We're Back !

Hopefully some, if not all, of Kickball Nation noticed that It's Just Kickball took a brief hiatus these past few kickball months. Unfortunately life often gets in the way of hobbies and keeping up with the blog was nearly impossible. However after some life adjustments and bringing on two new kickball writers, IJK should be back in full force covering not only Sun City Kickball but all the kickball news related items in El Paso and the surrounding area. So be sure to come back regularly for all kickball league and tourney info. Now that being said, not covering the SCK Spring 2013 season was a huge mistake as it was Sun City Kickball's most exciting season yet.

So unless you been living under a rock, any respectable kickballer has heard that the young guns of Kixxx were crowned the New Kings of Kickball. After numerous tries and tussles with their long time rivals Kickin' N' Screamin', Kixxx was finally able to beat the 5-time defending champs.

Impressive to say the least, considering that Kickin' N Screamin' was having a historical season, stats wise, as they did not let a single run score on them all of the regular season. That of course has never been done before in SCK league history. Although even more impressive is that Kixxx wasn't exactly having a stellar Spring Season. In truth, they looked very mediocre all season long. However come playoff time, they were able to dial up some kickball magic or some folks chalk all that up to strategy.

Many teams live and die by the bunt. It is essentially the foundation to any good kickball squad, many coaches swear by it. If executed well it can be extremely successful, unless you run into a team that can consistently neutralize the bunt, which is rare. However KNS carries an A+ report card when it comes to defending the short game. So in a stroke of strategic genius or more like an epiphany of common sense, Kixxx decide to go long ball on a team that's outfield has never been tested.

Needless to say, it worked. Kixxx was able to hit the gaps and with some dropped balls, made KNS pay dearly with the long ball. Now don't misunderstand, it was a very close and exciting semi-final match-up. Arguably one of the best match-ups I've ever seen, but watching the game you could just tell that Kixxx wanted it more. They were going to walk off that field with a win no matter what and they did.

But wait, this was a semi final match-up?! Who was in the Champion Ship game? Would you believe I'd Hit It?

As unlikely as it seems, Id Hit It is becoming a post-season main stay. They're playing stronger competitive kickball season after season and keeping up with far more talented rosters. Which says tons and tons about this scrappy squad. Its no secret that they live and die by the arm of their pitcher, unfortunately being so one-dimensional is a huge handicap. Ultimately what has to happen is the pitcher needs to do a little bit less and the team needs to do a little bit more. Carrying a team alone is tiresome and does not make for good teamwork.

The championship bout was in all honestly a tad bit lopsided. On one side you had I'd Hit It playing in only their 2nd championship appearance ever, they were unsure and timid. On the other side you had an extremely hungry team in Kixxx, who had just defeated the one team they could never get passed and were looking to destroy anything in there way. And they did just that.

Again congratulations to Kixxx the new Kings of Kickball