Eastlake Little League: Softball
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Wednesday, July 29
Eastlake/Redmond Softball Junior All Stars Win District 9
Redmond Eastlake played their first game in the district tournament on Sunday July 12th at Everest Park against SnoValley. Redmond Eastlake won the game 13-2. Highlights included 5Ks for pitcher Melissa White, Yasmin Luqman was 2/2 in the box, Kelly Walls was 2/5 with a triple, Blake Gransee doubled and Ashley Walls was 2/2 also.
They advanced to play Sammamish the next day and with an outstanding effort in the circle by the pitcher Melissa White, they defeated Sammamish 6-0. Melissa had 12Ks and Kelly Walls was 2/3 at the plate with a double.
Advancing to the championship game on Thursday, Redmond Eastlake again took on Sammamish. Led by another great effort by the pitcher Melissa White, Redmond Eastlake defeated Sammamish 9-0 and advanced to the Junior World Series to be held August 16-22 at Everest Field in Kirkland.
Congratulations!!
Front Row (L to R): Ashley Walls, Hannah Raudebaugh, Yasmin Luqman
Back Row (L to R): Manager Mark Gransee, Abby Goux, Elaine Wang, Kristen Holec, Kelly Walls, Melissa White, Jamie Midkiff, Blake Gransee, Nicole Dankert, Jessica Rubideaux, Stephanie Lin, Rachael Levine, Coach Liz Armbruester, Coach Ben Goux
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Thursday, June 18
City Championship - AAA Bruins Softball Champs
More good news for the Eastlake Softball program. Please congratulate the AAA Bruins City Champs with a 12-10 win over the Redmond Heat.
Pictured (from L to R)
Kneeling - Erin Lingg, Abigail Odendhal, Danielle Miller, Jennifer Wright, Emma Gilham
Standing - Brynn Allen, Trynne Lilleskare, Lindsey Urh, Natalie Shade, Jordan Coleman, Vanessa Hernandez, Cassie Carter
Coaches – Jeff Lilleskare, Ron Miller, Jeff Gilham
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Monday, June 15
Coast City Tournament Champions
UPDATED 6/16 @ 9:30 am
Congratulations to the Coast Huskies for capping off their season by winning the Coast City Championship.
The Huskies went into this year end tournament after a perfect 14-0 regular season, and winners of the D9 Coast Midseason Tournament. In the City Championship tournament, they knocked off the Issaquah Twins, the SnoValley North Bandits and the Fall City Angels to reach the championship round. They fell to the Angels in that next game (their only loss of the season), but bounced back with a hard fought, 18-11 victory to take the title.
In the finale, Maddie Nelson, Ashley Fitzgibbons and Sarah Brewer gave the Huskies solid performances on the mound. At the plate in this final game, Maddy Kennedy went 3-3 at the plate with 3 RBI, Caitlin Bowers had a 2 RBI double and Alyssa Walsh drove in 4 runs.
Pictured (from L to R)
- Kneeling - Mary Jung, Maddy Kennedy, Julie Graf, Ashley Fitzgibbons, Katherine Schwoerer, Caitlin Bowers
- Standing - Megan Porter, Alyssa Walsh, Sarah Brewer, Kiersten Crawford, Maddie Nelson, Hannah Pickerill
- Coaches - Scott Porter, Paul Graf, Eric Nelson
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Tuesday, May 19
Eastlake "Double" Sweeps District 9 Mid Season Tournament!
Eastlake Little League Softball had a great weekend winning both the Coast and Majors divisions at the District 9 Little League Mid Season Tournament May 15th - 17th.
The Coast Huskies, managed by Paul Graf went 3 - 0 beating Bellevue ThunderBird Nationals, Bellevue East Cardinals and Snoqualmie Glory to gain a spot in the Championship game against Kirkland American Racer Force. In the championship game, the Huskies were tied 2-2 after 4 innings and then scored 6 late runs to close out the game with an 8-2 victory.
