Stiggy's 2013

The Fastpitch School is pleased to announce the 2013 Stiggys/Team TFS roster for the upcoming Surf City October Showcase. The prestigious showcase, which features top teams from around the United States, will be held October 18-20 in Huntington Beach, California.

Stiggys/Team TFS has participated in the event annually for over 10 years, and is comprised of athletes from around the United States, as well as internationally. Head coach Michael Bastian formed the team as a means to offer outstanding student-athletes an opportunity for growth and development, as well as exposure to top collegiate colleges.

“I am very excited for this year’s event,” stated Coach Bastian. “We have former participant Chenxi Jiao returning as a coach, as well as a player from the European Federation added to our roster of players from California, Texas, and North Carolina. I am looking forward to a great weekend of development and exposure.”

The following is the roster for Stiggy’s/Team TFS 18u Gold:

Gabi Obia, the Netherlands
Victoria Bratcher, Grapevine, TX, USA
Alicia Daly, Summerfield, NC, USA
Alease Daniel, Creedmoor, NC, USA
Tess Eby, Grapevine, TX, USA
Lauren Heintzelman, Southlake, TX, USA
Emily Kuser, Midlothian, TX, USA
Briana Burger, Grand Prairie, TX, USA
Schieler Collins, Frisco, TX, USA
True Park, Chico, CA, USA
Shay Vegas, Justin, TX, USA
Reagan Carter, Flower Mound, TX, USA
Matti Davis, Keller, TX, USA
Emily Visnic, Millers Creek, NC, USA
Sierra Lange, Plano, TX, USA

Head Coach: Michael Bastian, Reno, Nevada, USA
Asst Coach: Monti VanBrunt, Colleyville, TX, USA
Asst Coach: Chenxi Jiao, Beijing, China
Team Manager: David Heintzelman, Southlake, TX, USA

It's been awhile

It has been awhile since we have posted anything about Alicia Daly.

School started and she is busy with her academic schedule of honors classes and two AP classes.  She did not take it easy for her senior year.  In between all that she has signed up to do Reading Buddies again this year and volunteers as needed with Summerfield Recreational Association.  She is currently visiting colleges, being asked to camps and going on overnight visits.  She is still trying to find the right academic and athletic fit. 

Along with school and the recruiting process, she continues to go to weight training twice a week with her trainer, benching about 75lbs and squatting about 130lbs.  She comes out with her arms and legs feeling like jello.  She attends hitting lessons with Gwen Johnson, practices with the Lady Lightning and sees Coach Bastian once a month.

Advice to young girls is to work hard in school.  Alicia has so many schools looking at her academically.  The colleges not only give out athletic money but also academic scholarships. The college coaches like it when you can say that their college is also looking at you academically.  Many colleges have sent her the chancellor's application or invited her to special events to try to recruit her academically.  Also challenge yourself in the classroom by taking AP or honors classes.

There are so many options to look at from the well known D1, D2 and D3 schools to high level JuCo programs that can be a start to get into a D1.  Other options are discussing being a walk on with the coaches or discussing being a walk on with a Red Shirt the first year so that you can train with the team, get stronger and develop more.  There is still so much to learn and so much that the average person does not know about the recruiting process.

Alicia is excited that she has been invited to the Surf City Showcase again this year in Huntington Beach, California.  This tournament has a big turn out by college coaches.  It is excellent experience because Stiggy"s Team TFS always makes sure we play some of the top teams in the country.  Last year we had 15 college coaches watching at one time.

 We will update you on game schedule for Surf City Showcase when it is posted.  This is a panoramic picture of the field in Sunnyvale, CA when Alicia attended Nationals with her Lady Lightning team.  The ground was hard and the ball really bounced.  Alicia was used to that from playing in Colorado this summer.

