The end of the season.

Baseball and Softball is officially done. Peppers 12U Blue took 2nd in their pool, then lost two games on Saturday to be eliminated from the tournament. But - we knocked Farmington Orange out of the tournament before we were sent packing so the weekend wasn't a total loss. ;o)

11 yr old Royals Maroon took 2nd in their pool and then lost a heartbreaker in their State Tournament. Single Elimination tourneys are just mean. Big TK said Lil TK did what he was suppose to do...Got on base, got in scoring position and then got stranded. The team had a lot of fun though and they loved having another opportunity to play ball.

Adrian Family Reunion (Big TK's mom's side) is in Mankato on 8/1. Should be fun. Already missing ball though...

Nationals - Day 1

Peppers Blue are 2-0. Tight games. Great defense. Need to get the bats swinging but otherwise lookin' good! Day 2 - here we come!

Last Weekend of Ball

Kels has Nationals in Eagan this weekend. We start at 10am on Thursday and pool play goes until Friday. Only 3 games though. Ang is thinking of taking Monday off to recover from 4 days (hopefully) of softball.

Lil TK and the Royals Maroon team are giving the State Tournament another go. They got into the MSF State in New Ulm this weekend. Ang is sad she won't get to see them play but knows they will do well. Here's hoping for a better ending than the MBT State tourney...

T-Hawk

Oh...and Lil TK got a mohawk for state.

Took a little getting use to. And no - he didn't lose a bet.

MBT State Tournament

Mankato Royals 11yr old Maroon took 15th or 16th in the MBT State Tournament. Tough Weekend. The number "1" seemed to be our nemesis this weekend. We lost the right to be in the Championship bracket by 1 run (all 3 teams in our pool were tied at 1-1), we won our next game by only 1 run (it wasn't pretty but a win is a win) and we lost the Consolation bracket semi final game by one run (to ONE very annoying Bloomington team!).

Lil TK was really bummed...it was a hard weekend for him. He had really high hopes for his team and himself this weekend. But Ang and Big TK are really proud of him for how he showed he has the best attitude of any little 11 yr old player...ever.

Highlight: Lil TK hit an opposite field triple in our loss on Saturday to Eastview. A TRIPLE!! It was so awesome. His team needed him to hit and not only did he hit...he hit it opposite field. Something he had just been working on in camp at Sports Institute. It was pretty cool.

Congrats to the Mankato Royals 11 yr old Gold Team for winning the State Championship. They hit the snot out of the ball and played some really great defense. Lil TK was so proud of his former team and his friends. He was their biggest fan I think. And when Tripp threw the final strikeout...Lil TK was one of the first on the field to congratulate them. That's what Ang calls a great attitude.

Royals Maroon State Tournament

Lil TK's team is headed to the MBT State Tournament in Richfield this weekend. Ang heard a rumor that they are ranked 2nd in the State. Pretty darn cool. We are all looking forward to a great weekend of baseball!
Next on the agenda...Kels' 12U Blue Peppers team going to Nationals in Eagan July 23-26. Then we are done with ball...hard to believe.

12U is very blue...

Kels' team got eliminated from the State tournament on day 1. Got there at 10...heading home by 2. Double elim tourney...no mercy. They could have won both games but didn't seem like their hearts were in it. Too bad...this is a really talented group of girls when they get their heads in the game...

Update on the Royals Tournament:
Lil' TK and the 11 yr old Maroon team went 6-0 and took 1st Place - Champions!
Way to go boys...great weekend of baseball!

Kels is now CASTLESS and the doctor said she can start playing ball again. 1st practice is the 5th so we'll see how it goes. She is spending the weeekend with her friend Holly and family on the lake in Elysian.

Ang thinks she needs to get herself some friends by a lake. ;o)

Ang, Lil' TK, Big TK and a bunch of other kids will be selling kettle corn at the MSU Fireworks show tonight - Red, Hot and Boom. Cute name. Money raised from helping sell ANGIE'S KETTLE CORN (no relation unfortunately) will help MAGFA. What a great way to spend the 4th.

Happy 4th of July everyone.

Be safe, Have fun, Hug a soldier.