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This is the new site of the Texas Fastpitch Coaches Association. Welcome and we hope that we can be of service to high school softball coaches in the state of Texas. If you have any questions, please office director Billy Hicks at coachhicks@texasprepsoftball.net or bhicks@csisd.org or President Mark Larriba at larribam@lisd.net.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 UIL
Legislative Council Meeting this weekend I will be attending the UIL Legislative Council
Meeting on Sunday and Monday in TFCA
Membership I will be sending out membership cards and receipts to those who have sent me a membership form on Monday for the 2009 season. You can go to www.tfcasoftball.com for a membership form if you would still like to join.
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TFCA
CLINIC ANNOUNCEMENT – NEW DATE:
We will have the 1st TFCA Fall Coaches Clinic this Saturday, September 27, 2008, at Burleson HS. It was rescheduled from the 13th due to the landfall of Hurricane Ike. The times are still the same as for the 13th and they are posted below. Also, you can still come to the clinic if you haven’t paid ahead of time, or have contacted any of the TFCA officers – I will be there to take fees for the clinc and TFCA dues. Clinic is $25 and 2008-2009 dues are $20.
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NO
OPEN DATES TODAY – PLEASE READ THE NEWS FOR TODAY – I WILL POST OPEN
DATES TOMORROW! (I still have the open dates sent to me on Friday
and they will go out tomorrow morning. I just think this news is very
important to all of us and scheduling can wait one day. I hope that is
fine with everyone.) HURRICANE
IKE NEWS: Many school districts in the
Houston-Galveston and the Golden Triangle areas are still out of school
because of damage and/or lack of electricity due to the storm. I have
received several emails from coaches who are back online and they are very
thankful that they have survived the storm. I went to my parents’ house
in Softball
Coaches in the affected areas: If you are getting this and you
are in need of any supplies or help for you and your family, please let me
know and I will forward information to our fellow coaches to see what we
can do to help. If
you know of softball coaches who are in need of help
and they can’t contact me, please let me and them know and we can try to
reach them to help them out. As of tonight, I have heard
from the following coaches or others have talked to them and know that
they are safe from the storm: Baytown Lee, Sweeny, West
Columbia, Fort Bend Elkins, Fort Bend Clements, Bellaire, Magnolia,
Tomball, Friendswood, The Woodlands. Coaches
in affected areas can also contact me to let me know you are
doing fine and I will relay that information to everyone. If you have news
or a story to relay to everyone, I will do that also! We need to keep these coaches,
families, students, and communities in our thoughts and prayers for a
quick recovery. Just to show how severe the situation still is in that
part of our great state, I have compiled a list from the local news
websites about schools who have been out over a week and when they will
start again. Schools that are still going
to be out this week: Starting
on Monday, Sept 22nd. Conroe ISD, Start
on Tuesday, Sept 23rd Alief ISD, Brazosport ISD,
Cy-Fair ISD, Houston (about half), Friendswood (bring sack lunches),
Spring Branch ISD, Splendora ISD, Texas
City ISD, Tomball ISD, Start
on Wednesday, Sept 24th Anahuac ISD, Barbers Hill ISD,
Cleveland ISD, Deer Park (maybe), Dickinson (maybe), Klein ISD, Magnolia
ISD, New Caney ISD, Spring ISD, West Orange-Cove CISD (maybe), Lumberton
ISD Start
on Thursday, Sept 25th Aldine ISD, Alvin ISD,
Channelview ISD, Crosby ISD, Dayton ISD, Galena Park ISD, Humble ISD,
Liberty ISD, Sheldon ISD, Stafford MSD, Port Arthur ISD (maybe), Nederland
ISD, Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD, Silsbee ISD Start
on Monday, Sept 29th Clear Creek ISD, Orangefield
ISD, Vidor ISD, October
6th La Marque ISD Don’t
Know: Goose Creek CISD (closed until
power restored) Hardin ISD (closed until
further notice) Hitchcock ISD (closed until
power restored) Huffman ISD (closed until
further notice) La Porte ISD (announcement to
be made on Wednesday) Pasadena ISD (closed until
further notice) Pearland ISD (closed until
power restored) Santa Fe ISD (closed until
further notice) Tarkington ISD (closed until
further notice) Port East Chambers ISD
(announcement coming soon) Thanks again for all of your
support! BH |
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION CONCERNING TFCA CLINIC ON SATURDAY
Because
of the impending landfall of Hurricane Ike, the TFCA Fall Clinic will be
postponed. We do not want our fellow coaches who are planning to come to be put
in any danger by being on the highway during the evacuation traffic and when the
hurricane blows all the way into central
HURRICANE
IKE:
We wish those who are in the path of the hurricane the best of luck in your preparations and evacuation. Our prayers are with all of you on the coast and in the path of the storm.
The 1st annual TFCA FALL / OFFSEASON COACHES CLINIC will be held on Saturday, September 13 at Burleson High School. Topics dealing with speed training, conditioning, weight training, and the mental game will be presented by high school and college coaches in those fields. Featured Speakers: Registration is only $25 and you can download the form CLINIC REGISTRATION FORM. |
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TFCA REGISTRATION AND SUMMER MEETING MINUTES Attached is a copy of the 2008-2009 TFCA REGISTRATION FORM. The dues for the upcoming year are still $20. The organization has had its initial setup thanks to efforts and work of Tommy Edmondson, so the organization is now on solid ground. The next year we will be prioritizing our goals and starting our first fall / offseason clinic. We will also attend the meetings of the UIL Legislative Committee in order to keep up to date on the work of the UIL for our sport and want to be a very positive voice for our coaches and help the UIL and all other coaching organizations if they need and ask for our help.
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RESULTS
OF TFCA SUMMER MEETING WILL BE POSTED BY TUESDAY, JULY 22 FALL OFFSEASON TFCA CLINIC GOALS FOR TFCA
2008-2009 OFFICERS: PRESIDENT: MARK LARRIBA -- FLOWER MOUND HS 1st VICE PRESIDENT: JEFF LEMONS -- EULESS TRINITY HS 2nd VICE PRESIDENT: CHARLES BENAVIDES -- GOLIAD HS PAST PRESIDENT: TOMMY EDMONDSON -- ARLINGTON HS (RETIRED) OFFICE DIRECTOR (Secretary/Treasurer/Public Information): BILLY HICKS -- A&M CONSOLIDATED HS |
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2008 UIL STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT Thursday,
May 29 |
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IMPORTANT!!! IMPORTANT!!! IMPORTANT!!!
TSWA ALL-STATE DEADLINE COMING SOON!!
COACHES ARE ASKED TO SEND NOMINATIONS FOR THE TEXAS SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE SOFTBALL TEAM TO TSWA SOFTBALL CHAIRMAN JACK STALLARD AS SOON AS THEIR TEAM’S SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE. PLEASE INCLUDE THE PLAYER(S) NAME, POSITION(S), GRADE, SCHOOL, SCHOOL’S CLASSIFICATION AND ANY AVAILABLE STATISTICS. NOMINATIONS MAY BE E- MAILED TO jstallard@longview-news.com OR FAXED TO 903-757-3742.
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