THIS IS WHY WE'RE HOT - CHAMPIONS that is!!!

We did it!!! The Champions

Sunday morning was another early day everyone wondered about the girls ability to win the morning....these games have generally been our downfall - but the extra hour and a half sure worked wonders for our Firebirds. All of the girls were awake and ready to play! They came out swinging and went through all that the KC Impact had to show them. The Impact was a team that had beat us in the Hawaiian Hitfest by 1 run....and no one wanted that to happen again. Firebirds made sure it didn't and with Shelby on the mound the Impact had a tough time hitting! Our fielding was excellent, everyone was stopping balls, catching and making good judgements from the outfield. Firebirds weren't going to be stopped again - they made that point hard with a double digit win over the Impact.

Next was a rematch with the Lightning Green - both teams were undefeated! The Lightning Green jumped out to 4-0 at the top of the 1st inning. We had some coming back to do, but we knew that based on yesterday's late run, we could do it. We had just scored 10+ runs in one inning in the last game against the Impact. The Firebirds came back with EXCELLENT HITS AND BASE RUNNING and made it 7-4, but the Lightning is a great team and we knew we had out work cut out to keep them back. With time expired, they eventually tied it up in the top of the last inning. We knew we only needed 1 run to win one of the biggest games of the day! All 3 fields down on the bottom of the complex were watching this one, very exciting, game. The players in the dugout were up on the fence cheering and making sure that everyone in the stands knew the Firebirds were there to win! Alyvia got the call....she was so nervous she nearly passed out! This one at bat meant more to her personally than any other time. Thanks to Marvin who was posed at the back of the plate reminding her to breathe between every pitch. She hit a hard grounder and made it to 1st. Kathryn was next...the Lightning called time to freeze her out, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, she stood in there and took the pitch - Alyvia stole 2nd. The tension was mounting as our winning run was now on 2nd base.....there she went, stealing 3rd base. The catcher popped up and threw to 3rd, the ball bounce by the outside of the bag and before we knew it, she was on her way to home...........she made it the FIREBIRDS WON THE GAME!!!

How exciting for all of the girls, they knew this was the team to beat and they did it. Sending the Lightning to the losers bracket. Now, if the Lightning wanted the Championship, they were going to have to go through us 2 more times to get it. The Firebirds weren't going to let that happen. Lightning went on to lose to the Southside Slammers in another nail biter for them. Now it was the Southside Slammers against the Firebirds. This would be another re-match. Saturday, they beat us by 2...but we knew that we were a different team. Top of the 1st inning was a bit rough...3 up 3 down. A little scary - but with Lindsey on the mound for the 2nd time in a row, the defense stepped it up and only allowed 1 score. Then our girls turned it on and hit everything. They made it on base nearly every time after that and hit every pitcher that stepped on the mound. I'm sure everyone's heard of the Boston "Green Monster", well there is an Adair "Chain Monster".....Lindsey tamed the beast with a 3 run homer that even the Slammer fans had to admire!!! What a beautiful shot (it may have even cleared the 'Green Monster'). Our girls are dynamite!!!
They came from behind this weekend, they got out on top and never looked back this weekend and THEY WERE THE BEST TEAM THIS WEEKEND - - - something we fans have known all along!
WE LOVE OUR CHAMPIONSHIP FIREBIRDS!