Every September, Kensi Renneberg feels a small degree of emptiness.
Mostly because the passing of summer coincides with the end of her baseball season.
The 17-year-old from Kelowna capped off another memorable year on the diamond last week at
Despite Team B.C. finishing out of the medals in Stonewall, Man., Renneberg enjoyed a strong tournament, both in the field and on the mound.
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Renneberg will forever have a place in B.C. minor baseball history. In 2016, she became thein the B.C. 18U AAA boys league while playing for the Kelowna Sun Devils.
