Orland Park A's: Welcome
ORLAND PARK A's Fastpitch Softball est.1992
P.O. Box 1008 Orland Park, IL 60462 • (708) 807-7007 orlandparkas@comcast.net
A's 23U Womens team
Lightning Summer Bash June 16th-17th Elgin
USSSA State Championship June 23 Rockford
Radtke Memorial Classic July7-8th Elgin
USSSA World Series July 27th Rockford
Tryout Sunday May 20th 10AM Centennial Field #1
For consideration contact Mike 708-807-7007 or
orlandparkas@comcast.net
COLLEGE COACHES “LET’S PLAY FOR YOU” EVENTThe Homer Gold Betcher and Orland Park A’s present a new and unique opportunity to experience being coached by the best! Each player will be assigned to a team, based upon positions played, and will be coached in games by each of the college coaches present. The college coaches will switch teams every couple innings, so they can work with each player attending, in a game atmosphere. There will be 10-12 players to a team, each team will have 2-3 college coaches, and we will be sure to bat each player at least every 2 innings so that each coach sees each girl hit while they are on their team. The concept is to allow the college coaches to instruct each player in game situations, the best teacher of all! Colleges committed are:DePaul UniversityUICEastern Illinois UniversityLoyola UniversityTrinityLawrenceUniversity of ChicagoLewis UniversityNorthern Illinois University Cost for the event is $125. As planned, we will multiple games and rotations. Players wear their own team’s jerseys and supply their own equipment.
When: July 18, 2012 starts at 4 pm registration and check in at 3:00 pm
Place: Centennial Park in Orland Park, IL – 15400 West Ave Orland Park, IL Age: High school age players Registration is open until July 12, 2012 or until we have 88 players registered. Players are encouraged to bring profile sheets that you are free to leave for each of the coaches.
2012 A's Tournaments
2012 ASA/USA 18U National July 6-8th Qualifier for Chicago Metro Teams. Click here
2012 ASA NNQ 16U Metros Tune-Up Tournament July 6-8th Click here
2012 Last Blast Exposure Tournament July 20th-22nd Click Here2012 Last Blast Classic Tournament July 20th-22nd for 10,12,14U Click Here
A'S "HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS"
Lincoln-Way North 8, No. 6 Lincoln-Way West 1:
Racheal Luckett’s (16UBB) double was one of four hits for host Lincoln-Way West (23-10, 11-3) in the South-West Suburban Red.
No. 8 Lincoln-Way West 1, Lincoln-Way Central 0:
Rachael Luckett (16UBB) knocked in Kaci Krumreich to propel host Lincoln-Way West (17-8) in the SouthWest Suburban crossover. Morghan Dieringer surrendered two hits and struck out eight in pitching a complete game for the Warriors. Lincoln-Way Central slipped to 11-10.
5/10/12
Plainfield East 6, Oswego 0
Annie Molek allowed just 3 hits in her shutout win for Plainfield East. Fran Giovannini (18u MW) was 1-for-3 with 2 runs. Oswego Brooke Riess doubled in the loss.
5/8/12
Lemont 4, Tinley Park 2
Rylie Jay had a solo home run and Carli Kavanaugh (18u Gold) was 2-for-3 with a triple and 2 RBIs for Lemont (20-5, 15-2). Carly Jaworski allowed just 4 hits and struck out 2, to get the win.
Lincoln-Way East 11, Providence 0
Sam Stewart (16u BR) was 3-for-3 with 3 RBIs and Alexis Huss went 2-for-3 for Lincoln-Way East (20-4, 8-1).
Plainfield Central 3, Plainfield East 0
Morgan Vogt was 2-for-3 with 2 runs scored and tossed the shutout for Plainfield Central (20-6, 9-2). Karly Jackson and Cailey Baker (18u MW) were each 2-for-3 with an RBI
Softball: Taylor Weissenhofer (18u Gold), Lockport quiet Homewood-Flossmoor
Lockport’s Taylor Weissenhofer (18u Gold) wasn’t at all surprised, though, when she wasn’t in the hitting portion of the Porters lineup for Wednesday’s 6-1 SouthWest Suburban Blue victory over host Homewood-Flossmoor.
“Coach (Marissa) Chovanec is trying to stay between me and (teammate) Britni Vrba,” Weissenhofer said. “In the next 10 games we are going to switch off to see who gets in a groove. And whoever does that will hit in the postseason.”
There is no doubt who’ll be doing the pitching.
Weissenhofer added to an impressive string of outings of late, striking out 14 while firing a two-hitter. Briana Carney (two doubles, two RBI) led the way offensively for the Porters (21-6, 9-1), who kept pace with Lincoln-Way East atop the conference.
Angela Roberts had the only hit for H-F (15-11, 6-4), a towering home run with one out in the seventh. Sarah Burke struck out 10.
Weissenhofer’s 14 strikeouts give her 57 over her last five starts. Her only other mistake besides Roberts’ blast was hitting Kaitlyn Shereyk with a pitch in the fifth.
Ahead in the count on almost every hitter, Weissenhofer had the Vikings chasing her riseball and freezing on fastballs on the lower half of the plate. Twice, H-F batters swung at inside pitches that hit them, resulting in strikes.
“We were just mixing it up, trying to find their weaknesses at the plate,” Carney, her catcher, said. “She’s really gotten better on getting ahead (in the count). She’s definitely stepping up for us.”
