Prime Time retired as a team after the 2005 season

1996-2005
535 wins and 257 losses
National Championships: 2
Regional Invitational Championships: 5
State Championships: 10

 

 

Prime Time Softball

2005

Triple Crown Champions

 The People
The Record
 The History

 

The Concept
"using dedication, discipline, and perseverance to make a triumph of every aspect of life"

 

 

 

The People....

Sponsor and Player/Manager

Position: Catcher
Years with PT: Origin 1994

Real Life Position: Professor, Eastern Illinois University

Coach/Player

Position: Pitcher
Years with PT: Origin 1994

Real Life Position: Director Youth Services, Regional Office of Education, Charleston, IL
Dr. Kathy Phillips
  
Dr. Bobbi Mattingly
 

 

The Team


CeCi Brinker

Position: Outfield
Years with PT: Origin
Real Life Position: Director of Student Life, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Marlene Terrell
Position: 1st Base
Years with PT: Origin 
Real Life Position: Teacher/Coach, Paris, IL
       


Sissy Launer

Position: Outfield/1st Base
Years with PT: since 1994
Real Life Position: Ass't Manager Firestone, Decatur, IL


Lisa Harvey

Position: Short Stop
Years with PT: since 1996
Real Life Position: Electrical Engineer, ADM, Decatur, IL
       


Jackie Fischer

Position: 3rd Base
Years with PT: since 1999
Real Life Position: Associate Director of Career Development
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Terre Haute, IL


Lisa Berra

Position: Outfield
Years with PT:  since 1999
Real Life Position: Art Dept Manager/Graphic Artist, Sports Designs & Graphics, Effingham, IL
       


Kathy McCartney

Position: Outfield
Years with PT:  since 1999
Real Life Position: Process Control Specialist, ADM, Decatur, IL


Chaka Elam

Position: Utility
Years with PT: since 2000
Real Life Position: Chemical Engineer,  ADM, Decatur, IL
       
Dr.Sheila Simons
Position: Statistician
Years with PT: since 2003
Real Life Position: Ass't Professor, Eastern Illinois University

 

Stephanie Martoccio

Position: Outfield
Years with PT: since 2004
Real Life Position: New Market Coordinator, Angie's List, Indianapolis, IN
       
Kristen Coartney
Position: 2nd Base
Years with PT: since 2005
Real Life Position:


Cindy Johnson

Position: Reserve
Years with PT: since 1995
Real Life Position: Teacher/Coach, Vandalia H.S.


Lisa Pavetto

Position: Outfield
Years with PT: since 2004
Real Life Position:


 

  

The History......

 The origins of Prime Time can be traced back to 1980 when Kathy Phillips, the current manager, started to play on a team in Charleston shortly after she moved from Pennsylvania to Illinois. The original team had various sponsors and names in the early 80’s, first as “Ike’s” and then “Sporty’s”.  The team played locally in the Charleston women’s league and seldom participated in tournaments outside of the community.

Bobbi Mattingly joined the team as her fast pitch career was winding down in 1983 during the time the team was sponsored by the “Moose” Lodge and placed 5th in the ASA State tournament. Ceci Brinker came on board in 1985 when the team finished 3rd in the ASA State tournament and 5th in the ASA Regionals.  From 1986 to 1989, the team was known as McDonalds/Coors Light and had a 2nd place showing in the USSSA State tournament and 4th place in the ASA State. In 1990, Marlene Terrell joined Kathy, Bobbi, and Ceci on the team sponsored by Western Temporary Services when they finished 2nd at the NSA Regionals and won the K of C tournament in Champaign. 

From 1991 to 1993, the team was known as BOSS and the core players (Kathy, Bobbi, CeCi, and Marlene) experienced their first state championship when they won the ASA State tournament in 1991.  The 1992 and 1993 seasons proved to be a test of perseverance as many players were added to and deleted from the BOSS roster. The end of the 1993 season marked the end of commercial sponsorship for the remaining core group. 

In 1994, wanting to provide their own financial support, Kathy Phillips and Bobbi Mattingly decided to sponsor the team through their joint ownership of student apartment complexes in Charleston. Kathy, Bobbi, CeCi, and Marlene proceeded to systematically surround themselves with quality, dedicated, mature women athletes who still had the desire to compete.  And the Prime Time Concept was born…..

