After a 4-0 week the Blaze were ready for a good showing at the annual Richfield tournament.
One of the better weekends of the summer for some ball the Blaze started out with a little shaky defense. Giving up 4 runs to the Bloomington Warriors in the first inning. But thats when the blaze hit their stride. The Warriors never crossed home plate again. With the Blaze ending the game in 4 innings. Being a little different that was the only game on Saturday.
Sunday morning the Blaze first game was against Glen Lake. Keeping up with the Stellar defense the girls played strong and shut out Glen Lake. The next game was against the Bloomington Bulletts. Knowing the Bullets are strong after playing them Wednesday night the Blaze brought their A game and held the Bullets to 1 run. Giving up only 5 total runs in 3 games during pool play and giving them the number one seed going into bracket play.
The first game of bracket play the Blaze took on a strong Richfield team. Falling behind early the Blaze came back and won the game by 3. Sending them to the Championship Game against Elm Creek.
Elm Creek took an early lead with the Blaze coming back to take the lead. Not to be outdone Elm Creek Scored 3 in the bottom of the 6th to tie the game. The Blaze bats went dead and were held scoreless in the top of the 7th. Elm Creek proved to be to much loading the bases and coming up with a big hit to win the Championship.
The girls played some strong defense and had a great tournament. See all of you in South Dakota in a couple weeks.
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