The Weekly Venom

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viper:(noun), pronounced (Vie'per) any of about 200 species of venomous snakes of the family Viperidae. Vipers form two groups, or subfamilies, the Viperinae (Old World vipers) and the Crotalinae (pit vipers), considered separate families by some authorities. Vipers are characterized by a pair of long, hollow, venom-injecting fangs attached to movable bones of the upper jaw. (One of the most venomous snakes in the world is the African Saw Scaled Viper. Its venom is 5 times more toxic than that of the cobra with a bite that is often fatal, it is irritable and aggressive and commonly hides under stonesand in rodent runs.)......

Attitude * Commitment * Teamwork = Win!

Loyalty to your team is equally important!

03/10/08

Vipers-Buffalo Wild Wings Night!

Benefiting the 14/U & 16/U Viper Girls

Date: March 31st, 2008

Location: Down Town Mt Clemens

The 16/U & 14/U Vipers are getting together for a night out at "B-Dubs"!

*All Viper supporters are welcome as 20% of the nights proceeds (from our Viper Supporters) will be donated back to both Viper Teams (20% of both food & drinks)

CLICK HERE FOR FLYER/COUPON

01/21/08 UPDATED!

SMAFF & SCS/Kyte Monroe Waiver Forms

For the 12/U Dunford, 14/U Dunford, 16/U Provo, and 18/U Cornman Teams.

*Please download, print, fill out both forms & hand to your coach*

SMAFF Waiver Form

SCS.Kyte Monroe Waiver Form

 

01/20/08

Fund-raisers * Fund-raisers * Fundraisers -

(A Necessary part of travel sports to help keep costs down!)

*Viper Parents as well as Family & Friends are encouraged to help support our Viper Family of Teams! **Your contributions are what helps keep the high costs of travel ball down....

The following are a list of Viper Fund-raisers that'll be coming up over the next couple of months!

Come join the fun for a Great Cause!

*Please Keep Scrolling Down!

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*12/Under Vipers - Bowling Fund-raiser

When: Friday, February 8, 2008
Cost: $25.00 per person
Includes: 2 games, shoes, pizza, pop & mystery
Time: 7:00 p.m. (registration at 6:00 p.m.)
Where: Premier Lanes (23 Mile Road/DW Seaton in New Baltimore)

*Also will have door prizes,raffles for cooler of cheer,raffles for sporting event tickets,and 50/50 raffle.

 

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*14/Under Vipers - Bowling Fund-raiser

When: Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Cost: $25.00 per person
Includes: 2 games, shoes, pizza, pop & mystery
Time: 7:00 p.m. (registration at 6:15 p.m.)
Where: Premier Lanes (23 Mile Road/DW Seaton in New Baltimore)

*Also will have door prizes,raffles for cooler of cheer,raffles for sporting event tickets,and 50/50 raffle.

 

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*18/Under Vipers - Euchre Fund-raiser

When: March 8th, 2007 (Saturday)

Where: St Clair Shores Civic Arena

Time: 7:30PM

Registration: 6:30PM.. *.. $20 per person

What's Included: ..Prizes, Beer,Pop, Food, & Snacks

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08/06/07

Fun Times In Petoskey!

McKay's Vipers makes it to the play-off round coming out of Pool "A" before going down to the Grand Rapids Blaze 5-0, while Provo's Vipers had many close games including a 2-1 loss (after leading 1-0 through 5 innings) to that same Grand Rapids Blaze team who won the tournament over the Grand Rapids Diamonds 1-0!

Excellent competition at one of the best locations of the year in Beautiful Petoskey, MI

Provo's 16/U squad at Water Front Park!

07/18/07

Congratulations to the following Viper teams:

*18/U Cornman - Consolation Champs of the 18/U SMAFF Play-Off's

*16/U Provo -18/U League Champs & 18/U Play-Off Runner Up

*14/U P. Dunford - 16/U National League Champs

*12/U J. Dunford - 12/U Silver Division Play-Off Champs

07/17/07

Jim Dunford's young 12/U Squad takes 1st in the SMAFF 12/U Silver Division Play-off's!

A great time to get on a roll heading into the NSA Worlds!

07/13/07

Congratulations to the young 16/U Provo Squad for fininshing 1st over-all in the 18/U 2-night a week SMAFF League, going 15-3 for the year! The 16/U Vipers also ended up as the runners up in the 18/U combined play-off format as they fell 1-0 in the last inning to Team Michigan in the Championship game. A Great Ball Game!

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07/09/07

Viper Nation Strong again over the weekend!

* Jamie Seamans 18/U Major team takes 2nd at the USSSA States coming up 1 run short (1-0) against the 18/U Finesse Squad.

