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In This Issue Resmondo wins 2019 Publisher 6 ConferenceUSSSA Stafford Connor Championship Managing Editor Greg Huchingson 2019 ConferenceUSSSA 12 final standings Design/Printing REEDESIGN 14 Easton Sports announces Lebco Graphics new Fire Flex IV Contributing Writers Van Galeon 16 Premier/TG captures Anthony Ramos USSSA A World title Jack Sirard Julie Walton Dale Weiser NPF awards banquet 20 recognizes 2019 individual Photographers / Credits accomplishments Jack Eberhard Brandon Marshall Sam Payton USSSA Pride sweeps 24 Pete Spatula 2019 NPF Cowles Cup Dale Weiser Championship Logistics Manager National Pro Fastpitch Roy Dean 27 announces new schedule format for 2020 Worth Sports Battle for the 28 Rings crowns 10 teams as Lone Star State Champions Big Time Softball is published quarterly. Publishing offices are located at 6028 Rayburn Dr., Fort Worth, TX. 76133. Reproduction or use of the contents in whole or in part without prior written Senior Softball USA hosts permission of the publisher is prohibited. 46 First Responder Nationals 6028 Rayburn Dr. Fort Worth, TX 76133 817.944.7484 Co-Ed teams invited to [email protected] 48 International Tourney in www.BigTimeSoftball.com Las Vegas T COAST O COAST Big Time Softball 5 Resmondo wins 2019 ConferenceUSSSA Championship Text by Dale Weiser. Photos by Pete Spatula he USSSA Conference Championships was supposed to be the top 10 teams in the country playing a double elimi- Tnation tournament in Viera, Florida at the Space Coast stadium over Labor Day Weekend. However, because of the pending arrival of Hurricane Dorian, 4 teams (SIS/Precision, SIS/Thunder, Xtreme, and Newbreed) decided to cancel their trip at the last moment and it ended up being a 6 team tour- nament played out over just a 24 hour period. They played all but one game in the stadium using the Dudley stadium ZN ball on the 325-365-385-365-325 foot field with a 12-16 home run limit depending on the matchup. 12 homers were allowed if there was a ‘AA’ classed team in the game and 16 if there were two Major teams playing each other. The bases were set at 75 feet. The tournament began on Friday after- noon at 3:00 PM in hot and humid conditions. #3 seeded Dan Smith/ Menosse/Steven Smith/FAI (CA-M) made short work of #6 Nightmare/ Miken (MO-AA) as Dan Smith scored 16 runs in the 1st inning, 8 more in the 2nd, and finished off Nightmare by the 30 run mercy rule in the 3rd with an incredible 13 run inning! They hit 11 Tournament MVP, Resmondo’s Jeremy Yates homers in the 3 innings and 8 doubles, led by catcher Argen Dodds who was 4-4 with 3 HR and 7 RBI. In game 2 the #4 Pure Sports Major team based out South Carolina after a slow start ended up beating #5 BayArea/ Rapid Fire/Bad Draw/Easton (CA-AA) 30-8 in 7 innings as they outhomered Bay Area 12-2 led by 2nd baseman Rich Racobaldo who was 5-6 with 3 HR and 4 RBI. It soon became obvious that the wind was blowing across the field from left to right and players were using the wind and hitting the ball towards right center field with the hopes the wind would carry it towards the foul pole for a home run. The “Final 4” of the winners bracket then started at 6:30 PM with Dan Smith jumping out to an 8-0 lead on #2 Resmondo/SIS/Thunder/RDD/H. (left to right): Offensive tournament MVP, Dan Smith’s Argen Dodds, Eddie Menosse and Steven Smith. T 6 COAST O COAST Big Time Softball Auto (FL-M). But Resmondo responded in the bottom of the 2nd with a 10 run inning and held the lead the rest of the way in a 26-19 victory. Dan Smith even though they lost, they outhomered Resmondo 14-8 but Resmondo out hit Dan Smith 26-23 and was led by the lefty Jeremy Yates who was 4-5 with 3 HR and 5 RBI. In the other semifinal game Pure Sports jumped out to a 10-3 lead on #1 seeded TDB/Racks/Athlon (NC-M) going into the bottom of the 4th inning. But it was TDB the rest of the way as they scored the last 22 runs of the game and left Pure Sports on the field in the bottom of the 6th inning winning by the mercy rule 25-10. Lefty outfielder Everett Williams led TDB in hitting as he went 4-4 with 2 HR, a double, 4 RBI, and 4 runs scored. Because the tournament was acceler- ated due to the incoming hurricane, the winner’s bracket was also played on Friday night at 9:00 PM under the lights! And it was #1 TDB vs #2 Resmondo in a heavy weight battle! TDB struck first getting out to an 8-2 lead in the 1st inning and the lead swapped back and forth for each half inning all the way until the 5th where it ended tied at 26-26. In the 6th inning both teams put up a zero but in the top of the 7th Resmondos Cory Briggs reached on an error. Then after a foul Defensive Tournament MVP, Resmondo’s Steele Lewis out, pinch hitter Travis Clark walked, and Brian Wegman hit a 3 