10u Desert Falls - St George

Can you tell we have softball fever?  Never can get enough of balling.  It was originally planned that Mesquite was the last tournament for the season.  Last minute some parents wanted to do St George.. So on to St George we went with most of our girls..

There was a total of 9 teams there.  Director hadoriginally said 15 teams were coming.. IDK what happened to the other teams.  But Angels '01, Predators, Hive, Nationals, Voodoo, Avengers '01, Evolution, Revolution and BOOM all showed up to play.

It was nice that it started later in the evening so most of us didn't head out til Friday morning.  The weather was pretty nice as well.  Still very cold but no rain or snow.  Yay!  We had a pretty easy pool but you still don't wanna underestimate any team.  We won those games and played our first bracket game against Angels which we loss 2-1.. :(  Still good that they kept them at a close score. 

We battled and played our way in the losers bracket and met up with Angels again.  Angels is up the most of the game.  Time expired and we are the home team.  We battled and scored.  Bases loaded.  Mary hits one over 2nd base head and score 1 to tie the game.  Yay.. Daisy takes a walk and in walks the WINNING score.  Oh yeah.. we going to semifinals.  And who against, our nemesis Hive.  haha.  Girls are just pumped and on fire after beating an older team.  And they definitely didn't dissapoint in semi's vs Hive.  We were up the whole game.  Bubbles and Aubrey helped by both hitting HR's this game to keep us ahead.  By the time of the last inning, the score was 8-4 and we won.  fair and square and they couldn't protest a dayum thing.  The coach tried to question the speed up runner.. but really does that surprise you.  They couldn't question/protest a dang thing like he always tries to do.  its really quite obnoxious and hello.. how long have you been coaching..hahaha.

Well by now it is about 1030 and we going into the championship game.. like WTH, it was scheduled to finish at 730 haha.  It is freezing cold.  so cold it felt like my legs are frost biten. hhaha. We played Predators.  All i know is we loss 4-1 but we so dang proud of the girls.  Predators has been blasting on teams this whole tournament by double digits.  Even after playing all day long and being hungry and freezing cold BOOM held this team to only 4 points.  We couldn't be more proud.  It was a great tournament and what a way to end the season.  They definitely did not disappoint.  Second place is just as good.  BOOM!!!

12u SoJo League CHAMPS

yep.. our ladies in HOT pink SHOTZ took another one home.  And on Halloween eve with nice cool weather.  The final tournament of the league was delayed several weeks due to weather.  We were glad to finally get it done with and end our fall season off on a good note.  An unfortunate loss to UT Predators due to weather put us in the losers bracket.  We played our way back into the SHIP battle-ing undefeated 2nd year 12u Liberty.. Of course that meant we had to beat them twice to be CHAMPIONS.  and that we did.  First game we were up the whole game.  However, they were the home team.  Time expires and they are batting and scoring.. How nerve wrecking.  they could have caught up and won.  Fortunately our girls defense held them and won a close one of 5-4.. Now to do it again.. Girls are on a high from their win.  So much so that the IF game was cake.  No seriously it was..  We won the actual SHIP game 10-2 and brought home another medal and title.  So proud of these girls.  12u is looking darn good for us so far.. Lets keep it going ladies.. And that is the END of the season.. Get to rest a lil and then bring it on 2013..

We got together and made dinner for the team .. Good times.  We definitely need to do this more often.  Happy parents equals a happy team..haha 

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