Special kudos to two teams that ended the year with championships, the U10 Softball team coached by Dean Mason and the Louisville #2 WeeWee baseball team made up of 10 year olds headed by Doyle Stohlmann.
Both squads, besides facing their local opponents on the diamond, had to square off against mother nature to complete tournament play. While the strong winds and heavy rainfall during the past two weeks made re-scheduling difficult, we certainly can’t complain with so much property damage and loss of life as witnessed by our neighbors to the north.
The WeeWee tournament, which was shortened to single elimination after three days of rain outs, featured the locals against the team from Elmwood-Murdock South in the final match-up. The championship contest featured good defensive play and solid pitching by both teams.
Besides the rainfall, the only negative to the week-long affair was the lack of a trophy presentation and the awarding of Cass County Tournament medals upon completion of the title game. Apparently, the hardware didn’t make it from league officials to Louisville for the final day of tournament play. It’s ironic that after a game highlighted by nearly error-free baseball by both teams, when it came to finishing the tournament in style, it was the adults who dropped the ball.
Oh well.... the memories from a 12-0 season will be with these boys for a long time, well after the medals and trophy begin to tarnish.
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Thanks for the high praise Mike! My girls did awesome!
Let's take a look at Girls Softball...
The 8U team goes undefeated in their season.
The younger 10U played a 10 inning match to copme up a little short in their tournament.
The older 10U wins their regular season and win their tournament.
The 12s go undefeated in their regular season and won their tournament.
The Cass County Crush start this fall as well.
The future looks bright for girls softball in Louisville.
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