Wave wins State

The West University Softball Association Wave 8U Summer Tournament Team won the State Championship for 8U USA Softball in Santa Fe, TX. The tournament started out with 42 8U teams competing. The girls played 11 games total that weekend – including three on Saturday and a tough eight games on Sunday to be the last team standing, winning state. The girls’ coaches were (pictured, back row, from left) Garth Beinart, Steve Roberts, Nick Palaskas, JB McAllister, Josh Landrum, and Nick Nicodemus, and players were (pictured, front row, from left) Savannah Beinart, Natalia Cotton, Hays McAllister, Valerie Pei, Nina Jalbryzkowski, Emma Hughes, Dillon Slay, Sloane Nicodemus, Olivia Palaskas, Kipling Roberts, Avital Goldberg, and Shiloh Landrum.

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