Great Weekend in Wrentham

In our first action with our new players, our girls proved their mettle in Wrentham at the RI Thunder Fall Tuneup Showcase.  Under-manned all weekend, and taking on a mix of Long Island teams and one LOADED Hudson Valley Hurricanes squad, our girls came out with a 2-3 record and should be proud of the way they played.  The bats were sah-mokin'!!  And the leather a'flyin'.  Highlights:  AJ's towering blasts against the Long Island Express and the King Philip Pride.  Sammy's two run double in the fifth game.  Kate gunning down runners against the Heat and Pride.  JulieAnne, Mary and Delaney powering their way on base all weekend.  Lauren's rbi single against the Pride.  We saw lots of good this weekend and are happy to have our newest Heat girls in the dugout with us.  Looking forward to next weekend in Devens.

Newest Heat Player.... Bailey Elizabeth

Congratulations to Coach Sarah and Chip on the birth of their precious angel, Bailey Elizabeth.  We are looking forward to seeing you soon.  Ordering a uniform (#0.5) for her this week - we'll need Baily to play in Devens next month.

Tryouts for 2011 Season

The Hudson Heat Gold 16U will be moving up to a full 18U schedule in 2011 as the Hudson Heat Gold 18U.  The schedule will be focused on showcase tournaments in and around the northeast as the Heat players ready for the next step, playing ball in college.  We are currently looking to round out our roster with 2-3 players for next year. 

Tryouts for the 2011 season will be held at Kiwanis Field in Hudson, NH as follows:

Thursday, August 12th from 6pm-8pm at Kiwanis Field

Tuesday, August 17th from 6pm-8pm at Kiwanis Field

Saturday, August 21st from 11am-1pm at Kiwanis Field

*Registration and warmups will begin a half hour before scheduled tryout times

Please email Ken Underwood for additional information.

Hotel Living Wraps Up in Maryland

The past three weekends have been busy for the ladies in royal and gold.  Filled with hotel breakfasts, team dinners and a boatload of quality softball, the Heat Gold finished up the "travel" portion of the summer schedule this past weekend.  With two 18U Showcases under their belt in Rhode Island and Connecticut against some of the best 18U teams in the northeast, the Heat traveled to Maryland for the 2011 16U Summer Sizzler, returning to our true age bracket for the final time this year.  Despite a 2-3 record and losing in the quarterfinals to the #1 seed, the Abington Wildcats from Scranton, PA, the ladies played well and enjoyed their time together.  Highlights this past weekend included a 17 hit barrage against a Maryland Flames pitcher who had no-hit them the day before, Sammy's homerun on Sunday, SamBam's "ALMOST" homerun two batters later and Kate Dawson's defensive prowess behind the plate in that oppressive weather.  Individual game MVP awards were given to Angela (3 rbi's - game 1), Lauren (pitching performance - game 2), Kelsey (2-2, 2 rbi's - game 3), Sammy J (homerun, full out diving effort in left field - game 4) and Jess (3 defensive web gems at first, triple - game 5).

Coach's Sidebar:  The Crazy Horse Steakhouse will never be the same after a peanut war in the function room.  Instigator Award goes to..... drum roll please.... SHARON!!!!   Peanut Throwing MVP... goes to Bryce!!