Brase Sports Update 5/23 - 5/24

Hello Everyone,

Well, it was the BIG weekend for State Championship softball. The draw was on 5/19. We ended up pulling Kylie's old team, Legacy. I know that I was very excited as was Kylie. The chance to show what they never gave her the chance to do. Very cool.
Saturday: The game started at 11am. Mystic came out in a fury. Crushing the ball off of Legacy's pitcher. Kylie pitched well. She gave up a few hits here and there. I will give Legacy some credit, they can bomb. Kylie did very well at the plate also. 2 AB's, 1 hit, scored once, and hit a run in. Anyway, the score was 5-1 Mystic in the 4th inning. Very nerve racking. I had to walk away from the game I was so nervous. So, I walk away for about 15 minutes and come back. I am then told the score is 5-4 !!! What the ??!! What a mess. Mystic commits 4 straight errors combined with 2 hits makes the score 7-5 Legacy at the end of 4 innings. Nightmare time ! Mystic tried to come back, but it wasn't going to happen. 7 - 5 Legacy as time expires. A crushing defeat. Kylie played very hard and played well. I was a hard loss for her. It was nice to see 3 of the Legacy coaches hug and tell Kylie how good she did. Very cool and lots of class. The Manager of Legacy was a different story. Not a word to her and showed what an incredible Jackass he is. Have to admit, our coach is in a little over his head. But, it was there for the taking.
Sunday: Our second game was against Corona Express. A very good team. This was a another very good game. Mystic's defense was really good. Very solid. Kylie played RF. She played very well again. She also got moved up to bat 5th and came through with a 3/3 game. The score was 1-1 late in the game. We had girls that bombed in the first game go hitless in this game. That hurt us. Corona Express takes the lead late 3-1. The coach puts Kylie in to pitch the last 2 innings. She shuts Express down. Setting up the chance to come back, but Mystic goes down 3-1. Double elimination tournament, so we are done. Heartbreak city.
The parents received an email before the tournament saying that we were going to State so we could automatically qualify for Western Nationals (every team that shows up qualifies). Almost sounded like they were not expecting to compete. There are a few parents that are still in Rec League mode. 90% percent of these girls showed they want to win this weekend. Their parents need to stop babying and let these ladies play. We will see what happens in the next couple of months. I was approached afterward and asked to start coaching again .We'll see. What did Jack Nicholson say ...... "you can't handle the truth".
See ya.