four games today,
three against Toxic, and they’re a
good team,” she said. “The teams
are so good here, and that makes it
really hard to come back and repeat.
I’m really proud of our team. They
played well together.”
Wilkinson had her fingerprints
all over this year’s championship.
She swatted five home runs in the
tournament. In the second title
game she cracked a grand slam
home run and finished with seven
RBIs. Amundson Farms walloped
two bases-loaded home runs during
an 11-run fourth inning that made
it 18-3.
All told, the Fargo team drilled
14 home runs in the tournament,
including slams by Wilkinson, Dori
Amundson and Andrea Charlebois.
They outscored their six opponents
81-33.
“We’re a pretty good home
run-hitting team. Three-quarters
of our team can hit it out,” said
Wilkinson, who connected for five
bombs herself.
Fargo amudson Farms/ Tharaldson Enerprises’ Tracy Marback pitches against Parker, Colo. Toxic as shortstop Dori Amundson looks
on in the Women’s ‘C/D’ division championship game.
Photo by Tom Stromme, Tribune
Amundson Farms downed Bismarck Walzak Builders 12-6 on
Friday and trimmed Omaha, Neb.,
Damage Ink 11-1 and West Fargo
Pete’s 13-6 on Saturday. That set up
a busy four-game Sunday.
Toxic made it into the driver’s
seat by defeating Minot Knowles
Jewelry 20-2, Aberdeen Silver Dollar 16-14, Bismarck Moritz Sports
and Marine 22-18 and Amundson
Farms 15-9 before being derailed.
Aberdeen Silver Dollar placed
third and Omaha Damage Ink
claimed fourth.
Rapid City, S.D., AutoMax-TD
Transport; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Nothin Flat and Wyndmere
Black Pelican captured championships in the women’s recreation
divisions.
Recreation I
Rapid City, S.D., AutoMax-TD
Transport, after roaring through its
first three games, had a fight on its
hands in the championship contest.
The South Dakota team dispatched its first three foes by a combined 51-14 tally before outlasting
Minot Bases & Banks 16-13 in the
championship game.
AutoMax trimmed Bismarck
Rock Point 24-8, Bismarck Blarney
Stone-Taco Del Mar 11-1 and Williston Basin Health & Spine-Busy
Bee 16-5 to reach the final.
Bases & Banks advanced with
wins over Bismarck Capital City
Construction 15-0, Jamestown
Boomers-Grotberg 15-14, Bismarck Walzak Builders 12-2 and
Jamestown Allied Agronomy 10-4.
Williston Basin Health & Spine
defeated Jamestown Allied Agronomy 22-14 for third place and the
Fargo Dirty Turfettes defeated
Rapid City Millstone 11-1 for the
consolation title in the 28-team
field.
Recreation II
Saskatoon Nothin Flat About the
Prairies put up a big number only
once, but still came out on top in the
32-team Rec II division.
The Canadians smothered Devils
Lake Thirsty’s Redbirds 7-1 in the
championship game. Earlier, they
downed Bismarck O’Brian’s-CVB
14-4, Bismarck Edson Construction
12-5, Minot United Community
Bank 23-7 and Williston MulliganSorenson Farms 12-9.
Thirsty’s reached the championship game via victories over Grand
Forks Loft Girls-Deek’s Pizza 11-4,
Bismarck Trans Trash 11-5, Minot
Sports on Tap 17-1 and Dickinson
Urlacher Art Works 14-4.
Urlacher Art Works claimed third
place with a 10-8 win over Williston Mulligan-Sorenson. Grand
Forks Loft Girls-Deek’s claimed
the consolation title with a 9-5 victory over Bismarck Heinle Farms.
Recreation III
Wyndmere Black Pelican survived a semifinal scare and went on
to capture the Rec III crown with a
24-14 triumph over the Fargo Silver
Dollar-Sexy Pigs.
Bismarck Lindell Law OfficeBorrowed Bucks gave Black Pelican all it could handle before dropping a 12-11 decision in the bottom
bracket semifinal.
Black Pelican earlier outscored
Mandan Lonesome Dove 24-18,
Jamestown The Buff 19-5, and
Aberdeen, S.D, Circus Sports Bar
18-10.
The high-scoring Silver DollarSexy Pigs defeated the Cannon Ball
Lady T-Hawks 25-11, Sheyenne
Valley-Milnor 20-10, Belcourt
Keplin Construction 21-11, Bismarck Mariner Construction 12-7
and Bismarck Bud Light Lime 2616 to reach the championship game.
Lindell Law outlasted Bud Light
29-28 in a wild third-place game.
Belcourt Utter Stop-Razor’s Edge
blanked Bismarck Cloverdale 15-0
for the consolation title in the 48team division.
10 –
Action Shots:
McQuades
Members of TB Financial celebrate winning the Men’s Class C championship on Sunday at the
McQuade softball tournament.
TB Financial rallies to take title
Steve Thomas Bismarck Tribune
Wounded Warrior players scoring a run. Photo by Mike Wolf
Wounded Warrior runner headed for home. Photo by Mike Wolf
Men’s Class D
You’ve got to have some sticks
to survive an opponent’s 13-run
inning, and Bismarck TB Financial
Group proved equal to the task.
TB Financial, staggered but not
floored by Grand Forks Ground
Round’s 13-run third inning, prevailed in the men’s Class D championship game at the McQuade
Softball tournament on Sunday.
Josh Oster lined a two-run home
run off the left field scoreboard as
TB Financial took the lead with a
four-run sixth en route to a 19-17
victory.
“I just told my guys ‘regroup,
let’s go,’” TB Financial coach
Mike Blair said, recalling Ground
Round’s third-inning eruption.
The Ground Rould rally consisted of 11 hits and two errors.
Oster socked a pair of two-run
shots to lead a balanced Bismarck
attack. Seth Blair added a two-run
home run and Casey Hausauer
blasted a three-run round-tripper. Hausauer and Oster knocked
in four runs each and Blair, Brian
Haugstad and Trevor Zacher plated
three runs each.
Ground Round got three-run and
solo homers from Chito Longoria
and a three-run blast from Andrew
Marek. Marek sent home five runs
and Longoria sent three men across
the plate.
All seven of the games’s home
runs cleared the left-field fence as
winds ranging up to 40 mph blasted
from the right field foul pole to the
left field pole.
The Bismarck team is in its
second year under TB Financial
sponsorship, but the core of the
team has been around for several
seasons.
“It was called Livewire Energy
before,” Mike Blair said. “About
eight of those players came over
and we picked up about six guys.
... Some of these guys have been
together four or five years.”
Since hooking up with TB Financial, Mike Blair said the team
has entered more tournaments, but
this is the first season this group of
players has reached the McQuade
finals.
“Last year we lost two games by
one run each,” he noted.
Oster, in his second year with
TB Financial, said the team broke
new ground on Sunday.
“This is the first tournament
we’ve won since I’ve been here,”
he said.
Likewise, Ground Round failed
to get into trophy territory last summer. The Grand Forks team lost its
first Sunday game.
Oster, who swatted six home
runs during the weekend, said batting in crosswinds ranging from 22
to 40 mph requires patience.
“It’s so tough to hit. You have
to wait for your pitch because the
wind is pushing the ball everywhere,” he observed.
Ground Round advanced to the
championship game in dramatic
fashion, Longoria blasting a gamewinning home run in the last of the
seventh inning to defeat Billings,
Mont., Jake’s-Frontier Stockyards
10-9. Earlier, Ground Round defeated Dickinson Players Sports
19-14, Bismarck Boulder Homes
20-11 and Minot Bases and Banks
15-13.
TB Financial defeated Valley
City Quality Alignment 12-8,
Bismarck Tainted Industries-Northwest Contracting 20-15, Bismarck
Custer Flats Trucking 28-17 and
Williston American Casing 14-4.
American Casing trimmed Billings Jake’s 14-4 in the third-place
game.
Minot Burgess Detailing downed
Bismarck Third Generation 19-9 in
the consolation final.
Masters Divisions
Capturing championships in the
three men’s Masters divisions were
Mandan Coors Light (35-plus Ultra), Minot Wild Bill’s-BootlegrzBud Light (35-plus AmberBock)
and Mandan Dust-Tex (50-plus).
Masters 35-plus Ultra
Mandan Coors Light came out
of the losers’ bracket to defeat the
Washington, D.C. All-Air Force
Alumni twice for first place in the
six-team, double-elimination Ultra
division.
Coors Light, which lost 20-16 to
the All-Air Force Alumni in the first
round, won five straight to capture
the title. In the losers’ bracket, Coors Light defeated Beulah Alibi’sHazen Cenex 19-18, Fargo Burnn
Boiler 25-5 and Bismarck Oswald
Brothers Auto Repair 25-3 to earn
a rematch with the All-Air Force
Alumni.
In the finals, Coors Light handed
the All-Air Force-Alumni back-toback setbacks, 18-13 and 20-9.
Oswald Brothers placed third
and Burnn Boiler was fourth.
Masters 35-plus AmberBock
Defending champion Minot
Wild Bill’s-Bootlegrz finally found
its offense in the championship
game, defeating Bismarck Lucky’s
Bar-BNC National Bank 19-11 for
the title.
