Triple Crown Tournament

The Diamond Dawgs traveled to Phoenix to play in the Triple Crown Tournament. Our first game was on Friday against a team from California called the Longhorns.

Jens at bat above and Tyus at bat below.

I got to the game really late and so I didn't get many pictures of this game. We ended up losing.

Just after the Dawgs finished their game, they played another team from California called the Longhorns. Two games, two teams called the Longhorns, both from California in one day!

Cooper pitching.

Brook giving Colton a little advice.

Keyne at bat

Mason at bat

Tanner hit a double which scored Sam home.

Sam rounding the bend on third base going home.

Jens at first

Tyus running down a ball.

All the fans taking refuge from the heat in the shade of a tree.

Cooper at catch

We ended up losing to the Longhorns and we were placed #34 in the seeding.

On Saturday we played a team from Texas called Pro Source Athletics.

Cooper sliding into second.

Tanner pitching

Sam trying to get a kid out at home.

Colton catching a pop fly to make an out.

Sam running hard to first.

Riley running to second.

Mason getting ready to field a ground ball.

Tanner sliding into home.

Coach Christensen talking to Keyne before his bat. Giving him a little "pep talk" with a few "choice words" mixed in, according to Jens.

This game was a long hard battle. We went 9 innings and finally won the A's and went on to play at Big League Dreams Park.

Big League Dreams Park.

This was an awesome park. All of their fields were miniature replicas of big league fields.

Replica of Angles Stadium.

Replica of Sportsman Park for the Cardinals, which is where we played.

Replica of Yankee Stadium.

Sam pitching against a team from Arizona called the Vandals

Sam covering home to make an out.

Riley throwing the ball in.

The first base runner was trying to get back to first. He slid back in and Colton caught the ball and slid in after him, making an out on first.

Tanner sliding into second.

Hagan scoring a run.

Riley at bat

Riley hit a double. He was just rounding second base and looking to go to third.

Jens hitting a shot to center.

Riley sliding into third.

Mason hit a great shot to the short stop but got thrown out.

Tyus at bat

Colton making a great snag for an out at first.

Riley pitching

Colton making another out on first.

And another out on first! The Dawgs played great!

Keyne at bat

A close call on first but Sam was unlucky.

We still ended up beating the Vandals and went on to play our third game of the day.

We played a team called Play Hard from Pasadena, Califronia.

Jens at bat

Cooper pitching

I know it's blurry bit this was a great out on third by Sam.

Keyne pitching

We came from being placed in a 34 seeding and playing up to a 7 seed team. We lost to the Play Hard but our boys did great!