Sorry everyone....it's been a while.  Lets start with big news.  I MOVED TO NEBRASKA!!!  I play for Nebraska Gold (Jablonski) now and I am starting my first full year as a 'gold' player.

Things have been going well and I have been seeing the ball great!  3 HOMERUNS in the past week - one for Mom on Mother's Day, where we won the Championship

JUNE 13, 2011 - I am going to be a CORNHUSKER!!!!!

It's official --------- My real journey to college softball begins today with my verbal commitment to play softball for Coaches Revelle, Miller, and Sippel at the University of Nebraska!!!

9-1 in 2011 Memorial Tourney - Great start to the season!

Had a great weekend hitting and had tons of fun!!!

Kordell's Birthday

First, Happy 12th Birthday to my bro!

Sunny + Warm + Some Wind = Great softball!!!

Had a good day today - we won all of our pool games. I beat myself up at the plate a bit (literally - I hit myself with like 4 foul tips), got cleated in the ribs, and popped some blood vessels in my hand when I slid into base.

Still hit good today with some doubles and more RBIs - awesome!!!

Cassidy hit a homerun! Way to go girl... Brooklin made an amazing catch in center field - gotta give it up for that one (SportsCenter anyone)!

Well, gotta get ready for games tomorrow.

Finally 2011 season is started!!!

Had a pretty good day today. Went 3/3 with 2 doubles in my first game. 2 went to the fence! The 2nd game was 2/3 with another double and all total I think it was 4 RBIs!!!

Gotta love scoring runs.

Weather didn't really like us, it rained and was cold all day!

Spring 2011 - Playing with the Devils - WE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

You know night photos are crazy...but trust me WE WON the TOURNEY!!!

Thanks Devils for letting me hang out and play with you guys this Spring!  

Nebraska vs. Mizzou

Hangin' out after the Nebraska vs. Mizzou softball game.  Of course we are eating again!!!

Quakes - Gotta give it up to my girls!  Thanks for letting me play this Spring!

Off to MIZZOU for the Border War

Mizzou vs. KU - it's pretty big (basketball) down here! Dad, Kord, and I got to go to the game today...and I got to drive part of the way.

Thanks Dad, it was fun!

Got My Driver's Permit Today!

Finally the day has come. DRIVING!!!

So excited. Dad let me drive to school.

GREAT DAY IN ST. JOE

Peppers took the tournament and I had a really good day at the plate.

1st Home Run this season!

Couple of TRIPLES and some DOUBLES! Only 1 K in 4 games....it was so much fun to be back out there after this long winter. (Even though we had to drive in ice to get there)

Go Peppers!

Everyone has to play HS Ball starting this next week, so I won't be able to play with my team now until Memorial Day tournament.

Go Peppers

It's off to St. Joe tomorrow morning at 6:00 for a quick one day tournament indoor! Thanks for that one.

Hopefully all of the ice will be gone for the drive.

Go Peppers!

KC Peppers 16U Griffon Indoor

9:15 KC Peppers vs. KC Pride

10:30 KC Peppers vs. Olathe Rockets Gold

2:15 KC Peppers vs. Olathe Rockets Patterson

4:45 KC Peppers vs. Ralston Rage

NCAA Softball Starts

Spring Break is coming up and I think I will go over to Columbia and watch some softball....Mizzou vs. Illinois & Illinois State!

Should be great softball and cold temps.

Off to Wichita for our 1st Pepper tournament of the 2011 Spring/Summer Season

Here we go again.....5:00 a.m. and headed out the door! So excited to get ready for softball season to start. We are going to Wichita, KS for the indoor tournament. Should be a good time. Good teams will be there and we will have a re-match of our 16A USSSA Championship match (which we won) last summer.

GO PEPPERS!!!

Back to Nebraska.....

Back to Nebraska. Watched practice and then headed to Omaha to see the Quakes. They are a great team and they like to hang out!

Nebraska softball starts next week....GO BIG RED!!!

Illinois Visit - Really cool place.

What is it with the SNOW this year? Dad and I have had to travel everywhere and it is always snowing!!! No more...I am getting pretty good at waking up early and hitting the car. Not so sure about Dad - he's not as young as he used to be and some beauty rest may be in some order.

Illinois University - Great place with great coaches, everyone was so nice. I got a new sweatshirt and I love it. Grandma is pretty excited too.

Oklahoma State Camp

2nd time to camp at Oklahoma State.

Had a great time as usual - learned more and made some adjustments.

Ready for Spring ball to start so I can play ball outside again!

WISCONSIN CAMP

Dad didn't take pictures at the University.....I took some along the way! Lots of snow....

Had a great time at Wisconsin. I really like campus, it over looks the lake and that is nice.

We had to drive home through the snow storm!

It was awesome to see my Chicago family along the way. Love you Grandma Peaches

WISCONSIN are you ready for some softball?!?!

