Sydney Supple Blog: King of the Hill & Homecoming Too
Sydney Supple Blog: King of the Hill & Homecoming Too
Pictured: the Beverly Bandits-Conroy 16U team which won the King of the Hill Tournament going 7-0. Sydney is in the top row, fourth from the left.It was a g
Pictured: the Beverly Bandits-Conroy 16U team which won the King of the Hill Tournament going 7-0. Sydney is in the top row, fourth from the left.
It was a great weekend of club softball at the King of the Hill Tournament in Illinois this weekend and it became apparent who the top teams are in the Midwest—at least for now—as the Beverly Bandits organization won both the 18U and 16U titles.
As our blogger extraordinaire, Sydney Supple, wrote Sunday evening: “Both the Bandits JT 18U and Bandits Conroy 16U teams can claim themselves as King of the Hill Champions!
“It was a busy, but great weekend for me too, since it was also my Homecoming which meant a lot of driving but I didn't miss anything, and most importantly didn't miss softball and was so proud for our team to win it all.”
Sydney is from Oshkosh, Wisconsin and is one of the top 2019 players in the country. Last year, she committed to Northwestern when she was just 13 years old. The tall lefty, who is also a standout hitter, is a freshman at Oshkosh North High School.
Playing for the Bill Conroy-led Bandits 16U team, she and her teammates were also co-champions at the PGF Labor Day Showcase earlier this month.
In this blog, she talks about the compromises and sacrifices that players have to make at times…
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As travel softball players who dedicate all they have to the sport, that commitment comes with sacrifices and compromises.
This weekend my Beverly Bandit 16U Team Conroy and I competed in the new PGF King of the Hill tournament in Downers Grove, Ill..
For our other pitcher, Meghan Beaubien, and myself it was also the same weekend as our homecoming games and dances back home. When we discovered that the dates were the same, neither of us even considered missing a second of any game for the games or the dances.
Some think differently than we do, that you only get four years of high school, and should go and experience everything. However, I can only speak for us in saying that we both feel that being on a team means you commit wholeheartedly to them, and they are your first and far most top priority!
Also playing on my Bandit team with these group of girls, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else but with them.
Being able to balance this commitment with the least amount of sacrifices, means that compromises come with having parents and people alongside of you who are willing to go to extreme to help you accomplish both!
Luckily, Meghan and I have some of the greatest when it comes to parents.
Meghan is from Michigan and she knew that she would never make her dance, but wanted to stay Friday night for the football game so her parents drove to Chicago at 2 am on Saturday to get her there for game time!
Sydney (right) and her father Jay before going to her Homecoming Dance Saturday night after the Bandits won three pool play games.
Friday night my parents let me be in the parade after school and experience my first high school homecoming football game before heading down to Chicago to sleep and get ready for an 8:00 AM game the next morning.
Lucky for me, we had the three of the earliest pool games and after winning all three games to clinch the No. 1 seed, I had time to make it home to Wisconsin for my first Homecoming Dance.
We stopped at the hotel we stayed at the night before so I could wash out the 10 pounds of dirt I was wearing before my parents then drove me three hours all the way home so I could make it to the dance.
The drive did include me stretching my legs from the back seat to the front so my Mom could paint my toe nails!
After having an incredible night at the dance with my friends, we spent the night at home, woke up at 3:45 AM to make our three hour trip back to Chicago for bracket games.
I’m incredibly blessed to have parents who sacrificed a lot of sleep, gas, and time so I could experience my first homecoming, and be able to play with my team.
The King of the Hill tournament was a great showcase tournament of the best teams in the Midwest. It was a great weekend playing teams from Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and lots of talent from Illinois.
We are raising our bar every weekend as a team, going 7-0 this weekend, and taking home the Championship. We showed off our powerful bats by knocking in runs, utilizing our killer speed on the bases, and shutting down the opposing teams’ offenses with tough pitching and solid defense.
Individually and as a team, I see how hard everyone must work during the week for us to see so much the improvement within just a few weeks of being together.
I am beyond excited to keep up this process, continue to compete, and see all the great things I believe we can accomplish!
It was a great weekend of club softball at the King of the Hill Tournament in Illinois this weekend and it became apparent who the top teams are in the Midwest—at least for now—as the Beverly Bandits organization won both the 18U and 16U titles.
As our blogger extraordinaire, Sydney Supple, wrote Sunday evening: “Both the Bandits JT 18U and Bandits Conroy 16U teams can claim themselves as King of the Hill Champions!
“It was a busy, but great weekend for me too, since it was also my Homecoming which meant a lot of driving but I didn't miss anything, and most importantly didn't miss softball and was so proud for our team to win it all.”
Sydney is from Oshkosh, Wisconsin and is one of the top 2019 players in the country. Last year, she committed to Northwestern when she was just 13 years old. The tall lefty, who is also a standout hitter, is a freshman at Oshkosh North High School.
Playing for the Bill Conroy-led Bandits 16U team, she and her teammates were also co-champions at the PGF Labor Day Showcase earlier this month.
In this blog, she talks about the compromises and sacrifices that players have to make at times…
***
As travel softball players who dedicate all they have to the sport, that commitment comes with sacrifices and compromises.
This weekend my Beverly Bandit 16U Team Conroy and I competed in the new PGF King of the Hill tournament in Downers Grove, Ill..
For our other pitcher, Meghan Beaubien, and myself it was also the same weekend as our homecoming games and dances back home. When we discovered that the dates were the same, neither of us even considered missing a second of any game for the games or the dances.
Some think differently than we do, that you only get four years of high school, and should go and experience everything. However, I can only speak for us in saying that we both feel that being on a team means you commit wholeheartedly to them, and they are your first and far most top priority!
Also playing on my Bandit team with these group of girls, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else but with them.
Being able to balance this commitment with the least amount of sacrifices, means that compromises come with having parents and people alongside of you who are willing to go to extreme to help you accomplish both!
Luckily, Meghan and I have some of the greatest when it comes to parents.
Meghan is from Michigan and she knew that she would never make her dance, but wanted to stay Friday night for the football game so her parents drove to Chicago at 2 am on Saturday to get her there for game time!
Sydney (right) and her father Jay before going to her Homecoming Dance Saturday night after the Bandits won three pool play games.
Friday night my parents let me be in the parade after school and experience my first high school homecoming football game before heading down to Chicago to sleep and get ready for an 8:00 AM game the next morning.
Lucky for me, we had the three of the earliest pool games and after winning all three games to clinch the No. 1 seed, I had time to make it home to Wisconsin for my first Homecoming Dance.
We stopped at the hotel we stayed at the night before so I could wash out the 10 pounds of dirt I was wearing before my parents then drove me three hours all the way home so I could make it to the dance.
The drive did include me stretching my legs from the back seat to the front so my Mom could paint my toe nails!
After having an incredible night at the dance with my friends, we spent the night at home, woke up at 3:45 AM to make our three hour trip back to Chicago for bracket games.
I’m incredibly blessed to have parents who sacrificed a lot of sleep, gas, and time so I could experience my first homecoming, and be able to play with my team.
The King of the Hill tournament was a great showcase tournament of the best teams in the Midwest. It was a great weekend playing teams from Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and lots of talent from Illinois.
We are raising our bar every weekend as a team, going 7-0 this weekend, and taking home the Championship. We showed off our powerful bats by knocking in runs, utilizing our killer speed on the bases, and shutting down the opposing teams’ offenses with tough pitching and solid defense.
Individually and as a team, I see how hard everyone must work during the week for us to see so much the improvement within just a few weeks of being together.
I am beyond excited to keep up this process, continue to compete, and see all the great things I believe we can accomplish!