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Hello Everyone,



If you are receiving this bulletin and no longer want to get it, just e-mail it back to me and I'll remove your name from our roster and starting lineup.



The season officially gets under way on March 10. Those of us with games scheduled in March in Wisconsin are wondering what the chances are of playing them in March in Wisconsin. Those of us south of Highway 10 will find out quickly what the coaches and players north of Highway 10 experience nearly every year. OK, maybe Highway 10 is a bit too far South, Perhaps you would rather use Highway 29, or Highway 8. At any rate, there is so much snow in Columbia County that brightly colored softballs will be important, as will snorkels, fins and masks.



I'm putting together a separate e-mail list of high school coaches that I can use to contact everyone immediately using e-mail. Most but not all of us have e-mail. But I'd be that every high school team in Wisconsin has at least one person whom we can contact via that list.



I have many of your e-mail addresses already. I have contacted athletic directors in order to update my list. If you fail to get an e-mail from me just to coaches in the next couple of weeks, get back to me.



I'm trying to put together some feature stories on former Wisconsin High School players now playing in the NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA and other post high school associations. If you have a player that fits that bill, e-mail the information on that player so I can update people on their whereabouts etc. I think people will be interested in how our Wisconsin players are doing at the collegiate level.



If you have players on your roster that have signed a national letter of intent to play softball at the collegiate level please forward that information to me as well. I'll do some up to date stuff on them as well. If you have a current player who has not signed a NOL but is planning on playing at the collegiate level, keep me closely informed so I can keep the people in the state up to date.



You can start sending me pre-season previews on your teams too. Get started on that. And those of you who enjoy getting your conference some recognition can send conference previews in as well.



I'm a week behind the past seven years on that sort of news because I have been busy and I have been working on another project as well.



There are going to be some pleasant surprises in terms of newspaper coverage this year as well according to one of my prep sports writing friends. That annoucement will come to you via a note from him and them very soon.



Remember, metal cleats are legal this season. Many of the high school coaches in the country are going to have to think hard about how they have taught players to cover bases on plays at those bases where kids will be sliding toward them. Having your kids kneel down in front of those bases to make sure them have the base blocked is going to result in some yelling and screaming! Teach them how to correctly cover the bags to apply tags!



Coaches, players and fans should also read the rule book and bone up on the other new rules and all the old ones.



If you have not joined the WFSCA yet, don't forget to do that. Go to the coaches association website and print out the membership form and send it to Jane Briehl at River Valley High School.



That's about it for tonight. I look forward to receiving the information that I have requested in tonight's Bulletin.



Keep it Rising!

Bob