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Well, I am a little disappointed in your opinions of some of the other districts such as 10AAA. Dickson had a bad night, WC is playing really good right now, if anyone plays Beech any tougher than Rossview, I would like to be there to see it. Dickson has won 30 games against some really good teams. Rossview won 27 and have beat Riverdale and some other great teams. Yes, they came up a little short and were the losers in their region game, but watching that game, if the girl who hit the "running bunt" which was a ball hit off the end of the bat not a bunt, hits it inches higher and the 3rd baseman catches for a line drive, it is a double play and game is over. But that didn't happen, not because Beech is great and Rossview is a loser but because a 16 or 17 year old young lady got a little luck from the softball gods and made a good play. Those two teams were about as equal as any teams I have seen all year. And if you would talk to fans from both schools, I think both teams earned a little respect for the other on that night. Both teams played like it was the state championship and it may be the toughest game Beech will have the rest of the season. They may win it all and would deserve it if they do. But all in all, those 2 teams are both deserving of a little more respect. But then again, you think "respect" is just a song on the juke box down at the pool hall.

In the past we have had teams that may have been on the border line as to if they were Gold or Silver, but we have always let the coaches make the final call on where their team plays. When teams starting sending in their entry forms, there was a lot of discussion about Mt Juliet and a couple other AAA schools wanting to play down. We as the MTSCA felt very strong about wanting these teams to move up, but because no guide lines were in force, we felt opligated to follow the coaches of the teams request. We have decided because of all of the strong feelings in the organization, that from now on the governing body of the MTSCA and the tournament committee will have the option of moving someone up or down to either keep too strong of teams from playing down or to even out the brackets . As far as Montgomery Central goes, they were where they should have been, they just played an exceptional tournament. They placed 3rd in their pool and came back to win it all. This is exactlly what this division of the tournament is all about. Last year, Clarksville Northeast did the same thing and won the silver division, this year they decided to play Gold and had a good tournament but found it to be a little tougher road, even with as good of a team as they have. It is a hard call but sometimes when you have been really good for a long time and you are down a little, you may still be pretty good.

Montgomery Central won silver over Mt. Juliet 3-2 Riverdale won Gold over Camden 3-0

MTSCA On behalf of the MTSCA, we would like to thank everyone for a great weekend. We have given over $20,000.00 in scholarships over the past few years and should be able to give 10 or more scholarships again this year. The weather was great and the teams had a great day on Saturday to play. If you want to check out the brackets with scores through the final games in Gold and Silver go to our website at www.mtsca.org go below the article on Julie Towers and find the Gold Bracket 2 and Silver Bracket 2 for the scores and winners. Also the Silver pool games have scores and the Gold should be finished tomorrow. If link does not work just type in www.MTSCA.org

MTSCA On behalf of the MTSCA, we would like to thank everyone for a great weekend. We have given over $20,000.00 in scholarships over the past few years and should be able to give 10 or more scholarships again this year. The weather was great and the teams had a great day on Saturday to play. If you want to check out the brackets with scores through the final games in Gold and Silver go to our website at www.mtsca.org go below the article on Julie Towers and find the Gold Bracket 2 and Silver Bracket 2 for the scores and winners. Also the Silver pool games have scores and the Gold should be finished tomorrow.

The MTSCA Tournament Thursday Games, Pools and Brackets are now posted at the following sites. Single Elim. Brackets listed in links of Pool Play Sites. Thursday Games Thursday's Games Please check out our The MTSCA website at www.MTSCA.org for the silver and gold pools and brackets. Also, check out the new more colorful site.

Our team from PA. had to drop out because their season doesn't open until the following weekend. We have room for one more team. I need a Gold team and one of our silver teams to move up to Gold to make the brackets even for our fields. Please help us out with this. This is a great tournament and in order for your seniors to have a chance at the scholarships your team must play in the tourney.

We have picked Westmoreland who wants to play in the silver division. That gives us 40 teams again but I still need one of our silver teams to move up to Gold to make the tournament more even.

We have had 1 silver team have to drop out, so we have room for 1 more team. It really needs to be a Gold team if possible.

We are full, if your team is listed in the list above and you have not filled out form on www.MTSCA.org please do so and mail in your entry fee. If the team from Penn. cannot come we would have 1 Gold team open up. We also really need one of the silver teams to move up to gold, Sycamore has already but we need one more. Thanks, Phil

We need 1 more Gold team and we will be full. Others will be put on a waiting list, if someone were to drop out.

Thanks to Sycamore for moving up to Gold, we still need 1 more Gold team to complete our tournament. As of now we have 24 Silver and 15 Gold but we have 1 silver and 1 gold from PA. that are still working out details if they can't work it out those spots could come back open. But we are almost full.

We now have a total of 39 teams. 24 Silver and 15 Gold. We have 2 teams from Pittsburg, Pa. that are checking to see if they are coming that week or not. What we would like is 24 silver and 16 Gold teams. If one team from Pittsburg is gold we would need 1 more gold or have some of the teams already in silver to move up to gold and leave room for a silver team to take their place. If any silver team would like to move up, you can post it here or email me at phillip.burkhart@cmcss.net. /rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />

We have room for 1 more.

