Our first tournament of our second season of kid pitch. The kids have improved tremendously and I'm so anxious to see how we compete against the teams this year. We got our new uniforms in and I love them. They definitely look more grown up than before!
It was a cold start. We were all bundled up and even with blankets, hand warmers, and hats we were still cold. The girls were champs in the freezing weather and played really well. We won 2 and lost one during the day. Then we had a break for a bit.
And then it got crazy. The games were running really far behind and we ended up playing 11pm! I don't think Hadley is ever up that late. Emmy had come back to our house to hang out for a bit and we stopped at OnCue on the way back to the fields to get a little sugar in their bodies. These girls were deliriously excited. They were running around like crazy and so ready to play.
They ended up having one of the best games they have ever played and we won the game to keep us in the winners bracket. They were all so excited...and this also meant we wouldn't have to be out there as early the next morning. Hadley passed out in the jeep the second we started driving out of the parking lot.
Its an early morning, sleepy eyes. Hadley was asleep so hard we had just carried her back to our room, took off her clothes, and she slept in our bed.
Day 2. We had a great 1st game, won it, and had a break between games so we all went to Fuzzy's for lunch. I think it was definitely the highlight of the girls tournament. They had so much fun eating as a team!
Much warmer today and we got to ride back with the top off the jeep. Hudson rode with Kristin and Brian while Story rode back with us.
Late once again! Long story but we had potentially two games left. If we won the first one we would be playing in the championship game. If we lost the first one we would get third. Well, the team we were supposed to play forfeited so it sent us straight to the championship game. We played against Impact which we kind-of consider our sister team. We scrimmage them a lot and we will pick up each others players if we need them for a tournament. We ended up winning the game and the championship. It was so much fun! We played at 10:30 on a school night and it didn't even phase the girls! They were so happy to win their first tournament of the season and take home a trophy.
Hadley had such an incredible tournament. She isn't doing her best hitting but her defense is incredible. She stops hard line drives that I think 90% of girls her age would never be able to stop. She just has no fear of the ball or getting hurt. She had a rought first game of hitting but in the 2nd game alone she had 1 hit, 1 RBI, threw out two girls at first, and ended the game by tagging a girl out at 2nd on a steal. In the very game she caught TWO pop flys and got another out on a grounder. There are games where she doesn't get a ton of balls but this tournament was so fun to let her show us what she was capable of. But more than seeing how well she is playing, I love seeing how happy she gets and how big of a smile she has when she makes a big play. She is so much fun to watch!
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