Premier Qualifier - Indy - Great teams coming

[RiseballCoach]

Just looked at the website- some nice out of state teams coming out to Indy to play. Looks the 14u and 16u Indiana teams are going to miss the boat. I might show up just to watch.

18u
• New Mexico Sundancers (Rio Rancho, New Mexico)
• Homer Hawks Gold – Betcher (Naperville, Illinois)
• Team Akadema Gold (Noblesville, Indiana)
• Homer Hawks Gold – Franzen (Lockport, Illinois)
• White Sox T/A Gold (Lisle, Illinois)
• Indy Dreams Gold – Bell (Indianapolis, Indiana)
• Illinois Bash (Elk Grove, Illinois)
• Mid Michigan FireStix 18u (Clio, Michigan)
• Indiana Magic 93 (Lafayette, Indiana)
• St. Louis Fusion Gold (Desoto, Missouri)
• Midland Magic Gold (Glen Carbon, Illinois)
• MidMichigan FireStix (Clio, Michigan)
• Orland Park A’s Gold (Naperville, Illinois)
• Indiana Magic Gold (Clay) (Rochester, Indiana)
• Indiana Shockwaves 93 (Frankfort, Indiana)
• Brown’s 18u (Portage, Michigan)
• Tennessee Athletics (Hermitage, Tennessee)
• CG Wizards 93’ (Greenwood, Indiana)
• Michigan Lookouts (Adrian, Michigan)
• Bluegrass Blaze (Louisville, Kentucky)
• New Lenox Lightning Gold (New Lenox, Illinois)
• Southern Express 93 (Carterville, Illinois)
• Ohio Nightmare Gold (Grove City, Ohio)
• Beverly Bandits Gold JT (Orland Park, Illinois)
• Finesse 18u Gold (Commerce Twp, Michigan)
• Rivera Beach Spirit Gold (Pasadean, Maryland)
• Nashville Nighthawks (Madison, Tennessee)
• Beachgirls Gold (Brooklyn, New York)
• Washington Acers (Renton, Washington)

16u
• Illinois Patriots (Park Ridge, Illinois)
• Kenosha Cyclones (Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin)
• Mid Michigan FireStix 16u (Mount Morris, Michigan)
• Illinois Chill (Kenilworth, Illinois)
• Midland Magic 94 (Glen Carbon, Illinois)
• Midland Magic 95 (Glen Carbon, Illinois)
• Gold Fastpitch (Mason, Michigan)
• PA Renegades (Shavertown, Pen)
• Indiana Magic Gold 16u (Churubusco, Indiana)
• Washington Sidewinders (Bellevue, Washington)
• Wisconsin Firebirds 95 (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin)
• Washington Ladyhawks Mitchell (Issaquah, Wa)
• Richmond Ruckus Teal 16u (Chesterfield, Virginia)

14u
• Kenosha Cyclones (Kenosha, Wisconsin)
• Miami Valley Xpress 14u (Dayton, Ohio)
• BNGSA Angels 14s (Normal, Illinois)
• Lady Lasers 98 (Mount Gilead, Ohio)
• Lady Lasers Black 14u (Columbus, Ohio)
• Riptides 14u (West Chester, Ohio)
• SoCal Athletics (San Diego, California)
• Central Ohio Nightmare (Grove City, Ohio)
• Indy Voltage 14u (Brownsburg, Indiana)
• Louisville Lady Sluggers (Shepherdsville, Indiana)

[Bake]

riseballcoach.....what wesite is this info on???

Indiana teams missing the boat??? That ship has sailed!!!

[RiseballCoach]

riseballcoach.....what wesite is this info on???

Indiana teams missing the boat??? That ship has sailed!!!

Oh come on Bake - its not that bad is it?

http://www.midwestsportscomplex.com/home/premier_girls_fastpitch_qualifier

Not sure how updated.

Just curious as to where the Dreams, Shockwaves, Xtreme and some of these other teams are.

[snoop]

Just curious as to where the Dreams, Shockwaves, Xtreme and some of these other teams are.

If they are not at ASA State, they have no excuse!!

[slapperdad]

Xtreme will be at ASA State.

[anonlooker]

Just curious as to where the Dreams, Shockwaves, Xtreme and some of these other teams are.

If they are not at ASA State, they have no excuse!!

Are Premier and ASA the same weekend there?

In SoCal, most teams are trying to qualify for both.

[slapperdad]

riseballcoach.....what wesite is this info on???

Indiana teams missing the boat??? That ship has sailed!!!

Indiana Xtreme's goal all along was to qualify for ASA/USA this summer. There are only three berths available and they're up for grabs the three weekends in June. It is what it is, we'd love to be playing in the PFG at Midwest.

As to missing the boat Bake, you can't have it both ways, in another thread you're bashing teams for not going to ASA/USA, now you're taking jabs at teams who are attempting to go to ASA/USA, which is it? I assure you the Xtreme's schedule the rest of the summer and fall are as competitive as anyone's in the midwest.

[Bake]

you are absolutely correct slapperdad, but I did not make the statement of "missing the boat", that would be "riseballcoach", I did say "that ship has sailed" but in my defense I was not aware that those two tournaments were on the same weekend, that is unfortunate for the teams that seek out the best competition!! I am sure the Xtreme would love to play in both!!!

[Scooby26]

It definitely would have made life at 16U easier for all involved with scheduling if ASA would have left the State Tournament at the July 9th weekend date that it has been in years past. With a limited amount of berth's to hand out, having one of the three qualifying tournaments on the same date as the Premier Qualifier forces teams to make a difficult choice when putting together schedules. In addition, the closest out of state ASA Regional Qualifiers also fall on the same dates as the in-state qualifiers, so they don't afford any additional qualifying opportunities for Indiana teams either since you can't be in two locations at the same time. It seems to me that ASA would have made an attempt not to overlap qualifiers from the same geographic area on the same date in order to draw teams that very well would have attended both!

[slapperdad]

Since it's come up, let me throw this out to the veterans, I'm just fumbling my way thru this for the first time. Our goal was originally to make a run at 16 ASA next year when we're 16's. But we have two kids who are 94 birthdays. So if we're going to do it, it has to be this year. That being said, my thoughts are this:
A. In the grand scheme of things, we don't have kids on our team that are going to the west coast or top 20 type programs, so is being at ASA nationals really that big of a deal?
B. I think the goals have changed somewhat, at this stage of the game, I really have no interest in adding trophies to the shelf, the goal is to get my kid a college education. Does going to ASA nationals, or any nationals serve that purpose?
C. I get the best of the best crap, but seriously my DD is a soph, in 6-7 years when she's trying to find a job, nobody's really going to care where she finished when she went to nationals. Am I missing something?