Earlier, Wild Bill’s had sqeezed
out wins over Valley City Handy
Hardware 9-8 and Mandan Action
Motor Sports 9-5.
Lucky’s reached the final in the
13-team division with an 18-6 victory over Mandan Shirt Shack-Bill
Barth and a 17-11 win over Mandan
Bowers Excavating.
Bowers Excavating defeated
Action Motor Sports 20-16 for third
place and Bismarck Integrity Landscapes trimmed Shirt Shack-Bill
Barth 19-8 for the consolation title.
Masters 50-plus
Mandan Dust-Tex outlasted defending champion Fargo Bellerud
Transportation 17-15 to claim first
place in the 11-team 50-plus Masters tournament.
Dust-Tex had smoother sailing in
its first two games, overpowering
Bismarck Kyle Herman Agency
20-0 and Fort Rice 16-2.
Bellerud Transportation reached
the championship game by virtue of
wins over Mandan Bowers Excavating 13-5 and Bismarck Mariner
Construction 10-1.
Mariner Construction bounced
back to defeat Fort Rice 16-2 for
third place. the Mandan Moose
edged Mandan Magi-Touch-Carpet
One 5-4 in the consolation final.
McQuade softball tournament results
WOMEN
CLASS C-D
Semifinal
Parker (Colo.) Toxic 15, Fargo
Amundson Farms-Peper-Farms-Tharaldson 9
Consolation
Omaha (Neb.) Damage Ink Sportswear 16, Fargo M&M Drywall-Chub’sSperle Masonry-Herd & Horns 9;
Aberdeen (S.D.) Silver Dollar-Rohly’s
10, Lincoln (Neb.) Aksarben 7.
Omaha Damage Ink Sportswear 27,
Bismarck Moritz Sports & Marine 18;
Aberdeen Silver Dollar-Rohly’s 13,
West Fargo Petes 6.
Aberdeen Silver Dollar-Rohly’s 25,
Omaha Damage Ink Sportswear 11
Fargo Amundson Farms-PeperFarms-Tharaldson 21, Aberdeen Silver
Dollar-Rohly’s 16
Championship
Fargo Amundson Farms-PeperFarms-Tharaldson 18, Parker Toxic 2
Fargo Amundson Farms-PeperFarms-Tharaldson 18, Parker Toxic 3
REC I
Quarterfinals
Jamestown Allied Agronomy 7,
Bismarck Stadium-Midway Tavern 6;
Minot Bases & Banks 12, Bismarck
Walzak Building 2; Williston Basin
Health & Spine-Busy Bee Hot Oil-Bud
Light-Slater Construction 15, Bismarck
Ramada-Corral Bar-Mich Ultrta 10;
Rapid City (S.D.) AutoMax-TD Transport 11, Bismarck Blarney Stone-Taco
Del Mar 1.
Semifinals
Minot Bases & Banks 10, Jamestown Allied Agronomy 4; Rapid City
AutoMax-TD Transport 16, Williston
Basin Health & Spine-Busy Bee Hot
Oil-Bud Light-Slater Construction 5.
Consolation
Fargo Dirty Turfette 13, Minot Saunders Chiropractic-All-American Trophies 9; Bismarck Pleasant Ridge Dairy
13, Bismarck Corral Dolls 11; Rapid
City (S.D.) Millstone 18, Bismarck
Moose Lodge 7; Minot Overhead Door
11, Bismarck Rock Point 8.
Fargo Dirty Turfettes 20, Bismarck
Pleasant Ridge Dairy 10; Rapid City
Millstone 15, Minot Overhead Door 11.
Championship
Rapid City AutoMax-TD Transport
16, Minot Bases & Banks 13
Third place
Williston Basin Health & SpineBusy Bee Hot Oil-Bud Light-Slater
Construction 22, Jamestown Allied
Agronomy 14
Consolation championship
Fargo Dirty Turfettes 11, Rapid City
Millstone 1
REC II
Quarterfinals
Devils Lake Thirsty’s Redbirds
17, Minot Sports on Tap 1; Dickinson
Urlacher Art Works 9, Bismarck Quale
Farms-FabYouLous 8; Williston Mullingan-Sorenson Farms-JE Dunn-JLG
16, Bismarck 1806 Bar 9; Saskatoon
Nothin’ Flat About the Prairies 23,
Minot United Community Bank 7.
Semifinals
Devils Lake Thirsty’s Redbirds
14, Dickinson Urlacher Art Works 4;
Saskatoon Nothin’ Flat About the Prairies 12, Williston Mulligan-Sorenson
Farms-JE Dunn-JLG 9.
Consolation
Grand Forks Loft Girls-Deek’s Pizza
10, Bismarck Dakota Community Insurance 9; Bismarck Midway Tavern
16, Mandan Goldade LandscapingVeracity Motors 2; Bismarck Heinle
Farms 14, Bismarck Ressler Siding &
Windows-Northwest Contracting 9;
Bismarck Northwest Contracting 26,
Bismarck O’Brian’s-CVB 11.
Grand Forks Loft Girls-Deek’s
Pizza 12, Bismarck Midway Tavern 10;
Bismarck Heinle Farms 14, Bismarck
Northwest Contracting 6.
Championship
Saskatoon Nothin’ Flat About the
Prairies 7, Devils Lake Thirsty’s Red-
birds 1
Third place
Dickinson Urlacher Art Works 10,
Williston Mulligan-Sorenson Farms-JE
Dunn-JLG 8
Grand Forks Loft Girls-Deek’s Pizza
9, Bismarck Heinle Farms 5
REC III
Third round
Fargo Silver Dollar-Sexy Pigs 21,
Belcourt Keplin Construction 11;
Jamestown Shady’s 28, Jamestown
Fred’s Den 22; Williston 4 Mile Bar 20,
Minot Landing-Superior Nutrition 17;
Aberdeen (S.D.) Circus Sports Bar 10,
Blaine (Minn.) Minnkota Crushers 0.
Quarterfinals
Bismarck Mariner Construction 7;
Bismarck Bud Light Lime-Hollevoet
20, Jamestown Shady’s 10; Bismarck
Lindell Law Office-Borrowed Bucks
25, Williston 4 Mile Bar 0; Wyndmere
Black Pelican 18, Aberdeen Circus
Sports Bar 10.
Semifinals
Bismarck Bud Light Lime-Hollevoet
16; Wyndmere Black Pelican 12, Bismarck Lindell Law Office-Borrowed
Bucks 11.
Consolation
Cannonball Lady T-Hawks 30, Minot Original 8; Bismarck Cloverdale 23,
Minot Town & Country Credit Union
13; Fargo Empire Liquor 21, Bottineau
Diamond Divas 18; Bismarck Salter
Farms 6, Bismarck SuperSlide-Alliance
Real Estate 5.
Cannonball Lady T-Hawks 15, Minot Solitude-Coors Light 10; Bismarck
Cloverdale 33, Minot Jerome’s 5; Belcourt Utter Stop-Razors Edge-Wagon
Wheel 21, Fargo Empire Liquor 10;
Bismarck Salter Farms 20, Mandan
Lonesome Dove 10.
Bismarck Cloverdale 17 24, Cannonball Lady T-Hawks 18; Belcourt
Utter Stop-Razors Edge-Wagon Wheel
30, Bismarck Salter Farms 15.
Championship
Wyndmere Black Pelican 24, Fargo
Silver Dollar-Sexy Pigs 14
Third place
Bismarck Lindell Law Office-Borrowed Bucks 29, Bismarck Bud Light
Lime-Hollevoet 28
Belcourt Utter Stop-Razors EdgeWagon Wheel 15, Bismarck Cloverdale 0
MEN
CLASS C
Semifinal
Mandan Heartland Investors 20,
Casper (Wyo.) Totem 5
Consolation
Bismarck Corral Bar-Grind Athletics 19, Minot Sports on Tap 14; Rapid
City (S.D.) 26, Aberdeen (S.D.) Dahme
Construction 21
Fargo 3X Gear-Box-Ballyard 20,
Bismarck Corral Bar-Grind Athletics 8;
Irvine (Calif.) GS Sports-Demarini 18,
Rapid City (S.D.) Rushmore Crossfit 15
Irvine GS Sports-Demarini 12
Casper Totem 3
Championship
Mandan Heartland Investors 45,
Fargo 3X Gear-Box-Ballyard 26
CLASS D
Third round
Bismarck TB Financial-Rowdy Brands.net 20, Bismarck Tainted
Ind.-Hometown Mudslingers-Northwest Contracting-Bruno’s 15; Bismarck
Inge’s Pub-Coors Light 26, Minot Berry
Acres 6
Quarterfinals
Bismarck TB Financial-Rowdy Brands.net 28, Bismarck Custer
Flats Trucking 17; Williston American
Casing 21, Brainerd (Minn.) Bismarck
Radiology-Shante 8; Billings (Mont.)
