To accept an athletic scholarship and be admitted can't be higher than the clearinghouse. The crux is once they attend their first class they than they have to adhere to that institution's academic standards set fourth by that institution as a freshman student. That is the part very few people...
To answer that the girls didn't know yes they all three moved up when the ball hit the ground, the confusion came when the opposing coach and fans went to yelling throw ball to third and yes the young lady got confused with the mad moment of chaos. 6 of the young ladies play high level travel...
Being a player, full time coach and recruiter at an NAIA institution I will try to shed some light on the matter.
The eligibility of a player to accept financial aid to a NCAA institution is done through their clearing house. The player must submit an application and than is told what level...
And by the way, softball is a very competitive sport in our high schools, with nationally ranked 2-year and 4- year schools in our state also. Our high schools are heavly recruited by our in state colleges, so this is not like a lot of HS ball in other parts of the country like is stated on this...
The umpires in a semi-final state championship made the following call;
Situation: bases loaded, 1 out, batter hits a semi-pop fly between pitcher and catcher. Both P and C have to dive to try and make catch, ball falls between them, and bounces away. R3 sees ball down and crosses home plate to...
I found the rule. Per NFHS 2015. Rule 2-50;Article 2: A runner becomes retired once legally scoring, or who is deemed out and still in the field during a live ball. So once the runner legally scored, she became retired and therefore is not eligible to be tagged out.
bases loaded, ball popped up to infield, ball is not caught, runners advance at own risk, runner at third advances and crosses home plate. In the confusion the player thinks she has to go back to third and starts to run back, opposing team throws ball and tags her. After umpires meet, they...
As a former Fastpitch coach who now coaches baseball, I want to discuss the OP's reference to bunting in baseball now, at the high school and college levels and I have been fortunate to have coached at both levels (baseball). The landscape of the two levels of the game offensively has changed...
With a runner at 2nd, 0 outs, hitter bunts the pitch, 3rd baseman fields the bunt, throws to first to get the hitter out. Runner on 2nd touches third and continues running to home. Defensive player who was on second, continues to head towards home trying to score. Defensive player turns and...