... to the HOME OF THE 2004 SEAA 16U WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS THE "TENNESSEE LYNX" softball site. It all started twelve years ago as the "Lynx", later becoming Powell Lynx. We are now theTENNESSEE LYNX 18over "A". As some of you know, I have had some health issues for a year now and was not able to coach this season. Hopefully in spring of 2010 I will be able to resume coaching again. I will have my wife, Diane, helping me. Diane has coached softball & basketball. She knows & understands the game very well. She is a 5th grade teacher at Beaumont Magnet Academy. She is very good at understanding kids as well as getting them to understand her. Also, our daughter Tara, will help us some. Tara has played high school ball, travel ball, & college ball. Our goal is to play hard, never quit or give up & have lots of fun. I hope to be coaching again in the near future. I will probably go back to the young kids.
"TEAMWORK!!!"
"MANY HANDS, MANY MINDS, ONE GOAL"
Friday, November 27
HOPE EVERYONE HAD A HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY
WELL, THANKSGIVING HAS COME & GONE. NOW IT'S TIME FOR CHRISTMAS. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HOW FAST THIS YEAR HAS GONE BY.
Friday, November 27
WE WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
HOPE EVERYONE HAS A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Friday, November 27
OVER THE YEARS
IN THE FALL OF '97, I GOT THE NOTION TO TRY MY HAND AT COACHING A GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM. SO I STARTED BY ASKING ANYONE THAT WANTED TO PLAY SOME FALL BALL TO COME ON OUT. LITTLE DID I KNOW WHAT THE LYNX WOULD END UP ACCOMPLISHING. THE GIRLS HAD SO MUCH FUN, THEY ASKED IF WE COULD STAY TOGETHER & PLAY IN THE SPRING. I WAS SO GLAD TO HEAR THEM SAY THAT. AS THE YEAR WENT ALONG, I DECIDED TO ENTER THEM IN OUR FIRST TOURNAMENT. WE BECAME THE POWELL LYNX 10U. WE WENT TO BOWER FIELD & WON THE TOURNAMENT. EVERYONE WAS EXCITED. MY COMPETITIVE BLOOD STARTED BOILING AGAIN AS IT HAD WHEN I COACHED BASEBALL & BASKETBALL. THERE'S TWO OF THOSE ORIGINAL GIRLS THAT HAVE GONE ON & ARE STILL PLAYING COLLEGE BALL. ONE AT FLORIDA STATE & ONE AT HIWASSEE COLLEGE. OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO COACH SEVERAL FANTASTIC & TALENTED GIRLS. AT ONE POINT, FROM THE YEAR 2000-2002, THEY HAD A LEAGUE RECORD OF 52-1. IN 2000 THEY WON THE 10U NSA STATE TOURNAMENT IN SLOW PITCH THEN STARTED FAST PITCH AND WINNING A BERTH IN THE WORLD SERIES. THEY CONTINUED THE WIN STREAK FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE LOSING 1 LEAGUE GAME IN 2002. THEY PLACED 3RD IN THE STATE TWICE. ONCE IN NSA & ONCE IN ASA. THEY PLACED TIED FOR SECOND IN THE WORLD SERIES OF THE LAST YEAR OF THE SSAA ORGANIZATION. LATER THE SSAA CHANGED TO SEAA. THE LYNX WON THE 2004 16U SEAA WORLD SERIES. AFTER 2004, WE BECAME THE TENNESSEE LYNX 18U TRAVELING ALL OVER THE SOUTH DOING MOSTLY COLLEGE EXPOSURE TOURNAMENTS. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL GIRLS GO ON TO PLAY COLLEGE BALL & SEVERAL STILL PLAYING. THIS SUMMER, AT THE 2008 TIGER CLASSIC IN GEORGETOWN, KY., I TOLD THE GIRLS THIS WAS MY LAST TOURNAMENT. THEY RESPONDED BY WINNING 3 STRAIGHT & PLAYING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP ONLY TO LOSE 2-1. WHAT A WAY TO START & END. NOT TOO MANY COACHES CAN SAY THEIR FIRST TEAM WON A CHAMPIONSHIP & THEIR LAST ONE PLAYED FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP & ENDED UP SECOND. THANKS LADIES FOR A GREAT SEASON. I HAVE SAID THIS WAS IT. BUT, I ALL READY MISS IT. I GUESS I CAN'T SAY I'LL NEVER COACH AGAIN. IF, ANYTHING IT WILL BE TO HELP SOMEONE OR TO GO BACK TO THE YOUNGER ONES TO TEACH. I LOVE ALL YOU GUYS. THANK YOU ALL!
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Monday, July 14
TENNESSEE LYNX TAKES 2ND PLACE IN TIGER CLASSIC IN GEORGETOWN, KY.
