16U Blazing Season

Starting the last run

2009-07-09T18:57:00.000-07:00

Details for the upcoming weekend. Game 1 will be played in North St Paul against the Mighty Glen Lake. Game time 3:00 p Hope to see everyone there wearing their black and gold cheering the blaze to victory.

Sioux Falls

2009-07-05T18:57:00.000-07:00

With great anticipation the Blaze headed off to Sioux Falls expecting some great softball and good times.

I believe most or all of the girls had the good times but the great softball was forgotten. With high expectations going into the first game the girls put 6 runs up on the board in the first inning. Unfortunately they only got 5 more for the rest of the game. Normally that is plenty for a Blaze victory but our defense faultered and we lost by a run.

This left everyone with a lot of free time the rest of Saturday. The girls enjoyed shopping, swimming and a teen age favorite sun bathing.

This left us with a must win game on Sunday morning. With all the free time the girls were a little flat. Not producing many runs. Fortunately there were a couple less errors but not enough for a win. So after 2 games the Blaze were on their way home.

Two more chances for a Tournament win coming up. We will be ready to have a great showing.

Congrats to the 12U and the 18U on their South Dakota Championships!

Richfield 6-13 & 6-14

2009-06-17T18:56:00.000-07:00

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.

Regular Season Game Schedule

2009-05-22T14:53:00.001-07:00

16U Game Schedule

Wednesday June 3 – Alimagnet Field C

Golden Valley (Hells Angels) Vs Burnsville Blaze 16U

Monday June 8 – Bloomington Valley View #3

Bloomington Warriors Vs Burnsville Blaze 16U

Wednesday June 10 – Alimagnet Field C

Bloomington Bullets Vs Burnsville Blaze 16U

Monday June 22 Bloomington Valley View #3

Bloomington Bullets Vs Burnsville Blaze 16U

Wednesday June 24 Alimagnet Field D

Golden Valley Spectrum Vs Burnsville Blaze 16U

Wednesday July 1 Glen Lake Optimist

Glen Lake 16U Vs Burnsville Blaze 16U

Wednesday July 8 Alimagnet Field C

Bloomington Warriors Vs Burnsville Blaze 16U

Wednesday July 15 Richfield Middle School C

Richfield KTI Transportation Vs Burnsville Blaze 16U

A weekend for the books...

2009-05-17T21:07:00.000-07:00

Starting off the day with temps in the 50's and winds gusting. It was another cold day in Champlin. Seems to be a theme with tournaments held here. Starting the day off with cool bats and a hot defense the blaze were off and running. Winning the first game 13 - 2.

Now off to the record books we go. Starting the second game with 23 runs in the first inning. Being lead by not one but two blasts by Tori Dixon hitting her first and second homeruns in one inning. Loosing a couple balls the the softball fields neighbor. With the home runs Tori was not the only girl hitting the blaze put up 38 runs in 2 at bats and winning 38 - 1.

Game 3 kept the bats hot. Leaving to base unturned the girls came up with another 26 runs and winning the game 26 - 11. Go home and get some sleep girls all of you 9th graders had one long day after that school lock in.

Sunday starts with a sleepy team and some sleepy bats. Up next is Elm Creek always a tough compititor adn a fun game. After 4 innings the blaze are down by one run with a score of 7 - 8. Then the fatigue sets in and the errors start happening and a disappointing loss with a score of 16 - 26.

The second game on Sunday came with a price. with the blaze leading 12 - 5 the unthinkable happened. With one bad hop we lost roades for the day, so we thought, with a broken nose. By the way Roades nose, in Roades fashion got the ball to second base for the 3rd out of the inning. Being down to 9 players the blaze buckled down not giving up another run and winning the game 20 - 5. Ending pool play with a 4 - 1 and a 3 seed.

Our first game in Bracket play is Elm Creek and to the Blaze suprise Roades is back in the line up. Broken nose and all. PS Thanks to Elm Creek in the use of your mask to help our player stay safe. That is appreciated by us more than you may know. Now on to the game.

