Bases Loaded – Fiercely Female

Apr 29, 2018

On April 11, 2018, Fields & Futures had the honor of hosting a gym full of female leaders and loyal supporters for our inaugural Bases Loaded luncheon.

Planned as an annual event, Bases Loaded will tackle timely topics related to the role of sports in young peoples’ lives.

We set the tone early with this year’s message – “Fiercely Female”.

With OSU Grad Student Addie Plank leading off and OU Softball Legend Lauren Chamberlain batting clean-up, our roster full of fierce females celebrated the lifelong impact of sports on young women with passion, emotion, and hard-hitting statistics.

VIDEOAddie (includes Roosevelt Middle School survey results), Lauren.

Special thanks to Southeast High School for the warm welcome and Group One Thousand One for sponsoring this special luncheon.

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Meet Cody Laurendi, Fields & Futures’ New Director of Soccer

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U.S. Grant and Capitol Hill may be rivals, but their football programs have more in common than their annual "Southside Bedlam" rivalry game. From 2014-2020, the OSSAA allowed both programs to play as independents so they could create their own schedules and rebuild their programs. Now playing in Class 6A, neither team has found success in district play, but they also know the scoreboard isn't the only standard of success.

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