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The Ultimate Road Trip! Scrap Yard Internationals Tour & Compete In Japan

Yvonne Whaley (2017 Texas Tech) takes a post-game photo on Day 2 of competition as the Scrap Yard Internationals play in Japan.

The Scrap Yard Internationals 16U and 18U club teams based out of Conroe, Texas, got to go on a trip of a lifetime in August, mixing softball, socializing and sight-seeing in the ultimate experience that dozens of players and coaches will never forget.

Taylor Pleasants (2019 LSU commit) swaps her jersey for a piece of TWCPE memorabilia.

The group traveled to Tokyo, Japan last month to play softball against the Tokyo Women’s College of Physical Education (TWCPE), watch Team USA play at the WBSC World Championships, and see the greater city of Tokyo.

At the beginning the week and a half long trip, each Scrap Yard squad played two games against TWCPE at its home field in a heat much similar to Texas.

“The athletes were greeted by an excited TWCPE team and spent the first half hour learning names, asking questions, and taking selfies, and wrapped up each day with an entertaining hackey-sack and selfie session,” explained Jade Hewitt, the Media Director for Scrap Yard Fast Pitch.

In addition to competing on the fields, the Scrap Yard International entourage visited the downtown city of Narita, traveled to the Tsukiji Fish Market, ate the local cuisine in Chiba, walked through prayer gardens and temples, spent the day at Tokyo Disney, and cheered on USA Softball during pool play competition.

Here’s a video compilation of some of the highlights of the trip and also a photo gallery of some of the sights captured during the time well spent in the Land of the Rising Sun…

PHOTO GALLERY:

The 18U squad joins forces for a post-game group photo with the TWCPE team.
Abbey Newlun (2020 Nebraska commit) takes photos with players from Tokyo Women’s College of Physical Education before the first game of the trip.
Ashly Colonnetta (2019 Seton Hall commit) gives her jersey to a player from the TWCPE team.
Sydnee Hebert (2019 Louisiana Lafayette commit) hits a towering home run on a 230+ field fence in Game 2 of the day!
The 16U team poses with legendary Japanese softball coach, Fukuda San.
Sydnee Hebert (2019 Louisiana Lafayette commit), Skylar Sirdashney (2020 University of Wisconsin Madison commit), and Morgan Wright (2019 Iowa State commit) pose for a photo before the Opening Ceremony of the WBSC World Championship in Chiba, Japan.
The 18U team warms up for their first game of the day in their stars and stripes uniform.

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