Save Second

It’s time for the DFW Softball Community to band together for a good cause. That cause is the fight against breast cancer, which is what our men’s and coed teams have been working at all season. We’ve raised over $2,000 so far and are looking to keep that momentum going.

This will be the third year that I honor a friend that served the Softball Community in NTX for many years, Leigh Power. Leigh Power was a senior ASA and USSSA umpire that seemed to work for us each night in Arlington or Fort Worth. Come honor a friend to the softball community while helping a great cause and have a great time doing it.

Here are the Details:
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Randol Mill Park in Arlington, TX
Men’s and COED Divisions!
USSSA “Super-D Rules” although all levels of teams are welcome.
Use USSSA Bats and bring your own USSSA “Elite” balls.
3 Home Runs – You will have the option to agree to more during the coin flip before each game!
Double Elimination
$150 / team

Home Run Derby at around noon, Raffles, Food and Fun.

Contact me at the email address above if you have questions or want to register.

We are handling this like a golf tournament, so if you or your company would like to sponsor a field, the t-shirts, the cost of the umpires, or just want to make a donation, please contact me to do so. Your contribution is tax deductable.

Things with the group are going great. We continue to raise money for the cause and that is going well. We have a tournament planned for November to finish out the fundraising efforts. We will likely get to around $7,000 once it’s all said and done. Every penny counts, so if you read this and think you can help us out, please contact us.

Since I last posted, the men’s team took second in it’s last two tournaments, the Softball World Cup Series Finals and the Labor Day Classic at Softball World. We have one tournament left until we finish the season out in Las Cruces, New Mexico at the Whole Enchilada Tournament.

The Coed team finally got back together to continue the season this past Saturday. We lost our first game, but then rattled off four straight wins to finish a respectable fourth in the Tournament. Our next tournament is the last weekend of September in Carrollton for the State Tournament. We’re feeling good about where we are right now and look forward to finishing the year out strong.

Just a few quick updates for you folks tracking what we are up to.

• We are up to $2,000 in funds raised so far. We’re not done yet though. We are still hard at work with another round of jersey sales, which you can get into here, Kori’s silent auction, and a softball tournament planned in the fall, just before the Dallas 3-Day event.
• After too long in my opinion, the men’s team is up and rolling. We finished 1st in the Softball World Cup Qualifier on July 5th and 4th at the Mesquite NIT on July 12th. We play next weekend in Houston for the State Tournament.
• The coed team is on a break while everyone is playing men’s and women’s with the respective teams. We play again in August and September to prepare ourselves for Coed World in October.

DON’T BE AFRAID TO CLICK THAT DONATE BUTTON PEOPLE! It’s right there… up and to the right.

Last weekend, the team finished second to our friends on NorTex in the Annual Spring Qualifier at Softball World in Euless, TX.