Silent Auction 2011

The arena was sold out and the crowd was hungry! 

Hungry for victory C

Hungry for hot dogs and popcorn C

Hungry for awesome auction items C

Half the team was in the concession stand and half the team was around the auction.

Lonni is a maniac on register 1. 

Maria has probably just dropped a hotdog on the floor and is putting it back to sell, don't worry weary readers, we wrap them well!

Kelsey and Kylie have alternative career paths in popcorn making if they need it (I will make sure that doesn't happen!)

The auction was a great success. Thank you to our parents who came in to help too!

Maria escaped from me in the concession stand and found the Chick-fil-a cow. I hope she eats more chicken after that encounter.

Coach Hoerner caught Shades and Lonni working hard, 16oz or 24oz drink?

This refreshing vitamin water could have been yours for one year if your bid was right!

Cougars beat the Citadel!

Concessions ran effeciently!

The auction was great!

Happy New Year!

The 2011 season kicked off with our annual cleaning days. The team worked together to reclaim the cage from mice who had left many unpleasant rice beads behind and dust off the gear that sat in the cold of December.

KDub looks like she is about to club KP (who you can't really see)

The sweepers are deciding what angle to sweep next.

  

Court is making sure each ball is worthy of the mighty Cougar bats.

  

The sweepers are attacking a mud spot that erupted on Christmas day. The cloud of dust was remarkable. But not to worry, Lonni was close by with her shop-vac to eradicate the dust.

Hillary, KP and KDub look simply lost at the amount of mice beads that were in the gray cabinet.

Courtney got help in the end from Alexa to decide which balls were hitting balls and which the princess pitchers were going to steal back.

All in all the cage looks fantastic now! We are ready to make a mess of it for the 2011 season!

Build a home

The second game of the night involved very homemade graham cracker "houses".

The best home in world-the softball field!

Each senior picked out of the Santa hat names of her teammates that made up her team. They were given one bag of supplies to create a "house".

Kylie, Kristi, Kristy and Carly with the winning "Home". The softball home was complete with a home dugout and bench, stands with fans in them and our trees lining the fence with a flag pole in centerfield.

Alexa, Forbes, Jen and Kaitlyn made the neighborhood with streets, cars, a stoplight, a playground, igloo and more.

Steph, Shades, Lizzy and Kob made a house with a rooftop pool and softball field in the back yard. The kids had been having fun that day and made a snow angel in the snow too.

Blakeney, KP, Ashton and Lonni stuck to traditons and made a true house, with a beedy eyed snowman and snow ball fighting wall.

Hillary, Courtney, Kelsey and Maria made a two story Charleston single row home with an ice skating pond and campfire.

The process involved many laughs and "cement" fixes with frosting. The girls once again demonstrated how creative they can be and each house was quite unique!

Baby to Prom

Do you recognize this baby?

Kaitlyn was the game winner, she knew (or guessed right!) 15 of her teammates baby pictures.

The girls had to look at 20 baby pictures and match them to the 20 prom pictures. Thanks for the help with this fun game parents!!!