Dave Betcher
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I know softball tryouts are around the corner. But I wish teams and families would enjoy this season first and finish out Nationals as a team. Enjoy each season one at a time they go by so fast
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Amazing play all weekend by so many teams in Stars and Stripes! Thank you to the teams, parks, umpires and my special staff! To the athletes ,,, you deserve so much credit for battling the weather and performing AMAZINGLY!
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Up to 80 schools that checked in sorry for the ones we missed. And a huge thank you to so many staying til today on a Sunday. College coaches lunches are at the tourney tables now for you.
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With a heavy heart and prayers for Mark and his family I am letting everyone know of the passing Wednesday night of umpire Mark Voyda. Mark has been a part of our events and umpire crew for sometime. Please keep him in your prayers. ETA family and friends will miss you.
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I would like to thank all the athletes and families that allowed me over almost 50 years to be just a small part of their adventure and journey in the world of sports. You are what makes coaching so special, the student always reciprocated and teaches the teacher.
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Thank you to all the teams and families for battling the damp and freezing temps this weekend. Thankful to have had so many colleges Saturday and have all the players seen through our process. Enjoy your winters and best of luck on 2024! Don’t forget the amazing umpires!!!
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With a heavy heart passing along condolences on the passing of long time softball hitting coach Bruce Morgan. Bruce affected the lives and experience of so many in the Chicagoland area in Fastpitch softball. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.
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As our tribute to Breast Cancer Awareness we are utilizing a complete all female Quad of Umpires in 1-4 this weekend. Thank you ladies for your dedication to our great game.
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Congratulations to our Champions at 14 and 18. Amazing both finals went to the IF as the 14 Beverly Bandits defeated Stateline Fury Red and New Lenox Lightning Gold defeated SilverHawks Dennison. Amazing battles in both Championships and if games. Well played by all our teams !
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Thank you all schools for coming out today! our teams and athletes thank you!
Butler
NIU
Western
Depaul
Northern Kentucky
Bradley
Loyola
Valpo
Eastern Illinois
Illinois
IUPUI
Lewis
Hope
ISU
Roosevelt
Purdue northwest
Northern Illinois
St Ambrose
Elmhurst
Olivet
saint Xavier
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I want to thank everyone for your patience and support this year as we adjusted and safely created experiences and opportunities. 2021 should be much greater “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination”. -- Jimmy Dean
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On behalf of Team ETA I want to thank our Umpires, Assignors, UICs for a terrific job this weekend. Many had to work 8-9 games Saturday and 6 Sunday and did so without complaint. And thank you to 98% of our teams who treated them with class and respect!
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Off to a great start of colleges this weekend! Thank you coaches!!!!
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Note we have 25 women umpires this weekend in Peoria. Some are flying in. In appreciation to women umpires during Breast Cancer Month I want to thank Marguerette and Marci for making this happen for us.
Check out 2021 Let's Play for U Non D1 Showcase Peoria Oct 9-10 on Tourney Machine!
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@NCAADIII
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@ondecksoftball
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I can’t thank enough my team at Team ETA, our umpires, the park staffs, and most of all the student athletes. Amazing performances all week at all ages. What a future you all have. Thank you for letting me be a part of your adventure. PGF MIDWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020!
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Congratulations to the 2022 Queen of the Hill Champions! 16U Beverly Bandits Holloway and 18U Illinois Chill Gold. What an amazing weekend of softball to kick off the fall season. The Midwest is ready to roll to say the least! Thank you to our staff, umpires and parks!
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I do beleive this has been the most competitive King of the Hill to date. Amazing efforts across the board for two fulls days. At 18 Congrats to COCHAMPS Turnin2 and Bandits Moran. So many great games all weekend
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So far in the month of October we have 261 home runs in our events with 1 more week to go! Let’s hope the wind is blowing out end of the month in Peoria! Huge thank you to Doug Almon our UIC who is matching our $5 per home run charity donations!
