Proud happy moment..

All the $$$ forked out, the many practices, travel expenses, hiper lil girls all pays off when you have something like this.  I am one proud softball mama.  The girls have come along way this past year.  From losing almost every game to winning championships.  Coaches really worked them hard and expected alot from them.  But yet they never complained and had fun every moment.  My babygirl has made some good friends that she can't live w/out all from playing the sport of softball.  I'm sooo happy for her and her teammates.

The Hot Shotz-Estrada 10U team is ranked in the USSSA Top 10 per Youth1 Sports.  It is a great honor and I can't be more proud of each of them.  The coaches and player all worked and played hard and it shows in this honorable mention. 

Check it out: (for full report go to http://www.youth1.com/softball-new-site-content/usssa-10ua-top-ranked-teams.html )

Utah Hot Shotz Estrada (UT)

Playing out of South Jordan, UT are the Utah Hot Shotz Estrada, who have a current power rating of 992, and a combined total of 1000 USSSA points. The team currently has an overall USSSA record of 7-3, and is 2-3 vs. 12UB teams, 2-0 vs. 10UA teams, and 3-0 vs. 10UB teams. In their last two tournaments, the team finished 7^th at Predator Throw Down 5GG by going 2-3, and 1^st at The Last Stand, by going 5-0. Last season, and classified as a 10UAll-Star team, the girls of Utah Hot Shotz Estrada achieved an overall USSSA record of 2-6, and obtained 230 USSSA points, while going 1-0 vs. 12UB teams, 0-3 vs. 10UA teams, and 1-3 vs. 10UB teams. Last season highlights included, a 7^th place finish back in June at the Spring Championships, where the team went 2-2-1. Moving up from All-Star classification to 10UA, the girls of Utah Hot Shotz Estrada will be looking to improve in the rankings, as well as their overall USSSA record.

Managed by Kevin Jackson, the current 2012 roster for Utah Hot Shotz Estrada includes, Huntyr Ava, Alyxx Estrada, Brooklyn Franco, Kamora Masina, Libby Parkinson, Katelyn Ralston, Cheyenne Suesue, Daisy Taloa, and Harlie Valdez.

*They missed one of our players - Keisha White*

Warriors in MESQUITE

We just returned from WARRIORS final tournament of the season. We've been saving and planning and had a grand ol time there with everyone. Our team arrived late afternoon on Thursday. Started our weekend off with dinner at Eureka with the whole team and family supporters. Grateful for generous people who made it possible to eat some good ol' casino buffet and not have to pay for it...Love it! Hehe.  We then all headed over to Virgin River for some night swimming and good ol bowling.  What a fun way to start off the tournament weekend..  Had to get the fun all in before it was softball time. 
There were 2 teams from Hawaii and 2 teams from Utah.  2 other teams backed out last minute...BOO them.  But it was still a fun tournament.  Hawaii came to play.  They do softball all year round and it totally showed.  They were good.  Infact so good, we loss to them both and put us in the losers bracket. 
We made it to the semi-final game beating out DC Demise from Bountiful to determine who would play the undefeated Hawaii (HanaPa'a) team for Championship.  So once again we were gonna meet up with Hiki No.  Earlier they barely beat us 9-8 in one of the most innings played game...7 to be exact.  During this game though, our girls were determined to win.  And you could tell by how well they played.  Coach Ibrahim made adjustments to our outfielders and BAM we stopped them and won that game 14-8.  It was AWESOME  and at that point didn't care if we loss the Championship game.  That is how awesome that win was.  From the beginning we were on top and held them.  Girls defense and offense was on point.
Championship game we played our game.  But Hawaii played even harder.  We loss the game and took 2nd.  But it was one of the most fun games we had.  Being that Hawaii coaches and players showed such good sportsmanship.  We love the Hawaii teams.  Every game they lei'd each girl and gave them a lil hawaiian souvenir or lihi-mui candy.  It was sooo fun and the girls loved it sooo much. 
I totally have to say the Hawaii teams made this tournament one of the best.  They knew they were good but always showed good sportsmanship.  They were sooo nice to share their spotlight with our team...  After the game we talked and joked around with them..  What an awesome way to end of nice tournament.
We had such good support.  So grateful for our WARRIORS FAMILY.  Definitely a good way to end such an awesome softball season.  Now I can relax and enjoy the remainder of my son's football season and hopefully get some workouts in.  I need it..  Until next season....PEACE!!

