What a great weekend of softball in Laguna! I wanted to take a moment and congratulate a group of young ladies who, until this point, have not gotten the recognition they deserve here on HB.
OCBB-McArthur is a talented, hardworking, dedicated group of '03 and '04 young athletes who have proven, not just this weekend, but on many others, that they indeed belong in the conversation of "who are the top 10U teams in so cal?"
On more than one occasion both on HB and out at the fields, people didn't even know we existed...we do. Or perhaps even more comical, they thought we were the Garcia or Nelsen team. We are not...
This weekend we competed against, and beat, some of the teams who are consistently "ranked" in the top 5 10U teams in so cal. We played fundamentally sound softball, and except for perhaps the worst call I have ever seen in all my years in this game, should have played in the Championship game vs. SCA-Natividad (TCS, kindly review the 'obstruction' rules with your umpires).
Ladies, you deserve recognition and have earned a spot at the top of your age group through hard work and dedication. Congratulations on an outstanding season and enjoy your time in Reno and play hard, as you always do.