5th Annual Turkey Shoot-Out - Seguin, TX

This weekend, the LadyCats traveled to Seguin, TX eight hours away to take part in an 18 team tournament at the Fields at Huber Ranch.  The ladies had been working hard at practice getting ready for this and were looking forward to the competition and they did not disappoint in Central Texas.  The tournament format was a little different from what we experience in ASA and USSSA in that brackets are drawn by selecting random numbers as you check in so pool play is your warm up and does not count for seedings.  Our first of two pool games was against Centex Buzz-Green.  The girls came out ready to play and took the game 7-3.  Our second pool game was against the Austin Storm and we were unable to string together any hits and lost 0-12.  Our first bracket game was held at 3 p.m. on Saturday against Border Bunch.  The girls played excellent and were able to win the game 4-1.  The next game was at 8 a.m. on Sunday morning against Vengeance.  We came to play but 3 unearned runs cost us the game and we lost 4-5.  This placed us in the loser's bracket earlier than we had hoped, but we still had faith.  Our next game after a one game break was against Adrenaline which we won 9-2 with great defense and pitching.  Again earning a one game break we matched up with Texas Cougars and pulled the win out 5-2.  Now came the fun part, there were no more breaks.  We then played SA Hitt and battled back and forth.  This was a great game that came down to the last inning 6-5, Cats win.  Our third straight game was against Texas Bobcats and the girls showed their fatigue on the field.  After a good first inning it was 2-2, but the girls let it get away with 4 runs in the second and we ended up losing 2-6.  The LadyCats came in fourth and had a great showing in a field of tough teams.  A lot of close games that the girls were able to win shows their resilience.  Last up for this calendar year is the Icebreaker in Las Cruces, NM.  Go LadyCats!