Monday, December 31, 2018

WELCOME 2019

Wesley Wolverine senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

Sunday, December 30, 2018

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

From top, Wesley Wolverines
sophomore #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA),
freshman #21 C Gabby Monzo (Somers Point, NJ).

MC CLENEY'S ADVICE









CLICK HERE for USSSA Pride OF Haylie McCleney's NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS for fastpitch college players, professional players, coaches, and fans.


Wesley Wolverine junior #2 IF Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL).


Friday, December 28, 2018

CREATE LEADERS

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #5 U  Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD).

CONTAGIOUS ENERGIES

From top, Wesley Wolverines 
sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA), Umpire: Cyrill Parham, Wesley College 
Director of Sports Information, freshman 
#21 C Gabby Monzo (Somers Point, NJ).

Monday, December 24, 2018

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

THIS BLOG IS TAKING A SHORT HOLIDAY BREAK. We will resume posting around mid-week, right after Christmas. 

In the meantime, please revisit some of the MORE THAN 245 POSTS (and hundreds of photos) displayed here since late July 2018 about the Wesley Wolverines fastpitch team.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS everyone: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanzaa, Yuletide Greetings, Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad, Mele Kalikimaka, Nollaig Shona Dhuit, Krismasi Njema, Meri Krismas, Shèng dàn jié !



SUCCESS NEVER ALONE

Left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE), junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD).

Sunday, December 23, 2018

OUTFIELD ARMS

From top, Wesley Wolverines sophomore #9 OF/C Miranda Kenny (Bethlehem, PA), sophomore #5 U  Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD), senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE).

WORK FINDS LUCK

Wesley Wolverine freshman #11 P Jessica Anderson (Smyrna, DE).

Saturday, December 22, 2018

SOFTBALL COOKIES

CLICK HERE for a “scrumptious”, mouthwatering Pillsbury baseball/ SOFTBALL COOKIE RECIPE made extra delicious with cream cheese and Rice Chex™ ingredients.

Wesley Wolverine senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

NMB LIGHT SHOW

There are no fastpitch contests this weekend on the North Myrtle Beach Sports Complex fields where the Wesley Wolverines will play next year, March 2-9, 2019, at the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic.

BUT THERE IS A SPECTACULAR EVENT
being played out at the park right now for this holiday season…



Wesley Wolverines senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA)
and senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE)

Friday, December 21, 2018

PERSISTENT, CONSISTENT

From top, Wesley Wolverines
sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ),
sophomore #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA),
senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

FASTPITCH FORUMS

National/ regional forums
Fastpitch news and discussions
from its grassroots participants


There are many softball forums that can be found online where fans can review the hottest topics being discussed in the fastpitch world. Submissions come from players, parents, coaches, umpires, and others on the dirt or watching from the sidelines this past year – and those preparing for the upcoming season, as well.

Some of the topic areas at these sites are more active than others. Every post is dated so a visitor may have to poke around to find a recent post.

Below are a half-dozen popular forums that provide a wealth of news, opinion, information, plus questions posed and answers received from forum members.

43FT.COM claims to be the “USA's premier fastpitch softball forum”, billing itself as “a place for softball parents and players to discuss, review, and find softball tournaments, results, and equipment reviews.” It has a College Softball topic area.

HEYBUCKET promotes itself as “Your Fastpitch Softball Bible”. It is a site loaded with posts that range from regional news to tips and drills to jokes and humor. There is a section for College Softball and College Recruiting, too

DISCUSS-FASTPITCH.COM
is part of the softballperformance.com network. It’s posts cover a wide variety of topics, including College Softball News and Discussions and Playing College Softball sections.

SOFTBALL-CHANNEL FORUM is a broad-ranging mix of travel, pros, men’s, Olympic, international and community softball posts as part of the softballchannel.com home site. It also has College boards.

UMPIRINGSOFTBALL.COM is, of course, from Blue’s perspective. This forum has a Softball Rules discussion primarily from those who apply the rules!

USSSA MD/DE BOARDS are heavily oriented to travel-ball news and information in the Wolverines' local MD-DC-DE area.



Wesley Wolverine senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

Thursday, December 20, 2018

GOAL NEEDS A PLAN

From top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA), senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA), sophomore #5 U  Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD), freshman #21 C Gabby Monzo (Somers Point, NJ).

FUN @ EXERCISE

From top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD),
sophomore #22 OF Alexis Howerin (Dover, DE),
sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ),
sophomore #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA),
sophomore #5 U Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD),
sophomore #9 OF/C Miranda Kenny (Bethlehem, PA),
sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA).

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

WHEN TIME TO PLAY

Fielding: Wesley Wolverine 
junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD) 
Pitching: sophomore #25
Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA). 

OUTFIELD CRITICAL

From top, Wesley Wolverines senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE), sophomore #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA), sophomore #9 OF/C Miranda Kenny (Bethlehem, PA).

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

LIFE IS...

From top, Wesley Wolverines
junior #2 IF Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL),
sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).

Monday, December 17, 2018

TRAINING HARD

From top, Wesley Wolverines freshman #21 C Gabby Monzo (Somers Point, NJ), sophomore #4 P Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD), sophomore #5 U  Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD), sophomore #9 OF/C Miranda Kenny (Bethlehem, PA), sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).

MAKE IT COUNT

From top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE), sophomore #4 P Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD), sophomore #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA), junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD), senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA), sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA).

Saturday, December 15, 2018

PUSH YOURSELF

Wesley Wolverine junior #2 IF Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL).

WEIGHT ROOM

From top, Wesley Wolverines
sophomore #5 U Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD),
junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD) /
Peter Bielfield Weight Room.

Friday, December 14, 2018

WATCH ME!

From top, Wesley Wolverines freshman #21 C Gabby Monzo (Somers Point, NJ), junior #2 IF Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL), sophomore #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA), sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA).

HUSTLE

Wesley Wolverine senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE).

Thursday, December 13, 2018

SUCCESS SECRETS

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

GIVE YOUR ALL

Spotter, Wesley Wolverine senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA), lifting from top, sophomore #4 P Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD), sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA).

RETRACTABLE CIRCLE

2020 Tokyo
Retractable pitching circle
featured at Olympic games


As a top sport in Japan, SOFTBALL and baseball will be among the most popular events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

To accommodate the two sports on the same field, an innovative RETRACTABLE pitcher’s circle/mound recently has been built into the renovation of Yokohama Stadium.

The area around the pitching rubber rises or lowers according to whether fastpitch or hard ball is being played on the field.

“The pitching mound that rises and lowers automatically to transform the baseball field into a softball field is impressive,” remarked WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari.

CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO of the retractable mound.


From left, Wesley Wolverines sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ), sophomore #4 P Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD).