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Saturday, December 9 TRADITION 2012 Summer Tournament Schedules TRADITION 14u June 09-10 - Renegades, Leyard, CT June 16-17 - Rapids Tournament, Watertown, CT June 23-24 - Southington, CT June 30-July 1 Southington, CT July 7 - 8 14u Pony New England Regionals, Meriden, CT July 12 Tradition Individual Showcase, Wallingford, CT July 13-15 - Tradition College Showcase, Wallingford/Meriden, CT TRADITION 16u North June 11-12 - TRADITION Eagles Nest Classic, Meriden, CT June 18-19 - Norwich tournament, Norwich, CT June 24-26 - TRADITION Red, White and Blue Knights, Meriden, CT July 2-3 - Virginia Beach Showcase July 7 - TRADITION Individual College Showcase, Wallingford, CT July 8-10 - TRADITION College Showcase, Wallingford/Meriden, CT July 16-17 - Rapids Tournament, Watertown, CT July 23-24 - Swansea, MA Showcase TRADITION 16u South June 11-12 - TRADITION Eagles Nest Classic, Meriden, CT June 18-19 - Rapids 18u tournament, Watertown, CT June 25-26 - Devens College Showcase, Ayer, MA July 2-3 - Colorado Firecracker Showcase July 7 - TRADITION Individual College Showcase, Wallingford, CT July 8-10 - TRADITION College Showcase, Wallingford/Meriden, CT July 16-17 Tuneup for Nationals, Watertown, CT July 26-Aug 1 - NSA Nationals, Chattanooga, TN TRADITION 18u North June 11-12 - TRADITION Eagles Nest Classic, Meriden, CT June 18-19- Swansea Tournament, Swansea, MA June 25-26- TRADITION Red, White and Blue Classic, Southington, CT July 2-3- K of C Tournament, Orangeburg, NY July 8-10 TRADITION College Showcase, Wallingford, CT July 16-17 Tuneup for Nationals, Watertown, CT July 24-July31 PONY Nationals, Raleigh, NC Monday, March 20 TRADITION Summer Schedules 18u, 16u, 14u Red, 14u White TRADITION 18u June 17,18 - Eliminators Tournament @Middletown June 24,25 - ASA State Championships @Danbury July 1,2 - Green Devils Tournament @New London July 7-9 - ASA New England Regionals @Keene, NH July 13 - TRADITION Individual College Showcase July 14-16 - TRADITION College Showcase @Wallingford July 22,23 - Tuneup for Nationals @Watertown July 28-Aug 4 - PONY Nationals @Sterling, VA TRADITION 16u June 17,18 - Eliminators Tournament @Middletown June 24,25 - West Point Tournament @New York July 1,2 - Green Devils Tournament @Deep River July 7-9 - ASA New England Regionals @Danbury July 13 - TRADITION Individual College Showcase July 14-16 - TRADITION College Showcase @Watertown July 22-30 - PONY Nationals at Vienna, OH TRADITION 14u RED June 3,4 - Hornets Tournament @Branford June 10,11 - Renegades Tournament @Ledyard June 17,18 - Bombers Tournament @Norwich June 24,25 - ASA State Championships @Milford July 1,2 - Green Devils Tournament @Deep River July 7-9 - Breakers Tournament @Stratford July 14-16 - Magic Tournament @Southington July 22,23 - Tuneup for Nationals @Watertown TRADITION 14u WHITE April 22,23 - Hornets Tournament @Branford April 29,30 - Commotion Tournament @East Haven May 13,14 - Charmers Tournament @West Haven May 27,28 - Friends of Cheshire @Cheshire June 3,4 - Branford Tournament @Branford June 10,11 - Renegades Tournament @Ledyard June 24,25 - ASA State Championships @Milford July 1,2 - Green Devils Tournament @Deep River July 7-9 - Breakers Tournament @Stratford July 22,23 - Tuneup for Nationals @Watertown Tuesday, March 14 TRADITION Regular Tournament Season Opens April 22 The TRADITION 14u White team will kick off the 2006 season for the program, playing in the Branford Tournament. The youthful squad, made up of all 7th and 8th graders, will test their merit beginning on that April weekend. It will be the first of 10 tournaments for the team. The 14u Red, 16u and 18u teams will begin in June to complete a 32 tournament summer including Nationals for the 16u and 18u teams. Check this menu page for results of the tournaments and player highlights. Almost time for another fun season for the TRADITION family. Programs come and go as Dad coaches leave when their daughter graduates. TRADITION is in its 30th year and will be around as long as the Old Coach is still breathing. TRADITION Plays in Rising Stars College Showcase The TRADITION program sent 10 players to the Rising Stars College Showcase in Florida in January. Players from the 18u and 16u teams participated, playing five games over the weekend. TRADITION finished the weekend with a 2-3 record. The squad defeated the New York Brewster Rockets 1-0, followed by a 3-1 defeat to the Palm Beach Florida team. TRADITION posted a 4-1 victory over the North Jersey Bandits. The final two games were not easy ones for the locals as the Canada Cougars topped TRADITION 9-1 and the Central Florida Ladyhawks beat them 8-0. "It