2020 Fall Ball is underway !

2020 Fall Ball teams have been practicing in preparation for the 2020 Fall Ball season, which begins competition this weekend (August 8-9). All families must adhere to our spectator guidelines at Miller Park. A good rule of thumb to use is to stay on the grass, when inside or outside the park. You may not sit at the bleachers nor the areas between the dugouts behind the home plate backstop. 

Arctic Blast 14U Tryouts

Details on the Arctic Blast Tryouts webpage (here). Click on the Arctic Blast tab at the top, for information about the Arctic Blast fastpitch softball club program. 

Arctic Blast 14U Tryouts

• MON 8/17 - TUE 8/18
• Miller Park, Eden Prairie
• 5:00-6:00pm Pitchers and Catchers
• 6:00-9:00pm Position Players (players who are pitchers and catchers are expected to attend)

Complete this registration form before attending.

Good Luck, Arctic Blast!!

Arctic Blast 14s compete in the 2020 Northen NAFA Nationals at the Ponds Atheltic Complex in Prior Lake, MN

Arctic Blast 16s compete in the 2020 USSSA National Championships at the Mid-America West Sports Complex in Shawnee, KS.

Congratulations Arctic Blast 14U - Red River Rage 14U Gold Bracket Champions!!

Congratulations EP 12-Black: Red River Rage 12U Gold Bracket 2nd place winners!!

and afterwards, we got them to pose together!

MN Softball State 10U (B) : 10-Black

MN Softball State 10U (B) : 10-Red

MN Softball State 12U (B) : 12-Red

Good luck, ladies!!

EP Fastpitch "summer" teams compete this weekend in the 2020 MN Softball State Tournament!

• 10U Class B : EP 10-Black, Lamar Fields, Cottage Grove, MN
• 10U Class B : EP 10-Red, Mill Ponds Fields, Baldwin, WI
• 10U Class C : EP 10-White, Lexington Memorial Park, Circle Pines, MN
• 12U Class B : EP 12-Red, Dave Anderson Athletic Complex, Elk River, MN

EP 12-Black and Arctic Blast 14U compete in Fargo, ND in the 2020 Red River Rage!

Arctic Blast 16U competes at Lions Park in Ham Lake in the TNT Blast Tournament!

As it currently stands, MN Softball is planning to conduct its Fall Ball season earlier than normal, with games starting the weekend of August 8-9, and ending, as usual, with the Fall State Tournament at the end of September. These plans will continue to be adjusted as we know more from the Minnesota Department of Health, as it pertains to youth sports, the gathering of crowds at games and tournaments, and health guidelines. 

Registration for 2020 Fall teams will begin the week of June 15th and end July 11, so we have time to determine coaches and teams. Fall teams can begin to practice together on July 20th, the day after the 10U and 12U State Tournaments. 

More information about our Fall Ball softball program inside the 2020 EP Fastpitch tab (above).

One of our EP Fastpitch 10U players makes local and national news!

Safety will continue to be our leading thought as we progress towards our goal of softball skill development. We are involved in a situation that is unlike any we've encountered before; many things are fluid and are subject to change at a moment's notice when conditions of safety changes. 

As it currently stands, this is what our schedule looks like:

• Practices begin after June 1. Quantity of practices are at the Head Coach discretion. 
• Games could start the week of June 18
  • ​10U plays a 2-game regular season:
    • TUE, June 16
    • TUE June 23
  • 12U plays a 4-game result season
    • MON, June 15
    • WED, June 17
    • MON, June 22
    • WED, June 24
• MN Softball State Qualifiers (10U/12U):
  • June 26-28
• MN Softball 12U State Tournament 
  • July 11-12
• MN Softball 10U State Tournament
  • July 18-19

Practices:

• Players without a signed Liability Waiver (here) will not be allowed to participate in any organized EP Fastpitch activities- practices or games. 
• Check your daughter's temperature prior to leaving home for practice; please keep any child home if they have a temperature over 100*F. And please, if your child doesn't feel 100%, please keep her home. 
• Players will line place their gear 6' apart from the next player, on the field along the fences (both 1B and 3B sides). No one uses the dugout.
• No players to share any equipment.
• Players will be separated by "pods" and shared equipment will be limited to each "pod"- softballs, tees, any other training equipment. Attendance will be tracked to document exposure risk.
• NO sunflower seeds or gum. 
• Players are allowed to wear masks during practice (optional); players are advised to wear masks to/from the fields. No physical contact is allowed between the players and other players (high fives, hugs, fist bumps, etc) and between players and coaches.
• Parents nor spectator attendance is allowed at practices. 

This may be what games will look like; we'll know more soon: