Be sure to check out the Long Beach Gamecocks new website:
Long Beach Gamecocks

Here’s a short excerpt about the team from their site:

The Long Beach Gamecocks Fastpitch Softball Team was founded by the father and son combo of Don and Tyler Vilander in 2005.

The father-son tandem has been in or around the game for the last thirty years, whether it was Don bringing Tyler’s little league baseball team out to Joe Roger’s, or taking the family to Hawaii to watch his team win the Bob Rapp tournament; it was just a matter of time until Tyler picked up the game.

That time came this past summer when Tyler was invited to fill in with “Those Guys” at the Santa Barbara tournament. After that tournament Tyler’s excitement rubbed off onto his friends and they all teamed up with “Those Guys” in the Cal Cup, where they met Joe Edwards. With a verbal commitment from Joe to join the new team Don and Tyler started the “Long Beach Gamecocks.”

Editor’s note: Don Vilander and I went to school together, growing up playing fastpitch on the playgrounds in Long Beach. It’s great to see him passing the game on to “the next generation”, to his son Tyler and his friends.

Click here to visit our “Teams” webpage which now includes a link for the Gamecocks. Is your team’s website or webpage listed? If not, email us and we’ll add you! (jim [at] fastpitchwest.com)

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