Dixie Chicks

The Chicks finished a great Summer in Williamsburg this past weekend going 5-1 and running our overall Summer record to 56-5. That is alot of ball in just 9 weeks. We played every weekend this Summer except for our one off weekend in July. This is one of the best hitting Chicks team ever as shown by our gawdy batting statistics. I'm going to miss all our players going off to College and moving on to other endeavors. I had alot of fun with you young ladies this Summer and I'm very proud to know and coach all of you. We don't have much down time as we have open tryouts this Saturday, August 13th Midlothian High School at 11:00. I know we will adding at least 7 players next week. We are only looking to add players interested in playing at the next level. Final Stats  are posted. Thanks ladies for another sucessful season, as always GO CHICKS !!!

The Chicks made a run at the Nationals but fell a little short in the Championship round losing 3-2 to Quebec Rebelles Performance. We were leading 2-0 going to the 5th but gave up 2 in the 5th inning and 1 more in the 6th to get eliminated in 5th place. We made a great run from the losers bracket to get to the Championship round winning 5 in a row and 4 straight in that 100 degree heat on Thursday and won them all in shutout fashion. I think the 15 hour day on the field on Thursday left us a little drained for Friday. I was still extremely proud of the young ladies as we saw every teams best pitcher. No team there saved their pitching against us. We saw every teams best and still went 8-2 and for the 8 days that we were in Raleigh and Cary we went 13-2. That ran our record for the year to 51-4. We still have 1 final tournament next weekend in Williamsburg, let's go there and win the Championship and finish our season strong. We will have practice this Wednesday, August 3rd 6:00 at Midlothian High School. We also will be having tryouts on August 13th at 11:00 at Midlothian High School to pick our Fall 2011 and Summer 2012 team. Stats are posted, as always GO CHICKS !!!

The Chicks went to Raleigh this past weekend and rolled off 5 more wins to run our record to 43-2 for the Summer. We played in temperatures as hot as we have ever played in. The heat index soared to 115 degrees but the Chicks never faltered. I was very proud of the way the girls handled the heat. We are staying the rest of the week in Raleigh to try and claim the PONY National Championship. Stats are posted. As always, GO CHICKS !!!

The Chicks went on the road again this past weekend to Florence, SC and played some really good ball going 7-1. The first team we played on Thursday turned out to be the last game we played on Sunday. We beat the eventual Champion Carolina Curve on Thursday 7-5 only to get knocked out by them on Sunday. We still are having a very sucessful season with a 38-2 record as we head on the road again Friday for the Cardinal Classic Showcase that ends on Sunday and we start Nationals on Monday, July 25th in Cary, NC. We need to practice hard this week so we can claim a National Championship next week. Stats are posted, as always GO CHICKS !!!

The Chicks travelled to sunny Virginia Beach this past week for a long four day event and impressed everyone. The Chicks rolled off 12 straight victories to claim the Championship of the Mid-Summer Showcase and National Qualifier. We earned our berth for PONY Nationals in Cary for later in the month. We had a total team effort for the weekend but I was impressed on Sunday as it was baking hot and we rolled off 5 straight victories and got better each game in doing it. This is the type of tournament when you need lots of depth and it showed, finishing 1st out of 48 teams from all over the east coast is quite a accomplishment. I am really proud of everyone and I'm sure I can speak for all the young ladies parents that they were proud of you to. Practice is Wednesday at Midlothian High School, enjoy your weekend off as we get ready to roll into Florence, S.C. to play the Hot Times Classic in a couple weeks. Stats are posted, as always GO CHICKS !!!