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Chicago Pioneers Saluted as "Outstanding Women in Sports" during Women's History Month Celebration

The Honorable Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, has selected the Chicago Pioneers Girls Baseball Club as one of the honorees during the Women's History Month Celebration.

The Pioneers will join other outstanding women sports models at a "Share the Love" celebration on Thursday, March 27, from 5-7 PM at the Chase Tower Auditorium, 10 S. Dearborn, Chicago.

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Check out the Pioneers Certificate ...

First All-girls Baseball Games at Thillens Stadium

Former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players Ginger Gascon and Jackie Baumgart threw out the first pitches at Thillens Stadium to open these special events honoring girls who "just want to play baseball."

JT Photos covered the events and photos of 7-25 and 8-1 can seen and purchased at the JT Photos website .

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Also, check out the latest Daily Herald article...

All-American Jackie Baumgart came to Thillens Stadium on August 1 to show her support for the Chicago Pioneers Girls Program.

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Read the latest Pioneer Press article about our Pioneers and AAGPBL players at Thillens Stadium events.

Chicago Pioneers Featured in Sun-Times Article

Twelve-year-old Christie Spisak stands 4 feet 7 inches tall. Her hair is in pigtails and she's at the plate facing a pitcher who does it all: Fast balls, change-ups, knuckle balls -- you name it.

Her team, the Chicago Pioneers, desperately needs runs. As the baseball comes hurtling toward her, she smacks it cleanly into left center field for a base hit.

Pioneers 16 & Over Tournament Team Shines in Detroit

Play baseball with the Chicago Pioneers 16 & over girls tournament team. The Pioneers played in the elite division of the Can-Am International Women's tournament in Detroit from June 30-July 2, 2007.

The Pioneers came away with a 2-2 record against some of the best competition in the nation. Next up is the National Championships in Ft. Myers in October.

Chicago Pioneers 15U Girls Split the CAN-AM Youth Series in Detroit with the Pawtucket Slaterettes

The Chicago Pioneers 15U youth team played a spirited four game series against the Pawtucket Slaterettes at the CAN-AM International Championship in Detroit on June 30-July 1, 2007.

Both teams finished at 2-2 but the Chicago Pioneers 15U team won their Finals contest defeating the Pawtucket Slaterettes, 5-4 on a bases loaded walk-off suicide squeeze play in the 6th inning  Both teams look forward to meeting again in October at the Roy Hobbs National Championship, October 26-28 in Fort Myers, Florida.

Lindsay Horwitz makes Warren Township baseball team

Lindsay Horwitz, age 15, tried out and made the Warren Township High School (Chicago area) freshman baseball team.

Lindsay made her debut at second base with the Warren High School Blue Devils freshman team.

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14U Pioneers Capture Women's World Series

The Chicago Pioneers 14U baseball team, based in the north suburbs, became the first female girls baseball team from the U.S. to capture an international tournament Monday at the Disney World Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla. The Pioneers tore through a field of teams from Canada and Australia and claimed the title at the Sunshine Showdown held at Walt Disney World by edging Canada 7-6 in Monday's championship game. The Chicago squad outscored the competition 71-20 in five games, tripping Canada 15-5 and 9-7 and Australia 20-2 and 20-0 twice to advance to the title game. Read the article...

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USA Women's National Team (16 and over)

The USA Baseball Women's National Team was established in 2004 when USA Baseball selected and trained a Women's National Team. 18-players were chosen following open tryouts across the nation, and the squad went on to capture the gold medal in the first-ever IBAF Women's World Cup in Edmonton, Canada. Team USA defeated Japan in the title game, 2-0. The women's Team USA also won the second IBAF Women's World Cup played in Taiwan in 2006.



News archives...

Read the news articles covering the journey of the Chicago Pioneers 14U girls baseball team as they prepared and won the girls division of the 2006 Women's World Series.