🥎Words can’t begin to describe how proud the coaching staff is of these young ladies. They are the first team in Springfield school history to play in a state championship game. Our community was incredible in the support we received and the 💙 we felt.
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🥎 There’s a huge shortage of umpires in Ohio. Coach Jones & I welcome 53 YEAR umpire Bill “Hap” Lauer to do our game tonight. Thanks for your hard work over the years to the game of softball Hap
@NLL_Sports
#Legend
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
FIRST time in School History the Springfield Blue Devils Softball Team are Nationally Ranked!!!!!
Coming in at
#12
in the Country 👏🏼💪🏼
Let’s Go DEVILS 🔥🔥
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#RefuseToLose
🥎
🥎The softball program is extremely proud to announce that 21 year head coach Rob Gwozdz will be inducted into the OHSFCA state coaches Hall of fame. The ceremony will take place on January 13th at the state coaches clinic in Columbus, Ohio
District Champions 🚨
Springfield now goes 26-0 on the season with the W against Perrysburg 7-4 in the District Final! Yackee picks up her 25th win, 3ks and going 3-3 2RBIs! Ava Littin with a SOLO BOMB 💣 2-3 with 3RBIs! Great TEAM win tonight DEVILS-LETS GO 😈🥎🤍
#REFUSETOLOSE
There are truly no words. The toughness, the grit, the LOVE this team had for one another will never compare. From being ranked
#1
in the State to
#4
in the Nation to NLL Champs& all the records broken..we made HISTORY!
Team 22-We Love You & Thank You!
We will miss you Seniors!
🥎NLL Player of the Year🥎
Congrats to Mady Yackee for winning player of the year last night. Mady set school record for wins (27) and 2nd most strikeouts (244) in a season. Mady is the 3rd Blue Devil to win POY along with Hannah Girlie & Taylor Turner
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🥎 Had to say “This isn’t goodbye, but see ya later”. Today Springfield Athletics lost 10 year Athletic Trainer Kurt Beach. Kurt landed his dream job at the U of M and the softball program wishes him nothing but the best. Thanks for always getting our players back on the diamond
4️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Wins ‼️Tonight’s win at Southview gives coach Gwozdz his 400th win. Special day with a special group of players. Devils now 11-3 overall & 6-1 in NLL
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🥎 Today at 2:00 pm should have been national signing day for these six seniors at the high school. Your hard work and dedication hasn’t been forgotten and you all deserve to have this special day. I hope I have one more chance to coach these 6 again 🥎💙
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🥎Surprised the players and took them to where the battle win take place tomorrow. The legendary Akron Firestone stadium (98 years old)
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HOLYYY CROWLEY SOLO BOMB 💣 TO WALK IT OFF IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9th!!!
Springfield moves on with the great TEAM win 4-3 against Brecksville making it 28-0 on the season!
Yack picks up her 27th win with 10ks.
K. Crowley goes 3-4 1HR, O.Rompf 2-3, C.Eck 2(1B)-LETS GO DEVILS 😈🥎💙
🥎Season comes to an end with this special group of players. Lost a hard fought battle in extra innings to Anthony Wayne 4-3. We end the season at 27-4 with a NLL & District championships. Thanks to the families,friends and staff at Springfield for the support
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🥎Ended a great practice today with the baseball coach (Whit) stepping in and taking some swings - or at least trying too !!
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#WhitGoundsIntoDP
SOLO BOMB/GRAND SLAM 💣
Hannah Schlachter (So.)
Springfield get the W against AW 4-3 making it 21-0 overall & 10-0 in the NLL! Mady Yackee picks up her 20th win getting 5ks tonight, Hannah Schlachter with the GS 4RBIs to take the lead in the 6th! LETS GO DEVS
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National Rankings are out and the BLUE DEVILS now move up to
#5
in the COUNTRY!!!
LETS GOO - said it once and will say it again, we aren’t finished!!
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#RefuseToLose
😈💪🏼💙🥎
Congratulations to Taylor Turner for signing her national letter of intent today to continue her academic & athletic career
@MiamiOH_SB
the program is very proud of you.
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Congratulations to Senior Kiersten Wilkin on her Signing Day!!
