District Champions

Well the last several weeks have been busy. Jake started All-Star practice the week after the regular season ended. We had about 3 weeks of practice before playing in the Sub-District tournament in Chelsea. There were four teams in that tournament, Chelsea National, Chelsea American, Vincent and Shelby County. We (Chelsea National) finished second to advance to the District championship. Chelsea American won the Sub-District to advance as well.

Last week we traveled to Thomasville, AL to play in the District double elimination tournament. Here's a recap:

Saturday - Thomasville, won fairly easily.

Monday - Monroeville, won a tough game 8-5, I believe.

Tuesday - Chelsea American, probably the best little league game I've ever seen. It was well played by both teams, went 2 extra innings, we won 8-7 in the bottom of the 8th.  This was a huge win for us.

Wednesday - Chiltauga, lost 9-7, we got down big early and battled back to make it close.

Thursday - Chelsea American, the rematch, loser goes home. We shut them down the top of the 1st and then scored 8 runs in the bottom of the 1st, great way to start a game. The lead never felt safe though, as Chelsea American is a great hitting team. We won 12-6.

Friday - Chiltauga, the rematch. Again, we struggled early, getting down 4-1 with Chiltauga threatening to score more in the 3rd, but we held them. We came back to tie it at 4-all in the 5th. In the bottom of the 6th our leadoff hitter got on base, stole 2nd, stole 3rd and then stole home to win the game on an overthrow. Unbelievable! Jake pitched in relief 3 1/3 innings, gave up 1 hit, 0 walks, 0 runs with 6 K's, and got the game ball.

 

Now we travel to Clanton to play in the state tournament. We play the first game Saturday at 4:00.