Ella McVeyof Iowa Premier Gold. Photo/PGF. 2019 PGF PLATINUM ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM (Compiled by Carlos Arias of SoCalSidelines) 18U PLATINUM MVP PITCHER Marin Judisch, Iowa Premier Gold: The Baylor-committed 2020 P went 4-0 with a save, a 1.17 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 30 innings, while allowing five total runs and eight walks to lead Iowa Premier Gold to the PGF 18U Platinum national championship. She had a no-hitter going into the sixth inning of the championship game against Select Fastpitch and settled for a 3-hit complete game with six strikeouts. MVP PLAYER Ella McVey, Iowa Premier Gold ..read more

Allison Royalty led Athletics-Mercado to the PGF 18U Premier national championship. Photo/ExtraInningSoftball. 2019 PFG ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM (Compiled by Carlos Arias of SoCalSidelines/FloSoftball, Manny Alvarez of SoCalSidelines/FloSoftball and Brentt Eads of ExtraInningSoftball) 18U PREMIER MVP PITCHER Allison Royalty, Athletics-Mercado: The Arizona State-committed 2020 right-hander, went 4-0 with a 0.30 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 23.2 innings, tossed a one-hitter with 14 Ks to lead the Athletics to a 1-0 victory over Georgia Impact-Lewis in the PGF 18U Premier national championship game. M ..read more

Tennessee Mojo-Fisher defeated Arizona Storm-Appel, 4-2, to win the PGF 14U Premier national championship on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. Photo/Carlos Arias. On paper, Tennessee Mojo-Fisher had all the talent. The Mojo put it all together and delivered a 4-2 victory over Arizona Storm-Appel in the PGF 14U Premier national championship game on Sunday afternoon at Bill Barber Park in Irvine, CA. The Mojo turned to a pair of Florida-committed stars to nail down the nationals championship. Mia Williams, the daughter of former NBA star Jason Williams, tripled, homered and scored two runs and Keagan Roth ..read more

The Birmingham Thunderbolts beat Power Surge-Berndes, 14-4, to win the PGF 12U Premier nationals championship on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. Photo/Manny Alvarez. No one has been able to hit a home run over the fence, including the PGF High School All-Americans, at any of the PGF national championship games the past two weeks at Deanna Manning Stadium at Bille Barber Park in Irvine, CA, where the fences are back at the international distance of 220 feet. Following back-to-back walks to start the game, Shelby McKenzie connected on one deep over the center-field wall for a three-run bomb to help the ..read more

Birmingham Thunderbolts 12U. Photo/Manny Alvarez. The Birmingham Thunderbolts needed four wins in order to get to the PGF 12U Premier national championship game and a tough task like that needed a call from the Heavens. Jayden Heavener delivered. Heavener threw another complete game to lead the Thunderbolts to a 7-2 victory over Impact Gold on Saturday evening at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex in Huntington Beach, CA. The victory sent the Thunderbolts to the PGF 12U Premier national title game where they take on the Power Surge-Berndes, a 7-3 winner over So Cal Breakers-Brunetti/Cascio ..read more

Arizona Storm-Appel advanced to the PGF 14U Premier national title game with a 6-5 victory over Central Cal Dirtdogs-Pickering on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Photo/Carlos Arias. Arizona Storm-Appel has shown grit and determination all week at the PGF 14U Premier Nationals and it paid off when it faced rugged Central Cal Dirtdogs-Pickering in the semifinals. The Storm got a walk-off single by Kate Vance in the bottom of the seventh of a back-and-forth battle against the Dirtdogs to pull out a 6-5 victory on Saturday afternoon at Huntington Beach Sports Complex. “We were excited,” Vance said, “and ..read more

Danica Frazier of Beverly Bandits 12U. Photo/Manny Alvarez. After Birmingham Thunderbolts 2024 cut Beverly Bandits Premier’s lead to just one in the third inning, the Bandits stole the momentum for good with a five-run fourth inning to take care of the Thunderbolts in a 9-2 victory at the PGF 12U Premier Nationals on Friday afternoon at Fountain Valley Sports Complex in Fountain Valley, CA. The Bandits face Power Surge-Berndes, a 7-1 winner over Cal Nuggets-Woods, on Saturday at 8 a.m. at Huntington Beach Sports Complex in Huntington Beach, CA. The Bandits got on the board in the first innin ..read more

Chloe Yeatts of Oklahoma Hotshots Premier-Yeatts 14U. Photo/Carlos Arias. It was all about survival at the PGF 14U Premier Nationals and it looked like highly-touted Tennessee Mojo 04-Fisher had that part all taken care of after taking a 5-0 lead on Firecrackers-Brashear 2022 after two innings on Friday night at Huntington Beach Sports Complex. But looks can be deceiving, especially at the PGF Nationals, and the Mojo found themselves in a dogfight with Firecrackers before pulling out a 6-5 victory in 11 innings to advance to the sixth round of the winner’s bracket. Florida-commit Keagan Roth ..read more

Addison Duke of Power Surge-Berndes 12U. Photo/Manny Alvarez. In what was set to be a pitchers duel, Power Surge-Berndes took advantage of every defensive miscue in the third inning where it scored all its runs. Athletics-Mercado/Ornelas tried to fight back, but left seven runners stranded in Power Surge’s 4-0 victory at the PGF 12U Premier Nationals on Wednesday afternoon at the Fountain Valley Sports Complex in Fountain Valley, CA. Power Surge faces So Cal Choppers-Tiumalu, a 4-0 winner over Explosion-Flores, on Thursday morning at 10:15 a.m. Power Surge came in prepared to face Athletics ..read more

Neely Taylor of Birmingham Thunderbolts-Flannery 14U. Photo/Carlos Arias. The Birmingham Thunderbolts made a lot of noise with their extra-inning finishes last week at the PGF 18U Premier Nationals, so it was time for Tim Flannery’s younger Thunderbolts to deliver the dramatics at the PGF 14U Premier Nationals on Thursday evening at Huntington Beach Sports Complex. Firecrackers-Brashear/Venegas ace Liliana Arana, a talented right-hand 2023 prospect, was putting the finishing touches on a shutout bid in the top of the seventh when the Bolts struck for two runs and went on to a 2-1 victory in ..read more