10U Tryouts Around Madison/Beaver Dam WI Area

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Aug 17, 2014
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Is anyone still looking for a 10u player for the 2014/15 season? We have been out of town and some if the tryouts have already taken place. She's a pitcher and can also play other infield positions (1B, 2B, and 3B).
 
Jul 19, 2014
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Madison, WI
I know the Verona Cougars are still having tryouts this coming weekend. Perhaps Mad City Crush as well. I think the Madison Mavericks aged up to 11u, though. That was an invitation team for the west side of Madison. Have you checked on the Beaver Dam Tornadoes?
 
Aug 17, 2014
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Thanks.Verona Cougers you have to live in Verona, according to their website, but I'll check out the other two as well.
 
Jul 19, 2014
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Madison, WI
Interesting. I know lots of girls on the Verona Cougars who do NOT live in Verona. They live in the west side of Madison. Many of the Cougars girls live in the Memorial and West HS districts in Madison.
 
Jul 19, 2014
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Madison, WI
Let me clarify this.

It is very common for some of the better players in an age group at West Madison Little League to get together to form a TB team, just for those girls. Sometimes there are tryouts, other times these are invitation only. Sometimes a group of girls will be invited to try out.

At some point, the teams generally disband. This could be because of some girls being older than others, and choices about what age group to play in. Or, it could be personality conflicts. Whatever. In a few cases, a lot of the girls from a disbanded team will join a new team. In some cases, the better players will go to the regional powerhouses, like the Wisconsin Bandits or less commonly the State Line Fury in Illinois (both are the same distance from Madison). Some will join clubs on the east side of town, like Crush. Some are left hanging without a team.

What usually happens is that girls who age out of the teams, or else are left hanging when the team disbands, will try out for the Verona Cougars. A lot of the 18u Cougars aged out of 16u Rolling Thunder. A lot of the 16u girls were in the 14u Bam!. Many of the 14u Cougars were in the 13u Mustangs. Some former coaches from these teams now coach for the Cougars.
 
Jul 19, 2014
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Other organizations to look at:

I know the Cougars and Crush have tryouts late in the month. (Verona charges $20 for a tryout fee.)

These teams I don't know about.

Sun Prairie has a pretty strong program.

Watertown has a VERY strong program. And, they have a web site.
 
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Dec 7, 2011
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Don't forget Xplozion out of Columbus. They probably had their tryouts too but a phone call is ALWAYS warranted as the clubs many times will be thinking about adding another team at an age bracket. Lots of times the bigger organizations, like Bandits & Xplozion will know who is looking for girls that maybe didn't make those BIG clubs.
 
Jul 9, 2009
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The Bandits are known as a premier club, BTW.

Bob,

You bring back a ton of memories. My oldest daughter that plays softball was born at St. Mary's in Madison.. We lived in Cambridge at the time. I remember like yesterday tearing out of our driving getting on 12/18 and then the beltway when my wife went into labor. 30 minutes later before the doctor was even in the delivery room we had our first (of 3) daughter.

We happened to move to a community in Illinois that has a passion (sometime too much) for softball. I often wonder if she would have played if we never moved??

I read about all these horror stories of such bad school ball and it's just the opposite here. We have very competitive teams, at least for playing time.

A couple of pictures from our JH team (a couple of 7th graders) this year that is a lot of fun to watch.

Bringing the heat :D

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Here's a 7th grader that has to be the best JH shortstop in the state: Is a 12u that is playing second year 14u and would love to have her sub on my daughters 16u team.

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