Bailee's first Pitching Lesson

Grandma gave Bailee her first pitching lesson at softball practice. Bailee loves to throw the ball and already has quite an arm. We'll have to keep working with her, but really, not this early. :) First she needs to decide if she's going to be a lefty or a righty.

PVHS Panthers Take STATE

Bailee and I took a last minute trip to Wells, NV yesterday to see my 2 not-so-little-anymore sisters play in the 1A State Softball Tournament. It was a short 3 hour drive, and Bailee watched a movie the whole way over. It was so fun to watch this team play again. Most of the girls on the high school team played little league and majors for my mom. This group of girls won several little league titles, so it was so cool to see them play at the high school level, and win! Bailee had fun watching, playing with grammy, grandpa, papa and great grandma. She would yell, "Hit the ball Tami" and "Go Panthers!" or whatever the crowd was chanting. The first game they actually lost 15-2 which forced a deciding game. The girls did such a great job the second time around. Everyone was hitting, running smart, and doing their jobs. It was such a fun and well earned game. Tami scored the first of the 2 runs. Here are some shots from the day.

Go Panthers!

• Pahranagat Valley 9, Mountain View 8 -- At Mountain View, Tami Spencer scored the winning run on a two-out error in the sixth inning as the Panthers nipped the Saints to win the Class 1A Southern Region title.

Pahranagat Valley took a 6-0 lead after three innings, but Mountain View rallied with an eight-run sixth inning to take an 8-6 lead.

The Saints retired the first two batters in the bottom of the sixth before the Panthers came back with three unearned runs.

Randall Van Kempen was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI for Mountain View. Ellie Markwardt went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.

Both teams advance to the 1A state tournament Thursday through Saturday in Wells.