U S semifinal recap

What a game!!!! Talk about an up and down day...We needed to get through tonight so we could heal and rest for two days. After lasts nights emotional win, i thought it might be alittle tough. I was wrong. We are on the east coast so you can imagine the popular choice tonight...the boys came out for the 1st time, since we got hear, hitting. The boys had big shoes to fill with Travis(hitting 700 avg. for the LLWS) out and they did...Drew and John started hot and stayed that way. We played defense like no one ever has in LLWS history and Drew's play made ESPN's Top Ten! They had tremendous confidence in Steven tonight and he showed everybody why. The boy is very special!! When we needed a shortsop tonight Nick volunteered, his 1st time there for us ever... New York has been in our building the whole time and i have become friends with their coaches...i can tell you as a group they are a 1st class act!! Their fans were the loudest we have heard so far..not counting ours of course whom i cant here from my cheap seat in the dugout!!! Travis is spending the night in the infirmary and will be there all day tomorrow...he is the only kid in there and is very lonely...he needs everybody you know to pray for him...he IS one of the most competitive kids i know and obviously was still sick when he played yesterday but wouldn't let on..missing the game was way worse than his illness to him..me and him will watch the games on TV tomorrow and i am looking froward to it...he looked great tonight and no fever so maybe he is starting to get better... he did come to the window from his two story room and all the boys and family cheered for him from down below outside...it was an emotional ending to another memory filled day...we have made the final 4 and i am not sure how, but am smart enough not to question Gods plans...however they play out it has been all good for me..sleep well, i will....coach lee