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Based on all the news and current Government guidelines for Phase 1 and aphase 2 in Illinois and Indiana I will have NO MAY events but still plan to have the June July schedule of events. With several safety protocols in place.
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Update on schools this weekend. Hank you coaches and to the teams working closely with the schools to get those looks. Communication is key!
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Thank you coaches for coming out so early today! We all appreciate your support!
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Representing all 60 umpires used last week. Our 16U Championship crew.
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PGF Midwest Regional Championships. At 18 U GTS 18U knocks off St Louis Heat Leigraff to face SilverHawks Dennison in championship. Silverhawks win tough one to take home the Championship. Congratulations to all teams this week!
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In spite of the cold wind and then today rain, the LP4U Strike-Out Cancer events in Bettendorf and Orland Park has 67 home runs accounted for in support of . LP4U is donating $5 per HOMERUN to this great cause.
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Happy signing day to all the college bound softball players out there. Live your dreams by loving the work it takes to make it to your goal. Congratulations!
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I want to thank the over 50 plus college coaches out Saturday on behalf of the girls. Amazing variety of schools and a terrific opportunity to start to return to normalcy. Thank you coaches for the tremendous support!
First Crown Point PGF National Qualifier this weekend ! Coaches I will have the Saturday schedule link listed tonight. Thank you to so many college coaches for reaching out! Thank you for your patience.
@NCAAsoftball
@PGFnetwork
@letsplayforu
@PlayNAIA
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To the amazing softball world I call family ... Happy Easter. 🐣🐇🐰. Keep your spirits high your attitude positive and your love of the sport and ALL IT MEANS in your heart ❤️
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Thank you to these great schools who came out this past weekend to Peoria. Your support is what makes it all worthwhile.
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I am asked often hey should we take the first offer we get. I say it doesn’t matter what order ... when the right school for all the right reasons comes along, it’s time to accept. No buyer remorse. Know in your heart and with your family what you want out of college
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34 Home runs recorded this weekend in Peoria! Thank you Doug Almon for matching our pledge of $5 a Homerun. that makes $340 plus $5 from a coach. I will round it up to $500 for Breast Cancer Research.
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640 AM. Cancel all games today. The extreme winds and chance of rain every other hour for balance of day is making today impossible. I am so very sorry.
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Thank you to so many that keep asking about 2023 schedule. I am working out the kinks on new online registration process so that’s the delay. You can save the date on your schedules. Looking forward to a great 2023. May be adding a couple more special events if all works out
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Exciting Championship finishes in both games. 14U Sparks 3-2 over Illinois Hawks. 18U SilverHawks Dennison 6-0 over Lady Expos. Congratulations to every team this week for amazing play and sportsmanship!
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I want to thank so so many college coaches for coming out to Crown Point once again. It was like a whose who at so many games and the players and teams appreciate you taking the time to spend long days at the park. Several games had 20 schools behind the backstops. Awesome
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During this week of Thanksgiving I wanted to shout out to the umpires, programs,athletes,families,facilities,colleges and our amazing team at ETA for allowing me to follow my passion and make so many close friends. The game is Fastpitch is just an amazing family Thank You!
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So many Merry Christmas wishes to pass along.I have a special one for all the umpires who sacrifice so much for our great sport. You work long hours, can’t control the weather or fans, the best ones are never known. deep down, we all appreciate you the Happiest of Holidays!
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Coaches, you know how you feel when you make a mistake in work/family/life. You want time to reflect/correct. Think about the split second athletes have to make decisions. A player is giving 100% and makes an error in judgement/mechanics,give them the same time to reflect/correct
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Congratulations to all the student athletes signing their NLI today! Well earned and what an opportunity to set your future career and life path!
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Crown Point this season!!! Great news. FYI the whole park will be steel spike free this season just so everyone can prepare for sports shoes.
