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Here’s our TLI for Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 …
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TFL FALL CHAMPIONSHIP CROWNS CHAMPIONS & AFCS BERTHS
Texas Bombers Gold-Smith 7, 18U Texas Glory 0: 18U Texas Glory forfeited the championship game to Texas Bombers Gold because the tournament was running late and the team had a long trip back to Dallas.
Texas Bombers Gold, 18U Texas Glory, Texas Bombers Gold National CTX and Texas Glory Gold all earned berths to the Alliance Fastpitch Championship Series next summer.
Illusions Gold National-Hoyt 4, Louisiana Bombers Gold 3: Amanda Skivington delivered a solo homer in the top of the fifth to give Illusions Gold the lead and they held on for the victory in the 18U Tier 2 finals.
Lauren Hoyt hit a solo home run, Lexi Semeyn went 2 for 3, Caylee Spangle went 1 for 2 with a triple, a run scored and an RBI and Jazz Tucker pitched three scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts to pick up the win for Illusions Gold.
Illusions Gold, Louisiana Bombers, Excel Elite Gold and Bombers Gold National STX earned AFCS berths.
Prolific Fastpitch 4, Texas Blaze United-Prinzo/Cain 1: CiCi Jefferson had a two-run triple and Trinity Loukanis belted a two-run homer to center field as Prolific Fastpitch rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh to beat Texas Blaze in the 16U Tier 1 championship game.
Jefferson went 2 for 3 with a run scored and two RBIs, D’Auna Jennings went 2 for 4 with a stolen base and Hannah Leirer allowed four hits, no earned runs and struck out seven to get the complete game win for Prolific Fastpitch.
Prolific Fastpitch, Texas Blaze, Texas Glory Naudin South and Impact Gold National-Rodriguez earned AFCS berths.
2020 Fall TFL Champions!!!! It's That Prolific Lifestyle… pic.twitter.com/qbR89ZT6mo
— Prolific Fastpitch Softball Organization (@ProlificFPSoftb) November 24, 2020
Glory Adkins Gold 1, Illusions Premier-Sessum 0: Rylee Moore tossed a two-hit shutout with two strikeouts in five innings as Glory Adkins Gold knocked off Illusions Premier in the 16U Tier 2 finals.
Glory Adkins Gold loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the fourth and Kirstin Wilkinson drove in Breigh Houser with a ground out to short to give Glory the lone run.
Glory Adkins Gold, Illusions Premier-Sessum, Texas Blaze Gold and Texas Blaze KTX earned 16U AFCS berths.
We DID IT!! @TFLfastpitch Tier 2 Champions!!! So proud of this team and how hard they’ve worked!! #halosup 😇⬆️@texasgloryadkin @ExtraInningSB @Los_Stuff @Gosset41 @ImpactRetweets @IHartFastpitch @KennyMatthews @FloSoftball @USASoftball @SoftballConnect @TFLfastpitch pic.twitter.com/W1DeCgYL5o
— Glory Adkins 16U-GOLD (@GloryAdkinsGold) November 23, 2020
Impact Gold National-Hays 1, Impact Gold National-Smith 0: Alexandria Williams scored from third on an E-2 in the bottom of the first and Keira Crosby pitched a three-hit shutout with six walks and four strikeouts in six innings as IG-Hays beat IG-Smith in the Tier 1 14U championship game.
IG-Hays, IG-Smith, Texas Riptide and Texas Glory Naudin earned AFCS berths.
IG Hays Family Headed the Championship. @ImpactGoldOrg @ExtraInningSB @thealliancefp @TFLfastpitch pic.twitter.com/eiqYJrgzGf
— Impact Gold National Hays (@IGNationalHays) November 22, 2020
Hotshots Premier 2025 National 3, Illusions Gold-Plocheck 1: 2025 RHP Lauryn Soeken allowed four hits, a run, no walks and struck out six in seven innings to record the complete game win and help the Hotshots defeat Illusions Gold in the Tier 2 14U championship game.
The Hotshots, Illusions Gold, Diamond Fury Elite and Texas Bombers CTX Gold 2025 earned AFCS berths.
