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      <title>Re: Michiana - Harris Heat Travel Softball Tryouts (9U thru 16U) August 11th &amp; 14th</title>
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      <title>Michiana - Harris Heat Travel Softball Tryouts (9U thru 16U) August 11th &amp; 14th</title>
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      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:102dbbee-cee9-4163-a36e-7d08d2a9be32] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-1050517-35880/Heat_Logo_New_Logo_jpg_180_pixels.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="Heat_Logo_New_Logo_jpg_180_pixels.jpg" class="jive-image" src="http://community.active.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-1050517-35880/Heat_Logo_New_Logo_jpg_180_pixels.jpg" style="float: left;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Harris Heat Travel Softball&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt; emphasizes the education the game of softball provides, teaches the fundamentals, mental and physical development, a respect for the rules of the game, and basic ideals of sportsmanship and fair play. In all aspects, the&lt;strong&gt; Harris Heat Travel Softball&lt;/strong&gt; program is committed to providing the youth of our community the very best educational, sports experience possible. Our program has a special group of young ladies and families, who believe in hard work, commitment, being positive, respectful, teamwork, having fun and learning what it takes to be an excellent athlete.&amp;#160; Our program believes in providing a flexible and positive environment for your daughter to excel.&amp;#160; If you share in our vision and are ready to realize your own, we invite you to join us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Our program is based out of Granger, Indiana and currently have players from South Bend, Mishawaka, Elkhart, Niles, Dowagiac, and Edwardsburg.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;For the 2011/2012 season we anticipate fielding teams in &lt;strong&gt;9U/10U/11u/12U/13U/14U&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;16U&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We are conducting Tryouts for all interested players on&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18pt;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursday August 11th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;"&gt; from 6:00pm to 8:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#160; (All Age Groups)&lt;br/&gt;Sunday August 14th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;"&gt; from 3:00pm to 5:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; (9U/10U/11U/12U)&lt;br/&gt;Sunday August 14th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;"&gt; from 6:00pm to 8:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; (13U/14U/16U)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tryout location:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Harris Township Junior Baseball Softball Association &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52005+Currant+Road,Granger,IN+46530"&gt;&lt;span&gt;52005 Currant Road, Granger, IN&amp;#160; 46530&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;For additional information please contact Bill Bollinger at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:harrisheat@harrisbaseballsoftball.com"&gt;harrisheat@harrisbaseballsoftball.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;We are happy to conduct private tryouts and your confidentiality is assured.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;hr/&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Program History and Highlights&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;Our program just celebrated its &lt;strong&gt;20th Year Anniversary&lt;/strong&gt; of providing a travel softball experience to Michiana softball players and is looking to build upon its long and storied successes. &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; If you are searching for your first team or looking for a new team please contact us for more information or join us at our tryouts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 class="h3" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 24pt;"&gt;2010 Program Highlights&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;12U Babe Ruth Northern Indiana Champion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;10U Babe Ruth Northern Indiana Runner-Up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;19th Annual Harris Heat Invitational Champion &amp;ndash; 10U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;19th Annual Harris Heat Invitational Runner-Up &amp;ndash; 12U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;Top 5 NSA Indiana Northern State &amp;ndash; 10U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;Runner-Up NSA Indiana Thunder Invitational &amp;ndash; 10U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;Runner-Up Lakeshore Invitational &amp;ndash; 10U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3 class="h3" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24pt;"&gt; 2011 Program Highlights&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;10U Babe Ruth Northern Indiana Champion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;10U Babe Ruth Ohio Valley Champion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;20th Annual Harris Heat Inv. Champion &amp;ndash; 10U &amp;amp; 14U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;Lakeshore Invitational Champion &amp;ndash; 10U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;Top 5 NSA Indiana Northern State &amp;ndash; 10U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;NLBSA Invitational Runner-Up &amp;ndash; 14U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;Coloma Invitational Champion &amp;ndash; 14U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;Rochester Round Barn Champion &amp;ndash; 10U &amp;amp; 14U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;Niles Invitational Champion &amp;ndash; 14U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What to Expect: &lt;/strong&gt; Full Fall schedule (2-3 Tournaments), Full Winter Workout program, Individual Training/Coaching Opportunities, and 6-8 Spring and Summer tournaments.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Who this message is for:&amp;#160; &lt;/strong&gt;You may be a parent of a girl who would like to play 9U/10U/11U/12U/13U/14U or 16U travel softball.&amp;#160; You may be a coach who knows a girl who is looking for a different team or would like to begin playing travel softball.&amp;#160; You maybe be someone who knows others who would benefit from this information&amp;#8230;please forward it on.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Levels of Play:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160; For the 2011-2012 Softball Season we will field teams in the 9U/10U/11U/12U/13U/14U/16U divisions.&amp;#160; Within these divisions we will be offering two different levels of travel softball:&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Travel Priority&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;#160; These teams will strive to play and compete with the best teams in the Midwest.&amp;#160; Fields of potential play will be in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and to qualify and to play in a &amp;ldquo;World Series&amp;#8221;.&amp;#160; A Travel Priority team will play in 10+ Tournaments per year.&amp;#160; While these teams are still Little League friendly, the Travel games are priority over any Little League function.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Local Travel: &lt;/strong&gt; These teams will be learning to compete with other Michiana teams in the fundamentals and the development of quality players.&amp;#160; These teams will primarily stay within the greater Michiana area for the bulk of their 5-6 tournaments.&amp;#160; This team is Little League friendly with Little League as a priority.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;color: #505050;font-family: Arial;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question: &lt;/strong&gt; How Long has the Harris Heat program been around?&lt;br/&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Answer: &lt;/strong&gt; 2011 was our 20th year of operation.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Question: &lt;/strong&gt; I live in Michigan, can my player participate in your program?&lt;br/&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Answer:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160; Yes, our program has no border limitations.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Question: &lt;/strong&gt; If my player wants to participate in the Harris Heat program are they required to play in the Recreational Program?&lt;br/&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Answer: &lt;/strong&gt; No.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Question: &lt;/strong&gt; Are there any coaching/volunteer opportunities available?&lt;br/&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Answer: &lt;/strong&gt; Yes - just ask the appropriate team contact for more details&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:102dbbee-cee9-4163-a36e-7d08d2a9be32] --&gt;</description>
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