STARK COUNTY GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION: Welcome

The Stark County Girls Softball Association (SCGSA) is a fast-pitch girl's softball league that has been in existence since 1973.  The league started with approximately 20 teams and has grown to over 120 teams.  This is a summer league that runs May through July with five age divisions of 8 and under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, and 15-18 followed by a Tournament Playoff at the end of the season.  Every year we average 12 to 16 girls per team, which means that each summer there are 1400 to 1600 girls that are actively involved in our program.  The SCGSA helps build character and leadership qualities in girls who participate by allowing them to work in a team-setting among their peers. If you might be interested into playing FALL BALL, please look at the message board as for who will be having a FALL BALL league  

Since the SCGSA is a Stark County association, all cities, villages and townships in Stark County may participate in our program. Areas outside the county may apply and play in the league with approval. In 2009, we grew to 22 charters.  The league is a roster ball organization and no "travel ball or hand-picked all-star" teams are permitted. 

In 2008, we lost a very special person in our Association, Terry L. Murphy.  In his honor, the Association has started the Terry L. Murphy Scholarship Award.  We are going to award scholarships at our ANNUAL APPRECIATION DINNER in AUGUST for high school girls pursuing a higher education.  For the instructions and scholarship applications it is listed under Terry L. Murphy Scholarship Award.  

Coaches or parents are welcome to come to our associations meetings, which are held on every 4th Sunday of the month at 7 pm at the Greentown Athletic Club on Cleveland Ave NW.  ASA Umpiring classes are held in the Spring, please contact Lynn Brooks for details.

2011 TERRY L. MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS   

Eight local area high school graduates received scholarships from the Stark County Girls Softball Association on August 14, 2011

Nicole Cunningham (Hoover), Walsh University $200.00, Stacey Cameron (Perry), Malone College $200.00, Erin Metzger (Strasburg), Akron University $500.00, Amanda Dillion (Louisville), Johnson & Wales University $200.00, Katherine Soliday (Louisville), Ohio University $200.00, Cassidy Brumbaugh (Glen Oak), Toledo University $200.00, Keirsten Heckel (Glen Oak), University of Akron $200.00 (Not Pictured) Letitia Bittinger (East Canton), Grace College $200.00.