Go Gavinator

What do you get when you mix a weekend with two wrestling meets, two clueless parents and one seven year old boy?
A first place trophy, a second place medal and lots of smiles! Way to stay strong Gavin. You fought! Wanna piece of the action? The next meet is Friday night at McCook Central. GO COUGARS!

GameDogs draw first game first round

It's drawn out of a hat they tell me.

GameDogs play Dimock/Emery tonight at 6pm in the first game of the first round of the South Dakota State Amateur Baseball Tournament. Here is the bracket for the tournament.

Sdaba.com has a webcast of the games if you aren't able to make it to the beautiful Sioux Falls stadium.

Tickets for the tournament games are sold in sessions (afternoon & evening) and are $7 for adults and $4 for children 12-and-under, kids 5-and-under are free. Tickets can be purchased at the stadium the day or night of the game.

State tourney bound

Despite two losses at the end of the tournament the Gamedogs are going to the State Tournament. The first game will be Wednesday night at 6 pm against Dimock/Emery. The tourney is at the Sioux Falls Stadium, home of the Pheasants(previously known as the Canaries). I am hoping they update Sdaba.com shortly with game info. and times.

Come out and support the town team if it's not raining.

District Tourney Matchups 2010, Humboldt

Fri July 23rd

6:00 pm - Game 1 ~ #9 Lennox vs #8 Colman

8:00 pm - Game 2 ~ #12 Canistota vs #5 Madison

Sat July 24th

2:00 pm - Game 3 ~ #11 Tea vs #6 Dells PBR

4:30 pm - Game 4 ~ #10 Harrisburg vs #7 Flandreau

7:00 pm - Game 5 ~ Winner of Game 1 vs #1 Canova

Sun July 25th

2:00 pm - Game 6 ~ Winner of Game 2 vs #4 Dells Mudcats

4:30 pm - Game 7 ~ Winner of Game 3 vs #3 Salem

7:00 pm - Game 8 ~ Winner of Game 4 vs #2 H-M-H Gamedogs

Tue July 27th

6:00 pm - Game 9 ~ Loser of Game 3 vs Loser of Game 5

8:00 pm - Game 10 ~ Loser of Game 4 vs Loser of Game 6

Wed July 28th

6:00 pm - Game 11 ~ Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 7

8:00 pm - Game 12 ~ Loser of Game 2 vs Loser of Game 8

Thu July 29th

6:00 pm - Game 13 ~ Winner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 6

8:00 pm - Game 14 ~ Winner of Game 7 vs Winner of Game 8

Fri July 30th

6:00 pm - Game 15 ~ Winner of Game 9 vs Winner of Game 10

8:00 pm - Game 16 ~ Winner of Game 11 vs Winner of Game 12

Sat July 31st

2:00 pm - Game 17 ~ Loser of Game 13 vs Loser of Game 14 ~ Third Place Game

4:30 pm - Game 18 ~ Winner of Game 13 vs Winner of Game 14 ~ Championship Game

Note:

The winners of games 5, 6, 7, 8, 15 & 16 advance to the Amateur State Tourney in Sioux Falls, SD that runs August 4-15th.

2010 Cornbelt League Standings ~ Final and District Tourney Bracket

#1 Canova Gang 18-3

#2 H-M-H Gamedogs 16-6

#3 Salem Cubs 16-6

#4 Dell Rapids Mudcats 16-6

#5 Madison Broncos 16-6

#6 Dell Rapids PBR 12-10

#7 Flandreau Cardinals 11-11

#8 Colman A’s 7-15

#9 Lennox 7-15

#10 Harrisburg 7-15

#11 Tea Toros 5-17

#12 Canistota Rebels 0-22

Note:

First tie-breaker: Head-to-head record among the tied teams.

Second tie-breaker: Season records are compared by starting at the top of the standings and working down until one team has a better season record than another team.


Tie-breaker results of 16-6 teams:

HMH Gamedogs: 4-2 ~ #2 Seed

Salem Cubs: 3-3

Dells Mudcats: 3-3

Madison Broncos: 2-4 ~ #5 Seed



Salem: 1-1 vs. Canova; 1-1 vs. HMH Gamedogs ~ #3 Seed

Dells Mudcats: 1-1 vs. Canova; 0-2 vs. HMH Gamedogs ~ #4 Seed



Tie-breaker results of 7-15 teams:

