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My fastpitch days go back to military. We have done some PerfectGame softball, Carolina Cardinals, Georgia Rockers, WV Dusters, Mystic's we have played on as many as 4 teams in one season. You are right on though about other states. If the powers that be would recognize the economic impact of a quality tourney there would be more tourney's. Tony Ellis runs the Optimist league and it is all fastpitch all the time. Great training ground lot of east Ky players, So. Ohio & WV and he usually hosts 3 or 4 good tourney's that are a treat for this area. On the coaching side I coach defense and baserunning and have for about 10 years. I work mainly with the 16's & 18's,help with a few college camps and I do several coaching clinic's for youth coaches. There are enough good players in the Tri-state that some good travel ball could be played right here. I always thought a big fastpitch tourney during Summer Motion in Ashland would be good.