 

Record

Year/ Record

Tournament

Place

1994
43-22

K of C ASA A/AA,  Champaign, IL 
Urbana League Urbana, IL 

4 
1

1995
52-25

USSSA C NIT,  Lousiville, KY 
NSA C IL State,  O’Fallon, IL 
NSA C World Series,  St. Louis, MO 
NSA C Invitational,  Seymour, IN 
Champaign League, Champaign, IL

1 
1 
2 
2 
1

1996
45-23

Triple Crown C,  Joliet, IL 
USSSA C IL State,  Rockford, IL 
NSA C Invitational,  Seymour, IN 
USSSA C NIT,  Cincinnati, OH
ASA 35+Nationals,  Montgomery, AL 
Champaign League, Champaign, IL

2 
2 
3 
4 
5 
1

1997
46-22

Triple Crown IL State,  Elgin, IL 
NSA Tate Memorial,  Nashville, IL 
Kof C ASA A,  Champaign, IL
USSSA C IL State, Rockford, IL 
USSSA C NIT,  Rockford, IL 
Triple Crown Nationals,  St. Augustine, FL 
Champaign League, Champaign, IL

1 
3 
3 
3 
3 
7 
1

1998
32-19

USSSA C NIT,  Rockford, IL 
USSSA C IL ST,  Rockford, IL 
Triple Crown World, Steamboat Springs, CO 
Urbana League, Urbana, IL

4 
4 
5 
1

1999
46-18

USSSA C Qualifier, Bartonsville, IL 
USSSA C NIT  Lousiville, KY 
USSSA C NIT  Rockford, IL 
USSSA B/C, Joliet, IL
USSSA C State,  Rockford, IL 
USSSA 35+ State,  Rockford, IL
Triple Crown Nationals,St. Augustine, FL 
Urbana League, Urbana, IL

2 
2 
3 
2 
4 
1 
1 
1

2000
48-22

USSSA B NIT  Rockford, IL 
K of C USSSA Upper  Urbana, IL 
USSSA NIT C  Lousiville, KY 
NSA C IL State  Kankakee, IL 
USSSA B NIT  Rockford, IL 
Tate Memorial NSA  Nashville, IL 
USSSA B State  Rockford, IL 
Triple Crown Nationals, St. Augustine, FL

2 
2 
1 
1 
2 
3 
4 
7

2001
42-23

K of C USSSA Upper  Urbana, IL 
USSSA NIT C  Fort Knox, KY 
USSSA B NIT  Rockford, IL 
USSSA B/C Joliet  Joliet, IL 
Tate Memorial NSA  Nashville, IL 
USSSA 35+  State Rockford, IL

2 
3 
2 
3 
4 
1

2002
55-24

Triple Crown National  LasVegas, NV 
TK Wendl's USSSA C  Urbana, IL 
K of C USSSA Upper  Urbana, IL 
NSA State C  Kankakee, IL 
USSSA C NIT  Rockford, IL 
ASA A State  Jacksonville, IL 
USSSA C State  Urbana, IL 
USSSA Regionals C  Fort Knox, KY 
NSA Nationals C  Galion,  OH 
Triple Crown National St. Augustine, FL

5 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
2 
3 
3 
4

2003
37-16

NSA C, Kankakee, IL
ISA C, Urbana, IL
NSA State, Kankakee, IL
USSSA NIT, Ft Knox, KY
USSSA NIT C, Rockford, IL
USSSA State C, Rockford, IL
USSSA 35-Over ASA, Hutchinson, KS

2
1
4
1
1
1
4

2004
41-26

NSA C, Kankakee, IL
ISA C, Urbana, IL
USSSA C, Louisville, KY
USSSA- KC, Urbana, IL
ASA State Open, Virginia, IL
NSA State, Country Club Hills, IL

1
3
3
4
1
1

2005

48-17

USSSA Freeport, IL
KC, TK Wendl’s
ASA Marion, IL
NSA State, Country Club Hills, IL
ASA State, Virginia,IL
USSSA NIT, Rockford
USSSA Regional, Canton, MI
Triple Crown, St Augustine, FL

3
3
1
1
2
2
4
1