was a great experience for the girls", said Coach Ron Piazza. "It gave them the opportunity to have many college coaches watch them play and to give them an idea of where they need to be to compete for those college positions." April Ghiroli and Nicole Davenport did all the pitching for TRADITION while Sarah Gates and Christina Dorchinsky had excellent weekends. Allie Ritacco also played super at thirdbase, making several fine plays without an error. "It is something I would like the girls to be able to do again," Piazza said. "We will apply again in hopes of being accepted next year." TRADITION Fall Softball 2005 - Begin 30th Anniversary Season This fall TRADITION teams began the program's 30th anniversary season. The highlight of the fall season will see the TRADITION 18u college recruits team head for Davie, Florida for the Rising Stars College Showcase. Over 300 college coaches will be in attendance as TRADITION will play five showcase games. TRADITION's high school players were picked to attend as the only Connecticut travel team in the invited field. TRADITION also played in a few other fall tournaments to stay sharp for its fall ending trip to Florida. The other TRADITION teams are also in action this fall. The 14u team plays doubleheaders each Saturday in Southington at Panthorn Park in a 16-team Middle School circuit. The 16u team plays on Sundays with doubleheaders in an 18-team field at Panthorn. TRADITION 16u wins Bumble Bee TRADITION 16u defeated the Black Widows 2-1 to capture the championship of the Bumble Bee Bash held in West Haven. Magen Dargon pitched a masterpiece in the final, allowing only an unearned run to pace TRADITION to the title.
The TRADITION 12u team won the Connecticut ASA State Championship this past weekend behind the pitching of Emily O'Keefe and Lindsay Ghiroli. The squad also banged out a bushel of hits in the tournament to improve its record to 25-2-2 for the season. TRADITION has won four tournament titles along with one runnerup trophy. The TRADITION 18u team finished runnerup to the CT Green Devils, losing the "if" game after a monumental Sunday effort to get back in the championship run. April Ghiroli pitched 26 innings on Sunday to keep the TRADITION title hopes alive. All TRADITION teams will compete in the Bumble Bee Classic next weekend. The 12u plays up in the 14u tournament in Guilford along with the 14u, the 16u is in West Haven while the 18u team is in Branford. TRADITION KEEPS UP WINNING STYLE The June 17-19 weekend was a great start for the TRADITION 18u team and continuing success for TRADITION 12u. The 18u team won six straight games at the Eliminators "Rachel Carey Best of the Best" tournament. April Ghiroli was honored with the Most Valuable Player plaque after pitching TRADITION to a 6-0 win in the finals over the Connecticut Hornets. Ghiroli and Natalie Volpe combined to pitch all six games, allowing only 11 hits, while striking out 40 in 40 innings and walking four. Sarah Gates led the Tradition offense, hitting .389 while Brooke Perrone had a homerun and triple. Stephanie Kowalec, April Ghiroli and Amanda St. George also had six hits apiece. The TRADITION 12u team captured the Shoreline Stinger played in Branford. Tradition improved to 22-2-2 for the season with three tournament titles and one runnerup. Emily O'Keefe had a big weekend on the mound with help from Jess Davenport. O'keefe pitched TRADITION to a 12-1 win in the championship game over the New York Rage. TRADITION 12u OFF TO FINE START IN FIRST SEASON The Tradition 12u softball has started the 2005 season in fine fashion. Pitchers Emily O'Keefe and Jess Davenport have hurled the Tradition team to two tournament championships. After winning their only game played in the first tournament in Branford, the remainder of the event was washed out by rain. In the second tournament, the X Games in Stratford, Tradition reeled off 15-0 wins versus the New York BP All-Stars and a 4-1 victory over the Rhode Island Thunder to take the top seed on Saturday. Sunday's games were rained out with TRADITION taking home the title by virtue of their top seed. The Charmers Mother's Day Classic saw TRADITION take home another title with four straight wins on Sunday. O'Keefe and Davenport won two games each on Sunday, striking out 30 and walking only three in 29 innings of work. Catcher Alex Ciccone caught all 29 innings and had a nice tournament at the plate, as well. Val Mazrek, Idalia Friedson, Lindsay Ghiroli, Cori Makar, Brette Therriault, Ali Sullivan, Frankie Brillante and Jostlyn Markovitz all chipped in to help take home the winner's trophies. The Charmers ran a nice event at the North Branford Sportsplex.
