DD picked up with a team as a tryout for next year and had a phenomenal weekend against very solid competition. Went 3-1 with a save. 18 IP, 5 hits, 2BB, 1HBP, 40k's and 4 ER. Went from "hope she can hang with these kids" to "hope these kids can hang with her". Got invited go play in a WS with them as soon as the last game was over. Definitely a big break through weekend for her - all due to the confidence of a good defensive team behind her and putting runs on the board. No question about playing 'A' next year. I don't know if I can handle it though- going to need a recurring prescription for Xanax!
Maddie's team got to the finals of their tournament (6-4 loss in the 'ship ). They played some really good ball along the way, including an 8-7 win in the 3rd tie-breaker inning of the semi-final game, with Maddie scoring the winning run.
First tourney with her new team. Team played great and looked like they could make a run through bracket play on Sunday but a massive storm overnight on Saturday put a stop to it. Too much debris on the fields and power outages everywhere. DD was 6-9 with 3BB's so she got off to a great start also.
Now that DD's seniot HS season is over, she finally got to get back together with her TB team for their first tourney of the season. It was a local tournament (for them, for us it was 4 hours away). We ended up in 3rd-not bad for our first tourney. DD had a great weekend-went 4-8 with a single, double, two homers and 3 RBIs. Had a great defensive weekend as well-team needed her at 1st and she had an excellent showing. Soooooo happy for TB season!!!
My kiddo made the Usssa Elite Select national allstar team again for the second year. Although we won't go this year we hope to go if selected for the next 2 years. This off season will be intense.