Opening Day one week late but worth it

Last weeks opening softball game (Nikki's team, which I am head coach of) got rained out, so we got to play our first game yesterday instead. For three weeks in practice, we worked on basic fielding and aggressive base running. I already knew we had good pitching, so I didn't actually spend much practice time on that. Apparently it was the proper preperation, as we won 15-3, with solid pitching, good fielding, and brave baserunning (actually - brave might be too strong of a word, but some people do run very fast when they are scared to death). Despite a truly clueless umpire whose strike zone ranged from about the top of MY head to the batters thigh (Nikki pitches best right around the knees), Nikki kept her composure and pitched three very strong innings. Taryn finished with two also strong innings. Kayla smacked a solid double that turned into a "Little League Home Run" (anyone who has seen one knows what I mean) and Adrianna belted a legitimate bases loaded triple. We caught three fly balls (Nikki, Kayli, & Adrianna), were the beneficiaries of a horrible "out" call at home plate (the other teams girl easily got under the tag), and even got the final out on a play that the second baseman usually panics and messes up on. With two outs and a runner on 1st base, the batter hits a ground ball to the 2nd baseman (Antonia). She fielded it cleanly, and started to go for the tag, then thought she should run for the base, then considered throwing to the base. The tag out would have been easy, and she would have beat the runner to 2nd equally easily. About two feet away, ball in glove, she decided the right play was to throw it to Alex who was indeed properly covering the base from her shortstop position. Thankfully she has quick reflexes and a good glove hand, and the game was over. They are fun, and it is certainly never a dull moment.