Cloverdale saturday uniforms

Cloverdale Saturday uniforms will be Black w/ Solid White Socks.

Cloverdale tournament game times and field

This weekends Cloverdale tournament game times have been made official. 3 games on Saturday 8am, 10:40am, 5:20pm. All games are at City Park on W. 2nd St. in Cloverdale. Uniforms to be decided this afternoon at practice. Remember practice today (thursday 7/29) is from 4-6.

Saturday hitting practice

Saturday 7/24 we will have a morning hitting session. 10am at Analy JV for about an hour.

Wildcats tournament tournament schedule update

The final tournament schedule has been updated as of yesterday. As discussed on Sunday our July 30th-Aug 1st tournament will now be in Cloverdale. As of right now no game schedule or bracket has been made available, we expect that early next week. By popular demand we will continue our summer tournament schedule the following week Aug 7th-8th in Fairfield. Great practice Tuesday, looking forward to Thursday.

Saturday hitting practice will happen if at least 5 girls can attend. 10am at Analy JV. Please let the coaches know.

Rohnert Park tournament wrap up

A hard fought three days in Rohnert Park in the Rebels Classic saw the Wildcats best finish of the year. The Rebel Classic draws the best teams from the area and the Wildcats proved they belonged right there finishing third overall losing in the Semi Finals on Sunday afternoon. The girls started hot on Friday night against the San Anselmo Storm with a big win. Saturday saw two games, a tough loss against the Rebels after taking a 4-1 lead in the third inning. Responding in a big way, the Wildcats would face a good squad from Berkeley who had beaten us twice last week in Benicia. The Wildcats would find themselves down by 1 in the final inning, as the visitor we would score 2 in the top of the inning to take the lead and then defense would shut the door 1-2-3 in the bottom of the last. For Friday and Saturdays work the Wildcats would earn the # 2 seed in the Sunday bracket. A Sunday morning game against the Fire n Ice gave the girls a chance to advance to the Semi Finals. They would do just that with a convincing win as the bats continued the assault. Semi Finals brought the girls to where they want to be, in the final four in the tournament. Make no mistake they deserved to be in that Final Four. A strong start against a good Hackers squad had the Wildcats fired up. In a Semi Final game against another solid team it only takes a couple of bad bounces or close plays to make it tough. One tough inning on defense put the Wildcats in a tough spot. Proving once again that you cannot teach heart, the girls refused to quit battling to the last out. Hitting through the lineup in the last inning putting runs up on the board. As the time limit expired on the Wildcats effort no heads were down. A great 3 days of softball, and for that a well deserved 3rd Place finish for the ladies. The team got better with each and every game, every at bat, every chance on D. Bats were on the ball all weekend. Defense much improved from Benicia, made more plays. The Wildcats will continue to practice, continue to work hard and get better. Soft hands and grounders will be the focus this week and next as we move towards Cloverdale July 30-Aug 1. With all tournaments there were some truly outstanding performances worthy of highlight:

Mackenzie and Taylor would continue to swing hot bats both finishing the weekend 10-15 at the plate, scoring almost half of the Wildcats runs.
Hillary would break out the heavy lumber and swing the bat great 8-12 on the weekend batting clean up.
Linzey started to see the ball better netting 5 hits over the tournament.
On Defense Maddi played almost flawless at 2B all weekend, and Haley continued her stellar play at catcher without any backup.

Rohnert Park tournament schedule

The schedule for the Rohnert Park tournament has been made official. Pool play Friday and Saturday and single elimination on Sunday. All games on Friday and Saturday will be played at S park in Rohnert Park. Game Schedule:

Friday 7/16 4:30pm, Saturday 7/17 12:00 & 3:00, Sunday to be determined.

Uniforms to be decided after Thursday's practice.

