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The Valley Star | feature<br />
This little team is very special!<br />
Clements girls playing baseball against the boys<br />
by Anthony Bates<br />
There is a special 5-6 year-old baseball team in<br />
Limestone County this year - not a boys team mind<br />
you - but a girls team.<br />
This team is special because it consists of nine little<br />
girls that will be playing in a boys league.<br />
The Clements team finished third in a recent county<br />
preseason tournament finishing 2-1. This is a team to<br />
watch this spring. They are well coached and they're<br />
playing to beat the boys.<br />
The tournament was played recently at Clements. It was<br />
a long breezy day for the teams and their fans. Many<br />
teams showed up ready to play. A lot of good teams<br />
were playing but the favorite seemed to be a tough<br />
Owens team that played a lot of ball together at their<br />
early age.<br />
Parker Albritton<br />
But back to the little girls team. Yes, they lost 14-1 to<br />
that great team that can and will score at will this season. But the nine little girls made a<br />
great showing, and have a lot of heart. Seeing their little eyes in defeat you could tell it broke<br />
their hearts.<br />
One player in particular, Sara Jo Moss, really stood out during<br />
the tournament.<br />
With her small 35-<br />
pound body she gave it<br />
her all. In the semifinals<br />
against the winning<br />
team she had<br />
eight unassisted outs,<br />
a triple play and scored<br />
their only run. She truly<br />
loves baseball, and has<br />
the heart of a champion.<br />
Sara Jo Moss<br />
Her mother, Jessica Collier,<br />
says Sara Jo hates to lose. But she said after a few<br />
McKenzie Lowry<br />
hours after a defeat, she will get over it.<br />
It's obvious her Dad, Scottie Moss, has spent many hours in the backyard with his daughter.<br />
Her parents are really proud of her and should be. Coaches help ball players but it starts at<br />
home first.<br />
Coach Derrick Stewart giving instructions<br />
5-6 Clements (Blue Springs) girls baseball team<br />
Coach Michael Whitworth with Brady Owens<br />
He's out! No I'm Safe!<br />
Shaking hands after the game.<br />
age 16 the valley star March 22, 2012<br />
March 22, 2012 the valley star Page 17