HAPPY MLK WEEKEND!

Heading out this weekend to visit Wisconsin this weekend (hopefully no more snow). Should be a great time with the family in Chicago with G-ma Peaches and Dad in Wisconsin. He can always find something to do!

Wisconsin Badgers Softball - can't wait to meet the Coaches!

HAPPY NEW YEAR - 1st Workout of 2011

Went to Mac -n- Seitz today and got to have a game with some of the boys!

Worked out with my sis Brooklin

and showed the boys whats up....

NEBRASKA HOLIDAY CAMP!!!!

A big THANK YOU to all of the coaches and players that helped out with the camp yesterday!

Awesome ALL DAY camp with Coaches and Players! I had a great time. Took at least 500 cuts (all of them good :-)). Got some excellent correction and had soooo much fun with my new 'little' big sis - KIKI...

Go Big RED! Can't wait for the football game tonight. Washington is going down!

Looks like I am going to Illinois University for a visit! - close to Gma Peaches!!! I am looking forward to going because I haven't been to that campus before. Thanks Coach Dibiase for talking to me this week. Dad's pretty excited - coming from Chicago and all.

Winter Workouts

Had a great day at conditioning and weights! Love starting the winter workouts again. Hitting just started today...

Went up in weights today RDL.

Johnny wants a Christmas gift and Clint says I talk too much :-)

Got to work out with Brooklin and we went strong and pushed each other (as we always do).

No core work....yeah! My flubber is finally turning in to some serious muscle.

Congrats Coach Revelle

Congrats Coach Revelle... USA Today: Nebraska softball coach joins hall of fame E-mail | Save | Print |

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska softball coach Rhonda Revelle has been inducted into the hall of fame. The National Fastpitch Coaches Association honored Revelle Friday at the group's annual convention, but the award was announced last year. Revelle was honored because of her consistent success at Nebraska where she is in her 19th season. Revelle has a 680-371 record, and her Nebraska teams have won six Big 12 titles and made two trips to the women's College World Series. Her teams have qualified for the NCAA tournament in 15 of the past 16 seasons. Revelle says she's honored to be inducted. Before coming to Nebraska, Revelle coached one season at Nebraska Wesleyan and earned eight wins, so her career record is 688-387. Revelle also played for Nebraska from 1981 to 1983.

MIZZOU Softball Camp!

Spent the day Saturday at MIZZOU camp! Had a really good time. I may have been golfing on this one. It is always fun to be on the football fields!

Nebraska Camp

Loved this camp!!! Well worth the 3.5 hour car ride each way. Met great Coaches (Revelle, Miller & Sippel) - went up for 3 weeks to the advanced hitting camp. We learned new drills and exercises to improve hand-eye coordination. Can't wait to go back in December for the Holiday Camp on 12/29/2010.

Thanks to all the coaches and players that helped us.

GO BIG RED!

St. Louis Showcase, 4-1, (10/31/10)

KC Peppers vs. Midland Magic '95: Won 4-1

KC Peppers vs. Tulsa Eagles: Won 6-0

KC Peppers vs. Southern Force: Lost 1-0

KC Peppers vs. Bandits Fastpitch: Won 19-1

KC Peppers vs. Southern Illinois Dirt Dawgs: Won 9-0

NSC Fall Showcase

16A NSC Fall Showcase, 5-0, (10/18/09)

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The Xplosion capped a successful weekend of softball in very cold weather winning all 5 modified games during the weekend. The situational play allowed for lots of scoring opportunities. Congratulations on the great showing, ladies!

Next action will be the MSP Fall Showcase at Mid-America on October 24th & 25th.

Saturday Games

KC Xplosion vs. Originals (Wingo): runner began each inning on 2nd base with no outs

KC Xplosion vs. Spartans: runner began each inning on 3rd base with no outs

Sunday Games

KC Xplosion vs. Newkirk (OK) Lady Tigers: runners began on 1st and 2nd with no outs

KC Xplosion vs. SwingBuilder Lightning Silver: runners began on 2nd and 3rd with no outs

KC Xplosion vs. Kansas Renegades (Kifer): runners began on 2nd and 3rd with no outs

2 Triples!!! Another great weekend of softball KC Peppers take 1st in Monster Bash 18A, Kansas City Metro.

A solid start to a new season began in nearly perfect weather conditions as the KC Peppers captured the championship in the 18A division of the 2010 USSSA Monster Bash. The Peppers played outstanding defense the entire weekend along with great pitching performances and timely hitting enroute to their first championship. The ladies outscored their opponents 33-4 in the six games played.

