Summer Fun. Traverse City.
Summer Fun. Traverse City.
Registration For the 2024 Traverse City Summer Softball Series Is Underway!
Registration For the 2024 Traverse City Summer Softball Series Is Underway!
Registration For the 2024 Traverse City Summer Softball Series Is Underway!
Registration for the 2024 Traverse City Summer Softball Series is available now! Click on the links below to visit the respective tournament pages and register your team. Here are the dates for the tournaments along with the age groups being offered.
- Spring Splash - June 8-9, 2024. 9U, 10U, 12U, 14U and High School
- Northern Classic - June 14-16. 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 14U and High School
- Cherry Capital Showdown - June 21-23. 9U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 18U (11U will be added as a separate division if enough 11U teams enter)
- Bayside Bash - June 28-30. 12U, 14U, 16U, 18U
- Softball Spectacular - July 12-14. 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 18U
If you have any questions, please send us a note.
Here Is What A Softball Weekend In Traverse City Is Like...
Registration For the 2024 Traverse City Summer Softball Series Is Underway!
Registration For the 2024 Traverse City Summer Softball Series Is Underway!
There are a LOT of things to do in an around the Traverse City area on a softball weekend.
Foremost, we like to think our tournaments are well-organized, of good quality and focused on FUN--it's for those reasons and more that many teams return to Traverse City year after year to play in a Traverse City tournament. Contests are scheduled so that teams can play their games and still have plenty of time to get out and explore the Traverse City area. You won't be hanging around at the fields all day waiting to play. Here are just a few of the many activities that teams can do on a tournament weekend:
- Dip your toes in Lake Michigan -- there are several beaches within a short distance of the fields. After the game, you can get a first-hand view of how chilly the Great Lakes are!
- Take a walk around downtown TC -- the downtown area is always bustling on a summer weekend! There ae many shops and restaurants to explore, and the beach is one block away from downtown.
- Take a trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes -- challenge your teammates on the Dune Climb! The walk UP the dune can be tiring, but once you're at the top of the Dune Climb, you'll see some of the most memorable views, and you'll have stories to tell for a lifetime. Plus, the run DOWN the dunes is a blast!
- Sit around a campfire and make some s'mores -- Lots of teams bring campers or rent a cabin at Timber Ridge, Charters State Park, Interlochen State Park, and at other area campgrounds. A campfire is a wonderful way to end a Saturday with friends and teammates.
- When you register your team, ask us for some recommendations for having fun in TC -- we will be happy to recommend a favorite restaurant for a team meal, activities to do as a team, or a quiet place to get away as a family.
Northern Michigan Legends (blue jerseys) and Northville Broncos (white jerseys)
Crown Softball and the Intruders pose following the Softball Spectacular 14U championship game
MVP's - Most Valuable Pups Seen Recently at our tournaments
Colby
Triton
Colby
German Shepherd
Favorite Team: Batbusters
Daisy
Triton
Colby
Shih Tzu
Favorite Team - NM Legends
Molly
Triton
Triton
Pitbull/Boxer Mix
Favorite Team: Batbusters
Triton
Triton
Triton
Rottweiler
Favorite Team: Caledonia Chaos
Waves Award Scholarships To Five Area Seniors
The Billie Drake scholarship, Barb Beckett scholarship and the Charles Bott scholarship, along with two Traverse City Waves scholarships--each in the amount of $500--were awarded recently to high school seniors in Grand Traverse County who played softball through their senior year and who exemplified a high level of academic achievement while volunteering in the community. Here are the 2023 scholarship recipients:
- Billie Drake Scholarship - Brooke Meeker, TC St. Francis
- Barb Beckett Scholarship - Catelyn Heethuis, TC Central
- Charles Bott Scholarship - Allee Shepherd, TC St. Francis
- TC Waves Scholarship - Allie Hawkins, Kingsley
- TC Waves Scholarship - Izzy Covert, TC Central
Pictured at left are (L to R) Chuck Bott, Allee Shepherd, Brooke Meeker and Billie Drake. More pictures to come...
Congratulations, ladies!
Thanks To The Men and Women In Blue Who Umpire So That The Kids Get A Chance To Play!
It takes a lot of dedicated umpires to be able to host the large number of teams that participate in the Traverse City tournaments. We're fortunate to have some of the best umpires in Michigan in the local area. Thanks, gals and guys, for your good work on the softball fields!
Waves History
The Waves is an organization formed in 2004 and based in Traverse City that provides the opportunity for young players to learn and enjoy the game of softball. Former Waves players have had successful high school sports and academic careers...played softball in college...earned all-area, all-region, and all-state honors in softball and other sports...made successful transitions into college, graduated from college, and established professional careers. The Waves organization has funded over $15,000 in college scholarships--the Barb Beckett, Billie Drake and Charlex Bott Scholarships, named after three prominent supporters of youth sports in the Traverse City area--and continues to emphasize providing opportunities for girls to excel while having fun playing softball.
The Waves hosted the eighteenth Traverse City Softball Spectacular in 2023. Because of overwhelmingly positive feedback from our visiting teams, we added the Northern Classic tournament in 2008 to allow more teams the opportunity to combine a mini-vacation in the Traverse City area with a first class, enjoyable tournament. The Cherry Capital Showdown was added to the tournament schedule several years ago and has become a favorite among teams from throughout the state and the midwest. In 2016, the Spring Splash was added to the series, an early-season tournament for younger teams. The five-year-old Bayside Bash offers older teams a chance to play in a fun, quality tournament. Finally, 2016 also saw the start of the Futures Challenge, a one-day tune-up tournament for teams that have just selected their squads for the next summer season. We hope to be able to welcome your team to one of our tournaments!
Refund Policy For Teams That Withdraw From A Tournament
Refund Policy For Teams That Withdraw From A Tournament
Refund Policy For Teams That Withdraw From A Tournament
We realize that certain situations happen in the course of running a team--players leave, emergencies come up, etc. From a tournament standpoint, we begin planning for next year's tournaments very shortly after THIS year's tournaments end. By April, the tournament field is largely set and planning for the current year's tournaments has been underway for some time.
If a team notifies us prior to April 1st that their plans have changed, we can refund their entry fee. If we're notified on or after April 1st, unfortunately no refunds can be given.
Weather Disruption Cancellation Policy
Refund Policy For Teams That Withdraw From A Tournament
Refund Policy For Teams That Withdraw From A Tournament
Refund Policy once the tournament begins: - If no (0) games are played, 80% of each team’s tournament registration fee will be refunded. If games are played (at least one round played to completion) the registration fee is fully earned and no refunds will be given. If tourney must be cancelled due to act of God, prior to the start, teams will be refunded 85% of their entry fee.