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Celebrating Fathers and the Moments That Matter™

Today, we’re kicking off our Father’s Day HiCast Highlight Contest. Share your best HiCast game highlights with us now through Father's Day on Sunday, June 18th for a chance to win a FREE Annual HiCast Family Pass for your dad, grandad or father-figure (a $215.93 value) and a Rawlings drawstring bag for your featured player!

How to enter your HiCast highlight:

1. Login here: https://watch.hcst.me

2. Select "My Highlights" in top navigation.

3. Tap on the highlight(s) you want to submit to us.

4. Tap the orange (...) icon and select "Submit to HiCast"

5. If you have not yet added your player's profile, tap "Add Player Profile" and fill in the fields, then tap the "Update" button. Be sure to add your player profile to your account so we can feature your player's name, team name and age division, and social tags in any HiCast highlights you submit to us to be featured in our product and across our social media.

6. Select your player from the drop-down menu on the submission form, share some details about the moment, and tap the "Submit" button.

We feature highlights daily, so follow us in FB, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok to see if you've been featured and we’ll announce the winner on Monday, June 19th.

Not sure how to watch a game on-demand and save and share highlights?

All recorded game footage is accessible to watch on-demand for 90 days from date of play. You can save, download and/or share highlights from our game footage. Each highlight can be up to 60 seconds in length, and you can create as many as you like while you have an active subscription. Any highlights you save remain saved and accessible to you on your account after you cancel your pass.

To find a game from the past to view on-demand:

  1. Select the venue or search for it on our home page. You can search by venue name, city, state or sport.

  2. The Venue screen will show a list of field/court numbers or names. Tap a field/court to view games on that field. The display will show the live or most recent date available of game video. To choose a day in the past, tap the "On-Demand" tab over the video player. The video will update.

  3. Tap on the date to choose the date of the game you want to watch. Then, choose the hour closest to your game start time. The video will update. Slide the timeline on the video player to fine-tune your time selection within the game. After you watch the current hour, just select the next hour from the hour drop-down menu above the video window to continue watching the game. 

To save, download and/or share a link to a highlight:

  1. Just tap the "TAG" button on the video window when you see the moment you want to save. The tag toolbar will appear below the video player displaying 60 seconds past your tag time. You can move the orange sliders to trim your highlight (set start and end time), then tap in the name field to name the highlight. After you tap the Save button, your highlight will be saved to your My Highlights screen. 

  2. My Highlights is accessible in the top navigation. To download or share a Highlight, tap on the one you want to share and it will appear for you to view. Tap on the orange more icon (...) on the right and select Copy Link to share a link to your highlight, or Request Download to download it to your desktop or mobile device.

  3. If you Copy Link and paste the link to the highlight into a text message, email, FB post, etc., anyone can view the shared highlight on our site. A viewer doesn't need an account to view your highlight. 

  4. If you Request Download, we will prepare your highlight for download. Once the file is ready, it will download to your computer or device and we'll email it to the email associated with your account. Video file is a .mp4 format.

If you’ve got questions, give us a shout!

We Want to Feature Your Best HiCast Highlights

You might have noticed that we added a FEATURED link to the top navigation in our product today! Here, we’ll feature the best highlights shared by subscribers across our nationwide network. Our latest share will always appear at the top of the list, but you can search featured highlights by venue, date or sport and sort your results. We’ll also share our favs to our social media accounts in Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to give you even more exposure, so follow us to see if you or your teammates get featured! Just follow these steps.

First, setup your Player Profile – This gives us information about your player(s) including their name, team name, age division, sport, position(s) and social media handles so we can tag your player. You can create as many player profiles as you like and update them anytime.

  1. Go to your profile menu and select Edit Profile.

  2. Tap on the Player Profile tab.

  3. Fill in the blank fields to tell us about your player. This information will be saved on your user profile so anytime you submit a highlight to us, you can select the player profile associated with the highlight so we can better promote your player.