Jake’s-Frontier Stockyards 31, Bismarck Inge’s Pub-Coors Light 29;
Grand Forks Ground Round 15, Minot
Bases & Banks 13
Semifinals
Bismarck TB Financial-Rowdy Brands.net 14, Williston American Casing 10; Grand Forks Ground
Round 10, Billings Jake’s-Frontier
Stockyards 9
Consolation
Valley City Quality AlignmentNuBar 23, Jamestown IDK Soldiers 11;
Bismarck Third Generation Boring &
Trenching 19, Brooks (Minn.) ParadiseKindred Spirits 18
Minot Burgess Detailing 19, Valley
City Quality Alignment-NuBar 14;
Minot Homesteaders 17, Fargo Johnson
Hardwoods 6; Bismarck Third Generation Boring & Trenching 19, Brooks
(Minn.) Paradise-Kindred Spirits 18;
Dickinson Players Sports 16, Bismarck
Jones Physical Therapy 14
Minot Burgess Detailing 17, Minot Homesteaders 6; Bismarck Third
Generation Boring & Trenching 26,
Dickinson Players Sports 25
Championship
Bismarck TB Financial-Rowdy Brands.net 19, Grand Forks Ground
Round 18
Third place
Williston American Casing 16, Billings Jake’s-Frontier Stockyards 4
Minot Burgess Detailing 19, Bismarck Third Generation Boring &
Trenching 9
REC I
Second round
Watertown (S.D.) 25, Minot Rosscos
21; Bismarck Anderson Motors 19,
Minot Taco Johns-Sports on Tap 4
Quarterfinals
Watertown 18, Jamestown IDK
Wolfpack 15; Saskatoon (Sask.) 20,
Mandan Hideaway-Weigel-Dickinson
Law-L&J 10; Bismarck Mann Energy 19, Bismarck Anderson Motors
9; Minot Ackerman Surveying 28,
Munich 19
Semifinals
Saskatoon 17, Watertown 14; Bismarck Mann Energy 27, Minot Ackerman Surveying 17
Consolation
Fargo Bowler-Golf Addictions 24,
Bismarck Rubicon Mortgage Advisors
5; Mandan GH Farms 17, Minot AGTBig Sky 2
Bismarck Bistro-RF Jewelry-BDS
Concrete 15, Fargo Bowler-Golf Addictions 9; Minot Wolding TruckingThompson Larson 18, Bismarck Dakota
Pharmacy 13; Mandan GH Farms 12,,
West Fargo Edward Jones 10; Mandan
Mobile Ads-Rio Lawn and Landscapes
10, Fargo Urgent Med-Designer Tops 9
Bismarck Bistro-RF-Jewelry-BDS
Concrete 16, Minot Wolding TruckingThompson Larson 6; Mandan GH
Farms 9, Mandan Mobile Ads-Rio
Lawn and Landscapes 8
Championship
Saskatoon Crush 23, Bismarck
Mann Energy 10
Third place
Watertown 21, Minot Ackerman
Surveying 11
Mandan GH Farms 11, Bismarck
Bistro-RF Jewelry-BDC Concrete 1
REC II
Third round
Williston Northern Energy Services
12, ManLdan Green Light SystemsCoors Light 11; Centennial (Colo.)
McCarthy’s Bar 15, Grand Forks Merchants 5; Wahpeton Driftwood Lounge
21, Bismarck Warning Track Power 5;
Minot Lucky Strike 18, Wimbledon
ArgoLine 7
Quarterfinals
20, Valley City John Deere-Bridge City
Dentistry 17; Centennial McCarthy’s
Bar 7, Rapid City (S.D.) Extreme 6;
Lisbon Lasers 18, Wahpeton Drfit-
woodLounge 11; Bismarck Scherr
Exteriors-Peace Garden Home 9, Minot
Lucky Strike 8
Semifinals
Centennial McCarthy’s Bar 17,
10; Bismarck Scherr Exteriors-Peace
Garden Homes, 13, Lisbon Lasers 10
Consolation
Bismarck Pub 21-Shane 20, Bismarck Miller Lite-Blarney Stone 9;
Bismarck Sidelines-Prairie Public
15, Mobridge (S.D.) Slow Your Roll
4; Bismarck Wagner Financial 16,
Dickey-LaMoure James Valley Grain
12; Rugby Lee’s Bar 23, Minot North
Hill Bowl 13
West Fargo VFW-Titan Machinery
26, Bismarck Pub 21-Shane 7; Grand
Forks Eagles Crest-Loft 14, Bismarck
Sidelines-Prairie Public 4; Mandan
Jiffy Lube-BisMan Auto Worx 16,
Bismarck Wagner Financial 6; Rugby
Lee’s Bar 17, Powers Lake Wade
Works 13
Grand Forks Eagles Crest-Loft 17,
West Fargo VFW-Titan Machinery 5;
Mandan Jiffy Lube-BisMan Auto Worx
20, Rugby Lee’s Bar 14
Championship
Centennial McCarthy’s Bar 16, Bismarck Scherr Exteriors-Peace Garden
Homes 14
Third place
Lisbon Lasers 10, Williston Northern Energy Services 6
Grand Forks Eagles Crest-Loft
26, Mandan Jiffy Lube-BisMan Auto
Worx 6
REC III
Budweiser Bracket
Third round
Bismarck Burnett Consulting 18,
Mandan Home Town Moving-Jerry
Dockter Construction 10; Minot Reiter
Oil-Dean’s Excavating 29, Bismarck
Moose-C. King Oil 13; Bismarck
AmVets-Enockson20, Fargo Lifetime
RV-Brickhouse 19; Bismarck Rug Rat
14, Fargo Basic Pitches 2; Aberdeen
(S.D.) Circus-SoDak 16, Bismarck
Wilhelm Realty 15; Williston American
Oil Tools 19, Bismarck Liberty Tax of
Mandan 16; Minot Terhorst 12, Mandan
Trotter Construction-Farmers Union
Insurance-Ryan Schnell 10; Bismarck
Schlotzky’s 29, Mandan Wagner Construction 7
Quarterfinals
Bismarck Burnett Consulting 20,
Minot Reiter Oil-Dean’s Excavating
12; Bismarck Rug Rat 14, Bismarck
AmVets-Enockson 4; Williston American Oil Tools 13, Aberdeen CircusSoDak 2; Bismarck Schlotzky’s 20,
Minot Terhorst 5
Semifinals
Bismarck Rug Rat 14, Bismarck
Burnett Consulting 6; Bismarck
Schlotzky’s 18, Williston American
Oil Tools 17
Consolation
Mandan Eagles-Average Guys 15,
Bismarck Ahh Moose 10; Fort Totten
War Party 21, Minot Circle Sanitation
11; Minot Holm Construction 11, Minot
Dakota Supply Group-Kipps Heating
and Air 7; Gwinner Greenwaves 7,
Stanley Larson Tire-Stickman 0; Devils
Lake TGS-Class Shop 18, Bismarck
Long Shots Bar 6; Gilbert (Ariz.)
