The 10U girls softball team placed second in the Regionial tournament making them one of the best teams in the Southeastern United States. Congratulations to the girls, their parents and the coaches for an outstanding job. Everyone here at ABAA is proud of you.

10U Girls keep going and going and going

The 10U girls softball team is STILL playing ball. They are 4-1 in the Regional tournament with their only loss to the Oveido team that bested them in State. The two teams play today in the Regional final. Wish them luck. 

10U Girls Softball Rocks!!!! 

I am very proud to announce that our 10U softball all stars finished second in the State tournament and qualified to move on to the Regional Tournament in Virginia July 15-19! This is an incredible feat so please congratulate the players and coaches the next time you see them. Also, please be generous if possible in financially supporting the team as they must take more time off work and layout more expenses in their representation of our park. Please contact Brad Harris or Lisa Grupp with your donations.

All Stars 

The 10U girls softball team won their district championship and is headed to the State tournament in Ponte Vedra. The 8U rookies won their qualifier and are headed to the state tournament in Palm Beach. The 9A team finished second in their tournament but since Jax Beach won that tournament but has an automatic bid to State for winning last year, the second place team (us) goes to the State tournament as the defacto winner. The 10A team finished as runner up in their division. Congratulations on AB's success in the post season. Any financial support you can provide to the teams that are attending the State tournament is greatly appreciated as those teams must travel out of town to represent our park. Donations can go to the head coach or any Board member for distribution to the teams. 

The AB 10U Inferno won the 2009 Spring District 1 Rec-Ball Championship with a heart-stopping 3-2 victory on Sunday, May 17 over MSA 10U in Ponte Vedra, Coach Lisa Grupp reported.

Nicole Grupp ended up throwing all but 1 inning of the tournament. She pitched 14 innings, with 26 strikeouts, 5 walks, 2 no hitters, and 3rd game only gave up 1 hit.

"We were very proud to be able to represent Atlantic Beach and even prouder to have won the trophy for our great organization," Coach Grupp said.

The Inferno beat Lake Lucina 16-2 and Northside Athletic 7-0 on Saturday, with Nicole Grupp pitching the two no-hitters.

In other games, the 12u Rebels Black and the 16u Atlantic Beach team both lost their games Saturday. Rebels Black lost to The Creeks Bulldogs 13-5, while AB 16U lost to PV Thunder 9-6.

• See photo gallery from Championship Game
• See photo gallery from Game 2
• See photo gallery from Game 1

We are grateful to all who've registered to play at ABAA and wish that registration fees covered 100% of expenses but the simple fact is that they don't. Each season the League must raise thousands to cover the gap. We ask each coach to garner a minimum of $250 in sponsorship donations however, these folks are already donating their time and talents to teach our kids and shouldn't have to raise funds also. If you have a business and would like to reach the families of 400 kids for a small amount, a donation of $500 will land you a 4' x 6' sign on the outfied fence of one of our fields for two seasond. If you are an individual family that is capable of sponsoring a team, please consider letting your coach know that you will step in to help in that manner. Just print the sponsorship form off the link to the left and write a check to ABAA for whatever amount you wish. We are non profit organization so your donation is tax deductible. Thank you for all of your assistance in making ABAA the best place to be during a baseball season.