The TRADITION Fall Softball program completed its 2004 season on Halloween weekend. The combined 16u/18u team had another fun time in the Southington Fall Softball League. Pitchers Nicole Davenport, April Ghiroli and Alyssa Skewes turned in an excellent fall campaign. The 12u/14u teams completed a fall of free instructional clinics run by the TRADITION staff, learning skills and game situation mechanics. There are still openings for additional Tradition players and Coaches. Email Coach Piazza at CoachPiaz@aol.com for more information.
The 2004 version of TRADITION Softball got off to a fast start this summer. The TRADITION 18u team won the PONY National Qualifier in Danbury, CT, and the TRADITION 16u team captured the ASA State Championship held in Milford, CT. Pitching was strong for both teams. TRADITION 18u got a one-hitter from Natalie Volpe in the championship game, a 2-1 win over FSA Tradition. Volpe and Amanda DeMatteo both threw no-hitters as the team won all six games in the tournament. TRADITION 16u got a perfect game from April Ghiroli in the opener of the state tournament. Nicole Davenport pitched the championship game, a 4-1 victory over the Stratford Seahawks. TRADITION Players - This Week in High School ...High School season The high school season is nearly over with the state tournament beginning on June 1. Tradition players have made their mark, leading their teams into the tournament. In class LL, Amanda Genovese and Christy Tinker enter the week unbeaten at 18-0 with Amity. Natalie Volpe, Kelly Anderson, Stephanie Kowalec, Carly Wasik, Elisa Van Kirk, Brooke Perrone, Aimee Cassella and Nicole Davenport are 19-0 with Southington, posting 19 consecutive shutout victories. Vicci Duane is 17-2 on the mound for West Haven. In class L, the battery of Shelby Slie and Jessie Almonte has paced Seymour to a 20-0 mark and Brittany Foreshaw is part of a 19-1 Waterford team. In class M, Abby Baldino is starting for 19-1 Laurelton Hall and in Class S, Sarah Gates has had a great year for a young Granby team. Week Four ...Amanda Genovese catching for Amity, 8-0 on the season ...Natalie Volpe pitches Southington to 6-0 start ...Vicci Duane pitches West Haven to 7-0 start ...Marcia Roche triples and doubles to help NFA stay unbeaten at 5-0 ...Jessy Almonte batting over .500 for 9-0 Seymour ...Amanda DeMatteo, 4-0, on the mound for Sacred Heart Academy ...Brittany Glynn batting over .500 for St. Joseph ...Stephanie Kowalec drives in winning run with a single in 1-0 Southington win over Bristol Central ...Sarah Gates, three-run homer in ninth wins it for Granby ...Casey Sullivan, two hits, two SB's, big in 4-3 Suffield Academy win ...Nicole Davenport, game winning RBI keeps Southington unbeaten in 2-0 win over Rockville ...Vicci Duane, two triples, leads WHaven past Hand ...Stay tuned for more updates Week Three ...Natalie Volpe one-hits New Milford, 7-0 with 11 strikeouts ...Sarah Gates hits homerun for Granby ...Casey Sullivan has three hits for Suffield Academy ...Jessy Almonte homers for Seymour ...April Ghiroli shuts out Sheehan, 4-0 ...Amanda DeMatteo shuts out Hand, 1-0 Week Two ...Natalie Volpe one-hits Westhill, 5-0, has three hits, three RBI's ...Kelly Anderson and Brooke Perrone combine for four hits and Stephanie Kowalec makes spectacular diving catch. ...Kristin Cholewinski has three extra base hits against Amity and Hand ...Stephanie Pellegrino gets two hits in win over Hand for Branford ...Abby Baldino has a triple and three hits against NFA ...Amanda DeMatteo pitches 3-2 win over Rockville ...Brittany Glynn has two hits in win over Trumbull ...Vicci Duane strikes out 11 and gets three hits in Spring mound debut for West Haven Week One ...April Ghiroli strikes out 15 Career batters in Lyman Hall win ...Amanda Genovese drives in run in 4-0 Amity victory over Shelton ...Jessy Almonte drives home three runs in Seymour victory ...Abby Baldino has RBI single in Laurelton Hall win ...Jamie Ludwig had two hits and RBI in Trumbull victory ...April Ghiroli pitches one hitter against Mercy TRADITION COLLEGE PLAYERS Former TRADITION Softball players are in the midst of their respective college seasons. Elina Colon was named league player of the week for her work on the mound for the University of New Haven. Colon has posted a 0.63 ERA so far this