Then, submit your Saved Highlight to HiCast 

  1. Go to your My Highlights page and tap to select and open the highlight you want to submit.

  2. Tap on the orange more icon (...) on the right and select Submit to HiCast.

  3. Select your Player Profile to identify the player featured in your highlight and add any additional information in the About The Moment text field so we can get a feel for how the highlight impacted your game. Then tap Submit.

We review and share highlights daily in our Featured section so check back often. Let’s see your best plays so we can help you celebrate them!

Grandfather Celebrates Grandson's Moments at Barrier Islands Little League

HiCast Sports user, grandfather, and attorney by day, Joe DaPore from Charleston, South Carolina coaches for the Land Sharks 9U team for Barrier Islands Little League, one of newest ballparks to join the HiCast Sports Network this year. Joe was a pitcher and first baseman in high school, and continued his love for the game when he started coaching young ballplayers 40 years ago. When his older grandson, James Saltmarsh, begin playing T-Ball at age five, he signed on as an assistant coach for his team at Barrier Islands Little League.

Grandfather and Coach Joe DaPore with grandson James; Photo provided by Joe DaPore

Grandfather and Coach Joe DaPore with grandson James; Photo provided by Joe DaPore

Barrier Islands Little League, started in 1955, was one of just a few Little League organizations in the state of South Carolina to establish return-to-play guidelines and resume play in June due to the Covid-19, thanks in part to leadership from Todd Rieger, former president of the organization and current board member. Over the past six years Barrier Islands Little League has grown from 100 players to 450, and continues to expand as the organization added a girls’ softball league for ages 6-16 this year.

Joe’s grandson, James, was a member of the All Star team that won the 9U division. During regular season, on July 23, Joe was coaching third base and waiting on his grandson to bat. They had two runners on base and two outs, so the pressure was on.

“James was a little late getting to the plate. Our Little League rules dictate if the batter doesn’t get into the box to bat in a timely manner the pitcher can start throwing. So when James got to the plate after a delay because he couldn’t find his bat, he already had two strikes on him. When he finally stepped into the box, he promptly hit one to the fence scoring two runs. It was a fun moment in a summer filled with Covid worries.”

James Saltmarsh’s 2-run triple for Land Sharks 9U at Barrier Islands Little League

On Joe’s use of HiCast at Barrier Islands Little League, he shares, “I had never heard of it. I didn’t sign up for a while, but I’ve really enjoyed it. It captures moments that are important to grandparents, parents and players.”

Photo provided by Barrier Islands Little League

Photo provided by Barrier Islands Little League

Todd Rieger, former President and current Umpire-in-Chief for Barrier Islands Little League spearheaded the effort to bring in the HiCast Sports Network to Johns Island in South Carolina this past spring. Todd’s been involved with the organization for the past six years and has served all roles “except team mom, the hardest role of all!” Todd laughs. This 2020-2021 year, he’ll focus on recruiting and training umpires and creating a youth umpire program.

Coach Todd shares, “HiCast has been a huge success at Barrier Islands Little League. We only have 2 fields but our parents and grandparents love watching their kids. Not only for games, but for practices. It allows you to check in on your players when you can’t be there, plus with Covid it offers families the opportunity to still be involved with the games without the risk of getting sick.  We have also used it for our umpiring training and we can't wait to ramp things back up this Spring once we are done with Fall Ball.”

HiCast Sports Network is proud to welcome Barrier Islands Little League, their young athletes, families and fans to our HiCast community.

Photo provided by Barrier Islands Little League

Photo provided by Barrier Islands Little League

Photo provided by Barrier Islands Little League

Photo provided by Barrier Islands Little League

Time Out! A Highlight Contest

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We know you’re eager to get back to the fields! While we wait through this pause on play, let’s celebrate your Moments That Matter™ from 2019 through March 2020. Our entire archive of 2019 games is available to watch on-demand, so it’s a great time to use our mobile app to save and share your favorite game highlights. All HiCast highlights created in 2019 and 2020 are eligible, except for previous highlight winners. We'll accept submissions now through June 1, 2020 and announce one winner each week. Winners score a free one-year Family Pass (a $239.99 value) to be activated when your season resumes.

