Players and coaches from the Kewanee 8U team are: Front row from left, Jesiah Ayala, Liam Finney, Oliver Olson, Wally Whitmer, Colt Blake and Porter McIntire; middle row, Nolan Childs, Jameson Wolf, Mateo Lumpkins, Dekker Coopman, Alex Solis, Conor Kijanowski; and back row, coaches: John Blake, Aaron Coopman, Josh Wolf and Troy Finney. [Photo courtesy of Chelsea Blake]
The Kewanee A’s 8U team competed in five games at the Spring Slam held at the Hitmen Complex in Rock Island over the weekend.
They finished pool play with a 1–2 record, then went on to bracket play where they won their first game 20–18 and dominated the championship game 16–0 to claim the title of champions.
