Second week, second edition of the newsletter. We call that winning streak.

In this week's Tiger Rundown:
1. Tigers not only found eggs, they collected hits in their baskets. One was an 11th inning walk-off
2. Hardest throwing female pitcher on the planet?
3. Should you specialize in a sport?

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Tiger Teams

Tiger Players

Here are the top performers this past week in Tiger land. See the pictures or videos by clicking on the players name. I might need to create a landing page for just the performances section. 2nd week and players are showing up and showing out! 

Ethan Speer for 14U Burton: Have an MVP type of weekend! Batted .600, 6 RBI's, 6 Runs Scored 

Rhett Herbert for 8U Poff: First travel tournament...no problem! 5 for 8 with a triple and two doubles. 

Cole Madden and Adam Wahl for 12U Horan: Double trouble, in route to the championship. Cole pitched 6 innings, complete 1 run game, 12k's. And....he hit a home run. Adam pitched a complete game shutout only allowing 2 hits and fanning 8 batters. 

Kannon Cook for Madison Central HS: This ball was destroyed. 2 run SEEEE YA Sauce. 

Nolan Jaworowski for Vianney HS: Two sophmores clinch a thriller against a rank opponent before darkness. Trey Jozwiakowski, set up the 11th inning with a double. Nolan delivered with a ball that had its own rocket boosters.

Landen Smith for Greenwood HS: Lead off home run. Yes, please. 

James Zugai for Quaker Valley HS: what did you have for breakfast? I need some of what you had. 4 for 5, 5 RBI's

Mason Hallum for Friendship Christian HS: slingshot engaged. 

Mason Orton for Mahomet-Seymour HS: 9IP, 4H, 0ER, 16K's...Woah!

Mason Lee for Pattonville HS: went 4 for 5 with a tater 

Levi Dorn for Mooresville HS: hit his second homer of the season

*Information sourced from Twitter and player performance page.

From the Rundown

What happened? Genevieve Beacom is an 18yr old left-handed pitcher from Australia. Recently, she has been training at Tread Athletics in Charlotte, North Carolina where she posted her fastball at 85.6mph. 

Why it's important? Earlier this year we saw the first D1 female baseball player take the field for Brown University. Olivia Pichardo entered the game as a pinch hitter and singled in her first at-bat. Could Genevieve Beacom be the first Division 1 female pitcher? 

It's not out of the realm of possibilities as the left-hander posted a solid 85 mph fastball twice. If the reader is wondering, is that enough? Well, she has been battled tested in the Australian Professional League where she appeared for the Melbourne Aces. Check out her performance.

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From the Tigers VIP

What happened? There wasn't a shortage of opinion when it comes to specializing in a sport. As promised, we bring Ben Brewster on the podcast to discuss his tweet that caused everyone to cry; "HOW DARE YOU!"

Why it's important? The prized three-sport athlete is becoming an extinct species. Is this end of the days, seeing a three-sport varsity athlete? Don't get sad; it could actually be a good thing for the player. The guys discuss. *Spoiler* All three opinions are different. What's yours?

Written by: Spiker Helms 
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