Last night, July 14th, 2010 was our Championship game. The girls got the by from the first game because they won the league. My cousin plays for one of the other teams and Monday night Larry and I went up to watch her play. They did a good job, but still got beat. :( This made me nervous because that meant we played Long Trucking--the team that we lost to twice. They have a couple of bigger girls on their team that they stack up close to the batter which, if it were me batting, would be a bit intimidated by. :) Let's face it, they are good. Not to mention the fact that our girls hadn't played in over 2 weeks!
SO, anyways we go out and Long's gets to bat first--right off the bat, 5 runs! Way to go! It's our turn....right off the bat, 5 RUNS! WAY TO GO! Then out they come again. I believe this time they got 0 and then we come out and get 0??? I might be wrong. Then they come out again and score 3 and I believe then we got 5 runs. Then out again for them...0 or a 5 I'm not sure. I just know that the final score was 13 for them, 15 for us and we didn't have to bat at the bottom of the 6th inning. It was such a close and FANTASTIC game! I was SO VERY proud of all of the girls on both teams. You want to talk about a great bunch of girls--there you have it, on both teams! ((Let's just be 100% honest here--all 3 of the girls teams, ages 5-8 were full of wonderful girls and all of us parents from all 3 teams have every right to be so proud!))
We did have a bit of an accident with Bayleigh last night--nothing major, but that actually ended up saving her booty! During the 5th inning she was on first base and when she went to run to second the first base girl from Long's tripped her. (( I am 100% positive without any doubt in the world sure that it was an accident)). It saved her butt because the girl that got the ball didn't see her on the ground and turned and threw the ball to Steve (Long's coach). She laid there for a few seconds and we all yelled, "Bayleigh, RUUUUUUUUN"! So, she did! She got to second base and I could tell she was hurt. She kept rubbing her knee and checking her hands. I just kept telling her, shake it off--shake it off. The next girl went up to hit and Bayleigh was able to run over third and come home. I met her there with Larry and she started crying. She was SO mad!!! I mean, SOOOOOO MAD! She said, "that girl tripped me on purpose because she doesn't want me to win!!!" I again, am sure it was not on purpose. :) She said her hands burned and they were cut up some and had gravel in them. Of course everyone checked her out and Larry poured cold water over them to rinse them off. :( She put her mit on and headed back out there. While in the out field she kept looking under her mit at the hand that was bleeding. (Man I felt so bad for her). Luckily we were in the top of the 6th and the girls were done after that. We were SO excited when they won. Parents went out and got some group pictures and then we headed to the consession stand to get their pops and BOTH trophies! One for winning the league and the other for winning the championship game! :) They were all so excited and proud!
You know what, even if these girls never scored one run or won a single game--I still would have been extremly proud of them. They are respectful girls that lined up on the diamond each and every game for the National Anthem. They all worked together prior to games to warm up and NEVER left one person out. They had great attitudes even on the two games we lost. They won with dignity and always congratulated the other teams on great games played. One game one of our or one of the opposing team players ran to first base and the other team member hugged her. :) SO CUTE! And I think they all had a really great time the entire season! A parent honestly cannot ask for more! :)
Ok, Ok, Ok, onto a few pictures!
In the out field first!
Bayleigh up to bat!
Congratulating the other team!
Coach congratulating the girls and deciding the winner of the game ball. (Kylee Edwards for catching a pop fly and turning and tagging out another player running to second).
We're #1!
Bayleigh with her trophies!
Our winners! Row 1: Kylee Edwards, Bayleigh Rutherford, Aliyah Lewis, Heidi Stickford. Row 2: Molly Benson, Hallie Ross, Lauryn Thomas, Madalyn Hudnall, Kira Bernard, Cierra Williams, Haley Higdon, Aleah Aldrich, Hadlie Ross. Row 3: Derek Williams (Pitcher), Mark Benson (Coach), Anthony Thomas (Assistant Coach).
Bayleigh again! After I took this picture she said to me, "I wish papa was here". I said Papa who?, She said, "Papa Reynolds duh". I am sure that if he were still with us and he felt well enough he would have been right there. :) (she thinks about him and Candi on a daily basis and talks about them often).
This is a better picture of the girls on the field holding up #1! Taken and shared by Madalyn Hudnall's mom! :)
We are VERY excited for next season! Hope you have enjoyed the pictures and if you came--thank you SO much for your support and cheering Bayleigh on. She LOVED when people came to watch her play. :) Until next blog! Peace out! :)
Love,
Jennifer
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