The USSSA Pride meets the Oviedo Junior Pride

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USSSA Pride’s Ashley Charters and Jenn Salling met with the Oviedo, Florida Junior Pride team following their practice. The opportunity allowed the junior Pride team to ask a number of great questions and learn what it takes to play in the National Pro Fastpitch. The Oviedo Junior Pride is an U12 team that did a great job in showing Charters and Salling some of their team spirit with a few pre-game cheers. The Oviedo Junior Pride team is one of 70 Junior Pride teams that have started up across the country. The great representation of the USSSA Pride junior teams provide an avenue for … [Read more...]

Junior Pride Program Grows to 50 teams in 2012

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by Kelly Knight In 2011, USSSA embarked on the Junior Pride Program with a prototype team out of Michigan.  Although there were other teams wearing the name Pride across their jersey; there was only one USSSA sponsored Junior Pride Team: The USSSA Michigan Pride Stars 10 and under team based out of Canton, Michigan.  The Michigan Pride hosts 3 USSSA tournaments in Michigan every year and had three teams attend the 2011 World Series, just as they have for over 10 years.  President of the Michigan Pride and longtime USSSA supporter Dan Bressler states, “Our organization has been … [Read more...]