Pittsburgh Power 18U Watson Wins 2022 Lake Erie Classic Softball Championship

(Images provided by Melanie Best: Pittsburgh Power 18U Watson displaying their 2022 Lake Erie Classic Classic Championship rings: Front (L-R) Jada Polczynski – Karns City, Jordan Best – Clarion/Gannon University, Emily Dobbins – Punxsutawney, Zoe King – Karns City/Penn State New Kensington, Reyna Watson – Cranberry. Back (L-R) Mackenzie Parks – A-C Valley High, Claire Jones – Greenville, Leona Brown – Greenville, Linda Shepard – Conneaut, Marra Patton – Karns City/Butler County Community College, Ally Walker – Karns City/Mount Aloysius College.  Missing on Sunday Lyrik Reed – Karns City.)

(By Clarion Sports Zone correspondent Melanie Best)

The Pittsburgh Power 18U Watson team took the Championship at the Lake Erie Classic Softball Tournament in Sandusky, Ohio on Sunday July 31st in a thrilling fashion! After a very slow start to the weekend, going 0-2-1 the team rallied back on Sunday, winning 2 playoff games as the underdog, to get to the championship game.

The final game went to 8 innings where the team fought their way to a 4-3 victory.

Every single player contributed to the win with great hits or defensive plays. When mistakes were made, they picked each other up and fought together as a team to earn the win.

Congratulations to a great group of young ladies both on and off of the field!!!

The team was coached this weekend by Don Watson, Greg King, Mike Parks, and Mike Grazioli. Missing this weekend was Matt Best and Kate Allen.

(Thanks to Melanie Best for this article and pics. Way To Go Pittsburgh Power 18U Watson!!!!)