The 2008 Palm Beach Gardens Lady Gator Travel Program has 11 travel teams participating throughout Florida and beyond.  The Following tables contain the tournament results of those Gator travel teams. 

The 2007 Palm Beach Gardens Lady Gator Travel Program had 11 travel teams participating throughout Florida and beyond.  The Following tables contain the tournament results of those Gator travel teams. 

LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS:  The recreation season was a wonderful success.  The T-Ball and 8 & Under leagues saw very well matched teams enjoying the experience of learning the game.  The 10 & Under league saw extremely competitive play with different teams winning the League Championship, Tuff Stuff, and Season Ending Tournament, Yanksters.   Similarly in the 12 & Under division the Maniacs won the league and Xplosion won the post season tournament.  In the 13 & Over division the Skittles won both the league and tournament title.   The following tables summarize the final standings in each division.

Congratulations to the 2007/08 BAK Middle School of the Arts team for winning the Palm Beach County Softball title for the second time in four years.  The school team included the following players from our program: (8th Grade): Taylor Schwarz, Hannah Cohn, Shelby Turnier, Carson Catasus, Amber Braun, Taylor Gish, Brianna Frazzetto, Brooke Frazzetto, Katherine Ferrell, Aliyah Wise (7th Grade): Susi Livingston, Corey Fleming, Ali Irwin, Amelia Hershman

Congratulations to all the following alumni from the Palm Beach Gardens Girls' Softball league for being selected on the following 2008 varsity high school softball teams.

Palm Beach Gardens HS

Britney Bowles - Senior

Kelsey Hensel - Senior

Emily Roesch - Senior

Malinda Veagus - Senior

Brittany Human - Junior

Haley Fleming - Sophomore

Lizzy Corrigan - Sophomore

Lindsey Gallo - Sophomore

Kaylie Wallace - Freshman

Laura Mann - Freshman

Tori Winedorf - Freshman

Kory Hayden - Freshman

Haleigh Morgan - Freshman

Dwyer HS

Britney Hoffstetler - Senior

Ashley Kramer - Senior

Janee Lorie - Senior

Sloane Caruso - Junior

Juliann Watson - Junior

Kelly Pizzo - Junior

Claire Hosack - Sophomore

Morgan Huhn - Sophomore

Tierney Mackey - Sophomore

Logan Wallace - Sophomore

Kaylee Chicca - Freshman

 Jupiter HS

Heather Simpson -Junior

Kaitlyn Killcoyne - Junior

Suncoast HS

Rachel Ward - Junior

Amber Diskant - Sophomore

Chelsea Kirby - Sophomore

Summer Braun - Sophomore

Lindsey Harris - Freshman

Cardinal Newman HS

Shannon Breen - Senior

Kelly Kohlmeyer - Junior

Jamie Oblaczynski - Sophomore

Heather McDonald - Sophomore

Briana Bullard - Sophomore

Rachel Rendina - Freshman

Jordan Popovics - Freshman

Benjamin HS

Allie Rothschild - Senior

Adrianna Rubiano - Sophomore

Maren McRoberts - Freshman

Kristy Nicklaus - Freshman

Hunter Toro - 8th Grade

Other High Schools

Haylee Land - Senior, South Fork High School

Lauren Bubeck - Senior, South Fork High School

Molly Grubb - Senior, Park Vista High School

Christi Marquez -Junior,  Boca Raton High School

Kailey McDougald -Junior,  Boca Raton High School

Taylor Bayne - Sophomore, Atlantic High School

Aubree Murphy - 8th grade, Kings Academy

Amanda Wilcox - Freshman, Kings Academy

2007 High School News

6A Schools

The Palm Beach Gardens High School Lady Gators won the District 9 title, defeating Jupiter in the final game 3-1.  The Gators advanced all the way to the regional finals before falling 1-0 to the Everglades Gators, the eventual 6A State Champions.  The district championship team included the following PBGYAA Softball Allumni:  Seniors: Laura Mendez (OF), Caroline Torre (1B), Elizabeth Davis (3B) and Amanda Buckley (2B), Juniors: Emily Roesch (SS), Brittany Bowles (P) and Kelsey Hensel (RF); Sophomores: Brittany Human (C) and Ashley Brochue (Utl), and Freshman: Lizzy Corrigan (P) and Haley Fleming (LF).

All Area Teams

The Palm Beach Post and Sun Sentinel each announced their 2007 All Area Large and Small High School softball teams and a number of PBGYAA alumni were among those recognized.  Large School First Team selections included: Caroline Torre, Laura Mendes, Janee Loree, Lizzy Corrigan, Heather Simpson, Brittany Human    The Second Team included Clare Hosack, Hlaley Fleming, Tierney Mackey, Amber Diskant  Halee Land, Lauren Bubeck and Molly Grubb.  Small School selections included First Team Players:

Palm Beach Post Player of the Year

Janee Loree received the Palm Beach Post Player of the Year after leading the Dwyer Panthers to a second place finish in the 5A District 14 championship.  The Junior pitcher amassed a 14-4 record for the 2007 season. 

