This is what I have seen, as teams play through a tournament it depends on who they face and WHEN they have to face the better teams. If a team has a tougher road to the championship and use there top pitching to early they struggle to make it threw to the championship game. One of the only teams that I have seen with enough pitching to not matter what draw they get is the TPS. The rest of the so called top five or six teams have to be careful how they use there pitching. This is why it is great softball when two teams meet and both are playing well with both teams pitching there number one in a championship game to win a tournament. TPS is deeper in pitching than any 10u team in our area and it allows them to play deep in any tournament. Don't get me wrong TPS has more than just great pitching but the deep pitching puts them in good shape at most tournaments. As teams go threw the summer and players get seasoned the gap between TPS and the field will get smaller. It will be hard for TPS to win state with the big bull's-eye on there back and all the teams getting better by then. As of right now the rest of the field should be glad they are hosting and not playing. They are beatable but it will take a good team playing on all cylinders.
My picks for the weekend
1.98 Texas Sting (McKinney) / Alvin Rage 98 This would be a good match-up
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3.98 Lady Stros (Longoria) / Texas Kaos 98 (Trlicek) Another good match-up
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5.Does it really matter from here down ?