Oh Vernonia…
So many people when
they hear that know EXACTLY what I’m talking about! Another Vernonia Friendship
Jamboree and Softball Tournament has come and gone, and boy was it one for the
memory books and one that I am for sure never going to forget! This was the
best team we’ve ever brought to Vernonia in my 6 years of playing on this
women’s team, and from what the other ladies are saying, best team EVER in
their 21 years coming to this tournament of the 39 years it’s been on! That is
saying something.
The fact that we have
2 boys’ teams and 1 women’s team in this tournament alone is huge. Constantly
watching softball this weekend and I loved EVERY minute of it. I played 6 games
and I watched 10, all in 2 days of beautiful weather!!! We were lucky to only
have the high be 86, unlike the 100+ we had on all 3 days last year that we
were there. Our women’s team did amazing, oh wait, I know I’ve said that
already. J We took second place overall
(1st in the lower bracket). We went 5-1 with the best record there
this year and lost in the Championship game. We’ve never been on the winning
side of the bracket before because we tend to ALWAYS lose the first morning
game on Sunday! We had great defense, solid pitching and our hitting was
amazing (until the last game….eeek). I couldn’t have been happier to lose to
Seaside in the championship game, those ladies are awesome!
For our boys, we had
BAW (British Auto Works) and Tuxedo’s as usual in the tournament like every
year. Our coaches are split between the two teams and then just all of BAW is
guys that I went to high school with and play on coed teams together. BAW had
it rough this year, they played great but man I swear every bad call that was
made this weekend had to have been in their games and against them, there was
just no luck there for them, it was hard to watch. Tuxedos, well this was there
year at Vernonia! They played great and ended up taking 4th in the
upper bracket. Buuuuuuuut…the best part is the won the COVETED SPORTSMANSHIP
TROPHY!!!! Free entry but MOST importantly…FREE PORT A POTTY in the camp J
We know what’s the important thing here J
Our women’s team
kicked SO much booty this weekend that we got 7 awards!!!! Our All-Stars were:
Left fielder Tina, Pitcher Beth, Outfielder Elyse and MOST importantly our
cheerleader who couldn’t play (cause I broke her finger in a game 4 weeks ago L ) MICHELLE! So deserving and she was still
crying about it J Our Miss Golden Glove was Alyce who ran down
SO many balls in Left Center, our MVP was Marissa who had 13 RBI’s and 3 home
runs (oh to be 19 and fast again lol) and then there was our BEST HITTER! Now,
this isn’t just best hitter on the team, it was for the WHOLE women’s
tournament it went to…ME! I am still in shock and I swear the stats are wrong.
I think honestly getting this award that is VERY hard to get has humbled me in
a way. Apparently so they say I hit .647 with 11 RBI’s and went 11-17. It took
me about 5 minutes to figure out what I won haha! The boys had to explain it to
me, but when I went down to accept my t-shirt award, the tournament’s director
Bill, gave me a very nice compliment that really took me back. He said in front
of all 8 teams that with how I played in the field and hitting that I am a very
well rounded player, that he’d take me any day on his men’s team with a bat
like that. WOWZA! That is sure a compliment that I am still replaying.
It was full of so many great memories not just
Vernonia but the season in general!! I cannot wait to play next year’s women’s
league and I am SO looking forward to the 40th Annual VAP tournament
next year. Until then Vernonia…stay classy!
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