The high school baseball season in Iowa takes forever to start, and apparently even longer to end.
We thought my son's senior season was over when his team lost in substate a few weeks ago.
Then he got invited to the Iowa All Star series, a series of four games over a long weekend featuring four teams sorted by school size and geography. The series was played last weekend on the field where my son and his HS teammate will start their college careers.
Our team, Large School West, came in third out of four. Small Schools East won the whole thing.
It was a great wrap up for the season. The boys made new friends, and earned some final awards.
My son was named MVP for the All Star team after striking out eight over five innings in one of our two wins, and a pitcher on the super all-state team (the best players from all levels and ages in the state). His teammate was named Player of the Year and team captain for the All State team. Their high school coach joined them on the field to celebrate their achievements for the year.
Now, finally, we can start to focus on college. None too soon, move in is a week from today!
