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A Poem from some of the 2009 Players
This was submitted by Kali Money as a collaberative effort that "we" would like posted on the web site. It sums up just one of the benefits of participation;
You Start out not knowing
that you will be bestfriends
and that you will stay that way,
until the very end.
Team-Mates and School-mates
or whatever friends we are
we can always look up at
night and see eachother
in that shining star.
The weekend of May 9-10, the team went north to the Bat State Banditz Mother's Day Bash in Chelmsford MA. What a difference from the week before. The tournament was well run, well communicated and very welcoming. The results were about the same but against a tougher group of teams. The defense stayed pretty solid and the offense showed signs of emerging. Although we finished the weekend with a 1-4 record (doubling our wins for the season) the team played much better all the way around.
On Saturday we lost to the Central Mass Lightning, followed by a thrilling 3-1 defeat by the Southern Maine Flame (a quality team all the way around) and we ended the day by being shelled by the Firecrackers Fury, with a little assistance.
Sunday morning the girls came with an attitude! We (#12 seed, out of 12) met up with the #8 Seeded Conklin Raiders and pulled off a 7-6 upset making the weekend. Next up was a great team, the #1 seeded Middlesex Crossfire, we did not truly show up for this game, although there were bright spots, and we went down in a 5 inning mercy 10-0.
Our older Blak team was defeated by the same Middlesex Crossfire in the semi-finals. They finished the weekend 4-2.
The team knows a bit more of itself now and confidence is growing. Next weekend it is our own Rose City Rumble.
Our young team took to the field for the first tournament (EVER for 8 of the team members) at the Valley Fusion Tournament in Prospect CT. After a horrible Saturday, due to weather and nonexistant communications from the host organization, the team finished the weekend with a 1-3 record. The sole win came against the Watertown Rapids in our second game on Saturday. Defeats were to the Valley Fusion Gold (later avenged by our "Black" team), The Stratford Seahawks, and finally the (xxx I need to check). The defense was a pleasant surprise, although work has to be done, it was solid for the most part all weekend. The offense was a cause of concern with all the time and energy put into hitting, there was little evidence of any payoff.
Our 12 year old team faired much better going 7-0 to take the Tournament Championship!
2009 12-U Teal is Looking Forward
to a very exciting season of new experiences, new skils and a new level of play both individually and as a team.
We welcom back 4 players who graduated from last seasons 10-U team, Bella Colletti, Kristen Deciantis, Cameron Dias, and Kali Money. To this core we have added players we believe will be special in their own right, Shoshanna Berkman, Samantha Chinigo, Caitlin Farrell, Keri Lehtonen, Bethany Ortiz, and Casey Tsamis.
We started working on individual skils and team building on January 4th and will continue till the season starts for us in May.
If you've been counting you will note we have 10 players on the team as of this time. We are looking for one or two special players to round out the squad. If you may be that player (or her parent) contact Rich at richh32@juno.com for mor information an a tryout.
