The Perfect Season!!!

AND NOW YOUR 2009 CHURCH COMPETITIVE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS, THE DECATUR 1ST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE (GOD'S DISCIPLE'S)

This year's team was based on speed, power and good defense.  We played hard but at the same time had fun.  We really clicked well as a team, knowing that someone would always step up and make a play when we needed it.  The key for our team was never getting down on ourselves or each other.  We stayed positive throughout the season and that is why we went 23-0.  The PERFECT season! 

 It's a hard thing to win the regular season and the tournament.  We really had to fight hard to win the tournament.  All the teams were out to get us.  We didn't play very well our first 2 games but we fought hard to pull out the victory.  We knocked off Mt. Zion and then Foursquare in order to reach the Championship game against Tabernacle.  The championship was back and forth all game.  We were down early but came back and made it close and in the last inning they scored a run to go up by 2.  With 2 outs and 2 on we got a big hit from Ray McDannell to tie the game up.  Two batters later, Bruce Jones got a base hit scoring the winning run.  What a fun and exciting game it was.  We stormed the field like we just won the World Series.  Grown men acting like little kids haha!  Hopefully next year we can defend our title.

We couldn't have had a perfect season without great fans who came out to cheer us on.  I would say we averaged about 15-20 fans about every game.  So we would like to say "thanks" to all of our fans.

Here is your 2009 Champions:

Mike Thomas- Coach

Justin Neufeld

Patrick McCoy

Mickey Thomas

Ray McDannell

Phil Harris

Ryan Ford

Brian Jones

James Drayton

Bruce Jones

CJ Yeakley

Mario Castro

Mark Arnett

David Tewell

Brain McLane