Baseball Weekend

Last weekend was a "baseball weekend".  The Pearl River Wildcats were in the first round of playoffs, and little brother, Robert, was slated to pitch.  They were playing the Holmes Bulldogs.  The teams and fans stayed in Canton, MS for the weekend games.  

In between games I had some extra time and explored Canton a little.  I had never been and have heard about the cute square downtown and wanted to check it out.  The square was very nice, it looked like somewhere you would see a movie being filmed.  I later learned that John Grisham's novel made movie, "A Time To Kill", was filmed here. 

Back to baseball...

We played at Holmes Community College, which was the college of Phillies pitcher Roy Oswalt.  Roy is from the small town of Weir, MS and still lives there.  He still supports Holmes and has donated to the baseball program and consequently has provided a very nice facility for the team.  

 The Wildcats were ready to play a three game series, the winner would advance to the next round of playoffs.  Game one went the Wildcats way, with a victory over the Bulldogs.

The rest of the series didn't go as well, as you can see, we definitely were not happy with some of the calls by the umpires.  Coach Hoffpauir had to straighten them out a couple of times.

Holmes won the series which ended the season for the Wildcats.  This was also the last game for the Sophomore class.  Robert is a sophomore and will be moving on to play at the next level, as will many of the sophomores.  PRCC has a talented team and we all look forward to following their successes wherever they play next season.

The sophomores were recognized at "Sophomore Night".  Coach Hoffpauir gave a great speech and everyone celebrated the great effort and dedicated they had put forth throughout the season.

Coach Hoffpauir speaking to the team and families.

Team Captains: Buck Bernard, Robert Marzoni, Matthew Magee

Sophomore class and Coach Hoffpauir

A PRCC tradition, the sophomores sign the "Tradition of Excellence" wall at the end of their season.

Robert in the clubhouse by his locker

It was a fun season and I enjoyed following and cheering for the team.  Robert had a great season and was a star pitcher!  I am eager for next spring and a new chapter in his baseball life to begin.