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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