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Position filled! Thank you for all of your interest.

Wait. hold the phone, you mean CC is not going to the Boro to stomp the mud out of all the teams participating?

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Karns, Central, William Blount and Maryville still alive in region II

We will play ASA Qualifiers intent on attending Nationals in Chattanooga. We will also play in showcases like the Scenic City 16's. Our schedule is full most of the summer and we will play a few in the fall. Must have a winning attitude and be a team player. Contact info is above, look forward to hearing from you.

We are still looking for the right pitcher. Call or email for information.

Just a correction to the list of great players....Sydney Broderick is a Catcher and 1st baseman with an occassional trip to 3rd not a shortstop

18U team tryouts 1:00 PM April 23 at Knoxville Grace Christian HS softball field. Team Coaches have College coaching experience. Looking for committed players only, would like to keep the roster at a minimum to ensure playing plenty of time. We hope to play from late May through October. Questions - email Bryan Moss at buckmoss1@gmail.com or call Keith Powell at 865-740-1902.

We are looking for a 16U pitcher for a very competitive travel club out of Knoxville. If you would like a shot or know a good pitcher who needs a team call 865 202 0233 or email sdf4ut@aol.com or timjbroderick@gmail.com This is a great opportunity for the right player.

Chattanooga State

She did paly with the 16's she was an early signer back in November. Looks like Woodby will go early this year also. Both Kat and Cassie Lyons (P) are going to Chatt State and Tucker(SS)is signed at MTSU

Blaze actually has a few good catchers the one you speak of is Kat Mcinturff and the other on that team is Sydney Broderick (Signed at CU) and the 16U team has another named Audrey Woodby. That is a solid program and they have several realy good players in the organization

Karns outfielders Kelli Hensley and Miranda Smith!

We are looking for a few pitchers to play this summer for a competative 16U travel team. We will play just ASA Qualifiers and have been very sucessful during the last few seasons. We have been pre selected for the Scenic City 16's and will participate where the college coaches can see you. If you are interested in trying out please email me at timjbroderick@gmail.com Send me pitches you throw, speed, R/L and travel ball history. Thanks Tim

Good posting Big Joe, Please keep these updated as more come in and congratulations ladies for a job well done. I had one of the parents of a younger girl tell me the other day they were going to take their daughter to a different high school because at the high school she is currently zoned for, the kids don't get scholarships to the "big" schools. Maybe my response, restated here, will save someone some money and some time. First off, most of these girls on this list that chose "smaller schools" had interest from "bigger schools" as well. I guess we can expect a great increase in enrollment at Cornersville now that Haley Fagan has commited to UT...I think my buddy David will be the first to tell you that travel ball and the trips to ASA Nationals are what got Haley seen by Tennessee, not High School ball. When my daughter was starting to get some interest from schools and started thinking about her choices, we sat down and had a long talk about what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. I asked her what she wanted to make a career of and she told me she wanted to be a Doctor. I asked her to go on the internet and look at the roster page of what ever teams she was interested in, and try to find schools that had juniors or seniors with declared majors of "Pre-Med" or "Biology", etc.....She came back with a big dissapointed look and some bad news...she didn't find much in the SEC. In fact she found where 2 starters from Tennessee that had played on the World Series team had transfered and that they had said the reason for their transfer was that they wanted to go to a school that they could take the classes they wanted and graduate in 4 years. One was a "Pre-Pharmacy" major and the other was "Pre-Dentistry" I think. We sat down again and I told her, she had a choice to make...I told her, if you want to be a softball coach, pick out the SEC team you think has the best chance of getting back to the World Series and start thinking about walking on or doing whatever you need to do to play for them. Email them or call them and tell them you are coming to their school and you will carry the water bucket if that is what they need , you just want to be on their team. You will get a coaching job by being able to put that team name on your resume. I told her the other choice is, that if the most important thing to you is the academics, you need to contact the best academic school you can find and tell them you are coming to their school and see what they can offer, if anything. I told her my suggestion was to look for a competetive program that would give her a chance to play and also let her take the classes she needed to take to get the degree she wanted. It's not that she couldn't do it at a bigger school, but it is a LOT harder. The point of this is....help your kids make good choices....they don't need to pick a college because they have a great football team, or because it is a great party school. They need to pick a college because it will get them the education they need to have a better life. Similarly, help them make a good choice with where they are playing high school ball or even middle school ball. School ball to me is just practice. Practice 5 days a week throwing the ball, hitting, etc. We made the decision to play middle school ball when it was not popular....we stayed at home to play high school ball. We took the money we saved and played the best travel ball we could because that's where the kids get seen.....not high school ball. Good luck to all these ladies and the more to come. Get your education ladies. That is what is most important from this. I think your post is spot on. My daughter and I sat down last year and identified the best 20 schools for her major, we then asked what did she want from a college...size, distance from home, clubs, campus activities ect..we actuallt made and list and worked it, set up visits and attended camps. My daughter is one who opted for a smaller school although there was a lot of interest from larger D1 schools. She said her decision was based on her education and she wanted the smaller class rooms and the coziness of a smaller campus. I think she will have just as much fun, if not more at a smaller school. I always told her to keep her eye on the prize and the prize is a great education. It is unfortunate that some parents get lost in all the D1 hype, it is not about the prestige of playing for a Cal, Georgia or UT program, it is about your child and her education. Congrats to all the signee's and best of luck in your future endevours.

Sydney Broderick, Catcher and 1st Base, 2011 Grad from Karns HS and member of The Knoxville Blaze fast pitch club has committed to Cumberland University.

Give Karns HS a call they are always looking for some good competition

Katherine Tucker SS from The Knoxville Blaze and Karns HS 2011 Grad commited to MTSU

The Thunder Coaches are they young lady mentioned earlier along with Bill Oliver and Mark Smith. They are very good coaches and call a very aggressive game. If you look at their team most wont graduate until 2012 they will be a dominate force next two years. Good job to Thunder, 2nd year in a row going to nationals.

Slanted to say the least.

Karns lost tonight , congrat to Jeff Cnty and good luck at the state.

Final Gibbs 6 Elizabethton 0

Karns win Region 2.... 7-4

District 3AAA winner Karns runner up Powell

I think the faces of this age group have changed a little bit over the year. There will be some unexpected surprises this summer