Loveable Losers 19, Bismarck KLJAnderson 9; Bismarck America’s Home
Loans-Four Grand Ent. 16, Bismarck
Grace Point 6; Minot Buffalo Wild
Wings-Pinnacle Financial 10, Willison
J Dubs-Bud Light After Party 9
Fort Totten War Party 38, Mandan
Eagles-Average Guys 36; Minot Holm
Construction 17, Gwinner Greenwaves
7; Gilbert Loveable Losers 20, Devils
Lake TGC-Class Shop 5; Minot Buffalo Wild Wings-Pinnacle Financial 14,
Bismarck America’s Home Loans-Four
Grand Ent. 11
Minot Holm Construction 14, Fort
Totten War Party 4; Gilbert Loveable
Losers 22, Minot Buffalo Wild WingsPinnacle Financial 8
Championship
Bismarck Rug Rat 15, Bismarck
Schlotzky’s 9
Third place
Williston American Oil Tools 19,
Bismarck Burnett Consulting 12
Minot Holm Construction 19, Gilbert Loveable Losers 2
Bud Light Bracket
Quarterfinals
Minot Central Power 18, Bismarck
AmVets-Smith 9; Dickinson Spur Bar
10, Bismarck Sports Page 5; Grand
Forks Speedway-Busch Pounders 16,
Rapid City (S.D.) Throwbacks 8; Billings (Mont.) Street Chiefs 13, Bismarck
Old Milwaukee-Bud Light-Tap-Inn 0
Semifinals
Dickinson Spur Bar 7, Minot Central
Power 4; Grand Forks Speedway-Busch
Pounders 11, Billings Street Chiefs 6
Consolation
Center Anderson Cabinets 15, Bismarck Corral Bar 0; Bismarck Simply
Wood Furniture 24, Bismarck Ground
Round 2
Center Anderson Cabinets 21, Bismarck Pure Country-Cornerstone
Bank-Fanatics 14; Lincoln (Bismarck)
Sizzlin’ S Construction 9, Bismarck
Simply Wood Furniture 8; Bismarck
Shock Top 12, Bismarck Pinnacle
Homes 8; Bismarck Paragon Products
11, Bismarck Kemmis Land Services 1
Lincoln (Bismarck) Sizzlin’ S Construction 20, Center Anderson Cabinets
9; Bismarck Paragon Products 15,
Bismarck Shock Top 13
Championship
Grand Forks Speedway-Busch
Pounders 8, Dickinson Spur Bar 5
Third place
Minot Central Power 10, Billings
Street Chiefs 4
Lincoln (Bismarck) Sizzlin’ S Construction 19, Bismarck Paragon Products 16
MASTERS 35-PLUS
Michelob Ultra Bracket
Consolation
Mandan Coors Light 25, Bismarck
Oswald Brothers Auto Repair 3
Championship
Mandan Coors Light 18, Washington, D.C. All Air Force Alumni 13
Mandan Coors Light 20, Washington, D.C. All Air Force Alumni 9
Amber Bock Bracket
Semifinals
Bismarck Lucky’s Bar-BNC 17,
Mandan Bowers Excavating 11; Minot
Wild Bills-Bootlegrz-Bud Light 9,
Mandan Action Motor Sports 5
Consolation
Mandan Shirt Shack-Bill Barth 17,
Bismarck Bruno’s Pizza-Corral Bar
10; Bismarck Integrity Landscapes 10,
Bismarck Vance Vetter Homes 8
Championship
Minot Wild Bills-Bootlegrz-Bud
Light 19, Bismarck Lucky’s Bar-BNC
11
Third place
Mandan Bowers Excavating 20,
Mandan Action Motor Sports 16
Bismarck Integrity Landscapes 19,
Mandan Shirt Shack-Bill Barth 8
MASTERS 50-PLUS
Semifinals
Mandan Dust-Tex 16, Fort Rice 2;
Fargo Bellerud Transport 10, Bismarck
Mariner Construction 1
Consolation
Mandan Moose 5, Bismarck Kyle
Herman Agency-Farmers Insurance 4;
Mandan Magic Touch Carpet One 20,
Billings (Mont.) Tap Inn 11
Championship
Mandan Dust-Tex 17, Fargo Bellerud Transport 15
Third place
Bismarck Mariner Construction 16,
Fort Rice 2
Mandan Moose 5, Mandan Magic
Touch Carpet One 4
12 –
2016 Umpire Meeting – State Meeting
Submitted by Michael Wolf, State
Umpire-in-Chief
All of the District Umpire-inChiefs from around the state along
with State UIC Michael Wolf met in
Jamestown in March for their annual meeting. Also in attendance were
RC Courtright, NDASA Director
of Operations and Greg Kaeding,
NDASA Secretary/Treasurer. At the
state meeting in Jamestown in April,
the umpires and others in attendance
welcomed Tommy Borucki, UIC
from South Carolina who traveled
to ND to assist in conducting a field
clinic in Bismarck and then attended
the state meeting as a guest.
Mandan will be hosting the
Men’s 35 & Over Masters National
Tournament in 2016 and we are
hoping for a good turnout of teams!
We will start by assigning 18 umpires from around the state, region,
and country and we could assign as
many as 21-24 to the tournament.
Elliott Gerhardt & Larry Erickson
will serve as the umpire coordinators for this tournament and Michael
Wolf from Bismarck will serve as
the UIC. An Assistant UIC will be
assigned if teams in the tournament
exceed 40 teams.
We have worked out several
umpire exchanges with other states
around the country that will afford
the opportunity to send our umpires
out of the state in return for umpires
from another state to work in our
nationals. The umpire exchange
program we’ve developed is paying
dividends to our umpire program.
Umpires already assigned to national tournaments include:
Ben Birkemeyer from Bismarck
has been assigned to the ASA
Championship Series Tournament
in Oklahoma City, OK. Naomi
Erdahl from Bismarck has been
assigned to the Girls JO Cup Fastpitch Tournament in Atlanta, GA.
Tom Hamkens from Bismarck
has been assigned to the Men’s B
National Tournament in Oklahoma,
OK. Gerald “Shorty” Payne from
Emerado has been assigned to
work the Women’s Armed Forces
Tournament in San Antonio, TX.
Wade Blumhagen, Bismarck,
Paul Beech, Wahpeton, Marchel
Krieger, Jamestown, Mark Sandog,
Bismarck, Chris Coleman, Fargo,
Koby Pennick, Fargo, and Mike Nider, Bismarck have been assigned
to the Men’s 35 & Over National in
Mandan so far. Additional umpires
from Idaho, Minnesota, Montana,
Nebraska, Missouri, and South
Dakota will be assigned to this
tournament as well.
We will also be sending umpires
to Sioux Falls, SD for the 14U
ASA/USA Fastpitch Tournament.
Tentative umpires assigned so far
are Chad Mears from West Fargo,
Terry O’Clair, Bismarck, and Tom
Lawson, Donnybrook. Additional
umpires from ND will be assigned
to this tournament.
We are also working on securing spots for ND umpires in the
Men’s D in St. Joseph’s, MO. The
Men’s D in Red Wing, MN, Girls
JO Fastpitch in Rochester, MN, the
Women’s C/D in Sioux Falls, SD,
and the Men’s E National in Sioux
Falls, SD.
ASA has banned 18 Easton bats
and the umpires will be very diligent and making sure we get these
bats out of play. A list of those bats
appeared in the Softball News and
they are also listed on the NDASA
website. If you have one of the bats,
DO NOT BRING IT TO YOUR
GAMES! If you want to bring it to
have the umpire check it, you can
and if it is illegal, they will put a
big yellow sticker on the bat. The illegal Easton bats all have 2000 and
2004 ASA Certification Stamps on
them. Any Easton bats with a 2013
ASA Certification Stamp are all still
legal. The penalties will be served
if you are caught using one of the
illegal Easton bats (or any other illegal bat for that matter). Penalties
include ejection from the game, and
if in a tournament, ejection from the
remainder of the tournament and
NDASA will consider imposing a
1-5 year subscription of play.
We will continue to put orange
stickers on legal bats once again
this year. It has been a very successful program. DUIC’s will
coordinate with representatives
from their areas of the state to accomplish this task. We have big
yellow stickers to give to all the
umpires and as umpires run across
illegal bats, dented bats, or cracked
bats, umpires will put the yellow
sticker over the orange sticker So
if you see a big yellow sticker on a
bat, it is illegal.
Umpire registration fees for
the 2016 season have increased to
$45.00. In addition to classroom
rules clinics, our DUIC’s have been
conducting field clinics as part of
the umpire training process. Field
clinics have become a very valuable
tool in the umpire training process
and are currently being held in
several cities throughout the state.
These clinics have provided to be
very successful in the past and are a
great learning tool for umpires. The
clinics also a great tool for players
and managers to see the demonstration on the ten foot pitching arc.
We reminded umpires about the
changes in the jewelry rule that was
recently adopted. We’ve gone from
a zero jewelry policy to adopting
the national ASA rule which says
that jewelry will be removed if
deemed dangerous by the umpire.
So, the small religious medal chains
would now be legal. However,
earrings with posts, nose rings, lip
rings and rubber wrist bands should
still be removed or taped down.
Break away choker necklaces
would be OK. But remember, even
though the jewelry rule has been
relaxed somewhat, if an umpire
deems something dangerous, players have to tape it or take it off.
If you need to contact a deputy
umpire in chief in your area of the
state, or to contact the state UIC,
be sure and check out the NDASA
website at www.ndasa.org and click
on the umpire tab to find contact
information for all DUIC’s and
state UIC.
The umpire discussed implementation of a program to recongnize
an “Umpire of the Week” from
around the state. We are hoping to
recognize the umpire of the week
on the NDASA website and also
promote it through local league
websites as well as the national
ASA website. Anyone is able to
nominate an umpire of the week.
Simply contact the DUIC from your
region or contact Michael Wolf,
the State UIC and that umpire will
be put into consideration for the
recognition. So often, it is east to
complain about an umpire, so we
also want to hear from players and
managers about the good job that
umpires do as well.
