Congratulations to the 10U Cary Crush on their 1st Place finish in the Warren Wave Wipeout 2009 tournament in Gurnee to wrap up the 2008-09 season.   

 

Friday, July 24th, early afternoon, they opened the tournament against the Wisconsin Lightning, a team they have never faced.  The Wisconsin Lightning played very well but fell one run shy as the Cary Crush would win the game 5-4 with Jordyn's game winning RBI single in the bottom of the last inning.

 

With a game break and a victory under their belt, the Cary Crush knew the Libertyville Cats would not give up easy as the teams had faced off against each other 4 times in the past few weeks.  With these two evenly matched teams the fans and parents would get an exciting game to watch as the battle would come down to the final pitch finishing in a  4-4 tie.

 

Saturday, July 25th, 8 am games are never anyones favorite, but the Cary Crush would take on the Northern Ice to finish pool play.  With changes in the lineup,  the Northern Ice would be victorious 10-3, forcing the Crush to be the #2 seed going into championship play.

 

The afternoon game vs the Waukesha Blazers would be another character builder, but the Cary Crush would again be victorious 5-2.

 

Sunday, July 26th, the semi-final game again vs the Libertyville Cats.  The Cary Crush team was ready and began the day with a determination to play one more game.  From the first pitch, every player would make contact with the ball, bunting, hitting, slapping, taking good pitches, and outstanding base running to win 10-2 advancing to the championship game.

 

The championship game and final game of the 2009 Cary Crush 10U team vs the Northern Ice would be a 7 exciting innings of solid softball.  With no score after 2 inning of play, the Cary Crush would have a breakout inning to score 6 runs giving them a formitable lead.  The Northern Ice weren't about to give up as they would continue to battle back taking a run anywhere they could get it.  With Cary's tough pitching, solid defense, and championship spirit, they would hold off to win the final game of the season, 7-6 securing the 1st Place Championship in the 5th Annual Warren Wave Wipeout, in Gurnee, IL.

 

Friday June 26th, they began the tournament with two dominating victories; first the Carol Stream Storm 14-4 then the Dekalb Hurricanes 13-1.

 

Saturday morning's game vs the Wasco Diamonds would turn out to be a preview of the  Championship game.  Fighting and never giving up, we lost to be seeded 2nd place in the championship bracket.  Saturday evening would turn out to be a very interesting night as thunderstorms approached, we got in 1.5 innings leading the host team, KV storm 5-0.  The game would continue on Sunday morning.

 

Sunday the 10U Cary Crush would pick up right where they left off defeating the KV Storm 12-0.  The semi-final game against the Huntley Hurricanes would turn out to be another well fought game in which the Cary Crush would again defeat Huntley 14-4 to advance to the Championship game against Wasco.  The left handed pitching duel was close with Wasco leading 3-0 after 3 innings before their bats would come alive to win 13-1.

Congratulations!  to the 10U Cary Crush on their 2nd Place Finish in the Streamwood Magic Spring Fling 2009. 

 

Friday May 1st, they began the tournament with a victory in pool play over the Carol Stream Storm.

 

Saturday morning the girls played a hard fought game against the Elk Grove heat losing 10 - 4.  The entire team dug deep to come back and took out their frustration against the Palatine Stingers when they defeated them 13 - 3. 

 

Sunday May 3rd, during the final round as the 3rd seed, defeated Carol Stream for a 2nd time.  The next game against the 2nd seed Oak Park Wind Mills turned out to be another solid victory, 11 - 3.  The final game against the top seed was again against the Elk Grove heat losing a tough game 3 - 6.