Watch
this space for updates on the team's trip to the Southern
Region playoffs in Florida.
Information will be posted with the most recently-received
report listed first.
Received
9:29 a.m., Tuesday August 5
I
know this is very late but I wanted to give you the update
- Damascus came up one run short tonight against Florida.
The score was tied 2-2 going to the bottom of the 7th inning,
Florida staged a two-out rally and scored the 3rd and winning
run in the bottom of the last frame. As you can imagine
everyone here wanted the win and is disappointed with the
outcome but when you look at the big picture they have nothing
at all to be ashamed of and everything in the world to be
proud of.
As
you can imagine there were a lot of tears after the game
as this is such a competitive group of girls. I have been
with them through many happy times and unfortunately tonight
did not end the way we wanted to but as one parent who has
spent countless hours with this group over the last several
years I can honestly say that I would be proud to go to
war with them anytime anywhere.
At
this point we are planning to depart Fort Myers Wednesday
morning and should arrive back in Damascus sometime after
midnight Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Please let everyone
in Damascus know how much this team appreciates everything
that has been done for them and realizes without their help
we could not have made it this far. We look forward to seeing
everyone back home later this week.
Thanks
Jeff Fritz, League
President
Received
9:14 p.m., Sunday August 3:
The
Damascus Girls enjoyed the day off today by going to the
beach this afternoon and having a group dinner.
We
take the field at 7:30 pm on Monday night against the representative
from Florida. The Florida team lost today to the same North
Carolina team we played on Saturday. If Damascus wins on
Monday night we will advance into the semi-finals on Tuesday,
if we should lose we will be heading out early Tuesday morning
back home but no one on this end is looking for that.
Tell
everyone in Damascus to offer up a prayer for us about 7:30
pm on Monday and hopefully my next report will be one of
good news for the girls in black.
Jeff
Fritz, League
President
Received
2:45 p.m., Saturday August 2:
The
Damascus Girls faced a minor set-back this morning; Damascus
played a very good team from North Carolina and eventually
fell to their neighboring competitors 3-0. Damascus never
seemed able to get their bats going in the game. Morgan
Lowe pitched for Damascus and had good command throughout
the game.
A
couple of errors early hurt Damascus. The girls were disappointed
with the loss but realize this is a long tournament and
they are still alive. Damascus will next play the State
Representative from Florida on Monday night at 7:30 pm after
a day
off on Sunday. The team is planning to relax on Sunday and
hopefully be ready for their game on Monday night.
I
will submit an update on Sunday evening as to the activities
of the day for the girls.
Jeff
Fritz, League President
Received
9:11 p.m., Friday August 1:
We
just returned from the opening ceremonies for the tournament
which included a very nice Italian dinner and a wonderful
fireworks show. Each team was introduced onto the field
tonight. The “folks” from Damascus seemed to
be as pumped up as anyone. The player’s have returned
to the motel and have a 10pm curfew, they will be up early
in the morning and have breakfast and then depart for the
field at 9:30 am and play begins at 11:00 am. That’s
it for now; hopefully our next update will have information
about a Damascus victory!
Jeff
Fritz, League President
Received
4:00 p.m, Friday August 1;
The
Damascus Girls just returned from a light workout at the
facility which they will be playing at this weekend.
Everyone
looked really sharp during the walk-through practice. The
facilities are out of this world! Tonight all of the teams
involved in the tournament will meet together for a kickoff
welcome dinner. The excitement level from the girls and
everyone else with the Damascus party is great. I will provide
another update after tonight’s events.
Jeff
Fritz, League President
Received
10:20 p.m., Thursday July 31:
Good
evening, the girls and their parents all arrived safely
in Fort Myers tonight about 7pm.It was a long 19 hour trip
from Damascus. The trip went well other than a minor problem
with the bus in Orlando, a belt on the bus became loose
and we had to stop and do some mechanic work to get going
but thanks to some of our parents who are mechanically inclined-
they jumped right in and helped the driver get the problem
resolved and we were back on our way in about an hour.
Everyone
is very tired and ready for a good nights sleep. The plans
for Friday is for the team to practice sometime in the early
afternoon. After that the girls and their parents will attend
a kickoff celebration at 7:00pm Friday night.
The
weather is very hot- the girls are pumped and ready for
their first game on Saturday at 11:00am vs. the State Champion
from North Carolinia. I will send you an update Friday night
as to how the day goes on Friday.
Thanks
Jeff Fritz
League President
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