Sakamoto Elementary School, South SAN JOSE CA, May 14, 2016 – The 2016 SGSL 12U Blue Jays had an incredible run to the Interleague Silver Bracket Championship. Having lost two of the three pool play games the prior week, the Blue Jays were, nonetheless, slated in a very high interleague bracket due to their close loses, and high run total in their only pool play win. As the fourth seed, the Blue Jays had to play the number one team in the bracket, the SSJ Adrenaline, on their home field. In an extremely close battle, both teams played nearly flawless softball with outstanding pitching, defense, and hard earned runs. The Blue Jays pulled away in the bottom of the fourth and held on with some outstanding defensive plays to secure the win.

The Championship game was between the Blue Jays and yet another SSJGS team, The Blue Angels, who were the number two seed in the bracket. This game lived up to what an expected Championship game is supposed to be – two of the best teams battling it out in a game for the ages. In a back-and-forth battle, the Blue Jays won a walk-off victory in the bottom of the fifth inning after time had expired.

A quick shout out the South San Jose Girls Softball League and teams for hosting an awesome event, and congratulations to the Blue Jays on a great season.

Bret Harte Middle School, Almaden Valley SAN JOSE CA, May 14, 2016 – The 12U SGSL Nighthawks team completed a great season by winning the 12U North Interleague Championship representing the highest level of 12U play. After winning all three of their pool tournament games against the LGCS Raptors, Almaden Valley Adrenaline, and Palo Alto, the Nighthawks qualifed for the tournament Gold Bracket. In the semi-final, they posted a come from behind victory over the Almaden Valley Black Diamonds in a 10-9 game decided by two international tie breaker innings. With two outs, two on, and down by 2 runs, Emily Guerra tied the game with a clutch double, and then Aimee Thompson hit the game winner on a 2 strike count. The Nighthawks went on to play the Almaden Valley Adrenaline in the final, and won by a score of 11-0 to secure the championship. Our thanks to the Almaden Valley Girls Softball League for hosting the final, and congratulations to the Nighthawks on a stellar 2016 rec season. Go Nighthawks!

Thanks to everyone in our SGSL community for making this another great rec season in Sunnyvale.

The season closing ceremony for 2016 rec season will be held at 5:45 PM Saturday May 14th at Ortega Park. Teams are asked to return to the outfield as they did at the opening ceremony once the Quakes game completes at approximately 5:30. The ceremony will start promptly at 6 pm with with opening remarks and singing of the National Anthem.

The ceremony will complete by 7pm, and the Quakes 14U championship game will follow at 7:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to stay and watch some great softball and enjoy some great snack shack end of season specials.

Thanks to all of those who tried out at the respective divisions, its always tough when we can’t accommodate all of those who wished to play. We do have relationships with other leagues and so if your player is truly interested in playing this summer, we will be sending out some options as they come available. The Shockwave committee would like to thank all of those coaches and Division Directors who helped volunteer on Sunday to conduct tryouts along with their time in team-formation meetings to help offer feedback and information to assist in the selection process. Sunnyvale Girls Softball has long been one of the more inclusive leagues when it comes to summer team formation, taking into consideration pitching and coaching to try to maximize the number of opportunities we have while balancing the fact that these are competitive teams playing in competitive tournaments all summer.