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The action continues to pick up on the fields in Huntington Beach, Irvine and Fountain Valley, California as the 2022 PGF Nationals for 18U and 16U continue to progress towards Friday’s championships in the Platinum divisions and Saturday in the Premier divisions.
Also on Saturday, the All-Star Games, both Senior and Futures, will be held.
Once thing PGF–which is in its 13th year–knows how to do well is to showcase the beautiful weather and locations around Southern Cal.
Yesterday, the two All-Star teams received their equipment and swag in pretty enjoyable ways: the Futures team–consisting of juniors and sophomores–enjoyed a night at Dave & Busters in Orange, Cali. where they and their families enjoyed playing games and having dinner.
The Seniors, meanwhile, spent the evening on a PGF-chartered yacht cruise for four hours floating around Newport Harbor after being greeted with a Hawaiian lei and being welcomed by softball great and current broadcaster Amanda Freed.
Then came the goodies as the players received all types of gear and swag including uniforms, cleats, socks, helmets, bags and bat bags from the list of prestigious sponsors that included Diamond, The Gluv, New Balance, Easton, Rawlings and PGF, which gave each player a blanket, water bottle and other miscellaneous items.
Check out these tweets from the players and PGF showing what was distributed:
How the day started➡️How the day ended!! We had SO MUCH Pre All American game fun with these amazingly talented athletes! Can’t wait to see them face off Saturday 7/30- Futures game at 4 pm on ESPN3 & seniors game at 7 pm on ESPN2! Or watch in person at Deanna Manning stadium!🤩 pic.twitter.com/MNwkUiKgcu
— PGF (@PGFnetwork) July 27, 2022
These 3 PGF All American selections picking up swag and enjoying time at Dave and Busters with teammates tonight. Tune in Saturday to see them compete in the All American Futures game. @JaydenHeavener @EstherWhite24 @destharris2024 @Los_Stuff @ExtraInningSB @FloSoftball pic.twitter.com/yfiB3FMPUi
— Unity Johnson/Ross (@unity_json_ross) July 27, 2022
Love my @PGFnetwork #FuturesAllAmerican Swag, so thankful for this opportunity!! @unity_json_ross @softball_Pace pic.twitter.com/hxKLLdHKUd
— Jayden Heavener (@JaydenHeavener) July 27, 2022
During yacht cruise from 3 pm to 7 pm on Tuesday, the Senior team received their gear and tried everything on to make sure it fit; if not, there was some swapping and trading going on but everyone eventually got exactly what they need.
Each athlete was able to bring their parents and, according to one attendee, “It was an unbelievably fun time and the weather was gorgeous!”
The Senior Game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 this Saturday… check your listings for the exact time.
Overall, the athletes and coaches at PGF Nationals are having fun as they are enjoying the competition as well as the nice experience that is Southern California.
Here are some representative tweets that show this from the participants point of view…
RI Thunder 16u
Thunder survives and advances @PGFnetwork 16U Premier Nationals!! To be continued tomorrow 8:00am at FV Field 1! pic.twitter.com/50ULFFX0mG
— RITG_16unational (@RITG16unational) July 26, 2022
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CA Grapettes ’06 Medina
✨PGF Nationals – Bracket Day 2✨
****TODAY****
⏱ 12:30PM
📍 Bill Barber Memorial Park
#️⃣ Field 4@CAGrapettes06🍇 vs KC Peppers🌶
***GO TIME***@IHartFastpitch @PlaySoftballNet @Softball_Home @tagupSoftball @BoostSoftball @PGFnetwork @Los_Stuff @ExtraInningSB pic.twitter.com/l42cTsZNyI— CA Grapettes ‘06 Medina (@CAGrapettes06) July 26, 2022
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Brianne Weiss (2024 #28 overall ranked) of BCS Bengals Briggs 16U
Threw a complete game no-no at our PGF bracket game today!
7IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 16K
Love having a team I trust behind me & a catcher @SofiaSchow2024 that frames for strikes💪#onegameatatime@BSCBengals @ExtraInningSB @Los_Stuff @BrenttEads @PGFnetwork
Some K’s vs AZ Storm⬇️ pic.twitter.com/L7xA4hM3cT
— Brianne Weiss LHP 2024 (@BrianneWeiss06) July 26, 2022
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Maddy Bermudez with 2024 LTF Lions
Bracket Play Highlights PGF Premier @PGFnetwork 🙏Coaches for coming from @ltglions2024 @ExtraInningSB @Los_Stuff
@CoachLauraRicc @montanez_22 @StacyMayJohnson @BrieGalicinao @gvecchio_gina @TaraTembey @Laurinwatts @coachjennyrohn @ajmitchell13 @GCarbonatto @angelshamblin pic.twitter.com/Akm2EQIi1K— MaddyBermudez2024 (@MBermudez2024) July 26, 2022
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Kendra Lewis of Heartland Havoc ’05
A win today is one more day….. to play another team from Illinois tomorrow!😂 @GoHavoc05 pic.twitter.com/qZJjl6OaaX
— Kendra K Lewis (@KendraLewis2024) July 27, 2022
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Delanie Roeder of Select Fastpitch
California has been a great experience so far! Playing with some GREAT ballers with a great organization + Making plays + putting bat on the ball + stealing bases = having a lot of fun. Check us out tomorrow 5pm! @BUMoore @BaylorSoftball @ACU_Softball @GCU_Softball @SandraWente pic.twitter.com/V9lZQRmds8
— Delanie Roeder (@DelanieRoeder) July 27, 2022