After going 0-2 yesterday in Pool Play, Cody Pride 10U showed up "ready to play" this morning in the first game of bracket play. Pride faced the #1 seeded Avanti Yellow Jackets from Pekin, Illinois and beat them 6-5 in 6 innings. Jayci Ervin was credited with the win from the mound while striking out ten (10) Yellow Jacket batters. The defense was nearly flawless with everyone making plays and contributing to the win. The game ended in the bottom of the 6th when Jayci Ervin hit an RBI single to score Hudson Selk to secure the win.

Out of 196 ASA 10B Teams listed on the Illinois ASA web site, the Yellow Jackets are ranked 4th in cumulative ASA points. Points are earned by participating and winning ASA sanctioned tournaments throughout the country. There is no question that the team from Pekin is one of the best teams in the region.

Later in the afternoon, Cody Pride got behind early to the Impact Fastpitch team from New London, Wisconsin and could not recover. The Impact was hot from the plate scoring 7 runs in the first inning. Impact cruised to a 13-3 victory and will move on to Round 3 in the winner's bracket. Pride will play again tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM in the double elimination format and will play the Silver Bullets from Lino Lakes, Minnesota. Only six (6) teams remain in the tournament heading into tomorrow's action.