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Congratulations to our Queen of the Hill Champions with Beverly Bandits Otto defeating Select Fastpitch at 16 and Beverly Bandits Conroy defeating Velocity at 18. So many quality programs on the fields all weekend! Thank you UMPIRES staff and teams!
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I want to thank so so many people for all your assistance with the execution of Let’s Play for U Stars and Stripes. It is amazing the quality of my team/staff,our parks,the umpires and most especially the teams and their student athletes. It’s what makes doing this so much fun!
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Huge thank you to the overwhelming # of college coaches attending Stars and Stripes this year. Click on Colleges at our Events. If we missed you please let me know.
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LP4U StrikeOut Cancer Update. With forecast questionable each coach/program director just received an email with options for the weekend. You have until 5pm Thursday Oct 12 to respond with your choice. We will continue to monitor the weather in the area the next couple days.
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Congratulations today as we just beat the rain and awarded our remaining berths this weekend for PGF Nationals. At 16 Indiana Magic Gold LeMar won Premier and Nationals PM won Platinum. At 18 Sparks Softball won Premier and ProPlayer won Platinum! CONGRATS to all!
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At 16 King of the Hill we are in the Championship game with Wisconsin Lightning 2022 vs Bandits Yates. At 16 we had 28 amazing teams and we are down to 2.
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I cannot thank Jim Abbott and Joe Tholl enough on behalf of myself and the Team ETA families for making this weekend possible for the team and their families. The girls are blessed to have these amazing coaches and mentors working with them this weekend. Thank you both so much
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I would like to thank every team in the 2018 PGF King of the Hill 16-18 Championships this weekend for the sportsmanship, competition and talent on display all weekend. So proud to have had such class organizations represented from throughout the Midwest in this prestigious event
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Whether training or playing, softball should never be work. It should be a release of your passion and love of the sport. Love the journey and the journey will never leave your heart.
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Thank you to everyone who made this weekend such a a success! The parks, umpires, our ETA staff, all the colleges who came out, the teams and your families. But the most special thank you is to the weatherman! We exceeded 300 home runs in October for Charity Goal! 302
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750 am update Orland Park 16 and 18. We are delayed till 4 pm. I will update at noon to make sure parks can still be ready. We will play 4 rounds of winners bracket at 80 minutes finish inning then resume tomorrow. Wait for noon update I am so sorry for this rain!
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I would like to thank the Orland Park and St Charles Park District for having the fields in wonderful shape all weekend. And what would I do without Keith Stout and team and his coordination and support in St Charles.
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Best of wishes to all the young ladies trying out for their high school teams this week. Enjoy the experience it will go by quickly. Enjoy.
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Thank you so much to all the schools who have checked in so far. Our teams appreciate your support.
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Best of luck to everyone on September 1! Hoping dreams and futures come together for the best spot for each of you!
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There are still moving pieces to June and July schedules for Illinois and Indiana. We are looking at options and considering many things. Teams in events will get updates when I have the details.
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Note for this weekend in St.Charles Wasco and Orland. Masks will be required when not on the fields or when not sitting in your chairs. Only college coaches will be allowed behind backstops. Parents and family need to have their own chairs and I suggest tents down the foul lines
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12 noon Update 16 and 18 under. We are cancelled for the entire day in Orland Park. The fields have gotten worse since 730. Water is coming up from under and it is impossible to prep. So in a while I will be revising a Sunday schedule. It will not be a modified format
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Congratulations to our 14 Champions Indiana Dreams and our 16 Champions Lemont Rockers SS. What a week and what a tourney!
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Thank you everyone so much for your attendance this weekend! Even better by 830 am this morning I was told by 4 different managers that they had players offers already from the combine. That is what it’s all about!
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Sunday schedule now updated on Tourney Machine. 80 minutes finish inning. Let’s hope for a much better day of weather!
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I am so impressed. We are seeing some terrific pitching this early in the season. Especially at 16 where I have been watching. Very impressed and can’t wait to see how this shakes out tomorrow!
