Omaha Trip This Weekend!
Brackets for the Omaha weekend have been released, and we will have a game this Thursday afternoon game at 12:45, so an early morning trip to Council Bluffs and a game will likely be in the offing before hotel check in. Please be at the Council Bluffs Complex (map at the link below) by 11:45!!
Following our first game, we will have a short player/parent meeting, so please plan on hanging out for just a bit afterwards.We will also play two games on Friday; 8:00 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. Uniform assignments for the weekend are as follows:
Thursday - two button blues, gray pants and gray caps
Friday: red jersey, new white pants and pinwheel caps
Saturday: tackle twill blues, old white Evel Knievel pants and pinwheel caps
Sunday: red jersey, new white pants and pinwheel caps
Our pool play games will be played at the Council Bluffs Recreation Complex across the river from Omaha and you can click the name there for a map to the fields.
There will also be a Slumpbuster Festival on Thursday evening from 6-9 at the same complex at Council Bluffs! A bonfire will alight at 6:22 where ceremonial wooden bats will be permitted to be thrown into the fire. If you have any old wooden bats you'd like to toss into the fire, please feel free to bring them!
Pin trading, inflatables, a Fundamentals Challenge, food, music, and vendors like Rawlings, Mizuno, and Schutt Sports, will all be a part of the fun!
For those interested in taking in the NCAA College World Series, it begins on Saturday with two games, and then two games Sunday. Each game requires a separate ticket. Coach Lance did verify that the team will get 20 complimentary GA tickets for the boys and coaches, but if parents want to go to sit in GA with the boys, they will need to purchase their own GA tickets, available from the tournament at a discount, if we order before June 3. Coach Lance will have a sign up sheet for those interested, as they come in books of 10 tickets.
Remember, though, that GA tickets are not guaranteed admissions. I think it's limited to the first 5,500 people to arrive, and they usually are lined up well in advance of game time! I believe that when some of our parents went a few years ago, they were unable to get in, so it is possible to NOT get in with a GA ticket.
If you are interested in purchasing any better reserved seats (and not have to arrive quite early to hope to get in), they are sold out, but you can buy official seating secondarily through the NCAA Ticket Exchange, or look at these NCAA Experience packages that are fairly reasonable (sort of) for reserved tickets that include hospitality, featuring an air conditioned tent with lounge seating, tailgate fare, cold beverages with cash bar, unlimited soft drinks, popcorn, peanuts and candy station and more.
