SIMPLY THE BEST!!! THANK YOU! SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THIS SEASON...
I cant say it enough, Awesome job last night Girls!! Congratulations on doing something that hasn't been done in a long time! Winning the All-Season Championship with a record of 9-2. Then, winning the tournament with a record of 4-1.
Last night was truly an amazing night in your very young lives and I am sure you will never forget it! I know I wont!
You started the season 0-1 after losing to Lee Namey, then went on to win 9 in a row to win the All-Season Championship.....
You started the tournament 0-1 after losing to Gerry's, then went on to win 4 straight to become the Champions of Softball!!
A final season record of 13-3, amazing and certainly unprecedented!
In almost every game this year, we were losing at one point or another and managed to find a way to scrape back and pull off 13 amazing wins this year...so why wouldn't we be down 7-4 going into the top of the 5th last night? It was only what we have done all season...then score 7 runs in the 5th to pull off one of the most amazing tournament victories this league has seen!
It started in the snow/sleet on Friday night April 7 with a practice temp of 37 degrees and ended last night in the sun and a game time temp of 87 degrees...
From start to finish, you never quit, never gave up, never gave in...you fought, every day, all season, all the way to finish line last night and came up Champions!
Thank you for your commitment this Summer! Thank you to the parents, grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, for having your girl here at all these practices, at all these games...dealing with all of the rainouts all year long, especially here at the end...Thank you for putting up with the demands I put on these young girls....and thank you for allowing me the honor of teaching this awesome game of softball to your girl!
Thank you to my assistant coaches, for being there, coaching, teaching, being committed to help these kids perform their best...thank you for all the help while I was away for two weeks...for keeping this team going, for keeping them motivated, for keeping them focused on our ultimate goal!
This being my 3rd year coaching, I knew we could do something special this Summer...I felt it, I saw the talent, I knew it was there, we just had to figure out a way to put it all together and make it work...and we did...we did what no one thought we would do...we WON IT ALL!!
Some stats for your pleasure...
VS LEE NAMEY 3-1
VS GERRYS 3-1
VS RODANOS: 4-1
VS TORBIKS: 3-0
MAY RECORD: 4-1
JUNE RECORD: 5-0
JULY RECORD: 2-2
AUGUST RECORD: 2-0
WHEN WE WERE HOME: 5-2
WHEN WE WERE VISITORS: 8-1
WE SCORED 159 RUNS THIS YEAR
WE GAVE UP 104 RUNS THIS YEAR
A DIFFERENCE OF 55 RUNS SCORED MORE THAN WE GAVE UP!
Thank you again, and Congratulations to all of WALSH TOOL!!!
PICTURES AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP...I WILL PICK UP BEFORE NOON TOMORROW AND PASS OUT AT PRACTICE TOMORROW AT 1PM
Our pictures are available but cant pick them up till 11:30-12:00 tomorrow morning. I will head down the field and get the pictures so I can pass them out at practice tomorrow...
If you are not at practice on Saturday, I will give to John/Billy to give to you at Tuesdays game.
UPCOMING TEAM SCHEDULE OF IMPORTANT DATES....IN THE SIMPLEST OF FORMS...
Thank goodness we won the championship! Now everyone else is fighting for 2nd place except Torbiks...as far as we are concerned, here is what you need to know for the next few days...
PRACTICE TONIGHT 7/7 AT 6:30 (Coaches meeting to follow)
PRACTICE SAT 7/8 AT 1PM
GAME VS RODANOS, CONTINUED IN BOT 1ST, TUE 7/11 AT 6:45PM
I will know at the end of the softball day on Monday night if we have to play Wednesday against Gerrys.
I will text the team as soon as I hear from Gary on Monday night.
Please be prepared to play both WED AND THU next week, even though we may not play both of those days.
Thanks and see you at 6:30 for practice!
MAKEUPS RE-SCHEDULED/TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE POSTED PENDING NO MORE RAINOUTS!
First off, WE ARE THE 2017 CHAMPIONS OF SOFTBALL!!!
Again, Congratulations to each and every one of you outstanding 11 girls...Your dedication and hard work has ultimately paid off by clinching the All-Season Championship back on Monday night...I am still on cloud 9...what a game, what a season and You should be so proud of yourselves...I know I am the proudest coach going!!
Now we still have to play out the rest of the season and I have broken down in the simplest of forms for us. Remember this schedule is assuming there are no additional rainouts this season. If there are, I will update you as to the revised schedule.
