DAILY NOTES

05/12/03- A great game - a great ending! The combination of Hudon (innings 1 through 4) and Hawley (5-7) had the Redmond batters very confused! Pictures and stats posted

05/09/03- A great game-lousy ending :-(  Brenda pitched very well, only 2 walks and 5 hits with 5 K's in 8 innings. And Trish hit a long home run. Pitchers and stats posted

05/08/03- Error in Juanita stats corrected. And a DISCLAIMER: the stats are very unofficial. I make an attempt to make them accurate- but they are NOT double-checked against the official book!

05/07/03- Pictures and stats posted.
Last Away game on FRIDAY will be played at Crestwoods Field: Click here for a map [this is the correct map since the field is noted on it!!] or driving instructions are:

 From I-405: Take Exit 18 (NE 85th) and head west. Proceed west to downtown Kirkland. Turn right on 3rd Street (right after Wendy's). Proceed on 3rd Street to 18th Avenue. Turn right onto 18th Avenue. Proceed 3 blocks (past Kirkland Junior High) and turn left onto 6th Street. You are at the parking lot for Crestwoods.

05/04/03- Just added pictures/stats for Garfield game. Remember that tomorrow's game against Inglemoor AT INGLEMOOR has 2 games- JV at 4PM and Varsity at 6:30PM.

05/01/03- Just added pictures for the Franklin game. I have added a special page with JV Pictures from this game. Click here.

04/29/03 Tomorrow's Games against Franklin are being played at Rainier Playfield .
3700 South Alaska Street 206.684.4075 Click on directions below if needed

The JV game starts at 3:45 or 4PM- followed by the Varsity game at 6pm.  Varsity parents should come early to support our JV team-and to see Ballard's future!  And JV parents should stay late and support the Varsity.  Let's hope this will be a WIN-WIN situation!
 

04/27/03- Remember tomorrow's game AT EASTSIDE starts at 4pm- driving instructions posted below

04/22/03- Lauren Curtis update- Lauren continues to ROCK!!! 3 time CAA Rookie of the Week

Lauren Curtis Harrisonburg, Va., April 22, 2003 – James Madison University softball player freshman Lauren Curtis (Seattle, Wash./Ballard) has been named Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week.  Curtis earns her second straight rookie honor and third of the season after going 10-for-17 at the plate (.588) last week, including 7-for-10 in a CAA series against Towson.  All 10 of her hits were singles as she recorded two or more hits in four of five games, including all three games against the Tigers.  She now has 19 multiple-hit games this season.  Curtis moved into the lead in the CAA in both hits (60) and batting average (.405). Previous Winners: 2/26 Lindsay Jones, Delaware; 3/17 Lauren Curtis, JMU; 3/26 Tara Ulrich, Hofstra; 3/31 Tara Ulrich, Hofstra; 4/7 Briana Carrera, JMU; 4/14 Lauren Curtis, JMU.

04/14/03- 14 HITS, stellar pitching, and a couple of great defensive plays combine to produce a 6-4 victory over arch-rival Roosevelt (coached by ex-Ballard coach Phil Taylor).

04/08/03- I will be taking Kimber for a final visit to Willamette on Thursday and Friday. We are leaving immediately after Wednesday's game against  Lake Washington (at Lower Woodland). So the pictures that I take of that game will not be posted until the weekend. And there will no pictures of Friday's game against Redmond (at Redmond-map updated below).

03/28/03- I will be out of town for Monday's game at Garfield- sorry, no pictures and stats will be posted after Wednesdays game with Inglemore

03/19/03- Several items: please note that the JV team has a schedule change: Redmond does not have a JV team (go figure!)- so the 2 games against Redmond have been cancelled for the JV only.

Secondly, last year's Varsity center fielder Lauren Curtis is off to a fantastic start in her collegiate career at James Madison. See article below.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS

VARSITY SCHEDULE
Schedule changes will be posted and marked with an asterisk (*)
Last date Schedule updated: 3/19/03

JV PLAY HOME GAMES at Gillman Field at 3:45PM
and AWAY games at the same time as the Varsity unless otherwise noted.

@ indicates an AWAY GAME

Schedule Change Summary
3/19/03: Redmond has no JV team this year- Changed 4/11 and 5/12

ALL AWAY GAMES are indicated by the "@" symbol
ALL HOME GAMES ARE AT LOWER WOODLAND #3

FORMER BALLARD PLAYER NAMED ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Lauren Curtis picked up Rookie of the Week honors. Harrisonburg, Va., March 18, 2003 – James Madison University softball player freshman Lauren Curtis (Seattle, Wash./Ballard) has been named Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week.  Curtis went 7-for-17 (.412) at the plate over the weekend in the Dukes Invitational.  JMU went 3-2 over the three-day tournament falling to Fordham in the championship game 3-1 on March 16.  She started all five games in center field for JMU, scoring two runs and stealing three bases. She is first on the team in at-bats (74), hits (25), stolen bases (6), and is second on the team in average (.338) and runs scored (9).  She is one of four players to start all 21 games this season. JMU is 9-12 on the season.   FOLLOW THE JMU TEAM: http://www.jmusports.com/Team/default.asp?TeamID=5 LAUREN'S EMAIL: curtislauren@hotmail.com

2003 Ballard Softball Retreat- March 14,15, 16- Camp Casey

CLICK HERE FOR ALL 75 PICTURES
2 PAGES!!
A SPECIAL Thank You to Keni Erstad (Trisha's Mom) for not only taking these pictures, but also for getting the quick processing!

Sunday February 2nd marks the unofficial beginning of the 2003 season. A clinic was held at the Ballard gym.

LINKS TO MAPS FOR ALL AWAY GAMES WILL BE POSTED LATER HERE:

Woodinville Map
Eastlake Map
Juanita Map
Redmond Map
Bothell Map   
Franklin Map
Inglemore Map
Lake Washington Map   
**********************************************************************************