Congrats to Head Coach, Dan Hausfeld and his Newport Catholic Freshman softball team on another successful season. The Freshman Thoroughbreds completed a 17-5 campaign, and like their older counterparts on the Varsity team, saw 10 games washed out by rain. The good thing about this team, is that the majority play from summer travel teams, so this bodes will for the NewCath program in the future.

 

Congrats to the coaches and the players. :ylsuper:

 

Madison Ervin - 8th grade

Elizabeth Mairose - 8th grade

Isabella Palmer - 8th grade

Hannah Tucker - 8th grade

Jaden Watts - 8th grade

 

Jenna Fryer - 7th grade

Baily Gray - 7th grade

MaKenzie Jones - 7th grade

Kate Kelly - 7th grade

Riley McDermott - 7th grade

Maisy Miglio - 7th grade

Kaitlyn Spangler - 7th grade

Kara Zimmerman - 7th grade

Kacy Zimmerman - 7th grade

 

Megan Burkart - 6th grade

Sam Grause - 6th grade

 

Head Coach - Dan Hausfeld

Asst. Coach - Mark Watts

Asst. Coach - Chris Fryer

 

Newport Catholic Fast Pitch

2014 Freshman Schedule

 

Monday, March 24 at Simon Kenton..............................W 22-6, W 17-11

Wednesday, March 26 at Highlands...............................W 15-9, W 19-2

Thursday, April 3 Campbell County two games canceled

Saturday, April 5 at Villa Madonna two games canceled

Wednesday, April 9 Dixie Home.....................................W 14-0, W 10-6

Saturday, April 12 at Villa Madonna...............................L 5-4, W 14-11

Monday, April 14 at Brossart two games canceled

Monday, April 21 at Dixie............................................W 14-2, W 10-2

Wednesday, April 23 Simon Kenton...............................W 6-3, W 18-8

Saturday, April 26 at Glen Este....................................W 22-6, L 10-5

Monday, April 28 Brossart two games canceled

Saturday, May 3 Villa Madonna....................................W 9-0, L 7-2

Monday, May 5 at Campbell County...............................L 4-3, L 13-10

Thursday, May 8 Highlands two games canceled

Saturday, May 10 Glen Este........................................W 17-3, W 13-10

Tuesday, May 13 at Brossart.......................................W 17-3, W 11-6

 

Final Record 17-5

Edited May 16, 201412 yr by Lawnboy13

Great season!!! Cant wait to watch Sam Grause play this summer! Great kid

why have a freshman team if there are no freshmen? I know you try to 'feed' into the highschool, but this just seems odd that a school would have a team when the school has no players.

This is Northern Kentucky softball. 8th and 9th graders are varsity, 6th and 7th graders JV (or occasional varsity), 4th and 5th graders make up your freshman class for many. New Cath seems to be ahead of the curve here! Just kidding of course, but not really.

This is Northern Kentucky softball. 8th and 9th graders are varsity' date=' 6th and 7th graders JV (or occasional varsity), 4th and 5th graders make up your freshman class for many. New Cath seems to be ahead of the curve here! Just kidding of course, but not really.[/quote']

 

I am not sure if Conner's JV team has many/any frosh. 7th and 8th graders.

What summer travel ball teams do the girls play for? i know that a few play on the Slammers out of Campbell County.

why have a freshman team if there are no freshmen? I know you try to 'feed' into the highschool, but this just seems odd that a school would have a team when the school has no players.

 

At HHS, almost our entire freshman team is 6th and 7th graders. I think we have 1-3 of the 15 are 8th graders. Other than I think 3 girls (of 14), our entire JV is 7th and 8th graders. On the varsity, we have 3 SRs, 3 JR's, 5 Sophs, 2 fresh, 3 8th and 2 7th. Starting lineup consists of 2 Sr's, 2 Jr's, 4 sophs, and a 7th grader.

 

It's NKY softball and just about every team is in the same situation. Some teams are a little older, but not much. We are all working on getting better state-wide and having a feeder program (freshman team) is a start. We are working on other things as well. Ideally, we'd all love to have freshman on our freshman teams. That would mean we are all getting pretty good! But for now, Freshman fill JV and varsity spots on a regular basis.

I understand trying to build your sport and team for the future. IMO if there isn't enough interest in the highschool sport to field a team then you just shouldn't field a team. If there was some freshman that were playing and you needed a few younger kids to fill out the team so those freshman had a chance to play, then I wouldn't have a problem with it.

I understand trying to build your sport and team for the future. IMO if there isn't enough interest in the highschool sport to field a team then you just shouldn't field a team. If there was some freshman that were playing and you needed a few younger kids to fill out the team so those freshman had a chance to play' date=' then I wouldn't have a problem with it.[/quote']

 

Would you be cool with calling it "sub-JV?"

Would you be cool with calling it "sub-JV?"

 

You can call it whatever you want. I'd call it a jr. high team and play other jr high teams (I'd imagine there are few to none). If not, let the young kids play summer league ball which I'm sure they do.

If the kids want to play and the school sponsors it what does it matter to anyone not involved?

You can call it whatever you want. I'd call it a jr. high team and play other jr high teams (I'd imagine there are few to none). If not, let the young kids play summer league ball which I'm sure they do.

 

If the kids want to play and the school sponsors it what does it matter to anyone not involved?

 

We call it a Freshman team, and play other freshman teams that consist of the same aged girls. However, they are beating up on some teams that consist of 8th graders and true frosh only. :thumb: Jim your school can do the same thing, why are so worried about ours?

 

Agree with the puppy.

We call it a Freshman team, and play other freshman teams that consist of the same aged girls. However, they are beating up on some teams that consist of 8th graders and true frosh only. :thumb: Jim your school can do the same thing, why are so worried about ours?

 

Agree with the puppy.

 

Not worried at all. As I originally stated, I find it odd to have a frosh team that consisted of no frosh or kids in the school. I know why its done. And, I do not mean to take anything away from the purpose of this thread. Congrats to the NCC frosh softball team.

Not worried at all. As I originally stated, I find it odd to have a frosh team that consisted of no frosh or kids in the school. I know why its done. And, I do not mean to take anything away from the purpose of this thread. Congrats to the NCC frosh softball team.

 

Sorry if I came across somewhat rough.

 

Since the inception of the NewCath fastpitch team in 2006, the JV team has always consisted of 8th graders to insure we had enough girls to fill the team. The Freshman team consisting of 6th & 7th graders was started in 2011 to increase the interest in fastpitch due to the lack of a summer program in Campbell Co. and because a handful of other high school teams were made up of players the same age. This meant we had to join suit to keep up with everyone else. While some schools play strictly 8th graders and "true" freshman, the level of competition is comparable most of the time.

 

The bottomline: the summer fastpitch leagues in NKY, minus those who play on "travel" teams, are non existent. Thus, the creation of high school freshman teams consisting of 6th & 7th graders is the BEST option to insure these kids get to play and learn the game before they enter high school.

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