This one stings a little bit.  We missed out on a gold championship ring by one run.  However, we will happily settle for a silver ring because we played a lot of awesome baseball this weekend!  We are so proud of these boys and the coaches!  Coach Borgman got so excited in the semi-finals that he hit the top of his head on the dugout and sent every parent in sight running for first aid kits.  All I kept hearing was…”there’s a lot of blood.”  Thankfully no stitches were necessary.  Those Borgman’s really like to keep us on our toes.  We love their passion for baseball!The tournament was sponsored by Dick’s Sporting Goods so all the spectators and players could enter drawings and pick up free loot.  We now have a bag full of give-aways and swag.  Jake likes that word “swag”  😉We found out by a random last minute check of the brackets that our team had been reclassified to AA and our opponents had changed just prior to the start of the tourney so we were a little thrown off.  But the Bulldogs battled their way through the weekend to end up in the championship game facing the Olathe Royals.  This is a team we just can’t seem to beat and has several boys we play basketball with – a rivalry of sorts.  I was expecting a rough one since they had rolled all of their opponents thus far.It was a close one from start to finish.  In the end, it took me a minute to process what actually happened.  Jake was pitching and we needed one more out to win.  This basically means my head was in my lap and I was saying every prayer under the sun for Jake to pull this one out.  He threw the pitch and the guy bombs it to center field.  Our center fielder had a tough one to catch and he had it in his glove before it dropped out.  A runner came in, 9-8 loss.  What a game.

As coach Conley would say – “that was Bulldog baseball today”We have some great momentum going into the state tournament this week!

LET’S DO THIS BOYS!!To you, Jake, I could not be more proud of you!  Dad gets to tell you often as he spends so much time with you during baseball season.  It’s my turn!  Thank you for grinding that one out in a very high pressure situation for your team.  Your pitching and hitting were awesome and I love watching you play.  It’s nerve-wracking but fun!  I love you to pieces!

Go Bulldogs!