Gators 14u West

06/08/2026

This is a story about a group of girls who just love to play ball. 🥎 They’ve been through a lot of change this season. Devastating loss, changes in leadership, a cancer diagnosis, a season ending injury… Sprinkle into that the trials of just growing up and learning to be a better athlete and teammate. We are unbelievably proud of how far they have come both on and off the field. 🫶🏻 Hemingway famously wrote, “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” Seeing that play out in real time is priceless.

Also, they played like rockstars this weekend.
😜5-1-1 and two games away from the ship before the tournament was called for weather. ☔️
Keep writing that story, girls. It’s not over yet. Go Gators!! 🐊🧡💙

06/06/2026

06/06/2026

Logansport day 1 in the books at 1-0-1. Back at it tomorrow and ready to keep building. 🥎💪 Go Gators!! 🐊🧡💙

05/03/2026

PlayTime Fastpitch Kickoff
C - H - A - M- P - I - O - N - S!!!! 🏆💪🥎 🙌

Between the wind and the dust, it felt less like softball and more like we were out there surviving the Great Dust Bowl of Champaign 2026!🌪️😂

First game of bracket play was a definite nail biter against the Monticello Sages. This one had a lot of back-and-forth scoring, leaving the parents frazzled and literally wiping dust off of sweating brows. We ended regulation tied and battled it out in an extra inning, coming away with the 8-7 win.

The Championship game brought us up against the Danville Speakers, and the girls came ready. Strong bats, solid defense, and great teamwork led to a 10-4 victory to seal the deal!

A special moment—our #10 was awarded MVP by the runner-up team. An incredible honor for an incredible kid who continues to inspire us all. 💙🧡

Now it’s time for these girls to head home, rest up, and try to shower about 10 pounds of dust out of places we didn’t even know could collect dirt. 👀

It’s been said, but bears repeating—we are next level proud of these girls.
GO GATORS!!!🐊💥🥎

01/24/2026

Early morning hustle hits different in negative windchills. 🥶 These Gator gals were up before dawn putting in the work today! 💪 🥎 While the Snow Queens of Softball tournament took place in Lebanon, some of these elite travel ball parents did some Olympic level 3 a.m. napping. Still cheering. Just…internally. 😴🤣 All in good fun! We know who the real MVPs are!! Way to go Gators on a great win and a hard fought loss in pool play!! 🐊🧡💙