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Richlands Athletic League, Inc.: News Update

Monday, July 20
2009 Major (11-12) Softball - Virginia State Tournament

July 20 - Richlands 11-12 girls All-Stars lost to Elkton 2-1. Unfortunately, that lose eliminates the girls from the tournament. We are all still very proud of this All-Star team and would like to congratulate them on an outstanding season.

July 19 - Richlands 11-12 girls All-Stars defeated Warwick 9-8 in eight innings. Richlands will play Elkton on Monday, July 20.

July 18 - Richlands 11-12 girls All-Stars defeated Gainesville 15-6 to open the 2009 Major (11-12) Softball - Virginia State Tournament. Richlands will play Warwick on Sunday, July 19.

Tuesday, July 7
2009 District 11 Major (11-12) Softball Tournament

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Congratulations 11-12 girls All-Star team! You are the District 11 champions!!

July 9 - Richlands 11-12 girls All-Stars defeated Clinch River 5-3 and were crowned champions of the 2009 District 11 Major (11-12) Softball Tournament. Congratulations on an outstanding tournament. The girls will report to Leesburg on Thursday, July 16, and begin play in the state tournament on Friday, July 17. We are proud to have these girls representing Richlands.

July 7 - Richlands 11-12 girls All-Stars defeated Clinch River 6-3 to advance to the championship game. Richlands will play the winner of Clinch River and Buchanan County on Thursday, July 9.

July 5 - Richlands 11-12 girls All-Stars defeated Tazewell 10-0 to advance to the finals in the winner's bracket. Richlands will play Clinch River on Tuesday, July 7, with the winner advancing to the championship game.

July 4 - Richlands 11-12 girls All-Stars defeated Honaker 13-4 in the opening round of the 2009 District 11 Major (11-12) Softball Tournament. Richlands advances to the second round and will play Tazewell on Sunday, July 5.

 

Wednesday, July 8
2009 District 11 Major (11-12) Baseball Tournament

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Congratulatons to the Richlands 11-12 boys All-Star team for a second place finish in the 2009 District 11 Tournament.

July 9 - Richlands 11-12 boys All-Stars lost to Lebanon (7-5) in the finals. Richlands finishes second in the 2009 District 11 Major (11-12) Baseball Tournament. Congratulations on a great tournament. We are proud to have these boys representing Richlands.

July 8 - Richlands 11-12 boys All-Stars defeated Honaker 6-4. Richlands will play Lebanon in the finals on Thursday, July 9. Richlands needs to defeat Lebanon twice to claim the tournament championship.

July 7 - Richlands 11-12 boys All-Stars defeated Tazewell 5-0. Richlands will play Honaker on Wednesday, July 8.

July 6 - Richlands 11-12 boys All-Stars defeated Bland 10-9. Richlands will play Tazewell on Tuesday, July 7.

July 5 - Richlands 11-12 boys All-Stars lost to Honaker (13-8) in the second round of the winner's bracket. Richlands will play Bland on Monday, July 6.

July 4 - Richlands 11-12 boys All-Stars defeated Clinch River 6-1 in the opening round of the 2009 District 11 Major (11-12) Baseball Tournament. Richlands advances to the second round and will play Honaker on Sunday, July 5.

 

Friday, July 10
2009 District 11 9-10 Softball Tournament

 Congratulatons to the Richlands 9-10 girls All-Star team for a third place finish in the 2009 District 11 Tournament.

 

Saturday, March 14
2009 District 11 Baseball and Softball Tournaments

 

 2009 District 11 Tournament Schedule

             All Baseball and Softball Divisions  

Division	Location	Date
Minor League Baseball	Honaker	June 5-11
9-10 Baseball	Lebanon	June 19-26
10-11 Baseball	Lebanon	June 12-17
Major Baseball	Clinch River	July 3-10
Junior Baseball	Honaker	June 26 - July 2
Senior Baseball	Honaker	June 26 - July 2
Big League Baseball	TBA	TBA
9-10 Softball	Lebanon	June 19-26
10-11 Softball	Lebanon	June 12-17
Major Softball	Richlands	July 3-9
Junior Softball	Honaker	June 26 - July 2
Senior Softball	Honaker	June 26 - July 2
Big League Softball	TBA	TBA

Tuesday, May 5
2009 Virginia State Baseball & Softball Tournaments

 2009

Virginia State

Tournaments

 

Division	Host District	Location	Tournament Date
9 -10 Baseball	3	Luray	Report 16 July 2009 Play 17 - 22 July
10-11 Baseball	4	Reston	Report 16 July 2009 Play 17 - 22 July
Major Baseball	10	CentrevilleFairfax	Report 23 July 2009 Play 24 - 30 July
Junior Baseball	15	Locust HillMiddlesex	Report 23 July 2009 Play 24 - 30 July
Senior Baseball	13	Pound	Report 16 July 2009 Play 17 - 22 July
Big League Baseball	3	Broadway	Report 08 July 2009 Play 09 - 14 July
9-10 Softball	11	Castlewood	Report 16 July 2009 Play 17 - 23 July
10-11 Softball	8	Aragona Pembroke	Report 17 July 2009 Play 18 - 22 July
Major Softball	16	Leesburg	Report 16 July 2009 Play 17 - 22 July
Junior Softball	5	Mechanicsburg	Report 23 July 2009 Play 24 - 30 July
Senior Softball	15	Ladysmith	Report 24 July 2009 Play 25 - 29 July
Big League Softball	8	Plaza Virginia Beach	Report 17 July 2009 Play 18 - 20 July

Saturday, March 14
Overcome the Fear Factor in your Beginning Baseball and Softball Players

The 2009 season is nearly underway. It's the right time to really solve the problem of teaching beginners to hit and catch a moving ball. Now there's a new, highly effective approach.

Please continue reading or please forward this message to those directly responsible for teaching your team’s beginners and players transitioning from T-Ball.

Everyone knows that teaching beginners is a special challenge for youth teams

because beginners:

    1.fear a real ball coming towards them,

    2. have a limited attention span for keeping their "Eyes on the Ball", and

    3.lack the motor skills needed for playing baseball or softball.

These facts make it difficult for coaches to meet their teams' objectives that beginners safely learn to play while always having fun and feeling successful.

To date, no single approach has overcome all of these issues – until now. During my 23 years as an educator and coach, I've developed a method and device for teaching beginners that can be immediately used by your teams.

This new method removes all fear of a moving baseball or softball, correctly simulates actual playing conditions, and uses the basic way all people learn any new eye-hand motor skill. I call it the Progressive Ball Speed^TM method, and the device is the SUREHITTER^®. There is nothing else like this approach and device. Together they really work amazingly well and are already receiving high praise from Little League Presidents, coaches and parents.

I invite you to learn more at: www.SureHitter.com where there is an Intro Video and many comments by those who have already begun using the Progressive Ball Speed method with the SUREHITTER.

At the site (or by clicking on the following links) you also can see an independent review of the SUREHITTER by "Sports Product Review" and my recently released article:

"There is a Big Gap in How We Teach Baseball and Softball to Beginners " .

Thanks,
Coach Joel Grubman

The Lord's Baseball Game

Coaching 101

The Gentle Art of Encouragement

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