Saturday, August 2, 2008

The Force is not enough...


Club Softball

ASA 16U National Championships


Dan Adridge checks infrom Owensboro with news on the Fresno Force-

Although no tornadoes hit, the storm delayed play by 4 hours on Thursday. The 10am game turned into a 2pm game.

Emily Cloyes again pitched for the Force, and with a 4-1 lead going into the 7th, the Competitors put together 5 hits including a home run to score 8 runs. The girls weren't able to bounce back from that, losing 9-4.

Kiley Shae went 1-2 with a walk and scored a run. It's a tough way to end the summer, but it happens!

ASA 10U National Championships (West)

Meanwhile in Las Vegas the Lompoc Stars seemed to be battling all the elements! As a result of pool play, the girls were stuck into what was essentially a play-in game against the San Bruno Storm. The noon game on Wednesday was a close affair but the locals prevailed 8-6. That meant, however, that they had very little time to prepare for their next game at 6pm.

In that game they had to deal with the both the Las Vegas heat and the Las Vegas Heat. They beat the Heat 7-5 to set up a second round showdown with the Cerritos Xtreme at 10 am on Thursday. That match-up didn't go so well, as the Stars were bounced into the losers bracket 16-0 - extreme indeed! So, when last heard from the Stars were awaiting a Friday nooner versus the winner of a game between the Vegas Lights & the Majestix.


The only other area team in the competition - the Goleta Thunder, did better in pool play and went directly to the first round. They didn't fare so well, losing 6-2 to the Las Cruces Synergy. But, they recovered in their initial Losers Bracket game defeating the HMB Waves 9-3, and were set to play the Ft Collins Stars at noon on Friday.

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