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LP4U StrikeOut Cancer will be played at Eastside Complex in St Charles this weekend. Once the 5pm deadline tonight for confirmation is past I will start creating the new schedule. Plan on 2-3 games both Saturday/Sunday based on teams remaining in event. Thanks for your patience
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Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there that give so much to our girls in this great game. Thanks for sharing your time to make it all possible! I am sure all your daughters will be showing their appreciation even more today.
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Wishing all teams best of luck at your nationals. Regardless of the alphabet- play hard and enjoy the experience!
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Glass is half full. Look at the weather for Saturday in Peoria.
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Another update. Still more schools still checking in and we are sorry the ones we missed. Thank you so very much for the support. And I am astonished in how many players were talked to after their schedules were completed. That says it all
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College coaches. Don’t miss our annual King of the Hill event in Crown Point and Hobart Sept 19-20. Schedule will be posted soon on Tourney Machine! Great field of teams!
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. Schools expected.
IUPUI
UIC
Tampa
Barry U (FLORIDA)
Western illinois
DePaul U
Loyola
Northern Illinois U
Wis Green Bay
DePauw
Marian College
Elmhurst College
Dominican
Lewis
Concordia Chicago
Concordia Wis
Wisconsin Stevens Point
Penn State University
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Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years! Blessings to all from myself and our team at ETA.
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PGF Midwest Regional Championships. With the heat index predicted for this week we are changing the bracket games to 95 minutes finish the inning. This will help the athletes and the umpires through the week. Thursday and Sunday for final group of games will advise on that day
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I cannot begin to thank so many people who worked so hard to help me with this weekends showcase. Thank you all. And to the teams who drew astounding crowds throughout the event from early Saturday thru Sunday night - YOU REALLY CAME THROUGH FOR YOUR STUDENT ATHLETES.
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Queen of Hill Weather Update Orland Park I am going to delay till 10am start with 80 minute games pending a weather update around 6am. Crown Point I am waiting on a weather update and will advise around 6 am.
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Happy Thanksgiving. Wishing all blessings and cheer today and everyday.
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929 am. We are Cancelled. The risk of more rain once we get the fields back up and the amount of water in our outfields is not worth the risk. I am very very sorry
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Wow !!! LP4U is coming to Florida and the SpaceCoast Nov 23!!! Schools expected include Florida St, FIU, Notre Dame, DePaul, Dayton,Kent St,NIU,SIUE,Stony Brook,Western Illinois. More to be added
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@ondecksoftball
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Until the NCAA finally decides when college coaches can be out please don’t try to enter a camp in June. It’s hard to plan but as soon as they give a final ruling we will reopen our camp schedule.
There are some creative things we are working on to adjust to the current issues.
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The month of October all our events will be donating to Cancer Foundations. $5 per Homerun for the month Please have your girls sign the boards!!!! Andrew Weishar Foundation and Breast Cancer Research Foundation will be our recipients. Thank you for all you do.
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I would like to thank all the teams who played with such passion and skill this weekend in Crown Point! Amazing field of teams at 12 and 14 for non high schoolers. The future is very bright in the region!
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Congratulations to the Champions at PGF National Qualifier today for earning bids to Premier PGF Nationals. 16- Beverly Bandits Hardin 18- NL Lightning Gold. Great games from all teams this weekend!
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Huge thank you to the parks in Orland and St Charles for the amazing condition of the fields and starting in time this morning. Our teams can’t thank you enough for all the effort!
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Amazing advocate for women in sports and life. Always took the time to talk about any subject you liked. Thank you for all you have done for so many!
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Stars and Stripes July 8-11, 2021 just got bigger with added games and camps! Don’t miss this one!
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There are no words I can think of to do justice to Woody and the Genuwin Reign program for getting these fields ready this weekend. Amazing class organization and on behalf of ETA and LP4U & all the teams … THANK YOU! All 11 am games started on time.
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