Dixie Chicks

The Chicks went north to play the PONY Nationals in Youngstown, Ohio and came back with a 2nd place finish out of 88 teams and showing that we can play ball in Va. We played some great ball and things looked bleak a couple of times but we never quit and thats what makes a great ball team. We played 2 different 10 inning marathons and came out on top in both. We won our pool and also won our bracket coming back from the losers bracket and beating a very good Rampage team from New Jersey twice to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. We cruised thru the first round and the Elite Eight round with 9-1 and 7-0 wins to put us in the Final Four. We then played a very good Valley Extreme Blue team winning 4-3 in 10 innings to advance to the Championship game, Click here: Tribune-Chronicle. We then lost in the Championship game 4-1 to Valley Extreme Red to end our season with a record of 68-12-2 winning the State Championship and NSA World Championship and a Runner-Up in the PONY Nationals, not to shabby. The ball just bounced funny for us in the last game but we had our opportunities leaving 12 runners on base. I am really proud of all the girls, it was a great year. I am going to miss the girls that are leaving us next season, I wish you all the best and hope you prosper at all your future endeavors. For the girls returning take a couple weeks off and I'll see you at tryouts on Monday, August 20th at L.C. Bird at 6:00 pm as we will start getting prepared for another great fall and 2008 summer season. As always, GO CHICKS !!