Benicia weekend wrap up

A fun weekend in Benicia wrapped up Sunday afternoon with the Wildcats fighting hard until the time limit closed it out. Another tournament with a Saturday win and more importantly a Sunday morning win against Vallejo who had beaten us the day before. The Wildcat heart in unquestioned as each and every game we find ourselves down on the scoreboard. The girls will battle back and continue to work hard regardless of the score. With every game the Wildcats learn a little more about themselves, who they are as a team, and where they need to work to get to the next level. A tale of 2 teams told the story of Sunday as Saturday's non swinging bats stayed home and allowed the Wildcats bats to stride confidently to the plate. Pitching on both days by both Wildcat pitchers was crisp and accurate. Defense however as a TEAM was not good. Routine plays are just not getting made with any level of consistency. We need to tighten up the infield and outfield if we expect to go deeper on Sunday's. So far this tournament season the toughest opponent that the Wildcats have faced is themselves. The weekend was a successful one and was not without many highlights. A leadoff experiment with Mackenzie would be big as she would reach base safely in every game going 7-11 on the weekend at the plate. Taylor moving to the 2 spot would swing a hot bat netting 6 hits over the 2 days. Saja would continue to swing a solid bat, shaking off a slow start on Saturday to net 5 hits in the final 3 games. Hillary started to see pitches to hit on Sunday gaining some confidence at the plate with 4 Sunday singles. Gillian once again hustles each time she puts the bat on the ball 5 hits on the weekend. The right side of the defense was solid, Saja continues to excel at 1st base and Maddi (in her first tournament) jumped in with both feet and made some plays at 2nd. Pitching by Taylor and Saja was great. Both of them did their job, throwing strikes, not walking batters, getting ground balls in the infield and lazy pop ups to the outfield. The weekends highlight was undoubtedly the second game of Saturday. The Wildcats would take on a talented San Mateo team. Once again saturday quiet bats and bad defense put the girls behind the eight ball. Never seeming to put a rally together or string a couple of good plays in a row brought the girls up to bat in the bottom of the last inning down 3-1. Bottom of the order up, 2 quick outs, but proving that you cannot teach heart they didn't quit. First time travel catcher Kaiya would single, Mackenzie would beat out an infield hit and Taylor would work a walk to load the bases with 2 outs bringing Haley up to the plate. With the fastest players on the team on second and first the stage was set and Haley didn't disappoint, a first pitch fastball was sent deep to left field well over the left fielders head. Kaiya scores, Mackenzie scores from second and Taylor comes all the way around from first for the winning run. A 2 out 3 run walk off double for Haley with her dad in the scorekeepers booth. A close second to that highlight was Sunday morning against Vallejo, again defense put the Wildcats down 3-0 in the first inning. Then 5-2 in the third. Chipping away at the lead with base hits and great baserunning evened the score as the later inning approached. With the score tied at 5-5 Lacy would notch a single and advance to second on a throw just by firstbase. Maddi would knock her over with a single. Taylor would single in the lead run up the middle, and Maddi would steal home for a 2 run lead. On defense for the last inning against the 2-3-4-5 hitters a Vallejo team that had just beaten us the day before. A sharp hit ball to Hillary at third was fielded cleanly for a quick out. A liner up the middle snatched up by Taylor for the second out. The 4 hitter sent a ball deep to center that Shale ran 30 yards for and just missed a spectacular stretching catch. With a runner on second and 2 outs Taylor would close it out at the plate striking out the games final hitter looking with a nasty curveball allowing the Wildcats some retribution for a tough Saturday loss to the Hurricanes. With thoughts of what might have been in their minds the girls would head home after a hard fought game sunday afternoon. Enjoy the wins, remember the losses, and never be satisfied.
Another learning experience, with a quick turn around this time. The girls will be right back at it this weekend in Rohnert Park. Details and schedule coming soon.

Benicia Saturday uniforms

Saturday uniforms in Benicia will be the Black uniforms with the striped socks. Sunday uniforms to be decided. 6:45 am in Benicia Saturday morning.

Benicia tournament scheule official

The official tournament schedule for this weekend Benicia tournament was made available last night. 3 games on Saturday for the Wildcats. Sunday to be determined by Saturdays point totals for all the teams. 12 team tournament, single elimination on Sunday.

Game 1: 8am at the community park field # 2 vs. Vallejo
Game 2: 12:30pm at the community park field # 2 vs. San Mateo
Game 3: 3:30pm at the community park field # 2 vs. Berkeley

Printed copies of the game schedule will be available at practice as well as driving directions.

Saturday hitting practice

The Wildcats have decided to add a Saturday morning hitting practice to the practice schedule. Saturday morning 10am at Analy JV. Batting cage, tee work, and on field hitting. 60-75 minutes depending on the number of girls in attendance.