The end of a season….123…Team

This is my daughter Briana(8) she played 3 positions on Lady Naughts Softball (Second, Third and Short-Stop)

Lady Naughts Softball team played 16 games and had a season like no other in past years. This group of ladies ended the season 7-9, when in previous years both JV and Varsity didn’t win games at all. The girls played hard and with a lot of heart along tears shed at some of the games. Lakeland High School should be proud of these girls because of their determination and the way they practiced 5 days a week and showed up to PLAY.

Moments from previous games….

Scores from the last 8 games…

3/15/19 McKeel 12 -0 Lady Naughts

3/18/19 Seffner Christian 7-5 Lady Naughts

4/2/19 FrostProof 20-1 Lady Naughts

4/3/19 McKeel16 -0 Lady Naughts

4/4/19 Lake Gibson 10-7 Lady Naughts

4/8/19 Lady Naughts 12-7 Ridge Community

4/16/19 Mulberry7-5 Lady Naughts

4/22/19 Fort Meadedidn’t record score but Fort Meade against Lady Naughts.

Finishing the season out with 7-9 , so proud of these young ladies!!

On May 10, 2019, Lakeland softball coaches Chip and Mike had a Softball banquet to honor both JV and Varsity softball teams along with an appearance from Deron Collins, the Athletic Director of Lakeland High School. The ladies were all given gifts from their coaches, were praised on their performances and exchange gifts with each other as a team to show their appreciation for one another. Here are some of the ladies from the team all dressed up for the banquet including my daughter Briana.

From left to right: Briana(Second base), Tatiana(pitcher), Lexi(catcher),Ariana(Short Stop) and Morgan(third base).

Until next season ladies…..123 Team!!! I will Miss you

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Dropping to second isn’t bad….Rays verses Yankees fighting all the way

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Tampa Bay Rays are now in second place after losing the last game against the Yankees which are their number one competition.

Eastern Standings:

Yankees 29-17

Tampa Bay Rays 27-17

Red Sox 25-22

Blue Jays 19-28

Orioles 15-32

Tampa Bay Rays has 2 secret weapons to close out games…but lately whether it be postponed games, rain outs or just previous poor pitching, they have not been able to fully utilize their pitching staff. I call them “The Double-Mint Twins”

Jose Alvarado Diego Castillo

On the bright side…The Rays has been on fire with home run hitters..here are the star players…

Brandon Lowe– (10) home runs for the season, Yandy Diaz-(9) home runs for the season and Austin Meadows-(9) home runs

Game stats for The Rays…

4/20 & 4/21

L 4-6 L 5-6 at home (Tropicana Field) home

4/22, 4/23(2), 4/24

W 6-3 (double-header W 5-2, W 5-2) L 2-10home

4/26, 4/27, 4/28

PPD, L 6-8, W 2-1 W 5-2 (Fenway )

4/29, 4/30, 5/1,(2), 5/2

W 8-5, PPD (double L-2-3/ L 2-8), W 3-1(Ewing M. Kaufman)

5/3, 5/4, 5/5

W 7-0, L 3-0, PPD 7-13(Oriole Park Camden Yards)

5/6, 5/7, 5/8

W 12-1, W 6-3, L 2-3home

5/10, 5/11, 5/12

L 3-4, W 7-2, L 1-7home

5/14, 5/15

W 4-0, W 1-0(Marlins)

5/17, 5/18, 5/19

L 3-4, W 2-1, L 5-13(Yankee Stadium)

In the last game, The Rays really got shaken up when one of their hitters Daniel Robertson got hit in the face by pitcher Chad Green during a fast ball. He is going to be okay and Chad Green respectfully was removed after that pitch from the game. We don’t know if this was retaliation from a bad hit to one of the Yankee hitters in a previous game or not but these guys need to stay focused and remember what the ultimate goal is to make it to THE END!! Good Luck Tampa Rays in the next 20 games…hopefully you will get right back on top!!

To end out the month, the Rays play

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Under Pressure….It isn’t easy being a Rays player

Tropicana Field located in St. Petersburg, Florida is home to our own Tampa Bay Rays!!

Coach: Kevin Cash (Tampa Bay Rays)

Our starting lineup for the Tampa Bay Rays: Ji-Man Choi, Kevin Kiermaier, Yandy Diaz, Brandon Lowe, Daniel Robertson, Tommy Pham, Guillermo Heredio and Austin Meadows

Pitcher Tyler Glassman was 4-0 until last night when he was pulled from game 22 against Boston Red Sox after pitching his limit. It was devastating to the Tampa fans that we would pull our best pitcher out after losing 3 consecutive games in a row. This game was lost by 1 point.

Catchers Mike Zinino and Fernando Perez:

AL East Standings: W/L

Rays 14/8
Yankees 11/10
Blue Jays 10/12
Red Sox 9/13
Orioles 8/15

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22 games so far and these are the results…..Tampa Bay Rays versus…..

4/22-4/24 Kansas City….starting tonight!

