Shawano’s Red 12U softball team was bullish about winning its Shawano Youth League tournament Sunday.
Shawano defeated the New London Bulldogs, 13-4, in the title game.
Shawano also defeated the Bulldogs, 3-1, in the opening round Friday and sandwiched victories over Plover, Peshtigo and Green Bay Southwest between the New London encounters.
“The girls had a great weekend,” SYL president Dustin Beyer said. “There are a lot of talented girls there … and a lot of solid pitching.”
Shawano Red was coached by Brian Johnson, varsity softball coach at Shawano Community High School for 20 years until stepping down five years ago.
“You can’t find a better coach in town than Johnson,” Beyer said.
Johnson said his young team played like a more experienced squad.
“They are doing things my varsity team used to do. They are making pickoff plays,” Johnson said. “That is impressive when you got kids that young that understand the game.
“All the girls played hard hard out there and had fun out there. That is what is all about. The talent level was really sound here. It is a tough tournament to win.”
The team consisted of Selena O’Kimosh, Noami Wynos, Destiny Reindl, Gracyn Habeck, Abi Vomastic, Rachel Reed, Kendra Kristof, Brianna Wright, Lydia Beyer, Jadyn Peters and Jesse Kobs.
The Shawano Black 12U team went 1-2 in the tourney.
Boys 8U
Shawano versus Shawano.
That scenario played out Sunday when Shawano Black defeated Shawano Red, 14-4, in the third-place game of the Shawano Youth League boys 8U baseball tourney.
“It was a real fun game. It was fun to play against them,” said Dustin Beyer, Shawano Youth League president and coach of Shawano Black. “The red team has a real great young group of kids that are coming up through the system.”
The Black squad lost 8-6 to Menasha on Friday, then defeated Hortonville, 13-3, and Bay Port, 12-2, Saturday.
The Red squad lost 8-0 to Oconto on Friday, then defeated Clintonville, 9-6, and Bonduel, 7-2, Saturday.
Menasha defeated Oconto 12-8 to win the tourney title Sunday.
Girls 10U
Freedom beat West De Pere, 2-1, Sunday in the Girls 10U title game.
Bonduel went 1-2 in the tourney, while Shawano Red and Shawano Black each went 0-3.
