We left Friday morning and journeyed down to Des Moines for Zach's State Tournament! The first game was scheduled for 6PM on Friday evening against Johnston. We ran into rain about halfway to Des Moines and it rained the rest of the drive there -- needless to say, by 4PM the game was cancelled for the evening and the boys had a free night! Most of them went to the new Jordan Creek Mall and saw Batman -- this movie is 3 1/2 hours long, so by the time they got back to the hotel, it was almost curfew (10:30)! Zach said the movie was okay, but he did start to get bored and tired... he thought it was too long. Brianna wanted to go swimming, so CJ and I sat around the pool with all the other parents of younger children who wanted to swim also!
Later on Friday night, CJ and I went to Ames to pick up my brother, Derek, when he got off work. He wanted to come down and see Zach play, so we went and got him since Ames is only 30 minutes away. Of course, when we got back to the hotel, we stayed up way too late visiting and had a little trouble get up to the alarm when it went off at 7AM!! The hotel had a free breakfast buffet from 8AM - 9AM that was really good! Then we had to get ready and be out at the ball park by 11A
M. My sister, Jenny, and her fiancee, Matt, and all the kids came down for the tournament also. They showed up just before the first game started! Zach's Morningside team played Indianola for the first game and won 4 - 1. Zach did an awesome job at 1st base, and he batted a double and a single when he went up to bat! Morningside played Dubuque for the second game and won 7-3. Zach played 1st base, then pitched during the last inning! He did a great job at both! My cousin, Amy, came to this game since she only lives about 10 minutes from the ball field! We finally got to meet her boyfriend, Joe... a really nice guy! It was so good to see them and visit while watching the game! Zach kinda remembered who Amy was, but Brianna doesn't remember... this only means we need to get together more often!!
After the game, the team went to Hooters to have a late supper. Derek really enjoyed the waitresses and the service, not to mention the view... if you know what I mean!!! While we were in there eating, it started to downpour... buckets and buckets of rain coming down! When we were leaving to go back to the hotel, the parking lot was such a "raging river" from all the rain coming down that I almost lost my flip flops trying to run!! What a mess! We thought for sure the games for Sunday were going to be cancelled, but when we got up in the morning, we were told the games were still on as scheduled! Surprising, since it rained more on Saturday night than it did all day Friday. I think they didn't want to postpone any more games and have the tournament run into Monday, when most people had to be back to work, etc.
Morningside played their "makeup" game at 10AM Sunday morning against Johnston. We started out really well, keeping them from scoring the first 3 innings and the score was 2-0. It was really hot and humid out there with no breeze whatsoever. By the 4th inning, w
e started making errors in the outfield and Johnston just took over the game. We ended up losing 11-4. We still made it into the Championship game since we only had one loss! We ended up playing Johnston again for the Championship -- needless to say, Morningside lost 8-4, but it was a really good game! Zach played awesome at 1st base, got a double and finally got his homerun his last time up to bat!! He brought 2 runs in with this homerun! Way to go, Zach!!! Nothing like waiting till the last minute!!! Johnston has a very good ball team... their high school team is ranked #1 in the state and are undefeated this season! So Zach's team didn't feel so bad losing to them! Now baseball season is over for Zach and we were on our way back home while Johnston is on their way to Regionals in Fort Wayne, Indiana!
All in all, it was a great weekend! Saw some really good ball games and spent time with family! Who could ask for more, right??!
Later on Friday night, CJ and I went to Ames to pick up my brother, Derek, when he got off work. He wanted to come down and see Zach play, so we went and got him since Ames is only 30 minutes away. Of course, when we got back to the hotel, we stayed up way too late visiting and had a little trouble get up to the alarm when it went off at 7AM!! The hotel had a free breakfast buffet from 8AM - 9AM that was really good! Then we had to get ready and be out at the ball park by 11A
M. My sister, Jenny, and her fiancee, Matt, and all the kids came down for the tournament also. They showed up just before the first game started! Zach's Morningside team played Indianola for the first game and won 4 - 1. Zach did an awesome job at 1st base, and he batted a double and a single when he went up to bat! Morningside played Dubuque for the second game and won 7-3. Zach played 1st base, then pitched during the last inning! He did a great job at both! My cousin, Amy, came to this game since she only lives about 10 minutes from the ball field! We finally got to meet her boyfriend, Joe... a really nice guy! It was so good to see them and visit while watching the game! Zach kinda remembered who Amy was, but Brianna doesn't remember... this only means we need to get together more often!!After the game, the team went to Hooters to have a late supper. Derek really enjoyed the waitresses and the service, not to mention the view... if you know what I mean!!! While we were in there eating, it started to downpour... buckets and buckets of rain coming down! When we were leaving to go back to the hotel, the parking lot was such a "raging river" from all the rain coming down that I almost lost my flip flops trying to run!! What a mess! We thought for sure the games for Sunday were going to be cancelled, but when we got up in the morning, we were told the games were still on as scheduled! Surprising, since it rained more on Saturday night than it did all day Friday. I think they didn't want to postpone any more games and have the tournament run into Monday, when most people had to be back to work, etc.
Morningside played their "makeup" game at 10AM Sunday morning against Johnston. We started out really well, keeping them from scoring the first 3 innings and the score was 2-0. It was really hot and humid out there with no breeze whatsoever. By the 4th inning, w
e started making errors in the outfield and Johnston just took over the game. We ended up losing 11-4. We still made it into the Championship game since we only had one loss! We ended up playing Johnston again for the Championship -- needless to say, Morningside lost 8-4, but it was a really good game! Zach played awesome at 1st base, got a double and finally got his homerun his last time up to bat!! He brought 2 runs in with this homerun! Way to go, Zach!!! Nothing like waiting till the last minute!!! Johnston has a very good ball team... their high school team is ranked #1 in the state and are undefeated this season! So Zach's team didn't feel so bad losing to them! Now baseball season is over for Zach and we were on our way back home while Johnston is on their way to Regionals in Fort Wayne, Indiana!All in all, it was a great weekend! Saw some really good ball games and spent time with family! Who could ask for more, right??!
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