The blaze were held scoreless in the first and gave up one run. In the second inning the blaze again gave up one run but scoring 5 of there own they hold a slight lead Both teams were held scoreless in the 3rd. In the 4th inning the Blaze gave up 3 runs leaving the scre tied in the 5th inning. in the 6th the Blaze came up with 3 runs of their own. With 3 outs in the top of the 7th inning the Blaze went on to win by the score of 8 - 5.

Onto the championship game.

After watching Voss run through pool play the Blaze new they had to come up with a great defensive game to come up with a win. The Blaze did deliver a great defensive game but came up a few hits short of a championship. Loosing 7 - 2.

We would also like to congratulate the Lil' Blaze on their 12U championship, the B-Lazers and their 12U Runner up, along with 14U runner up finish.

With 4 Blaze teams in the tournament and 4 teams coming home with hardware thisweekend. I feel we have a GREAT start to the summer for BAC traveling slowpitch softball.

Champlain Part 2

2009-05-04T19:23:00.000-07:00

With the sun shining and the light breeze it was a perfect morning for some softball. The Blaze started off with a bang. Scoring 7 in the firts inning. Followed by some stellar defense, it was nice to see some defensive plays. The Blaze continued to bring the bats led by the line shots of Roades this was her game. The Blaze went on t win in 4 innings.

Game 2 of Sunday turned into a barn burner. Goram Builders took the early lead scoring 4 in the first. The Blaze came back with 3 of their own. This was turning into a defensive gem with either team having the possibility take the win. In the end the blaze came through with the victory winning 11 - 8.

After 2 tournaments there is room for improvement but the team is off to a solid start.

Champlain - A story of 3 different games...

2009-05-03T05:03:00.000-07:00

The weekend comes with more promise the the week before. Some nice cool weather but no rain in sight.

Starting in the first the Blaze defense was stellar with holding Linda's Cafe to 3 runs. When it came time to hit the Blaze bats would not ignite. Scoring just 2 runs for the game it went down as a diappointing loss in more ways then one. Loosing the game 9-2 and loosing Dack for the rest of the day.

Game 2 was a different story. Luckily in the batting department only. Scoring 27 runs and allowing only 11. The Blaze defense remained strong. I would like to thank Elizabeth for suiting up helping us out. She came through with a couple nice catches in the outfield and a couple amazing hits that had some of the 16U girls asking for hitting lessons.

Game 3

Wow a 2 hour lay off and the Blaze's fire was out. The normal Blaze defense hadsome major holes. Dropped fly balls missed grounders you would have never guessed it was the Blaze on the field. The stand out Rapacz had a hard time doing it on her own. Mustering no errors and a couple good hits made the way for a frustrating last game. Loosing 27 - 3.

Here is to Sunday - and hopefully a resurgance to the Blaze as a dominant team.

Day Two - Cold - Rain - Wind

2009-04-26T19:02:00.001-07:00

Well another bright and early start. The game starts and the flood gates open. From the sky the rain pours in and on the field our defense starts to fail us. With a slippery softballs and cold wet girls it was hard to get any traction. The blaze fell behind early and couldn't claw there way back. They tried to mount there comback in the 5th inning bringing the string of hits but fell just a little short.

After a delay and much discussion of going home the final game of the day started at noon. With the rain coming down and the teeth chattering the Blaze put on there game faces and hit the field. Giving up four runs in the top of the first there was no denying the Blaze girls. They followed up with 8 runs of their own in the bottom 1/2 of the inning. In the next 3 innings the girls gave up 4 more runs while scoring 15 of there own. Ending the game in 4 innings with a 23 - 8 Victory.

The victory gave the Blaze a 3rd place finish for their first tournament. The season is definitely off and running.

