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Friday, May 6 - Update

The JV game canceled last night has been rescheduled for TODAY at 4:00 at Champion Fields #6. JV players are excused from their 2:00 classes at 2:40 and should be at the field - ready to begin warm ups - by 3:00.

Varsity will practice after school today - we just don't know where yet. Coach Sondgeroth will tweet the location of practice as soon as one has been secured.

JV Game Rescheduled for FRIDAY

Hopefully everyone made it back to their vehicles tonight before the rain really started falling! The heavy rains means that we will NOT be allowed to park on the grass for the remainder of the tournament. Please consider using the Normal West parking lots. As an added bonus, we will NOT be charging a gate fee Friday night.

The 1st round of the JV tournament has been rescheduled for TOMORROW night - Friday, May 6, at 4:00 pm at Champion Fields.All members of the JV team will be dismissed from classes at 2:40 so they can be at the field by 3:00 to begin warm ups. If your daughter will need a ride to the field, please contact Coach Pessman, Coach Doellman or Coach Sondgeroth (text 309-530-2297).

At this time, Saturday's schedule remains unchanged. However, the weather does not look good for Saturday morning. We were told this evening that we have three options if the fields are unplayable Saturday morning ...
1) move the start times for all games back as late as necessary and complete all varsity and JV games

2) cancel the JV portion of the tournament and delay the start of all varsity games

3) cancel the JV portion of the tournament and postpone the varsity portion of the tournament to Monday

Notice that in the first option, the start of games - especially JV games - could be pushed back well into the evening on Saturday. If this causes conflicts with previously scheduled events, please contact Coach Pessman or Coach Doellman immediately so we can plan accordingly.

Thank you for your support of the U-High Softball program!

Big Week in the Corn Belt Conference ...

Mon, May 2 - 4:30 pm - U-High vs Prairie Central @ Champion Fields
.......... (Var and JV)

Tue, May 3 - 4:30 pm - U-High vs Rantoul @ Champion Fields
......... (Var and JV)

Wed, May 4 - Practice - 3:30 - 5:30, rain or shine
.......... Location TBA

Thu, May 5 - Corn Belt Conference Tournament @ Champion Fields
.......... Var @ 4:30, JV @ 6:15

Fri, May 6 - Practice - 3:30 - 5:30, rain or shine - location TBA
.......... If tourney is postponed Thu, we move those games to Fri.

Sat, May 7 - Corn Belt Conference Tournament @ Champion Fields
.......... Varsity @ 10:00 and 1:30; JV @ 11:45 and 3:15
.......... (All times after 10:00 are tentative)

Wednesday, April 21 Update - GAME ON!

We have located umpires, so tonight's make up games w/ PC are on! Varsity and JV players should be at Champion - dressed and ready to warm up - by 3:30.

Regional/Sectional Assignments announced

The regional and sectional assignments have been announced by the IHSA. Go to: http://www.ihsa.org/activity/sbg/2010-11/3assign.htm

Monday, March 28

We are still planning to go out to Champion Fields for practice today from 3:30 - 5:30. Please dress accordingly!

Freeport Tournament Information

A note from Jeff Sands, Head Coach at Freeport High School:

We are excited and looking forward to having each of your teams join us for the 2011 Lady Pretzel Invite. It looks like the tournament field will boast another top caliber group of teams. We look forward to having you all here for our tournament and want it to be a fun and competitive experience for your teams.

What a way to begin the 2011 season by playing against some of the top teams in the state! We return (7) teams from last years powerful field and invite one more to join us. Please meet the 2011 tournament teams:
- For the second year in a row we will have the 3A State Champions in our tournament field. Congratulations to Coach Deric Linder and Metamora High School on capturing the 2010 (3A) State Title.
- Congratulations are also in order for Morrison High School, who returns to the tournament field after a 3rd place finish at the 2010 (2A) State Tournament.
- Oak Forest High School will return to defend their 2010 Lady Pretzel Invite title and were the 2009 (3A) State Champions. They advanced to the Super Sectionals in 2010 where they lost to State Champ Metamora.
- Marengo High School will return to the field after finishing 2nd in the 2010 Lady Pretzel Invite to Oak Forest in a great championship game that went extra innings.
- Milledgeville , Freeport and Lena will all return from the 2010 field as well. Milledgeville beat Freeport in the Consolation Championship game in 2010.
- We have added one new team to the 2011 tournament field and would like to welcome University High School (Normal) to the 2011 Invite. U-High advanced to Sectional championship in 2010 where they fell to the 3A State Champions - Metamora.

All games will be played on the NW and SW diamonds at Read Park in Freeport, located at the corner of S. McKinley Ave and W. Empire St. The tournament will begin on Friday afternoon April 1st at 1:00pm with pool play:
- Teams in Pool A play their games on Friday at 1:00 and 4:00. Opponents in the 1:00 games are Milledgeville vs Oak Forest and Freeport vs U-High.
- Teams in Pool B play their games on Friday at 2:30 and 5:30. Opponents for the 2:30 game are Metamora vs Lena and Morrison vs Marengo.

Saturday, March 26

Practice at U-High from 10 - 12 - Sr, Jr, So only. Coach Sondgeroth is bringing Panera bagels!

Scheduling Updates

Thursday, March 24 - Practice 7-9 @ U-High

Friday, March 25 - Tentatively, practice 3-5 @ U-High

Saturday, March 26 - Varsity games have been canceled - practice TBA