GO PINK DIAMONDS!!!

Shayla started the softball season the end of May. This was her first year on the Falcon league. Which is where all the girls play, no more coach pitch. She was excited because her best friend was on the team with her. They played a great season and were undefeated for Santaquin. They were able to go to the State Tournamnet in Salem. It wasn't the whole state, just a few cities from Springville on south. Shayla thought it was cool that they had actual score boards. The tournament started on July 7th. They played a game at 5pm and WON! On Wednesday, they played at noon and WON, so they had to play again at 5:20pm. They lost that game 6-4, so they had to play at 8:00pm. They came back and WON 7-1! Thursday was the last day of the tournament. Their first game was at 3pm. It is double elimination, so they really wanted to win all the games and still make it to the championship game. They did WIN the 3pm game and moved on to the 5:20pm game. They were nervous because this was the Spanish Fork team they had lost to the day before. They did great and WON 3-0! Shayla got some great hits and one of the points was scored by her. This win put them into the Championship game. The game started at 7pm and had no time limit, and they played 6 innings instead of 4. They tried hard, but were not able to win. So, the took 2nd in the tournament. If they had won, they would have had to play that same team immediatly after the game had ended, because that team had not lost a game yet. I don't think the girls would have lasted another game. They were getting tired from already playing 3 games. It was a busy 3 days, but was a fun experience. Shayla and Haylee after getting their medals.
Thank to Melani and Jon for coaching the team! They did so great.
Shayla and her Medal.
Before one of the championship games, the girls all painted their faces with their number on the forehead. Shayla was number 5. I told her it also looked like an S for Shayla.