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News Headlines for August 2009

8/31/2009 - Commissioner of Houston ASA Oklahoma City, Okla. -- The Amateur Softball Association (ASA), a volunteer driven, not-for-profit organization, is seeking applicants for the position of Commissioner for the Houston ASA association. The ASA Commissioner should be an individual who is interested in serving as ...more

8/24/2009 - Win a FREE trip to Disney One lucky family will have a summer to remember to add to all of those memorable softball seasons… thanks to the Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports program!  Enter the Responsible Sports Summer 20...more

8/21/2009 - Senior Major event moved from OKC to North Carolina OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) announced today that the Senior Major Plus event originally scheduled for Labor Day weekend in Oklahoma City has been combined with the Senior Slow Pitch National Championships in Burlington, N.C. The event in Oklahom...more

8/20/2009 - The Farm Tavern team of Madison, Wis., set records en route to nationa... OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Besides winning a third ASA Men’s Major Fast Pitch National Championship in South Bend, Ind. last month, The Farm Tavern team of Madison, Wis., broke three team records with the players equaling or breaking seven other records. Designated hitter Rob Gra...more

8/20/2009 - Women’s College World Series, ISSA World Championships nominated for S... OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The 2009 NCAA Women's College World Series, hosted at the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City, Okla., has been nominated by the readers of SportsTravel magazine for the “Collegiate Sporting Events — Best Sports Event Ser...more

More headlines for August, 2009

8/17/2009	Are your softball players’ “emotional tanks” full? They should b...

8/13/2009	Softball out of 2016 Games

8/12/2009	ESPN records solid audiences for World Cup, Border Battle

8/11/2009	IOC votes Thursday

8/11/2009	Watley is the USOC's Female Athlete of the Month for July

8/10/2009	Are you registered to earn a $2,500 Community Grant this Fall?

8/9/2009	Sorcerer Phil wins GOLD

8/9/2009	USA 3, Canada 1

8/8/2009	USA wins 15-0, 7-0

8/8/2009	WNT and Natasha Watley up for USOC monthly honors

8/8/2009	Final Four of GOLD

8/7/2009	16 teams move closer

8/7/2009	Road to GOLD

8/7/2009	Canada 3, USA 1

8/6/2009	Day Four at GOLD

8/6/2009	USA 7, Cuba 0

8/5/2009	USA 15, Belize 0

8/4/2009	Great Britain seeks women's fast pitch pitchers

8/4/2009	Day Three at GOLD

8/4/2009	GOLD Bracket Drawn

8/4/2009	The Ins and Outs of “Overcoaching”

8/4/2009	USA wins 22-0, 9-0

8/3/2009	SPORTZCAST webstreams ASA GOLD Championship

8/2/2009	GOLD Pool Play begins

8/2/2009	Brazil dealt 7-0 defeat by USA Softball at Pan American Qualifie...

8/2/2009	USA Softball dominant in 21-0 win over Ecuador

8/2/2009	USA wins Japan Cup

8/1/2009	USA advances to Championship Game of Japan Cup with wins over Ch...