We will continue to do background checks on all umpires in
the state. The fee’s to conduct the
background checks are paid for by
the umpires in their state registration fees. The background check
2016 ASA National Tournaments
ASA / USA GIRLS’ CLASS A FAST PITCH
10-Under
Stockton, CA
12-Under
Salem, VA
14-Under
Sioux Falls, SD
16-Under
College Station, TX
18-Under
Bloomington, IN
7/31/2016 - 8/7/2016
7/31/2016 - 8/7/2016
7/30/2016 - 8/7/2016
8/1/2016 - 8/7/2016
8/1/2016 - 8/7/2016
ASA / USA GIRLS’ GOLD FAST PITCH
16-Under
Broken Arrow, OK
18-Under
Oklahoma City, OK
7/17/2016 - 7/24/2016
7/17/2016 - 7/23/2016
ASA FAST PITCH GIRLS’ A
10-Under East
10-Under North
10-Under South
10-Under West
12-Under East
12-Under North
12-Under South
12-Under West
14-Under East
14-Under North
14-Under South
14-Under West
16-Under East
16-Under North
16-Under South
16-Under West
18-Under East
18-Under North
18-Under South
18-Under West
Sterling, VA
Pekin, IL
Tupelo, MS
Kent, WA
Sterling, VA
Rochester, MN
Tallahassee, FL
Kent, WA
Prince George, VA
Mt. Pleasant, MI
Dallas, TX
Roseville, CA
Wilmington, DE
Nevada/Ames, IA
Columbus, GA
Clovis, CA
York, PA
Rochester, MN
Johnson City, TN
Clovis, CA
8/3/2016 - 8/7/2016
7/27/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/25/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/25/2016 - 7/31/2016
8/3/2016 - 8/7/2016
8/4/2016 - 8/7/2016
8/4/2016 - 8/7/2016
7/25/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/31/2016 - 8/4/2016
7/27/2016 - 7/31/2016
8/2/2016 - 8/7/2016
7/25/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/26/2016 - 7/30/2016
8/2/2016 - 8/7/2016
7/25/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/26/2016 - 7/31/2016
8/3/2016 - 8/7/2016
8/4/2016 - 8/7/2016
8/4/2016 - 8/7/2016
7/26/2016 - 7/31/2016
ASA FAST PITCH GIRLS’ B
10-Under East
Marion, OH
10-Under North
Rochester, MN
10-Under South
Tupelo, MS
10-Under West
Medford, OR
12-Under East
Marion, OH
12-Under North
Pekin, IL
12-Under South
Lawton, OK
12-Under West
Kingman, AZ
14-Under East
York, PA
14-Under North
Overland Park, KS
14-Under South
Columbus, GA
14-Under West
La Habra, CA
16-Under East
Findlay, OH
16-Under North
Watertown, WI
16-Under West
Salinas, CA
18-Under East
Findlay, OH
18-Under North
Bowling Green, KY
18-Under South
Longview, TX
18-Under West
Salinas, CA
7/23/2016 - 7/26/2016
8/4/2016 - 8/7/2016
7/25/2016 - 7/31/2016
8/1/2016 - 8/8/2016
7/23/2016 - 7/26/2016
7/27/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/26/2016-7/31/2016
7/27/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/27/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/27/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/25/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/26/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/30/2016 - 8/2/2016
7/27/2016 - 7/31/2016
8/3/2016 - 8/7/2016
7/30/2016 - 8/2/2016
7/28/2016 - 7/31/2016
8/5/2016 - 8/7/2016
8/3/2016 - 8/7/2016
ASA FAST PITCH MEN’S
Major
Open East
Open West
Senior 50-Over
Senior 60-Over
(10)
Kimberly, WI
Elkhart, IN
Salem, OR
Prescott, AZ
Houston, TX
Port Huron, MI
8/4/2016 - 8/7/2016
8/26/2016 - 8/28/2016
7/15/2016 - 7/17/2016
7/22/2016 - 7/24/2016
9/29/2016 - 10/2/2016
9/2/2016 - 9/4/2016
ASA SLOW PITCH BOYS’
10-Under
12-Under
14-Under
16-Under
18-Under
Canton, OH
Canton, OH
Canton, OH
Canton, OH
Canton, OH
8/11/2016 - 8/13/2016
8/11/2016 - 8/13/2016
8/11/2016 - 8/13/2016
8/11/2016 - 8/13/2016
8/11/2016 - 8/13/2016
ASA SLOW PITCH COED
C
D
Open
St. Joseph, MO
St. Joseph, MO
Bowling Green, KY
8/26/2016 - 8/28/2016
8/26/2016 - 8/28/2016
9/16/2016 - 9/18/2016
ASA SLOW PITCH GIRLS’
10-Under
12-Under
14-Under
16-Under
18-Under
Evansville, IN
Evansville, IN
Evansville, IN
Evansville, IN
Evansville, IN
7/28/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/28/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/28/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/28/2016 - 7/31/2016
7/28/2016 - 7/31/2016
ASA SLOW PITCH MEN’S
Church
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class D
Class D East
Class D South
Class D Sout
Class D West
E/Rec. East
E/Rec. North
E/Rec. South
E/Rec. South
E/Rec. West
Industrial
Masters 35-Over
North Class D
NorthClass D
Senior East
Senior West
Super
Rolla, MO
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Salem, VA
Oklahoma City, OK
Fort Myers, FL
Parris, CA
Salem, VA
Sioux Falls, SD
Ridgeland, MS
Oklahoma City, OK
Salem, OR
Ridgeland, MS
Mandan, ND
St. Joseph, MO
Welch, MN
Burlington, NC
Happy Valley, OR
Oklahoma City, OK
8/13/2016 - 8/14/2016
9/30/2016 - 10/2/2016
8/26/2016 - 8/28/2016
9/2/2016 - 9/4/2016
9/30/2016 - 10/2/2016
9/2/2016 - 9/5/2016
9/9/2016 - 9/11/2016
8/26/2016 - 8/28/2016
8/26/2016 - 8/28/2016
9/2/2016 - 9/5/2016
9/2/2016 - 9/5/2016
8/26/2016 - 8/28/2016
9/9/2016 - 9/11/2016
9/2/2016 - 9/5/2016
8/26/2016 - 8/28/2016
8/26/2016 - 8/28/2016
9/2/2016 - 9/5/2016
9/1/2016 - 9/5/2016
9/1/2016 - 9/4/2016
9/2/2016 - 9/7/2016
9/29/2016 - 9/30/2016
ASA SLOW PITCH WOMEN’S
Class C
Sioux Falls, SD
Class D
Sioux Falls, SD
Open
Oklahoma City, OK
9/2/2016 - 9/5/2016
9/2/2016 - 9/5/2016
9/30/2016 - 10/2/2016
program has been successful and
it lends a lot of credibility to our
umpire program.
Through their registration fees,
umpires are automatically covered
under the insurance program offered by ASA. The benefits for
umpires are many in the event an
unfortunate situation occurs. However, PLAYERS ARE NOT COVERED FOR INJURIES UNDER
ASA INSURANCE UNLESS YOU
SECURE THAT COVERAGE
SEPERATELY THRUGH ASA.
Last year a player was seriously
injured and found out their team
didn’t secure the necessary coverage. Be sure and check with your
league rep or the state office on
how to secure insurance coverage
for your team.
Umpires are instructed at clinics
no to work any non-sanctioned ASA
events. It is equally important for all
leagues in ND to only use ASA
registered umpires to work their
league games and tournaments.
ASA provides liability insureance
for leagues in the event a situation
occurs where a lawsuit is brought
against the league for a variety
of unfortunate circumstances that
could occur. However, if you are
not using ASA registered umpires
and an incident occurs in which a
lawsuit is brought, your league will
not be protected by the ASA insurance plan. Can your league afford
that? the answer is no! It is not
worth taking the chance by not using sanctioned ASA umpires in yur
league games and tournaments. If
you have any questions concerning
this, would like more information,
or to get umpires registered, please
contact the state UIC, Mike Wolf at
701-400-2100, via email at:
[email protected]
HR Rules
WSP HR RULE
Open - Unlimited
C - 4 HR - Excess out
D - 2 HR - Excess out
MSP HR RULE
A - 10 HR - Excess out
B - 6 HR - Excess out
C - 4 HR - Excess out
D - 2 HR- Excess out
Rec- 1 - 2 HR Excess out
Rec - 2 -2 HR Excess out
Rec - 3 - 1 HR Excess out
Rec - 4 - 0 HR Excess out
SENIOR 50 - 60
HR’s 3 - Excess out
CO - ED
C - Div 1 - 4 HR - Excess out
D - Div 2,3,4 - 2 HR - Excess out
MASTERS
35 - D1 - 4 HR Excess out
35 - DII - 2 HR Excess out
35 - DIII - 1 HR Excess out
40 - D1 - 4 HR - Excess out
40 - DII - 2 HR - Excess out
2017 National Championship sites announced
The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA
Softball announced today its sites
for the 2017 Championship season
at the ASA/USA Softball National
Council Meeting in Louisville, Ky.
Below is a list of championships
awarded throughout the week at the
Galt House Hotel. If a championship is not listed, a site is yet to be
determined. Dates will be listed on
USASoftball.com once determined
by host cities.
2017 ASA/USA Junior Olympic
National Championships
ASA/USA Girls’ 10-Under Class
A Fast Pitch – Findlay, Ohio
A Fast Pitch – Dallas, Texas
A Fast Pitch – Chattanooga, Tennessee
A Fast Pitch – Normal, Illinois
A Fast Pitch – Salem, Oregon
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Girls’ 10-Under Class A – Eau
Claire, Wisconsin
Girls’ 12-Under Class A –
Bloomington, Indiana
Girls’ 14-Under Class A – St.
Louis, Missouri
Girls’ 16-Under Class A – Rochester, Minnesota
Girls’ 18-Under Class A – Bowling Green, Kentucky
Girls’ 10-Under Class B –
Bloomington, Indiana
Girls’ 12-Under Class B – Eau
Claire, Wisconsin
Girls’ 14-Under Class B – North
Mankato, Minnesota
Girls’ 16-Under Class B – Blue
Springs, Missouri
Girls’ 18-Under Class B - Watertown, Wisconsin
SOUTHERN TERRITORY
Girls’ 10-Under Class A – Columbus, Georgia
Girls’ 12-Under Class A – Lawton, Oklahoma
Girls’ 14-Under Class A – Sanford, Florida
Girls’ 16-Under Class A – College Station, Texas
Girls’ 18-Under Class A – College Station, Texas
2016 NDASA Slow Pitch
teams to be moved up
MEN’S CLASS D TO CLASS C
Fargo Men’s Hair House/ The
Box/ MMB
Fargo 3X Gear/ Box/ Fat Tire
Bismarck Men’s Hair House
Fargo Sickies Garage
Inge’s Pub/ Coors Light (7th in
D National)
MEN’S REC 1 TO CLASS D
Mandan Chiropractic
Bismarck Nutrishop
Bismarck TC Wolves
Jamestown Knights of Columbus
Mandan Boyko Inc.
