Throw Back Thursday: Meet the PA Strikers, Who Made It To the Final 4 in the Premier 14U Winner’s Bracket on Thursday

In mid-March of this year, we profiled a promising looking team from the Keystone State that looked like it had a chance to do some damage this year in Nationals.

How prophetic this turned out to be, as Head Coach Camille Hayes saw her team twice fight back from six-run deficits on Thursday to make it to the Final Four of the Winner’s Brackets in PGF 14U Premier play.

Here’s a closer look at the team as we originally published this on March 17, 2018; comments are by Coach Hayes who sheepishly told us today some thought her comments were “a little over the top.”

Hey, as we like to say, if you can back it up, it ain’t braggin…

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PA Strikers 14U National Team Mizuno
Morgantown, Pennsylvania

Head Coach:  Camille Hayes
Organizational President/Team Hitting Instructor:  Tony Marsalo
Assistant Coaches:  Mark Sellers, Ralph Rapino and Pete Tauber
2017 D1 Associate Coach:  Jordyn Augustus, University of South Carolina
2018 D1 Associate Coach:  Daria Edwards, Towson University
Fun Fact:  Ranked #1 most followed 14U team on Game Changer
Team website: PA Strikers 14U 
Team Facebook page: PA Strikers 14U  

WHAT MAKES US SO GOOD:

• Speed, Size, Power and Athleticism – every player on this team is an athlete.  Our players run track, play AAU basketball, excel in volleyball, play soccer, field hockey, run 5ks, cross train and we even have a nationally ranked female archer.  That said, they all make softball their top priority and all have a goal to play D1 College Softball.
• Championship experience: Six of our players have won a National Championship together; three of those players have won two National Championships together.
• Deadly duo (more on them in a minute!): We have (in our opinion) at least two of the top 2021 athletes on the East Coast.  They met in 8U and have played together since 2013.  They know each other’s every move and people say they read each other’s mind.  They bring a dangerous 1-2 punch to the middle infield and top of the batting line-up.  Other teams and organizations have been after them both for years.

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