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PCFL 18U WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS HANDS OUT AFCS BERTHS
The Pacific Coast Fastpitch League held its 18U Winter Championships this past weekend at Lake Havasu, AZ, where Alliance Fastpitch Championship Series berths were at stake. The Tier 1 18U AFCS will be held July 24-29 in Oklahoma City, OK. The Tier 2 18U AFCS will be held July 27-Aug. 1 in Oklahoma City, OK.
Here are the teams that qualified for the AFCS:
Tier 1 qualifiers:
- USA Athletics Gold-Rogers
- OC Batbusters-Stith
- Firecrackers Rico
- Firecrackers Brashear
- Athletics Mercado/Smith
- Firecrackers Brashear/Smith
- Corona Angels-Tyson
- Oro Valley Suncats-Judge
Tier 2 qualifiers:
- Firecrackers Central California-Wallace
- West Bay Warriors
- OC Batbusters-Lara/Portesi
- Central Cal Dirtdogs-Kubo/Pickering
- Corona Angels-Howard
- Arizona Hotshots Gold-Davis
- Power Surge-Walling/Perez
- Athletics Jendro Premier
NEWS & NOTES
***AASA 18U-Merrida has eight left-handed hitters on its roster and three of those are southpaw pitchers.
***Don’t sleep on Lil Rebels RC 18U. “Many may take this year’s team lightly compared to years past, but we are not that far removed from our 9th place finish at the 2017 PGF Nationals,” Lil Rebels coach Rick Christopher said. “This talented team will fore sure turn some heads during this summer.”
*** Scroll down to read about more club news, a legendary bat flip, commits and signings and softball in the snow!