TRADITION

The Tradition Showcase held at Pragemann Park in Wallingford was a huge success as 21 college coaches came to view the play of 28 teams over the three day event. The many parent volunteers helped to make it a huge success with chairpeople Lou Ghiroli, food, Donna Genovese, clothing and college coaches, and John Glynn, fields, coordinating the off field features. The Tradition 18u and Tradition 16u teams each won four of its five games against top rated opponents to improve the two teams overall mark to 46-6. The Tradition 18u came from a 5-0 deficit in the semis to rally to tie in the final inning and win in a tiebreaker 6-5 when Amanda Genovese drew a bases loaded walk. The team then battled the Polar Crush to a 1-1 tie through regulation and lost 3-2 in the tiebreaker to finish tournament runnerup. Meghan Doonan pitched the doubleheader for Tradition with an outstanding two games of pitching. The Tradition 16u finished third, losing in the semis to the Capital Mainiacs, 3-1, before drubbing the Flame 10-0 in the consolation game. The team won four-of-five to improve to 20-3 for the summer season.

The TRADITION family would like to thank everyone who helped make the 2004 event a huge success. There were 100 players on hand on Friday morning to attend the individual showcase in front of many college coaches. Over the weekend, over 40 college coaches attended. We appreciate all the college coaches who took the time to come out and take a look at new recruits. The players and parents on hand for the individual showcase were outstanding. Thanks for all the effort, the kind words and manners. The tournament was a success because of the help from all the parents who volunteered their time. The fields were kept up and the concession stand ran smoothly throughout the event of 103 games at one location. Congratulations to the Connecticut Charmers who defeated the Long Island Riptide in the 16u finals. The Massachusetts Polar Crush won the 18u championship with a 5-2 win over TRADITION in a rain shortened three-inning final. The quality of softball all weekend was outstanding. Thank you to Wallingford Recreation Director John Gawlak and Henry McCully and Joe Dacanto of Public Works for their efforts with helping us out at the Pragemann Park facility. Email us if you are interested in coming back to the event next year so we send you information first before opening up the tournament to everyone for 2005. TRADITION Showcase 2004 is full at 42 teams from six states. A new standard as the tournament field is complete by January 8, 2004. Thank you everyone. Stay tuned College Coaches. INDIVIDUAL SHOWCASE PLAYER FORM FOUND ON Showcase Reg. Form Menu Page TRADITION Showcase 2004 promises to be bigger and better than last year with more college coaches, more quality teams and upgrades in all areas. Like everyone else, we learned from our first year at the Pragemann Park complex and will do our best to prevent Murphy's Law from striking. This is our 28th year of running tournaments and you can count on us to have a fun time. Check the Showcase Reg. Form page for handouts and forms for directions, hotels and registration form. Every effort will be made to give you a reasonable and fair schedule to be seen by college coaches in attendance. Effort will also be made to give desired time slots to teams that register early. The number one desire of teams attending this tournament is to have the opportunity for college coaches in the Northeast to see them play. However, there will also be opportunity for every team to earn a tournament championship. Teams playing Friday night will have no early game on Saturday. Teams not playing Friday night will have 8am Saturday time slot for their first of three games. We will try not to play all games back-to-back to give college coaches a better chance to see you play. THERE WILL BE AN INDIVIDUAL SHOWCASE on Friday afternoon between Noon and 3 pm. Invitations have gone out recently to college coaches and they are coming back steadily. Coaches will be posted on the College Coaches Page. The final results of the TRADITION Showcase -21 College Coaches Attended this event -A thank you to all volunteers who helped with the Showcase especially, Lou Ghiroli and Pat DeMatteo, Food, Donna Genovese, Clothing and College Coaches and John Glynn, Fields. 16u Results Champion - Renegades, Syracuse NY (1-0 Title game over Mainiacs) Runnerup - Capital Mainiacs, ME Third Place - TRADITION 16u Fourth Place - Flame, ME 18u Results Champion - Polar Crush, MA (3-2 title game over TRADITION, tiebreaker Runnerup - TRADITION 18u Third Place - KRUSH, MA Fourth Place - Beach Girls Gold, NJ

