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News Headlines for June 2004

6/30/2004 - ‘Aiming for Athens’ rolls on! Normal, IL – After a five day break from the road, USA Softball’s ‘Aiming for Athens’ tour resumed in St. Louis on Monday with a standing room only crowd of over 3,000. The U.S. collected its 41st win with a 6-0 victory over the St. Louis All-Stars. While in St. Louis, a few of t...more

6/28/2004 - Shamrocks win 16-Under HOF The Shamrocks of Vienna, VA swept through the field at the ASA Girls’16-Under Hall of Fame National Qualifier with a 5-0 record this weekend at the ASA Hall of Fame Complex to earn a berth into the ASA Girls’ 16-Under National Championship. The Shamrocks defeated OK Jammers of Ok...more

6/28/2004 - U.S. continues winning ways with 6-0 victory ST. LOUIS, MO – Recording its tenth consecutive shutout victory, the USA Softball Olympic team improved to 41-0 on Monday night with a 6-0 decision against the St. Louis All-Stars. Standing room only at ABC Park, the Red, White and Blue continued along the ‘Aiming for Athens’ to...more

6/25/2004 - 2004 16/Under HOF Tournament Oklahoma City, OK-Twenty-four 16/Under teams from across the nation will compete this weekend in Oklahoma City vying for a bid to the 16/Under Girls' Fastpitch Class A Nationals in Bloomington, IL, August 2-8. From the tournament, eight teams will earn bids to compete in Augus...more

6/23/2004 - TACOMA DODGE CAPTURES FIRST PLACE IN NORTHWEST MEN'S MAJOR SLOW PITCH ... PORTLAND, OR -- Tacoma Dodge of Tacoma, WA captured the Northwest Men's Major Slow Pitch National Qualifier on June 12-13 with a 26-1 win in the “if” necessary game over Vancouver USA. Tacoma Dodge won its first game before losing its second game to Vancouver, 23-7, to drop into ...more

More headlines for June, 2004

6/21/2004	USA Softball downs Kansas All-Stars 8-0

6/21/2004	2004 14-Under HOF Tournament

6/19/2004	USA Softball improves to 39-0 on 'Aiming for Athens' tour

6/18/2004	USA Softball announces six additional players to USA Schutt Elit...

6/18/2004	14/Under HOF Tournament

6/17/2004	USA Softball defeats All-Stars

6/15/2004	USA Softball improves to 151-0 in pre-Olympic competition

6/15/2004	Girls Gold Sector 3 Qualifier

6/14/2004	12-Under Hall of Fame Tournament

6/12/2004	USA improves to 36-0 on tour

6/11/2004	2004 Hall of Fame Tournaments

6/10/2004	Kluever's wins qualifier

6/10/2004	U.S. records 7-0 victory against Portland All Stars

6/7/2004	U.S. shuts out Team Sacramento

6/5/2004	U.S. defeats Sorcerer All Stars 6-1

6/4/2004	USA wins two in Stockton

6/2/2004	UCLA is the No. 1 team in the country

6/1/2004	Grapettes & Angels earn berth

6/1/2004	New Kiosk added to Hall of Fame