KC Zephyrs-Craig

18A competitive softball team from Kansas City Missouri

[Diamond Club National-Craig @DCPremier_Craig]

The girls went 8-0 at the Recruitlook Showcase and brought home some hardware! They outscored opponents 85-22. As a team they had a .495 BA, 1.177 OPS and 49 stolen bases. Pitching staff had an ERA of 2.6, 38 K and 12BB over 35 innings. And our D only made 4 errors on the weekend

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

We will be hosting our final tryouts this Tuesday and Thursday from 6-8 at Kearney High School. All positions considered.

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

WFC bracket gm 2
Zephyrs 4 vs 1 MN Elite Rubischko
2023 Brennan H, RBI
2023 Gilbert HR, RBI, BB, R
2023 Jessen 2B, R
Boyer H
McMinn 2BB
Sparks H, RBI, SB, BB, 2R
2023 Boley 6IP, 7H, 1ER, 3K, 1BB
2024 Vaught 1IP, 0ER, 0H,

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WFC bracket gm 1
Zephyrs 8 vs 1 Naperville Diamonds
2023 Hayes H, 2RBI
2023 Brennan 3H, 2B, 2RBI, 2R
2023 Gilbert 2B, RBI, BB, R
2023 Jessen H, RBI, BB, R
Boyer 2H, R
McMinn 3BB
McPheeter RBI, BB
Sparks 3BB, 2R
Heckman BB
2023 Boley 6IP, 4H, 1ER, 1K
2024 Vaught 1IP, 0H, 0ER, 1K

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

Finished pool play at the WFC with a 10-1 win against the St. Louis Heat.
13 extra base hits in the game
McMinn 💣 3RBI
2023 Gilbert 💣2RBI
2023 Brennan 💣, 2B, RBI
Sparks 2B
2023 Hayes 2B
2023 Vaught 2B
2023 Jessen RBI
Heckman 2RBI
Heckman 5IP, 1ER, 3K, 1BB

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

WFC day 1 highlights
2023 MI Ella Hayes 5-7, dbl, RBI, 4R, SB
2023 P/1B Kinlei Boley 2H, 2 RBI, R
2023 1B/P Mady Jessen 2 RBI
2023 OF/1B Skylar Brennan 2-6, RBI

2024 P/OF Hanna Vaught 14IP, 3ER, 2BB, 7K
2023 1B/P Mady Jessen 5IP, 0ER, 2BB, 1H, 5K

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

Back on the dirt today after a short Sunday night off. WFC this week and we started out with 3 big wins on day 1.
Zephyrs 2 vs 0 FFS Nstional
Zephyrs 6 vs 0 Team Kansas Elite
Zephyrs 5 vs 4 MN Magic National

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

3rd place finish in the PGF Regional Championship! Lost a tough 2-1 game to MN Renegades National and 4-1 loss to Wasco Diamonds WM.

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

Highlights through the first 7 games
2023 C/CI Chloe Gilbert with 4 💣's and 1.455 OPS
Omara Love hitting .429 with 2 huge dbls today
Jo McMinn hitting. 429 with a big 💣in a tight game
2023 Kinlei Boley with 8 RBI and only giving up 5ER in 24IP with 1 walk to 19K and a .958 WHIP

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

PGF Regional Championship winners bracket final tomorrow morning will be a rematch of last year's championship game with MN Renegades ending with us being named Co-Champs due to rain! Big wins yesterday and today against NE Quakes Simmons, Originals 22/23 and Quakes Prime Cade!

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PGF Regional Championship gm 2
Zephyrs 7 vs 0 Team Kansas Elite
2023 K. Boley RBI
2023 C. Gilbert BB
O. Love 1-2, BB, SB, R
R. Boyer H, R, RBI
J. McMinn 3-3, 2B, RBI, 2R
P. McPheeters 2-2, 2RBI, R
A. Huffman HR, 2RBI, R
C. Sparks BB
A. Huffman 5IP, 4H, 0ER, 10K

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PGF Regional Championship Gm 1
Zephyrs 12 vs 3 Quakes Spencer
2023 E. Hayes 3-4, RBI, 2R
2023 K. Boley 3-4, 3 2B, 8RBI, 2R
O. Love 2-4, 2R
R. Boyer RBI, BB, 3R
J. McMinn 2-4, RBI
A. Huffman H, R
C. Sparks 2-3, 2R
M. Carr 5IP, 4H, 2ER, 2K

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

PGF Regional Championships schedule for this week. Only 2 more tournaments with this group of girls sad to see it all coming to an end so soon.

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

PG Elite State Pitching was lights out
Avery Huffman 15IP, 0 ERA, .333 WHIP, 3H, 2BB, 23K

2023 Kinlei Boley 16IP, .875 ERA, .875WHIP, 11H, 2ER, 3BB, 17K

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Top hitting performances
Omara Love .533 Avg 1.067 OPS, 3RBI, 2SB
2023 Kinlei Boley 571 avg, 1.286 OPS, 6RBI
Rylie Boyer .467 avg, .933 OPS, 3R, 2SB
Other players over .300
Jo McMinn, Paige McPheeters, Cara Sparks, 2023 Chloe Gilbert and 2023 Ella Hayes.

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

Went into the PG Elite State tournament this weekend to knock off some rust before the PGF Regional Championship this week. The girls went 5-0 winning the championship after playing a really tough 10 inning game in the semifinal.

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

Top Gun Invite didn't end the way we wanted with a loss to Wasco Diamonds in ITB. Overall record for the weekend 4-2-1 with wins coming against teams from Georgia, Illinois, Arkansas and Colorado. Time to rest up over the next 2 weeks before the PGF Regional Championship and WFC!

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

First bracket game tonight at 8:00pm Mid America field 2

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Top gun Invite gm 6
Zephyrs 2 vs 2 Top Gun National BT
2023 C. Gilbert HR, RBI, R, BB
2023 K. Boley 6IP, 3H, 2ER, 4K
O. Love @NWBearcatSB 2B,
R. Boyer @NCMCsoftball H, R, BB
J. McMinn @LindenwoodSB H
Finished pool play 4-1-1 earning the second seed!

[KC Zephyrs-Craig @Intensity_Craig]

Top Gun Invite gm 5
Zephyrs 3 vs 4 SoCal Athletics Marinakis
2023 K. Boley H, BB
2022 C. Sparks HBP
O. Love @NWBearcatSB H, R
R. Boyer @NCMCsoftball HBP, R
J. McMinn @LindenwoodSB H, R
A. Huffman @KCRoosAthletics H, BB 6IP, 1ER, 5H, 9K