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Scrappers 16U Wins International Fastpitch Association Super World Series 16U/18U Division
The Scrappers 16U team went undefeated in the IFA Super World Series in North Carolina this weekend as they won the championship.
NC Diamond Thunder 94 4-3
So Alamance Sluggers 2-1
Stanley County Rebels 6-0
Fire & Ice 18u 5-2
NC Diamond Thunder 94 6-4
Scrappers 10U team dominates the NSA Play the Valley Summer Finale
The Virginia "Class Action" Scrappers 10U team completely dominated every team in the Ronaoke Valley in the NSA Play the Valley Summer Finale on Aug 7th-8th. Saturday in pool play they beat the Diamond Fever 12-0, then the Botetourt Strikers 12-0, Virginia Heat 11-0, and finally the NRV Diamonds 13-3. They picked up Sunday morning where they left off by beating the Virginia Heat again 15-0 and then beat the Extreme Force 10-0 in the Championship Game. For the weekend the Scrappers 10U team scored 73 runs in 6 games while only allowing 3.
The Scrappers 10U team has now placed in the top three in 6 out of their 8 tournaments on the year. They have three Championships, one 2nd place finish, and two 3rd place finishes.
Scrappers 14U arrive at USA/ASA National Championship
The Scrappers 14U team arrived in Moline, Il to participate in the most prestigious girls fast pitch softball tournament in the nation. The 14U USA/ASA National Championship will be held from Aug 1 - Aug 8. The tournament will consist of 156 qualified teams from 35 different states. California will be represented by 33 teams, Texas 13, and Georgia 13. Virginia will be represented by the Scrappers and two other teams. This is the second year in a row that the 14U team has qualified for this tournament.
Scrappers 18U - Austin wins Softball Nation Fastpitch Nationals
The SoftballNation nationals did not start well for the Scrappers-Austin 18-U team in Virginia Beach last Thursday, but the tournament ended well for the Roanoke-based squad as they won four straight games on Sunday in 105 degree heat to capture the championship. The elements played a key role in the quality of play as players fought the heat during a grueling day that began with an 8:30 AM start and ended at around 5:00 PM. The Scrappers-Austin team drove to Virginia Beach early on Thursday AM and got out of the cars and played two pool games. They lost 3-2 to a very good Stafford Storm squad, then blew a 4-2 lead versus the Newport News Lady Pilots in the bottom of the last inning. With two outs and none on, the Pilots benefited from two costly errors to rally for a 5-4 win on a walkoff hit. Scrapper spirits were not very high after a lackluster beginning.
On Friday, the Scrappers-Austin blasted the NOVA Blaze 10-2, and Delco Tsunami 10-0, to end pool play 2-2. With the last game ending before lunch, the heat was not much of a factor in the games. The schedule also gave members of the team time to enjoy various beach area activities.
On Saturday morning, the Scrappers faced the Blaze in the first round of double elimination play and hit three home runs in routing them 19-6. This pitted the Scrappers vs. the Pilots once again, and the Pilots had been a difficult team for the Scrappers to beat all summer. The contest was again a thriller with the Pilots winning 7-6 in an eight inning ITB game. This was a very difficult loss and a deflated Scrapper squad had to play an elimination game vs. the Bi State Misfits immediately following the game. In a typical "going through the motions" game the Scrappers survived a late Misfits rally by scoring a last inning run to pull out a 7-6 win.
In order to accomplish their goal of winning the tournament, the Scrappers had to win four consecutive games on Sunday. This would be a tall order in any setting, but on a day that the temperature resided at well over 100 degrees, the task would be daunting. The day began with the Scrappers playing their best game of the weekend with a 5-1 win over the Storm. The Pilots were beaten by the Virginia Beach area Lady Aces squad so the Scrappers had to go face the Pilots, a team that had beaten them three times in a row in very intense games. The Pilots jumped out to a 4-0 lead after one inning, but in high level slugfest, the Scrappers won a double inning ITB classic 12-9. This meant that the Scrappers would have to beat the Lady Aces twice to claim the title.
