Show Me Showdown: More Missouri Bids
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The first of two weekends of qualifiers took place in Kansas City last weekend. Some Missouri and Kansas City Metro-based teams went home with new shiny bids or upgrades! Here we go! 15 Open With a runner-up finish, Rockwood Thunder…
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Continue ReadingThe first of two weekends of qualifiers took place in Kansas City last weekend. Some Missouri and Kansas City Metro-based teams went home with new shiny bids or upgrades! Here we go!
15 Open
With a runner-up finish, Rockwood Thunder 15 Elite navigated through some tough battles to earn their bid in the top division. They went 6-3 on the weekend, including two huge wins in gold pool play and avenging an earlier loss to Nebraska Premier. Power ‘], who was defeated by Rockwood Thunder in that gold pool finished in third and upgraded their National bid, going 5-3. Grabbing the last bid with all remaining third-place teams owning Open bids was PVA 15 Elite out of Kansas City.
15 USA
816 Mavs 15-1 entered the tournament with an American bid and left with the USA after a fourth-place finish, going 6-3. Kinley Gillihan Kinley Gillihan 6'0" | MB St Michael The Archangel | 2027 MO , a St. Michae’s product we saw this fall has been a key contributor to this team.
16 Open
We knew it was bound to come but Pohaku 16-1 finally captured their Open bid after a third-place showing. They won their first 7 seven matches before falling short in their final two. Ray Pec’s Miranda Como and Park Hill’s Brooke Brown Brooke Brown 5'2" | DS/L Park Hill | 2026 State MO represent Missouri on this Kansas-based team’s roster.
16 USA
Invasion 16-1 had a strong weekend, not losing a match until the championship and bringing another bid to Missouri. They swept through the competition and didn’t see a third set until the semifinal match. Lee’s Summit North product Piper Bahr Piper Bahr 5'11" | OH Lee's Summit North | 2026 State MO continued her strong spring terminating on the pin.
16 Liberty
PVA 16 Elite went undefeated and was the champion of the Liberty division. Francesca Brewster Francesca Brewster 5'6" | DS/L St. Teresa's Academy | 2026 State MO of St. Teresa’s is one of the defensive standouts on this team. The last two matches of the tournament went to third sets where PVA was able to pull out those wins with 15-13 and 17-15 wins.
17 USA
A fourth-place finish was just enough for 816 Mavvs 17-1 to snatch a bid in the USA division. They went 5-3 over the weekend, led in part by Truman’s OH Jayden Herl Jayden Herl 5'9" | OH Truman | 2025 State MO and Lathrop’s MB Avery Patton Avery Patton 5'10" | MB Lathrop | 2025 State MO .