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I had the pleasure of attending the NSA state tourament this weekend to watch the 18u bracket. I saw many outstanding women and great teams giving it their all trying to claim the ohio state title. I was impressed by several players alot of whom I heard or read about during highschool season. There was one battery that surprised me. I did not see their first game but watched them on sat. and sun. along with the rest of the winners bracket. This same battery played every inning of every game, six in all.
I heard they beat one of the Edge teams 6-1. Then beat N. O. Heat 3-0 in their first game sat. then the Sting 1-0 in ohio tie breaker that evening to stay in the winners bracket. Then faced the Illusion sun. and lost 1-0 when time expired. I heard that the illusion's best pitcher had just arrived to start in this game. While the Illusion waited until 5:15 to see who would make it out of the losers bracket the Lasers Black had to play the winner of Sting and Express. Black and Sting faced off for the finals of the losers bracket to see who plays Illusion for the championship. Mind you it has been 95 + degrees and no shade all weekend. They beat the Sting 1-0 in 5 inn. to advance to the championship game.
As I watched this battery work the pitcher seamed to be throwing as hard or harder and as effective as she did on sat. and the catcher looked as sharp and seaned to have the batters guessing all day. Since earlier games had started late and went in to tie breakers the championship game didn't get started untill almost 6:00. Both pitchers gave up runs in the first couple of innings with the Lasers leading 7-4 untill the Illusion tied it up in the 4th on a miscue by the Lasers. then both teams dueled untill the 8th during ohio tie breaker. In the top half of the 8th the Illusion scored on a sacrifice fly for out number two and were retired on a routine fly to left. In the bottom of the frame the pitcher hits a linedrive single to left center to score the tieing run. The next batter bunts on to load the bases when the defence holds the runner at third. The next batter stikes out. That brings the top of the order she hits a grounder to 2nd, with no chance to get the runner going home she gets the out at first, game over. I must remind you that the pitcher for the Illusion this was only her second game of the weekend and I don't think she batted in either game.
I heard from some of the fans that the pitcher was from stark county and one of the premire pithcers in highschool. I think she I playing college ball at a DIII school. The catcher from near warren and is playing DI at Cleveland State. Amazing battery, looked as good or better the last game than the first. Six games. One weekend. 95+ heat and no shade. Co-Champs WOW.
I heard they beat one of the Edge teams 6-1. Then beat N. O. Heat 3-0 in their first game sat. then the Sting 1-0 in ohio tie breaker that evening to stay in the winners bracket. Then faced the Illusion sun. and lost 1-0 when time expired. I heard that the illusion's best pitcher had just arrived to start in this game. While the Illusion waited until 5:15 to see who would make it out of the losers bracket the Lasers Black had to play the winner of Sting and Express. Black and Sting faced off for the finals of the losers bracket to see who plays Illusion for the championship. Mind you it has been 95 + degrees and no shade all weekend. They beat the Sting 1-0 in 5 inn. to advance to the championship game.
As I watched this battery work the pitcher seamed to be throwing as hard or harder and as effective as she did on sat. and the catcher looked as sharp and seaned to have the batters guessing all day. Since earlier games had started late and went in to tie breakers the championship game didn't get started untill almost 6:00. Both pitchers gave up runs in the first couple of innings with the Lasers leading 7-4 untill the Illusion tied it up in the 4th on a miscue by the Lasers. then both teams dueled untill the 8th during ohio tie breaker. In the top half of the 8th the Illusion scored on a sacrifice fly for out number two and were retired on a routine fly to left. In the bottom of the frame the pitcher hits a linedrive single to left center to score the tieing run. The next batter bunts on to load the bases when the defence holds the runner at third. The next batter stikes out. That brings the top of the order she hits a grounder to 2nd, with no chance to get the runner going home she gets the out at first, game over. I must remind you that the pitcher for the Illusion this was only her second game of the weekend and I don't think she batted in either game.
I heard from some of the fans that the pitcher was from stark county and one of the premire pithcers in highschool. I think she I playing college ball at a DIII school. The catcher from near warren and is playing DI at Cleveland State. Amazing battery, looked as good or better the last game than the first. Six games. One weekend. 95+ heat and no shade. Co-Champs WOW.
