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@ExtraInningSB
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Throwback Thursday: Top 2026 Infielder Emma Bruggenschmidt Continues to Honor Her Late Sister Kate Through the “Play For Kate” Foundation - Extra Inning Softball
9 years today you gained your wings. Your death crashed our party, but it wasn’t the end of your story. Your legacy lives on. Helmet law, playground, scholarships & kids wearing
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for you. You have always been my role model & always will be. Love and miss u sis.
#playforKate
Athletes fail.We strikeout, we swing at a bad pitch, we boot balls, we make errors…then we turn around and go 3/3, make a great play, a great throw. This game is a journey, not a destination. Working on the mental side of things 🧠. Surround yourself with people who build u 🆙
✌️ Cali. Ended summer 34-6, won IDT in CO, undefeated in Top Gun and Bandits Invite in Premier Divisions. Top 5 finish in ERS. We had a great summer! Thanks to all the college coaches who followed us and more importantly my parents, coaches and teammates.
@15u_Bandits
🏆Undefeated SIAC Champs
🏆Class 4A Sectional Champs
🏆Class 4A Regional Champs
🏆 28-6 Record
"With adversity, if you use it the right way, it can buy you a ticket to a place you couldn't have gotten to any other way." We will be back! So much 🫶🏼 to our seniors.
Great weekend. Played some softball and volleyball. Love competing with my teammates. Got to work with college coaches in both sports and closed it out with
@CastleVball
winning
@NDvolleyball
team camp and
@15u_Bandits
went 4-1 in ERS. Grateful for the opportunities & my teams!
Feb 26th, 10 :00 a.m.- 10:00 p.m. Prime Time in Newburgh and Eville North locations are hosting a give back day/night in honor of Ashton Pryor.
Tell the staff you are there supporting the
“Give Back for Ashton Pryor” 💓
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Connections and relationships ⬇️. Thank you to my coaches, friends & teammates for all their support. Appreciate the texts/pics too.Special shout out to
@Castle_Softball
who flew to Cali to support me in the
@pgf
All American game.
@CastleAthletics
is top notch.
@15u_Bandits
Beautiful Liberty University. This is by far the prettiest, cleanest and most amazing campus I have seen. The buildings, grounds and people are second to none. So thankful for the opportunity to come to Virginia to experience it…I will be back🦅
#HiddenGem
Tonight was about more than softball. Thank you again to everyone who bought fundraiser shirts from us this year - allowing us to help support
#AP12
! Also, happy birthday
@peyton_pryor4
!
After practice session with my dad. Looking at video, analyzing my swing and approach each pitch. Grateful for my bucket dad 💙. Thanks for all the cage, field and video times.
Thanks
@PGFnetwork
for naming me as a finalist for the All-American Game in Cali. 44 of the top seniors
in the country will play on ESPNU, while ESPN3 will showcase the talents of the 22 best players from the class of 2025 & 2026
@15u_Bandits
@Castle_Softball
@NextLevelEville
Save the Date💚. This is a memorial tournament for my sister. I can’t believe it has been 7 years. Great tournament, great cause. Hope to see you there 🥎💙💚
"Lazy people do a little work and think they should be winning! Winners work as hard as possible and still wonder if they are being lazy!"
@Castle_Softball
@15u_Bandits
🚨2022/2023 Roster Announcement🚨
We are excited to welcome
@Emmabruggensch1
to the team. Emma comes over from the Bandits Norwood team and brings versatility. She plays SS, 3B and 1B and adds a great lefty bat to our lineup. Welcome Emma, we are excited to have you! 🖤🧡🤍
Can’t believe it’s been six years not just without my sister but with out my best friend, role model, and guardian angel. She’s the person I strive to be. She’s the girl that will always work hard or the girl that will always check on u. Hope heaven is treating u well. 💚💙
Pulling double duty this week. Starting off the week at high school volleyball tryouts then wheels up to Cali for a 🥎 business trip with my girls. We will be playing in the 14u PREMIER DIVISION in PGF Nationals against the best of the best. Let’s go 💪
Sports not only build character but relationships…relationships with people who become your family & support system. Thanks to all the volunteers at the PFK Trny this weekend. Shout out to the
@IndStSoftball
players and KWC VBALL team
@kdubesports
for coming out and helping💚💗
Happy Mother’s Day to my rock, my bsf, and the person who loves me the most. Thanks for all the laughs and long car rides to games. You are my biggest supporter and always push me to be the best I can be. I’m so proud of you and am so glad I get to call you mom.
Gave away the Play For Kate scholarship last night at Castle High School with my mom and our friend Abby (who was graduating also). Keeping Kate’s legacy alive. Congratulations to the recipients Kyrsten Greenwell and Megan Harpenau.
Thanks to all the coaches who gave their time to watch us play in CO and to God, my parents and the Beverly Bandits for allowing me to go across the country and do what I love. A few clips below…back at it in Orland Park today🥎
@15u_Bandits
@Castle_Softball
@IndianaSportsN1
Happy Father’s Day to the person I resemble the most. Thanks for all the hitting lessons and always supporting me in everything. Love you dad have the best day🩷