In the first championship game, the Scrappers scored a run in the top of the seventh to win an exciting game over the Lady Aces, 9-8. The scores were elevated because the heat drained energy from pitchers and fielders and no defensive play was routine. The win set up one game to take it all. Things did not start well as the Scrappers got hammered in the first inning and trailed 7-0. The Scrappers played to their name as the refused to give up. Trailing 10-6 in the bottom of the fifth, the Scrappers had to strike out intentionally in order to have the game go one additional inning(as time was about to expire). The Lady Aces added two unearned runs in the top of the sixth to lead 12-6 heading into the bottom of the final inning. In fairy tale fashion, the Scrappers rallied for six runs in their final at bat to force another ITB inning. The Scrappers held the Lady Aces without a run, and in the bottom of the seventh they sacrificed their ITB runner to third and plated the winning run on a squeeze bunt. The 13-12 victory was not pretty, but definitely showed the character and guts of the team.
Hollee Warlitner, Kaitlyn Culler, Tamara Smith, and Rebecca Williams were recognized as all tournament players from the Scrappers. Warlitner hit nine home runs during the eleven game weekend. The Scrappers-Austin team ran their season record to 40-10-2 with this weekend's games.
Scrappers 16U & 10U play in NSA World Series / 18U Austin & 12U play in Softball Nation Fast Pitch Nationals
The 16U Scrappers and the 10U Scrappers qualified in their first tournaments of the season for the NSA World Series in Charlotte, NC. The tournament will be held from July 25 - Aug 1, 2010 and both teams have already left to participate. There are 49 teams from 17 different states in the 16U bracket and 25 different teams from 11 different states in the 10U bracket.
The 18U Austin Scrappers and the 12U Scrappers are participating in the Softball Nation Fast Pitch Nationals in Virginia Beach from July 22-25, 2010.
Scrappers Organization has an excellent showing at Commonwealth Games
The Virginia "Class Action" Scrappers Softball Club had 5 of its 6 teams playing in the Commonwealth Games this weekend. The 18U Austin team finished in 2nd place, 16U team finished 3rd, 14U team finished in 1st, 12U team finished 2nd, and the 10U team finished 3rd. The Virginia "Class Action" Scrappers Softball Club continues to prove that they are Southwest Virginia's premier softball organization.
Next week the 10U team and 16U team will playing in the NSA World Series in Charlotte, NC after both teams earned births to the tournament early in the season. The 12U team will be playing in the Softball Nation Fastpitch Nationals in Virginia Beach, VA. The 14U team will travelling to Moline, IL to play in the ASA Nationals.
Scrappers 18U-Austin Win Silver in Commonwealth Games
The 18-U Scrappers-Austin squad finished as runners-up to Diamond Fever in the National Bracket of the NSA Commonwealth Games this past weekend. The National Bracket was made up of all pool winners and runners-up from Saturday's action. In pool play on Saturday the Scrappers-Austin team rallied with two runs in the bottom of the 7th to pull out a 3-2 win over Diamond Fever. Later in the day, the Scrappers needed a run in the bottom of the 6th to tie the E-Town Outlaws, 3-3. A 9-1 pounding of the Stafford Storm late Saturday evening gave the Scrappers the #1 seed at 2-0-1 and a bye for elimination play on Sunday.
The Scrappers-Austin played at noon on Sunday at Lord Botetourt High vs. the Blue Ridge Bombers from the Danville area. The Bombers were 4-0 for the tournament, coming off an 11-0 victory over the Silver Bullets on Sunday morning. The Scrappers-Austin played possibly their best game of the summer from a pitching, defense, and clutch hitting perspective in winning 5-0. This set up a rematch with the Danville-based Diamond Fever and the Fever got the best of it. Good pitching and defense carried the winners while the Scrapper defense was a bit sub par. The Scrappers also stranded several base runners in the loss.
The Scrappers-Austin team will be in Virginia Beach this week playing in the SoftballNation Nationals. Their season record climbed to 32-7-2 with the 3-1-1 weekend in Botetourt.
