The Siskiyou Heat Girls Softball Club will be holding signups on February 14 and 27 at Round Table Pizza in Yreka between 2:00 – 4:00 pm for its 2010 summer program. Currently the club has five teams ranging in age from 9 to 18. Registration forms can be downloaded from the Siskiyou Heat website www.siskiyouheat.com. (more…)

The Siskiyou Heat girls softball league will hold its annual board elections on Wednesday December 2, 2009 at the monthly meeting. The meeting is set for 6:30 pm at 1301 S Main Street (Old Gil’s Farm & Garden building) in Yreka. Anyone interested in being a board member or coaching for the 2010 season is invited to attend. If you have any questions regarding the league and the positions available, please contact league president Nick Sinnott at 842-2380. (more…)

MONTAGUE – The Siskiyou Heat ASA softball teams held their annual fundraising dinner and auction at the Montague Community center last Saturday. Approximately 300 people attended and nearly $8,000 was raised. The money is used to pay for equipment, travel, tournament fees, and other expenses for the various Heat teams.

After attendees enjoyed a tri tip dinner prepared by Joe Spini, there was a lively dessert auction and an auction for services and merchandise. A Berry Truffle made by Sandy Luetke fetched $140 during the dessert auction, and was purchased by Troy Graves. The two auctions accounted for about $4000 of the funds raised.

The Siskiyou Heat players and organizers expressed their gratitude to the community and their sponsors.

“Special thanks to Mt Shasta Resort, Timber Products, Pepsi Cola of Mt Shasta, Price Less Foods, The Tackle Shop and Brian and Heather Wagy for their generous donations. Also, a big appreciation to the community for their generous support of the Siskiyou Heat,” said Donna Cruz.

Mark your calendars for the fourth annual Siskiyou Heat girl’s youth American Softball Association (ASA) fund raising dinner at the Montague Hall on Saturday September 12. The Siskiyou Heat are made up of competitive girls softball teams (ages 8 -18) from all over Siskiyou County. They play games and tournaments in California, Oregon and Nevada. Due to the exposure the girls get at these away tournaments many have been awarded scholarships to play with college softball teams.

The funds raised will go to offset costs for equipment, uniforms, field maintenance, and tournament fees. At the present time the club is working with the City of Montague to improve “Scobie Field” as their own home field. (more…)

By Nick Sinnott

The Siskiyou Heat U-18s went South on the weekend of August 8-9 to compete in the highly touted Stockton Tournament. The game temperatures were in the high 90s but the Heat made it even hotter in Stockton with their aggressive play.

Saturday
Game-1: The first game of pool play for the Heat was against the Fremont Flyers.  Kayla Graves started the game and did a great job, going the distance. The game plan was to remove Graves after four innings but she had such control the coaching team of Mike Jones and Nick Sinnott decided to let her go the distance.  Graves finished the game with seven strikeouts.  Things opened up in the first when Amber “Nails” Sinnott drove in Kelsey “The Stick” Moser with a triple to deep center field.  Graves then settled in for the next two innings and struck out five of the next six Flyers.  In the bottom of the third Sara “Who” Jones smashed a double to right scoring “Nails” and “The Stick”, who each got on board with singles, adding two more runs for the Heat.  The Flyers managed an unearned run in the top of the fourth making it 3-1 after four innings.  In the bottom of the fifth, things got a little wild for the Heat.  Michelle Rupert started with a single to right field. Sinnott then singled to left to advance Rupert to third. Jones grounded to short who fumbled the ball allowing Rupert and Sinnott to score.  Samantha “Sammy” Reed got on board with an interference call on the catcher. Mindy “Mindo” Chandler drove a hit to deep center scoring two runs and Rupert followed with her own 2-run double to complete the inning with seven runs scored. The game was called due to tournament rules. Final score: Heat 10 – Flyers 1 (more…)

In addition to taking third place at the “Nationals” tournament in Aurora,Ore a couple of weeks ago, the Siskiyou Heat U-18s also placed four members on the “All World” tournament team. Amber “Nails” Sinnott, Sara “Who” Jones, Sierra “C” Skeen, and Bethany “Ever Ready” Franklin earned the “All World” designation.

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By Nick Sinnott

The Siskiyou Heat U-18s were north of the border again, July 24-26. This time it was in Aurora, Oregon for the “National’s.” They proved again that they are “battlers” by coming out of the losers’ bracket and winning consecutive games to take third place.

Friday
Game-1: The first game of pool play for the Heat was the East County “Thunder” from Oregon. The Heat scored two runs in the first when both Bethany Franklin and Sarah “Who” Jones went home on passed balls. Franklin started as the ever steady pitcher and did a good job. It got quiet on the scoring for the Heat, but the Thunder tallied four runs to take a quick lead. Thunder loaded the bases in the fifth inning, but Madison “Maddi” Moser came up with some great heads-up play in right field to throw out two base runners to end the inning. In the sixth Amber “Nails” Sinnott pounded a two run double to make the score 4-4. Mindi Chandler came in to pitch in the sixth. The Thunder came back to get three more runs to end the game. Final score: Thunder 7 – Heat 4 (more…)

By Nick Sinnott

The Siskiyou Heat U-18s were at it again in Junction City, OR at the Class B “Cooper the Dog” ASA Tournament, last Saturday and Sunday. Multiple games were played under the scorching sun.  It was a two day, double elimination tournament with two round robin games on Saturday for the Heat.

Saturday
Game-1: The first round robin game for the Siskiyou Heat was against Hood River, OR.  Kayla Graves started and the first three innings were 3-up and 3-down for both sides. In the third inning Hood River put together some hits, and an error by The Heat led to a three- run inning for Hood River. The offense was missing for The Heat and they could not get their bats on the ball.  Mindi Chandler came in to pitch the fourth and fifth innings allowing four more runs over. Final score: Hood River 7 – Heat 0

Game-2: The next game immediately following was against the Waldport Rogues.  The Waldport pitcher started with control problems and hit the first three batters to immediately load the bases. That’s all it took for The Heat to get things going. Kelsey Moser singled in the first run and Madison “Maddy” Moser scored on a passed ball. Amber “Nails” Sinnott sacrificed a run in and Sierra “C” Skeen completed the inning with a two run single. The remainder of the game was a pitching battle with neither team getting any runs, and starting pitcher Bethany Franklin notching the win.  Kayla Graves came in to finish the last two innings. Final score: Rogues 0 – Heat 5 (more…)

By Nick Sinnott

The red hot Heat U-18s softball team traveled to Redding on Wednesday night, July 15 for some double header action, and notched a pair of wins (Slide show was posted a couple of days ago. Scroll down the front page a postings and you’ll find it).

The first game of the evening was against the North Valley Rapids—a very competitive U-16 team. It was in the second inning when things opened up for the Heat. Amber Sinnott led off with a triple to deep left. Mindi Chandler connected on a deep fly ball to center to score Sinnott from third for the first run of the evening. (more…)