State Champs! Nebraska City 18u Softball Crowned State Champions, 14u Finish 3rd Place At State
COLUMBUS-Nebraska City Softball went into the Class C USSSA State Tournament held in Columbus June 26th-27th, firing on all cylinders. When the tournament was over the 18u team came out crowned State Champions, and the 14u team brought home a 3rd place finish.
Nebraska City 18u Team went undefeated in the tournament on their way to becoming State Champions. Nebraska City first defeated Papillion 6-3, they then turned around won their next game against Chaos 16u Bohaty shutting them out 2-0. Their run would continue with a win over the Titans 5-3, a close game would ensue with a one run win over Fire and Ice 4-3, the team would then get a dominating win over Ralston 9-2. To cap it all off and finish the tournament undefeated Nebraska City would have to face Ralston again, and in a much closer game were victorious 6-5 becoming 2020 State Champions.
Back row left to right: Coach Nick Schmitz, Brittian Smart, Sydni Tellez, Emily Breazile, Clarissa Williams, Coach Mike Tellez, Pacie Lee, Kendyl Schmitz, Madi Hoyle, Alyssa Bottorff, Mellicha Vasser, Coaches John Breazile and Phil Silvius, Front lower (holding banner, Sydnee Nickels and Lexi Southard.
The Nebraska City 14u Teams also had a fantastic finish at state as well as they came home with a 3rd place finish.
Roster Names: Not in order of the team picture: Hallee Nickels #28, Ellanor Gerdes #33, Kolbi Davis #34, Audrey Williamson #35, Azaria Ruby #37, Abby Hodges #40, Bianca Hoy #4, Rylee Stracke #8, Laney Denniston #9, Bailee Sterup #17, Gracie Wurtele #21, Brooke McCown #27
Coached this weekend by Head Coach KayeLynn Tyson, assisted by Aubrey Wurtele
Head Coach KayeLynn Tyson is very proud of her team and how they performed at the tournament.
"The team went 4-3 over the weekend in Columbus and placed 3rd in Class C USSSA State Tournament. Saturday, we started off playing with two pool play games. Our first game was against Vortex and won 9-5. Our second game we played Fremont Force and lost 10-12. Our first bracket play game Saturday evening was against Waverly Heat and we won 11-1, following up with another win Saturday night against Blair Blaze 4-1. Sunday, we came in with an important win to guarantee us third place against Nebraska Force 5-1. Nebraska Force at this time was 9-0 for the season, after coming out of Falls City for a championship the weekend prior. Our next game was against Fremont Force and we lost 0-11. Then lost again to Blair Blaze in extra innings 6-7. Coming home with a Third Place Plaque was a huge accomplishment for our team. Special thanks to all our parents, coaching staff, fans, and our Nebraska City Fastpitch Program for pushing our girls to get better. We exceeded so many goals this weekend, and I couldn’t be more proud!"
Below are pictures of the 14u team. Congratulations to Nebraska City Softball 18u and 14u teams on their great finishes!
