On Friday, April 20, 2018, 12 teams traveled to Manteca to compete in the 3rd Annual Cen Cal Connection Spring Bash. The weather was great; teams had 10 homeruns with ZN softballs being used, led to some high scoring games.

The 5th Annual Law Enforcement Desert Shootout Tournament was once again held on May 11th and 12th at the Golden Eagle Complex in Sparks, NV. The weather was slightly uncooperative but not a problem for those who love the game.A portion of this year’s proceeds went to the Ofc. John Hege Memorial Fund (OJHMF.org). John gave the ultimate sacrifice on March 21st, 2009. As an organ donor, he lives on through those he was able help after his death. Please check out OJHMF.org and become a donor.

Police Softball.com is proud to announce that the 2018 Hall of Fame nomination period will begin June 1, 2018 and end July 12, 2018. These dates will offer the opportunity for each newly selected Hall of Fame member to be recognized at more tournaments by their peers and/or tournament directors throughout the year. As in every year all 2018 Hall of Fame members will be honored and officially inducted to the PS.COM Hall of Fame at the PS.COM World Series in Las Vegas October 12, 2018.

The West Conference Championship was played in Los Angeles County (West Covina) for the first time since the inaugural year over a decade ago. It was dubbed “The Battle for Los Angeles” and the event drew a record 29 teams from a variety of states including: New York, Michigan/Illinois, Utah, Washington, Arizona, Nevada and of course California which is still ONE state despite all of the politics pushing to separate it into thirds.

The weather was hot, complex was nice, Miken bats were provided. Great opening ceremony, players party was off the charts. A new format was put in place to add new competition for the major teams. While still having a gold division championship as well. It's called a slugfest tourney. We had the the top 6 seed teams play one game for seeding 1-6. All other teams are pre seeded in the open bracket with the top six teams. They then play 2 and out open tourney. After being eliminated the bottom 8 teams dropped to a gold division 2 and out tourney.

The big fields at BMAC, along with the wind and the high humidity made for some low scoring, but very competitive games. The humidity mushed up the balls and there were many players that did not hit a home run, with only the “real” home run hitters hitting them, which made for interesting games and adjustments. I have to mention how absolutely awesome it was to see Trini and Camper battling with their teams, out on the fields in St. Louis, after all they have been through. During pool play, some notable games were the Iowa Lawmen defeating Ohio Lawmen, San Antonio Law beating DEA Combo and United Kansas City over Kentucky Blue. Also, Midwest Heat lost a one run game to DEA Combo, before defeating North Florida Showdown. These games caused some of the pre-tournament favorites to be seeded lower than expected once bracket play started.

After 2 weeks of deliberation, our Hall of Fame committee selected the following list of names into the 2018 Class as Hall of Fame:

Friday night finished bracket play in just enough time to avoid some serious thunderstorms that was brought on by the humidity which made the the air as thick as Potter’s Neck who was in attendance for the event! Rain put the HR Derby Finals on hold but it did not stop the party! As a brotherhood which we are, we all stood together under the tent and had our moment of silence for our brother Del who was looking down on us through the storm! Once the Pipes were done, it was back to Police Softball camaraderie at its best. The rain in an essence forced all the teams to be under the tent at the same time for that moment, and that night turned into one of the best players parties I’ve ever seen! I’m pretty sure Del helped me out with the rain to force everyone to a standing room only event, every time I think of it I get the chills. The Hounds tournament has always been a celebration of what we put our lives on the line for, a give back to our brothers in the way of a Softball Tournament with a party sprinkled in. In the end we Honor our Heroes with a little give back to their families in remembrance.

We had a total 12 teams battle it out during the Moody Tourney, with four teams in the "A" flight and eight teams in the "B" flight. The following teams attended; Cali Force, Stanislaus, Cen-Cal Connection, El Dorado Cartel, Degenerates, DVI Gladiators, Richmond PD, Oakland PD, Covert, Peacemakers, Empire and HD Law Dawgs. Thank you to all the teams that participated and attended!

David is a Montgomery County Sheriff Deputy and SWAT officer. David is a member of the KY Blue softball team, was previously with OH50, and has attended the Las Vegas PS World Series the past 7 years.

This year 14 teams from the east coast came to play for bragging rights as the 37th Lawmen Classic Champions. This year's tournament saw some of the best teams the east coast has to offer.

Representing the cream of the crop of law enforcement softball from across the nation, 87 teams took to the field to show their talent. The weekend resulted in Champions in 5 Divisions, a new Home Run King, and 13 new Hall of Fame Inductees.

Wow! 2O years and feels like yesterday. Its hard not to reflect back to the beginning with those epic battles between NY Metro and Cal Quake,20 years ago and truly feel so fortunate to be able to cross paths with so many great people and make so many great friends over the years. It doesn't get any better than that and the entire time being able to honor my friend and keeping his name, Brian Aselton, alive. Words cant describe how thankful I am to each and everyone that I've come in contact with, throughout those years.

First thing before I write this article. I want to thank Carlos Rodriguez, Dave Bernhardt, Mike Donovan, and Mike Kletzky for helping me run, organize, shop, barter, etc.

Thanks to all who supported the 6th Annual Law Enforcement Desert Shootout Tournament on May 10th and 11th at the Golden Eagle Complex in Sparks, NV. A portion of this year’s proceeds again went to the Ofc. John Hege Memorial Fund (OJHMF.org). John gave the ultimate sacrifice 10 years ago on March 21st , 2009. As an organ donor, he lives on through those he was able help after his death. Please check out OJHMF.org and become a donor.

“Battleground Los Angeles” was the theme for this years West Conference Championship in West Covina, Ca. Like always, there was a huge turn out from the SoCal based teams but CenCal, NorCal, Arizona and Utah/Colorado were also represented.

The historic National Police Softball Championship in the 'Nati was a big success once again !

The 2019 Big Apple Classic newly dubbed East Coast Championship by PS.com was a huge success. The event raised money for the C.O.P.S. organization and gave a lot back to all teams in attendance. Thursday night started with a player’s party to welcome all the Teams from out of town. It was the first time there was a Thursday night party but was a no Brainer with so many Teams now traveling in for this event!

The inductees will be formally introduced on Friday night during the opening ceremony of the World Series in Las Vegas.

The St. Louis Show Me Classic was held the weekend of August 3rd, and was loaded with some of the best teams in the Police Softball Circuit. Before any of the planned events or tournament took place that weekend, a Stanislaus Combo player decided to surprise his girlfriend and got down on one knee….congratulations to the future Mr. & Mrs. Block.