Softball Stars

As most of you know...we live at the softball field. All 3 girls played this year, which has us at the field about 4 days a week. Many nights are double headers and some tournament days last for 12 or more hours. To say that this is a commitment is an understatement. However, my girls LOVE to play and we normally have a cheering section of NeNe, Papa, Uncle Dougie, Re (Rita), Jill, Randy, Aunt Ga, Uncle Rob, cousin Reese and any neighbors/friends that have come to watch as well. Todd stepped back from coaching this past year to help improve the Diamond Center fields, so both girls play for other coaches, but have had great years! The girls on these teams become closer to each other than any other sport and the parents are all great friends by the end of the season. I can not stress how proud I am of these girls and their sportsmanship and joy in playing. Thank goodness they are better than their Mom at softball!
Kayla is a natural player that just knows what to do and where to go with the ball. This team went from being the oldest coach-pitched slow pitch team to the youngest fast pitch team where a machine sends the ball at 35 mph. It was a big step and these girls have done awesome! They have only lost 1 league game and will win their league title even though it is their first year in the age division. Kayla and a few teammates were also picked up to play in the state tournament in Russelleville next weekend, so stay tuned.

Hannah's on a new team called the Stingers this year. Both she and Mackenzie were asked to play on this team after district tournament last year. It has been a very easygoing year for these girls. They have lost a few games, but continue to play like the serious ball players that they are. This team has some phenomenal players on it and Hannah has fit in great! She usually plays 3rd base and has really come back with a vengeance after she broke her hand in opening season tournament. The girls lost the opening season tournament by 1 run after 7 innings to the Greenwood Fastdogs. They beat this team the other night though by several runs....they were so pumped up! Hannah had 2 runners on base late in the game and hit an awesome home run on the last pitch to up the lead some more. I asked her if she could not wait till the last pitch next time, as I was too old for this stress! She was laughing as she rounded second, so I asked her why and she said,"Mom, I knew it was a home run and I was so happy." Priceless.