The WILL Waves get their weekend at NWLA Nationals when members of the team partake in the Friday night festivities. Jordan Castelli, Rob Licht and Jacob Davey will represent the WILL in the new look Home Run Derby. In the All Star Game, Nate Morris represents the WILL and plays on Team WILL, which is managed by Waves Manager Jacob Davey.
The Home Run Derby takes a new format this year and allows up to 3 participants from each team to compete. Jordan Castelli was the All Star Game MVP last year and now is looking for the only hardware he doesn’t have, the Home Run Derby title. The trio of Waves will compete in a qualifying round around 5:30 or 6 pm at Wakefield Park. The 8 leaders between all of the participants will then be entered into an 8 person, single elimination bracket for the Home Run Derby Finals. The finals are scheduled for 7 pm and will be live streamed on the NWLA Field 1 Twitter account. Links to both the qualifying and final rounds can be found on the Waves page of the website.
The All Star Game sees two Waves partaking in the event. Jacob Davey is the Manager of Team WILL, as the two championship managers from the previous year take the reigns of the All Star teams. Nate Morris represents WILL and was placed on Team WILL. Morris has big shoes to fill, after last years ASG MVP performance by Jordan Castelli. Nate was selected to represent the WILL not only because of his outstanding performance last year, but also to give his hamstring a test in a competitive atmosphere to see how it holds up.
Team WILL faces off against Team GBL, who is led by Tyler Walk. The teams drafted their rosters from the representatives that each team put out. Davey had the opening pick since WILL won the NWLA Tournament in 2018, and selected Stephen Werner, WSEM, first overall. The remainder of the roster includes the representatives from MLW, SWBL, MNWA, RPWL, HWBL, and AWAA.
Live streams and stats will be available for you to follow along all night. The links will be tweeted out by the WILL (@wiffislife). Follow the Waves all weekend on social media @wiffislife, for the most up to date news follow the league Twitter account @wiffislife.