Spring and a 7-3 record including two wins on the Southern trip to Florida. She has only allowed 28 hits and seven walks over 66.2 innings with 40 strikeouts. Jessy Sachs is hitting .325 for Florida Atlantic University. Shifted to third base this Spring, Sachs has scored 26 runs from the leadoff spot with nine extra base hits, including five homeruns, good for 16 RBI's. Nine other Tradition players are also competing in college seasons. Veteran Nicole deFau is a senior at the University of Notre Dame. The speedy outfielder was TRADITION's centerfielder in the National Championship years of 1998 and 1999. TRADITION Players Begin High School Season The high school season begins for the TRADITION 16u and 18u players as teammates split up for the Spring campaign. TRADITION friendships add to the fun of the high school season. Wishing all the players well as we keep tabs on our friends during the Spring. Looking forward to coming together again in June.
Rain washed out Sunday games in the Commotion Classic but not before a fun three games on Saturday for the TRADITION Fall Team. Pitchers Amanda DeMatteo, April Ghiroli and Natalie Volpe allowed only one run in three games (21 innings) on Saturday under beautiful sunny skies at East Shore Park. A thank you to Ron Rosarbo, Mike Raccio and Jack Parker for making it another enjoyable day of softball.
The TRADITION 18u and 16u softball teams are hard at work this winter getting ready for another season, the 28th in the storied history of the program. Indoor workouts have resumed as the team looks forward to the challenge of playing the best teams in the Northeast before heading off for Nationals. The TRADITION program is looking for interested coaches for its staff. All interested candidates can email Coach Piazza at CoachPiaz@aol.com TRADITION Showcase Big Success The Tradition Showcase held at Pragemann Park in Wallingford was a huge success as 21 college coaches came to view the play of 28 teams over the three day event. The many parent volunteers helped to make it a huge success with chairpeople Lou Ghiroli, food, Donna Genovese, clothing and college coaches, and John Glynn, fields, coordinating the off field features. The Tradition 18u and Tradition 16u teams each won four of its five games against top rated opponents to improve the two teams overall mark to 46-6. The Tradition 18u came from a 5-0 deficit in the semis to rally to tie in the final inning and win in a tiebreaker 6-5 when Amanda Genovese drew a bases loaded walk. The team then battled the Polar Crush to a 1-1 tie through regulation and lost 3-2 in the tiebreaker to finish tournament runnerup. Meghan Doonan pitched the doubleheader for Tradition with an outstanding two games of pitching. The Tradition 16u finished third, losing in the semis to the Capital Mainiacs, 3-1, before drubbing the Flame 10-0 in the consolation game. The team won four-of-five to improve to 20-3 for the summer season. TRADITION 16u Wins Worcester PONY TRADITION 16u won six straight games to capture the Worcester PONY National Qualifer. Shelby Slie struck out nine in tossing a shutout in the championship, a 2-0 win over the Massachusetts Drifters. Slie allowed only one hit and no walks in lifting Tradition's overall record to 16-2. Amanda DeMatteo doubled and came around to score on a sacrifice fly from Elisa Van Kirk. Nikki Porto plated the other run when she was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. DeMatteo had two hits in the game. TRADITION 16u got into the finals with five straight wins. MA Black Ice fell 10-0 behind a two-hitter from Nat Volpe. Volpe helped her own cause with three hits, including a double. Porto also had three hits and DeMatteo and Van Kirk, two each with each smacking a double. Slie struck out seven in blanking the Concord Raiders, 6-0. She allowed only two hits with no walks. DeMatteo smacked a triple in that game and Jamie Ludwig had an RBI single. DeMatteo threw a one-hitter edging Sting Gold, 2-1. She struck out five with April Ghiroli ripping two hits. Ludwig won the game with a two-run triple. Volpe tossed another shutout as TRADITION beat the MA Shockers, 10-0. DeMatteo and Van Kirk each went three-for-four. IN the semis, DeMatteo scattered six hits in a 5-1 win over Drifters South. She helped her own cause with two hits, including