The End Has Come

Team Seco was knocked out of the intercity tournament on Friday evening by Kania Clinic. Great run these kids had this year with combined total of 30 wins and 5 losses which takes into account the intercity tournament and the Pendelton Baseball Classic. They concluded the regular season 23-2 winning there last game of the  season against Overturf by a margin of 5-4 sealing the KNYB Majors Division Championship for the Team. They were also the Hit-A-Thon top seller in the Majors Division. Awesome group of kids and parents cannot say enough about the help the parents were with the fields and other things from the Hit-A-Thon to practices to the hats and jackets other assorted things that went on during the season. The Coaching staff was and is excellent helping to get this team ready before the season and keeping them on track during the season. Great job by the staff Team Mom for all the email and hard work behind the scenes to keep it all going and always keeping us informed on what was coming way before it was happening. I have been assembling a dvd slideshow of the season and should have it ready this coming week for those who don't see I will contact you on how to get it to you. Last the season ending party how good was that the bats for the kids were awesome and how hard can Anne Tanninen work? Big thanks to Anne and the other ladies for a well planned party with awesome food and treats. Thanks to a great baseball season this will be the last entry here the blog will stay up and the photos also will stay accessible for now if that changes I will email you before that changes. I will be updating the photos this week with last of them from the tournament and party. You can keep up with 12 all stars at http://knallstar12u.blogspot.com/

Seco Vs Kania

Second time against this team the first game ended in a 2-1 loss in 7 innings on Monday. We need to get the win tonight to move on and be able to play Overturf twice in the championship Saturday. Overturf took Kania out in 8 innings last night. So let's play tight like last night put the bat on the ball and get the job done Team Seco.

Seco 3 KCFCU 0

WOW awesome game tonight just a stellar job by all the team to keep it together and get the lead and hold it shutting out one of the best teams at KA and eliminating them from the tournament cannot say enough about how solid this team was on the field tonight to get a lead and hold it. Onto Kania who lost to overturf in extra inning's tonight.
Game time 5:00pm pregame at West gate 4:00pm. We are home Again though they did flip a coin tonight and we ended up visitor's.

SECO VS KCFCU

KCFCU took out Sullivan Rowell tonight so they will be the team to beat tomorrow. Let's show them what Seco baseball is all about and get the win. go Team Seco
Game time 7:15pm Pregame 6:15 pm at west gate we are the home team and we are on KN1 the majors field.

Seco 10 Firefighters 7

Team Seco pulled this one out after being behind twice in the game. The boy's played through it kept there heads up and found a way to win. team Seco started it of with 1-0 lead which would dissipate quickly soon we found ourselves down by about 5-1 but we would come back to tie it at 5-5. Jordan came in to take over the duties on the mound in the second and did a excellent job helping to get some outs and keep it close. Soon we saw firefighters up 7-5 again though Jake reached safely and to second on a errant throw to first Taylor hit a sac fly to bring it to 7-6 David would reach base safely to see Hayden step up and hit a blast over the center field fence 10-7 Seco and that was all she wrote for that one. On to the winner of KCFCU and Sullivan Rowell that were not able to play last night due to field issues and games having been changed due to weather related problems. so they play tonight. Our next game would be Thursday 6/5 at 7;15 pm at KN1.

Seco Vs Firefighters

Team Seco needs to come out and light a fire tonight let us get the bats rolling early.
game time 5pm at KA1 pregame will be at KA fields at 4pm

Seco 1 Kania Clinic 2

Well if you were not there you missed a dandy that was simply a pitchers duel between David, Taylor and Hayden figured in the extra frame. Both teams pitching had batters reeling at the plate. Finally in the bottom of the fourth Taylor doubled to eventually score the first run of the game. The lead would be short lived though as Kania came up in the top of the fifth to tie the score at one with a runner on first one out and a tie score Kania hit a deep fly to center caught by David and checking the runner at first he throws a perfect strike to Hayden who held on the get the runner before he could return to the base ending the inning. Team Seco had a chance to win in the bottom of the sixth but it was not to be extras frames were needed and Kania would eventually score during the tie breaker.

Seco Vs Kania Clinic

This will be the third round in the winners bracket in the intercity tournament. We staved of the loss on Saturday and will look to get another win Monday.
Game time 7:15pm Pregame warm up at West gate 6:15pm We will be home team as we are
the higher seed. We are at KN1 on the major field. One other note I updated the brackets on the schedule I have saved based on what I saw at the field today. Sullivan Rowell took out the first seed at KA which was KCFCU they are now in the losers bracket while Sullivan will play Overturf Monday. 8 Teams remain in the majors bracket 4-KA 4-KN the difference being the KN teams except Apollo are all in the winners bracket good job KN. Overturf took down Zips and they were eliminated in the losers bracket. They were a third seed at KA. So anything can happen. As in our fourth seed in Sullivan Rowell taking out the first seed KCFCU. Let us hope to see a ready and heads up Team Seco tomorrow lets look like the Team that took care of business this season. Go Team Seco

Seco 7 muellers 5

A bit of of a gut checker for Team Seco in this one. The start was quick for Team Seco David sent the side back to there dugout with no rewards and as soon as Jake stepped in the second pitch was sent over the center field fence, David stepped in and followed with a shot over the right field fence.By the fourth Team Seco had managed 4 runs and Mueller's 1 the top of the fourth brought a bit of a change as Mueller's began to pick away at the lead and soon had it at 5-4. the bottom of the fourth saw the bases loaded two outs two strikes with Taylor at the plate he lines it to the fence for a two run double shifting the lead to Team Seco at 6-5 Seco would put up one more 7-5 and Taylor would close the game to shut down Mueller's in the fifth and the sixth. On to Monday's game with Kania Clinic who beat Apollo Saturday.

