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Sparks Invitational Exposure Tournament Diary
Wednesday, July 16th
Several families traveled to Elgin today. We got there safely and are awaiting the arrival of the rest of the team!
Thursday, July 17th
Played our first game at 2:00 pm today. We lost to the Bombers (MI) team 2 - 5. We did not have our best game, but the Bombers were a good team. We then had a short break before we played a good Quad City Heat team team at 6:30 pm. It was a well pitched game by both teams and we ended up winning 3 - 1. Go, Cats!!!
Friday, July 18th
Played at 12:30 pm today! We beat a Twisters team from Indiana 5 - 1. The second game was against an Iowa BNGSA Angels team. We won 5 - 4! We pretty much dominated the whole game but made it close at the end with a couple of miscues. But the Cats managed to hang in and pull it out when it counted.
Some of the team went to the Rainforest Cafe in Schaumberg and some of the team went to the Pro Game at Judson College to watch the Chicago Bandits play the Philadelphia Force. It was a good game and the pros signed autographs. There was a nice fireworks show after the game.
Saturday, July 19th
The rain on Friday night gave us an unexpected day off. We ended up 2nd in our pool by calculating the 4 games played so we will advance to the elimination round tomorrow.
Most of the team rounded up and headed to downtown Chicago for shopping and sightseeing. We took the train to Union Station and walked, and walked, and walked! The magnificent mile felt like several miles by the time we got everyone there. We ate and shopped and some made it to the Navy Pier. The race back to the train was fun!
Sunday, July 21st
Bracket Play Starts! There was rain again Saturday night and game times did not start until 10 am. Our first game was moved back to 1 pm but did not actually start until 1:45 pm against DTA Mustangs. We came back and beat them 7 - 5 in tie-breaker innings. We then advanced through the single elimination bracket to play the Quad City Thunder. Another game that went to tie-breaker and we pulled it out 5 - 4. We immediately played the Minnesota Blizzard, and after going ahead 3 - 0, we ran out of gas and let them back in it. We lost our final game of the tournament 3 - 5. We ended a very good tourament 5th place out of 56 teams, and lost to the eventual 2nd place team. Not a bad 4 days of softball! We finished playing at 7:15 pm and had a LONG drive ahead of us. Most of us pulled into St. Louis around 2:00 am. It was a great weekend and we are proud of our girls!
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