Bismarck Jones PT
Minot Burgess Detailing (3rd in
E/ Rec National)
Grand Forks First Class Mortgage/ Joe Blacks/ ACCU (challenged to D & went 2-2)
Fargo Wild Rice Bar/ Shock Top
(challenged to D & went 3-2)
Fargo Johnson Hardwood Flooring (challenge to D & went 2-2)
MEN’S REC 2 TO REC 1
Fargo DMVW #2
Grand Forks Weiand Chiropractic
Fargo the Bowler/ Golf Addition
Fargo Prospective Plumbing/
Bro-Dude
Fargo MTW Towing
Williston BoomTown/ Shirt Work
Minot Rossco’s/ BWW
Minot Taco John’s/ Sports on
Tap (challenged to Rec 1 &
went 2-2)
Center Merchants (went 3-2 in
the E/Rec National)
Minot Wings N Rings/ Schuler
Repair (went 4-2 in the E/Rec
National)
West Fargo H & S Painting
Grand Forks AA Roughnecks/
Kelly’s Bar
West Fargo Uncle Maddio’s
Pizza
Grafton JR’s Bar
Fargo Nodak Mutual Insurance/
The Distr
Fargo Riding the Pine
LaMoure Choice Financial
Williston Border States Electric
Mandan Any Leaks
Bismarck Miller Lite/ Blarney
Stone
Bismarck Sidelines/ Prairie
Public Bingo
Dickinson Dough Boys
Minot Lucky Strike/ Grand Hotel
Williston Outlaws
Fargo Edward Jones/ Paul
Zenker (challenged to Rec 2 &
went 3-2)
Absaraka (challenged to Rec 2
and went 2-1)
Grand Forks Speedway Busch
Pounders
Wahpeton Smith Motors/ Miller
Lite
Fargo Scrapper Pride
Grand Forks Taco Johns’s
Fargo Lobby #1
Sheldon
Rolette
Great Northern Grand Treasure
Casino
Fargo Slammers (challenged to
Rec 3 & went 2-2)
Grand Forks R&R Contracting
(challenged to Rec 3 & went
2-2)
WOMEN’S CLASS D TO CLASS C
Grand Forks All Pets/Simplot
Growers
Grand ForksDreams/ Ground
Round/ JUC
WOMEN’S REC 1 TO CLASS D
West Fargo Pete’s/ M&J/ Dan’s
Minot Knowles Jewelry
WOMEN’S REC 2 TO REC 1
West Fargo M&J Saloon/ Imperial Flooring
Mayville Heros and Legends
McLean McHenry Murtual Insurance
WOMEN’S REC 3 TO REC 2
Grand Forks Loft Girls/ Deek’s
Pizza
West Fargo M & J Saloon
Beulah Lady Comets
Drake United Community Bank
Mandan Goldade Landscaping
Girls’ 10-Under Class B – Columbus, Georgia
Girls’ 12-Under Class B – Johnson City, Tennessee
Girls’ 14-Under Class B – Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Girls’ 16-Under Class B – College Station, Texas
Girls’ 18-Under Class B - Houston, Texas
EASTERN TERRITORY
Girls’ 10-Under Class A – Salem,
Virginia
Girls’ 12-Under Class A – Salem,
Virginia
Girls’ 14-Under Class A – Stratford, Connecticut
Girls’ 16-Under Class A – York,
Pennsylvania
Girls’ 18-Under Class A – Canton, Ohio
Girls’ 10-Under Class B – Sterling, Virginia
Girls’ 16-Under Class B – Salem,
Virginia
Girls’ 18-Under Class B - Salem,
Virginia
WESTERN TERRITORY
Kaysville, Utah
Kaysville, Utah
Girls’ 14-Under Class A – La
Habra, California
Girls’ 16-Under Class A – Clovis,
California
Girls’ 18-Under Class A – Boise,
Idaho
Girls’ 12-Under Class B – Portland, Oregon
Girls’ 14-Under Class B – Roseville, California
Girls’ 16-Under Class B – Medford, Oregon
Girls’ 18-Under Class B - Medford, Oregon
2016 ADULT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men’s Open West Fast Pitch –
Salem, Oregon
Men's Super Slow Pitch - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Men's Class A Slow Pitch - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Men's Class B Slow Pitch - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Men's Class C Slow Pitch - Okla-
homa City, Oklahoma
Men's Class D Slow Pitch - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Women's Open Slow Pitch Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Women's Class C Slow Pitch Salem, Virginia
Women's Class D Slow Pitch Salem, Virginia
Coed Class C Slow Pitch - South
Bend, Indiana
Coed Class D Slow Pitch - South
Bend, Indiana
Senior 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75 East
- Burlington, North Carolina
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Men’s Class D Northern Slow
Pitch – Liberty, Missouri
Men’s Class E/Rec Northern
Slow Pitch – Mandan, North Dakota
SOUTHERN TERRITORY
Men’s Class D Southern Slow
Pitch – Lawton, Oklahoma
Men’s Class E/Rec Southern
Slow Pitch – Fort Myers, Florida
WESTERN TERRITORY
Men’s Class E/Rec Western Slow
Pitch – Yuma, Arizona
NDASA Annual Meeting April 2016
General Meeting
State Commissioner Dick Gulmon called the meeting to order at
9:06 a.m.
Review of 2015 by Commissioner Gulmon and President Lukes.
R.C. Courtright appointed NDASA Director of Operations.
Mike Peterson re-appointed to
Executive Board.
Amy Anderson appointed WSP
Commissioner for 2017.
Chris Hutton new COED Commissioner.
Mandan Awarded ASA/USA
Master 35 National 2016.
Mandan Awarded E/Rec Norther
National 2017.
Fargo Slowpitch recieved James
Farrell Award for MSP D Northern
National Championship.
Fargo hosted the largest slow
pitch national tournament in the
US in 2015.
National Tournaments Northern Region 2016:
GFP 10U - B - Rochester, MN
- 8/4 - 8/7
GFP 18U - A - Rochester, MN
- 8/4 - 8/7
GFP 12U - A - Rochester, MN
-8/4 - 8/7
GFP 14U - A - Sioux Falls, SD
- 8/4 - 8/7
MSP Class D - Red Wing, MN
- 9/1 - 9/4
MSP E/Rec - Sioux Falls, SD 9/2 - 9/5
WSP C+D - Sioux Falls, SD 9/2 - 9/5
MSP Master 35 - Mandan, ND 8/26 - 8/28.2016
All Adult and J.O. Teams must
play in a NDASA State Tournament
to advance to an ASA Tournament.
2016 ASA Council Meeting Shreveport. LA - 11/12/17
Classification Meeting - July 18
Advisory Winter Meeting - January 13 & 14, 2017
Roster deadline - 6/13/16, after
deadline $25 late fee.
Roster final change deadline
6/21/16.
League registration deadline
6/3/16. After deadline call Secretary/Treasurer Greg Kaeding.
Roster minimum 12 players,
maximum 20 players.
Bat testing mandatory. State
tournament class open, C, D and
Rec 1. Random all other state tournaments.
Reports:
Playing Rules - Mike Wolf
Tournament Coordinator - Mike
Peterson
Website - R.C. Courtright
NDASA Tournament Series Scott Brahos
Guide Book - Greg Kaeding
Bat Stickers - Greg Kaeding
Code Changes - Dick Gulmon
J O Program - Brian Neuhardt
National Meeting 2015 - Dick
Gulmon
Wounded Warriors and McQuade - Jack Jones
Umpire Report - Mike Wolf
MSP Report - Roger Weigel
WSP Report - Amy Anderson
NDASA would like to thank
the following for providing door
prizes. Dakota Bank, Williston
Park & Rec, Minot Rec, Fargo USA
Softball, CSI Computer, and Sue
Lachenmeier.
Scott Brahos elected Vice President for a 3 year term.
Dick Gulman adjourned the
meeting at 1:20 p.m.
NDASA Executive Committee Meeting 2016
Respectfully submitted
Greg Kaeding, Secretary/Treasurer
Meeting called to order at 1:45
p.m. by Commissioner Dick Gulmon.
MSP - Amy Anderson WSP
Commissioner 2017, Chris Hutton
COED Commissioner 2016 Motion by Jack Lukes, second by Sue
Lachenmeier. Motion passed.
MSP - Purchase prize package
for NDASA/ Demarine Tournament series cost $10,603.87. Motion by Chris Hutton, second Jack
Lukes. Motion passed.
MSP - Players that only play on
league only teams are not eligible
to be added to a tournament only
roster, or as a pick-up player in any
invitational or state tournament.
Motion by Mike Peterson, second
by Jack Lukes. Motion passed.
