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Feb 20, 2012
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Gold Cup this weekend in Lovejoy. Three pool games Sat at 8am, 10am and 4pm, single elimination bracket play on Sunday.
 
Jun 12, 2015
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We have a one day tournament on Saturday. Two of the teams there, we're excited to get a rematch with now that our bats are working ;) We'll see how it goes. Either way the field's only half an hour from my house for the 2nd weekend in a row. It's like a miracle.
 
Dec 2, 2013
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Texas
DD team didn't make the HS playoffs. Go watch a game tonight. Hitting Lesson tomorrow then TB team "walk through" on Sunday. It's not a practice since 90% of the players are still playing in the playoffs.
 
Jul 19, 2014
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Madison, WI
DD 3 had 3 games scheduled for last week, but 2 were rained out. One of those rain outs was the reschedule of a reschedule. Interesting. When DD 1 was a freshman, she had cancellation after cancellation after cancellation for the very same school, finally ending in a double header the last permissible day of the season, which was set aside for cancellations. She has two games scheduled this week, unless they play more to make up the rain outs?

What is the name of the school that brings rain delays as surely as flies to you-know-what? Sun Prairie. Oh, the irony.

The other rain out was Lodi. No, not Lodi, California. Lodi, Wisconsin, home of one of the most famous corn mazes in the world. Stop by in the early fall, just before harvest. It may be corny, but you will be amazed.

DS is rowing in his college conference championships for the Milwaukee School of Engineering. They moved the championships from Ann Arbor to Columbus because Michigan kept dominating everything. The Wolverines still do. DS is rowing as a lightweight, which means he has to be 160.0 pounds or lighter. They won't weigh him for this race. The only time he WAS weighed he came in at 160.0 pounds, and qualified. The next race where they weigh him will be in a couple of weeks, so he has two weeks to cut weight.

No, this is not B1G. The conferences for men's rowing are completely different from any other sport, except the Pac 12 has men's rowing. So Milwaukee School of Engineering and Chicago (D-III) are in the same conference as Marquette, Minnesota, Michigan, and Northwestern. OTOH, Wisconsin is in the same conference as Harvard and Navy.

I am off to San Francisco on Sunday for a week for business, so I won't see DS race or DD 3 pitch this week, but I wish them all good luck.
 
Apr 26, 2015
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Tourney JUST got cancelled. Highs of 33 tomorrow with snow. Bummer.
 
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Nov 3, 2012
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DD high school has a double header in Indiana this weekend in Indiana. Bad news is theres 100% chance of thunderstorms. I don't think mother nature is going to be kind to softball all over the Midwest this weekend.
 
Jun 12, 2015
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Tourney JUST got cancelled. Highs of 33 tomorrow with snow. Bummer.

Oh, come on. They can play in snow. And wow, snow. It's like 80 here. I think as much as my DD loves softball, she would be really excited for some snow.
 
Apr 26, 2015
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Oh, come on. They can play in snow. And wow, snow. It's like 80 here. I think as much as my DD loves softball, she would be really excited for some snow.

Ha - not sure I am ready for 80's yet! I am annoyed because this is Colorado. It is beautiful here today in the 50s. I know things can change quickly, but why call it when there is not a drop of rain/snow around yet. Skies are pure blue - not a cloud in site. Yes, when we are sitting here tomorrow under 12" of snow I will probably be happy, but right now I am annoyed. We have had our last 2 tourneys cancelled due to weather. Boo! The weather forecasters get it wrong all the time here!
 

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