Our Rampage-14 Ladies are off to a Great Start taking the first match in 2 sets, 25-14/25-8 Play again at 11:00
We lost the 2nd match in 2 sets 25-16/25-5. Play again at 1:00👍🏻👍🏻
Thank You Sir ! Looking forward to more!
Marco is starting for us today and our common thread is Utah Tech. He started his college career there and we are still returning from our three months there.
We are leading 2-0 in the bottom of the 1st !!
Updates coming up on All 3 !
Duke 15-11 now
End of 1st, Duke 17-11, Golden Bears 🐻 4-0. Volleyball 🏐 set to go at it again shortly and UNC – Louisville Women later
Duke 27 – 23, WVU-T 4-0 (3rd)
Travis checks ✔ in with us one last time for the day.
Our Rampage-14 Ladies lost their final match for today in 2 sets 25-9/25-10. A little R&R this evening and then back at it tomorrow!!!
Here its the Top of the 6th, Golden Bears lead 4-1.
End of the 3rd in Atlanta and the Irish have pulled ahead, 49 – 46.
Duke wins a 💅biter !!!!
We are tied at 4 – 4 here in the seventh inning stretch… (2:15 pm )
Excited about receiving some updates from both Kevin DeHaven and Marion Harris and will create posts for them once our game goes final !
Should be another great tilt !!!
On Beckley, we lead 7-6 in the bottom of the 8th.
3 hours and 9 minutes start to finish and the Golden Bears 🐻 win the game and the series ! 9-7 is your Final !!!Bad time for UNC to hit a scoring drought as we start the 4th quarter.
The annual trip to IU-SE is always special because it is the University that my oldest Brother (Wayne ) earned one of his two College degrees. They are rich in resources and dominant on the Baseball ⚾️ diamond 💎. But we will not duck the challenge !
Back on the campus of Utah Tech for Day 2 of the Beehive Classic and in game 1of 4 we have Utah State (Aggies) facing the Thunderbirds of Southern Utah University…
Should be a great day around the Diamond 💎
More to follow….
10:40 – we already have 4 innings in the books 📚, T-Birds 🐦 leading 1-0.
First Pitch of the bottom of the 5th was a laser shot that just cleared the fence in left center, tied 1-1.
10:50- Utah Valley University is in the house wearing their Green Tops and White Pants.
Utah State is wearing all black and the T-Birds, all gray.
Two out solo 💣 to right center in the bottom of the 6th gives the Aggies the 2-1 lead.
11:15 – Final Score : Aggies 2, Thunderbirds 1
Clock ⏰ Tower, save the Clock ⏰ Tower. Sits in the center ofcampus.
12:30 Start for Game 5/13
Utah Valley University hits the ground running, putting up a 3spot in the bottom of the 1st
Utah State picked up a run in the top of the fourth but the Wolverines answer with a solo shot in the bottom of the inning. UVU leads 5-1 (1:29 MT.
The ” Bomb 💣 actually snuck over the fence but the scorebook doesn’t measure distance….
Bases loaded with no outs….Wolverines looking for the TKO punch 👊
Bases loaded walk 🚶♂️, 6-1
Utah Utes are in the 🏠, wearing Red & Red. Should note 📝 that UVU was wearing Green tops during warm-ups but are playing in white except their socks and jersey numbers.
Force out at home plate but throwing error leads to 7th run.
Sharp single to centerfield makes it 8-1
Sharp single to left, 9-1 and bases still loaded.
Fielders choice at 3rd, 10-1.
Utes have switched from all Red to All Black uniforms.
Final out recorded but not until 6 runs cross the dish. We head to the 5th and the Aggies have to score two if they want to extend the game.
Rough start for our Golden Bears 🐻
1:56 – Wolverines win 10-1 in five. Next game is in 64 minutes.
Game # 5 of 13 figures to be one sided and the Utes have scored eight in their first two at bats. 8-0 over the Trailblazers as we head into the bottom of the second inning.
Over in New Albany
Now you know what I know…
The Trailblazers baseball ⚾️ team has a 3pm first pitch taking place on the adjoining diamond 💎.
It’s gone final back in Indiana
Golden Bears 🐻 Baseball return tomorrow to play two against the Grenaders.
Not getting any better for the Trailblazers as the Utes have pushed it to 13-0 in the top of the 3rd and they are still batting.
Bottom 5th, Trailblazers down 15 -0 and down to their last out at 5:18 MT.
Abilene Christian University ✝️ is in the house 🏠 to challenge the Trailblazers tonight at 7pm MT.
Doors 🚪 opened at 6 local time so we were able to watch the first half of Duke hosting Florida State in Cameron Indoor Stadium
Lady 👩 Devils lead 33-29 at the break after trailing 20 – 17 after the first 10:00
Utah Tech sits 1/2 game out of first place of the WAC entering the game.
Not everything at the College level is transferable to High School but I think this one is. It’s an eight fold and one covers two weeks of both the Men and the Women!
Side 2 is the roster off four opponents.Six slots for Sponsors !Photos 📷 both coaching Staffs and headshots of each player.
On the flip side….
A fella can dream, right ??
Lin with the Opening Jump
More 2 follow….
Duke opened the 3rd on a 20-4 run 🏃♂️ and lead 55-40 with 10:00 to play ▶️
ACU 31-29 at 5:24 left in 1st Half
47 – 38 UT after an 18-7 to close out the opening half.
Duke followed its 20-4 start to the 3rd with a 19-4 run 🏃♂️ to open the fourth!!
Jasmine and Toby played pretty evenly but HUGE advantage the rest of the rosters !
