Old Cardinal
07-11-2003, 05:05 PM
Well 87 teams are going for the State AFA Championships in Beaumont this weekend. In the 18 & U Pool games, The Thunder with 4 girls from Bridge City won their pool game(non-Bracket kickoff game) 1-0. Elena Clinton, Bridge City #2 Pitcher, a Sophomore, "plays up" in the 18 & U league to get top pitching experience, along with 3 other Cardinal starters ... The Beaumont Blast 18 & U were edged out in their pool game by a score of 1-0.... Robert Verde with the BLAST Gold team(18-U) is up country, trying to qualify for the "Gold Nationals" to be played in Oregon. Meagan Godwin(Pitcher/outfielder) and Jessica Lemoine(Catcher) from Bridge City play for that team; along with a bunch of College Freshman scholarshipped aces... A special pool game was set up at 8:00 am this morning to set the Beaumont Blast Red 12 & U against the defending National champs-Fort Worth-Red Hot Maniacs. My granddaughter pitched a great game against the Champs, but lost 1-0 on an error made at second base. Ole Paw Paw, thinks she is the best in the Country for a 12 & U, and she struck out a host of good players, this morning. They won their other pool game against San Antonio 11-0....This is a good facility testing tournament and it is a warm up for the National AFA 18 & U, coming up in Beaumont in two weeks....We are still working on a Texas/Louisiana Classic Tournament for 3A High Schools. Invitations would go out the all 3A's(that came in 1st,2nd,3rd, in their respective Districts) from BOTH States. They would play in a giant "for fun" tournament during the preseason. It ought to be awesome, if we can make the arrangements....