2015 tryouts, players wanted, teams wanted

Carolina Flames Elite Tryouts

The Carolina Flames will hold open tryouts for both 16U and 18U teams on August 15th. The Flames, established in 1999, play a competitive, regional Showcase exposure schedule and have been consistent in assisting their players to play at the college level. The Flames are currently looking for experienced coaches to work with the 16U division. If you are interested in coaching with the Carolina Flames, please contact James Barrington ([email protected] or 919-397-7426).

Tryouts for both the 16U and 18U Elite teams will be held at Northwood High School - 310 Northwood High School Road Pittsboro, NC

11:00am-2:00pm. Please arrive early to register and check in. Registration forms are downloadable on our HANDOUTS tab at Carolina Flames. You may complete the form and return through email or register the morning of tryouts.

Please feel free to contact James Barrington ([email protected] or 919-397-7426) with any questions.

 

NC Challengers 16U & 18U National Team Tryouts

The NC Challengers will hold tryouts for their 18U NATIONAL and new 16U NATIONAL teams at Meredith College (3800 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC) on:
Saturday, August 15: 9:00am – 12:00pm, General Skills Tryouts
Sunday, August 16: 1:00pm – 4:00pm, Scrimmage Games

The National Program’s purpose is to develop young athletes into prepared collegiate prospects. We are teaching and instructing our players how to compete, and be successful at a highest level of softball. We compete in nationally recognized tournaments & showcases. Our focus is to provide the best training and opportunities to be seen by college coaching staffs. If you have any questions, please contact Adam Renzi (email – [email protected]) (phone 919-816-7425).

To register for tryouts, please complete the online registration form: http://goo.gl/forms/VZZRMiWijd or you can fill out a paper registration at the tryout.

 

Alley Cat 18u Team

The Alley Cats 18u will be holding tryouts Aug. 1 - Aug 16 for potential players for the 2015 Fall season and beyond. (6) of our current players are headed to college so all positions are open. Interested players must have the grades and desire to play at the Collegiate level with softball being their primary sport.

Contact: Donnie Moore @ 864-505-1588
[email protected]

 

L-Town Xtreme 12U 2004 Holding Tryouts

L-Town Xtreme 12U 2004 will be holding a tryout on Monday July 27th at North Lincoln Middle School at 6:00pm. All positions will be considered.

Looking for an additional Pitcher and utility players. This team competed in 10U A bracket in the spring season.

The organization currently fields teams from 8U thru 18U Showcase. We strive to work hard and make the girls better ball players, not chase trophies.

Please contact Richard Hunt at 704-745-7740, 704-477-3106 or 704-622-6862.

 

Knockouts CC 14U tryouts

The Knockouts are having tryouts for several positions on August 8th in Randolph County. The Knockouts are known for putting girls in front of college coaches and getting them ready for the next level. If you are interested in becoming part of the Knockout family then please contact Chris Davenport at 910-572-7384 for further details. Thanks

 

Carolina Cardinals 10U/12U Tryouts

The Carolina Cardinals 10U Fastpitch is searching for 2 players to add to their team starting for the 2015 Fall season. The team will be moving up to play 12U in the Spring of 2016. The Cardinals are looking for high level players that are coachable with great attitudes, willing to give 100% effort at all times and have a 2004/2005 birthday. Tryouts for interested players will be held by appointment only in the Monroe NC area. Please contact Casey Baucom at 704-254-9901 or Steve Hall at 704-491-1585 if interested.

 

The Lake Norman Lightning 16/HS Tryouts

The Lake Norman Lightning 16/HS Team will be holding tryouts on Monday, July 20th and Monday, Wednesday, July 22nd and Monday, July 27th at 6:00 on the campus of North Mecklenburg High School in Huntersville, NC.

We are a competitive team however, we want to be more competitive. We are looking for all positions but are in need of an "A" bracket pitcher and a catcher. We are also looking for a third basemen who has a strong defensive glove, quick hands, a strong arm and strong bat. We are also looking for two outfielders who can get great breaks on the ball, are aggressive, can catch and have strong accurate arms.

Our girls play hard, compete and have a passion for the game but we need to have some spots filled that will help improve this team even more.

The head of our organization is the assistant coach for North Mecklenburg High School and has 27 years coaching experience, attends college led clinics and camps to enhance his knowledge of up to date fundamentals, drills and recruiting information.

For for information contact Thomas Strahan at 704-726-6492 or email him at [email protected]

 

Team NC Organization Tryouts for 10U through 18U Age Groups

The Team NC Organization has continued to grow and has had an incredibly successful 2015 spring/summer season. Our 12U and 14U teams captured the ASA State Championship titles this year and 6 of our teams have qualified and earned berths to the ASA Nationals in the 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U age groups!!

We will be holding tryouts for age groups 10U through 18U on Saturday, August 15th, 2015 at Eagle Park at Winthrop University.

The schedule is as follows:

10U & 12U – 9am – 10:30am
14U – 10:30am – 12pm
16U & 18U – 1pm – 3pm

Please arrive 30 minutes early to complete any paperwork and to be warmed up and ready to go at the start of your group’s tryout time.

