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Schedule: Cardinal Classic Schedule
Cardinal Classic Tournament Information (Sun Prairie):
We will meet at the Piggly Wiggly parking lot Saturday morning (6:10am) to travel to Sun Prairie. We have an 8:00am game and then play again at 2:00pm. The outcome of our 2 pool games will determine if we play Saturday evening. It's quite possible that we could go 2-0 in pool games and still play Saturday evening, so we may not be able to leave Sun Prairie until pool play has concluded.
In the case of bad weather...I will try to keep you all posted via the web site, but I'm at the mercy of tournament directors. If rain occurs, check the website first before you do anything, then call me to find out what is happening...I assure you that I will be trying to contact tournament directors if there is rain.
Roster: Alix Baker, Alyson Gartland, Amber Foerster, Cori Bleecker, Jessi Lawrence, Kaitlyn Hollman, Karissa Powers, Kaylee Burhans, Kelsey Miles, Lauren Pfeifer, Leah Weston, Marie Fitzgerald, Marin Koch, Sadie Siarkiewicz.
Players missing: Rhea (vacation), Lexie & Maddie (AAU basketball).
Pool Game #1 vs. Madison East Saturday, July 19th @ 8:00am at Sheenhan Park Diamond #2
Pool Game #2 vs. Baraboo Saturday, July 19th @ 2:00pm at Sheenhan Park Diamond #1
Teams will be seeded after pool play has completed and bracket play will begin at 5:00pm Saturday night. The higher seeds will play Sunday morning with championship and consolation games concluding Sunday afternoon.
Friday, July 18th - U14 Tournament Team Hitting Practice (see tournament roster below):
5:00pm - 7:00pm (FAHS Diamonds)
End of Summer Xplosion - Columbus (July 25th - July 27th):
We have our pool play schedule for the Xplosion tournament. Our first pool game is Friday, July 25th at 3:30pm. Our second pool game is Saturday, July 26th at 8:00am. Both pool games will be played at Kiwanis Park in Columbus (same park as Memorial Madness). We will play our bracket game on Saturday, July 25th at 12:30pm, the location will be determined by our seeding. We finally got a great draw for this tournament, so lets take full advantage of it....
Let your parents know about Friday's game time...they will need to make arrangements to get off work if they want to go to the game. We will probably need to get volunteer drivers as well because we will need to leave Fort about 1:30pm...
Coach Baker
State Tournament Wrap-Up:
The experience of playing at the state tournament was invaluable to the kids. The opportunity to play against some of the best teams in the state and also play on such a grand stage will help them mature as players.
Although things did not turn out as we would have hoped I'm proud to report that the girls played their hearts out against some very strong teams.
In our first game we came up short against the Chippewa Valley Infero a strong team from the Eua Claire area. We lost 3-0 but we stayed close and had some opportunities that we just couldn't take advantage of.
In our second game we played the defending state U14 champion Kaukauna Ghosts. This was a team that finished 7th in the nation at the U14 level in 2007. Their roster included 3 freshmen players that received first team all conference honors in Fox Valley Conference. The girls played extremely hard put some outstanding defensive efforts together and gave them a heck of a game loosing 5-0. This was a game that showed us how close we were talent wise to competing against some of the state's best teams.
In our last game we held the lead over the Fox River Rush for most of the game before dropping a heart breaking 5-4 loss to eliminate us from the tournament. We finally got our bats going and really played a great ball game against another quality team.
I know we went 0 for the tournament, but these games were extremely close throughout and could have gone either way with a break one way or the other. At times we made some plays that caused the coaches to pause and say "Wow...we are better then we thought." We just need to comit to hitting this off season and we will be in the mix next season.
I'm proud of how we represented ourselves. We impressed some coaches from some very good programs and some came to me an made comments on our warmups and how well we played together. We are on the map now and this weekend will go a long way to build us into the program we want to grow into. Thanks girls for making the weekend special and thanks to all the parents for making it possible
U14 Coaches...
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
Friday, January 18
See how far we've come.
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| Upcoming Games | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Wed 7/23 |
FortFastpitch Black vs. Deerfield
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5:45 PM - 8:30 PM | Fort Atkinson High School Softball Diamonds |
| Recent Games | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Mon 7/14 |
FortFastpitch Black & Red vs. Beaver Dam Tornados
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5:45 PM - 8:30 PM | Fort Atkinson High School Softball Diamonds |