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Coaches who think it's OK to ride the refs, fans who feel it's cool to yell at officials all the time and the confusion of professional sports with youth sports lead to a breakdown in respect for authority.

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association recently announced its Top 50 All-Academic High School Softball Team based on grade point averages for the 2011-12 academic year. Today, Apponequet softball head coach Bob Huckabee sent a release announci...

Casey Stangel is a senior-to-be pitcher at Lake City High School (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) who also plays for the SoCal Explosion. She was named the Gatorade State Player of the Year in Idaho in 2012 and has committed to play college softball at the Uni...

Casey Stangel is a senior-to-be pitcher at Lake City High School (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) who also plays for the SoCal Explosion. She was named the Gatorade State Player of the Year in Idaho in 2012and has committed to play college softball at the Univ...

Casey Stangel is a senior-to-be pitcher at Lake City High School (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) who also plays for the SoCal Explosion. She was named the Gatorade State Player of the Year in Idaho in 2012 and has committed to play college softball at the Uni...

Jim Piazza has coached Ohio's winningest softball program for the last decade. And during that time, the mentor of Keystone (LaGrange, Ohio) cites a "family atmosphere" among the players, parents, fans and boosters. "I sometimes feel like I'm c...

SEC schools Alabama, Auburn and LSU all landed two future softball players among the 30 who are first-team 2012 ESPNHS All-Americans. The only other college to have two on the first team is Stanford. POWERADE FAB 50 national champion Norco (Calif....

There was one constant during the first softball state title run for Porter Ridge (Indian Ridge, N.C.). Lexi Davis was in the cirlce for all 34 games. The result: a 33-1 record, a Class 4A state championship and the No. 2 spot in the final POWE...

Casey Stangel is a senior-to-be pitcher at Lake City High School (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) who also plays for the SoCal Explosion. She was named the Gatorade State Player of the Year in Idaho in 2012 and has committed to play college softball at the Uni...

Ms. Softball Player of the Year Emily Lockman leads the pack as the 2012 Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball honors concludes with naming of the top 30 overall. Thirty more players selected to all-state overall second team. First Team All-State Catch...

Players from medium schools and small schools now take center stage in the release of the 2012 Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball teams. We guarantee that at least a few of these players will be on the elite all-state first team or second team. Play...

With baseball done, it's time to switch to softball and first up is the 2012 Cal-Hi Sports all-state underclass honorees. There is a first team of 30 players and a second team of 30 more. All are non-seniors. CIF Southern Section powerhouse Pacifi...

Casey Stangel is a junior pitcher at Lake City High School (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) who also plays for the SoCal Explosion. She was named the Gatorade State Player of the Year in Idaho in 2012and has committed to play college softball at the University...

The count is up to 350 players who are now on the board for our 2012 Cal-Hi Sports all-state squads. Since the early 1980s, there have been Cal-Hi Sports all-state softball teams with many of the greatest players in the history of the sport among ...

Amador Valley's Johanna Grauer earns same state award that her coach was named as winner in 1992. Four others also gain state player of year recognition. In addition to Ms. Softball State Player of the Year Emily Lockman, congratulations also go o...

Only once before has one team had the State Coach of the Year and State Player of the Year for the same season. Lockman's clutch efforts for Norco, however, win out even though head coach Rick Robinson was named state's best last week. Click here f...