Baseball Tournament!

Both boys played in the state baseball tournaments this year.  Jacob's team took 1st in the city tournament so they played in the Pony league games in Spanish Fork.  Isaac's city team didn't make the play offs this year, but he was picked up by the Genola Bullfrogs to play in the Pinto tournament in Lehi.  The Bullfrogs took first in the Santaquin City league this year.  Isaac knows a few kids on the team and was really excited to be able to play with them and extend his baseball season.

The first couple days of games are rough because they are all day long!  They play 3 games to place them into the bracket games.  Jacob's team had a great first game winning 8-1.  They lost their last two games, but because of a 3 way tie and the fact that they had the better defensive record they moved on to the first round of games in the brackets.  They ended up loosing, but it was fun to watch Jacob play.  He even stepped up as the relief pitcher in the last inning of the last game.

Isaac's team won their first, lost the second and won the third game which was enough to put them in 1st place in their pool.  Isaac earned his keep with some outstanding pitching!  He even had a couple great hits!!    It was a great team to play with and it made for some very exciting games.  The team made it into the first round of bracket games, but lost in a VERY close game against the Lehi tigers.  The boys were really upset.  There was a sense of relief though that it was all over as we were walking back to the cars.  Great end of another baseball season.  

Jacob mentioned that he enjoys the regular season a lot more than the tournament.  It's pretty stressful as well as tiring mentally and physically.  This year wraps up Jacob's time in the city league. He's planning on playing in the Payson league next year though. And next year Isaac will move on to the Pony league with the city.  They were both mapping out their baseball careers on the ride home from the game Tuesday night.