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Triple Crown Sports founder Dave King is a dreamer. He and his wife Annette, avid slow-pitch softball players, had competed in one too many poorly organized tournaments. They were tired of substandard facilities, undesirable awards, lack of professionalism, and poor communication on schedules, weather, and tournament updates. After speaking his mind to a tournament director one weekend, the director shot back with a challenge: “If you think you can do better, why don’t you do it yourself?”

​On the long drive home, Dave and Annette started dreaming about the perfect tournament experience. It was in a location that ballplayers and their families would want to visit; it included quality awards, professional staff, and “spin events” for teams to enjoy when not playing ball. Building such an event seemed unlikely…and nearly impossible once they calculated the cost.

In 1982, they decided to give it a try and the first Triple Crown event, a slow-pitch softball tournament, was held in the quaint mountain community of Meeker, CO. The trial tournament had so much success that in 1983 Steamboat Springs and Grand Junction were added to the series. The format led to the name Triple Crown, which was incorporated as Triple Crown Sports in 1987.

The company would evolve from running three slow-pitch softball events to more than 100 tournaments by 1991 with 3,000 teams participating. As the Kings began to build a viable business, they wanted to instill family values and create an honest work environment anyone would be proud to join. These core beliefs remain at the foundation of the company.