CT Bombers Black 12-U

We traveled to Rhode Island to face a potent line-up of teams (all ready to test our early success).  The May Fly Open would soon be a true test our team’s will and resolve.  Facing the CT Renegades and the Cheshire Wildcats Red early Saturday, the games lead to 6-1 and 11-2 victories, respectively.  Neither game was particularly well played.  Our defense and offense was rescued by strong pitching.

A good test was up next in our third game.  The CT Mirage, a team that was coming off a tournament win of their own, and a team that we could consider a geographical rival, was our opponent.  The CT Mirage came out aggressive which lead to 2 early runs which proved to be just enough, winning the game 3-1.

Going 2-1 for the day lead to us being a 5^th seed which pit us against the 4^th seed, Danger White, a team with a history with the Bombers organization.  Anticipation was high as both teams knew that this was going to be a true battle between two strong softball teams.

The Danger White struck first, leading 2-0 going into the 5^th inning.  With a few well timed hits, we tied to score 2-2.  The tie was short-lived as the Danger White answered with a run of their own in the bottom half of the inning.  The Bombers girls would not be denied as they answered in the next inning with a run of their own tying the game 3-3.  With time having run out we entered into the International Tie Breaker which seemed only fitting  with such a thrilling game.  With so much excitement and drama, the Bomber girls performed to perfection as they pushed across the go ahead run.  Now, having to defend the lead, the team did just that – shutting down the Danger White and winning the game 4-3 sending us into a rematch with the CT Mirage in the Semi Finals.

This time the Bombers Black came out firing on all cyclinders, jumping out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning which turned out to be more than enough to win.  With our dominating pitching and relentless offense we powered our way to a 7-1 victory to avenge our earlier lost the day before.

ANOTHER FINAL: With the experience we have gained from previous tournaments and the way we took care of business in our earlier games, confidence was high as we squared off against the RI Lightning.  Once again the offense lead the way as we jumped out to an early lead, 3-0.  With our usually strong pitching and locked-down defense, we would not  be denied in our quest for Title #3.  Another champion victory (final score 4-2) was a perfect ending to a great weekend.  WAY TO GO GIRLS!!!!!!