Update Update Update

I have tried to update on here 150 times since the Women's College World Series but it just didn't happen.   At first I was just trying to really soak it in and enjoy it. I also wanted to really think about what I was going to say. Before I got back to update my computer died. I am writing is on a Kindle. It is not very easy, so please forgive any typos lol. Well there is much I want to update and talk about, so I'm going to jump right in.

The WCWS was incredible. The Huskies did so much more than anyone(myself included) thought they would! Let me first say that the weather was crazy if you don't remember. They had one evening that all the teams and stuff spent taking tornado precautions at their hotel.  I felt so bad for everyone because I knew most of those girls had never dealt with tornadoes but everyone did a great job staying calm and everyone was safe and sound. I was so glad that they delayed the games the day of the tornadoes way before people were set to arrive. That kept a lot of people safe. But anyway the Huskies had a great run and finished tied for 3rd with Texas. They did so behind fabulous pitching and fabulous defense. The offense was frankly cold but they got the runs when they needed them. When I think about last year's team and this year's as well the thing that really jumps out at me is the leadership. They had a very strong junior and senior class last year and again this year. In my opinion and I've said this before it's starts in the circle. There were very high hopes for Kaitlin Inglesby from day one but Bryana Walker has been a little bit of a surprise and she just continues to improve. It's been amazing to watch! Words fall short in describing how proud I was of what last year's team did. They dug deep and really opened the eyes of many people. They really came together and took care of business as a team. Even facing OU in that last game they battle and gave it everything they had and I remember feeling so much pride! I really hope they can get back to OKC and make a great run again!

 I'm excited about this year and so far it's off to a great start! They are 10-0 and have played really well! We lost only one  senior.starter, catcher Shawna Wright. Kimberlee Souza was supposed to take over behind the plate but she suffered a torn ACL in the Fall. There is some hope she'll be back by the end of the season. I guess we'll see what happens. Courtney Gano is doing the catching right now and for someone who has not done any catching in college she's done great. Kylee Lahners has been swinging am insanely hot bat so far. I hope she keeps that up. I've been super impressed with freshman Aly Aguilar! Hopefully she'll continue to do well. 2 weeks in and they've already received 3 big weekly awards, which if I remember correctly is more than the whole season last years lol. Kylee Lahners  was USA softball player of the week last week and this week she is Pac-12 player of the week and Bryana Walker is NFCA player of the week! They had a great win and ended it with a win over OU in which Bryana had a career high 14ks and only gave up 3 hits!  I'll talk more about them in the next blog. This was just my general thoughts on the season so far. I'll also talk more about other teams. But this is going to be long enough lol.

Also got to watch the Pride win the championship series! It was amazing and can't wait until the next season starts! I loved watching JT D'Amico coach them and was really sad to hear he wasn't coming back. I was and am less than thrilled with the person who will be taking over and that's probably putting it mildly but I am doing my best to keep an open mind lol.

Well the Winter Olympics are in full swing and I'm loving it!! I love seeing so many sports  that you only see during the Olympics. I love the luge, the skeleton, and the bobsled. I love the ice skating. I adored watching and learning about Jason Brown. Watching him skate makes me want to get up and dance lol. But I read an article by a Canadian writer that made me super mad! I'll try to put a link to the article at the end. Basically she was saying that the ice dance scores were rigged and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir got screwed. It was really quite a fit she threw. The Kindle won't let me post a comment to it, so this is what I would say to her. While you waited to scream foul, you missed everything! This was most likely the last time they would skate on Olympic ice and skated beautifully! If that is the last time I'll see them skate, I can honestly say I wouldn't change a thing. They skated with their whole heart and gave it everything they had. At the end of the day weather their medal is silver or gold is really irrelevant. By feeling the need to throw a fit for them, you are taking away from what they did. Any other Olympics, that would have been gold. But Meryl Davis and Charlie White have worked hard as well and this is probably their last Olympics too. I could understand the fit if this was like the first time they'd beat them. But it isn't. In fact, they've beat them head to head almost every time they've faced off since the last Olympics. Where those judges also paid off? Both of these couples skated incredibly and neither have anything to be ashamed about! Instead of screaming about something you know nothing about, go back and enjoy the beauty that was those two skates. Go back and really soak them in because the days of watching the beauty that is both Virtue and Moir and Davis and White are limited and drawing quickly to a close. A day is soon approaching that we won't be able to enjoy that and I don't want my last time watching them being clouded with my own personal hang ups and drama.

Well this is really long so I'm going to wrap it up :). Go Huskies! Boomer Sooner! RTR Go Bama! FTG!