The Fastpitch Chronicle

The Sixth Annual Wisconsin-Minnesota border battle will be held at the Woodside Sports Complex just north of  Wisconsin
Dells on July 7th at 11:00 AM and 1 PM.  The games will pit 12 of the top Wisconsin graduated seniors against Minnesota's finest 12 graduated seniors.

The Woodside Sports Complex is on Highway 13 about a mile and half north of Wisconsin Dells and about a half mile south of Chula Vista Resort. 

The Border Battle was orginally a three-state round-robin between teams from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. However, scheduling was always an issue since Iowa's high school softball season is in the summer. By the time the Hawkeye State's finale was played the summer was drawing to a close. After time Iowa no longer took part but the Badger and Gopher states still go at it. 

Here is a look at the Wisconsin Roster which will again be coached by Tom Drohner of Stevens Point Area Senior High School and Jared Faherty of Chippewa Falls High School.

#3 Justine Schattner from Wilmot - 3B/SS headed to Concordia in St. Paul
#33 Abby Menting from Kimberly - C 0 headed to UW Oshkosh
#14 Jenna Smarzinski from Kimberly - 3B - headed to UW- Green Bay
#13 Katie Schlegel from NB Eisenhower - SS/P headed to Winona State
#18 - Stephanie Lombardo from NB Eisenhower 1B - headed to Wisconsin
#9 Makayla Pagel from D.C. Everest - OF - headed to Bemidji S              #18  Amber VanDuyse  from West DePere - P- headed to Murray State 
#8 Brennan Engel from Beaver Dam - SS - headed to UW Green Bay  
#20 Courtney Ainsworth from Shawano - C - headed to UW-LaCrosse   
#8 Kelsie Packer from Turner - P - Headed to Florida Gulf Coast        
 #2 Jessie Dostal from Rice Lake - OF - Headed to St. Thomas
#22 Haley Huss from Kaukauan - SS - headed to Roosevelt University