Summer Softball

Both Lindsay and Brooke played softball again this year with the rec. district. I didn't get any pictures of Brooke playing unfortunately. Her team had 5 or 6 girls that have never played softball before so it was definately a learning year for them. Her team didn't win very many games, but at least Brooke got to play first base all game every game so she did like that.
Lindsay's team didn't win very many games either. They went into the tournament in fifth place....last. They only won two games during the regular season. They started the tournament playing Buhl....Buhl thought, like every team, that they would blow right past us. We ended up winning that game. Then we had to play Wendell (1st place in the season) the same night. The girls never gave up and they fought clear to the end and won. We were all so excited. The next night we played Kimberly. We were down eight runs, but once again they never gave up and came back to win. So Wed. night we had to play the same Buhl team again. We lost the first game and had to play them again for the championship. Buhl played awesome and we couldn't seem to get anywhere until the very last inning and we got up by two runs. They had last bats and started getting people on base. They had the tying run on third base and the winning run on second with their best batter up. She hit a line drive straight to McKenna who caught the ball, stepped on third and got the runner out. Double play to end the game. It was amazing....
We were so proud of their whole team....they kept their spirits up, they never gave up and they just kept playing the way they knew how to. After six years of playing together they finally won a first place trophy. When we got home we were looking at Lindsay's trophy's. There was only one year that they didn't place in tournaments, so they have done really well all these years.

McKenna, Tia, Lindsay

The only sad thing to happen was on the last night when I brought my camera to take some pictures. Brooke went out and took a couple of Lindsay in the field and I got this picture in the dugout....then my camera batteries died. I was so bummed out that I didn't have it when they won 1st. I missed the team pictures after the game. I got one with my phone, but that is it. I guess I will really have to beg Marcy to get me copies of hers!