The Shawnee Dispatch / Jazz finishes 2nd at World Series

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The KC Jazz fastpitch softball team finished second at the USSSA 13-and-under World Series. Team members are, front row (from left): Brooke Grable, Jillian Jobe; second row: Ellie Williams, Micheala Taylor, Cassie Manes, Megan Dike; third row: Samantha O'Brien, Lauren Leiker, Cheyenne Rankin, Bethany Sullinger and Makenzie Skeens.

Dispatch Staff Report

August 20, 2008

The KC Jazz fastpitch softball team placed second at the USSSA 13-and-under World Series on July 19 in St. Louis.

The Jazz posted a 2-1 record in pool play with a 6-0 victory over the Beach Park (Ill.) Thunder, a 6-2 loss to the Oak Lawn (Ill.) Ice and a 10-5 rout of the Indiana Shockers.

The Jazz won their opening game of bracket play against The St. Joseph (Mo.) Voodoo, 8-3, but then were knocked to the consolation bracket with a 3-0 loss to the Illinois Chill.

Battling their way through the backside of the bracket was no easy task. The Jazz rattled off seven straight victories - three of them by one run - to earn a spot in the tournament finals against the Minnesota Sting. The Sting proved to be too sharp, however, and silenced the Jazz, 4-3.

The Jazz finished the tournament with a 10-3 record and a runner-up finish.

Jillian Jobe, the team's pitcher and a Shawnee resident who will be a freshman at Mill Valley this fall, was named to the World Series All-Tournament Team.

In addition to Jobe, other Jazz players are Brooke Grable, Ellie Williams, Micheala Taylor, Cassie Manes, Megan Dike, Samantha O'Brien, Lauren Leiker, Cheyenne Rankin, Bethany Sullinger and Makenzie Skeens. They are coached by Terry Corp, Mike Jobe, Marty Williams and Stuart Sullinger.

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