Duke has now clinched at least a share of the regular season crown 👑 at 16-1. The regular season ends on Sunday…
We are 1000% pulling for two consecutive missed free throws here in the second half!!!
The State of Utah has seven D1 Colleges spread across the Beehive State. The next four days are going to be all about Softball at Karl Brooks Field.
Three games Thursday, four on both Friday and Saturday then it wraps up with two on Sunday…..
This will just be one ongoing post 📫 on this…
1st Pitch – 9:58, Game Time temp 55°
Play Ball !
Opening game has the Big 12’s Utah Utes as the home team and the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds as the visitors.
$7.00 gets you an All Day Pass with unlimited in and out !Lin soaking in the Sun 🌞 and the action 🎬
Utah plates four in the bottom of the first inning. The Utah get four runs 🏃♂️ on six hits, each of which was a laser shot.
Really appreciate the 16 Palm 🌴 Trees that surround the outfield fence !
Guess who ended up with a Foul Ball !
The Ladies in Purple have arrived ! The Weber State Wildcats play ▶️ in Game 2 at 12:30 pm
Can’t help but think about both Rick Nester and Alan Knight are in the middle of tryouts back home.
End of 3rd, still 4-0
Middle of the 5th and the Utes still protecting their 4-0 lead (11:11 MT)
SUU has held their own since the bottom of the 1st, now Top 6, still 4-0.
Thunderbirds hit a solo bomb 💣 that landed in the top of one of the Palm 🌴 Trees ! 4-1
Mid 6th, 4-1 and the temperature 🌡is rising. 64 on its way to 80.
11:43 – off to the 7th inning….
Thunderbirds have been down to their last strike three times and each time they extended the game with a single! UU goes to the bullpen. Anither base knock and RBI…we got ourselves a ballgame.
Another pitching change….
Game 1 of 13 is in the Books 📚! Utah 4-9-0 over SUU 3-7- 0 ( 2 hour, 01 minutes)
11:59
1st Pitch, Take #2 – temp 70°, time 12:38 MT
The Utes bats remain hot 🔥 and they lead the Wildcats 7-1 in the fourth inning
Sitting behind the left field fence for Game 2 and just had a 2-run Homer land just over my shoulder…9-1 now and I should have caught that one.
Headed to Top 5 (1:55), Utes leading 9-1
2:01 pm – Utah Tech players are in the Hpuse
Mid 5th, same score. Quick observation, the Utes looked a foot taller than the T-Birds 🐦 and the same is true for the Wildcat players when they stand next to the Utes.
2:11 – 9/10/1, 1/4/0 is your 5-inning final under the 8-run Mercy Rule.
3:00 – Game 3 start time, final one of the day. Four each on both Friday and Saturday then two on Sunday.
Game 3 – Utah Tech vs Weber State
1st Pitch – 3:00 MTUtah Tech Home Run Ball !
Wildcats are having themselves quite the inning here in the top of the second! Five Cats have crossed the dish….make that 8 as a 3-run bomb 💣 lands at our feet.
The conversation of the Day is happening with the Mother 👩 of the Wildcats Head Coach ! Neat, Neat Lady with plenty of insight into the game !
45 minutes in, we have played 2 innings and its Wildcats 9, Trailblazers 1…..
Weber State added four more in the top of the fifth, now 14 – 1. Wild part is that the Trailblazers run ruled the Wildcats just last week.
Weber State…091 04 – 14 15 0
Utah Tech ……100 01 – 2 3 2
Fun Fact, Coaches Mom graduated in the same year as I did, way back in 1981…
Daughter / Coach played four years of Softball up in Provo for the Cougars of Brigham Young University.
4:39 – bottom of the 5th, final at bat baring a crazy comeback.
4:44 – Final, 14-2
Almost 7 hours of Softball !!
How talented was the Wildcats Coach back in the Day at BYU ?
Pretty Darn talented !!!!
Why does any of this matter ? I consider myself an Ambassador to the game of Softball and if I can move the needle for the Sport with anything that I write ✍, it will be written !!!!
We currently have 12 teams being formed right now under the watchful eyes 👀 of dedicated Coaches ! 8 Varsity and 4 Junior Varsity teams that call our four outdoor facilities Home.
Exactly half of them have Tommy Thompson Field, two play at Bill Worrell Field, two play at Cavalier Park and the final pair at the Wilkerson Tennis 🎾 Courts.
Casey Burcham and Adam Nester run our Baseball program.
Shawn Montgomery and Jon Delp run 🏃♂️ our Track and Field teams.
Forrest Johnson and Jeremy Puckett run the Boys Soccer program while Adrienne Harris McGuire and Brittany Kinney share the Pitch on the Girls side.
Rick Nester and Terry Warf have the two teams that call Cavalier Park 🏡. Mr Warf stepping in for Alexis Dalton.
That brings us to the Tennis 🎾 courts where last year Martin McKenzie and Christy Shupe led the Girls and Boys teams. Not sure yet of the official status of those two spots but hopefully will very soon.
Howard Mayo with his Motovational Nugget for the Day :Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Out here we have three things to keep an eye on today
Utah Tech is hosting Day #1 of a four day Softball tournament called the Beehive Classic. It begins at 10am each day and will include a Triple Header of action 🎬!
Once the Softball is over, Kira Lawson and Duke University Women’s Basketball will be hosting Florida State.
The nightcap will take place inside Burns Arena as the Trailblazer Men continue their pursuit of the WAC regular season crown 👑.
Should be a healthy and active day out here and here’s hoping 🙏 that each of you have a Blessed 🙌 Day!
A.S.P.N on The Hill 