Monday
June 30, 2008:
Heat 96 was in Dayton this past weekend for the
USFA
State
tournament,
but
arrived
only
to
find
out
that
their
first
opponent
was
no
where
to
be
found.
When
they
finally
did
get
to
play,
a
thunderstorm
hit
in
the
bottom
of
the
4th
inning
of
their
game
with
the
Thunder
(ironically)
and
canceled
the
rest
of
the
day
with
them
winning
4-3.
Play
finally
resumed
on
Saturday
at
2:00pm
with
elimination
play.
After
losing
their
first
game
on
Saturday
to
Xplosion-Blue
by
one
run,
they
were
victorious
vs.
Xplosion-Green
7-6
after
2
innings
of
tie
breaker
play.
Sunday
they
played
the
Thunder
again
winning
by
1,
then
faced
the
Stingrays
11u
winning
4-1,
followed
by
Xplosion-Blue
again,
but
this
time
coming
out
on
top
1-0.
In
the
semi-final
vs
Outrage
out
of
Louisville,
Outrage
scored
1 in
the
3rd
inning
and went into stall
mode, final score
0-1 and a 4th place
finish out of 17
teams.
Monday
June 16, 2008:
The 96 team was in Willoughby last weekend. In
pool
play
they
won
their
first
two,
5-4
vs
Willoughby
Starzz
and
26-2
vs.
The
Edge.
They
lost
their
final
pool
game
2-7
vs
the
Breakers
of
Rocky
Ridge
making
them
a 4
seed.
In
elimination
play,
they
had
a
come
from
behind
7-2
victory
over
the
5
seed,
Cleveland
Wildcats,
to
advance
to
the
semi-final
vs
the
1
seed,
Sunraze.
They
ended
up
losing
to
them
6-1
and
they
went
on
to
win
it
all.
They
took
4th
over
all
June 1, 2008:
The
Heat
96
team
placed
fourth
overall
in
the
Zanesville
tournament
with
a
4-3-1
record.
During
pool
play
they
only
allowed
5
runs
to
score