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You are also allowed to attend Eastern Nationals if the travel distance is less than Southern Nationals for your team. You would need the approval of the ASA director for that.

To add to Fury96's list of ways to qualify. You can also attend an "AT LARGE" qualifier. This are divided into regional tournaments for the region your local ASA association is a part of. The country is broken into several regions for this purpose. There are still a few "open" qualifiers that would be for any team that enters not just Tennessee or Georgia but for "whatever" state to enter. There are several options for these. Last year one was held in Tenn, Ohio, Florida, North Carolina. There are others but they require much more travel time. All of these options are listed on ASA web site... there are even a couple more ways to get to Nationals but it would take too long to explain. You can read all this on ASA web site. HTH's

I have coached many years in Georgia but venture into Tennessee every now and then and the best teams I have seen in this age group have been the Fury 95, White Lightening and Lady Aces... I saw Fury 96 play as the Comets last year and was very impressed with the pitching and overall team play. They look like they could beat anyone on any given day. I dont know enough about Tenn to know why the Aces and lighting were not included in the top ten that was posted... did they break up? The main reason I left the "gap" was just to get people excited.... It is just for fun right? 95 Fury didnt just add two pitchers... they added big hitters as well. Basically they added 4 impact players go go with some of the best talent in the southeast. We all know it boils down to pitching though... is there another elite 95 or 96 pitcher hiding somewhere? Could be... that is what makes this game fun. The same pitcher that the Fury picked up from Georgia is the same pitcher that went undefeated in the first 14U ASA qualifier in Georgia last year... beating Atlanta Vipers Dean for the Berth to Nationals. We never heard of her before that.... so ya never know. The other girl is a hard throwing lefty with good movement from somewhere near Memphis. When I saw them at Scenic City 16s one was clocked at 64 and the other at 62. Thats pretty strong for 14U... heck thats strong for 18U... Georgia is in the same boat... Sonja Strouthers Impact Gold is head and shoulders above the rest of Georgia. She has two great pitchers that may be better than both the Fury 95 pitchers and a third that would be the number one for anyone elses team. Her number one pitcher was the Georgia High School pitcher of the year and she is only 14. They are well coached... they hit well and run bases well... very solid team. I dont see any 14U challenging them in GA. Should be a fun summer....

I have never even heard of most of these... Maybe 3 or 4 at the most. From what I have seen... 1. Fury 95 (Notice big gap) 2. Fury 96 3. Valley Thunder 4. Worth 95 5. Who? 6. Who? ""