Richfield Tournament 2013

After playing several weeks of Monday night league it was time for our 8u team to take the next step and compete in their first tournament.  They have improved so much since starting the team last year, but we still didn't know what to expect.  There were 9 teams in their bracket and we started playing early Friday morning against a team from Richfield and Roosevelt.  The boys came alive and played well in both games leaving our pool in a three way tie.  The next day they continued to play well and ended up winning the semi-final game against Emery.  It was a great game even though the Umpire had no idea what he was doing.  Now I don't fully understand baseball and I usually keep quiet but when the Ump almost let the Emery coach call the game in the middle of an inning I had to get vocal!  It turns out his dad was running the tournament and obviously had never played.  We were really evenly matched with Emery and the score was close the whole game.  One of their best players was a girl with two long braids and man could she play ball.  Cael pitched to her first and ended up throwing 4 balls.  On the last pitch Tate dropped the ball and before they knew it she was running to 2nd base.  Our boys stood there in shock wondering what she was doing running past 1st on a walk.  They had never had anyone do that on Monday night league and it proved why tournament are essential to playing better.  She kind of flustered Cael but he ended up striking her out the next two times which was the highlight of his weekend.  After winning the semi-finals we played Uintah in the championship and finished 2nd.  Overall it was a great first time tournament.  Go Warriors!

Wes, Cael and Rosenbeck doing the coin toss.

Uintah coin toss

Carsen Adams, Cael, Alex Jackson, Wes Neilsen, Tate Stephensen, Tyler Hathaway Front Jimmy Rosenbeck, Kyler Williams, Will Harmon, Taylor Newton, and Derrick Jennings