Metro East Blaze Fastpitch Softball

Our 6 oldest teams all competed in the very competitive Battle for the Bling tourney over the weekend.

11 Black- came ready to play on Sunday beating three very good teams to win the 11 Open Championship. In bracket games they scored 38 runs while giving up only 2 earned runs!

9 Blue- went a perfect 5-0 outscoring their opponents 68-30 in route to the 9C Championship!

13u- played great going 5-1 (1 of only 2 teams with 1 loss) to finish 3rd of 15 in a very competitive field.

11 Blue- went 2-2 in a very competitive 11 Open field including a great win against a very good Wahoos team in pool play.

9 Black- went 2-2 losing to the eventual Champion in bracket play.

12u- went 1-3 but put up a tough fight losing their bracket game in 8 innings.

Great weekend girls! Teams will be back in action this weekend!

5 years ago the very first Blaze team played their first tournament! The players and organization have grown so much!

Another busy weekend!

13u- Won the Championship of the Renegades Rumble in dramatic fashion! Tied 2-2 at the end of regulation the game went to the International tie breaker. After giving up 4 runs in the top half of the inning, they battled all the way back to win 7-6 thanks to a bases loaded triple by Hayden Knuf and then a sac fly by Danika Heatherly!

11 Blue- dominated the Players Against Bullying tourney in St Peter’s. They claimed the Championship in impressive fashion out scoring their opponents 54-8!

11 Black- battled a tough field going 2-2 against all 12u teams at the Renegades Rumble.

8u- playing at the Esprit Slugfest, they went 2-2 with both losses coming against the tourney Champion.

7u- once again battled hard against all older teams and picked up a nice win in the Renegades Rumble

Keep up the good work ladies!

🎉 FIESTA ON THE FIELD 🎉

Several Metro East Blaze teams are playing in the USSSA Cinco de Mayo Tournament this weekend and we’d love to see everyone out supporting!

📍 O’Fallon & Mascoutah
📅 May 1–3

Check out the schedule below 👇

Let’s go Blaze! 🔥

Thanks to all the players, coaches, parents, umpires, volunteers, field crew, and everyone who helped make our tournament a success! Despite the rain, we were able to get all 116 games in with some schedule adjustments and adding 3 more locations! Here’s the winners:

8u: Champion- Blaze 8u, Finalist- Southern IL Heat

9u: Champion- Perryville Stars, Finalist- Blaze 9u Venhaus

10u: Champion- IL Esprit, Finalist- Queen Bees

12u GOLD: Champion- STL Mayhem, Finalist- Blaze 11u Black, 3rd- Blaze 12u

12u SILVER: Champion- Blaze 11u Blue, Finalist- SWAT Mueller

14u: Champion- Black Widows 13u Mueller, Finalist Blaze 13u

Congrats to all winners!

After dealing with Friday cancellations, adding three other locations, and completely reworking the schedule, we are ready for a great weekend of softball!

2026 Blaze Battle in Spring Schedule

Help support the Blaze organization and get a chance to win a new bat! Thanks to Lee’s Sports in Nashville for sponsoring the raffle!

Schedule for this weekends Blaze Battle in the Spring:

2026 Blaze Battle in Spring Schedule

What a long, exhausting weekend!! The four teams at the 7GG “7 in the Spring” tourney in Cape G were tested with some rough weather conditions on Saturday. In the end, this is how we finished up:

11 Black- 11 Open Champions!! They ended up 6-1-1 on the weekend. The bats were on fire hitting .408 for the weekend with ALL hitters going .300 or better! The pitchers and defense also did their thing allowing 0 runs in bracket play games!! Well deserved girls.

11 Blue- 3rd place in 11 Open. Unfortunately the two Blaze 11u teams had to meet in the semifinal. Good showing for this group, especially in first bracket play game winning a thriller!

9 Black- unfortunately their Saturday was washed out by rain so they only got 5 games in. Tough draw getting the top two teams (both 10u teams) to open pool play but they ended up 4th of 8 teams.

13u- this team knew it was going to be a difficult challenge playing up into 14A against some of the best in the Midwest at this age level. Though there weren’t many wins to show for it, it was a great learning experience. They battled hard including losing a close fought game that was 2-1 going into the last inning against the eventual champion.

12u headed up north to Jacksonville for the weekend. They battled some tough competition and ended up 3-2 and finishing in 2nd place! Way to go girls!