Tiburon Peninsula girls win fourth softball title in four tournaments

The Marin Girls Softball 8U Tremors Black team includes, front from left, Molly Engstrom, Avery Beltz, Ever Bednar, Hailey Haber and Jennifer Marie Stewart; middle from left, Margot McNeile, Gracyn Gellert, Kate Smith, Breckyn Arno and McKenzie Fleischman; and, rear from left, coaches Luke Arno, Julia Gellert and Jesse Haber. (Adam McNeile, Landon Gellert)

The Marin Girls Softball 8U Tremors Black team won the 8U championship at the Sonoma Invitational on June 29, improving their summer-travel-season record to 19-2 in Northern California area tournaments.

With help from Tiburon Peninsula players Molly Engstrom, McKenzie Fleischman, Gracyn Gellert and Jennifer Marie Stewart, the squad went undefeated over the weekend, winning five straight games including four shutouts to capture their fourth championship in four tournaments this summer.

Local contributors were every bit as hot at the plate as the Sonoma Valley temperatures, with a combined 26 hits, 15 RBIs and 20 runs over the course of the tournament.

— Submitted by Julie Ohara Stewart