The Roanoke Rapids based RV Power (04) U-8 travel girls softball team traveled to Clayton this weekend to compete in their first ever tournament. Players Brooke Ott and Berkley Garner had seen U-8 action on the RV Power team last season coached by Jimmy Powers, who moved up to the U-10 division this season. The other players had also seen top level softball action on the RVGSL all-star team.

The RV Power girls played two pool games Saturday going 1-1. They lost the first game 4-0 to the Crystal Coast Riptides and won game two 13-1 against the Pamilco Wild Things. Next was their first bracket game where they faced the Carolina Mayhem in which they lost 15-10.

On Sunday morning the team had an early start with bracket game 2 at 9:55 am. The girls earned the win against the Crystal Coast Riptides this time 25-16. “Every girl smacked the ball and played awesome,” said head coach Jen Ott.

The girls continued their quest by advancing to bracket game 3. This time they would face a new team not faced this weekend, the Coastal Crush. The RV Power came out on top of the scoreboard 14-10.

Bracket game four gave the RV Power girls yet another unknown team, the Lady Area Stars. The RV Power team didn't skip a beat and outscored the Stars and advance to the championship game by winning 12-10.

Making it to the championship game in there first tournament the girls would have to face the Carolina Mayhem who had given them their first lose in bracket play on Saturday. The girls came-up short on the scoreboard 11-10 but a second place wasw a great start for these girls. Said Coach Ott. The team finished the weekend with a 4-3 record.