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Force Classic 2012
General Information:
Tournament Dates: April 28 and 29, 2012
Place: Fresno and Clovis, CA
Divisions: 10U "A", 12U "A" and 14U "A"
Tournament Fee: $490.00, 4 Game Guarantee
Entrance Fee: (At some locations) $5.00 per person (non player), $2.00 per person for 12 and Under and Seniors. City of Fresno charges $7.00 for parking at Fresno Regional Park.
All teams must register via the website. Official entry is confirmed once payment has been received and up until the tournament is full. All entries and payment must be received prior to March 31, 2010.
To register, go to the online section of this web site.
Payment must be mailed to:
Fresno FORCE Softball
Attention: Mark Dodd
1865 Herndon Ave, Ste K, PMB 101
Clovis, CA 93611
In case of a rain out and if no games are played a refund will be issued to each paid team minus a $50.00 administrative fee.
Tournament Director
Chris Sanchez
(559) 907-8636
Coutney Dale 2011 Inductee to Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame
Courtney Dale Bolt Bio
Current Clovis North Varsity Coach, Fresno Force Pitching Coach, Board Member and Former Force Player, Courtney Dale-Bolt is a 2011 inductee to the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame. On behalf of all of the current Force members, we congratulate Courtney on her induction and for all of her past accomplishments both on and off the softball field.
Force 18 Gold Returning to Boulder, Colorado Again
Coaches,
The field for the 2012 Independence Day Tournament in Boulder has been finalized and your team has been selected as one of eighty teams to participate. The 2012 field will be one of the strongest ever. Teams from twenty two states including the 2011 Premier Girls Fastpitch National Champion CA So Cal Athletics and the 2011 ASA Gold National Champion Team North Florida will all be participating in the Boulder tournament.
We will also be hosting a separate thirty two team 18U tournament in Louisville, CO. The top six finishers will be guaranteed spots in the 2013 Boulder tournament. The 16U tournament will feature forty eight teams in Longmont, CO.
We appreciate the support you have given the tournament, and look forward to another terrific event next summer. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding the tournament.
Dan Burns
Tournament Director
Force 16U Returning To Boulder, Colorado Again
October 12, 2011
Coaches,
The field for the 2012 16U Independence Day Tournament has been finalized, and your team has been selected to be one of 48 teams to participate. The 2011 tournament hosted 80 teams in Longmont and Erie, but I do not have the Erie fields in 2012 and am forced to reduce the tournament to 48 teams. The tournament will be played in Longmont, CO at the Garden Acres and Clark Centennial fields.
I appreciate the interest you have shown in the tournament, and the continuous support many of you have given us in the past. I expect the tournament to provide top flight competition as we have an extremely strong group of teams competing.
See you next summer.
Dan Burns
Tournament Director
2011 - 2012 Fresno Force Coaches
The Fresno Force would like to welcome back Ron Arbino as one of our 14U coaches. Here is the list of Force Coaches for the 2011 - 2012 season.
18 Gold Jeff Jennings
16 & U James Netto and Russ Reynolds
14 & U Ron Arbino
14 & U Ed Ballesteros
12 & U Audrey Tamondong & Mica Sanchez
Good Luck Coaches.
"Force 14U Reynolds Finishes in 5th Place at 14U ASA/USA National Championship"
The Fresno Force 14U Reynolds team finished in 5th place at the ASA/USA 14U National Championship with a record of 6 wins and 2 Losses. The National Championship was a 103 team double elimination tournament. This is the highest finish of any Central California Team since the Fresno Force 16U team won the ASA/USA 16U National Championship in 1997.
The Fresno Force 14U Reynolds team is made up of players from the Central Valley and Central Coast. Coached by Russ Reynolds and Art Cervantez, the team consist of Alyssa Avila, Aubrey Blankenburg, Kaylynn Burt, Demi Danell, Alex Flores, Maddy Forester, Rachel Rodriquez, Taylor Rowley, Megan Salazar, Jilee Schanda, Claire Stucker, Madisyn Turman, and Julia Zuniga.
Well Done Ladies, we are all very proud of you!!
"2011 A Year to Remember"In 2011, The Fresno Force claimed the Central California ASA 18 Gold Classification Tournament Championship, The Central California ASA Metro 16U Championship and The Central California ASA Metro 14U Championship. The 18 Gold team tied for 9th out of 80 teams at the prestigious Boulder Colorado Louisville Slugger Independence Tournament and finished tied for 9th at the 96 team Champions Cup in Irvine. Our 16U Team finished tied for 5th out of 64 teams at the Champions' Cup Tournament in Irvine. Where do you want to play in 2012? The 14U Reynolds team finished 5th at the ASA/USA 14U National Championship while our 14U Bethel team finished 7th at the ASA 14U Western National Championship. Where do you want to play in 2012?The 2012 Collegiate Softball Season will see 12 of the 2011 Force 18 Gold players starting their collegiate careers. Six of these players will be playing at the NCAA Division 1 level (Two in the PAC12), one player playing NCAA Division 2 level, one player playing NAIA and four players playing for Junior Colleges. These players will join our 135 Alumni. Where do you want to play in College?Force 16U team was one of three teams invited to play their 2 practice games for the 16U ASA/USA Nationals at the University of Tennessee!!
Fresno Force 2011/2012 Tryouts
The Fresno Force will be conducting tryouts for the 2011 to 2012 softball season on the below following dates. If you want to be part of Central California ASA Championship teams and showcase your talent on the largest stages at the Boulder Louisville Slugger Independence Tournament and Champions Cup in Irvine, CA then THINK PINK and come to the Force Tryouts.
All Tryouts are at Tice Park.
Saturday, August 20th
12U 9am to 12noon
14U 9am to 12noon
18Gold 1pm to 4pm
Sunday, August 21st
12U 9am to 12noon
14U 9am to 12noon
18Gold 1pm to 4pm
16U 4pm to 6pm
Monday, August 22nd
16U 6pm to 8pm
The Force encourages players to tryout for multiple teams and age groups. Players attending high school should tryout for the 16U and 18Gold Showcase teams even if this requires the player to play in an older age group as College Coaches recruit players on their year in school.
The Pink is Back!!!
Central Cal ASA Metro Champions!!!
Congratulations to our 16U and 14U Reynolds teams on winning the 2011 Central California ASA Metros and qualifying for the ASA Nationals. We also want to congratulate our 14U Bethel for coming in third place and also qualifying for the ASA Nationals. We know all three teams will represent the Fresno Force well at the ASA Nationals.
For the Metro Championships, the Fresno Force four teams went a combined 11 wins and 3 losses and won the most metro championships of any organization. Way to go Ladies!!
"Where Champions Play and Players Get Recruited"
For decades, the Fresno Force softball organization has fielded some of the best girl’s softball teams in the nation. We are affiliated with the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) and our teams have competed year after year in the National ASA Championships at all age levels.
Fresno Force Softball, Inc. was incorporated as a California nonprofit public benefit corporation in 1999, though our organization has existed for many years prior. Our primary purpose is to foster amateur competition in girl’s softball and to help our players master their skills to play competitively on all levels including collegiate play.
Fresno Force History
Our history includes:
16U ASA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
8 ASA GOLD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES
6 TOP 10 ASA GOLD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHES
COUNTLESS TOP 25 FINISHES
MULTIPLE TOP 10 FINISHES AT 12U - 16U LEVELS
147+ CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ATHLETES RECRUITED
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