The great news is that Singapore won the Senior division. In fact, all three Singapore boy's teams won. In the two softball division, traditional powerhouse Manila won both divisions. Evan had a terrific tournament batting around .500. In the field, Evan split his time between third base and right field. His team was led by their senior captain, Billy Fulton who was named tournament MVP. Billy hopes to play in college next year, and has some interest from a couple of California schools.
In the final game, we played Manila. We jumped out to a big lead, but they chipped away. Then, in the top of the 7th, they hit a three run homer to come within one run. However, we got the final two outs and prevailed 9-8. Billy pitched and made the last out on his 104th pitch and there was a 105 pitch limit for all pitchers.
We all stayed at the Galleria Holiday Inn in Manila. It was quite interesting as the place was overrun by kids between 10-18. The hotel was attached to a mall, so the kids enjoyed that. I think the Krispy Kreme shop was the most popular as you can not find a good donut in Singapore. "Bar One" was the destination of choice for most parents.
While Manila is not the nicest city and traffic can be a hassle, we did make one outing to the US Military Cemetery. This was a very impressive stop. There are over 17,000 US servicemen from WWII buried there. There are also another 36,000 names carved into the walls of a marble rotunda. These are the dead who were never recovered. Also many of the walls of the marble rotunda have these tile mosaics that depict different battles in the Pacific theater. The grounds are pristine and it makes quite a contrast from the rest of Manila.
I have included some photos and a couple of videos of Evan batting below.
Thanks for reading.
Jed
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