One of the top summer club softball tournaments begins today in Oklahoma where events have been going full-speed the last several weekends as the Tulsa Elite Summer Invite starts the first of four days of action involving 96 teams at one site.
Although college coaches at the DI and DII levels won’t be in attendance for the June 4-7 showcase held at the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma complex (although many D3, NAIA & Juco’s will be there), but that doesn’t mean they won’t be fully investigated in watching the excellent array of 96 teams.
Jeff Filali, the Founder and GM of the Tulsa Elite organization and Tulsa Elite Sports, explains that since the NCAA extended the recruiting dead period for D1 schools and the quiet period for D2 programs through the end of July, many NCAA coaches had reached out to make sure they would receive access to schedules and the roster book prior to the event to help them plan for watching the games of 16U and 14U teams via live streaming.
There are many traditional powerhouse organizations that will be competing in the now decade-long tournament including Tulsa Elite, Texas Glory, Nebraska Gold, Kansas Select FP, Top Gun, Iowa Premier, Oklahoma Athletics, St. Louis Chaos, Impact Gold and many more.
Extra Inning Softball will be covering the event each day through the championships held Sunday.
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TEAMS LIST
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No. | AGE | State | TEAM |
1 | 16U | AR | ARKANSAS BOMBERS 04 (QUALLS) |
2 | 16U | AR | CRUSH ELITE 16U (ROBINSON) |
3 | 16U | AR | SO CAL ATHLETICS JENDRO/STEWART 16U |
4 | 16U | AR | TULSA ELITE ARK 22/23 16U (JARAMILLO) |
5 | 16U | AR | VISION GOLD 16U |
6 | 16U | CO | RUTHLESS 16U (MARTINEZ) |
7 | 16U | IA | IOWA BLITZ 16U (MAYNES) |
8 | 16U | IA | IOWA PREMIER MEYER |
9 | 16U | IL | ILLINOIS FORCE 16U (MOLL) |
10 | 16U | IL | PEORIA SLUGGERS |
11 | 16U | KS | KANSAS CRUSH ACADEMY (MITCHELL) |
12 | 16U | KS | KANSAS RENEGADES 16U (FORNEY) |
13 | 16U | KS | KC STINGRAYS (BURT) |
14 | 16U | KS | MAC-N-SEITZ STORM 16U (MACFARLANE) |
15 | 16U | KS | SELECT FASTPITCH 15U (BYRN) |
16 | 16U | KS | SELECT FASTPITCH 16U (JONES) |
17 | 16U | KS | TEXAS GLORY KANSAS (WAY) |
18 | 16U | KS | TULSA ELITE 316 21/22 16U (PAXTON) |
19 | 16U | KS | TULSA ELITE 316 22/23 16U (RUMSEY) |
20 | 16U | MO | KC ZEPHYRS 2022 16U (BRUMLEY) |
21 | 16U | MO | MISSOURI BOMBERS GOLD 16U (ROTH) |
22 | 16U | MO | MISSOURI STEALTH 16GOLD (MARINO) |
23 | 16U | MO | ORIGINALS 22/23 16U (AUSTIN) |
24 | 16U | MO | ORIGINALS KC 22/23 16U |
25 | 16U | MO | PROSPECTS ELITE 16GOLD (BRISLEY) |
26 | 16U | MO | ST LOUIS CHAOS 2022 (MAZZOUA) |
27 | 16U | MO | TOP GUN 16U (BERRYMAN) |
28 | 16U | MO | TOP GUN ACADEMY (TURNER) |
29 | 16U | NE | NEBRASKA GOLD 15U (GROFF) |
30 | 16U | NE | NEBRASKA GOLD 16U (NEUMAYER) |
31 | 16U | NE | NEBRASKA GOLD 16U (ROBERTS) |
32 | 16U | NE | NEBRASKA GOLD 16U (SINGLETON) |
33 | 16U | NE | NEBRASKA QUAKES 16U (CADE) |
34 | 16U | NE | NEBRASKA QUAKES PRIME MIZUNO (VOISIN) |
35 | 16U | OK | GAMETIME 16GOLD (SELF) |
36 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA ATHLETICS 04 PREMIER (CRONIC) |
37 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA ATHLETICS PREMIER (MADDEN) |