Burke retired the first five Porters before Ashley London doubled down the left-field line and came in on an RBI single by Allison Foley. A Carney double and hits by Carly Dundee, Katelyn Hair and Melissa Stoch highlighted a four-run third, while Carney rapped another two-bagger for an RBI in the top of the seventh.
5/5/12
Lemont 20, Wheaton Academy 0 (5 inn.)
Lexie Valone (18u Gold) was 2-for-3 with 2 home runs and 4 RBIs, Kylie Jay had a home run and 5 RBIs, and Lauren May was 4-for-4 with 4 doubles for Lemont (19-5, 14-2).
Lincoln-Way East 10, Queen of Peace 0
Chrisi Mizera struck out 12, Sam Stewart (16u BR) hit a home run and Brianna Morell was 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs for LWE (19-4, 8-1).
Plainfield South 15-10, Hinsdale South 5-2
Alyssa Mannucci and Kayla Kendall (16u BR) hit home runs in game one, and Whitney Lanphier had 3 runs and 2 RBIs in game two for Plainfield South (18-7, 7-3).
5/3/12
Plainfield East 8, Plainfield South 5
Caitlyn Lee (18u SS) was 3-for-4 with a double and a solo home run and Fran Giovannini (18u MW) was 1-for-3 with 2 RBIs for Plainfield East.
5/2/12
Sandburg 4, Joliet West 0
Amanda Barna allowed 2 hits and struck out 4, Sarah Herold was 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs, and Karli McLaughlin (16u BB) added an RBI for Sandburg (15-10, 4-4).
10U July 5-8 Joliet area
12U July 5-8 Joilet area
14U July 5-8 Joliet area
16U July 12-15 Lemont
18U July 12-15 St. Charles
A's Facility has open winter practice slots available. Contact Mike for times and pricing. See below for facility pictures.
2012 College Commits:
Karli Shields / Knox College,
Ellie Forkin/Syracuse University
Cailey Baker/Missouri S&T
Priscilla Rios/Roosevelt University
Alex Wyss/Indiana Wesleyan
Mallory Goulding/Benedictine College, Atchison, KS
Nicolle Miskowicz/Lindenwood University-Belleville
Caitlyn Warren/Wisconsin,
Kristina Vizza/Loyola,
Bri Pasquale/Loyola,
Hannah Jenkins/Loyola,
Josie Dexter/Providence,
Kacyee Hart/Western Illinois,
Tierney Bottino/Western Illinois,
Nicole Kappelman/Lewis,
Taylor Weissenhofer/Valparaiso,
LexiValone/Bowling Green,
Meg Ryan/ University Of Iowa
Maggie Gorman/St. Ambrose
Sam Kusta/ Roosevelt University
Clare Ipema/ Northwestern Iowa
FALL BALL SUCCESS-2011
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A's 18U MW take 3rd out of field of 20 at the Autumn Blast College Exposure Tournament
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A's 16U FY take 1st at the Autumn Blast College Exposure event and Tournament
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A's 16U BR finish 3rd at ASA/USA Qualifier in Joliet
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A's 12U JR take 2nd at the Autumn Blast
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A's 10U SP take 2nd at Sparks Tournament
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A's 14U JP finish 1st at Autumn Blast- ASA NNQ, take 3rd at HRP - ASA/USA Qualifier, 2nd in the Indiana Rebel's tournament, 3rd at Carol Stream, and 6th at HRP - Hall of Fame Qualifier.
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A's 16UBB take 3rd at Autumn Blast
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A's teams participate in the Top College Exposure events this Fall including PGF in Indiana, DeMarini-Betcher in Elgin, Sparks in Elgin, A's in Orland Park, Midland Magic in Springfield and the St.Louis College Exposure. We look forward to getting our players exposed and recruited in the 2011-2012 season. Most teams will be entering the Sparkler tournament in Colorado this summer.
ASA Announce 2012 ASA/USA National Championships & Locations
- USA/ASA Girls’ GOLD 18-Under 7/23/2012 - 7/28/2012 Oklahoma City, OK
- USA/ASA Girls’ Class A 10-Under 7/29/2012 - 8/5/2012 Bloomington, IN
- USA/ASA Girls’ Class A 12-Under 7/29/2012 - 8/5/2012 Moline, IL
- USA/ASA Girls’ Class A 14-Under 7/29/2012 - 8/5/2012 Sioux Falls, SD
- USA/ASA Girls’ Class A 16-Under 7/29/2012 - 8/5/2012 Montgomery, AL
- USA/ASA Girls’ Class A 18-Under 7/29/2012 - 8/5/2012 Johnson City, TN.
2012 Rosters & Coaches Announced
The A's believe with these talented coaches in place, our players will have every opportunity to succeed and be exposed at the highest levels. The 2011 season was the most successful A's season in years, placing 3 teams at the ASA/USA Championships. With this staff in place we look forward to more success now and in the future.10U Sean Plese, Tom Gross, Tim Wenckus
14U Jason Parrott, Ashley Parrott, Sam Angell
16U Frank Yeagar, Maddy Joyce, Mary Connelly
16U Blain Ruby, Amanda Sheppard, Hayley Bridwell
18U Scott Sobol, Jessie Marinec, Amamda Mener
A's 23U Womens team for consideration contact Mike @
orlandparkas@comcast.net
A's Coaches Contact Info
10U Sean Plese plese0307@comcast.net
12U Jen Raftery 708-502-3552
| Upcoming Events | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Sun 5/27 |
Sunday 4-6pm 10U SP
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4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | A's Training Facility |
