The Kane County Xplosion 14U are now 2 time State Champs after wining the Northern Illinois State Championship in Rockford on 7/12.  Xplosion has taken four 1st place wins this season, two of them State Tournaments which were the Joliet Heritiage State Championship with team members Allyson O'Herron awarded MVP, Katie Coleman, Alexis Villarreal and Clare Stribling awarded the All State Tournament  and the Northern IL State Championship in Rockford with team members Lanie Callaghan awarded MVP, Katie Neubauer awarded MVP Pitcher, McKinzie Mangers, Meghan Fabian and Courtney Hicks awarded the All State Tournament. The team is now heading to Orlando for the USSSA World Series!

*Bottom Row: Lanie Callaghan, Clare Stribling, Courtney Hicks, Allyson O'Herron *Top Row: McKinzie Mangers, Katie Neubauer, Katie Coleman, Meghan Fabian, Alexis Villarreal, Alexa Caputo *Coaches: Tom O'Herron, Mike Coleman, Rick Neubauer, Bill Mangers, Rich Fabian