Week of March 28 - April 1

Week at a glance...

Monday - Doubleheader at Covenant.  MCC does not have school; WMC students will be dismissed at 2:45 with a 3:00 departure time.  In the event of a cancellation, watch text alerts for practice location.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Practice at MCC from 3:30-5:30.  Plan on indoor practice if there is inclement weather.

Friday - No practice.  Enjoy your Spring Break.

Stay tuned for optional Spring Break practices.

Good afternoon, Team,

It looks very good to get our games in Monday @ Covenant.

MCC students will be meeting the team at Covenant since they are off from school.

For WMC students, we have the school vans available for us to use. One van can carry up to ten athletes. I can carry 4 in my truck which I will still drive because of all the equipment. I'll have Coach Drew drive the other. You can pick your daughter up at Covenant or back at school just please let us coaches know who your daughter will be riding home with.

There will be more info coming from Sherri Bradford-Royle if you haven't received it already.

Blessings, Coach

Thursday March 24

For Thursday, March 24, our doubleheader vs Hart has been postponed due to weather.  Because gym space is limited, we will have our practice at Ferrysburg Community Church, 17785 Mohawk Dr, Spring Lake, MI 49456 from 3:30-5:00.

Week of March 21-26

Monday Scrimmage cancelled

After talking with the Ravenna coach we have decided to cancel our scrimmage due to the fact that the temperature will only be about 40-45 and windy. Tuesday is about the same. We didn't want to take a chance of one our players pulling a muscle in this colder weather. 

We will have practice at MCC 3:30-5:30. We may still be outside so the girls need to be prepared for both indoor and outdoor practice.

Field Clean-up Day - Saturday

Part of the contract we have with the Hile Rec club to use their fields is that we have a clean up day each spring.

The baseball team is doing theirs this Saturday, March 26, so I'm planning it for the same day from 9-12. The more people we have the sooner we can get done and out of there.

MCC had a clean up day yesterday at their field so they don't need to come to ours. Please send me an email or text if you can make it. 

We have brand new dugouts built so there is some clean up from that, plus normal spring cleaning.

Please bring your own shovel and/or rake. I will have my wheel barrow there and I'll bring some water. 

Any questions please contact me.

Blessings, Coach

Week at a Glance

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: Practice at MCC from 3:30-5:30.  Be prepared for both indoor and outdoor options.

Thursday: Doubleheader at Hart.  Watch for departure time.

Friday: No practice

Saturday: Field clean-up at Hile for WMC students (9 am - 12 noon)

Ice Cream Friday

Families, 

With tomorrow's weather forecast being iffy for rain and temperature, it will be a decision that we as a coaching staff will make tomorrow by noon. We really need to be outside so we told the girls to be prepared with clothing and shoes for both indoor and outdoor. IF we are outdoors we will be at MCC. If rides are needed back to WMC we will make it work. 

Also tomorrow is our first "ice cream Friday" a fun tradition that we started a couple of years ago to talk over things that we did during practice and discuss upcoming games etc.

Any questions get in touch with me

Blessings, Jeff

Update on practice locations for March/April and May

Hello families,

I’m sorry to do this to you all but for a number of reasons I feel like it is the best thing to do. All practices and home games will be at MCC during the months of March/April and at WMC for the month of May.

I will do my best to accommodate everyone as best as possible and still get a full practice in.

Here are the reasons I’m making the change:

A)      MCCs field drains better than ours and we also have a few maintenance issues that need to be resolved on our field so it is safe to use.  There has been a change in our field maintenance department and this change will give them the time to do the repairs necessary to make the field safe.

B)      I’m trying to ease the confusion of “where are we at this week”. The softball team blog will help with that but at the same time I believe it will be easier to remember the locations on a month to month basis instead of weekly.

It will out work out in the end as both schools will be traveling the same amount of times. Please get in touch with me regarding any concerns at all. Like I said in the parent meeting, the logistics will be the biggest challenge of this CO-OP.

Thank you again for your patience as we get this worked out.

Blessings, Coach Jeff

Handout from practice on 3/14

March 14, 2016

To: WMCC Softball Players and Parents

From: WMCC Coaches

Subject: WMCC Communications

Welcome to the 2016 WMCC Softball season!  We are excited about starting a new season and look forward to all that this season holds.  The purpose of this note is to let you know about how we will be communicating with you throughout the season. 

We will be communicating with parents and student-athletes using two methods.

First, for weekly communications we will be updating our newly created WMCC Softball blog each week.  You may access our blog using this link: http://wmccsoftball.blogspot.com/

We will be collecting email addresses so that you can get a notification when a new post has been added to the blog.  There is some delay in those emails going out; therefore, we encourage you to make a habit of checking the blog every Sunday evening to get an idea of the week ahead.

Second, for time-sensitive and last-minute communications (e.g. cancellations, re-schedules, location changes), we will be using a texting/email system called Rained Out (seriously, that’s the name!).  There are two ways to subscribe:

1.     Use the following link and register your email and your mobile number: https://www.rainedout.net/team_page.php?a=ccae881b4a6330c0f568.  You will need to register each mobile number and email address separately.

2.     Use the following TEXT instructions.  Please sign up for both.  Please note that this will only register your mobile number.  If you wish to also receive emails, you will need to use #1 above.

·       Text WMCCSOFTBALL to 84483 to receive alerts from WMCC Softball 2016.

·       Text WMCCTEAM to 84483 to receive Team alerts from WMCC Softball 2016. 

If you experience any problems signing up for these alerts, please contact Coach Drew Sweetman (drew_sweetman@yahoo.com; 616.485.7192) and he will help get you signed up.

Copy of email from Coach Nestell from last week

WMCC SOFTBALL

                                  PRACTICE SCHEDULE AND LOCATION

March 14-18

            WMC auxiliary gym, 3:30-5:30 pm

March 21

            Practice with Ravenna, 4-6pm, location TBD

March 22,23,25

            MCC gym, 3:30-5:30

March 24

            1^st game vs Hart, away. Weather and field condition permitting.

 March 28

            2^nd game vs Covenant Christian, away, weather and field condition permitting

March 29-April 1

            Practice, WMC auxiliary gym / Hile field, weather permitting

April 4-10

            Spring Break

April 11-13,15

            Practice, MCC field 3:30-5:30

April 14

            3^rd game vs Wyoming Godwin Hts, away

We will continue the alternating PRACTICE SCHEDULE between WMC and MCC fields.

Home games in APRIL will be at MCC

Home games in MAY will be at WMC

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, continue to watch your emails / texts as this schedule may change at a moment's notice due to weather.