The Policesoftball.com World Series VI was held at a new venue in October after spending five successful years in Cathedral City, California. The brand new Big League Dreams facility in Las Vegas, Nevada was simply too enticing to pass up as it offered the most state-ofthe-art softball complex in the nation.

The Policesoftball.com/Easton Summer Classic was played on July 31st through August 1st at the Big League Dreams venue in Mira Loma, California. The Inland Empire area of Southern California is usually very hot this time of the year, but as luck would have it, the conditions were fairly mild.

I coach the SoCal Alliance men’s slow pitch police softballteam. I have been fortunate to have enjoyed some successwith my team as they are frequently a top contenderand have won two PoliceSoftball.com World Series titles.Recently I was challenged to a game by the Dynasty 6 professionalfast pitch team.

In my September 2006 installment of the Cop Corner I wrote about rising stars in the law enforcement softball circuit. I titled the article, ''Young Guns'' and provided some profiles on some youngsters who were in a position to usher in the next wave of elite players in our game. Now, approximately four years later I am going to revisit that concept by introducing you to some new up-n-comers and give you a snapshot of what has become of our first crop of ''Young Guns.''

The 5th Policesoftball.com/Easton World Series was once again held at the Big League Dreams facility in Cathedral City, Ca. The event capped an outstanding year of law enforcement softball where many different teams shared the spotlight at any given time. Although there were over 50 teams from all across the county competing, New York Metro, Jacksonville PSC, Minnesota Lawmen and the Michigan Lawmen seemed to be the consensus favorites for the East while the reigning two-time defending champions the SoCal Alliance, along with former champs Cal-Quake and the red-hot HardCor teams were clear-cut favorites in the West.