4/19-4/21L 4-6, L 5-6, L 4-3 (Tropicana Field)

4/16-4/18 W 4-2, W 8-1, L 5-6 (Tropicana Field)

4/12-4/14 W 11-7, L 1-3, W 8-4(Rogers Center)

4/8-4/10 W 5-1, W 10-5, W 9-1(Guaranteed Rate Field)

4/5-4/7 W 5-2, L 4-6, W 3-0 (AT&T Park)

4/1-4/3 W 7-1, W 4-0, L 0-1 (Tropicana Field)

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1,2,3……..Run LHS Girls Softball

Okay…so the JV ladies softball team has gone through a roller coaster of a season!! I mean, with all the bruises, bleeding, hits and misses, the ladies have shown up for Lakeland when it really counts. This week, they played 4 games against Lake Gibson, Mulberry High, Cypress High School and Fort Meade.

This is what hard work looks like…lol

School, Softball, Homework, Chores, Friends…..REPEAT!! So Proud of her!!

4th game of the season against Lake Gibson High School (3-5-2019)

Home of the Braves

Despite frigid temperatures the girls tried their best…still proud of their effort!!

(Loss of 6-16)

5th Game of the season against Mulberry High School (3-8-2019)

Home of the Panthers

The ladies pulled it out after resting a couple days with a WIN!!

(Win of 18-1)

6th game of the season against Cypress High school (3-10-2019) 8 am

Home of the Lightning

The ladies showed up bright and early at 7 am in Fort Meade to play in a tournament after a triumph win the night before. Although they played with heart, they lost the game.

(Loss of 3-10)

7th game of the season against Fort Meade (3-10-2019) 12 pm

Home of the Miners

Last game for the week, the ladies fought back from loss of first game and ended up pulling it out at the end with a WIN!!

(Win 7-5)

So the ladies JV Ladies softball is now 5-2. If you live in Florida and want to support Lakeland High School softball…here is the schedule for the season. Go Dreadnaughts!!

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1,2,3….TEAM!!! Ladies HS Softball

Great start of the season for ladies softball this year!! Lakeland High School Dreadnaughts presents the 2019 JV ladies softball team!! My daughter Briana plays on the team and participated in the Fall league where she learned the sport. These ladies have shown alot of heart in playing the game and we are so proud of the job they are doing. They have won three games in a row with a record of 3-0 and have no plans on stopping!!

JV Head Coach: Chip Kellum

Varsity Head Coach: Mike Hall

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Next 3 games are all away games

3/5/2019 Lake Gibson, 3/7/2019 Kathleen High School and 3/8/2019 Mulberry High School

The ladies first game was against (Discovery) Winning 16-6

Pictured above: #15 Lexi and my daughter #8 Briana Smith coming home from her first win on 2/20/2019! So proud of her!!

Game 2: Ladies played (Ridge High School) and crushes it Winning 7-2

Pictured above: My daughter Briana #8 and Morgan #13 one of our best players!

Game 3: Ladies played (Tenoroc) Winning 11-6

Pictured above: #13 Morgan- who is our home-run hitter, #15 Lexi- our catcher, #11 Tatiana-our fast ball pitcher and #8 second base- my daughter Briana!!

Below is the schedule for JV and Varsity Home and Away Games. Come out to support the ladies….they are on FIRE with both teams undefeated!!

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GO Dreadnaughts!!

Teams….What are they good for?

“Sports Bullying” –The act of making a person feel less than worthy in any sport by allowing the seperation of class between team levels.

*This kind of bullying goes unnoticed and is said to be thrown under the rug for the sake of sports reputation.*

” I have 3 teenagers, 2 sons and a daughter who love sports and are athletic in their own sport of choice. What I have seen over the years is that, people don’t play the game like they used to with team support. It is very hard to be apart of a team when there are so many negative factors that stand in the way of helping those who want to become athletes succeed.”
“I have witnessed first hand how the “Politics” of sports begins even at a young age. When children try out for little league or as far as high school with JV and Varsity….why is it that people try so hard at a sport to only get criticised and told you are less of a player because you are not the best.”
“I will give you an example: The term Junior Varsity and Varsity refer to amateurs and experts, right? But what happened to everyone has to “crawl before they walk philosophy”. If a person is learning a sport and trying to become an expert at it…don’t they need encouragement and praise instead of “You suck” or “You are awful” because the last time I checked, coaches were teachers not dictators. If a person makes a mistake you dont critize them for it, you teach them the right way of doing it for the next time. Also, when teams are formed for the same school, the teams are not supposed to be seperated, they are all working for the same school. No one team is more important than the other.”
“Something that needs to change is a learning team being classified as unimportant just because they are new. Everyone deserves an award no matter what sport they are doing because it takes courage and strength to go out there and be in front of a crowd. If one team is scoring points and winning and the other is not, we should still support one another as one team with encouagement not bullying.”

*If you see signs of sports bullying report it immediately!!*

“Last night when I was at my daughters softball game & I noticed that the opposite team had their Varsity cheering the JV of the same school while our Varsity was at the game and didn’t support their team at all. That needs to stop”.🛑