News and Announcements
Shannon Kramer -- Mt. Saint Mary's University
The Sellersville Belles are excited to announce that starting in the fall of 2009, a new 14U team will be joining the Belles Family. Read the following announcement about try outs. It is never too early to become a Sellersville Belle.
The Sellersville Belles, one of the area’s top fastpitch softball organizations, is proud and excited to announce the formation and tryouts for their new 14 & Under Class A team. The coaching staff is an experience one and will stress fundamentals, sportsmanship, and making our players students of the game and developing a passion for the game of fastpitch softball.
Paul Koehler, head coach of the 18U Belles and organizational President was happy with the addition. “It has been about 8 years since we have had a younger team as part of our organization. The coaching staff of this new Belles team is excited about joining us and they bring with them a strong core of talented young players. They are looking forward to learning from our experience and giving us an opportunity to work with younger players to help them develop the proper habits and fundamentals. We take a lot of pride in the way we run our program, so we were pretty picky about adding this team; however, we believe they will be a strong addition to the Belles Family.”
If you are interested in playing against the best, developing strong fundamental skills, and becoming a student of the game, please attend our 2010 tryouts. We run our try outs like our practices so we get to see player’s skills, but players get to see our coaching style and will even get some coaching that day. We coach and insist on proper fundamentals. We also have a hitting instructor who works throughout the year with the Belles. We ask that you attend at least two try outs. The more try outs a player attends, the more we see of you, and the more you get to see of us.
When: Saturdays, August 15th and 22nd, 9:00AM – 11:00AM
Sundays, August 16th and 23rd, 4:00PM – 6:00PM
Tuesday August 18th and 25th, 6:00PM – 8:00PM
Please arrive ½ hour early to fill out necessary paperwork.
Where: B. Earl Druckenmiller Park
189 Maple Ave.
Sellersville, PA 18960
If you are unable to attend this open tryout, please schedule a private tryout with:
Sharon DeCew
Sellersville Belles, Head Coach
267-374-9797 cell
...by coming from behind to take a 5-1 victory over the Mosquito Squad from Renton, Washington - near Seattle.
Yes, the Belles raised their "Thursday Night Philly Phare Game" record to 4-1 with a win over the Mosquito Squad. The real fun began though after the game when both teams exchanged gifts and conversation. Pizza, cheese steaks, and perogies from Roc's Pizza Plus were devoured post game. Tastykake Krimpets and Rita's Water Ice topped the dessert list. A good time was had by all.
See the following for more on this wonderful event. Go to www.intelligencerNOW.com
...and Sunday at the 1st Pepsi/Underarmour Showcase Tournament. It has been a Spring of rain and it definitely dampened the chance to play. The Belles got a complete game in on Saturday morning. The Belles beat the Conneticut Mirage 5-1 in six innings before time ran out. The Belles had timely hitting and solid defense. The gem of the game however was the pitching of Kellianna Bradstreet. Bradstreet took a perfect game into the sixth before giving up a lead off triple and eventually a run. She finished with the complete game one-hitter. "Saturday's pitching by KB was great. KB had ups and downs last weekend, and to come out on Saturday and pitch as well as she did should add to her confidence for the upcoming season," commented Coach Paul Koehler.
The Belles next head to Langhorne this coming weekend for the Annual Pennsbury College Showcase.
The 13th Annual June Blast proved to be different than any other. The amount of teams, the number of fields used, the amount of rain, the amount of sawdust used, and most of all - a second place finish in the 18 & Under ASA Invitational Division.
Parents and volunteers logged over 800 hours to prepare for the tournament and to allow the tournament to be played at all. Of 122 scheduled games for the weekend, three games were moved, and only 7 were lost on Saturday due to field conditions. By the end of the day, all 10 fields were in operation. Sunday went off without a hitch and 3 Champions were named.
Boyertown Storm 16 PONY Champs
Allentown Patriettes 18 PONY Champs
Chaos Gold 18 ASA Invitational Champs
Yes, the Sellersville Belles went 6-2 on the weekend. On Sunday, the Belles dispatched the Boyertown Storm 9-3. Then the Belles eliminated TNT Gold from the tournament with a 4-1 victory. Then the Belles faced the Philadelphia Spirit Gold for the second time in two days. The game went 11 innings before the Belles pushed a run across in the bottom of the 11th to win 5-4. In the final, the Belles gave up a couple of first inning runs which were too much to overcome. The Belles battled but Chaos gold held on for a 4-3 win and the Championship. It was a well played game on both sides of the diamond. Said head coach Paul Koehler, "Chaos is a strong team. They had their way with us in the fall. We gave up a couple of early runs and just could not get them back. Chaos got done what they had to do to hold on for the win. It was a great test for a young Belles team and we will only get better because of it."
