Kennewick
American
Youth BaseballFather's Day Tournament Blog
The annual KAYB Father's Day Tournament is played at the Kennewick American Youth Baseball Complex
located in Kennewick, Washington. Many consider the fields some of the finest in the Northwest.
Follow the entire tournament from a behind-the-scenes perspective with our tournament blog below.
TOURNAMENT BLOG
Saturday, 6/13, 7:33pm: It was a great game between Kennewick American All Stars and Wenatchee at the 11-year-old level. Both teams played a great game, however in the end, Wenatchee emerged with the 7-5 victory over Kennewick American. Congratulations to both teams for playing a great game and to Wenatchee for earning the hard-fought win.
The 10U bracket is complete and has been posted. Richland National finished with the #1 seed overall, just behind Eastmont who allowed one more run to break the tie. The quarterfinals begin at 8am, the semis at 10:15am and the Championship at 2:45pm. Based on your votes, the Kennewick American All Stars are favored to win, however they will have to battle through three games to do so.
Saturday, 6/13, 12:52pm: Check out the 11U bracket. This evening's 5pm game on Field 1 features two undefeated teams whose defense has won them two games. Kennewick American All Stars are 2-0 with 3 runs allowed in two games. They will face Wenatchee who is also 2-0 with 4 runs allowed in two games. The battle for the numer 1 seed overall is at stake in this game.
Saturday, 6/13, 11:54am: In theory, it was a good idea. But, practically it didn't work so well. As you can see from this page, we have removed the game summary sheet PDF links from the site. We are having issues with coaches not turning in the summary sheets and the information contained on them not being accurate and matching what the other team has provided. The tournament brackets are still being updated with scores so you can follow the tournament in that manner.
Friday, 6/13, 3:46pm: Despite it being Friday the 13th, its been a good day of baseball so far. The weather is holding and the temps are in the low 80s right now, which is perfect baseball weather. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of the Tri-Cities has donated 2-liter bottles of Coke to be given away to anyone who hits a home run during the tournament. We ordered 12 bottes, however we might need to get more as we have already given away four and we've only played a handful of games.
Thursday, 6/12, 7:56pm: Game scores and summary sheets are starting to come in from the coaches now. We rely on the coaches and scorers to turn in game summary sheets as soon as the game is over so we can post the scores in a timely manner. New this year, we are going to post game summaries for as many games as we can. This will allow you to see the battery, score by inning, pitchers and game highlights. Its a new feature we think will be welcomed by those who frequent this site over the weekend.
Thursday, 6/12, 1:00pm: Welcome to the 2008 KAYB Father's Day tournament. Please check back often for the latest scores and standings as well as fun multimedia content we will add throughout the weekend. We appreciate everyone's patience and understanding over the last several days. Due to storms this winter, the Kennewick School District's last day of school is Monday, June 16th. Typically school is already out when we begin to play this tournament. Due to the lack of being able to play games all day on Friday as we typically do and not being able to use Canyon View's field during the school day on Friday, we made multiple changes to the schedule and we know that frustrated some. Hopefully, all that is ironed out and behind us and we can look forward to a great weekend of baseball.
Saturday, 6/13, 7:33pm: It was a great game between Kennewick American All Stars and Wenatchee at the 11-year-old level. Both teams played a great game, however in the end, Wenatchee emerged with the 7-5 victory over Kennewick American. Congratulations to both teams for playing a great game and to Wenatchee for earning the hard-fought win.
The 10U bracket is complete and has been posted. Richland National finished with the #1 seed overall, just behind Eastmont who allowed one more run to break the tie. The quarterfinals begin at 8am, the semis at 10:15am and the Championship at 2:45pm. Based on your votes, the Kennewick American All Stars are favored to win, however they will have to battle through three games to do so.
Saturday, 6/13, 12:52pm: Check out the 11U bracket. This evening's 5pm game on Field 1 features two undefeated teams whose defense has won them two games. Kennewick American All Stars are 2-0 with 3 runs allowed in two games. They will face Wenatchee who is also 2-0 with 4 runs allowed in two games. The battle for the numer 1 seed overall is at stake in this game.
Saturday, 6/13, 11:54am: In theory, it was a good idea. But, practically it didn't work so well. As you can see from this page, we have removed the game summary sheet PDF links from the site. We are having issues with coaches not turning in the summary sheets and the information contained on them not being accurate and matching what the other team has provided. The tournament brackets are still being updated with scores so you can follow the tournament in that manner.
Friday, 6/13, 3:46pm: Despite it being Friday the 13th, its been a good day of baseball so far. The weather is holding and the temps are in the low 80s right now, which is perfect baseball weather. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of the Tri-Cities has donated 2-liter bottles of Coke to be given away to anyone who hits a home run during the tournament. We ordered 12 bottes, however we might need to get more as we have already given away four and we've only played a handful of games.
Thursday, 6/12, 7:56pm: Game scores and summary sheets are starting to come in from the coaches now. We rely on the coaches and scorers to turn in game summary sheets as soon as the game is over so we can post the scores in a timely manner. New this year, we are going to post game summaries for as many games as we can. This will allow you to see the battery, score by inning, pitchers and game highlights. Its a new feature we think will be welcomed by those who frequent this site over the weekend.
Thursday, 6/12, 1:00pm: Welcome to the 2008 KAYB Father's Day tournament. Please check back often for the latest scores and standings as well as fun multimedia content we will add throughout the weekend. We appreciate everyone's patience and understanding over the last several days. Due to storms this winter, the Kennewick School District's last day of school is Monday, June 16th. Typically school is already out when we begin to play this tournament. Due to the lack of being able to play games all day on Friday as we typically do and not being able to use Canyon View's field during the school day on Friday, we made multiple changes to the schedule and we know that frustrated some. Hopefully, all that is ironed out and behind us and we can look forward to a great weekend of baseball.