Blaze setting tourneys on fire

The Bootheel Blaze 8-and-under traveling baseball team recently competed with 11 other teams at Draffenville, Ky., in the Back-to-School Bash Tournament, Aug. 3-5. The Blaze went undefeated to claim the championship first place trophy.

The Bootheel 8-year-olds have played in the championship bracket of every tournament they have been in this summer.

Members of the Bootheel Blaze include (first row, from left) Ty Householder, of Blodgett; Camden Sapp, Austin Dill, Peyton Kennard, all of Sikeston; and Joshua Neal, of New Madrid; (second row, from left) Wyatt Pratt, of Sikeston; Palmer Campbell, of New Madrid; Gavon Turner, Josh Stinnett and Trey Smith, all of Sikeston; (back row, from left) Randy Dill, assistant coach; Pete Kennard, assistant coach; Tim Rodgers, head coach.

Not pictured are Mark Householder, assistant coach, Zach Potts of Dexter; and Max Ault of Charleston.