#	Tournament	Winning Team	Winner Score	Losing Team	Loser Score
1	Monster Bash	KC Peppers 16U	7	Olathe Rockets-Patterson	0
2*	Monster Bash	KC Peppers 16U	2	Diamond Devils - Slemp	0
3*	Monster Bash	KC Peppers 16U	4	DeSoto Belles	2
4*	Monster Bash	KC Peppers 16U	10	Longhorns	0
5	Monster Bash	KC Peppers 16U	6	Olathe Rockets-Patterson	0
6*	Monster Bash	KC Peppers 16U	4	Olathe Rockets Gold - Mop	2
* Indicates games played against teams of different class. Updated every night. The first day results are entered all games will appear in tan.

14A USA/ASA Nationals

14A USA/ASA Nationals, 1st in Pool, 25th (Tied) out of 156 teams, 6-2, (8/7/10)

After a great start to the week with pool play victories, the Xplosion were dealt a very disappointing loss in the opening bracket game to the Pittsburgh (PA) Predators. The ladies showed their character and determination by sweeping 4 straight games in the loser's bracket before falling to the Cincy Doom '95 by a final score of 3-0 on Saturday morning. What a great tournament and season with many highlights to end the KC Xplosion tradition.

Pool Play

Game 1: KC Xplosion vs Firebirds '95 (Waukesha, WI): Won 14-2, 4 innings

Notes from the game: Xplosion took advantage of early mistakes by the Firebirds scoring 3 runs in the 1st and 2 in the 2nd before blowing the game open in the 3rd inning with 7 runs. Another pair of runs were scored in the 4th for the final tally. The game was called due to the run ahead rule. Great start to the tourney against the Wisconsin ASA State Champs!

Game 2: KC Xplosion vs BNGSA Angels 14 (Bloomington/Normal, IL): Won 2-1

Notes from the game: Xplosion fell behind early 1-0, but rallied for single runs in the 4th and 7th on a pair of timely hits to earn the victory. Another victory over a state champion, allowing the Xplosion to grab the #1 seed from their pool.

From the Quad-City Times: Offense to defense for KC Xplosion: The KC Xplosion exploded for 14 runs in their opener on Monday, but needed to rely on their defense to pull out Tuesday's 2-1 victory over the BNGSA Angels of Illinois. The game-winner came in the seventh inning on Taylor Brunson's single and stolen base and an RBI hit by Ciera Carbajo.

Bracket Play

Game 3: KC Xplosion vs Pittsburgh (PA) Predators: Lost 1-0

Notes from the game: The Xplosion could not solve the outstanding pitching from the Predators and were shut-out and no-hit for the first time in several years. A 2-out RBI single with runners at 1st and 2nd was all that was needed by the Predators to capture the hard fought victory. No Xplosion baserunner advanced beyond 2nd base during the game.

From the Quad-City Times: Pittsburgh Predators pitcher Jayne Oberdorf added to the tournament's no-hit count, winning a 1-0 duel with Kansas City Xplosion hurler Jenni Brooks. Oberdorf struck out 10, walked one and had three errors committed behind her. Jen Moran had the game's lone RBI on a two-out single in the fourth inning.

Game 4: KC Xplosion vs Tennessee Xplosion: Won 3-0

Notes from the game: A quick start was all that was needed for the ladies to advance. Single runs in the 1st, 3rd and and an insurance run in the 6th were all that was needed to seal the victory. Only one Tennessee Xplosion baserunner advanced to 2nd base as they were limited to 1 hit in the game.

From the Quad-City Times: KC Xplosion 3, Tennessee Xplosion 0: In the battle of Xplosions, KC got shutout pitching from Allison Stewart.

Game 5: KC Xplosion vs Texas Peppers: Won 3-0

Notes from the game: Lots of baserunners were stranded by the Xplosion, but single runs in the 3rd, 4th and an insurance run in the 6th sealed the shutout victory.

From the Quad-City Times: Jenni Brooks spun a four-hit shutout and doubled at the plate. Cassidy Berry scored after both of her hits for KC.

Game 6: KC Xplosion vs Central Florida Attack: Won 4-2

Notes from the game: More stranded runners and lack of timely hits, but the Xplosion ladies prevailed with a 4-2 victory to continue to advance through the Loser's bracket.

From the Quad-City Times: The Xplosion did their damage in the first two innings with three of their runs. Leadoff hitter Madison Jones had two hits and two runs in those innings.

Game 7: KC Xplosion vs Pittsburgh (PA) Road Runners: Won 7-5

Notes from the game: After beginning like the last team to bat would win, the game turned into a solid matchup with the Xplosion prevailing. 9 of the 12 runs scored by both teams crossed the plate in the first 2 innings of the game. The ladies have made it to Saturday!

Game 8: KC Xplosion vs Cincy Doom '95: Lost 3-0

Notes from the game: After 5 scoreless innings, the Doom opened the bottom of the 6th with a double that led to 3 runs in their final at bat for the win. The Xplosion hit several balls hard, but each seemed to be right at a Doom fielder. Great effort in the final game and final tournament for the KC Xplosion.