Extra Inning Softball’s National Club Player & Club Team of the Week – June 25, 2019
Our Extra Inning Softball National Club Player & Team of the Week results saw the Texas Glory dominate at its own tournament last week and produce a huge individual performance by a player headed to a Big 12 team. Team-wise, a 14U powerhouse team continues to roll with a 33-1-1 record including a big tournament […]
Looking Back… One Year Ago Today, MSU’s Alex Wilcox Died of Ovarian Cancer, But Her Passing Sparked a Movement of Support
One year ago today, the softball world lost one of our own, Alex Wilcox, who we first got to know nationally when she starred with the Birmingham Thunderbolts and later as she was with the Mississippi State Bulldogs. It was one young athlete whose death last summer impacted so many who knew her and had […]
USA Softball: Japan All-Star Series Finale Ends With 1-0 Japan Win in Extra Innings
A crowd of 20,331 fans were treated to a classic USA vs Japan matchup at the Tokyo Dome for the series finale of the Japan All-Star Series. While Team USA captured the most recent extra-inning thrillers at last year’s World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women’s Softball World Championship in Chiba, it was Japan who would […]
Club Spotlight: Firecrackers Head Tony Rico Looks Back on the Program’s Amazing Players
With the recent retirement from softball of all-time NCAA home run leader Lauren Chamberlain, it had us thinking back to before her All-American college career at Oklahoma when she was starring with Tony Rico’s Firecrackers organization. Lauren was one of 20 Firecracker players who would go on to earn NCAA Div. I All-American honors after […]