Island Girls Softball

We had our first games of the season today.  All I can say is WOW!!!  We knew beforehand that it would be a learning experience for our team.  I guess to sum things up.  We lost both games.  Pretty bad.  Score of 10-2 and 16-0.  In the second game, our whole roster didn't even bat..hehehe.  Yeah.  With our 8u team, it the was the other way around.  Real humbling experience.  We definitely have alot to learn in the 10u division.  The other team coaches remembered our dominating team from the summer.  They were soo nice to give us pointers and help us out..  We are excited for this level of play and determined to be the best.  We still enjoyed ourselves.  The girls had a good time.  And we could not believe all the support we had there.  And you wouldn't have known we were losing that bad.  Although they were all nervous and afraid of those fast pitches, they did an awesome job..  Lets go ISLAND GIRLS!!!!

Oquirrh Mtn Softball Tournament

We weren't able to be at Flag week as much as we wanted due to Daisy's tournament in Riverton.  Games from Thurs through Saturday.  And this week was the hottest weather so far.  Once again packed the family up with lunch and lots of water and spent most of our days in Riverton.  Ours girls once again came home with the Big Trophy.  We played Vernal this time for championshiop.  Good games all around.  Our bats were hot.  Our defense was on point.  Trust, we still have work to do.  But still proud of the girls.  Their hard work really pays off.   We had a coach from a South Jordan excellarated team scouting our girls.  But we'll keep it hood.  Hahaha.  We got a good thing going on in Rose Park.  Its our home and thats where we wanna keep it.  2010 Champs in Oquirrh Mountain.  Thanks for hosting a great tournament Riverton. 

Warriors ROCK!!!

While we were at Youth Conf, my babygirl had another softball tournament. After winning championship at their first tourney, our team was invited to SLC Champs tourn in Salt Lake City up by UofU campus. I was feeling bad for not being their at all. But we were able to slipp away during dinner time on Friday to see her games. And then had to rush back in the middle of her game to get back to Youth Conference. Although You'll notice Fo'i is in this pic.  After they won championship.  He told Bishop he had to work and left conf on Saturday for a lil bit....busted.  Hahahha.  Heard it was an intense battle to win.  Down the whole game and fighting to get ahead.  So proud of our girls.   Another ‘championship’ for them. So far, we are unstoppable. Good job ladies. Next week tourney in Riverton. Lets go WARRIORS!!!

Dash N Splash

All-Stars softball is in full effect.  We are sooo excited this year.  We have 9 of our 13 players from regular season on our All-Stars team.  Then picked up 3 girls from the other teams.  The girls have been practicing long and hard to prepare for the tournaments.  We had our first one over the weekend in Grantsville/Tooele.  There were teams from all over the valley.  Murray, Tville, Riverton, Vernal, Kaysville and West Valley.  We went undefeated all tournament to win 1st place/Championship...YAY.  So proud of our girls.  They played well and had a good time doing it...  Such a fun tournament.  We're excited and looking forward to many more..Go Bountiful Warriors!!!!!

Bountiful Bombers

Spring Softball 2010 has come to an END!  Boy has it been a long long long season.  We've enjoyed it much but won't be missing the long drives to Bountiful and Woodscross for team games.  Team Bombers did very well taking 1st place in the 8U division.  YAY.  UNDEFEATED..Way to go girls.  We love our team.  Most of our girls will have a one week break and then on to All-Stars we go.  More SOFTBALL for us.  But this time, we'll be practicing in Rose Park so the drive won't be bad.  Thank you ladies for such an awesome season!!!

Go Team Bomber!!

Spring softball is in full swing.

Funny though cause it doesn't feel like spring at all.

Booooo you Utah weather.

We're playing for Bountiful again this year.

So didn't want to..

Wanted to stay close to home

But that didn't happen.

We still got to put together a team from the RP

Some new players, some old players

It definitely has been a busy couple weeks

Trying to do our daily task with softball added to it

Finally today the girls had their first game of the season

We all looked forward to it

Especially the returning players

We were excited for our newbies

And so proud of them

It definitely was a great game

I was proud of them all

The team looks good

Definitely excited for this year

Lets go TEAM BOMBER!!!

Softball..

Wow...I'm on a roll this month with my blog. YAY!!! Finally something I'm on a roll with LOL. We'll see how long that last though.. ANYHOO...

Our PRINCESS played softball this year again. I thought for sure after last year she would have given up on the sport. I'm glad she came around and now has LOVE for the game. She played this year with a group of friends and cousins and really had a good. And the team did well coming in 2nd place overall. YAY!!! She has picked up on the sport and did well. So this year we decided to go further with softball and had her try out for the All-Stars team. She made the team. B team though..hehe. Still we were proud cause she made the all-star team. This past weekend was her first tournament in West Valley. And it was a good time. Both for her and us as well. We were amazed at the skills of young girls in his age bracket. We only won 1 of 3 games but got a whole lot out of it. I'm sure she learned alot. And best of all she had a good time playing. You would have never guessed they only won 1 game. We love it and look forward to many more tournaments. Go Bountiful Bullets!!!!