Coaches, I have been going to Gulf Shores for years and playing great competition during our spring break and giving the girls some time off also. But this year I am having a hard time finding games due to the new Alabama rule of 18 games on their schedule. By the time most of the teams play their district they don't have room for out of state teams. We are going down the week of March 30, 31 and April 1,2,3. I like to play on Mon. Tue. and Wed. and give the girls and their familes the rest of the time to relax. If any other Tennessee team is going down and can't find games, maybe we can play in Gulf Shores and at least get some game time in. Last time I went we did play a team out of Ky. because they couldn't find games either. If you are interested please email me at Phillip.burkhart@cmcss.net or call 931-216-0740. Or let me know on this board and I can get in contact with you if I still don't have enough games. Thanks, Phil Burkhart Rossview Lady Hawks

We have 39 teams already signed up. If you are interest please get with us fast.

Filling up fast.

Tournament starting to fill up fast. Gold Rossview Northeast Fairview White House Harpeth Obion County Camden Bolton Lipscomb Waverly Riverdale Creek Wood Sycamore DeKalb County Station Camp Knoxville Gibbs Silver Warren County Grundy County Smith County Franklin County Kenwood Cane Ridge High School Gordonsville Montgomery Central Portland Clarksville Henry County Northwest Cannon County East Literature East Hickman Hume Fogg Oakland Hunters Lane Clay County Mt. Juliet Polk County Knox Central Clarksville Academy Lewis County Elizabethton High School

The Middle Tennessee Softball Coaches Association will have their Annual Tournament this year on March 19, 20, 21, 2009. The tournament will again be in Clarksville at Heritage Park. We will have the Silver and Gold Divisions again this year and will take the first 40 teams that respond. We are putting our forms on the MTSCA.org website, but we are still in the process of rebuilding that site at this time. We ask if you are interested you email Phil at Phillip.burkhart@cmcss.net or John at cobracoach@yahoo.com to reserve your spot. Tell us Silver or Gold when you email. Entry Fee again this year is $175.00 for Friday and Saturday. $225 for If you want to play 2 games on Thursday also.

Listed below are the players who will be playing the Ky All Stars on June 27 at Western Kentucky. The first game will begin at 2 second game will be played after the Home Run hitting contest which has been won by the Tennessee All Stars each year. If necessary the third game will be played 15 minutes following the second game. The Tennessee All Stars have won every game. Devon Schmidt Goodpasture Shelby Jae Morris Mt. Juliet Lauren Baker Beech Katy Ayers Father Ryan Paige Katchur Brentwood Jenny Bain Hendersonville Courtney Bullington Wilson Central Merrick Martin Mt. Juliet Sara Fowler Greenbrier Tiffany MCormick Coffee County Casey Adams Harpbeth Brooke Overbay Beech Hannah Irwin Mt. Juliet Chelsey Piper David Lipscomb Tori Wolaver Cornersville Jordan Martin Collinwood

We have had several schools who did not vote for their players also, so please do not blame MTSCA or the selection committee.

We have made a mistake we were posting this on the wrong site.

It is unfortunate that I must respond to a threatening email posted on coacht this last week. As President of the Middle Tennessee Softball Coach??™s Association I feel it is my duty to post a response in defense of our organization. As many of you know, we are in the process of nominating and electing new board members. I can only assume foulball76 is attempting to position himself for political purposes in his attempt to cast doubt on the character of my good name by associating me with someone on the Coacht website called MrNoitAll. I am highly offended by the accusations and the way in which this snake has tried to defame the President of MTSCA. Foulball76 claims to be a ???friend??? to me. I can not believe anyone who says they are a friend would make a post on Coacht using a person??™s real name in what I consider a lame attempt at defaming my character. Why did this ???friend??? not pick up the phone and ask me if they had doubts? Wouldn??™t that be what a real friend would do? For the last several years I have had the privilege of working with a group of outstanding coaches to help develop this organization into something all high school coaches could be proud of. MTSCA has given over $30,000 dollars in scholarships, trophies, tee shirts, certificates and donations to needy causes under my tenure as President. To our constituents, I apologize for this person??™s stupidity and can only hope the Organization??™s good name is not tainted. MTSCA has provided many wonderful opportunities for our young athletes and it has been a privilege to serve as President all these years. It is sad to think that after all the time, energy and love I have given to MTSCA over these last several years ??“ it only takes one person to cast doubt on all the good things I have done. To Foulball76 I can only say ??“ ???with a friend like you who needs enemies!!??? You are not my friend. My true friends and family are hurt by your words and I can only hope you do not gain what you seek. For zachsdad and hawksoftball who good naturedly kidded me about my grammar - this letter has been edited by my wife. I agree with the people who have responded to MrNoitAll??™s post who have said, ???let??™s have a great rest of the season!??? John Conditt MTSCA President

Dickson 6 Clarksville 3 Northeast 2 Rossview 0 Dickson vs Rossview 5 o'clock Winner plays Northeast after.

Rossview won 4-3 over a very scrappy Clarksville team tonight. Northeast beat Dickson 1-0 in 10 innings. Winners bracket tomorrow Rossview and Northeast at 7 pm. Losers bracket tomorrow Dickson and Clarksville at 5 pm.