Drakes Creek Clasic

[Guest gorillaball]

Any word on who won the tourney in the 16U "A".

[Guest SprtsLvr]

Coffee Co. Lady Raiders won 4-1 over Murfreesboro Sudden Rage..

[redbaron515]

I was at that tourny and I have to say, the games I watched were poorly umpired. They were very inconsistent. For example, in the first inning, a line drive was hit to third an fell foul by about 3 feet. The ump thought the third baseman touched it, which she didnt, and that allowed 2 runs which started a 6 run first inning by the Sudden Rage. Also, the strikezones for the pitchers were very hard to find. An ump called a strike for a pitch that hit the plate before it got to the catcher!! I have seen much better umpireing then this!

[Guest gorillaball]

My daughter played in the tournament. We were not impressed. We only played one pool game due to two teams not showing. We won it against the lady Raiders but was put out Sunday morning by Sudden Rage in the 8th inning. It was a long drive from West Tn. for two games. You are right about the umps. Very inconsistant.

[fastball99]

Hendersonville has always had 2nd rank umps, at least for the last 15 years.

[hockeytown]

Who won the 18U division? What was the score?

[redbaron515]

Hendersonville tournys usually have good umps. Dave Lemarb has one of the best staffs in the state. This time, they didnt live up to there reputation. Some of them need to go back to umping school!

[Guest gorillaball]

We played Fire and Ice as a courtesy game Saturday. We are a 16U team but was able to match up pretty good with them. They look solid. I'm not sure who won it in that group though.

[ZJ44]

IN the 18-U division the Blue Angels won VS. Fire and Ice. The Blue ANgels beat the Typhoons and Stealers to get to the championship game. Fire and Ice beat the Nighthawks to advance. I'm not sure what the score was but Blue Angels won.

[ZJ44]

So does anyone have any coments about how the tournament was run? The umpires were brought in some from out of town and some local. But many good things were there this past weekend and it would be nice to know about them. We don't always have to be so negative all the time. I personly could tell that many people worked very hard this weekend. I thought the tournament went very smoothely and that everyone got there moneys worth at this tournament.

[std]

As a general rule this tourney does not draw the top tier of 16 and 18U teams simply because of the dates played. Conflicts with the high school state.

[Guest lulu4626]

I play for Sudden Rage and in that tournament, I very clearly fouled a ball off my hip. It left a quite noticeable bruise immediately. The catcher asked me if I was alright and threw the ball back to the catcher. As soon as she had thrown it, the umpire comes out from behind the plate yelling that it is a fair ball because it landed in fair territory. The pitcher threw the ball to first base and I was called out. Everyone seemed very confused except for the umpire. I think the umping in the Drakes Creek Classic could have definitely been better!