THE LYNX STARTED SLOW ON SATURDAY LOSING THE FIRST TWO POOL GAMES, BUT THEN LATER THAT NIGHT WON AGAINST KENTUCKY REBELS. STARTING SINGLE ELIMINATION ON SUNDAY, THEY DEFEATED THE MAN O' WAR BULLDOGS IN A WILD PLAY TO END THE GAME. SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE SEMIFINALS, THEY BEAT THE BLUEGRASS ELITE 10-0. THE LYNX TOOK THE LEAD 1-0 IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, BUT COULDN'T HOLD ON TO A STRONG KENTUCKY OUTLAWS' TEAM AND LOST 2-1. IT WAS A GREAT TOURNAMENT FOR THE GIRLS. I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED IT AS MUCH AS I DID.
Monday, June 30
LYNX TAKE 3RD PLACE IN ISA STATE TOURNAMENT
THE LYNX ALLOWED ONLY 4 RUNS IN 6 GAMES, BUT STILL CAME UP SHORT OF PLAYING FOR THE ISA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE ONLY LOSSES WERE BOTH 1 - 0.
COVERING ALL THE BASES: PART 1
A little girl was overheard talking to herself as she strode through her backyard, softball visor in place and toting ball and bat. "I'm the greatest softball player in the world," she said proudly. Then she tossed the ball in the air, swung and missed. Undaunted, she picked up the ball, threw it into the air and said to herself, " I'm the greatest player ever!" She swung at the ball again, and again she missed. She paused a moment to examine bat and ball carefully. Then once again she threw the ball into the air and said, "I'm the greatest softball player who ever lived." She swung the bat hard and again missed the ball.
"Wow!" she exclaimed, "What a pitcher!"
Friday, November 27
FORMER LYNX PLAYERS & WHERE THEY WENT TO PLAY:
KAYLA BRIGHT - WALTERS STATE
MANDY BROCKMAN - WHEATON COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILL.
STACI D'APICE - ETSU
SUSANNE DAVIS - TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY, KY.
JESSICA DILLION - CHATTANOOGA STATE
BRITTANY GLOYD - UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS, KY.
SHAUNA HAGA - HIWASSEE COLLEGE/KING COLLEGE
JEN HALCOMB - HIWASSEE COLLEGE
HEATHER HILL - INDIAN RIVER CC, FLA.
KRISTI KOOCH - KING COLLEGE
SAMANTHA KOOCH - UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS, KY.
LAUREN LEACH - CLEVELAND STATE
JESSI OGLE - EMORY & HENRY
EMILY OSBORNE - HIWASSEE COLLEGE
ERIKA SNAPP - HIWASSEE COLLEGE/KING COLLEGE
AMANDA SPAZIANI - TENNESSEE STATE
AMBER TAYLOR - VOLUNTEER STATE CC
SCARLETTE THOMAS - UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS, KY.
SARAH TORGENSON - UNIVERSITY OF TENN, CHATTANOOGA (Volleyball)
TARA TRUSLEY - HIWASSEE COLLEGE
LAUREN VARSALONA - INDIAN RIVER CC, FLA. / FLORIDA STATE
KELSIE WATTS - ROANE STATE CC
DANIELLE ZIMMERMAN - KING COLLEGE
IMPACT OF COACHES!
I HAVE COME TO A FRIGHTENING CONCLUSION.
I AM THE DECISIVE ELEMENT ON THE FIELD.
IT IS MY PERSONAL APPROACH THAT CREATES THE CLIMATE.
IT IS MY DAILY MOOD THAT MAKES THE WEATHER.
AS A COACH, I POSSESS TREMENDOUS POWER TO MAKE AN ATHELETE'S LIFE MISERABLE OR JOYOUS.
I CAN BE THE TOOL OF TORTURE OR AN INSTRUMENT OF INSPIRATION.
I CAN HUMILIATE OR HUMOR, HURT OR HEAL.
IN ALL SITUATIONS, IT IS MY RESPONSE THAT DECIDES WHETHER A CRISIS WILL BE ESCALATED OR DE-ESCALATED AND AN ATHLETE HUMANIZED OR DEHUMANIZED.
Winter Wonderland
Sunday, August 1
2004 SEAA WORLD CHAMPION LYNX 16U
THE LYNX DEFEAT A STRONG LADY FLAMES TEAM OUT OF ALABAMA 1-0. THEN WAITED ON THE LOSER BRACKET WINNER, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE FLAMES OF ALABAMA AGAIN. IT WAS A GREAT GAME & THE LYNX PREVAILED WITH A 3-0 VICTORY. THE LYNX PLAYED PRACTICALLY ERROR FREE THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT. WITH GREAT PITCHING & DEFENSE THE GIRLS ONLY GAVE UP 4 RUNS IN 6 GAMES. THEY SCORED 46 RUNS ON OFFENSE. THEY ENDED WITH AN UNDEFEATED 6-0 RECORD.
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