9-10yr olds win District Championship 2009

Top picture:- I wondered why Sam wanted to be 99, when he grows up he wants to be just like Matt...... Well we did it, we are District 3 Champions for the 2nd year in a row, what a great game. We played South Orange in the final, Sam was starting pitcher, and did a fantastic job. We played well to get 2-1 us in the first inning. In the second inning we ran amock and scored 13 runs, the other team lost the battle right there and then, although they did score another 4 runs to make it 15-5. We needed one run to end the game in the 4th inning, and its Wyatt upto bat, we have a runner on 3rd, you just know Wyatt is going to hit the ball, and there it is, a nice hit and we get the winning run. It was not as tense as last year as we had such a huge lead still it was very cool to see the kids win it again. They played really well, we are the smallest team, but the biggest hitters. We had a great turn out from the Celebration crowd, people came to support us and they didn't even have kids in the game, thank you. Johnny Boy plays tonight in the Semi Final.......GO CELEBRATION

Celebration beat BVL.......!!!!!!

Celebration Juniors put on an amazing display of team work today. We played BVL, a team we have never ever beaten, ever. Any time we play them we get scared of the words "BVL". We were awesome, John played centre field, 1st base then ended the game as catcher for Matt. We were winning 8-0 in the first inning got a bit nervous and ended up letting them back in the game, we got to the 6th inning and we found ourselves 8-11 down due to a grand slam and a home run. Big Ray steps up to bat and puts the ball in play gets us the runs needed to put us ahead in the game 12-11. They were last at bat so we needed to hold them in order to win. Matt steps up and throws a great inning and strikes out the last batter. Let me tell you, that was the most amazing peice of team work, ever. We didnt let them get the better of us. If we never ever ever ever ever win a game of baseball again that win was the icing on the cake for us........ GO CELEBRATION!!!!!! (Dad, John is on the right of the picture in the Red Catchers Gear)

9-10yr olds reach the Final

Sam pitched in todays game to reach the Final again. We played a fantastic game against Kissimmee All Stars, they were the team we kept in the tournament by winning on Wednesday. Sam got a great hit that almost hit the fence he was happy as could be about it. We are just gonna stay relaxed now and chill out till Monday when we play the final. GO CELEBRATION.......!!!!!!

Junior All Stars 09

Celebration Junior All Star Team 09, what a great group of kids we have this year. Over the past 3 years we have had some massive egos on our All Star Team that probably cost us a few wins, this year we have had the best group of kids I have seen in a long time, they have bonded well together they play awesome together and all have a blast. John has been playing centre field and 1st base. We are all hitting the ball well and making very few errors, we are the first Junior team to ever win a game in All Stars, that in its self is a great achievement. I am praying so hard that these boys do something amazing and make it to the final, maybe even win this tournament because I know they have the ability to do so. I also want them to do it as this is Johns last few games playing for CLL. GO CELEBRATION JUNIORS.......!!!!!

9-10yr olds Defending Champions

Last night was complete "de ja vu" 9-10 yr olds were defending their championship from last year. We were playing St Cloud, (the team we beat to win the championship) the game was tied all the way, we had to play 2 extra innings to finally clinch it. Sam played 1st base and did a great job. Our pitcher Joesph played so well under extreme pressure. We had bases loaded with one out and he struck the 3rd batter out with his very last pitch......... Extremely stressful for the parents but such a great feeling to see our kids win. Again we were the smallest team out there with the biggest hearts....... Pray for good things to happen.

High School Summer Baseball

John has been playing on the High School Summer baseball team and has been having a great time. He has been catching and playing centre field, we played a tournament in Disney Wide World of Sports this week and played at the U18 level, most of our kids are 14, 15 year olds, we got smoked every game but the other coaches made nice comments that we were a good team and when we "grow up" we will be great. The opposing teams were truly fully grown men we were playing, and some were even on the professional level. We did good hung in there every game, John played great and every time he got up to bat he hit the ball and made every play that came to him. Well done Johnny boy.........!!!!!