* Mark Provo's 16/U team also finishes 2nd at the very competitive NSA Firecracker Xplosion tournament. After going 6-0 and defeating many 16/U "A" teams (Midland Lady Explorers, Bat Busters, Blue Shock, and the Michigan Generals Blue) the young 16/U Vipers came up short to one of the top teams in the midwest (NWO Lady Irish).

* Paul Dunford's young 14/U team made a great run (fininshing 2nd) at the USSSA States, beating Finesse, the Down River Diamonds, The Classics, Team Michigan, and the Livonia Storm before coming up short to the Michigan Outlaws Black in the Championship game.

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Provo's 16/U Vipers at the NSA Firecracker Explosion!

 

Dunford's 14/U Vipers at the USSSA States 2007

07/05/07

Paul Dunford's young 14/U squad comes up big at the ASA State Championships, in Mt Pleasant, as they go undefeated (Drilling the Home Town Team) to win the ASA "B" State Championship!

Great Job Once Again Ladies!

06/25/07

VIPER NATION COMES UP BIG AT THE 2007 NSA STATE TOURNAMENT!

Congratulations goes out to:

*18/u Seaman "b" team for winning stateS

*16/U McKay "A" team for placing 2nd

*16/U Provo "B" Team for placing 3rD

 

The 16/U Provo Vipers take 3rd at the NSA States. After losing a heart-breaker in the very first game, the young Provo squad showed a "Die-Hard" effort in winning 7 straight games before losing a close one to the eventual State Champs (Portage Hurricanes Green). *The last game was the 4th in a row without a break on Sunday. Along the way, the 16/U Vipers-Provo won games over the Michigan Outlaws Black, the Michigan Dozers, a Revenge win over the Michigan Royals, the LCN Thunder, the Pinconning Thunder, the Mid-Michigan FireStix, and the Vipers-Lozon/Pinelli team - eliminating them for the 2nd straight week!

More Photos to follow for the 16/U McKay & 18/U Seaman Teams!

06/18/07

The SCS Vipers take over at the

NSA Southgate Sizzle!

*Lots of hardware taken at each age level represented by Viper Nation this past weekend!

* At the 14/U Level, Paul Dunford's Vipers place 2nd over-all going 5-1 for the weekend.

 

* At the 16/U Level, Mark Provo's Vipers place 3rd (just missing the championship game) over-all with a 4-2 record, while Ken McKay's Vipers win the tournament going undefeated (6-0) by beating the Firestix 3-1. **Congrats to the McKay Squad on yet another tournament championship!

 

*At the 18/U Level, Jamie Seaman's 18/U Majors placed 3rd over-all with a 3-2 record, while Rick Seaman's 18/U team place 5th.

Successful weekend for all!

 

05/15/07

18/U "2 Nights a week" SMAFF Schedule is out!

*Go to 16/Under Provo & 16/Under McKay and click on the corresponding link!

05/14/07

Dunfords 14/U Squad captures 1st at the NSA Spring Warm up!

The 14/U Vipers finished first in their pool going 4-0 beating compuware. On Saturday both teams came in undefeated. Vipers won 3-1 in the final game of the day. On Sunday the Vipers mercied the Saline Sting then beat the Mattawan Thundercats 7-5 in the semi finals and in the championship game beat MSA (Michigan Sports Academy) 6-1.

Congrats Ladies!

05/06/07

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In their very first tournament together, Dunford's "young" 12/U Vipers take 3rd at the NSA Ft Gratiot Tournament!

Great job ladies!

 

02/07/07

16/Under (Provo) Vipers take 3rd at the NSA Snowball Fest down in Fort Wayne, Indiana!

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Provo's squad held their own against top "A" level teams from around the midwest just coming up short in making it to the finals!

Nice job ladies!

10/31/06

Another Successful Halloween Fund-raiser for Provo's 16's!

Click here for more Details....

The Team & Coach Rob!

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Melissa/Jason & Freddy/Alexis.........."Johnson & Johnson"...........

"Nuntheweiser Performs"

10/16/06

EXPLOSION CHAMPS!

Provo's 16/U Vipers go "3-0" & take the October Explosion Tournament Championship!

- defeating the Oakland Sidewinders in the Finale!

*A great hitting display by all, as well as Superior Defense, Pitching, Catching and a "Lion-Heart" game 3 come back - sealed the championship for this young groups first tournament together!

16/U Vipers beat the Macomb Explosion to advance to the final, while the Sidewinders won a close one against the 16/U Firestyx (formerly the 16/U Compuware squad).

Game 1 - Vipers 9 vs Swartz Creek Varsity 0

Game 2 - Vipers 13 vs Macomb Explosion 1

Game 3 - Vipers 10 vs Oakland Sidewinders 8

Very nice job ladies! Looking forward to a successful 2007 season!