Cougars, Heat, and Hornets Victorious at Early Bird Invitational
Laurel, MD (Youth1) – During Memorial Day weekend, 46 softball teams from throughout Maryland and the surrounding states traveled to Fairland Regional Park to battle in the Early Bird Invitational ‘C’ tournament.
In the 10U division, the Olney Cougars Black qualified for World Series Play be edging out the stiff competition. Though they were tied with the Germantown Titans for the best record, the Cougars scored 2 more runs than the Titans, thus making them tournament champions. Congratulations to Aishah Abdullah, Amanda Berkley, Erin Cunningham, Madeline English, Amber Glasser, Faith Hanrahan, Keza Levine, Georgia Newton, Olivia Plihal, Maggie Reese, Nadia Sabry, Katie Thomas, Emily Venkatesan, and Emilee Wooten.
The 12U division saw the Forest Hill Heat Black, led by manager John Fulton, win multiple nail biters en route to their championship. Aside from their opening game in bracket play, the Heat won tough games over the Northern Calvert Fury 4-3, Mount Vernon Magic 2-0, and the Takoma Fire 5-4 in the championship game. The entire team, Kira Canter, Molly Exter, Morghan Fulton, Hunter Harbaugh, Jackie Johnson, Eryn Joseph, Morgan Lippert, Lea Lozzi, Hope Nesbitt, Mackenzie Parker, Lauren Pupa, Reannah Rymarz, and Stephenson, all played great softball.
The most dominant performance of the tournament was displayed in the 14U division, where the Green Hornets of Severna Park, MD let it be known early and often that
they were the team to beat. From the opening game, where they shut out the NOVA Blaze 6-0, to the championship game, where they defeated the HCYP Liberty Blue 8-6, the Green Hornets dominated play. In total, they outscored their opponents 55-17 and didn’t lose a game all tournament, finishing with a record of 6-0. Every member of the Green Hornets, Haley Bennett, Robin Buxton, Becky Catterton, Kasey Cingel, Christina Cropper, Emily Gibson, Darcie Hildebrand, Elizabeth Mata, Jennifer Newman, Crystal Quirino, Maddy Sherman, Kaley Tesssieri, Corrine Voelp, and Shannon Wright, should be proud of the performance they turned in at the tournament.
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