The 18u and 16u teams will travel together to all summer tournaments. Commotion Classic National Pony Qualifier, North Haven, CT June 20-22, 2003 28 teams (1-0,18u, 1-0, 16u, rest rained out) Long Island Beach Blast National Pony Qualifier, Bellmore, NY June 28-29, 2003 20 teams (6-0,18u Tournament Champions, (3-2, 16u, third place) Independence Cup Classic, Leominster, MA July 4-6, 2003 5-game guarantee, 16 teams (9-1, 18u, Tournament Champions, 6-0, 16u, Tournament Champions Northeast Pony National Qualifier, Worcester, MA July 11-13, 2003 26 teams (6-1, 18u Tournament runnerup, 6-0, 16u, Tournament Champions TRADITION College Showcase, Yalesville, CT July 18-20, 2003 28 teams PONY PreNationals Tournament, Cary, NC July 26, 27, 2003 24 teams PONY NATIONALS, Raleigh/Cary, NC July 28-August 2, 2003 over 200 teams

TRADITION Coaches for 2009

Most experienced staff in Connecticut

18u North - Ron Piazza, 33 years, Rick and Bob Arremony, Griswold HS Coaches

18u South - Art DeFilippis, 20 years, experience, Stamford HS, Trinity HS, Danielle Simoneau, former CT Player of the Year and college pitcher

18u West - Angelo Formisano, experience, Ridgefield HS, Fran O'Keefe, 5th year with TRADITION, Greg Zaccariah, Brian Lusebrink 

16u White - Chuck Davenport, experience, Southington HS Coach, fifth year with TRADITION, Jim Ryan, 2nd year

16u North - Charlie Judge, 20 years, Trumbull HS Coach, 7th year with TRADITION, Mike Garzone, Staples HS, Rich Kravchik, Trumbull HS

16u South - Tom Pia, experience, Westhill HS Coach

14u - Krissy Judge, 3rd year with TRADITION

This the schedule for the college showcase tournament. Friday, July 18 5 p.m. 16u games Commotion vs. Rockers, Wildcats vs Breakers, Top Gun vs Blue Devils, Tradition vs. Sapphires Friday, July 18 6:30pm 18u games Blaze vs Crush, Chaos vs. Beach Girls, Xtreme vs. Krush, Tradition vs. Whips. Friday, July 18 8 p.m. 18u games Angels vs. Lightning, Jersey Girls vs. Freedom Saturday, July 19 8 a.m. 16u games Flame vs Rockers, Renegades vs. Breakers, Maniacs vs. Wildcats, Sapphires vs. Top Gun Saturday, July 19 9:30 a.m. 16u games Flame vs. Commotion, Stix vs. Rockers, Maniacs vs. Breakers, Tradition vs. Blue Devils. Saturday, July 19 11:15 a.m. 16u games Wildcats vs. Renegades, Stix vs. Commotion, Sapphires vs. Blue Devils, Tradition vs Top Gun Saturday, July 19 12:45 p.m. 18u games Hurricanes vs. Thunder, Legends vs. MadDawgs, Xtreme vs. Jersey Girls, Tradition vs. Angels Saturday, July 19 2:30 p.m. 18u games Blaze vs. Hurricanes, Chaos vs. Legends, Xtreme vs. Freedom, Tradition vs. Lightning Saturday, July 19 4 p.m. 18u games Blaze vs. Thunder, Chaos vs. MadDawgs, Krush vs. Jersey Girls, Whips vs. Angels Saturday, July 19, 5:30 p.m. 18u games Crush vs. Hurricanes, Beach Girls vs. Legends, Krush vs. Freedom, Whips vs. Lightning Saturday, July 19, 7:15 p.m. 18u games Crush vs. Thunder, Beach Girls vs. MadDawgs Saturday, July 19, 8:45 p.m. 16u games Flame vs. Stix, Renegades vs. Maniacs Sunday, July 20 games will depend on seeding