The Xtreme go to State

The Xtreme started the state championship off strong. Their pool play landed them an #8 seed of 23 teams. That is where their story ended. With Mother Nature playing a very cruel trick on them their remaining games were cut and they did not get to finish their tournament. Regardless the boys had a great tournament.

They ended their season 14-10-1 See side panel for Blake's phenomenal batting stats. He was also the teams strongest pitcher.

Here are some Blake highlights:

The team banner with the sponsors! No team can survive without great sponsors.


Pre game team huddle. Go Xtreme!!

Blake at bat and getting a hit. See stats for how he performed at bat. He had many highlights at bat. One home run on a big hit to left field, one home run on a big hit to right field, 3 rbis on a triple. He was the RBI and basestealing king and #2 slugger on the team. He had a little batting slump mid season after getting nailed in the leg leaving a large black and blue welt. He came out of it strong this weekend for 8 of 9 successful at bats.

Coach Dave. His role this season was the Mind Game. He got the boys rallied and in the right mind set with warm ups and the awarding of the much covetted game ball after each game. They all LOVED coach Dave.

Blake pitching in the last state game. He brought the heat to the Dubuque Sting.

Blake played 1st, 2nd, 3rd and short stop during the season, but his favorite and best played position was pitcher. He had a 53% average which is not as impressive as his brothers, but his speed was the real story. He burned it in just like his big brother. The Heat has a little competition.

Here is a little conference between Blake and his catcher Colby. They are getting serious now! We asked them what they talk about on the mound and one time they admitted they were just counting cars that drove by to get them back in their rythme. Interesting.


Final face shot. Many techniques were used to win games including pink batting gloves, not cutting hair and black goo on the face.

We were all a bit let down as this photo indicates as we will never know where this tournament would have ended...... Next year!