Playing for Keeps

This is the best time of the year for spring sports. The playoffs!

This is what the teams worked hard for all year. To play for keeps. As in, play to WIN so you can keep on playing!

Both the girls and boys teams were at bat today. The girls start playoffs a week earlier so our Lady Royals were hosting the Augusta Beavers, starting at 4:30 p.m. It should have been a Friday game but Augusta has graduation tomorrow. (Or something related to it.) So I went straight from work to the girls game for a bit. It was tough to leave since it was still scoreless in the 3rd, but the boys were starting their first game of regionals and were at home so I couldn't miss that!

Took some pictures at both since it was the first sunny and warm day in ages. I was at the baseball game a few innings and the boys took a 3-0 lead. No lead, no matter the margin, is ever safe in baseball. I didn't want to leave the close matchup with Marshfield Columbus, but I was getting texts our softball team finally was scoring so I didn't want to miss the finale when they'd get their regional championship plaque!

So back to the softball field I went! Got there in time to see the last 3 outs and our Lady Royals rejoicing with their 9-0 victory. Pretty cool! Still undefeated. Wow. Next week will be sectionals for them.

Stood around to take a few pictures then headed back to the close baseball game. As luck would have it, our boys never did allow Marshfield to score, so we won round 1 of the regional playoff! Hurray! The fun part will be playing against #1 seeded Pittsville on Tuesday. We lost to them twice in regular season, but third time's the charm, right?

Let's hope. Both our teams will be playing again on Tuesday. But different towns. Nothing will keep me away from Pittsville, though. Time to bust that playoff bracket.

And play for keeps.