Important Dates

A season of fun, fitness and team-building for teen girls is just around the corner! Our softball teams provide opportunities for learning, competition, and skills development. Come out, round the bases and make life-long friends.

We participate in the Howard County Softball Alliance.

Our goal is to limit each team to 12 girls so please register as soon as possible. Savage BGC also offers need-based scholarships. If you have any questions please feel free to send us an email.

SPRING SEASON

FALL SEASON

We are here to provide you and your family with the best youth softball experience possible! We are proud to bring you a group of highly accomplished coaches and administrators. Read the bios below to learn more about your coach and other leaders in our community.

	Commissioner Joe Commissioner, Softball Program Phone: 202-422-7707 Email: [email protected],org   Commissioner Joe Ferguson is an active volunteer and part of the SBGC community since moving to HoCo in 2016. His first foray was as a softball coach for his now-10th grader daughter’s team; he soon became Commissioner for the Softball League. Joe has also been a boys’ basketball coach for the last 4 seasons, having the pleasure of coaching his son, who is now in 8th grade. He serves on the SBGC Board and in his spare time he enjoys watching a great movie or anything landscaping related around his home. Joe is a proud graduate of the University of Florida and hails from Miami. He is married and his eldest daughter is a track athlete and senior at Atholton HS.
	Coach Hollie 10U Rec and Travel Coach Email: [email protected] Coach Hollie Lindberg has been a 10u coach for savage since fall of 2019. She has 3 girls who participate in 8u/10u spring and fall softball. Summer of 2021 Coach Hollie put together a 10u competitive travel softball team. Savage Eagles competed as a first year travel team and hailed a 2-4 record overall  in two tournaments. Hollie is from Massachusetts. A graduate of Rhode Island College where she majored in business management with a minor in international management. She competed in 4 years of college softball and soccer as a left fielder and midfielder respectively. In her spare time she loves to play coed soccer, garden and hang out with her husband and 4 children.
	Coach Lisa 13U Rec and Travel Coach Email: [email protected] Coach Lisa Butterfield grew up in Howard County and played for SBGC Softball from ages 5-13 before making the Lady Orioles Maryland Select Travel Team and joining the Hammond High School team. She has volunteered as the SBGC 13U Softball coach for her daughters' team, for the last few seasons. Her oldest daughter began her softball career with SBGC and is currently playing for Hammond High School. When Coach Lisa is not at her 9-5 or on the ball field, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, staying active outside with volleyball and hiking, and has an enthusiasm for travel. Coach Lisa is excited to share her passion for softball with the upcoming Spring team!
	Coach Ilana 8U Rec Coach Email: [email protected] Coach Ilana Roth grew up in Montgomery County and played for the Rockville High School Rams during her high school years.  When she left for college, she missed her time on the field and ended up playing for JMU's club team while pursuing her degree.  Ilana took a break from the field while finishing out her master's degree and then quickly signed up for Co-Ed softball leagues whenever she could!  Ilana currently coaches 8U RECC softball for Savage after her daughter found the same passion for the diamond as she did. When not on the softball field, Ilana is a Speech Language Pathologist for MCPS.  She also spends a lot of time in the stands of her 9-year-old son's baseball games and practices, walking her two dogs, and wishing she was at the beach!
	Coach Lauren 8U Rec Coach Email: [email protected] A 2016 inductee into the Bethune-Cookman Athletics Hall of Fame, Lauren McCoy recorded three 20-win seasons in the circle as Bethune-Cookman softball became a MEAC dynasty and made NCAA history in 2005. That year, she led the Lady Wildcats to the NCAA Super Regional (the first time an HBCU advanced out of the regional round), winning the Gainesville Regional and going toe-to-toe with Cat Osterman in a 1-0 defeat to Texas after earning the MEAC’s first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA field. A three-time First Team All-MEAC honoree (2003-05), McCoy threw five no-hitters in her career, including two perfect games, and she had an ERA of 1.70 or lower in each of her three seasons. McCoy ended her Bethune-Cookman career with 456 strikeouts and 28 shutouts. She was inducted into the MEAC Hall of Fame in 2021. After her playing career ended, she went on to coach 10 seasons as Head Coach at Howard University in Washington DC. She currently co-coaches at St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel with her husband Dave and focuses her time on her two daughters Cassidy (8) and Cadence (6).

Savage Boys and Girls Club Softball offers:

• Maryland’s most diverse softball program
• A proven strategy for boosting confidence, camaraderie, fitness and sportsmanship among girls at all levels
• More than half a dozen regulated softball games for all participants
• Free uniforms (includes jersey, pants, and socks)
  
• Coaching opportunities and a family-friendly atmosphere

Spring

The season will begin April 1st
Age groups are 6-8, 9-10, 11-13, and 14-15. The season ends the week school lets out. Home games are at Savage Park and other Savage area fields. Away games are at fields located in all areas of Howard County. The 10U, 13U, and 15U Divisions participate in playoffs. All age groups compete in an All-Star game when possible.

Summer

Softball Fun Days (SFD) will be held periodically throughout the summer.  These events are for newbies and veteran players to come out & meet each other and play some Softball for fun.  You never know....we may allow parents to get in on the fun also!  Stay tuned!

Fall

The season will begin August 30th
Age groups are 6-8, 9-10, 11-13, and 14-15.  The season starts the 2nd week of September, and ends the last week of October.  Games are played once a week on Saturday, and one day during the week for practice.  Home games are played at Savage Park, and away games are typically at Western Regional Park, Rockburn Park, or Hammond ES.  There is no tournament or playoffs.

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