The Diamonds played some powerful ball and saw some powerful weather this weekend! With two seeding games on Friday night, the Diamonds settled in for a long night, taking on first the West Boynton Lady Bandits and then the Caloosa Cudas, closing down the park close to 11 pm in taking two seeding wins to kick off the weekend. IEven thought the team was down a few players, in the first game, the bats were on fire, with a 9-5 win over the Lady Bandits seeing a triple from Pinto and a home run from Kruempel, with Norton on the mound, and trusty Tropeano behind the plate. Colandreo collected the throws at first and Falcon, Schmeltzer, Novy and Perez were all getting the job done. In the second game, Curtis took over the mound for a 6-1 win featuring a super Suppo smash home run.
On Saturday, the girls got off to a good second inning 2-1 jump over the Wellington Wild until the weather turned wild,sending everyone home for the day. On Sunday, in bracket play, the #2 seeded Diamonds took their first game over the East Boca Blazers 7-4, before falling to the Wellington Wild in their second game.
The girls are pysched up and ready to go to Polk County for the NSA State Tournament on June 26!
12U Diamonds Waiting out the Rain!
Lake Lytal Tournament June 5-6, 2009
The Diamonds faced some tough opponents and some tough weather at Lake Lytal's June Blast the weekend of June 5-6, 2009. On Saturday, the Diamonds had a late game rally but fell to the Jupiter Seahawks in the first game 8-4. Suppo was all about third base, with a great diving catch at third, and a slamming triple in the bottom of the last inning. Norton and Perez were both on the mound and at shortshop, with Kruempel catching, Colandreo at first, Wise at second and Pinto, Falcon and Tropeano holding down the fort in the outfield. The second game started on time against the Lady Bandits who went on to have the number one seed. Curtis pitched one and a third innings, with Falcon making a great catch in center field before the lightning alarm went off, suspending play. After several hours of "will they or won't they," the weather refused to cooperate and the game was rescheduled to continue at 8 am Sunday morning, with the remaining seeding game cancelled.
On Sunday morning, the players started up again, with Tropeano returning to catching for the first time in weeks, and bringing Nerf in for shortstop, Musinksky at second, Novy in right field and Schmeltzer in left field, where they faced a tough battle against some big bats, but went down 3-0. They repeated the matchup against this tough Lady Bandit team in elimination play, where they went down 8-2.
The Diamonds got some more experience this weekend as they prepare to host the NSA Regionals June 12-14 on their home fields. Come on out and cheer on all the West Boca Diamonds teams at South County Regional next weekend!
Front Row: (Sitting) Wise, Falcon, Suppo. Second Row: (Kneeling) Norton, Kruempel, Schmeltzer; Back Row: Pinto, Novy, Tropeano, Perez, Colandreo, Curtis, Musinsky, Nerf
Brianna Cox Memorial Tournament 5/31/09
The 12U Diamonds really came together as a team this weekend, having their best tournament yet! The team went 3-2 for the weekend and finished tied for 3rd place out of 8 teams.
On Saturday, with Catcher Tropeano on the DL, Kruempel stepped in behind the plate, and stepped up to the plate with several monster hits and creative slides into home. Pitchers Curtis and Perez handled most of the work from the mound, with Norton playing shortstop and closing out the day on the mound in preperation for her two complete games on Sunday. Colandreo was excited as always to be at first (see below left), Wise let nothing by her at 2B, and Suppo made some killer plays at 3B. Falcon, Musinsky, Pinto and Schmeltzer shagged the flies in the outfield and Nerf and Byman added their big bats to the chorus. The Diamonds beat the Weston Stingerz 8-4, dropped to the Lady Bandits 11-1 then came back to beat the Palm Beach Blizzards 7-1.
On Sunday, the #4 seeded Diamonds got an early start, and playing their best game to date, got revenge on the Lady Bandits with a 4-1 win, advancing in the elimination rounds, where they faced the Wellington Wild. The girls fought a hard battle, but went down 3-1 to the top seed.
After the game, the girls got to talk with the mother of Brianna Cox, in whose memory the tournament was played, who thanked them for being a part of the foundation's tournament. They left with a great appreciation for softball and the importance of family and are ready for next week's battle at Lake Lytal.
12U Travel
The 12U Travel Team is picking up steam and starting to make a name for itself! Head Coach Gregg Norton and Assistant Coaches Craig Kruempel, Rob Schmeltzer, Sherri Wilder and Ted Curtis are helping these girls get to the next level.
May 15-17th May Iron Woman The Diamonds suffered a series of tough losses but displayed some excellent fielding and hitting as it continues to build this new team for the season.
May 1-3 Lake Lytal, West Palm Beach, FL In seeding games, the Diamonds had decisive victories in the first two seeding games,over the Caloosa Cudas 13-1 then over the Palm Beach Blizzards 11-3; before losing their third game in a row with no break to their new rival the Davie Broncos. In elimination play, they dropped a hard fought game to the West Boynton Lady Bandits.
April 19 Spring Fling, Boca Raton, FL 3rd Place Finish
No.Player
1 J. Kruempel - Second year in the 12U Division- Positions: Catcher, Shortstop, Pitcher 6 M. Tropeano - First year in the 12U Division- Positions: Catcher, Left Field 7 H. Falcon - Second year in the 12U Division- Positions: 2nd Base, Center Field 8 C. Norton - Second year in the 12U Division- Positions: Pitcher, Shortstop 9 S. Curtis - First year in the 12U Division- Positions: Pitcher, Outfield 10 A. Colandreo - First year in the 12U Division- Positions: 1st Base 12 A. Suppo - Second year in the 12U Division- Positions: 3rd Base, Shortstop 15 S. Perez - First year in the 12U Division- Positions: Pitcher, Outfield 21 S. Musinsky-Second year in the 12U Division- Positions: Outfield 22 S. Schmeltzer - Second year in the 12U Division- Positions: Outfield 27 S. Novy - First year in the 12U Division- Positions: Outfield 37 L. Pinto - First year in the 12U Division- Positions: Center Field, 3rd Base 44 C. Byman - First year in the 12U Division, Positions: 2nd Base, Center Field 61 K. Wise - Second year in the 12U Division- Positions: 2nd Base, Outfield 81 A. Nerf - First year in the 12U Division- Positions: Outfield
Schedule
May 29-31: Brianna Cox Memorial - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
June 5-7: Lake Lytal, Florida June 12-14: NSA Regionals - West Boca Raton, FL