Pictured here are the Coast Huskies:
Standing L-R: Maddy Kennedy, Julianna Olde, Maddie Nelson, Julie Graf, Hannah Pickerill, Caitlin Bowers, Alyssa Walsh, Mary Jung, Sarah Brewer, Kiersten Crawford
Seated L-R: Katherine Schwoerer, Ashley Fitzgibbons
Not in Picture: Hena Matthias
Coaches L-R: Paul Graf, Eric Nelson, DJ Olde
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Tuesday, June 2
Majors Bruins News
The Majors Bruins managed by Rick Martinez, went 3 - 0 beating Snoqualmie Glory, Kirkland American Thunder and Kirkland National National's in their bracket to gain a spot in the Championship game against Kirkland National Crush. The Bruins trailed 6- 0 entering the bottom of the fourth, still facing the starting pitcher for Kirkland, when the rally started with three runs. Three more runs in the bottom of the 5th inning tied the game for the Bruins. Then in the bottom of the 6th inning the base were loaded a single drove in the winning run. It was a great come from behind victory for the Bruins.
Pictured here for the Bruins :
standing L-R : Lynlee Pollis, Sophie Berg, Alanna Martinez, Megan Kipfer, Nicole Russo
kneeling: Cari Dougan, Abbi Baucum, McKenna Hawksford, Holly Lasker and Madison Simpson
Coaches L-R : Rick Martinez, Paul Russo, Steve Pollis
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Tuesday, June 2
Dugout Work Continues @ Fastpitch Field
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ELL Softball is continuing to improve the field. The picture below shows the inprogress work of the dugout roofs. ELL is looking forard to the improvements on the venue and providing a better fan experience.
We want to acknowlege and thank the volunteers and sponsors that make the experience better for our kids, fans and community. Thank you to all!
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Monday, May 18
Banners are up for All Eastlake Little League Softball Teams
Pictured here is the AAA banner on the JV field, home for AAA games. From “A” level to Juniors, all 182 girls in Eastlake Little League are listed with their team mates and peers on the EHS varsity field outfield fence.
May 16th “A” and AA teams will have the opportunity to take individual and team photos in front of their banner. The gate in right field will be open for access from 9:00 to 3:00
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Monday, May 18
Michele Smith, two time Olympic Gold Champion
Seen here with Lynlee Pollis from the Majors BRUINS, hosted a coaches clinic at Inglewood Jr High for all coaches in District 9. Over 200 coaches came to get tips from the Olympic Champion. Eastlake Little League purchased a training DVD set at the clinic for managers to check out. Call the VP of Softball.
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Monday, May 18
NEW Scoreboard With Team Names
The ELL BRUINS vs the Snow Valley LL GLORY were the first teams to be featured on the improved scoreboard. ELL Softball has changed out the HOME and GUEST signs to magnetic vinyl signs with team or league names. Just another way we make Softball Cool. ELL also created signs for Eastlake High so the school can customize the board for the Lady WOLVES and visiting High Schools. EHS and Little League are the only teams to feature a customized team name scoreboard in LWSD or District 9. We are ahead of some colleges still using HOME and GUEST !
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Wednesday, July 29
Eastlake/Redmond Softball Junior All Stars Win District 9
Redmond Eastlake played their first game in the district tournament on Sunday July 12th at Everest Park against SnoValley. Redmond Eastlake won the game 13-2. Highlights included 5Ks for pitcher Melissa White, Yasmin Luqman was 2/2 in the box, Kelly Walls was 2/5 with a triple, Blake Gransee doubled and Ashley Walls was 2/2 also.
They advanced to play Sammamish the next day and with an outstanding effort in the circle by the pitcher Melissa White, they defeated Sammamish 6-0. Melissa had 12Ks and Kelly Walls was 2/3 at the plate with a double.
Advancing to the championship game on Thursday, Redmond Eastlake again took on Sammamish. Led by another great effort by the pitcher Melissa White, Redmond Eastlake defeated Sammamish 9-0 and advanced to the Junior World Series to be held August 16-22 at Everest Field in Kirkland.
Congratulations!!
Front Row (L to R): Ashley Walls, Hannah Raudebaugh, Yasmin Luqman
Back Row (L to R): Manager Mark Gransee, Abby Goux, Elaine Wang, Kristen Holec, Kelly Walls, Melissa White, Jamie Midkiff, Blake Gransee, Nicole Dankert, Jessica Rubideaux, Stephanie Lin, Rachael Levine, Coach Liz Armbruester, Coach Ben Goux
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