KK will be continuing her academics and athletics playing softball at Albion College!! We are so proud of you 🫶🏼💙💜🥎
@Kierste78264001
@albioncollege
🥎GAME DAY ! State Final 4 at 3:00 pm in Akron Firestone Stadium. Come see the Devils take on Watkins memorial.
**It’s a WHITE OUT, wear white to take over the stadium**
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🥎Tomorrow will be a very special day for the program as senior Mady Yackee signs her NLI at 2:00 pm in the auditorium. Mady will continue her academic & athletic career
@ToledoSoftball
@jess_bracamonte
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🥎Devils win the NLL championship tonight in a hard fought battle against Southview 6-4 in 12 innings. Devils now 24-3 overall and 12-1 in the NLL. This is the programs 13th overall title and Coach Gwozdz 9th.
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🥎 Good day for the Devils (4-0) winning both games 21–7 against Edison and 21-2 against Bellevue. Devils. Hit 6 home runs, Yackee,Darrah,Chappetta,Schwieterman(GS) Littin,Long. Yackee picks up both wins.
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🥎DINGER ALERT x 2 as both Yackee and Chappetta go yard tonight in a big 6-4 win over Anthony Wayne. Littin with a big 2 run double in the 4th to tie the game. Devils now 23-3 overall and 11-1 in the NLL
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🥎Devils win 2021 District Championship 7-1 over Whitmer. Homeruns by Yackee & Littin, Turner 4-4, Chappetta 3-4. Yackee picks up win
#27
on the season.
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2023 NLL CHAMPIONS 🚨
Springfield now goes 24-0 overall 13-0 in the NLL with the win over Northview on Senior Night 🔥
Yackee picks up her 23rd win with 6ks going 4-4 at the plate & 2RBIs, Cam Hall 4-5 with 3RBIs, KK and Olivia Rompf both go 3-4!
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#RefuseToLose
🥎Regional Champs !! State Final 4 here we come. Mady Yackee with 16 K’s and 2 RBI. Ava Littin with an RBI. Eckhart collects 3 hits. So extremely proud of the grit & toughness of this group.
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🥎 Devils win 13-0 over Notre Dame and now 12-0 on the season. Back to back 💣 by Bombick and Schwieterman. Yackee picks up her 12th win on the season.
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Springfield now goes 8-0 on the season and 3-0 in the league with a win over Perrysburg tonight!
Camryn Eckhart (So.) goes 2-5 with 1HR and 4RBIs, Hannah Schlacter (So.) goes 4-4 with 3RBIs! Great team win tonight - Let’s Go Devils 👏🏼🤍💙🥎
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#RefuseToLose
🥎 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME❗️today at 1:00 pm Akron Firestone Stadium. It’s a “BLUE 💙 OUT” Let’s pack the stands Devil Nation. See link below for tickets
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🥎 A special “thank you” to the seniors for getting Coach Rob a “Congratulations” cake for his Hall of Fame Induction this coming Friday.
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Senior day is rained out and moved until tomorrow. If tomorrow doesn’t work I’ve applied to the the school board to grant Jo-Jo a 5th year of high school so she can play next year.
🥎Congratulations to the following players who earned NLL honors:
Courtnee Chappetta 1st Team
Mady Yackee 1st Team
PJ Turner 2nd Team
Maddie Darrah 2nd Team
Syd Schwieterman 2nd Team
Anessa Morgan 3rd team
Ava Littin 3rd Team
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🥎such a great day to celebrate
@littin06
signing her national letter of intent to continue her academic and softball career
@WalshUSoftball
The program is so proud of you 💙
#FearTheTradition
🥎Media day at practice today plus a special guest speaker Tom Kontak came to address the team. Words of wisdom from one of the greatest high school coaches ever.
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🥎Devils win 9-2 over Bowling Green tonight on Coach Gwozdz Birthday. Team now 14-0 overall and 4-0 in the NLL. Schwieterman 2-3, Yackee 3-4 with 3 RBI and has 16 K’s picking up the win.
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Springfield get the W against Perrysburg 11-1 making it 23-0 overall & 12-0 in the NLL! Mady Yackee picks up her 22nd win getting 11ks and going 2-3 3RBIs, Kenya Crowley going 2-3 and Kiersten Wilkin going 2-3 3RBIs!
