12U Sugarland this weekend 4-25/26

[77sDad]

Not really sure why the Peppers pitched their #3 pitcher in the Championship game. Are their other pitchers injuried by chance?? But you do have to hit to win and they got shut out so obviously they didn't hit.

Who is supposed to play this weekend in Tomball if it ends up making with all this rain?

Lets just say all the teams in the top 15 were invited and only 3 have accepted and you are probably right the rain will get this one as well.

FURY
FT BEND THUNDER
TEXAS CRUSH
SHOCK
WOODLANDS THUNDER
MC ELITE

[denver_dog]

Sounds like the younger teams played well with 98 TPS and RedHots winning this past week end. Anybody know how the 14u played out in Deer Park and the 12u matched up against the 14u teams?

[ReadAllAboutIt]

Not really sure why the Peppers pitched their #3 pitcher in the Championship game. Are their other pitchers injuried by chance?? But you do have to hit to win and they got shut out so obviously they didn't hit.

Who is supposed to play this weekend in Tomball if it ends up making with all this rain?

To hear the Peppers talk, they have 3 equal pitchers I think they have been blinded by their own pepper juice "If" they qualify for nationals, they will find out fast they have only one decent pitcher

[txfastptchcoach]

Hey 77's Dad,

The weather is looking like it is going to clear up and you will get this one in. I wish Volleyball wasn't finishing this weekend or we would be playing. We are definitely in your next one and I hope all goes well this weekend. Tell 77 to keep swinging it like she has and good things will follow, just not against us. Talk to ya soon.

[77sDad]

Hey 77's Dad,

The weather is looking like it is going to clear up and you will get this one in. I wish Volleyball wasn't finishing this weekend or we would be playing. We are definitely in your next one and I hope all goes well this weekend. Tell 77 to keep swinging it like she has and good things will follow, just not against us. Talk to ya soon.

Thanks for the kind words and i'll let her know. We were hoping to get more of the big Dogs in this one but it just didn't work out, but on the other hand mothers day weekend is looking good and we are ready to go and looking forward to it.

[Gripitandripit]

Not really sure why the Peppers pitched their #3 pitcher in the Championship game. Are their other pitchers injuried by chance?? But you do have to hit to win and they got shut out so obviously they didn't hit.

Who is supposed to play this weekend in Tomball if it ends up making with all this rain?

To hear the Peppers talk, they have 3 equal pitchers I think they have been blinded by their own pepper juice "If" they qualify for nationals, they will find out fast they have only one decent pitcher

Um.. Well they have one really good pitcher, and then another one not close behind, who tends to struggle with her command and then they have a "pool" game pitcher if you ask me. I think if they want to qualify then they have to pitch the lefty against the best teams.

[hittinghard]

Sounds like the younger teams played well with 98 TPS and RedHots winning this past week end. Anybody know how the 14u played out in Deer Park and the 12u matched up against the 14u teams?

Bandits and Ice were both eventually knocked out by Sting 95 and SK Velocity. I believe Bandits finished around 7th and Ice around 5th. Not sure the final results but did watch Velocity struggle against Ice for several innings, and the next game V-city was knocked out by Shockwave who was placed in the losers bracket by Ice on Saturday. Bandits hit the ball well all weekend, with a lot of teams surprised by both 12U teams. No pool games just bracket play and both teams won about 2/3 games each before getting knocked out on Sunday.

Sting 95 had a girl go yard against the Pearland Phantomz, TPS 98 played well against the 12U teams and that was a good tourney for them to play up in.

Rob and his TPS crew worked hard all weekend to keep things on track, great job.

[Merlin]

Way to go RED HOTS. No one on this board even had this team in the top picks and they win it all taking out the ACES and the PEPPERS both of these teams are named in the top 5 in the Houston area. Great job RED HOTS.

classic case of "Cant hit the average to below average pitching" coupled with a great redhots defense. They are a great little team that had a great weekend but this does not make them a top 5. I would put them in the top 10 for sure. I would say they are the best 97 team in the area with HV being the second best in the area.

As Goliath moved in for the kill, David reached into his bag and slung one of his stones at Goliath's head. Finding a hole in the armor, the stone sank into the giant's forehead and he fell face down on the ground.

I wonder if David was an "average to below average" slinger

[Fence Coach]

Sounds like the younger teams played well with 98 TPS and RedHots winning this past week end. Anybody know how the 14u played out in Deer Park and the 12u matched up against the 14u teams?

From what I have seen, there are a few Houston area 12U teams that can move up and play the better 95 teams, but I'm not sure any of them can compete with the 94's starting back up. That's not to say they can't find an 'average' 14U collection of teams and be competitive, or beat one of the better 95's on occasion, but I've seen a number of 12U teams play up in the fall and spring and most just don't have the pitching or firepower. I respect their interest in getting better, but it might be a good idea to win a few competitive 12U brackets before playing up with the stronger 14U teams. I'm not picking out any team mentioned here, and certainly a few of them can and do compete well- that's just a general observation and not meant to be disrespectful. Best wishes to all of them.

As for Deer Park, I could be wrong but I think both the Bandits and Ice lost to Sting and then Velocity. Final standings were (1) Sting, (2) Phantomz, (3) Shockwave and (4) Velocity.