Gift for Kids in Mesquite Oct 19-20

We traveled to Mesquite for one last tournament of the yeAr. We all went several years back as the Warriors playing 8u. Last year the Hot Shotz girls went and played in 10u and didn't even place in top 3 ;(.. This year both teams went out with high hopes.

10u had 8 teams participate. Boom sported their new awesome uniforms.. They were looking pretty good.. So good they won both pool games to put them at the top of their bracket. Whoot whoot.. They've been working hard on batting during practice and it totally showed at the games. Girls were swinging at better pitches and when connecting they were killing that ball. What a good feeling to watch their success. They played hard and did it to themselves to end the tourn in 4th place. Errors kills. But we learn and move on.

Hot Shotz Coaches had planned to do 10u. Some of us parents were not having it. We already dominated the 10a here in SLC. Why would we wanna bully the same teams in mesquite. Lol. Well I hope they were satisfied with our performance in Mesquite b/c the girls played darn good. We tied in pool play with Inferno who several weeks earlier at the predator Throwdown beat our butts pretty good. Not this time. We tied 4-4 came up from behind to tie it up. Oh yeah. We beat 2nd year teams like Sandlit Reign and Toxic in intense games. Our defense was hot and bats and hustle Around the bases helped us win those games. We were on a total high. We were eliminated by 1st year 14u teams who played down. But we head them at 6 points which was major big for our team. We ended 5th out of 21 teams. Big stuff for our girls.. So proud of them all.. Hot Shotz HoorAh!!!!

More Pics from Mesquite ... BOOM

The Last Stand 2012

Winter is coming.. We felt it this weekend playing in the Last Stand .. Hot Shotz in 12u division and Boom in 10u division.  There was a total 6 teams per division.  But it definitely was a good time of playing..

Hot Shotz had several big highlight of the tournament.  We lost to a 2nd year Surge team who are a good team.  And coming back and winning them in the losers bracket.. What a nail biter.  We comfortably won them that second game.  But you still can't underestimate them and we needed to come with out A game.  We made in to the ship.. playing a new accellerated team from Grantsville.. They definitely came to play and we had to turn it up big time to beat them twice.  We had to play catch up after time expired and we were home team to take the 2nd and final game .. we wont 54 and declared the LAST team STANDing.. It was an awesome finish.  Girls are playing so well and we couldn't be any more proud of them.  We love our hot pink hoodies too..

Boom cruised pretty in the winner bracket all tournament long.  The definitely deserved that.. The ship games were tuff loses for them.  It was there but errors all around just couldn't finish off their games with a win.  They are still Champs in my book.  Girls are progressing so much and you can see the growth.  This team has alot of talent.  Good job girls.. We'll get them next time.

Predator Throwdown 2012

Tournament held in Tooele. 12u had 6 teams participate. 10u had 4. Girls played their game. HotHotz taking 3rd behind a very good Inferno and Utah Elite team.. No mistaking these will make our girls work hard. But that's the kind of games we like. It makes us better and motivates everyone.

Boom signed up last minute.. But we figure every chance we get to play, we'll take it.. It was a good experience. We learned alot. Ended the tournament in 2nd place. Not bad at all

Wacky Warriors 2012

This has become one of our most favorite tournaments to do. Thankfully our teams have been able to participate. For one, all funds are going to a great cause "CANCER" and its fun with the different activities and contest going on. And you have an excuse to just be wild and wacky :) Check out the tournament info at www.wackywarriors.org. During the skills contest our girls Huntyr (12u) and Josie (10u) as well as Huntyr's sister Breah (14u) took first place for HomeRun hitter.

It was Hot Shotz official first tournament as first year 12s. It was a good experience. We faired well against the first year teams. We had to try harder against the more experienced team. But it was still good fun and we enjoyed the experience.

Utah Boom finished 3rd in the tournament. Not too bad at all.. The girls had a good time and you can see the progression in them all.. Bummer I didn't get any pictures of them..

So enjoy some silly pictures of our Hot Shotz girls..                                                                                                    

Players this fall: Daisy, Harlie (not pictured), Huntyr, Kamora, Katelynn, Keisha, Alyxx, Aislyn, Tylor, Malia and Mandee

Triple Crown -- Park City 2012

Park City play was a good experience for our girls. We played teams from Utah, California and Nevada. After winning all our pool games, that put us in the upper bracket play. Good job for our girls. We easily won our first bracket game. Then it was the battle of the undefeated teams, us (HS) and Athletics. We struggled with our bats. But our defense held them.. Finally after battling hard they went up and won the game. Put us in the losers bracket. Weather turned for the worst. We played rage who we beat in pool and lost. End of the tourn and season for us.. So sad to end it as we felt we could go all the way ;( live and learn. We'll get them next time.

Park City Cont...

So pool play is done with. We had 4 games total. Played 3 Southern Cali team (Rage, Rampage, Majestix) and 1 team from home here in Utah (DiamondHeels). All games were played in Park City - Treasure Mtn Fields. The scenery was sooo beautiful. To be that close to the mountains. And the weather was perfect. Not too hot and with a cool breeze. Loved it. The girls played well. Had a few nail biter games. But pooled it out and won all games seeding us 1 in our pool. And in the GOLD bracket. Winning that first game against So Cal Rage gave us parents confidence that we can hang as we thought back to our experience in Vegas ;). Defense is on point. Pitching, fielding..everything. Our team has been struggling with their bats but fortunately we've had some good hits to help us get on board. It definitely has been a team effort with the girls and coaches and we're loving their success. Today will be their first bracket game. Good luck Hot Shotz! Here we go.....