Some of the top 18U teams from around the country met up for the So Cal A’s Invitational Friday-Sunday at Harvard Park in Irvine, CA. Here are some pool play highlights from Friday’s games (All rankings are Extra Elite Eighty Club Rankings):
Georgia Tech-committed 2023 3B/SS/2B Gracyn Tucker belted a three-run homer and had a two-run single and 2023 3B/C Emma Castorri and Minnesota-bound OF Brijana “Breezy” Burnett homered to help #10 Bombers Gold-Lewis defeat #62 Cal Cruisers-Sievers. Georgia-bound IF Jaydyn Goodwin doubled and Florida-committed 2023 IF Mia Williams played outstanding defense for Bombers Gold-Lewis against #44 Cal Nuggets-Woods, which ended in a 4-4 tie. …
Santa Clara-bound P/OF/1B Hazl Gray threw a one-hitter and South Carolina State-bound 3B/C/1B Kylie Nelson went 2 for 2 to help LTG-Henderson defeat Jersey Intensity-KOD, 4-0, in pool play. …
Paris JC-bound P/1B Mia “Nova” Montes pitched a two-hitter with six strikeouts in five innings, Columbia-bound P Sarah Mikami homered a drove in two runs and Utah Valley-bound OF Taylor Wooten went 2 for 2 with a double and two RBIs as #50 BSC Bengals-Briggs took care of Irvine Sting, 8-0. Florida State-bound SS/UT Avery Weisbrook and Canisius-bound IF/P Rylee Alfaro homered to lift BSC Bengals-Briggs tp a 9-3 win over #16 Breakers Labs-Bobby. …
2023 P/CF/IF Kaitlyn Terry struck out six in four scoreless innings and Harvard-bound P Riley Flynn struck out four in two scoreless innings to combine for the shutout and ASU-bound C/3B Riley Valentine and Northwestern-bound SS Bridget Donahey homered for #12 Arizona Storm National-Mathis in a 5-0 victory over AASA-Merrida. 2024 3B Lauren Putz homered to help Arizona Storm National-Mathis beat #28 Explosion-Denio/Hagberg. …
Rutgers-bound P Raimy Gamsby threw four scoreless innings of one-hit ball and struck out seven for Lady Magic-Munoz in a 5-1 loss to So Cal Choppers-Fausett. UConn-bound 1B Grace Jenkins went 2 for 3 with two doubles and two RBIs and Utah State-bound C Grace Matej went 2 for 3 with three RBIs for #11 Lady Magic-Munoz in an 8-2 win over Oro Valley Suncats-Judge. …
Lafayette-bound Kylee Sweet went 4 for 4 with four doubles, uncommitted 2023 SS Jazz Wiliams went 3 for 4 with two SBs and 2024 P Abby Hauhm pitched a complete game with seven strikeouts against the Suncats as Breaker Labs-Bobby lost to BSC Bengals-Briggs, 9-3, and Oro Valley Suncats-Judge, 1-0. …
2024 C/3B/1B Corri Hicks had a bases-loaded double, 2024 3B/SS Alexis DeBoer went 2 for 2 with an RBI double and Nevada-bound 1B/C Maya Larsen went 2 for 2 with an RBI for Sorcerer-Gabales/Rodriguez in a 7-6 win over Cal Nuggets-Woods and a 7-5 win over Wildcats-Weil. …
Oregon State-bound LF Kali Blount went 2 for 2 wit a run and three RBIs and 2023 P/1B Liliana Arana allowed two hits and struck out three in 4.2 scoreless innings as Firecrackers-TJ beat Jersey Intensity-KOD, 4-0, and 2022 3B/2B/SS Nikki Mata went 1 for 2 to help Firecrackers-TJ tied Explosion-Denio/Hagberg, 1-1.
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SO CAL A’S INVITATIONAL
AT HARVARD PARK IN IRVINE, CA
(Friday, June 17, Results)
POOL PLAY
POOL A
- Bombers Gold-Lewis 7, Cal Cruisers-Sievers 2
- So Cal Athletics-Richardson 7, Cal Cruisers-Sievers 0
- Bombers Gold-Lewis 4, Cal Nuggets-Woods 4
- Wildcats-Weil 4, So Cal Athletics-Richardson 0
- Sorcerer-Gabales/Rodriguez 7, Cal Nuggets-Woods 6
- Sorcerer-Gabales/Rodriguez 7, Wildcats-Weil 5
POOL B
- AASA-Merrida 1, LTG-Henderson 0
- LTG-Henderson 4, Jersey Intensity-KOD 0
- Arizona Storm National-Mathis 5, AASA-Merrida 0
- Jersey Intensity-KOD, Firecrackers-TJ
- Arizona Storm National-Mathis 4, Explosion-Denio/Hagberg 0
- Explosion-Denio/Hagberg 1, Firecrackers-TJ 1
POOL C
- Irvine Sting 3, So Cal Choppers-Fausett 1
- BSC Bengals-Briggs 8, Irvine Sting 0
- So Cal Choppers-Fausett 5, Lady Magic-Munoz 1
- BSC Bengals-Briggs 9, Breakers Labs-Bobby 3
- Lady Magic-Munoz 8, Oro Valley Suncats-Judge 2
- Oro Valley Suncats-Judge 1, Breakers Labs-Bobby 0
— Carlos Arias, Extra Inning Softball (Follow Carlos on Twitter @Los_Stuff)
