volleyball and baseball

The regional tournament for volleyball kicked off this week.  We played an easy team on Tuesday night in the quarterfinal.  We won and advanced to the semifinal game on Thursday.  We had a little more competition on Thursday, but we still won in three sets.  Now we advance to the region final this coming Tuesday.  We are playing the number one seed who happens to be our county rival.  They beat us both times we faced them this year so this will be a challenging game for us.  Luckily, win or lose, we have already qualified for the state tournament.  

This weekend was Bryce's last travel ball tournament.  We were short players at our last tournament, so we had two of our former players and friends guest play.  We were short again this weekend, so we had another former player fill in.  It was so special to get some of the OG boys back together for on last hoorah.  

Our friend Avery is dating one of Bryce's teammates and when Emmy found out she was coming to the game she agreed to come which is rare.  

I cannot believe nine years of travel ball have come to an end.  Bryce joined this team in third grade in hopes of gaining better instruction and more competition than little league provided.  This organization truly shaped Bryce as a player and teammate.  

The lifelong friends we have made over the years have been an extra bonus to this experience.  

As much as we have complained about travel ball over the years, we are truly going to miss the game and these people.  Baseball has taken us all on so many fun adventures together.