Who Can Enter

If you are currently or were a HiCast Sports subscriber in 2019 or 2020, you are eligible to enter as many highlights as you like. All highlights are eligible to be selected throughout the contest timeframe, so if you enter three highlights during week one of the contest, those highlights are eligible to be chosen as a weekly winner anytime from date of entry through June 1. If your highlight was a winner in 2019, that highlight is not eligible to win.

How to Enter

Use our mobile app to share your HiCast highlight to our app’s HiCast Feed. In the caption of your highlight, include your player’s name, team name and age division, and a brief summary of the moment. Include this tag: #timeout

If you have saved highlights, it’s easy to share them to our HiCast Feed.

  1. Tap on “Highlights” in the bottom menu to view your saved highlights. Select the highlight you want to enter by tapping on it.

  2. Your selected highlight will open in the Preview Highlight screen. Make any adjustments for trim and soon, then tap “Share” in the upper right corner.

  3. On the Share screen, add your player’s name, team name and age division, a brief summary of the moment, and the tag #timeout – then tap the “Share to HiCast” button at the bottom of the screen. That’s it!

If you’re not sure how to save and share a highlight, watch this video demo: http://www.hicastsports.com/demo

What Type of Highlights Should I Enter?

We’re looking for great offensive and defensive plays, hits that make you proud, and funny bloopers on the field that made you laugh. You’ll need to be able to identify the primary player(s) involved in the play, and of course use good sportsmanship in your submissions.

What’s the Prize?

We’ll give away one free HiCast Monthly Family Pass (valued at $239.88) to each winner each week. We’ll grant your Family Pass when your season resumes and it will remain active for 365 days from date of activation. Each winning highlight and player will be featured on our website and in our social media.

Let’s see your Moments That Matter™!

Rawlings Moment of the Month Winner for September 2019

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Great hit down the first base line, but Delaware Wolfpack 12U right fielder gets the ball in to 11-year-old catcher Ryan Perkins for the tag at the plate! Wolfpack advanced to the Play It Forward tourney championship game at Sports at the Beach on 9/1/19. Congratulations to our winning HiCast User: @Catcher247 Marissa scored the Rawlings bat of Ryan’s choice.

HiCast Sports Network selected one winning moment from highlights shared in our app’s HiCast Feed each month all summer long. Winners scored their pick from an incredible lineup of Rawlings Sporting Goods bats. Learn more our Rawlings Moment of the Month contest and see the winners.

This month, we kick off our 2nd Annual MVP Awards Presented by Rawlings so now’s the time to share your highlights to our app’s HiCast Feed to get them eligible to win!

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Announcing Our Hot Highlight Weekend Winners

We were blown away by your highlights submitted April 11-15 for our first 2019 Hot Highlight Weekend Contest. It was tough to pick just three winners, so we decided to award four! Each of our HiCast Users will receive a Rawlings Sackpack thanks to Rawlings Sporting Goods.

HiCast User: @cora for an over-the-fence home run by #1 in the USA Softball of SC tourney at Tiger River Park on 4/13/19

HiCast User: @adam.haber27 for Adam Saber’s diving catch at center field at East Cobb Baseball Complex on 4/11/19

HiCast User: @Paulmaida1 for Ryan Maida’s walk-off home run for the Long Island Hurricanse 11U in the Baseball Heaven Swing Into Spring Championship game on 4/14/19.

HiCast User: @Eagles007 for a fantastic double-play featuring two tags by the catcher on Field 6 at Diamond Nation on 4/14/19

Congratulations to our winners! Stay tuned for our next contest and keep sharing your Moments That Matter™ to our app’s HiCast Feed as it’s the source for our contest entries including our second annual 2019 Most Valuable Play Awards coming at the end of the year.