LETS GO BLUE DEVILS 💙💪🏼🥎
#FearTheTradition
#RefuseToLose
BOMB SQUAD x4 💣💣💣💣
Cam Eckhart(So.)(3) Hannah Schlachter(So.)
Devils now go 22-0 on the season picking up the programs 21st Sectional Title! Cam Eckhart ties the record with 3 HRs in a game & 6RBIs, Hannah with 1HR & 2RBIs, Ava with 2B & 3RBIs! Yackee picks up her 21st win!
🥎 Honored to receive the banner for being the
#1
ranked D1 team in Ohio last year in the final state coaches poll
@OHSFSCAofficial
coaches clinic.
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🥎District Champs!
Devils win 8-1 over Perrysburg tonight. Home runs by Schwieterman,Littin and Darrah. Yackee with a 3 hitter and the win
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Devils win 1-0 over Anthony Wayne on a suicide squeeze by Orner to score Senior Jo Reuling in bottom of 6. Taylor Turner with 16 K’s for the win. Devils now 10-1 overall and 4-1 in NLL.
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Springfield gets the W making it 27-0 overall and going undefeated 14-0 in the NLL- LETS GO!
Yack picks up her 26th win / 7ks through the 4th with Chappetta closing it out!
Olivia Rompf goes 2-2 2RBIs, Cam Hall goes 3-4 1RBI, Mady Yack 2-4 1RBI!
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#NLLCHAMPS
🏆
Devils win both games at Margaretta, 19-0 over Galion and 9-1 over Margaretta. Turner 5-10, Darrah 5-8, Rompf 3-3 in the DH. Yackee picks up both wins. Devils now 8-0 on the season.
#CheezIt
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🥎 Besides stealing my phone these goofballs won both games today. 14-0 over Edison and 11-0 over Bellevue. Mady Yackee picks up both wins. Homers by PJ Turner, Maddie Darrah, & Ava Littin(2)
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🥎 Start planning your trip to the
“STATE FINAL 4” at Akron Firestone Stadium this Thursday at 3:00 pm vs Watkins Memorial (only 2 hours away from Holland) See link below for Tickets
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🥎Devils win the programs 13th straight sectional championship tonight with the win over Sandusky. Long & Chappetta with home runs. Yackee & Littin combine for the no-hitter
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🥎 Devils win 2-0 over Archbold tonight and improve to (10-0) on the season. Olivia Rompf & Syd Schwieterman each go 2-3 with RBI’s. Mady Yackee picks up her 10th win on the season.
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Congratulations to our very own Cam Eckhart who received her All-State plaque tonight at the All Ohio banquet in Columbus. Cam becomes the 18th blue devil to earn all state honors 🥎👏🏻💙
🥎 Big congrats to our very own
@tayturner419
for winning the Mac league championship today. The program is proud of all your accomplishments your freshman season 💙
Devils are now 5-0 on the season with TWO great wins today!
Chappetta gets the first win against clay winning 11-1 l, gave up 4 hits with 2 K’s! Yack gets the second win against Van Buren 12-0 with 9 K’s!
Eck goes 5-8 on the day with 5RBI & Ava 5-7 with 4RBI 🥎💙
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🥎Devils win 4-0 over Perrysburg tonight to go 16-2 overall and 5-0 in the NLL. Tuner 2-3, Wilkin & Bombick with doubles to score runs. Yackee picks up the win.
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🥎Graduation day for these four amazing seniors. They have been the heartbeat of our program this season. As my son said in his graduation speech “Go change the world” 💙
Devils win on senior night 10-0 over Southview. With the win the Devils go 12-2 in the NLL and Clinch a share of the championship. Senior Jo Reuling goes 3-3 and Taylor Turner records her 500th career strike out.
🥎NLL CHAMPIONS🥎
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We close out the season as your NLL CHAMPS going 21-8 with a 12-0 win over Napoleon 🥎
Ending the season with 54 HRs💣
C.Eckhart(12)
A.Littin(11)
H.Schlachter(9)
K.Crowley(9)
C.Hall(6)
C.Chappetta(2)
A.Rapp(2)
N.Slavin(2)
O.Rompf(1)
FOREVER proud of Team23
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🥎Devils win season opener 9-2 over Whitmer. Mady Yackee picks up her first HS win with 13 K’s. Home runs by Chappetta, Morgan and Littin (4-4 on the day)
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