We are aware of 21 PBGYAA Softball alumni currently playing college softball.  The following paragraphs provide summary information relative to  a handful of those athletes.   

Laura Mendes  Freshman at University of South Carolina.  Starting catcher and bating 4th in lineup.  Update (2/20/08)  Laura hit her first homerun of the college season, a three run blast to help the Gamecocks defeat Cal State Northridge, 3-2 in the team's final game at the UNLV Louisville Slugger Desert Classic.

The photo below shows Laura ripping a double to the gap in

right-center at a recent Florida Atlantic University hosted tournament.

Carolina Torre  Freshman at University of North Florida.  Starting at first base and hitting 6th.  Update (2/20/08)  Caroline hit two homeruns for the Ospreys in their first two games of the Samford Bulldog Bash tournament in Birmingham, Al.  The first was a game winner against Louisville and the second accounted for the team's only run against Troy University.

The photo below captures Laura and Caroline playing for their

college teams at a recent Florida Atlantic University hosted tournament.

Amber Johnson Two year's ago she was the star pitcher that led the Palm Beach Gardens Lady Gator High School to a 6A State title.  She is currently a Sophomore at the University of North Carolina.  As a freshman in 2006, Amber posted an 8-3 record with 101 strikeouts in 81.1 innings pitched.   She finished her sophomore season with a 14-7 record, recording 165 strikeouts in 161 innings pitched, striking out 10 or more batters in 5 games.  Update (2/20/08) Amber has a 2-1 record with 18 strikeouts in 16.2 innings pitched.   

Ashley Parenteau played her early years of softball at PBG and her father Keith was one our recreation and travel team coaches.  She is currently a Junior at the University of North Florida.  During her Freshman year, 2005, she led the Owls in Batting Avg., Runs, Hits, Extra Base Hits, RBI, Slug Pct. and On-Base Pct.  Recognized as one of the best freshmen seasons every at UNF, Ashley was named to the 3rd Team All American team.  She was also named 1st Team All Conference and All Region.  As a sophomore she was a second team All Conference selection after leading the team in home runs (9), RBIs (28), slugging percentage (.478), runs (39), two-out RBIs (13) and total bases (88). As a junior she had the team's fourth highest average, .277 and tied the school's all-time homerun record with her 17th HR.  Update (2/20/08) Ashley needs only one more homerun to become the schools all-time homerun leader!  

The photo below shows Ashley driving a ball to leftfield

against South Carolina in a recent college tournament.

Lindsey Lloyd is a Senior at Valdosta State.  Update (2/20/08) - Lindsey was limited to only 33 of 60 games of the 2007 season due to injury.  However she finished the season third on the team in Batting Average (.305) and did not made an error all season.  She was also named to the Conferences' All Academic Team. 

Amber Havner – A member of the Palm Beach Gardens High State Championship team in 2005, Amber is playing ball as a Junior at Lynn University.  She played her Freshman year at the College of Charleston where she posted a 14-14 record with 3 shutouts.  She returned home is '06 and played for Palm Beach Community College where she was named first team All Conference.  Update (2/20/08) After 15 games of the 2008 season, Amber is leading the Fighting Knights in hitting with a 381 batting average and in RBI with 5.

Casey Testa and her sister Lindsey, both played their early years of softball at our park and were both standout Lady Gators.  Her father, Sam, coached both recreational and travel teams for our program, including the very successful Lady Gator 18 Gold teams. Casey is now a Senior at University of North Carolina.  She is attending school on a full softball scholarship.  During her Freshman season, 2005, she led the Tar Heels in Home Runs, Slug. Pct and On-Base Pct.  During her sophomore season she played in 65 games was third on the team in Homeruns (7), RBI (31 and Slugging Percentage (.427).  Her junior year, 2007 she had only 97 at bats prior to suffering a season ending injury.  She ended the season with 3 HR, 24 RBI and a .289 average.  Due to the injury suffered in 2007, she is not playing for the Tar Heels for the 2008 season.  

Lindsey Cameron who grew up playing softball in our park and attended the University of Florida on a full softball scholarship where she set numerous U of F offensive softball record played professional softball for the Philadelphia Force in the National Pro Fastpitch league in 2006/07.  She was one of the first U of F Players to play in the pro league.  Cameron, a three-time All Southeastern Conference selection, finished her career at Florida as the career home run leader with 36. 

Christine Stephens, a pitching and hitting coach with Get Game Inc. who helps a number of the young players at our park with pitching lessons since the start of the 2006 recreational season, took a sembatical from our program to play professional softball in Italy.  She was a catcher for the Oltretorrente B. C. If you read Italian, you can see how she played at the team website

  http://www.oltretorrentebaseball.it