UNITY — Grade 11 students Samantha David and Marina Gampe spent another winter training and playing with the 222 Fastpitch program. They attended the Las Vegas Valentine's Day Blast tournament on the weekend of Feb. 13-14.
Playing with the U16 Team Landers, their experience did not start out favourably. They started at 0-3 in their tournament, putting them in the silver playoff round. After a rough 17-3 loss on Sunday they rebounded to turn the table on the B side final, winning over Colorado Meridian Extreme which landed them in the consolation final against the Psyclone Fury, all American teams.
Down six runs into their final at bat, the team put up eight runs and won the game.
Gampe says the two best things about her 222 experience are, “hands down the amazing friendships I have made that go beyond just playing on the team together. And the way I look at the game. My coach put it into a completely different perspective since I started training under him. For the rest of the winter, and the rest of my minor ball, I plan on continuing to train until the summer season starts and staying prepared for next winter ball season.”
Gampe will be playing first year midget come this ball season.
David says the two best things about her 222 experience are, “probably the improvement in my game and all the new friends” I made. “
We have a few winter training sessions left and we are done for this winter.”
David will also be playing first year midget ball once the 2016 Unity minor ball season begins.
The girls were coached by Keith McIntosh, Erin Cumpstone, Ryan Ray, Dean Holhein and Sidney Holhein.
