Rutherford’s 44 home runs places her third nationally

by Kelley Pearson, Sports Editor
Coeburn’s Brooklyn Rutherford, 11, knocks one of her 44 home runs for T-Mobile’s Little League Home Run Derby.  She placed third nationally. Coeburn’s Brooklyn Rutherford, 11, knocks one of her 44 home runs for T-Mobile’s Little League Home Run Derby. She placed third nationally.

Coeburn’s Brooklyn Rutherford recently participated in the T-Mobile Little League Home Run Derby, competing against 11 and 12-year-old girls from across the country.

Rutherford earned 40 home runs during the fall little league season’s home run derby which qualified her to compete nationally.

On October 25, she was able to hit a total of 44 home runs. T-Mobile recently released the final results. The 11-year-old Rutherford finished first in the state of Virginia, first in the Eastern division and third nationally, as well as winning the Jennie Finch Sweetest Swing Award.