2010 - 2011 Scrappers 14U Coaching Staff
The Virginia "Class Action" Scrappers Softball Club is excited to announce our coaching staff for our 2010-2011 14U team. Channing Groff and Andrea Fidell have joined our organization and will the 14U coaches for next year.
Both coaches have been a part of travel softball teams as players, played college softball, and have experience coaching young athletes.
Andrea played softball and pitched for Roanoke College from 2002 to 2006. She has been the assistant coach for the Cave Spring Knight's Varsity softball program for the past three years.
Channing played softball at Concord University as a utility player from 2006-2008. She was an assistant coach this past year for the Cave Spring Knight's Varsity softball team and coached two previous years for Hidden Valley Junior Varsity softball team.
The Scrappers-Austin 18-U squad rallied from a 5-0 deficit in the championship game to beat the 18-U Scrappers-Beckner squad 14-5 on Sunday. The victory completed a 5-0 tournament for the Scrappers-Austin team.
In Saturday pool play the Scrappers-Austin beat Scrappers-Beckner 7-2 in an exciting eight inning ITB game. Scrappers-Austin later won 10-1 over the Roanoke Valley Vipers and 7-0 over the Extreme Force. On Sunday, the Vipers beat the Virginia Titans 3-2 to earn a rematch vs. Scrappers-Austin. The Scrappers broke open a tight game with a four run 5th to win 8-3, setting up the championship game with Scrappers-Beckner.
With the five win weekend, the Scrappers-Austin team has run their season record to 29-6-1.
Scrappers 18U Beckner finishes 2nd in Queen of the Hill Gold Bracket
The Va. Scrappers Beckner 18U team competed in the SoftballNation Queen of the Hill tournament 4th of July weekend. Scrappers recorded a 7- 2 overall record outscoring opponents 59 -17. Beckners team made it to the Gold Championship game on Monday but came up short to finish runner up in Gold Division.
Scrappers 18U Austin wins Queen of the Hill Silver Bracket
The 18-U Scrappers-Austin squad won the Silver Bracket in this past weekend's Queen of the Hill SoftballNation tournament in Glen Allen, Virginia. The Scrappers went 9-1, suffering only an early loss in elimination play on Monday that sent them into silver bracket play. The Scrappers-Austin won three games on Saturday in pool play and did not allow a run or a hit. They beat the Bay River Rumble 10-0, the Maryland Crush 6-0, and the Bi State Misfits 9-0. Two players walked in the first game, the 21st batter reached on an error(dropped fly) in the second game, and no one reached base in the third game.
On Sunday, the Scrappers-Austin shut out the Stafford Storm 3-0, the fought back from a 2-0 deficit with two runs in the 4th inning and one in the 5th inning to edge the Post 290 Bombers 3-2. They got down 2-0 once again to the Lady Pilots from Hampton before routing the Pilots 12-2 in four innings.
The Pilots won their first elimination game and once again faced the Scrappers-Austin team on Monday morning. Aided by eight Scrapper errors, the Pilots won a 10-6 slugfest with 5 runs in the third inning and 4 in the fourth. This tumbled the Scrappers into the Silver Bracket where they won three consecutive games in 98 degree heat, 3-2 over the Powatan Riptides, 2-1 over the New Kent Blast, and 8-2(with 6 runs in the 5th) over the Stafford Storm.
The Scrappers-Austin squad ran their season record to 24-6-1.
18U Austin Finish 3rd in a 51 team field in the 2010 Firecracker College Showcase held in PA
The Scrappers-Austin 18-U squad went 8-2 in the 3 day Firecracker Showcase Tournament held in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area from June 25th through June 27th. After a heart-wrenching 1-0 loss in the opening round of championship play on Sunday to the Maryland Crush, the Scrappers won three consecutive games to claim the "playback championship", or 3rd place in the 51 team field. The Scrappers won the three games on Sunday by a combined score of 27-2.
