Dixie Chicks

The Chicks went on the road to Salisbury, Maryland to play in the World Series and fell just short finishing runner up to the East Coast Xplosion from Delaware. The young ladies did put on quite a show with the bats scoring 109 runs and hitting 18 home runs in our 12 games. We finished with a 10-2 record for the tournament. We fell into losers bracket the last game on Friday and it put us in a tough spot having to win 5 straight on Saturday to claim the title. We did pull off 4 straight wins on Saturday and had 4-0 lead going to the 5th inning in the final Championship game but that slipped away and ended our season with a 11-7 loss to the Xplosion which we did beat twice in the tournament but they beat us when it counted the most, the last game. I was still very proud of our team as we played really good ball all week. Chicks All-State First Teamer Jordan Clark was named tournament MVP and fellow Manchester teammate Sydney Wells was named Defensive player of the tournament. It is always tough after a World Series because you have to say goodbye to the Seniors that are off to college and I always want to figure out a way to keep them 17 forever but as you know, time stops for no one. I'm going to miss my 2 seniors that are both off to play college ball and I wish nothing but great things for both Amy Wingfield and Taylor Balmaz. We get a week off and then we will get our new team started next Sunday at Midlothian. We will be headed to Salem twice this fall, Va. Beach and Myrtle Beach and one local in Powhatan. Final stats are posted. Again, great job this season as we ended up with 36 wins, 8 losses and 2 ties. See everyone next Sunday, as always GO CHICKS !!!