Homer

just got home and someone is texting me updates.

johnson walks. thompson single. 2 on 1 out for estes.

1 out for bears. johnson up. nobody on.

line out to short. end of 8. bears coming up in top of 9. 2-2

Most of the 12U teams will be having tryouts in the fall. They usually post them on here. Just watch for them.

Ok, maybe "volatile situation" is not the right word to use. Sorry. What I was referring to is the fact that the coaches from heat were so upset about us questioning that call. Then started mouthing stuff about Crush and how it is all technical when you play against Crush, and all the other little "comments" they were making from the dugout. Then said something to the effect of if we are playing so much by the rules then I needed to stay in the coaches box. The umpire called both coaches out and put all defensive coaches in the dugout and said all offensive coaches must stay in the boxes. That is what I was referring to, how the umpire handled that. And yes, it was a good game. Enjoyed it!! Just stay in our box! I did after they told me to! ;D It was kind of hard though!!

Ok, maybe "volatile situation" is not the right word to use. Sorry. What I was referring to is the fact that the coaches from heat were so upset about us questioning that call. Then started mouthing stuff about Crush and how it is all technical when you play against Crush, and all the other little "comments" they were making from the dugout. Then said something to the effect of if we are playing so much by the rules then I needed to stay in the coaches box. The umpire called both coaches out and put all defensive coaches in the dugout and said all offensive coaches must stay in the boxes. That is what I was referring to, how the umpire handled that. And yes, it was a good game. Enjoyed it!! Just stay in our box! Hey Cheater......It was me mouthin' from the dugout. Just trying to teach your young Crush Rookies that if they want to dish it out, ( In a 12U pool game ) then they better be prepared to take it ! Truth is.....It was a very good game well coached by all 4 coaches on both teams. A lot of fun ! Maybe someday I will grow up. But I doubt it ! It's all good!! Just not sure what we were dishing out by questioning that the runner should get 2nd? And it was a pool game but they determined seeding this weekend so it did mean something. Besides that I don't remember anything else we did or said, but hey, anythings possible. Still a good played game and no hard feelings. Looking forward to playing again.

Ok, maybe "volatile situation" is not the right word to use. Sorry. What I was referring to is the fact that the coaches from heat were so upset about us questioning that call. Then started mouthing stuff about Crush and how it is all technical when you play against Crush, and all the other little "comments" they were making from the dugout. Then said something to the effect of if we are playing so much by the rules then I needed to stay in the coaches box. The umpire called both coaches out and put all defensive coaches in the dugout and said all offensive coaches must stay in the boxes. That is what I was referring to, how the umpire handled that. And yes, it was a good game. Enjoyed it!!

When we played in Conroe last weekend some of the umpires let us put them anywhere and some made us put them last. I thought they could be anywhere so I would just list the last batter as EP and still put her in the field. No one ever said anything!

They are referring to Stircrazy. I gotta tell you, not only is he an excellent coach, he is a pretty dang good umpire also. Not sure if there was any question, but I was j/k about stir!! ;D Overall this weekend was probably the best calling we have had at a tournament in a while!! Definitely better than we got in Westlake!! I thought the umpires handled the volatile situation we had in our game with Heat perfectly!!

In the 12U division, the two Crush teams played for 3rd place. Collins/Worthy beat Shurgart 10-0. Not sure how the Breakers [2 teams] or Crush did in the 14U. Did not get to talk with BreakerCoach at all this weekend. Maybe someone will post how the 14U's did. Yes, they definitely did beat the crap out of us. Looked like our first year team was mentally beat before the game started, but they were definitely the better team today!! Maybe next time we can come within 8 or 9 runs of them!! ;D The 2 semifinal games were: TX Terror 3 Crush (Shugart) 1 Sting 96 1 Crush (Collins) 0 Terror beat Sting 96 1-0 to win the championship. Definitely a good weekend of softball!! Could have had a better umpire behind the plate for that 3rd place game though!!!! ;D ;D ;D

Looking at the relative heights of those 12U girls, in comparrison to the coaches............ Looks like CRUSH has found a replacement for the title of "Head Midget" - for when CC retires ;D Hey, I'm not that short!! I was just standing waaaaaaay in the background!! ;D

Ditto YG. Young guns went over to Lake Chuck and won this weekend as well. Nice job ladies after some adversity the past few weeks. Way to pull together! Congrats Young Guns

Orange Crush 12U Shugart played in the Dynamite Slamfest this weekend in Conroe and placed 3rd out of 15 teams. We went 6-2 over the weekend including pool games. We are a first year 12U team and placed this weekend competing against many talented and older 2nd year teams. The teams we placed ahead of: Tantrum, Huntsville Smash, TX Ball Brats, New Waverly Chaos, Spring Klein Impact 97, Katy Force 96, TX Heat, Cy Fair Force, Katy Cruisers, Humble Cobras 96, TX Velocity 96, and MC Elite 96. Cy Fair Shock 96 won the tournament after beating us in the semifinals 4-0. Sorry about the rambling, but I am extremely proud of my young ladies and wanted to give them some props on here!! They played their hearts out this weekend! If I stay around Cheater longer and learn a little more maybe we will win one eventually!! Oh yeah, I tried to post our picture on here but it kept saying there was an error, oh well.

Does anyone know where it will be played??

I know Huffman is very good but know that Splendora is as well. Not surprised Huffman won, just surprised they won by 3. Figured it would be a 1-0 or 2-1 ballgame.

that kind of surprises me. that ties them for first with 1 loss correct?

It happens. It is a select tournament, you can't expect the girls to get out on purpose.

We are trying to find one more pitcher to add to our roster. If you are interested call Michael Shugart at (409)779-1593.

And how many points will that be?

2-1 isn't bad against Giddings....... I love when people make predictions that haven't even seen us or Gilmer play. : This is not directed at ozensfinest, just something I have noticed here on the board. I agree, heck I have seen both of them play and still not sure how it will go. If we hold on to the ball, If we keep it away from them, if the defense stops them, etc.... Oh heck, even if we don't do all that they may do it too. Well what if we go for 2, what if we don't, what if they do, what if we run 2 kickoffs back ??? ??? who knows what will happen and how this thing will go, that is what makes it so fun!!! I just hope when that clock turns to 00:00 we have 1 more of what counts than they do!!!!

You might as well find another present because a lot of gilmer people have already got their matchup with Carthage on the calendar!! :

they have never played Gilmer!! not that I can remember.

WO-S 8th grade finished the season with 57 kids this year. Unheard of for WO-S. It is normally about 20-25. Hope a lot of those kids play in the 9th grade.

??? Skipper, not just talking to you, I have seen everal people do that, maybe on 3A board though.