The Rocklin Junior All-Star team has lots to be proud of this summer. They have been Area Champions, District Champions, Section Champions, and now, Northern California Champions for the 13 to 14 year old league. Now the undefeated team is headed for Laguna to play not only against a Southern California team, but against teams from ten different states across the Western Region. So now the team and my family are scrambling to book hotels, pack bags, set up car pools, and bring competitive play for the first game of the week, which is against a team from Montana.It has been so exciting follow the All-Star team this year. From the day school ended, if not before, our family had been gearing up for the upcoming All-Star season. With my dad being the manager of the team this year, there has been nonstop talk in our house about possible line-ups, team-building pool volleyball games, and the hopes of getting to where we are today.
The games have ranged anywhere from 18-1 wins to wins made in the last inning due to a walk-off hit. This was the case for our last game against Hollister, which was a nail-biter up until literally the very last hit of the last inning. After that hit to win the 1-1 tied game, Rocklin fans cheered and a croud of royal blue stormed the field to take pictures with the former-freshman and possibly future-freshman players. It was all so exciting and felt surreal as we were driving back from American River College to the Pizza Place to celebrate the team's accomplishment. So now with talk of appearances on local news stations and possibly ESPN's broadcasts of the Little League World Series and only two days before we make the long trek down to Southern California, we all couldn't be more excited.
3 comments:
How fun. Both of my older brothers are big into baseball and my dad was always the coach through their little league and tournament teams so I know what its like for all the focus in the family to be on baseball!
go rocklin!! :)
Good luck Rocklin!! Have fun in Laguna!:)
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