38 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA BOMBERS 16U RAY |
39 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA DIAMOND GIRLS 03 (ALLEN) |
40 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA EXCLUSIVE 16U GOLD (SMITH) |
41 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA EXCLUSIVE 16U PREMIER (HUGHES) |
42 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA FORCE 03 (COIL) |
43 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA IMPACT GOLD 16U (MORALEZ) |
44 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA IMPACT GOLD PREMIER (LYON) |
45 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA IMPACT GOLD PREMIER (SYDNEY) |
46 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA TWISTERS 16U GOLD (KING) |
47 | 16U | OK | OKLAHOMA ULTIMATE 16U GOLD (CUMMINGS) |
48 | 16U | OK | TULSA ELITE 21/22 16U (WOOD) |
49 | 16U | OK | TULSA ELITE 22/23 16U (2004) |
50 | 16U | OK | TULSA ELITE OKC 21/22 16U |
51 | 16U | TX | AMERICAN FREEDOM 16U NATIONAL (BENTANCOURT) |
52 | 16U | TX | BLACKWIDOWS 16U GOLD (GURLEY) |
53 | 16U | TX | BLAZE NTX 16U (WILLIAMS) |
54 | 16U | TX | ENVY GOLD 16U (JENKINS) |
55 | 16U | TX | FIRECRACKERS DFW 16U GOLD (MARTINEZ) |
56 | 16U | TX | IMPACT GOLD DFW 16U (CORBIN) |
57 | 16U | TX | IMPACT GOLD STX 16U (TREVINO) |
58 | 16U | TX | SNEAKY CLEATS 16GOLD (SNYDER) |
59 | 16U | TX | TEXAS FUSION GOLD (KELLEY) |
60 | 16U | TX | TEXAS GLORY 16U (ED) |
61 | 16U | TX | TEXAS GLORY 16U (NAUDIN) |
62 | 16U | TX | TEXAS GLORY 16U (TORRES) |
63 | 16U | TX | TEXAS GLORY 16U RWB (STOKER) |
64 | 16U | TX | TEXAS HAWKS 16U (ALLEN) |
No. | DIV | STATE | TEAM |
1 | 14U | AR | NWA CRUSH 05 (GUNTER) |
2 | 14U | AR | SO CAL ATHLETICS JENDRO/TETERS 14U |
3 | 14U | AR | TULSA ELITE ARK 23/24 14U (WEAVER) |
4 | 14U | AR | TULSA ELITE NWA 2023 14U (LACINA) |
5 | 14U | CO | COLORADO STARS 14A (HANGER) |
6 | 14U | KS | KANSAS SHOCKERS (HOOPER) |
7 | 14U | KS | KC ZEPHYRS 14U (KEARNEY) |
8 | 14U | KS | SELECT FASTPITCH 14U (JONES) |
9 | 14U | KS | TOP GUN NAVY 14U (PROCTOR) |
10 | 14U | KS | TULSA ELITE 316 23/24 14U (ESTERLY) |
11 | 14U | MO | MISSOURI FURY 05 14U (PFEIFER) |
12 | 14U | MO | MISSOURI STEALTH 14U FUTURES (MCCORMICK) |
13 | 14U | MO | MISSOURI STEALTH KC 05 GOLD (CASTROP) |
14 | 14U | MO | TOP GUN 05 14U (WESTHOFF) |
15 | 14U | NE | NEBRASKA GOLD 14 NATIONAL (BOYER) |
16 | 14U | NE | NEBRASKA GOLD 14U (ANDERSON) |
17 | 14U | NE | NEBRASKA GOLD 515 14U (CUNNINGHAM) |
18 | 14U | NE | NEBRASKA QUAKES PRIME 14U (HANSEN) |
19 | 14U | OK | GAMETIME 2024 PREMIER (CANFIELD) |
20 | 14U | OK | OKLAHOMA ATHLETICS 14U PREMIER (MADDEN) |
21 | 14U | OK | OKLAHOMA EXCLUSIVE 14U PREMIER (HUGHES) |
22 | 14U | OK | OKLAHOMA FORCE 05 (COX) |
23 | 14U | OK | SOUTHERN STORM 14U (DAY) |
24 | 14U | OK | TULSA ELITE 23/24 14U (GALVAN) |
25 | 14U | OK | TULSA ELITE OKC 23/24 14U (MILLER) |
26 | 14U | SD | SOUTH DAKOTA RENEGADES 14U |
27 | 14U | TX | AMERICAN FREEDOM 14U NATIONAL (COX) |
28 | 14U | TX | BOMBERS GOLD NATIONAL 2023 (OWENS) |
29 | 14U | TX | IMPACT GOLD 14U (ZABORONEK) |
30 | 14U | TX | TEXAS ELITE BANCROFT 14U (JOHNSON) |
31 | 14U | TX | TEXAS GLORY 14U (NAUDIN) |
32 | 14U | TX | TEXAS GLORY 2024 (VELASQUEZ) |