By: Madison Feldhahn
The Top Gun KC Fall Futures Invite took place this previous Saturday and Sunday at Central Bank Sporting Complex and Mid America Sports Complex. This two-day event featured 24 teams across 12u and 14u.
In the 12u division, each of the three pools were led by an undefeated 2-0-0 pool record, including two in Pool C. These teams were Select Fastpitch Adams in Pool A, Nebraska Gold 515 Futures Lincoln in Pool B, and Nebraska Thunder Bails and Iowa Gold Prospects in Pool C.
There were several dominant wins in the 12u division. Some of these victories include an 11-0 win by Louisville Lady Sluggers, 10-0 win by Nebraska Thunder Bails, 15-0 by Select Fastpitch Adams, and a 15-1 victory by Aces Fastpitch National Lowry. The highest scoring game of the day was the 13-12 Louisville Lady Sluggers 12u VanBoxmeer victory over Aces Fastpitch National Lowry.
There were 3 pools in the 14u age division and four of these teams – Aces Fastpitch National Jones, Select Fastpitch Jones/Carr 13u, Select Fastpitch 13u Goldman/Tollie, and Nebraska Quakes National 13 – went undefeated during pool play as well.
The 14u division has a lot of dominant wins, including a 15-0 victory by Select Fastpitch Jones/Carr 13u. Aces Fastpitch National Jones (10-0), Building Champions Peppers/Wallace (15-1), KC Pride Flavell 14u (11-2), and Select Fastpitch Zagozda (14-2) also had large margins of victory this weekend. Vengeance Fastpitch Gilbert 13u defeated Nebraska Quakes National 13u 12-9 in the highest scoring 14u game.
The 12u champion was Select Fastpitch Adams. They defeated Nebraska Gold Naughton 11u 5-2 to take home the win. Their biggest bracket victory was 15-0 against Louisville Lady Sluggers 12u VanBoxmeer. The team also posted a big win against Top Gun Gallaway, 10-2.
The 14u champion was Select Fastpitch Jones/Carr 13u. The championship was secured 3-2 against Aces Fastpitch National Jones. The team had two 12-0 wins in pool play and scored a total of 38 runs in bracket play.Congratulations to our champions and thank you to everyone who joined us this weekend!
