Our Green Bay Powerhouse 16U team wrapped-up the season by travelling down to Bentonville, Arkansas July 27th-31st to capture the USSSA 16U National Championship!!  The team went undefeated by going 8-0 on the week!  Congratulations to all players as they played their hearts out all season to finally realize their dream of a National Championship.  Special congrats to Sydney LaPoint for earning the All-Tournament MVP and the All-Tournament Most Outstanding Pitcher!  Home runs in tournament by Jayden Laurent, Chloe Evans, and Raven VandenLangenberg!

Scores:

Pool play: Defeated Oklahoma Gametime (13-0), Emporia Energy - Kansas (12-0), Extreme D - Missouri (11-0) *Earning a #1 seed going into bracket play

Bracket play:  Defeated Rockers - Missouri (9-1), Regal Athletic - Missouri (5-0), Quarterfinal: Salina Nemesis - Kansas (9-5), Semifinal: NWA Hot Shots - Arkansas (6-0), Championship: Salina Nemesis - Kansas (9-5)

 

Members of team in picture above:

1st row bottom (left to right):  Sydney Johnson - OF (Bay Port HS), Sydney LaPoint - P/1st (Bay Port HS)

2nd row (left to right): Raven VandenLangenberg - SS (Seymour HS), Gabby Every - OF (Bay Port HS), Paige Weyer - P/1st (Seymour HS), Chloe Evans - IF/C (Oshkosh Lourdes HS), Taylor Arbour - OF (Bay Port HS), Alexis Tingley (Bay Port HS)

Back row (left to right): Coach Kevin LaPoint, Katie Conard - 3rd (Bay Port HS), Jayden Laurent - OF (Denmark HS), Natalia Draghicchio C/IF (Bay Port HS), Mariah Hermsen - OF (Ashwaubenon HS), Coach Todd VandenLangenberg

 

The 2015-2016 season was the best season to date for this team as this young 16u group won 7 consecutive tournament championships (incl. a National Championship, 2 State Championships - 16u & 18u titles, and four 18u national qualifiers).

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The Green Bay Powerhouse 16U girls fastpitch team traveled to Mt. Pleasant, MI August 2-8 to compete in the ASA “A” Northern National Championships and came away with the top title after having to beat the Munster (IN) Magic twice in the finals, 6-0 and 3-2 late Sunday afternoon. The Powerhouse team went 10-1 throughout the week including two pool games, with their only loss coming in a rain-delayed 8am game on Sunday morning to the Crown Point, IN Bulldogs. That loss placed the team into the loser’s bracket where they had to win three games in a row (including a 1-0 win over that same Crown Point team) to get to the finals. The team outscored their opponents 42-18 across the eleven games.

Green Bay Powerhouse players included: Raissa Reynolds (Manitowoc Lincoln HS); Courtney Dart (Algoma HS); Danielle DJ Garceau (Bay Port HS); Lindsey Luedke (Bay Port HS); Ashley Baker (Bay Port HS); Nicole Sharon (Gladstone, MI HS); Allison Weisnicht (Shawano HS); Lauren Janssen (Bay Port HS); Heather Sanderson (Rapid River, MI HS); McKenna Larsen (Oconto Falls HS); Christine Sharon (Gladstone, MI HS); Lydia Turnquist (Bay Port HS). Other integral team members not able to play at nationals include: Mel Leopold (Stevens Point Area HS); Taylor Gutzman (Bay Port HS); Hannah Long (Bay Port HS) and Hannah Hilbert (Bay Port HS).

ASA Game Opponents (Score):
Mt. Pleasant Drillers, MI (2-0); Northern Illinois Lightning (4-3); Detroit Vengeance (6-0); Wisconsin Bandits Black (4-0); Ohio Outlaws (7-4); Crown Point Bulldogs, IN (2-4); Quad City Firebirds, IA (3-2); Lemont Rockers, IL (4-3); Crown Point Bulldogs, IN (1-0); Munster Magic, IN (6-0 & 3-2)

Three weeks earlier, the Green Bay Powerhouse 16U team also won the Wisconsin and Upper Michigan NSA State Championship in Middleton by going undefeated (5-0) for the weekend with wins over the Wisconsin Lightning (6-5 in 9 innings); Pride of the Midwest (10-0); Fox River Rush (8-0); Wisconsin Elite (6-5); and the Fox River Rush (2-0) in the championship game.

It was a successful summer for the Green Bay Powerhouse 16U team as they won 4 of 6 tournaments entered, also including the Appleton Rockers Kickoff tournament in June and the Wisconsin State Games in Baraboo in July.

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