The Wisconsin Sports Services (WSS) is an extension of the Minnesota Youth Athletic Services (MYAS), a 501c(3) non-profit organization created to serve the youth and adult sports populations existing in
Minnesota and Wisconsin. The organizations hold their non-profit
Dan Klinkhammer Executive Director
Lance Klinkhammer Senior Program Director
Adam Klinkhammer
Sports Information Director
Jake Wenzel
Program Director
Kyle Flanagan
Director of Business Development
status based on an educational foundation. Both the WSS and MYAS offer educational programs for coaches, umpires, referees, players and parents. The athletic programs are the ‘lifeblood' of the organizations where the educational programs provide the 'skeletal structure'. In three years of operation, we have created programs in the sports of youth basketball, youth baseball, youth fastpitch, youth wrestling and adult slow
Dan Piehler
Program Director
Cari Mergen
Office Manager/Program Coordinator
pitch. All events ran by the MYAS and WSS are 'hosted' by a local sports group that shares in the revenues created by the
Patrick Cottrell
event. Every event is essentially a
Intern
fundraiser for the local sports groups in the communities of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Sports Services is excited to
announce our new partnership with Jason Lauren of National Scouting Report - Wisconsin for our USSSA State B Championships and the Wisconsin USSSA State Open Championships.
"I am excited to partner with Wisconsin Sports Services to scout these two USSSA tournaments this summer. I look forward to finding college-talent players and educating the players and parents on how the recruiting process works with my seminars. Play-
Jason Lauren has been a scout for
ers and parents that don't understand how
National Scouting Report (NSR) since
recruiting works, can easily get burned by
2008, and has helped over 150 athletes
the process, thinking they are being recruit-
go on to compete at the collegiate
ed when they are not or not understanding
level. NSR is the oldest scouting
how and when colleges can recruit players."
organization starting in 1980, with
– Jason Lauren
scouts located all over the world. In addition to scouting potential athletes, Jason Lauren will also be providing recruiting seminars at each of the tournaments to help educate both the parents and athletes on the recruiting process, and how they can get the most from the experience.
National Scouting Report will be present: USSSA State B Championship June 23rd – 25th Stoughton, WI USSSA State Open Championships July 1st & 2nd Richfield, WI For more information visit: www.nsr-inc.com/ softball and www.wisportsservices.org
2017 Rock River Shootout On June 3rd and 4th,
71
teams competed in the Rock River Shootout baseball
tournament based in Watertown, WI. This was the 13th year this tournament has been in existence. We want to thank the Watertown Chamber of Commerce for their continued support, as well as everyone who attended this great tournament.
champions
2nd place
9U
9U
Burlington Titans
Fox River Bandits
10U
10U
N/A
N/A
11U
11U
Thundercats
Greenfield Hawks
12U
12U
Janesville
Burlington Titans
13U Majors
13U Majors
Thundercats
Silver Sluggers Blue
13U AAA/AA
13U AAA/AA
Sun Prairie
Oak Creek Jr. Knights
14U
14U
N/A
N/A
2017 Rock River Shootout
10U Verona Outsiders
11U Runner Up - Greenfield Hawks
12U Runner Up - Burlington Titans
2017 Rock River Shootout
11U Champions - Thundercats Baseball
12U Champions - Janesville
2017 medina mutual insurance open On June 3rd and 4th, the Wisconsin USSSA Fastpitch National Qualifier took place. Thank you to Medina Mutual Insurance of Marshall, WI for supporting our tournament and the Community of Marshall.
champions
2nd place
10U
10U
Thunderstix
Xplozion
12U
12U
Bandits Red
Green Bay Powerhouse
14U
14U
Wisconsin Redbirds
Xplozion
16U
16U
Freeport Crush
Mad City Crush
2017 medina mutual insurance open
14U Runner Up - Xplozion
14U Champions - WI Redbirds
2017 USSSA State b Fastpitch Championships On June 23-25th over 50 Fastpitch teams came from across the state to the city of Stoughton, WI for the 2017 USSSA State B Fastpitch Championships. This is the second year of the tournament since taking over the USSSA Fastpitch operations in Wisconsin and the WSS is encouraged by growing numbers of USSSA Fastpitch teams in the state. A special thank you goes out to the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce for their continued support at our tournaments.
champions
2nd place
10U
10U
Xplozion - Kelm
JC Lady Yellowjackets
12U
12U
Freedom
Slinger Storm
14U
14U
Team Glory
JC Lady Yellowjackets Black
16U
16U
Xplozion
River City Rage
18U
18U
Toxic 99
Mad City Crush
2017 USSSA State b Fastpitch Championships
2017 USSSA State b Fastpitch Championships
14U Champions-Team Glory and 14U Runner Up-JC Lady Yellow Jackets
2017 walleye weekend 3v3 Basketball On June 10th and 11th, adults and the youth competed in the 2017 Bergstrom Volkswagen of Oshkosh Walleye Weekend 3V3 Basketball Tournament. This exciting tournament was held in Fond du Lac,
WI and also featured a 3 Point Contest. We want to thank our advertising partners, 107.1 The Bull and News-Talk KFIZ AM 1450 for their great support.
Badgerland Midsummer classics In the month of June, there were 5 different Badgerland Midsummer Classic Tournaments. Teams traveled across the state to play in Milwaukee, Eau Claire, and Ashwaubenon. The Badgerland Midsummer Classic Tournaments give teams a great opportunity to play Participating Teams •
Thunder Bay Lakers
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Hamel Hawks
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Lake Elmo Lions
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Superior
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Kenosha Raptors
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Woodstock Avalanche
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Brewstate Baseball Academy
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Storm Chasers Baseball
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Wisconsin Panthers
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Richmond Rockets
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PBA DeMarini
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USA Extreme Baseball
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Oak Creek Zone
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Chippewa Falls
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Waukesha Firebirds
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Spartan
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Appleton South
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Ashwaubenon Jaguars
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GRB Rays
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Eau Claire A’s
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Four Corners
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Gilman
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Oak Creek Storm
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Kauakauna
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Kettle Moraine
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Germantown Warhawks
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Thundercat Baseball
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Sun Prairie
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Wisconsin Rockhounds
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Prospects White
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Electric Gold
good competition and build momentum for the last half of the season.
July 2017 Baseball July
Rock River Jr. League Games
July 8-9
Badgerland MidSummer Classic - Ashwaubenon, WI
July 8-9
Badgerland MidSummer Classic - Milwaukee, WI
July 15-16
Rock River Jr. League - End of Season Tournament
July 21-23
Badgerland Baseball Championships
fastpitch July July 1-2
Greater Madison Metro League Games Wisconsin USSSA State Open Championships - Richfield, WI
Basketball July 8-9
Make-a-Wish Summer Slam - Waukesha, WI
From the Wisconsin Sports Services office in Madison, Wisconsin, that sums up the month of June! We appreciate everyone’s support this month and please keep an eye out for the July edition of the WSS Illustrated!
Wisconsin Sports Services 608-210-1710 2701 International Lane Suite 102 - Madison, WI 53704 www.wisportsservices.org
If you are interested in seeing more pictures, results, updates, and more information about our upcoming events please be sure to go to our website and social media pages!
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@BadgerlandWSS Our website and social media pages are worth a follow and you can find a lot of very valuable information there. Items ranging from tryout indexes to camps/ clinic indexes to our different leagues/ tournaments, and many more resources!