Our Orland Park Warriors have experienced a successful season so far. Overall, our team has won over 60% of its games (17-11). Its Chicagoland Metro League record is 8-4 (with two of those four losses coming in the last day of the season in a doubleheader at South Cicero). The team is 6-4 in tournament play and 4-3 against full-time travel teams. Many of the games have been closely contested...our team has only been blown out once or twice all season.
A NIML tournament is underway this week. 26 travel teams are participating in this tournament. Only 5 of the 26 teams were undefeated (3-0) in pool play in this tournament. One of those teams is the Westside Warriors.
Our Orland Park Warriors defeated the Westside Warriors by a score of 9-5 in the Oak Lawn Westside tournament a few weeks ago! The head coach of the Westside Warriors told me that his team had no excuses for the game...our team just put a pounding on them.
Our Warriors should be proud of the success it has had during the 2009 season. Our group of 14 players have focused on improving their skills and have successfully competed against opponents of various levels.