Seco Vs Muellers

This the second round in the winners bracket and yes we want to stay here. So here's to the Team getting it done quickly to come and show what Seco baseball is all about.
Game time 9am pregame warm up at west gate 8am. We will be home team as we are the higher seed. So any help with the field is appreciated.

Coach's Notes

Team –

There will be practice tomorrow from 5pm to 7pm at Sunset View Elementary (on Columbia Center Parkway – a couple blocks south of Carmike Cinemas). The next game is 9am at the KN Major Field (pre-game at 8am).

Also, I forgot to mention to the kids that I will not be at the game on Saturday. I made a commitment several weeks ago to take Brayden on an overnight trip where we get to spend the night at the Portland zoo. It is a unique opportunity that we couldn’t pass up. Obviously, I made the commitment without knowing what the city tournament schedule would look like. I rolled the dice and lost – which is why I don’t gamble. Anyway, I just wanted you to know the circumstances.

Thanks

Lance

Practice Friday 5/30

Practice will be held Friday 5/30 at Sunset View between 5 and 7pm

Seco 11 Pepsi 1

Team Seco came through again winning there first game by a margin of 10 ending the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. The saw excellent pitching through out and key hits including a very welcomed homerun in the first by Nick his second of the season to score 3 runs with many hits in between ending with a hit through short to end the game by Eric. There were also some excellent defensive plays on bases where catchers through out the opponent on attempts to steal a base very nice throw down by Tanner and a good glove by Jordan to get the out later Nick would follow with another good throw and fine tag by Cleveland to get the out at second again both ended the inning. Nice Job Team Seco. Next game Saturday 9:00 am at KN1 we will know who we play after tomorrow evening game between Mueller and Larsen which is being played at the KA fields at 5pm Thursday.

Seco Vs Pepsi

The intercity tournament begins for us tonight. We are bracketed as the One seed from kn pitting us against the Ka9 seed which is Pepsi but as the coach's noted last night at practice it is a new season we all have 0-0 records. Team Seco needs to come out with the same fervor that was evident in the regular season and get the the job done.

Game time 7:15pm pregame warm up 6:15pm at Westgate. We are the home team. Who's on the field? Anyone who can help would be appreciated as it has all season .

Practice Westgate Elementary

Practice will be held at Westgate from 5:00pm to 7:00pm tuesday 5/27

NO PRACTICE SATURDAY

CHANGED NO PRACTICE SATURDAY PRACTICE WILL RESUME TUESDAY.

Practice today Thursday 5/22

5/22 (Thursday) – Practice at Westgate Elementary* from 5:00pm to 7:00pm

CORRECTED PRACTICE SCHEDULE

THIS IS THE CORRECTED SCHEDULE I REMOVED THE POST FROM YESTERDAY
I forgot that there the KN tournament team tryouts and the Annual Fitness Challenge are tonight. So tonight’s practice is optional and will be at the Batter’s box from ~4:30 to ~6:00. I might not get there until 4:45-ish. Also, if Westgate is in use on 5/22 and 5/27, we will drive by Highlands Middle School. If Highlands is in use, we will try Desert Hills.
Here is the revised schedule through next Wednesday:
5/21 (Wednesday) – Practice at Batter’s Box from ~4:30pm to ~6:00pm
5/22 (Thursday) – Practice at Westgate Elementary* from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
5/23 (Friday) – Practice at Yelm Park from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
5/24 (Saturday) – NO PRACTICE
5/25 (Sunday) – NO PRACTICE
5/26 (Monday) – NO PRACTICE
5/27 (Tuesday) – Practice at Westgate Elementary* from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
5/28 (Wednesday) – City Tournament Game at 7:15PM (pre-game at 6:15pm) at KN Major Field
*If Westgate is unavailable on these dates, we will try Highlands Middle School (1st) and then Desert Hills Middle School (2nd

Intercity Tournament Schedule

Team –

Your kids were tremendous as usual last weekend! This is such a great team.
Our first game is 5/28 at 7:15pm on the Major Field.
We don’t have practice on Tuesday. I will get you the rest of this week’s practice schedule ASAP.
Thanks
Lance

Side note I posted a link to the schedule for the tournament you were sent in the email from Lance on the right side of the page. Russ

Pendelton Baseball Classic

Great weekend of baseball I was up near Newport with Lance at a Men's Retreat so we were not able to attend Saturday but we made it back for Sunday. First game in the pool play was against LeGrande Team Seco 10 Legrande 0. This may have provided a bit more competition as the final was Team Seco 3 baker City 2. Sundays first match up was the Spokane Warriors which ended in a Team Seco win 5-1 so we were 3-0 in pool play and would then play at 3pm against the number two seed in the other 12u pool which was Moses Lake Rivercats Team Seco would not finish this one on top but played well none the less. Homeruns in this tournament by David and Taylor excellent hitting and pitching provided a great weekend of baseball. We fared very well considering we were eleven and twelve year olds playing against all twelve year old teams some all star some select. It is always exciting for the players to play teams from different areas that we don't see during the season. If you have not already done it thanks the coach's for the weekend it takes a lot of time and effort to coordinate these weekend tournaments so thanks to the coach's for the huge effort they have put out all season long. Next up the inter city tournament. Go Team Seco.