Rokrz Spring Kickoff - Roy

3/29-30

This was our first official tournament in Utah this season. We finally are having spring like weather after what seem to be a very long winter. Although the nights were still very cold.

Eventho this was a 12u tourn, they didn't get a good turn out from 10u so there were several 10u teams playing as well. In our pool we had 10u Rampage, 10u Hives and 12u Thunder Sandoval. We won both pool games but only winning with a score of 1-0 vs Thunder. Yikes.

Bracket play started at 930 Satirday morning which meant we had to be there at 815. My least favorite part of softball lol. Girls were playing and beating teams like Gforce, Ice, Thunder and advancing to the championship game against Spanish Fork Inferno. We were undefeated so Inferno had to win twice to be Champs.

First game had us taking an early lead. Girls were doing well. But so did Inferno .. They passed us up hitting the crap out of the ball. We had to play catch up and just couldn't pull it out. Final score 9-8 Inferno. Now on to the IF game we go. This time they take an early lead. At the final innings and our last bat and chance to win.. 2 outs and an attempted 3rd out and Inferno leaves the field and celebrate their win. However their suppose 3rd out was called safe and as Inferno is off the field looking confused as to what is going on, Alyxx runs the bases and scores the tying run. Which was protested and later ruled good. So now on the international tie breaker. We are home team they are up to bat with runner on second. 1 and 2 out walk the next batter now they have 2 on base. Last out strikes out and it is now our turn. Mora is on base for our team. 1 out, walk, walk, walk, bases loaded Oaklee is up. Hits a good one to LF that is caught 2 outs. Ashton up and gets walked and in walked the winning run of the night and the Utah Hot Shotz are the tournament CHAMPIONS...yay!!!!

So proud of these girls and coaches. Well played team.. Big shout out to our (in the park) HOMERUN hitters of the tournament ASHTON, HUNTYR and KEISHA .. Hot Shotz Hoorah!!!!

14u League Redwood

One of our leagues this season we are playing up in the 14u division.  We aren't expecting to win games but after such good games last nite during our first 2 games, I think we may actually have some go chances.  LOL.  Girls played well.  I love that our young girls are intimidated or at all scared to play the older teams.  They just go out there, play their game and have fun.  And also messing around and dancing in the dugout.  Here's some recaps of our games...

Ut HotShotz 12u vs Misfits 14u

Ut HotShotz 12U tops Misfits in back-and-forth affair, 8-6


Ut HotShotz 12U took the last of four lead changes in a back-and-forth affair against Misfits, securing a 8-6 victory on Wednesday at Redwood.
Ut HotShotz 12U took the lead in the second inning and held on for the victory. Ut HotShotz 12U scored on an RBI double by Daisy T off #10, scoring Shakel A.
Ut HotShotz 12U held off Misfits, as Misfits was unable to overcome a five-run third inning deficit.
Misfits scored on an RBI single by #5 and an error in the third inning and an error in the fourth inning. Unfortunately, Misfits wasn't able to take the lead back.
Huntyr A went a perfect 3-3 at the plate for Ut HotShotz 12U. She singled in the first and third innings and doubled in the fourth inning.
The top of the first saw Ut HotShotz 12U take an early lead, 1-0. Daisy started the rally for Ut HotShotz 12U with a single. A groundout by Katelynn R then moved Daisy from first to second. Huntyr singled, plating Daisy.
It didn't take long for Misfits to respond as it scored three runs of its own in the first. Misfits scored on a two-run triple by #12 and an RBI single by #7.
The lead was Ut HotShotz 12U's to lose after second inning. More runs came home on a groundout by Harlie V and an RBI single by Shakel.
Ut HotShotz 12U added four more runs in the top of the third. A bases loaded walk scored Kiesha W for the inning's first run. That was followed up with a steal of home by Huntyr.

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Ut HotShotz 12u vs Bad to the Bone 14u

Ut HotShotz 12U falls to Bad to the Bone 5-2 in spite of M's performance


Kamora M did all she could to give Ut HotShotz 12U a boost, but it wasn't enough to get past Bad to the Bone , as Ut HotShotz 12U lost 5-2 in four innings at Redwood on Wednesday.
Kamora got on base two times in the game for Ut HotShotz 12U. She singled in the fourth inning.
Bad to the Bone went up for good in the first, scoring two runs on a two-run single by #20.
Ut HotShotz 12U got one-run rallies in the first inning and the fourth. In the first, Ut HotShotz 12U scored on an RBI single by Katelynn R, bringing home Daisy T.
Bad to the Bone brought home one run in the third inning, and matched that run total in the fourth. In the third, Bad to the Bone scored on an RBI single by #23, scoring #8.
One run in the bottom of the fourth helped Ut HotShotz 12U close its deficit to 5-2. A walk by Harlie V sparked Ut HotShotz 12U's rally. Finally, #16 got Daisy to strike out to end the game.

Vegas .. Oh yeah!!! St Patty's Day Tournament

3/16-17, 2013

Around this time last year we made our first trip to Vegas.. It will be a trip we won't forget. We did horrible lol. It's the truth.. it was still good for us b/c from then on out our lil team went to work.  Working hard to get better all around..
This year we went again. Better prepared but still skeptical about how well our lil team would do.. We had such a good 2012 year after our visit to Vegas that we had high expectations this year.  And I am happy to report that our team did a really good job.. Way better than last year for sure ;). We had our struggles.. Some games we could have won, others we had no chance. It was fun. The girls played well.  girls played their best and we finished in the top 16 teams out of 60. With a record of 3-4. We played 2 more games than last year where we loss all games ;(.

Special shout out to Kamora who hit a (in the park) homerun.  Good job Mora!!!

We are so proud of this team. They really do know how to play and have fun. Great job ladies..

Athletes are Born, Champions are Made

This group need to get some Hot Shotz gear already.. LOL

Lunch provided by Coach Julie's parents .. They are sooo good to the girls.

Thank you Schmidt family !!!

Hot Shotz "Harlem Shake" .. Silly girls!!!

Our team in Las Vegas

Top Row: Coach Julie, Huntyr, Keisha, Kamora, Oakley, Katelynn, Coach Averil

Bottom Row: Coach Bill, Aislyn, Tylor, Alyxx, Harlie, Daisy