Colman A’s: 3-1 ~ #8 Seed

Lennox: 2-2 ~ #9 Seed

Harrisburg: 1-3 ~ #10 Seed

CBL District Tourney Bracket

2010 Cornbelt League Standings ~ 7-12-10

Canova Gang 18-2

Dell Rapids Mudcats 15-5

Salem Cubs 14-5

H-M-H Gamedogs 14-6

Madison Broncos 13-6

Flandreau Cardinals 11-9

Dell Rapids PBR 9-9

Lennox 7-13

Harrisburg 5-13

Colman A’s 5-14

Tea Toros 4-15

Canistota Rebels 0-18

2010 Cornbelt League Standings ~ 7-9-10



Canova Gang 17-2

Dell Rapids Mudcats 14-5

H-M-H Gamedogs 14-5

Salem Cubs 13-5

Madison Broncos 12-6

Flandreau Cardinals 11-8

Dell Rapids PBR 8-9

Lennox 7-12

Colman A’s 5-13

Harrisburg 5-13

Tea Toros 4-14

Canistota Rebels 0-18

2010 Cornbelt League Standings ~ 7-6-10

Canova Gang 16-2

H-M-H Gamedogs 13-4

Salem Cubs 12-5

Dell Rapids Mudcats 11-5

Madison Broncos 11-5

Flandreau Cardinals 10-7

Dell Rapids PBR 7-8

Lennox 7-9

Harrisburg 4-12

Tea Toros 4-12

Colman A’s 3-13

Canistota Rebels 0-16

smores, a 5k, sunshine and more baseball

Friday's game was cancelled. We got the notice pretty late and supper (early) was on the table already, grilled burgers, watermelon, and baked potato wedges. So we ate, slowly for a change, and then lit up the fire pit and roasted smores into the night. Well, actually it was still pretty light when the kids went to bed, but dad and I (and a couple of fat tires) stayed up past dark.

We woke to an early morning phone call. Ryan looked at the clock and couldn't believe the whole family was still in bed. The call was an invitation for Maleah to run in a 5k. She is the runner in our home. She loves to run and run and run. I was told she had a perma-smile all day. This morning she said her calves hurt ;)

Today the Gamedogs play in Canova at 2pm. The sun is shining the babies are napping and I have clothes on the line so I plan to give the game a go. I hope it's a good one and we come out on top. Check the website for stats later on and hey, if you're out and about, get on over to Canova and enjoy the sunshine and a little of America's favorite pastime yourself!

Tied in the last 1.5 seconds of the game 43-43

My nephew, Andy K., number 4 makes the winning shot with only a second to go!

They play Tri-Valley on Tuesday night, GO MCM!!!!

Singlet news

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A wrestling singlet (or simply singlet) is a one-piece, tight-fitting, colored uniform, usually made of spandex, lycra, or nylon, used in amateur wrestling. The uniform is tight fitting so as not to get grasped accidentally by one's opponent, and allows the referee to see each wrestler's body clearly when awarding points or a pin. Unlike judo, it is illegal to grasp an opponent's clothing in all styles of amateur wrestling.

The Gavinator pulled out a 2nd place trophy at the invitational on Saturday. He was so proud, right before he went into his second match his cousin got a fat lip while wrestling. I thought for a fleeting moment that that moment might mean the end of Gavin's career, but instead he surprised me by pulling my arm and whispering into my ear, "I am gonna win this one for my cousin." And he did. Here is a sneak peek of part of that match.

Muckdog Update

Website is up and running... check it out HERE.

Current Cornbelt League Standings
(6-22-09)

Canova 10-1
Flandreau 8-3
DR Mudcats 8-4
Salem 7-4
DR PBR 7-5
Madison 7-5
Harrisburg 6-5
Humboldt/Hartford 4-6
Lennox 4-7
Montrose 4-8
Colman 3-9
Canistota 0-11

She got a single

Current CBL Standings

Current Cornbelt League Standings
(6-15-09)

Canova 8-1
DR Mudcats 8-2
Flandreau 6-3
Madison 5-4
Salem 5-4
DR PBR 5-5
Harrisburg 4-5
Humboldt/Hartford 4-5
Lennox 4-5
Montrose 4-5
Colman 2-8
Canistota 0-8

whilst dreams of vacations danced in my head...

It's 11:30 pm. The game is in the 9th inning. It will probably be over by the end of this post.

The first inning was perfect. After that everything went down hill. It was painful. My husband was pitching and I could feel his pain as the opposing team scored 7 runs. I heard myself meditating quiet cheers for each player as they stepped up to bat.

In the bottom of the eighth we finally got our chance. With bases loaded and two outs JK (my hero) got a grand slam, but only after I whispered silently to myself, "if anyone can do it you can - hit that ball with every fiber of your being"...

We scored 9 runs in the 8th inning to win 10-7.

V I C T O R Y

I guess the cheers really work, eh?

Keep 'em coming.

moving on up

Despite not having his uniform clean until minutes before the game started my hubby (the stud man) still managed to pitch almost the whole game before accidentally hitting two batters, oops. He came out when they were tied so he doesn't get the win (which I think is a totally bogus rule and if I had some sort of baseball boss power I would change it) but he did bring in the tie breaking run, I think :), with his totally, awesome, studly, barely fair hit, ball down the first base line, AND he looks terribly handsome in uniform...:) For more complete and less biased and probably a bit more correct stats see the website here :) Unfortunately one of our pitchers hurt his hand pretty badly while playing outfield during the game. I was sure it was his head the way he hit the fence but I am praying his hand heals quickly, because he is a daddy and needs to have healthy hands NOT so that we win districts but that would be really nice, too!

2008 Cornbelt Standings

(6-30-08)

DR Mudcats 14-0

Flandreau 13-3

Canova 9-4

Montrose 11-5

Humboldt/Hartford 9-6

DR PBR 6-8

Salem 6-8

Madison 7-9

Lennox 5-10

Colman 4-10

Harrisburg 3-11

Canton 0-13

Next game is Tuesday night at home against a non-league team, Sioux Falls and then home again Thursday against Harrisburg. Save me some nachos!

Bring it on Cornbelt!

p.s. If you are reading this chris d... I am praying for your daddy. My father in law told me he was up your way and got to golf with him. Hope the rest of the family is healthy and well. Take care and say hi to Barb and the kiddos :)