11/19/2025
🥎Crushers 14U end their fall season with a championship!🥎
The Crusher 14’s were in Modesto for the NSA Winter Blast this past weekend. With just 9 players all weekend long, these girls brought it, going 6-0 in the Gold bracket with 63 runs scored, giving up only 11. Emma Gilbert, Ellery Vannerus, Addlie Boles, Hailey Leimas, Brooklyn Espinoza, Sophia Kilby, Kaitlyn Clark, Karlee Parra, and Zoey Miller all collected multiple hits over the weekend. Collectively, the Crushers’ players had 55 hits, with 3 home runs. One was by Hailey Leimas, and then back-to-back-to-back home runs in the championship game by Emma Gilbert and Ellery Vannerus , which sealed the win.
Pitching over the weekend by Ellery Vannerus and Hailey Leimas was stellar, collecting 31 strikeouts while giving up 11 runs and a batting average for opposing players of .148.
Lastly, on defense, the Crushers were able to convert 3 double plays with outstanding field play, and behind the plate, Sophia Kilby and Emma Gilbert were able to keep teams at bay on stolen bases all weekend. Congrats team on an amazing Fall 2025! Can’t wait to see what’s next!