West Virginia AA Baseball State Runner-Up

On Saturday Corey and I began our journey to Charleston, WV at 4 am for Dad's baseball game. We stopped in New Market to pick up Aaron and in Harrisonburg to pick up Grandma. After a 5 1/2 hour drive we arrived at Appalachian Power Park for my dad's first appearance in his coaching career to the WV baseball state championship game. Grafton High School had not made it to the State Tournament in baseball in 28 years.

Dad even had his own personal cheering section: Grandma; Aaron; Eric & Krystal; Uncle Greg; Uncle Gary; Rod, Charleen & Alex; Uncle Dave, Traci, Hannah & Isaiah; and of course Corey and myself. If you are wondering where Mom was - well she is the official score keeper so she was in the dugout with the rest of the team. It was great to have so many members of the family turn out to support my dad and cheer for his team. I know my dad really appreciated it!

It was a close game and could have gone either way but sadly Grafton came up short losing to Herbert Hoover 3 - 1. This was Herbert Hoover's first State Championship in school history for any sport. State Runner Up is definitely nothing to turn you nose up at - it's a huge achievement! It's a long hard road to the State Tournament and we are very proud of my dad and his team!

Here's a picture of ourfamily - Aaron, Mom, Dad, Me and Corey

TV reports of the game:

• http://www.wdtv.com/news/sports/7808777.html?video=YHI&t=a

• http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=24636

More pictures can be viewed at:
http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=167768144/a=11808959_11808959/t_=11808959