Thompson Valley baseball takes a spot at the table

By Cris Tiller

Reporter-Herald Sports Writer

Crystal Landscape coach Bruce Kelly looks thoughtfully into the distance at a now empty baseball field and struggles to come up with any words.

How can he possibly explain what his team accomplished over the past month? He's tried, but words alone hardly seem to do it justice.

His focus drifts downward.

"The word is goosebumps, look," he says pointing to the hair on his arm still standing on end despite the roasting 90 degree heat. "These guys just ... I'm speechless. I don't even know what to say. After a while you run out of stuff to say about how amazing these guys came together."

Thompson Valley's top summer team stormed through the Legion B District Tournament a tournament they wouldn't even have been in if for not being the host capping off a tremendous month of baseball with a 9-3 victory over Fort Morgan in the championship game Saturday at Constantz Field.

The Eagles did it exactly the way they've been doing it ever since a road trip to Nebraska changed everything with team baseball. And it started on the bump.

Josh Lewis gave his team a gem from the mound tossing five innings, surrendering just two hits and giving up one run (that wasn't even earned) to set the table for his team.

The signs of a near-flawless outing were evident from pre-game warm-ups, the key Lewis said to any day on the mound.

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Thompson Valley baseball takes a spot at the table