Next Tournament

Alicia's next tournament is the Atlantic Coast Elite Showcase with her usual team the Lady Lightning Gold Elite- Coach Glosson.  Here is a Link to the Bracket games that will start on Friday July 12th, 2013 at 12:00 noon  : http://gfp.tournamentasa.com/i!/brackets/Results.php?BSID=3305

Here is the Pool game schedule:  We are in Pool C- 18A

Thu 10:00 AM	Princess Anne Athletic Complex RED 3	Virginia Lady Eagles 18U Gold (18Gold)		Lady Lightning Gold Elite (16A)
2	Thu 12:00 PM	Princess Anne Athletic Complex RED 3	18U Manassas Blaze Gold (18A)		Richmond Ruckus 18U GOLD (18Gold)
3	Thu 02:00 PM	Princess Anne Athletic Complex RED 3	18U Manassas Blaze Gold (18A)		Virginia Lady Eagles 18U Gold (18Gold)
4	Thu 02:00 PM	Princess Anne Athletic Complex RED 4	Richmond Ruckus 18U GOLD (18Gold)		Lady Lightning Gold Elite (16A)
5	Fri 08:00 AM	Princess Anne Athletic Complex RED 3	Virginia Lady Eagles 18U Gold (18Gold)		Richmond Ruckus 18U GOLD (18Gold)
6	Fri 08:00 AM	Princess Anne Athletic Complex RED 4	Lady Lightning Gold Elite (16A)		18U Manassas Blaze Gold (18A)

Colorado Sparkler Tournament 2013

Alicia is playing this week for Coach Bastian's Team TFS International at the Colorado Sparkler tournament in the Denver area.  She is play #1.  Alicia went 2 for 2 in the first game with a great catch at center field and a sliding attempt at a ball hit to right field.
The second game did not go as well as the first and Alicia was playing outfield.  The third game Alicia played second base and had two awesome plays.  Coach Bastian was the coach for the third and fourth game.  Coach Stigall was the coach for the first and second game.  In the last game Alicia had a beautiful hit in the 5-6 gap and beat out the throw by several steps but the umpire called her out.  She just smiled at the umpire and went to the dugout.

Here is the link to the results:  http://www.triplecrownsports.com/showteamsched.asp

GAME	DAY	TIME	FIELD	TEAM	SCORE	VS	SCORE	TEAM
159	WEDNESDAY	8:00am	PIONEER COMMERCE CITY CAPRA	Team TFS International	2	AQ3 AQ4	10	Firecrackers-Gallego
228	WEDNESDAY	12:00pm	PIONEER COMMERCE CITY MOORE	Aurora Twisters	10	AQ1 AQ3	3	Team TFS International
307	THURSDAY	12:00pm	NORTHERN LIGHTS 3	Team TFS International	6	AQ3 AQ5	4	Indiana Outkast
318	THURSDAY	2:00pm	NORTHERN LIGHTS 2	SO CAL SAINTS	7	AQ2 AQ3	1	Team TFS International

Spartansburg Update

The Lady Lightning Gold Elite- Glosson team got down to the last four teams in the tournament and then the rain came down.   This tournament was a ASA Qualifier and we were trying to win for the berth to Nationals in CA.  Coach Glosson is still getting to know how Alicia can help the team. Alicia ddid very well when she did get in to play.  Her stats for the weekend was  1.000 in all areas.  She got up to bat twice and had two nice hits.  She caught the last out of a game and had some aggressive base running as a base bandit.

Tomorrow she leaves for the Scenic City 16U tournament.  The Lady Lightning Gold Elite's first games are Thursday at 2:00 and 4:00.

Scenic 16's Glosson schedule
Park	Field	Day	Time	Opponent
Warner	4	Thurs	2pm	Miami Valley Xpress 16u
Warner	4	Thurs	4pm	Vienna Stars
Warner	3	Fri	11am	EC Bullets - Council
Warner	3	Fri	4pm	Heritage Generals
Summit	S4	Sat	11am	Sarasota Heat

June Travel

The Lady Lightning Gold Elite will be playing it's first ASA Qualifier this coming weekend in Spartansburg, SC.  http://www.eteamz.com/scasa/news/index.cfm?cat=309649

Our team has it's first game at 8:00am at the North Spartansburg complex, field A.

This week, Alicia received All conference Academic Athlete award for the second year in a row.
She was able to maintain a 4.0 for the whole year even with two AP classes.  She actually did better in the 4th quarter during softball season.

She has been receiving many emails from colleges that are interested in her academically as well as for softball. 

Play- offs

Northern Guilford Nighthawks softball team is going on to the third round of state play-offs.  The next game will be against Eastern Alamance at their home field.  If the Lady Nighthawks should win that game they will go on to meet the winner of Williams vs. Johnston on 5/21.  They have faced both Eastern Alamance and Williams in their own conference before and have won at least one game against them.  Johnston beat Western Alamance whom the Nighthawks lost against.  Can they do it?