The 10U Roswell Junior Hornets competed in the USSSA (United States Specialty Sports Association) Georgia Sub-State tournament in Ellijay, Georgia this past weekend and came away with a berth to the Georgia State Championship tournament at the end of June, by winning the tournament.

The Jr. Hornets played against some good competition, including the Dobbs Creek Warriors, the Acworth Storm, and the Johns Creek Mavericks.  The Peachtree Ridge Lions, NYO Red Hawks, and the Sharon Springs Blue also particpated in the tournament.

The team was number one in pool play, which allowed them a bye in the first games of bracket play.  The pitchers helped out, and the team gave up the fewest runs per game of the tournament.  Everyone on the team got key hits and/or RBIs when it mattered most, which allowed the team to continue to win in the late innings.

The Jr. Hornets are a first year travel team out of the Roswell Recreation & Parks Department and competed in the Lanier Baseball League this past season playing 19 games before beginning tournament play in the month of June.  Good Luck in the upcoming USSSA Georgia State Championship tournament at the end of the month Hornets.

The Hornets competed well amoung the 22 teams in the state who were invited to participate in the USSSA Georgia State Championship Tournament this year.  Each of the teams placed 1st or 2nd in a USSSA Sub-State Tournament earlier in the month, and were awarded their berths.  The team was down a few players and running out of pitching, but played six games before loosing on the final day of games. 

“LET US DO IT SOME MORE” 

Through the whole muddy spring, all the whole baseball season,
The tough coach drilled the team, as it seemed, without reason
They would throw, they would catch, they would slide, they would run,
It was mighty hard work, and it wasn’t much fun.
They would practice a play till their muscles were sore,
And the coach would say, “Let us do it some more.
”They all thought it was foolish to practice so much
On a play that would only be used in a clutch.
And why in the name of the hottest of places
Were they drilled day by day in just running the bases?
They would grumble and say, “Let us play a real game,
And we surely will use all those plays just the same.
”But the coach kept on drilling each intricate play
For long hour after hour and for day after day.
Then at last the awaited and longed for hour came
When they took to the field for the championship game.
Then the shortstop soon started a quick double play
Just the way they had practiced it day after day.
And a runner at first dared a little too much,
And he found in surprise he had gotten in Dutch.
Then a hit was lashed out into left center field
Which the runner decided two bases would yield
But the ball was there first in the baseman’s left mitt,
Just exactly the way they had long practiced it.
When at the bat they pulled off a quick cute double steal,
And, oh, boy, how it made the whole cheering team feel!
In the ninth with the score tied up tight, one to one,
Then they bunted and squeezed home the game’s winning run.
Then the team stormed the coach with a yell and a roar,
“Let us go out tomorrow and drill a lot more".