We prefer that you bring completed paperwork with you if possible. Please visit the tryout page of our website to download the necessary form. Print, complete and bring this form with you to tryouts.

www.teamncfastpitch.com

 

SCAA Blaze HSU open tryout on Saturday August 10th

The Steele Creek Blaze HSU Fastpitch team is looking to add players for the Fall, 2015 season. All High School aged players living in the S. Charlotte / Fort Mill / Tega Cay / Rock Hill area are encouraged to participate in this tryout scheduled for Saturday, August 8th at SCAA Field 1 located at 13530 Choate Circle, Charlotte, NC. For more information please contact Scott Updike at [email protected].

 

FIRECRACKERS NC ORGANIZATIONAL TRYOUTS!

FIRECRACKERS NC TRYOUTS ANNOUNCED!
We are proud to announce the Firecrackers- NC will be holding tryouts for our 2015-16 14U, 16U & 18U teams on August 15th and 16th at Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville NC.

Forsyth Country Day School
5501 Shallowford Rd.
Lewisville, NC 27023

Firecrackers Softball

The 16U & 18U will tryout on Saturday August 15th. Pitchers and catchers will tryout from 10 AM to 12 PM. All other positions will tryout from 2-6 PM. Registration will begin 30 minutes prior to each tryout time.

*There will also be a weekday tryout for 16U/18U on Thursday August 13th starting at 6:30 PM.

The 14U will tryout on Sunday August 16th. Pitchers and catchers will tryout from 10 PM to 12 PM. All other positions will tryout from 2 PM to 5 PM Registration will begin 30 minutes prior to each tryout time.

*There will also be a weekday tryout for 14U on WEDNESDAY August 12th starting at 6:30 PM.

The Firecrackers NC are fortunate to have 2 very talented former college and professional players who are also former college coaches as part of our organization. Taryne Mowatt, a 2-time National Champion pitcher with Arizona, winner of 2 ESPY's and former NPF player as the pitching coach/pitching director for our organization. Brittany McKinney, an All-American, All conference catcher at UNC, NPF player and former coach at NC St. and UNCG as our director of hitting, defense and recruiting.

In the fall of 2015 and summer 2016, the Firecrackers NC will have at least 2 teams in each age group. Our goal is to have 1 National level team and at least 1 regional level team.

The 14U & 16U National teams schedules will include PGF Qualifiers, the Scenic City Show case in Chattanooga, Team NJ Showcase in Edison, NJ, the Independence Day Showcase in Boulder, CO, the Demarini Invitational in Chicago, the Southern Force Showcase near Atlanta, D9/ESPN Showcase in Orlando, the Triple Crown and PGF Nationals.

The Regional teams schedule will include ASA Qualifiers and NC ASA State, SC ASA tournaments in Spartanburg, the Cardinal Showcases, Atlanta Legacy, D9/ESPN in Orlando, Triple Crown Nationals and ASA Nationals.

The 18U teams will consist of at least 1 team made up of all players who have already committed to play in college that desire to play a more competitive schedule. Another 18U team made of some committed and uncommitted players that will play a regional type schedule.

Along with talented and experienced coaches, the Firecrackers NC also have 3 privately owned indoor facilities and 4 privately owned practice fields where our teams can practice year round.

As part of the year round training, we provide speed and agility clinics, hitting, pitching, catching and defensive clinics as well as seminars on college recruiting and player marketing so to educate our players and parents. One of our goals is to provide much more to our players and parents than just a uniform and tournaments.

We also have formed a non-profit organization that will allow players who find sponsors, the ability tax deduct contributions made to the non profit that supports youth softball.

Prior to the tryout, please complete the attached tryout form. Preferably email it prior to the tryout, or bring it with you.

If you can't make one of the tryout dates, feel free to contact me to schedule a private workout.

Our mission is to provide a level of training to our players that ensures the highest level of social and athletic development and growth. Playing the game professionally, having self-respect, and respecting others are the core values that this program was built upon. Being a Firecracker means you understand that you are beautiful, certain of yourself, and very capable of playing this game. Most importantly, you are striving to make the decisions that will provide you happiness for the rest of your life.
The Firecrackers organization is dedicated to the progressive advancement of players both as athletes and young ladies. It is our goal as an organization to teach our players important life lessons through the game of softball, such as discipline, hard work, commitment, perseverance and the value of teamwork.

We are proud of the success that Firecracker players have experienced in Travel Ball, at the College Level, at the Professional Level and at the National Team Level. It is the goal of the coaching staff to provide an environment to develop the individual skills of each of our players to the best of our ability. We will also emphasize to all members the importance of team play and accomplishing our goals as a team. We know that we will incur failure over the course of the year, but understand that making mistakes is an opportunity to learn.

Although individual awards and accolades are great, it is our belief that nothing beats accomplishing goals as a TEAM, because when the team succeeds, we all succeed, no matter what individual role we played in that success. And we want to promote the success of all travel ball players, not just Firecrackers.

For questions or more info contact-

Ben McKinney

Director/Coach Firecrackers NC
Head Varsity Softball Coach Forsyth Country Day School
Owner- Athletes Edge Fastpitch Training Center
336-782-3642
[email protected]
Firecrackers Softball