VS RODANOS (HOME) COMPLETE SUSPENDED GAME TUE JUL 11/6:45
AT GERRYS PIZZA, SEASON FINALE WED JUL 12 6:45
TOURNAMENT STARTS THU JUL 13--WE ARE OFF, WE GET 1ST RD BYE
MON JUL 17--OUR 1ST TOURNAMENT GAME VS WINNER OF #3 SEED VS #4 SEED, AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO THAT IS AT THIS POINT.
IF WE WIN ON MON JUL 17 THEN WE WILL PLAY ON TUE JUL 18 AT 5:45
IF WE LOSE ON MON JUL 17 THEN THEN WE PLAY ON TUE JUL 18 6:45
I know this is a lot, and again, if there are anymore rainouts, this schedule will be changed, but just pushed back a day, with no games on Fri/Sat/Sun...
Thank you and again CONGRATULATIONS WALSH TOOL!!!
UP TO THE SECOND STANDINGS...WIN MONDAY AND WE CLINCH OR GO 2-1 IN OUR NEXT 3 GAMES AND WE CLINCH!
Here are the updated standings as of this morning everyone...
1. WALSH TOOL 8-1
2. LEE NAMEY 6-3
3. RODANOS 4-4--eliminated
4. GERRYS 2-4--eliminated
5. TORBIKS 0-8--eliminated
I think everyone knows what needs to be done...
WIN MONDAY and we are the Champs!
There are other ways we can clinch this Championship but we will worry about that after Monday...Bottom line is we can beat this team..and if we do, we've got it!
Awesome job last night, way to persevere and come thru in the clutch when we needed it...17-11 looks great, but we know it was much closer than that!!
Way to pull it out girls!
See you tonight for practice!
OUR MAGIC NUMBER IS 3 TO CLINCH!!/ Regular Season to go until July 11/12. Tournament to start Mid-July
We are coming down the stretch for sure, and the championship picture is complicated to say the least.
Bottom line is we control our own destiny. IF and I mean IF we are to win both Thursday and Monday, we clinch the 2017 All-Season Championship. But, these final four games are tough to say the least, and with some of us heading out on vacation, it wont be easy. But we can do it!
I will be going to watch the games tonight and have updated standings tomorrow.
Also, it looks like this season is going to go longer than expected...Regular season will go until July 10/11 and tournament wont start until July 12,13 or even the 17th possibly...When I know more I will let you know...I do know the league is NOT planning on playing any games the entire week of the 4th of July...I don't know why.
REGULAR SEASON TO BE EXTENDED BY AT LEAST 1 WEEK DUE TO ALL OF THE RAINOUTS
Just received word from the league, that the 2017 Regular Season that was originally scheduled to end, for us, next Tuesday, will most likely be extended by 1 additional week due to all of the rainouts this year.
We have been fortunate, however, as we have had only 1-Semi-Rain out...
The league will issue the new make up dates most likely by end of week and as soon as I have them, I will send it over to everyone.
I would also like to meet with the Parents and fellow Coaches the week of the 4th of July to discuss the Playoffs and Playoff schedules....We can do that after practice either that Friday or Saturday.
VERY IMPORTANT PARENTS!
Our rained out suspended game from Tuesday will be continued where it left off this coming MONDAY JUNE 19 AT 7:00PM.
This was not negotiable as the league sets up the make up dates.
This sets up a very big week of softball next week with the continued game on Monday, and games on Tuesday and Thursday next week.
Again, our game that was rained out will be continued right where it left off this coming MONDAY JUNE 19 AT 7PM.
Thank you and see you tomorrow for practice!
LAST NIGHTS GAME TO CONTINUE WHERE IT LEFT OFF WHEN MAKEUP DATE ANNOUNCED
Due to the storms that blew threw our complex last night, our game was obviously suspended.
No Make-Up date has been announced yet, but when we do resume action in this game, it will start in the Bottom of the 1st, with the score tied at 3-3.
We will have Bella on 3rd and Velanie on 1st...
Megan will bat and she will have 1 strike on her.
I do not know when this suspended game will be resumed, but do not mistaken it for another regularly scheduled game against Rodano's next Thursday...
Thank you.
NEXT WEEKS GAMES SCHEDULE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE ARE USED TO. (WED/THU) THU IS AT 5:45
Just wanted to remind everyone that our game schedule for next week (June 5-9) is slightly different than what we are used to.
We have games on WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY next week instead of the usual TUE/WED that we are used to.
Also note the time difference for Thursdays game, it is at 5:45 instead of the usual 6:45.
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