run homer to break the stalemate. Resmondo would go on to score 7 more runs on homers by Neil Haglund, Bubba Mack, and Cory Briggs to go up 36-26 and TDB failed to score in the bottom of the 7th. In the loser’s bracket which started late on Friday night Dan Smiths Andrew Collins and Daniel Cayton each hit 3 homers in a 20-12 win over Bay Area. And Pure Sports scored 11 runs in the bottom of the 6th to take a 27-22 lead on Nightmare and won 27-26 getting the last out in the top of the 7th on a foul out. On Saturday morning the losers bracket resumed with Dan Smith scoring 18 runs in the bottom of the 2nd and beating Pure Sports by the 20 run mercy rule 32-12. In the loser’s bracket finals Dan Smith kept on a roll scoring 7 runs in the top of the 1st, The quiet before the storm (Dorian). T 8 COAST O COAST Big Time Softball ConferenceUSSSA All Tournament, Pure Sports’ Richard Racobaldo ConferenceUSSSA All Tournament, TDB/Racks’ Brian Zirkle ConferenceUSSSA All Tournament, Resmondo pitcher, Loyd Watson ConferenceUSSSA All Tournament, Dan Smith’s Daniel Cayton ConferenceUSSSA All Tournament, TDB/Racks’ Ryan Harvey ConferenceUSSSA All Tournament infielder, TDB/Racks’ Jason Branch T COAST O COAST Big Time Softball 9 ConferenceUSSSA All Tournament, Resmondo first baseman, Kyle Pearson Smith’s Ben Dunn says,” Ole, we’re going to the if game!” ConferenceUSSSA All Tournament, Dan Smith out fielder, Andrew Collins ConferenceUSSSA All Tournament, Dan Smith’s pitcher, Daniel “Dirty” Sanchez ConferenceUSSSA All Tournament, Dan Smith’s Nic Santana ConferenceUSSSA All Tournament, Resmondo’s 3rd baseman, Bubba Mack 3rd, and 6th innings to beat TDB 29-18. Dan Smith player left the game with an TDB did not start star pitcher Andy injury and they did not have enough Purcell in that game, saving him from players to continue. Resmondo was any potential injury with the upcoming awarded the forfeit victory and Jeremy USSSA Major World Series which starts Yates was named MVP as he went on September 18th. 13-17 with 5 homers and 9 RBI in the Dan Smith even with a number of tournament. nagging injuries and a few missing He also scored 13 runs. Tune in to players then beat Resmondo in the USSSALive.com for the most pres- first championship game 35-27 as they tigious slow-pitch tournament in scored 10 runs in the top of the 3rd and the game, the USSSA Major World 5th innings and was again led by Argen Series September 18-21 and check out Dodds who was 5-7 with 4 home runs. SoftballCenter.com for all of the tour- In the “if” necessary game Resmondo nament information, reports, and video Pat Dalsanders, Dan Smith’s field manager got off to an 8-2 lead but yet another clips! T 10 COAST O COAST Big Time Softball Class Total Power Team Name Pts Cls Rating NV TX FL FL LA MO SC TX GA CO IL MD MN OK WA WA AR TN OH OR OH NC 1 TDB / Racks / Athlon 1458 SPMensMajor M-1022 226 246 286 116 198 218 224 236 196 230 234 202 2 Resmondo / SIS / Thunder / RDD / H.Auto 1386 SPMensMajor M-1050 186 206 206 204 226 158 196 236 180 270 174 242 3 Dan Smith / Menosse / Steven Smith / FAI 1278 SPMensMajor M-733 156 286 226 176 204 138 134 176 176 210 172 4 BayArea / Rapid Fire / Bad Draw / Easton 1178 Mens-AA AA-1080 146 166 196 246 136 186 148 190 194 162 5 Pure Sports 1117 SPMensMajor M-621 166 206 136 186 164 146 98 146 200 152 195 6 Xtreme / Miken / ASP / Athlon 1098 Mens-AA AA-915 116 216 206 186 156 138 144 106 170 164 142 7 SmashIt / Precision / 3rdStreet / Bulldaw 1096 Mens-AA AA-1103 206 196 109 134 178 184 170 154 162 8 SIS / Thunder / Miken / Worth / Anarchy / OA 1066 Mens-AA AA-1120 136 166 176 176 158 128 116 186 180 182 9 Nightmare / Miken 1060 Mens-AA AA-743 126 116 186 216 146 126 106 106 166 166 180 134 122 10 MPT Rentals / EVO9X 1004 Mens-A A-957 116 226 136 136 114 186 150 154 152 11 Newbreed / Cutter LLC 990 Mens-AA AA-622 136 186 186 106 98 156 156 170 134 115 12 Tradesmen / LS / Spiderz / Hang Rite 960 Mens-A A-986 76 186 166 98 146 126 150 186 122 13 Riot / Hub's Pub / Klutch / A&A Utility 958 Mens-AA AA-772 146 166 166 129 144 108 146 190 124 142 14 RebelSports / TN / Troupe / M24 / GameBrand 952 Mens-AA AA-473 176 196 119 118 144 150 144 142 15 Baugh Ford / Kut4 / OI / Miken / Worth 945 Mens-A A-1079 106 186 186 126 126 94 160 132 155 16 Primetime / Evolution / FAI / Easton 940 Mens-A A-990 126 176 186 106 104 156 136 160 124 122 17 Beckham Brothers / Pure / Exclusive 918 Mens-A A-1011 106 166 176 106 126 164 126 160 122 95 18 Chanticlear / Eurotech / J&H / MikenWorth 900 Mens-A A-1039 126 176 176 118 108 154 150 19 Headlines / Titan / CSB / Easton 898 Mens-A A-875 176 166 124 106 128 106 160 144 122 20 TPJS / Seminoles / NACSF.INC / Miken / SIS 894 Mens-A A-845 136 166 166 144 106 126 150 114 132 21 MyAutoJack / DownTime Sports / Sonny’s 876 Mens-A A-929 126 166