Yesterday it was nearly 80 degrees but of course because it was Opening Day at the Little League fields, it was 45 with strong winds! It was FREEZING! What a cruel joke from mother nature! Madison had pictures at 8:15 and her first game at 9. Her team lost in the bottom of the last inning after they stole home after a ball got passed the catcher, 4-3. Bummer. Her team played pretty well for their first game though. Madison didn't have any errors while at 1st base and even caught a high pop fly. She struck out once and grounded out twice. Overall she played very well, considering the weather, lots more layers of clothing, the wind and her nerves. She was very nervous to bat against a fast pitcher.
Pictures, L to R:
Opening Ceremony and our friend Grant was the cub scout holding the flag.
Madison fouling a ball off.
Madison and Pakka on the field. Pakka was a base ump for 1 inning while Tony ran and got his pictures taken with Quinn's team.
Quinn's game was at noon. By now the heavy clouds were gone and every now and then the sun peaked out. It was still cold, but was better. Quinn's team scrimmaged for 3 innings. This was his first time to pitch and he did great! He said he wasn't nervous at all and really looked like he was having fun. Three different boys each pitched an inning. Quinn struck out 2 batters! He did so great! He also played 1st base. We were very proud of him. Nate pitched too and did a nice job as well.
After Quinn's game we traveled to Grand Rapids, MI to the Alliance FC Spring Invite soccer tournament. These were nice fields out in the middle of no where! The actual address was Lowell, MI but seriously, the closest town of Lowell was a 15 minute drive. This was the first tournament outside our league. I had no idea what to expect. Our U-11 girls played GREAT tonight! We played the Tri-City Strikers from Grand Haven, MI at 6pm and won 3-0. The girls were so excited. It was a great start to their tournament and a big confidence booster. Madison about took 2 girls out. Two of her kicks hit them so hard that they had to take a knee two different times (for an injured player, they take a knee). One of them was mostly drama and I caught Madison and a few close teammates trying not to snicker!
We had some starving girls to feed afterwards. We ate some wonderful Italian food afterwards. The girls got a little giddy. The pictures of Mariah D. and Kiley H. were taken by Madison.
Quinn and Grant were the only little brothers along for the weekend. They weren't quite sure what to do with all of these girls!
More weekend adventures to come!
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