The Becker Blast 12U Gold softball team has had a great season and will be playing in the Northern Nationals in Eagan July 20-23.

 

The girls have a team  record of 20-7-2 and they qualified for nationals by going undefeated and winning  the Big Lake Icebreaker Tournament in mid-May.  The team also went 5-1 and finished in fifth place at the Freedom Days Tournament in June.

 

During the league season, the team went 9-2-2.

 

At nationals, the Blast will play three pool-play games Thursday and Friday.  The first game Thursday is at 9:30 a.m. against a team from Stillwater.   

 

After pool-play ends, the Blast will be seeded into a double elimination tournament that begins Friday afternoon and continues through Sunday.  

 

There are 108 teams at the tournament coming from Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.

 

Team members are Emily Meyer, Ellie Gallus, Kayla Denny, Nevaeh Gardner, Hannah Bartlett, Nevaeh Bjorlin, Maurissa Crossland, Lilyana Parga, Kurstyn Patnode, Kennedy Drehmel, and Maddie Sherman.  

 

Coaches are Maddy Mohrman, Marikate Wegeleben and Jason Baune.

 

Last Saturday, the girls spent most of the day washing cars in the parking lot of  Sherburne State Bank, raising funds to help pay for their trip to the southern metro.

 

The team would like to thank the many area businesses and organizations that donated to help pay the costs to participate at nationals.  They include,  Becker Blast, Becker True Value, Brennan Chiropractic, Clear Lake Lions, D&E Transport, Greater Lake Concrete Pumping, Insurance Restoration Specialists, Kiffmeyer Concrete & Masonry, JME, Liberty Paper, McChesney Heating & AC, North American Industrial Services, Santiago Lions, Sherburne State Bank, StarCor, Super America and TJ Potter Trucking.