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The Lake City Thunder placed second in the Crush/In Motion fastpitch softball  tournament in Post Falls over Father’s Day weekend. In pool play, the Thunder defeated the Post Falls Blast 12-0 on the strength of Makiya McPhedran’s 9-strikeout no hitter. McPhedran also went 2 for 3 and Natalya Lucero went 2 for 2 in the win.  Game 2 was a 12-5 loss to the Spokane Stealth. Lucero went 2 for 2 with a triple and Tapanga Rojas hit a home run. The Thunder defeated the Colville Tribe 14-3 with Lucero earning the win. Lucero and McPhedran both went 2 for 3 with a triple. In championship play, Rojas hit a 3-run home run to back pitcher Brooklyn Wullenwaber as the Thunder defeated the Washington Rampage 12-4.  Wullenwaber went 2 for 3. The Thunder defeated the North Idaho Bombers in the semifinal. McPhedran had 11 strikeouts, and Layla Gugino went 2 for 3 with a triple and an RBI. Rojas knocked in Gugino to score the winning run.   The championship game went to extra innings where the Spokane Stealth defeated the Thunder 13-11. Kylin Chavez had 4 hits, McPhedran had 3 hits, and Wullenwaber had 2 hits to lead the Thunder. Cassie Zaring and Gugino had 2 RBI each. 
In the front row from left are Brooklyn Mendonca, Cassie Zaring, Natalya Lucero and Layla Gugino; and back row from left, head coach Levi Wullenwaber, Alycia Cameron, coach Morgan Gugino, Natalie Singer, Chloe Burke, Brooklyn Wullenwaber, Makiya McPhedran, Tapanga Rojas,  Kylin Chavez and coach Jason Chavez.

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