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Here’s our TLI for Thursday, June 18, 2020 …
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BOMBERS RUMBLE TO 16U STATE TITLE
Texas Bombers Gold-Smith-Burgess, #7 in the Extra Elite Eighty 16U Club Rankings, went 7-0 en route to the 16U Triple Crown Texas State Championship this week, beating #9 Texas Blaze United, 5-0, in the championship game on Wednesday in Sugar Land.
“This tournament means so much to our players and families,” Bombers coach James Burgess said. “With COVID-19 dominating every facet of our everyday lives, it’s nice to get outside with our travel ball family and compete. This summer obviously will look very different from summers of the past. We won’t be traveling as much as we normally do, but we love to get the opportunity to showcase the kids. We’d like to thank Triple Crown and Jonathan Lampl for hosting a quality event with the necessary safety protocols.”
Some of the standouts for the Bombers this week were uncommitted 2022 SS Leighann Goode (.523, nine RBIs), UTSA-committed 2021 IF Olivia McFadden (.600, three HRs, 13 RBIs), Texas A&M-committed 2022 OF Keely Williams (.562, one HR, eight RBIs), uncommitted 2023 MIF Reagan Jones (.461, one HR, seven RBIs), Georgia-committed 2023 P Kirsten Fleet (15 IP, 25 Ks), uncommitted 2022 P Grace Sparks (nine IP, eight Ks) and uncommitted 2022 P Nicole Bodeux (nine IP, six Ks, touched 68 mph multiple times).
2022 Uncommited flamethrower Nicole Bodeux in The Texas State tournament . pic.twitter.com/YQawGEtv8F
— James Burgess (@coachJBurgess) June 18, 2020
Uncommited 2023 Kayden Henry showing why she’s the best outfielder in the 2023 class!! pic.twitter.com/doLh3iSdgB
— James Burgess (@coachJBurgess) June 18, 2020
2022 Texas A&M commit Keely Williams going deep with that sweet left handed swing pic.twitter.com/g858eJhNb8
— James Burgess (@coachJBurgess) June 18, 2020
2021 UTSA Commit Olivia McFadden going deep! 1 of her 3 Homeruns in the tournament pic.twitter.com/z3aMj2gBrH
— James Burgess (@coachJBurgess) June 18, 2020
Uncommited 2022 SS Leighann good showing off her cannon with a game ending double play pic.twitter.com/u5qw1ezpsG
— James Burgess (@coachJBurgess) June 18, 2020
2022 Uncommited Catcher Ellington Whitaker doing something damage at this week’s Texas State tournament. pic.twitter.com/EswvY3tTKp
— James Burgess (@coachJBurgess) June 18, 2020
US OPEN OF SURFING CANCELED… SAME WEEKEND AS WEEK 2 OF PGF NATIONALS
The US Open of Surfing, which was scheduled for Aug. 1-9 in Huntington Beach, CA, the same time as the second week of the PGF Nationals in Huntington Beach, was canceled earlier this week because of continued health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
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