MSP - Charity Home run request
2016:
• McQuade - Center - United
tribes
• Bismarck - May - Chris Wenzel
Memorial Foundation
• Grand Forks July Classic Anne Carlson Center
• Grand Forks Buffalo Wild
Wings - Children’s Miracle Network
• Michelob Lite and Sickies
Early Bird
• Motion by Mike Peterson,
second by Wayne Beyer. Motion
passed.
Financials, budget and pick-up
player form reviewed by Greg
Kaeding.
Jack Jones updated board on the
sale of softballs. Need information
to be sent to all associations.
NDASA men’s class B teams
are allowed to play in only class C
stand-alone invitation tournaments.
Clarified by board.
NDASA would like to thank all
league officers that attended the
spring meeting, it was a record
turn-out.
Fargo USA Softball informed the
board they will bid for a national
tournament in 2016.
R.C. Courtright, the new director
of operations, gave the board an
update of new state office.
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2016 ASA code changes with comments as of November 18, 2015
Change Player Release is for
a player that has participated on a
team in championship play. They
may be released from a team after participating in Championship
Play, but it shall be prior to the
State / Metro Association roster
change deadline and shall have
written approval from the Coach
and Player / Parent Guardian
( if under age 18 ). For Junior
Olympic Players, if the Manager /
Coach and Parent / Guardian are
one and the same, there needs to
be an additional Manager / Coach
signature. For Adult Players if the
Manager / Coach and the Player
are one and the same, there
needs to be an additional Manager / Coach signature. This Player
Release Form must be approved
via signature by the State / Metro
Association Commissioner or his
/ her designee. A player may only
be released one time. If a request
to be released is denied by the
coach the player may appeal to
the Executive Director.
Comments: Establishes an
appeal process for a player when
a release request is denied by the
coach and establishes a limit on
how many times a player may
be released during the current
registration season.
Article 201 A A. Local Associations. The geographical area of
the United States shall be divided
into local associations each of
which shall be represented by a
Commissioner who shall act as
the liaison between such area
and ASA/USA Softball. Local Associations are defined as follows:
Comments: Redefines local
associations as established by
the Board of Directors.
Article 301 D 01 Exception:
a. In 9-Man Modified and 10Man Modified Pitch, teams shall
be made up of players from
their respective region or the
associations bordering state(s).
A rostered player can play in
Championship Play if they come
from within their respective region
or bordering states.
Comments: Establishes what
players can make up modified
teams. Article 301 D 05 c Masters
and Seniors Age Qualifications.
Note: Senior ages 70 & over
and 75 & over may have up to
three players who are one year
below the minimum age. Comments: Establishes allowances
for younger players to play 70 &
75 and over slow pitch.
Article 303 A 01 01. Pick-up
Players General Rule. The team
adding pick-up players must
select roster members from ASA
registered teams.
Comments: Removes restrictions on where a pick-up player
can come from.
Article 305 B 02 02. Hearing. Notwithstanding the prior
sentence or other provisions
of Article 305 of this Code, for
purpose of addressing extenuating circumstances, the ASA
Executive Director and or any
ASA Commissioner shall have
the authority to issue an interim
suspension pending a hearing. In
cases of an interim suspension,
an initial hearing on the matter
must be scheduled within twentyone ( 21 ) days from the first day
of the interim suspension. An
interim suspension shall have
the same effect as a suspension.
Comments: Establishes a
time frame for when a hearing
will be scheduled for an interim
suspension.
Article Number Article 305
F 01 Change Reciprocity. 01. A
determination of suspension or
ineligibility by one local Associa-
tion shall automatically constitute
a determination of suspension or
ineligibility for the applicable time
period with respect to participation in all ASA activities, including those activities conducted
by other ASA local associations
and for any national events conducted by ASA.
Comments: Creates a reciprocity of a suspended individual
between associations.
Article 305 F 02 02. At the
discretion of the Executive Director or any Local Association
Commissioner, a determination
of suspension or ineligibility of a
team, team member, manager,
team official, administrator, volunteer or umpire made by another sports organization, an affiliated member of ASA, an allied
member of ASA or another sport’s
governing body may be afforded
reciprocity by ASA so long as that
determination of suspension or
ineligibility was made after the accused person was provided notice and an opportunity to present
facts of his/her side of the issues
to the applicable organization
or governing body. In the event
ASA elects to provide reciprocity
to any such determination, the
Executive Director or any Local
Association Commissioner shall
issue a written statement that the
ASA has become aware of the
determination and shall similarly
enforce the suspension or eligibility determination of the other
organization or governing body
as to all ASA activities. Such a
written determination shall be
mailed to the accused person. If
the determination is made by any
Local Association Commissioner,
then the written determination of
the Local Association Commissioner shall be appealable by the
accused person by written appeal
within 14 days to the Executive
Director, whose decision shall
be final. If the determination is
made by the Executive Director,
then the Executive Director’s
determination shall be final and
not appealable.
Comments: Establishes
guidelines for honoring another
organizations suspension of
an individual playing ASA/USA
Softball.
Article 306 A 01 Divisions
and Classifications of Championship Play Defined 01. Men’s
Fast Pitch. Major Open
Comments: Establishes the
Open classification for Men’s
Fast Pitch and Deletes Men’s
Class A, B and C Fast Pitch.
Article 306 A Divisions and
Classifications of Championship Play Defined Men’s Senior
Slow Pitch 50, 55, 60, 65-Over
Major Plus Major AAA AA
Major Plus division for senior
classification.
A Change Senior Slow Pitch
Note: The Senior Slow Pitch playing guidelines will be established
by the ASA Executive Director.
Comments: Establishes that
the Executive Director will establish guidelines for senior slow
pitch.
Article 306 A Masters Slow
Pitch Note: The Masters Slow
Pitch playing guidelines will be
established by the ASA Executive Director.
the Executive Director will establish guidelines for master’s
slow pitch.
Article 306 A Boys Slow
Pitch Note: The Boys Slow
Pitch playing guidelines will be
established by the ASA Execu-
tive Director.
the Executive Director will establish guidelines for boys slow
pitch.
Article 307 F 03 f f. Men’s
Major Fast Pitch Players will be
classified by a restricted fast pitch
players list. The restricted fast
pitch players list will be available
on the ASA website and this list
will be updated, modified and/or
revised on a regular and continuous basis, but will be finalized by
July 15 each year for the current
year’s National Championship
Finals. The players on this list
are ineligible to participate in
the Men’s Open Fast Pitch classification. Any appeals regarding
this list can be made through the
National Office to the Fast Pitch
Classification Board.
deadline when the Men’s Major
Fast Pitch restricted list will be
finalized.
Article 307 H H. Mandatory
Classification NOTE: Players
that have no ASA playing history
should be handled in the following manner: If a track record of a
player can be verified in another
National Association that player
shall be classified at that level.
The higher classification level
from any association will set the
base standard for ranking, within
a two ( 2 ) year time frame.
guideline for classifying slow
pitch players who are not in the
ASA/USA Softball classification
database.
Article 307 H 03 d d. Girls’
Class B Fast Pitch. Teams and
players who participate in Class
A tournaments, or higher, that
lead to a National Championship Finals, shall not be eligible
to participate in the Class B
competition. Girls’ Class B teams
must be made up of players who
participate in the same league.
Comments: Eliminates the restriction that Girls’ Class B teams
have to be made up of girls from
the same league.
C 01 j Change j. Women’s Class
C and D Slow Pitch. These National Championship Finals can
be scheduled on the weekend
prior to Labor Day or on Labor
Day weekend. If scheduled on
the weekend prior to Labor Day
the tournament shall commence
no earlier than Thursday at 6:00
p.m. and conclude no later than
Sunday. If scheduled on Labor
Day the tournament shall commence no earlier than Thursday
at 6:00 p.m. and concluding no
later than Monday.
Comments: Establishes an
additional date that the Women’s
Class C and D Slow Pitch National Championships can be held.
Article 310 F 01 01. Fill-in
procedure may be implemented
only after the entry deadline date
and/or with the consent of the
National Office.
procedure for implementation of
the fill-in procedure for National
Championships.
Article 310 F 02 02 EXCEPTIONS: a. Junior Olympic Girls’
Class A Fast Pitch Only. No fill-in
procedure if the tournament has
128 qualified teams. At no time
will the fill-in procedure be used
to exceed 128 teams.
guideline for how many teams
can be entered
Article 311 A A. Types of
Championship Brackets Exception: The Executive Director can approve an alternative
bracket used in Championship
Play upon request.
Comments: Allows the Executive Director to approve alternative brackets for championship
play.
Article 311 A 01 01 Pool Play
Bracket Note: Junior Olympic
Girls’ Fast Pitch 16-Under Gold
and 18-Under Gold, this championship will use pool play prior to
a double elimination bracket and
play 3 pool play games. The pool
play bracket is to be used prior
to the seeded double elimination
bracket for the purpose of drawing into the seeded bracket.
pool play will count in seeding
the double elimination bracket for
the Gold National Championship.
Article 311 A 04 04. 3 Game
Guarantee Bracket l. Coed
Class C m. Coed Class D
the Coed Class C and D National
Championships will offer a three
( 3 ) game guarantee bracket.