an RBI triple. Stephanie Kowalec had two hits. TRADITION 18u won six straight games before dropping a 1-0 decision in the finals to the Concord Raiders. TRADITION had nipped the Raiders, 2-1, in the tournament opener on Saturday. Meghan Doonan and Elina Colon pitched brilliantly in the tournament, allowing only four earned runs and five overall. They combined to strike out 49 batters in 45 innings with only two walks. TRADITION 18u improved its summer record to 22-2, playing in highly competitive tournaments against teams from six states. Ali Brander paced the TRADITION offense with an outstanding weekend, batting .458. Brander also led the team in hits with 11, while recording hits in six of the seven games. Amanda Acampora had another solid offensive weekend for TRADITION with a .455 batting average. Katie Alteri hit .364 with six RBI's while Stephanie Volpe, .348 and Erica Pernell, .316, were the other hitters above the .300 mark. Amanda Genovese and Alteri continued their solid catching, not allowing a stolen base all season. Tradition Opens with Wins The Tradition 16u team opened the Tradition Showcase tournament with a 5-0 victory over the RC Sapphires. Amanda DeMatteo pitched the shutout for Tradition. The Tradition 18u team defeated the Mass Whips, 7-1, behind Elina Colon. Jessy Sachs had three hits and Ali Brander and Katie Alteri, two each, to pace the victory. TRADITION 16u and 18u Win Independence Cup Leominster, MA. - The Tradition 16u team won all six games to sweep through the Independence Cup tournament to the championship. Shelby Slie picked up three wins on the mound while Amanda DeMatteo won two and Natalie Volpe, the other, to take the crown. Coach Charlie Judge's team improved to 10-2 after placing third a week ago in the Beach Blast tournament. The Tradition 18u team came off a 3-2 defeat to the Boston Krush on Saturday to fight its way out of the loser's bracket and win five straight games on Sunday to take home its second straight championship. Tradition lost only once in 10 games over the weekend. Meghan Doonan pitched three games on Sunday and won five in the tournament, including a perfect game. Doonan got TRADITION into the "if" game by defeating the Massachusetts Firecrackers to get to the finals and the Krush in the first game of the championship. Elina Colon pitched the winner with a 4-1 victory over the Krush with Stephanie Volpe blasting a homerun. TRADITION 7 Rhode Island Rebels 2 - WP Meghan Doonan TRADITION 4 Boston Krush 4 TRADITION 8 Massachusetts Lightning 0 - WP Elina Colon TRADITION 11 New Hampshire Granite 0 - WP Meghan Doonan -perfect game Krush 3 TRADITION 2 LP Elina Colon TRADITION 10 Rhode Island Rebels 0 - WP Meghan Doonan TRADITION 5 New Hampshire Granite 0 - WP Elina Colon TRADITION 4 Mass. Firecrackers 3 - WP Meghan Doonan TRADITION 6 Boston Krush 4 - WP Meghan Doonan TRADITION 4 Boston Krush 1 - WP Elina Colon TRADITION 16u 13 Salem Swarm 1 - WP Shelby Slie TRADITION 16u 10 Coastal Cruisers 2 - WP Amanda DeMatteo TRADITION 16u 7 Tewksbury 0 - WP Natalie Volpe TRADITION 16u 6 Worcester Wildcats 0 - WP Shelby Slie TRADITION 16u 5 Tewksbury 0 - WP - Amanda DeMatteo TRADITION 16u 7 Tewksbury 1 - WP Shelby Slie TRADITION News and Updates Thank you for checking out our TRADITION softball web page. Check here for news updates, see how are players are doing with their college plans, or just plain browse. Congratulations TRADITION Players Congratulations to Amity High School and Lyman Hall High School for their state championship victories. Amanda Acampora was named MVP in the Class LL game and Meghan Doonan was named MVP in the Class L state championship game. Also, kudos to Southington High School and Seymour High School for finishing runnerup. Congratulations to the TRADITION players for outstanding high school seasons. There are 15 TRADITION players who participated in the STATE FINALS in CLASS LL and L. Five other TRADITION players completed their freshman college seasons this spring. We are proud of all the players. Statistics, All-Star awards, etc. can be based on who keeps the scorebook or the politics of high school voting. We judge your success on hard work, dedication and good character that will last you a lifetime. Thank you for your effort. |
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