Important Dates: 2008 Rec Softball Season

April 19: Rec Draft at Pinnacle Sports

April 28: Rec starts practice

May 1: Travel games begin

May 31: Opening Day/Picture Day

June 28: Akron Racers Day

July 9: All Star Games

July 19: Rec Tournament starts

July 27: Tournament finals/League Picnic

Sept. 7: Fall league starts

2008 Draft Day Set: April 19 at Pinnacle

2008 Coaches: This year's Rec League player draft will take place Saturday, April 19, at Pinnacle Sports, 313 Medina Rd. The draft will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Pinnacle lounge. Stay tuned for updates.

Registration Deadline Extended!

Registration for the 2008 Medina Girls Softball Association summer season has been extended! Register before April 1 with NO LATE FEE.

Registration forms for the 2008 season are available here. You can print and mail them in to our Post Office Box listed on the form. If you are outside the City of Medina, you must purchase a Sports Activity Permit (SAP) from the City, available at the Medina Community Recreation Center, and provide the SAP number on your registration form.

2008 Player Registration

Registration forms for the 2008 season are now available here. You can print and mail them in to our Post Office Box listed on the form. If you are outside the City of Medina, you must purchase a Sports Activity Permit (SAP) from the City, available at the Medina Community Recreation Center, and provide the SAP number on your registration form. Deadline for registrations is March 15, 2008.

We will also be available in person at the All Sports Registration event, January 12. 2008 from 10:00 AM through 4:00 PM at the Medina Community Recreation Center. Sports Activity Permits will be available for purchase. Please park in Lot F and use the F3 door to enter the MCRC Field House.

In addition, we will also have live registration in conjunction with Medina Youth Baseball at Rustic Hills Country Club on February 2 and 16 from 10:00 Am until 1:00 PM.

Save Olympic Softball

The 117th International Olypmic Committee voted to exclude softball from the World Olympic Program in 2012. According to the Olympic Charter, rule 46, softball will remain on a list, and may be eligible for inclusion in the program for the 2016 World Olympic Games.

Softball will still be a part of the Olympic Games in the 2008 World Program. USA, ISA, and ASA softball affiliates along with the US Olympic Committee are being led by the ISF to show the IOC that there is world interest for this sport.

The birth of softball in the 1996 World Olympic Games was a great accomplishment toward world wide acceptance of Women's team sports. It would be a short-lived life if eliminated after the 2008 World Olympic Games, and it would be a tragic event for so many young dreams of participation to be shattered.

Click here: Please help save olympic softball! Sign the online petition!

NEW STARTING TIME FOR PITCHING/CATCHING CLINIC

The starting time for the Monday night pitching/catching clinics has been pushed back to 7 p.m. until further notice. Also, due to the number of players attending, we must limit the clinics to pitchers and catchers only. Thanks!

WINTER INDOOR PITCHING/CATCHING

A winter open gym for pitchers and catchers has been scheduled for Monday evenings from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM beginning November 26, 2007. These sessions will be held at the Medina High School gym. All softball players are welcome to attend. Al DiTomasso, Head Coach of the Medina High School Varsity Fastpitch Team, as well as many of the travel team coaches, will be present to provide assistance/instruction. Session dates are as follows:

November 26
December 3
December 10
December 17
January 7
January 14
January 28
February 4

Please pass the word on to all those players interested and remind all pitchers to bring a catcher to each session. Indoor balls (softies) will be available if needed.