In Friday pool play the Scrappers beat the PA Heat 4-0, the New Jersey Hotshots 14-1, and the Pittsburgh Pride 5-0. On Saturday, the Scrappers beat Team Starfire from Delaware 9-0, then lost 5-1 to the Phillipsburg Hurricanes despite owning a 1-0 lead in the 6th inning. The Scrappers rebounded to beat the Silver Bullets from Long Island, New York, 7-1.
After the opening 1-0 loss on Sunday, the Scrappers routed the Shenandoah Valley Mavericks, the gold bracket #2 seed, 8-1. They followed that with a 9-1 pasting of the Keystone Fire and Ice squad. They then topped the XPlosion from Virginia 10-0 in four innings to secure the "playback championship" and an overall third place finish.
The Scrappers-Austin squad ran their season's record to 15-5-1. They will be in Richmond over the 4th of July weekend in the SoftballNation "Queen of the Hill" Showcase.
18U Beckner wins the Softball Nation Valley Blaze Invitational in Harrisonburg
The Scrappers 18U Beckner team went 6 - 0 winning the tournament. The Scrappers outscored their opponents 45 runs to 6 runs with only 3 being earned runs. Every player contributed this weekend along with the team batting 11 players every game including the championship game. Chelsey Booth pitched a 1 hitter against the Southern Heat and Kelsey Crotty entered to pitch late in the Championship game to get the win. Hannah Smith lead the team offensively with her bat this weekend.
18U Beckner Champions / 18U Austin Runner Up in NSA Botetourt June Jubilee
In the NSA Botetourt June Jubilee 18U age bracket the 18U Scrappers Beckner played the 18U Scrappers Austin for the Championship. The 18U Scrappers Beckner team won 6 - 4. Congratulations to both teams for a Championship and Runner-Up trophy.
16U Scrappers are tournament Champions at NSA Botetourt June Jubilee
The 16u Scrappers won the NSA Botetourt June Jubilee on June 6, 2010. For the weekend they scored 57 runs, only allowed 7 runs, and, had three shutouts. In the championship game Karsyn Boothe pitched a no-hitter.
Scrappers 14U are the NSA Memorial Day Bash Tournament Champions
The Virginia "Class Action" Scrappers 14U Team opened up the season as the 2010 NSA Memorial Day Bash Tournament Champions. The 14U team had a record of 6 -1 during the two day tournament that saw 16 teams from the area participate. The team did not lack offensive power as they scored 56 runs on 73 hits in the 7 games that they played.
Tamara Smith was recently given an official invitation by USA Athletes International to participate on the USA Athletes International Softball Team. The team will compete in the 2010 Buenos Aires Goodwill Series in Buenos Aires, Argentina from June 15 - June 23, 2010. The games will be televised here in the United States.
Tamara Smith began her travel softball career at the 12U age group with the Virginia “Class Action” Scrappers and has been a member of our organization for the past 8 years. Tamara is currently a pitcher on the Scrappers 18U Austin team. Last year she was given a softball scholarship at Concord University where she begins her college career this spring.
The Virginia “Class Action” Scrappers are very proud of Tamara’s accomplishments for the Scrappers, Northside High School, Concord University, and now USA Athletes International. The Virginia “Class Action” Scrappers Board approved and gave Tamara Smith a $500 scholarship to help with the $3,543 cost that is required to participate in the 2010 Buenos Aires Goodwill Series. We wish Tamara Smith the best of luck and look forward to watching her this spring and summer.
Softball Pitcher of the Week (2/15-21):
---Tamara Smith, Concord, Fr., P, Roanoke VA: Smith went 2-1 with a 2.10 earned run average for Concord in action versus Fayetteville State and Lincoln Memorial...The former Northside HS hurler earned wins in both ends of a doubleheader at Fayetteville State on Sunday, including a 13-strikeout effort in game two...For the week, Smith scattered 18 hits in 20.0 innings, while striking out 21 and walking four.
Other nominees: Glenville State's Jessica Fedor (1-1, 2 ER in 10 IP) and WV Wesleyan's Patricia Moreno (1-1, 17 K in 14 IP, 5 ER).