Throughout the summer Triple Crown Sports will be highlighting a softball team or club from different regions of the country and sharing their team spotlights with our site.

The goal is to bring more attention to the sport and recognize teams and players participating.

This week we spoke to Brian Tidd, manager of the 14U So Cal Athletics from Temecula, Calif.  The team has experienced tremendous success since its inception in 2012 when two elite teams joined forces to form the Athletics.  The roster is made up of players residing in Riverside County and San Diego County.

Look for the So Cal Athletics to make appearances in Triple Crown’s Zoom into June and the Colorado Sparkler Juniors, among other top events this summer.

Tidd said that he got into coaching “to improve upon the skills of girls willing to play softball at competitive levels and play some role in helping to shape them into fine young adults.”

He noted that his favorite part of coaching the team was the “player’s competiveness, willingness to work tirelessly, and the fact that they never back down from any competition”.

2014 Roster

• Emily Tidd
• Payton Tidd
• Karrisa Ornelas
• Tera Testa
• Kenzie Bolin
• Ella Bolin
• Alexis Orozco
• Arianna Miranda
• Alexa Neil
• Kassandra Torres
• Mia Marinakis
• Maddy Ruffin
• Makayla Lopez
• Savannah Hewitt

Coaches
Managers – Brian Tidd & Fernando Ornelas
Head Coaches – David Mercado & Greg Testa

 

Notable Tournament Success

2014

• TCS Champions April’s Finest 14U
• TCS Champions March Mayhem 14U
• TCS Champions President’s Day 14U
• So Cal Finest 3^rd Place 16U

2013

• Premier Girls Fastpitch (PGF) National Champions 12U
• TCS World Series Champions 12U
• TCS Arizona FroShow Champions 16U
• TCS Big League Dreams Champions 14U
• TCS President’s Day Champions 14U
• TCS February Frost Champions 14U
• TCS American A’s Toys for Tots Champions 12U

Interesting Facts/Stats About the Team

• 2013 PGF National champions and 2013 TCS World Series champions going 19-0 in the month of July to win both events.
• The team is comprised of girls all with 2000 birthdates.
• The team went a full year not losing a tournament game to another team in the same age division.
• 2012/13 (Playing 12U and 14U) record was 115-15-5.  2013/14 (Playing 14U and 16U) record is currently 90-8-4.
• The team has played in five states and every girl on the team has a goal of playing softball in college.

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Would your team like to be featured in an upcoming Team Spotlight feature article?  Email your team name, hometown, and team photo to Marssa@triplecrownsports.com.  TCS may contact you for more information to be used in the story.