Empire State Huskies 18U-Porcelli went undefeated this past weekend and claimed the High School (16U and 18U) Division title at the PGF Florida Fastpitch Classic on Sunday at Champions Park in Newberry, FL.
The Huskies beat EC Bullets-Ashley, 5-0, AP Gold-Barfield/Bird, 4-1, 6-4-3 Softball, 11-0, Lady Dukes 2022/2023-Rabitsch 8-3, Atlanta Vipres 16U-Tamborra, 6-0, Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier-Green, 3-1, and Georgia Impact-C. Oneal, 7-0 (by forfeit), to win the title.
The Huskies were led by Kennesaw State-bound P/OF Brianna Roberts, who struck out 21 in 15 innings, gave up one earned run with an ERA of 0.47 and also batted .556, Dartmouth-bound OF Lauren Ben-Ezra (.600 AVG, .619 OBP, 6 runs, 5 RBIs), and Delaware-bound 1B/OF Kristen Luzon (.529 AVG, 4 RBIs).
Georgia Impact O’Neal went 7-1 on the weekend, beating Turnin2-Badillo, 17-0, Atlanta Vipers 16U-Wiggins, 3-2, EC Bullets-Pace, 9-0, EC Bullets-Cornett, 3-2, Mojo 2024-Bridger, 6-2, Mojo-Lunsford, 2-0, and EC Bullets-Glenn, 4-3, before losing to the huskies by forfeit.
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Atlanta Vipers 08-Tamborra defeated Georgia Impact 08-Taylor, 3-2, for the 14U title.
The Vipers beat Central Florida Gold, 4-3, Lady Dukes-McHale, 9-1, Finesse-Filipiak, 6-0, EC Bullets 07-Branch, 10-4, Team NC-Newell, 10-3, and Georgia Impact Premier-Sullivan, 10-9, to reach the final. Georgia Impact beat GA Power 07-Thacker, 13-0, lost to Tampa Mustangs-Fowler, 4-3, and beat Maine Thunder, 12-0, EC Bullets 08-Martinez, 6-0, TN Mojo 08-Lewis, 8-2, and EC Bullets 08-Barahona, 4-2, to make the finals.
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Florida Thunderbolts 09-Pynes beat Atlanta Vipers 09-Klein, 5-0, in the 12U final of the PGF Florida Fastpitch Classic.
The Thunderbolts lost to Atlanta Vipers 09-Klein, 2-1, in a pool play game on Saturday, then beat Next Level Legends, 9-1, EC Bullets 09-King, 17-2, LLG Wools, 8-7, and Atlanta Vipers 09-Hamilton, 4-3, t reach the final. Atlanta Vipers 09-Klein beat Florida Thunderbolts 09-Pynes, 2-1, EC Bullets 09-King, 5-4, Next Level Legends, 3-2, Team Tampa 09, 7-2, and Tampa Mustangs-Cassidy, 5-4, to make the finals.
—Carlos Arias, Extra Inning Softball (Follow Carlos on Twitter @Los_Stuff)
