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      <title>10u Open Tryouts - Dec. 18th 6:30-8:30PM</title>
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      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:7f683148-6670-4145-88a5-7ea6b4f8ae9e] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't miss this opportunity...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:7f683148-6670-4145-88a5-7ea6b4f8ae9e] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:38:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2012-12-18T17:38:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>10u Open Tryouts - Dec. 18th 6:30-8:30PM</title>
      <link>http://community.active.com/message/1295185?tstart=0#1295185</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:d81ae589-0922-4087-9303-70fdb3e15f13] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Solid core group looking to add a few more dedicated, hard working and motivated players.&amp;#160; As well as dedicated and committed parents...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Local sponsorship for the Spring season will allow us to drastically reduce or eliminate tourney fees for the majority if not all of the remaining 2012-2013 season.&amp;#160; Fund raising efforts will assist in heavily reducing or completely eliminating other expenses...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want more info, contact us today.&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:d81ae589-0922-4087-9303-70fdb3e15f13] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:57:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2012-12-17T22:57:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>10u Open Tryouts - Dec. 18th 6:30-8:30PM</title>
      <link>http://community.active.com/message/1294185?tstart=0#1294185</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:26a03577-8cdd-4c06-919b-3c88c1672b01] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;MLAB&lt;/span&gt; Lightning '02&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;OPEN TRYOUTS!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;Tuesday, Dec. 18th&amp;#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;6:30-8:30 PM&lt;/span&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: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: underline; font-family: impact, chicago;"&gt;For the 2013 Spring Season MLAB is looking for a bracket pitcher, catcher, utility players.&amp;#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: underline; font-family: impact, chicago;"&gt;We are primarily looking for players born in 2002 which can age up and continue to play with our organization.&amp;#160; However, consideration shall be given to strong players born in 2003.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: underline; font-family: impact, chicago;"&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="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;MLAB&lt;/span&gt; Baseball and Softball Academy is located just off of I45 in Spring, Tx at 3332 Spring &lt;span&gt;Stuebner&lt;/span&gt; Rd.&amp;#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;It's location in North Houston makes it an easy communte from the local surrounding areas such as Conroe, The Woodlands, Humble, Tomball, and Klein.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;Our academy features a fully grassed field (which reduces practice rain outs) complete with lights and an indoor training facility with pitching lanes and batting cages &lt;span&gt;w&lt;/span&gt;/ pitching machines.&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="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;MLAB&lt;/span&gt; has had many years of success with their Elite and Select baseball programs, led by Coach Jason Clark.&amp;#160; Jason and his wife Sara decided in early 2012 to expand their program into softball.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;In Feb. of this year, their inaugural team was constructed and went on to place 4th in the &lt;span&gt;USFA&lt;/span&gt; Nationals located in Longview, TX under the direction of the team's current head coach.&amp;#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;The team is anchored now by several experienced members of that team and is in search of a few more girls to help them carry on.&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="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;MLAB's&lt;/span&gt; '02 10U Lightning is led by Coach Corey Houghton.&amp;#160; In addition to his multiple years of playing competitive sports, he has 12 years of experience coaching softball, ranging from 6U all the way up to a high school squad.&amp;#160; He spent 2 years as an assistant for a high school squad that won south state and state both years in the Mississippi Private School Association.&amp;#160; Coach Corey understands the dynamics of the sport and is dedicated to player development and growth.&amp;#160; He possesses a deep passion for coaching young athletes and is highly motivated. &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="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;MLAB&lt;/span&gt; has recently established a partnership with Coach Leslie &lt;span&gt;Macaluso&lt;/span&gt; for her to become our pitching coach.&amp;#160; Coach Macaluso played select ball as well as high school softball where she was named Freshman of the Year and 1st Team All District all 4 years.&amp;#160; Coach Macaluso went on to compete in Div. II softball where she was named Captain of the Team in her sophomore year.&amp;#160; She has been providing personal pitching lessons since 2006 and currently mentors about 30 girls from the Spring/&lt;span&gt;Woodands&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span&gt;Conroe&lt;/span&gt; area.&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: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;We are looking to finalize our team as quickly as possible.&amp;#160; If you are interested, you are encouraged to join us for open tryouts on Dec. 18th from 6:30-8:30.&amp;#160; If you would like more information on our program or would like to arrange a personal tryout outside of the &lt;span&gt;Dec&lt;/span&gt;. 18th open tryout, you can contact &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Coach Corey at 832-217-5048 or by email at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:coreyhoughton@me.com"&gt;coreyhoughton@me.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&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="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff0000;"&gt;Don't hesitate!&amp;#160; We want to hit the ground running after New Years!&amp;#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff0000;"&gt;The road to success is long, but with hard work and determination the journey can be made!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff0000;"&gt;Come be a part of our growing organization!!!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:26a03577-8cdd-4c06-919b-3c88c1672b01] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:31:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2012-12-15T05:31:36Z</dc:date>
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