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Velocity Take Home a Trophy 

2023-06-13

By Tom Elliott

The Willmar Velocity age 12-and-under fast-pitch softball team entered a Class A/B tournament June 9-11 in Bloomington. The Bloomington BASH turned out to be a good experience for the Velocity, who earned the consolation championship.

In pool play, Willmar lost to the Mankato Peppers A team, 12-3. The Velocity then fell to the Eden Prairie A team 10-5, The Edina Black A team 8-7 and the Chaska Gold A team, 9-1.

In the consolation bracket, Willmar beat the Bloomington Blast Blue B team 8-4 and then beat Eden Prairie on its second try, 12-2, to win the consolation title.

Team members are : Brynnlee Carroll, Hadlee Carroll, Rowan Glein-Erickson, Claire Guenningsmann, Malea Hansen, Amelia Kveene, Kylie Moran, Kensey Stern, Sydney Zuidema and Ava Zwagerman.

Kelly Zuidema is the head coach and the assistants are Matt Carroll and Anthony Stern.

Source: https://www.wctrib.com/sports/prep/tribune-notebook-yme-leads-way-in-all-camden-selections