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TFL FALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCOREBOARD
NOV. 22, 2020, RESULTS
AT HOUSTON/SUGAR LAND, TX
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18U TIER 1
BRACKET A
SEMIFINALS
Texas Bombers Gold-Smith 13, Texas Bombers Gold National CTX 0
BRACKET B
SEMIFINALS
18U Texas Glory 1, Texas Glory Gold 0
CHAMPIONSHIP
Texas Bombers Gold-Smith 7, 18U Texas Glory 0 (via forfeit)
18u Texas Glory & 18u Texas Glory Gold are 2nd and 3rd at the 2020 18u Tier 1 TFL Fall Championship. Both earn spots in the 2021 Alliance Nationals.https://t.co/ztFcyCWx1B@TFLfastpitch #thealliancefastpitch pic.twitter.com/CwYHd4fXz1
— Texas Glory (@TexasGlory) November 23, 2020
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18U TIER 2
BRACKET A
SEMIFINALS
Louisiana Bombers Gold 4, Excel Elite Gold 3
BRACKET B
SEMIFINALS
Illusions Gold National-Hoyt 8, Bombers Gold National STX 1
CHAMPIONSHIP
Illusions Gold National-Hoyt 4, Louisiana Bombers Gold 3
Ticket punched to next year’s Alliance Fastpitch and earned Tier 1 status. Only qualified, no invites…..EARN EVERYTHING!!! Love the TFL and Alliance concept. 1st fall in a long time where we actually competed and all games mattered! Great for these kids to learn to compete! pic.twitter.com/pD9LHMxHfe
— La Bombers Gold (@Lapridegold) November 24, 2020
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16U TIER 1
BRACKET A
SEMIFINALS
Prolific Fastpitch 3, Texas Glory Naudin South 2
BRACKET B
SEMIFINALS
Texas Blaze United-Prinzo/Cain 2, Impact Gold National-Rodriguez 1
CHAMPIONSHIP
Prolific Fastpitch 4, Texas Blaze United-Prinzo/Cain 1
What a season these girls have had. We are proud of them and can’t wait to the Spring/Summer Season!!! TFL Tier 1 Championship Runner-ups and a ticket to the Alliance Fastpitch Championship!! #bBlaze #feedthechicken pic.twitter.com/muDRpzb4Ou
— Blaze United 16U (@blazeunited16) November 23, 2020
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16U TIER 2
BRACKET A
SEMIFINALS
Glory Adkins Gold 6, Texas Blaze Gold 5
BRACKET B
SEMIFINALS
Illusions Premier-Sessum 8, Texas Blaze KTX 2
CHAMPIONSHIP
Glory Adkins Gold 1, Illusions Premier-Sessum 0
When you have that Monday feeling, but then you remember that you won a golden ticket this weekend!!! Who else is still on that Championship high!? 🥎🙌🏻 #illusionspremiersessum #leadtheway pic.twitter.com/E2AxPA415e
— 16u Illusions Premier-Sessum (@Premier_Sessum) November 24, 2020
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14U TIER 1
BRACKET A
SEMIFINALS
Impact Gold National-Hays 1, Texas Riptied 0
BRACKET B
SEMIFINALS
Impact Gold National-Smith 7, Texas Glory Naudin 2
CHAMPIONSHIP
Impact Gold National-Hays 1, Impact Gold National-Smith 0
The girls performed well this weekend! Playing in the TFL Tier 1 Championship @TFLfastpitch and making it to the final 4. We came up a little short In a great game against @IGNationalHays. So proud of our amazing athletes!! Let’s go Riptide!! pic.twitter.com/08Gp3gq9Gs
— TEXAS RIPTIDE (@TxRiptide07) November 23, 2020
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14U TIER 2
BRACKET A
SEMIFINALS
Illusions Gold-Plocheck 6, Diamond Fury Elite 3
BRACKET B
SEMIFINALS
Hotshots Premier 2025 National 6, Texas Bombers CTX Gold 2025 0
CHAMPIONSHIP
Hotshots Premier 2025 National 3, Illusions Gold-Plocheck 1
We made it to the @TFLfastpitch Tier 2 Final 4! We came up short but punch our ticket to @thealliancefp Tier 2 Championship this summer and a bump the TFL Tier 1!!!@ExtraInningSB @FloSoftball @BrenttEads @Los_Stuff @IHartFastpitch @bombercacataw pic.twitter.com/2Iu6aTMYRI
— Texas Bombers CTX Gold 2025 – Villegas (@BombersVillegas) November 23, 2020
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COMMITMENT/SIGNING ALERTS
Ava Kuszak, 2022, IF/OF/UT, Nebraska Gold/Holy Family High, CO, Wisconsin
I CANT WAIT TO BE A BADGER🦡❤️ @BadgerSoftball @HF_Athletics @nefury00 @NebGold18s @BoCoPreps @CHSAA @clperky5264 @FloSoftball @ExtraInningSB pic.twitter.com/uEFbBJ0BrT
— Ava Kuszak (@AvaKuszak) November 23, 2020
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