Champlin Day 1

2009-04-25T21:17:00.000-07:00

With the threat of rain looming and the temps in the low 50's the Blaze hit the field a little cool. We won the coin toss and chose to take the field. Giving up 4 runs early the girls quickly put a halt to Daves crew's scoring. Allowing 4 runs in the 1st inning. But the Blaze eliminated that lead quickly scoring 8 in the bottom 1/2 of their at bat. The secon inning came with stellar defense and 3 up 3 down. The bottom 1/2 of innig number two started much the same way as the first scoring 7 runs before the first out. Then scoring on more before out number two followed by a 12 run 2 out rally. Not much of a let down when we were back on defense allowing 2 runs to end the game and a 28-6 victory.

Game 2

Started with the Blaze as the visiting team and putting the sticks to work right off the bat. Scoring 5 runs in the first and only giving up 3. Starting a pattern the blaze picked up another 5 in the second starting with a lead off home run by Maddie Laselle. After giving up 2 in the bottom of the second the Blaze started the 3rd inning by scoring 10 and taking a 20 - 5 lead. The Blaze defense stiffened up and got 3 outs in a row after a quick discussion the ump decided to put the Blaze back in the field and if we held them the game was over. The blaze came through with flying colors. Getting the lead off batter to pop up the Abby followed by a walk and then the first double play of the season. A nice pick up by Katie tagging the runner and throwing on to Maddie at first to finish the game.

Game Blaze 20 - Park & Sell Auto 5

Game 3

The Blaze take on Linda's Cafe - Again the Blaze loose the coin flip and start with the sticks in their hands. Scoring 3 in the first and giving up 3 in the bottom 1/2 of the inning. Second inning much of the same scoring 3 and giving up 7. The 3rd and 4th innings were a little tough scoring 2 in the 3rd and none in the 4th and giving up 7 total in the same 2 innings. In the 5th the Blaze made an attempt at a comeback scoring 2 runs and holding Linda's no one. in the 6th the bats came back to life and the Blaze scored 7 runs tying the game only to give up the winning run in the bottom of the inning. The girls really showed some heart mounting that big comeback and were a little disappointed in giving up that winning run.

Hopefully we can get another shot tomorrow at Linda's Cafe it could be another close game.

See you at the park at 9:00 am and Noon.

Starting the Lane on fire

2009-04-24T21:49:00.000-07:00

The team decided to have a little bonding party before the first tournament. Nine players from the team dawned there new stylish shoes found a hot neon ball and hit the lanes. From the first roll down the alley you knew these girls really needed those bumpers. From dancing on the lane to scavaging left over food. Fun was had by all.

Tournament Schedule

2009-04-23T15:27:00.000-07:00

16U Traveling Slow Pitch Tournament Schedule

April 25-26 Champlain

May 2^nd & 3^rd Champlain

May 16 & 17 Champlain

May 30 & 31 Andover

June 6 Von Hansen's Brat Sale

2:00 - 6:00

June 13 & 14 Richfield

June 27 & 28 Sioux Falls

July 11 & 12 USSSA State

July 18 & 19 ASA State Burnsville

Times to be announced Wed or Thursday before the tournament weekend

Tournament Schedule

2009-04-23T15:16:00.000-07:00

The Blaze will be back in action this weekend. Playing in the season opening tournament in Champlain.

Catch the action at Andrews Park

Game 1 9:00am

Game 2 11:00am

Game 3 1:00pm

Players please arrive at the park at 8:15am to warm up.

Check out the website for maps and directions.

http://www.bactravelingsoftball.org/

P.S. don't forget about the bowling party Friday night 5:30 at the new Brunswick Lanes.

Blaze Vs Minnetonka Highs School

2009-04-23T14:58:00.000-07:00

The First game of the season started off slow. Giving up a run in the top of first but recovering nicely scoring 3 of our own in the bottom 1/2 of the inning. After that the Blaze defense held strong and the took the first game by the score of 16 - 1 in 4 innings.

Game 2 got off to another slow start scoring one run in the first and no runs in the second. After that the blaze bats started on fire with a couple doubles and a couple home runs. The first home run of the year hit by Kellie Fredricks and the second home run a laser shot hit by Tori Dixon. The Blaze went on to win the second game by the score of 11 - 0 in 5 innings.