Article 311 B 03 b Bracket
Draw Procedures. Delete 01,
02, and 03 and replace with
the following. 01. Teams will
represent the Region where they
are registered.
Comments: Establishes what
region a team will represent at a
National Championship.
F 01 Change Gold National
Qualifier. Remove the event
from Oklahoma City. Comments:
Removes the Gold National
Qualifier from being held in Oklahoma City each year.
Article 315 F 01 01. National
Gold Qualifying Tournaments
Exception: 16-Under and 18-Under Gold Territory Qualifiers may
be held during the week if agreed
upon by the Regional JO Commissioners in their territory.
option for Gold Qualifiers to be
held during the week if approved
by the Regional JO Commissioners.
Article 315 F 05 a. Each
NGQT Director will submit to
the National Office and to the
National Tournament Director
Host an updated list of all teams
participating in their tournament
(inclusive of Team Name, as it appears on their ASA Official Tournament Entry Form, Manager’s
Name including Street Address,
City, State, Zip Code, Telephone
Numbers, and Email, and registered association), within 24
hours after the conclusion of
the tournament. b. The National
Office will maintain a master
list of all Gold teams who have
qualified and accepted berth(s)
for the National Championship
Finals. Maintaining this list will
require each NGQT Director to
submit each Monday, starting
the first week in June, a list of
teams that qualified the previous weekend (Inclusive of Team
Name, as it appears on their ASA
Official Tournament Entry Form,
Manager’s Name including Street
Address, City, State, Zip Code,
Telephone Numbers, and Email,
and registered association, and
association they qualified/accepted the berth from). c. Each
NGQT Director will follow Procedural Manual Article 105 D 14
for using www.tournamentasa.
com d. Each NGQT Director will
submit an official order of finish,
and tournament bracket within
24 hours after conclusion of the
tournament to the National Office
and to the National Tournament
Director Host. e. Each NGQT Director will scan/email the original
rosters, and official tournament
entry forms (completed) to the
National Office and National
Tournament Director. f. Failure
to submit paperwork on time will
result in assessment fees to be
raised from $15 per team to $50
per team to be paid to ASA.
guidelines for National Gold
Qualifying Tournament host.
Article 316 C 01 01 Men’s
Class B Slow Pitch. 01. The
top 10% finishers at the previous
season’s Men’s Class C Slow
Pitch Nationals will be awarded
an unpaid berth.
Men’s Class C teams who finish in the top 10% will receive a
berth to the following years Men’s
Class B National Championship.
D 03 Change D. Men’s Class
C Slow Pitch. 03. The top 10%
finishers at the previous season’s
Men’s Class D Slow Pitch Nationals will be awarded an unpaid
berth.
Men’s Class D teams who finish in the top 10% will receive a
Class C National Championship.
Article 316 E E. Women’s
Class C Slow Pitch, Women’s
Class D Slow Pitch, Co-ed
Open, Co-ed Class C and Coed Class D. The ASA will conduct
one ( 1 ) National Championship
Final in each division and classification. The format and an
optimal date at a destination city
will be determined by the Tournament Programs and Awards
Committee. Qualification and
advancement from each local
association will be determined by
the respective local association
commissioner.
the local association commissioner determine how Women’s
Class C, D, and Co-ed Class C,
D, and Open qualify for the National Championships.
Article 316 G 01 a 01. Men’s
Class D Slow Pitch a. The top
10% finishers at the previous
season’s Men’s Class E/Rec
territory slow pitch nationals will
be awarded an unpaid berth to
Men’s Class D territory slow pitch
nationals.
Men’s Class E/Rec teams who
finish in the top 10% will receive a
Class D National Championship.
Article 316 G 03 ASA Eastern
/ Southern / Northern / Western
National Championship Finals.
03 Junior Olympic Slow Pitch
Junior Olympic Girls and Boys
Slow Pitch National Championships can be hosted in each ASA
Territory.
Article 316 H H. Girls’ Class A
ASA / USA Fast Pitch National
Championship Finals. 18, 16,
14, 12, 10-Under. Returning
Teams from previous year’s ASA/
USA National Class A National
Championship Finals - Top 10%.
Comments: Establishes returning berths for the top 10%
of teams in the order of finish for
ASA/USA National Championships.
Article 317 E USA SOFTBALL
MEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. E. RULES AND
REGULATIONS. EXCEPTION:
Pick-ups will not be allowed after the National Championship
Finals for the National Championship Series.
Comments: Deleting this item
will allow for teams that make it
to the National Championship
Series to pick up players.
ASA/USA Softball announces organization rename
and rebrand to USA Softball and unveils new logo
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Amateur Softball Association (ASA)
of America/USA Softball, the
National Governing Body (NGB)
of Softball in the U.S., announced
today their organizational rename
and rebrand to USA Softball and
new logo, which will be effective
January 1, 2017. As the sport of
softball continually evolves, focusing on the USA Softball brand
better reflects the legacy that ASA/
USA Softball has established over
its 80 years as the leader in the sport
of softball.
“This is an exciting time for
ASA/USA Softball as the rebrand
to USA Softball reflects our vision for the growth of the sport,”
said ASA/USA Softball President
Warren Jones. “For over 80 years,
ASA/USA Softball has been the
driving force behind the sport of
softball, and this new logo truly
embodies that character and legacy.
I encourage all of our members to
embrace the change of rebranding
our organization to USA Softball
that the ASA/USA Softball Board
of Directors approved during its
September, 2015 Board Meeting.
As the National Governing Body
of Softball, USA Softball will
continue to serve as the leader in
the sport of softball while helping
foster the passion and love for the
game to all.”
When ASA/USA Softball entered the softball picture in 1933,
the sport was in a state of confusion
with no unified set of playing rules
and no NGB to provide guidance
and stability. ASA/USA Softball
changed all that by adopting softball’s first universally accepted
rules of play and by organizing consistent and fair competition across
the nation. Since its
founding, ASA/USA
Softball serves the
softball community as
the leader in certified
equipment standards,
coaching education
and umpiring while
providing the best-ofthe best in softball at
all levels. Whether
as a coach, athlete,
umpire, administrator or fan, ASA/USA
Softball provides the
most exciting, level
and competitive fields
of play.
ASA/USA Softball has left
an everlasting imprint on the sport,
athletes and officials, creating many
historic “firsts” for the game, including the first set of unified rules,
the first standardized uniforms for
officials, a Hall of Fame to honor
those individuals who have left an
impact upon our sport and fielding
the first U.S. Olympic Softball
team in 1996. From this beginning,
ASA/USA Softball has become one
of the nation’s largest and fastest
growing sports organizations and
now sanctions competition in every
state through a network of 70 local
associations. In its long history,
ASA/USA Softball has grown from
a few hundred teams in the early
days to over 160,000 teams today,
representing a membership of more
than 2.2 million. That legacy will
continue to live on through the USA
Softball
brand, providing a cleare r
identity of what USA Softball stands
for, represents and embodies.
“The evolution of our brand to
USA Softball showcases our organization to its fullest potential,”
said ASA/USA Softball Executive
Director Craig Cress. “Rebranding
shows our members, teams, umpires, players and fans that we are
continually evolving and furthering
the softball community while connecting and unifying them under the
USA Softball brand. I’m excited
for our fans, members and administrators to connect and identify with
our new look and the
USA Softball brand.”
In addition to rebranding, ASA/
USA Softball has
also unveiled a new
redesigned logo, approved by the ASA/
USA Softball Board
of Directors at its April
2016 board meeting,
which will replace the
ASA/USA Softball
split logo throughout
the transition to USA
Softball. The redesign
contains several key elements of previous ASA/USA
Softball logos, while clearly
identifying the USA Softball brand
as the organization evolves towards the future. The home plate
shape embodies the sport, while
bold, block USA Softball lettering
symbolizes USA Softball’s authority as the NGB. Along with the
redesigned prominent features of
the logo, the stars and stripes pay
homage to the U.S. flag and classic
American iconography, connecting
fans and members with the USA
Softball brand. Several subtleties
also lie within the new logo, as the
three red stripes reference 1933, the
year ASA/USA Softball was found-
ed, and the stars represent the four
territories of ASA/USA Softball.
For more information on ASA/
USA Softball, please visit www.
ASAUSASoftball.com.USA
Softball Rebrand Key Points
About ASA/USA Softball
Founded in 1933, the Amateur
Softball Association (ASA)/USA
Softball is the National Governing Body of Softball in the United
States and a member of the United
States Olympic Committee. One
of the nation’s largest sports organizations, ASA/USA Softball
sanctions competition in every
state through a network of 70 local
associations and has grown from
a few hundred teams in the early
days to over 165,000 teams today,
representing a membership of
more than 2.2 million. ASA/USA
Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting the
six USA Softball National Teams
that compete in international and
domestic competitions. The USA
Softball Women’s National Team
is one of only two women’s sports
involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive
gold medals at the Olympic Games
since 1996. The U.S. women have
also won nine World Championship titles as well as claimed eight
World Cup of Softball titles. For
more information about ASA/USA
Softball, please visit http://www.
asausasoftball.com/.
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