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Hello Everyone
Well, we are off and running and things seem to be looking good
for us. We went 2-2 in our first tournament of the year at
Topton and I was pleased with what I saw for our first time getting
together to play games. Unfortunatly, our first
tournament weekend was cancelled, so we had a lot to do in one day
of softball. With the weather that we had over the 4th of July
weekend, we ended up playing four games on Saturday and once we
dropped into the losers bracket, we played back to back late in
the afternoon and we just ran out of gas. Overall we are
pleased with the result and we moved onto Shippensburg.
Shippensburg started off with a bang with Hull, Litts and
Muthard hitting three home runs in the first inning to take us to a
5-0 lead, but as the game wore on, we made too many metal mistakes
and we ended up winning the game on a 2 run home run by Kate Davis
for the final score 7-5. We won our second game easily,
but not without injury. Courtney Christie slid into second
base and unfortunatly she dislocated her ankle and broke her
leg. She was a trooper and toughed out the pain, had surgery
and then joined us for dinner later that evening. We ended up
tying our third game for the team just wasn't into playing after the
accident. We dropped our morning game on Sunday which put us
once again in the losers bracket and we won our second game in extra
innings. We just got started in the third game of the
afternoon, then the rains came. That ended the day. We
have some work to do and some bodies to heal, so they are
getting this weekend off to rest up and get ready for the
Garfield Tournament
The Garfield weekend was uneventful as we went 1-2 and went home
packing with our tail between our legs. We did have a small
meeting at the end of the day before we had a team party
afterwards which helped everyone get back on the same page. We
look forward to next year to redeam ourselves for our poor
perfomance.
This finally brings us to Drifton. Once again, rain stopped
all play before it got started on Saturday, so we played the
tournament on Sunday. We went 4-0 to win the Drifton
Tournament. It was nice to play different teams and we were
able to play a team from Quebec twice. I have to say that the
team from Quebec was just one or two pitchers away from being an
outstanding team. We really had some great games with
them. We hope to play them again next year.
Well, that is it for 08. We are looking for some players
for next year, so if you are interested, please contact us and let
us know. I hope that everyone has a great fall and we look
forward to representing the Lehigh Valley next summer as we head out
on the diamond.
I have to take this time to thank all of you that have sponsored
and supported the Gators. We hope that you have enjoyed
watching us play, as we always try to put the best on display for
you. Should you have any questions for us, please email us at
the link on the side bar.
Have a great day and a fun offseason!
Best regards
Coach Wolf
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