State Tournament Case Study

The sun glared down on our bruised, tired, and dirty bodies as we hung our heads in defeat. Dropping to the losers bracket on our first of three days of the State Softball Tournament meant we could not lose again or we would go home and I would never play with this team again. Attitudes and hope started to fade as Coach read us our new schedule. We would have to play eight games in a row without losing once in order to make it to the championship. Everyone started to say goodbye and thank you to one of our coaches and a teammate that would not be there the next day. Halfheartedly they included a doubtful “see you on Sunday”.

With the Christmas tournament aside, we entered the post-season without a loss. We had a plan for each playoff game from districts to regional. We never deviated from the plan, keeping our eye on the target –

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It all began in the Lone Star State where my wrestling team and I were confronted with one of our greatest challenges and duly mine, but I’ll get to that soon enough. We entered into one of the most prestigious tournaments that Texas has to offer. It was the first time my team,the Brother Martin Crusaders, had returned to the Lone Star Duals in nearly a decade, and damn were we due for a warm welcome. We competed well and practically breezed through the tournament, while watching our soon to be opponents struggle to make the finals.. Little did we know that was their scheme all along. This team that “struggled” throughout the tournament was not any average ole team.

The second championship game began much like the first. By the seventh inning the score was seven to one in favor of Waterloo Valley. Being the home team, we had one more chance for survival in the bottom of the inning. The inning started with one hit after another, raising the team’s spirits with each one. The hits just kept coming until we finally found ourselves only down by only one run. The excitement in the dugout was soaring, and so, with a runner on third base and two outs, Coach Sullivan put in Jakob Crampton for what could be the final at bat of the season. After strike one the anxiety became overwhelming. With the second pitch on its way, Crampton swang the bat, and the dugout exploded into cheering as the ball found its way between the third baseman

After close losses in the first two sets, the Ladies fell behind 22-21 in the third and were three points away from defeat. However, a junior Hailey Lawson kill put herself on serve, and three-straight kills from senior Desiree Frey continued the match.

“It was a great experience participating in state. My coaches and teammates was always there to support me.” said Stewart-Gipson, “I could hear my teammates and family in the stands rooting for me while I was wrestling. They helped

You are the best driver in the world Pablo.” And with a big smile on his face, he looks back at Justyna and has a type of good feeling in his heart that he did the right thing. The two friends had and exhausting day but it was an amazing experience for both of them. Even though it was a challenge and Pablo won. They both felt as though they were winners that day. At the end of the day, it does no matter who wins and who loses. What is most important is road to success and the things you did to get there. No one every remembers the outcome of a game or the champion but, everyone remembers the events that occurred leading up to that point of

After everyone’s game had finished, Dan got out the prizes. He then put down the standings. I wasn’t in the top 4. Though I knew most of the guys that did. Riley, Jack, and Davis. The last guy I didn’t know. They got their prizes, and then he went

One thing this year’s wrestling team kept on making. The regular season was not what this team would be remembered for, but rather be remembered by the success they held in the postseason events. With the team winning the Northern Central Connecti- cut Conference Tournament for the first time in school history, the moment was surreal. Four wrestlers took home first place, Jeff Suschana in the 132 lbs weight class, Jacob Berry-Parker in the 160 lbs weight class, Frankie Rinaldi in the 170 lbs weight class and Jackson Rheault in the 195 lbs weight class. Frankie Rinaldi shares the team’s mental state of mind entering the NCCC tournament saying, “The team worked hard. I wanted to win, We all wanted to win.” With their heads above the clouds already,

On short notice, I found myself transiting through MEM positioning to CHS for a LCF flight. The St. Jude Golf Tournament was taking place and our primary hotel was oversold. Initially, I was placed in a Marriott on Nonconnah Blvd. Being very familiar with Memphis, I knew that this location is in a dangerous part of town. I spoke with travel and they shifted me to a Hampton Inn 20 miles away in Bartlett, Tennessee. Memphis has a high crime rate, especially around the airport. The only area that is suitable for our crews is east of I-240 and north of Poplar Pike. Shady Grove Road is in a good area, but two miles further east is Germantown is more pedestrian friendly.

Hot temperatures and even hotter competition set the tone for the day. “It was pretty competitive but in a friendly way,” said Dave Hed. Solid team play by Veasna Tauch, Jimmy Jinks, Jay Brawley and Bill Andres advanced them to win the coveted Ferrier Cup, now in its eleventh year. Whether or not any of the tournament winners qualified as “a Cinderella story,” former

As we approached our shots, we were startled to find ourselves tied for first place on the leaderboards. A moment later, I noticed sweat oozing out of my skin as a outcome of what I just saw on the leaderboards. I have never been first, or tied for first before. This gave me a push of confidence and motivation to win the 2016 Interclub Open.

“To take an opportunity and not capture it is tough, especially if they capture it and it gets taken away,” Matt says. “We were all real bitter for the rest of the national tournament.”

Group F: Ronelle Stevens, Nicholas Martinez, LeAnne Grunke, Yanett Ortiz, Camas Ekman, Kathryn Kuchta, Natalie Arens