News and Announcements
MSO softball will be offering the following clinics over the Winter. Please see below for more information. If you have already pre-registered, you can complete your registration by completing this form, or visiting the Maplewood Recreation Department's REC DESK here.
Come learn from the experts!
Friday Night Open Workouts: Dust off your glove and stay sharp. Come join Coach Jackie Dipietro run through a variety of softball drills (hitting, fielding, throwing) and speed/agility activities. Open to all MSO Recreation Softball players in Grades 2 through 8 (sessions will be organized by age). Sessions will be 45-60 minutes long, held on Friday nights between 6-9pm over 6 Fridays - January 26, February 2, 9, 16, and March 2, 9 at the Maplewood Middle School Gymnasium (7 Burnett St, Maplewood, NJ). Registration Fees are $90 for 6 sessions.
Friday Night Pitching Clinics: Want to be a pitcher? Learn from an expert and join local pitching guru Rich Vaccaro to either learn the basics or elevate your existing pitching game. For all skill levels from beginners to advanced. Pitchers must supply their own reliable catcher (parent, sibling, friend). Sessions will be 45 minutes long, held on Friday nights between 6-9pm over 6 Fridays - January 26, February 2, 9, 16, and March 2, 9 at the Maplewood Middle School Gymnasium (7 Burnett St, Maplewood, NJ). Registration Fees are $60 for 6 sessions.
Friday Night Catching Clinic: Learn from an expert and join local catching expert Heather Bergman to either learn the basics or elevate your existing catching game. For all skill levels from beginners to advanced. Sessions will be 45 minutes long, held on Friday nights between 6-9pm over 6 Fridays - January 26, February 2, 9, 16, and March 2, 9 at the Maplewood Middle School Gymnasium (7 Burnett St, Maplewood, NJ). Registration Fees are $40 for 6 sessions.
Another Fall ball season has come to a close!
With three 8U teams, three 10U teams, four 12U teams and one 14U team, there were many highlights! Our girls won tournaments, won their league championship games, played their hearts out and worked hard to develop their skills as ball players and teammates.
Thank you to all of our volunteer coaches who spent countless hours writing emails, running practices, deliberating over line ups, sweating out every inning and pushing our girls to leave it all on the field.
The future looks bright for MSO Softball! Stay tuned for more information regarding winter workouts and tryouts for the 2018 Summer Villager teams.
Villagers 10U fall travel softball team wins Halloween Havoc tournament title
Villagers 8U travel softball team enjoys successful season - Essex News Daily
10U Villagers Softball team captures Cranford Summer Slam Tournament title
Villagers 10U softball team wins Roselle Park Tournament title to cap stellar summer season
2017 Fall Villagers - 8U, 10U, 12U & 14U
Thank you to all of the girls who tried out for the Fall Villagers teams. We had a great turnout at all age levels! After evaluating all of the players who tried out, the coaches have made their final roster selections which are posted below.
Click the team links below to see the roster and Fall Schedule. Field LOCATIONS are listed below.
8U MSO Villagers White (Coach Dave Herman) SCHEDULE FALL 2017
8U MSO Villagers Black (Coach Maria Groeneveld) SCHEDULE FALL 2017
8U MSO Villagers Red (Coach Charles Maggio) SCHEDULE FALL 2017
10U MSO Villagers White (Coach Gregg Brochin) SCHEDULE FALL 2017
10U MSO Villagers Black (Coach David Lyon) SCHEDULE FALL 2017
10U MSO Villagers Red (Coach Mason Levinson) SCHEDULE FALL 2017
12U MSO Villagers Grey (Coach Steve Livingstone) SCHEDULE FALL 2017
12U MSO Villagers White (Coach Marlowe Leibensperger) SCHEDULE FALL 2017
12U MSO Villagers Black (Coach Bill Rowell) SCHEDULE FALL 2017
12U MSO Villagers Red (Coach Doug Sasfai) SCHEDULE FALL 2017
14U MSO Villagers (Coach Doug Austin) SCHEDULE FALL 2017
Congratulations to this year's Villagers!!!
Your coach will be contacting you directly to welcome you to the team, take care of some administrative items (e.g., registration forms, uniforms, etc.) and let you know about your team's practice schedule.
A Registration Fee of $125, Uniform Fee of $35, and Field Usage Fee of $20 are due upon selection to the team. Additional fees may be required if a team elects to play in a fall tournament.
Fall Villagers Optional Pitching Clinics
MSO softball will be offering two optional clinics for Fall Villagers players. Please see below for more information.
Fall Villagers Pitching Program
- All sessions will be held outdoors, on a field in Maplewood led by local pitching coach Jen Bell (bio below).
- Please note bad weather will cancel sessions.
- All pitchers are to supply their own catcher (i.e., parent, sibling, whoever who can reliably catch and return the ball to pitchers).
- Fees include all 6 sessions, no pro rata pricing available.
- Please complete this form and make checks payable to Maplewood Recreation. Individual, private sessions are also available.
Jen Bell: Jen brings over 20 years of playing experience, starting her pitching career at 10U and pitching for Fair Lawn High School earning first team all-league and all-county honors. Jen has been coaching high school softball for over 10 years, including varsity assistant coach at Fair Lawn, and providing individual and small group pitching instruction to girls of all ages and levels for the past 5 years. Jen currently is the pitching coach of several current Villagers pitchers and we look forward to more pitchers developing under her guidance.
