The updates will be more sparse for the opening game as Lin needs my phone to watch the Duke – UVA Men’s Basketball 🏀 game….
I have my Phone 📱 back now that Lin is done watching 👀 the 77-51 victory over the Cavaliers.
Bill Gallimore is in the 🏠🏚🏡 at Furman University for Alyssa Ervin and the Lady Paladins !
Game 1 here went to Utah as the Utes scored 2 in the second and added two later in their 4-0 victory over Southern Utah University. Quickly played opener for sure.
Too Cool 😎Next Game up !End of 1st quarter
12:27 – 64° is your temp and the Utes are the home team.
Furman University up 5 with 2 minutes left in the first half ! Kiddo with 7
Bottom of the 2nd at Softball, still scoreless.
Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈🎁 to Laiken Burnett !!! This young Lady followed in the footsteps of her Big Brother. Lance by representing The Hill over four years that would make any Parent smile 😃.
Glenn and Mom 👩❤ have something going on with that Parenting thing !!
At the break in South Carolina !
The Utes just added a bases clearing triple and have plated NINE here in the bottle of the 2nf…
Quite possibly the best 20:00 of the season for the Lady Paladins !!!!!!!
Getting out of the Hot 🔥 Sun 🌞 for a bit as well head into Burns Arena for the final time. Women’s Basketball 🏀 and its the two local teams squaring off !
11-0 was the final score in Game 9/13Lin captured the uncontested opening jump as two Trailblazers were in there just for a moment. Story on that if I find it.Two remaining Softball games to be played today.Game 1 of 2 from New Albany was a setback but we were taking our cuts all the way until the 27th out !!!
Trying hard to keep track of 10…..
2 Softball finals, 2 Hoops Finals and 1 Baseball final! At 2:12 pm MT we are exactly half way through each category !
SUU Women trying to claim part of the WAC regular season crown 👑Burns Arena = Pretzel Bites and White Cheddar Cheese 🧀!!Dakota Walls Racing 🏎
At the half, we have a bit of a stunner brewing as UT leads BIG , 44-32 (2:44 MT)
Utah Tech is 3 -13 in the WAC but they have righted the ship 🚢 as of late by winning 2 of 3.
Media TO in the 3rd (4:23), Trailblazers leading 51-40….
65 – 47 after 3rd…#SeniorDay
3 !!!!Final #6 out of 10 shows our Golden Bears 🐻 ran into a buzz saw on the mound..
Final #7 is all about the Lady Trailblazers!!!!
Upset 😡 City…..
Still to chase – 2 Softball and 1 Men’s Basketball 🏀
Northern Colorado is the visitors today. UT leads 5-2 in the 3rdTrailblazers sweep !!!!Game #10/13 turned into a true Slugfest!!!!!!Game #11 is a pitchers duelThunderbirds Men return the favor by protecting their 🏡🏠🏡!!What a WILD finish to a kong sports day !!!! Wildcats plate 🍽 3 in the top f the 7th only to have the Trailblazers do the same in the bottom – Walk 🚶♂️ Off !!!!!
Good Night Utah, you were such a gracious 💗 Host for 90Days
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 !!!!
King William versus Central – Woodstock on one diamond 💎 and Auburn versus Eastside on the other. The games are now set to be played side by side.
8:50 Coaches Meeting
Fans of the sport lose out a bit by these games going at the same time versus one after another, guessing that weather had something to do with the change.
Falcons for the National Anthem…
Central and Auburn…. rooting interests, not predictions.
More to follow…
75° / 9:02 – First Pitch
Play Ball !!!
Central plates an unearned run 🏃♂️ in the bottom of the first, leading 1-0.
These two teams have Page County as a common opponent. Central won the Region by defeating the Lady 👩 Panthers in the Championship game and then King William hosted and won the State Quarterfinal.
Bottom 4th – Class 1, Eastside leads Auburn 2-0.
Central adds 2 in the bottom of the 2nd, lead 3-0 in the top of 3rd.
Class 1 – Bottom 5th, Eastside 3-0, Auburn has one hit.
King William gets 1 back in Class 2, trail 3-1, Bottom 3rd…
Auburn at bat in the Top 6th, trailing 3-0.
Off to the middle of the 4th, Falcons leading the Cavaliers 3-1 (10:09)
Top of 7th in Class 1 – Eastside 3-0
Top 5th – Class 2
Miss Kirby
10:24 – Class 1 is Final, Eastside Spartans 3, Auburn Eagles 0
Bottom 5th in Class 2, Central 3-1
King William puts 2 runners 🏃♂️ in scoring position but the rally ends there. Nowl 4-1, Bottom 6th
TV3 and Lady Panthers Head Coach Alan Knight taking in the game.Final Out, tying run 🏃♂️ at plate.
Central wins 4-1 but what an ending!!! More to follow.
Watching the one game today and keeping 👀 on the other brought back memories from two seasons ago when it was Travis Leath and I Watching the Class 1 & 2 Semi-finals. That year it was being held at a nearby location as Moyer was undergoing its $25 Million Dollar 💵 Face Lift.
That day it was King William versus James River and Page County versus Tazewell in Class 2 and Auburn was running the table in Class 1.
Mr Leath, or now Coach Leath is another Softball Soul who loves the game and has a great understanding of it as well.
King William fell that day in the State Semi-final to a fiesty group of Knights from James River. Tazewell finally broke through against the Lady Panthers. The following day Tazewell edged James River for the Crown 👑. I loved the fact that the Lady Panthers players asked Coach Knight if they could stay and watch the Championship game before returning to Shenandoah.
King William returned to State last season and they left with the Championship Trophy 🏆. This season, for the third straight time, the Cavaliers made it back to the Final Four..
I had the privilege of taking in the game this morning while standing in between Coach Knight, who had just faced both teams and Mrs. Kirby, Mother 👩 of the Cavaliers Short Stop.
Here’s what I can tell you about King William and their team besides the fact that they are talented. The three straight trips to the Final Four speak to that. They are well coached and they have a very knowledgeable and supportive fan base.
How long have they been playing at this level ? Go back to the first of the three Page County State Titles, back in 2024 and you will see it was versus King 🤴William.
The list of ties to Central – Woodstock is a very long one and dates back 20+ years. Happy for the Falcons and their staff and fans as it will be a joyful ride back up to Exit 283 later today!
Eastside held off Auburn on the strength 💪 of the Spartans starting pitcher. Sometimes that can be almost everything a team needs. Something else that Travis knows a little bit about. Auburn had another terrific year as the Eagles always seem to soar, regardless of the Sport or season.
That will conclude the live Blog portion of the story. Later on will be an actual gamer.
Sadly, the Atlantic Coast Conference is not represented out in OKC this season but there is plenty of great Softball waiting to be played just the same..
Five teams from the SEC, two from the Big 10 and Texas Tech are set to begin the double elimination Series. For fans of the game, taking in the action 🎬 in a packed Stadium 🏟 is a trip worth taking at one point or another.
Clemson, Duke and Florida State will be hosting Regionals ➕ a slew of other teams will be attempting to advance to the Super Regional play.
Virginia Tech will play at Alabama, Georgia Tech travels to Florida, Stanford University heads North to Oregon, California has the ever so tough task of playing at Oklahoma, North Carolina over at Tennessee and Virginia heads down to South Carolina.
Nine teams chasing one dream, of making it to the Final table in Oklahoma City for the College World Series…
A.S.P.N on The Hill 