After 3 long hot days our Mt. Pleasant Bee's are the STATE CHAMPIONS!!! The girls played their hearts out and are very deserving of the title. They started Monday off with their first win placing them in the winners bracket and not having to play again until the next day. Tuesday they played 2 more games winning both of them and the reality of taking state set in. Wednesday found them playing their first game at 3 against a Spanish Fork team and although it was a close game our girls lost their first game of the entire season 5-4. At that point they had to play right after and beat that team to put them into the championship game against the same Spanish Fork team, however in order to win state they would have to beat them twice! And they did just that the first game their was no time limit so it was extremely long but our girls won 7-5. So began the final game for the championship it was already a little after 8 pm and since the fields we were playing on are not able to use the lights at night they put a time limit on this game. We scored the first 2 runs and went into the last inning with the lead. Of course at this point when your the mom of the pitcher things begin to get a little intense. Jentry had been pitching great all day and now faced her last inning with the state championship on the line. We quickly got the 1st out and the crowd was really excited. Jentry then stuggled with a couple of batters and before we knew it had 2 runners on base by walks. She then struck out the next batter for the 2nd out. Its crunch time! She walked 2 more batters and that meant the other team scoring 1 run, and with bases loaded. You could see the pressure getting to her and the crowd, and we wondered if the coaches would maybe put in another pitcher, but they called a time out and went and talked to her for a minute and the next batter she struck out giving our girls the win 2-1!!! Our girls played over 6 hours straight that day, and their hard work and determination payed off. I am so proud of Jentry!!! She did such a great job! The night ended with a police & fire truck escort through town at 11 pm with the girls reinging on top of the fire truck cheering and screaming and lots of towns people out on main street cheering them on!
State Championship Team!
These 4 are our oldest leaders on the team and also great friends!
Avery Briggs, Kiersten Strate, Jentry, & Mariah Hafen
Jentry winding up for a pitch
Jentry had some awesome hitting including 2 home
runs one of which was a grand slam!
Throwing a strike!
