The Triple Crown/Firecrackers Big League Dreams Invitational was held Oct 5-6 in Fountain Valley/Perris/Chino Hills/Lake Elsinore, CA:

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18U: OC BATBUSTERS-STITH, OC BATBUSTERS-STITH/MAROON SHARE 18U TITLE

OC Batbusters-Stith and OC Batbusters-Stith/Maroon both reached the 18U championship of the Triple Crown/Firecrackers Big League Dreams Invitational on Sunday night at Fountain Valley Sports Park, but they decided not to play the final and finished as co-champions.

“We’re from the same organization and we play each other all the time so we decided to be co-champions,” Batbusters coach Mike Stith said.

Pitching is the strength of Stith’s top Batbusters’ squad and they didn’t even have Oklahoma-committed 2025 RHP Sophia Bordi and Arkansas-committed 2025 RHP Saylor Timmerman with them.

“The pitchers (uncommitted 2026 RHP Liliana Escobar, 2027 RHP Abby Ford and Arizona-committed 2026 RHP Lilly Hauser) threw well,” Stith said. “I think all of them did well. (2027 RF) Mattea Stern and (2027 C) Riley Hilliard had some good hits. (2027 3B) Maya Matthies had a home run and had a great tournament. She’s a good player.

“We can pitch. We’re deep in pitching. We have a lot to figure out. We’re young. We have some seniors, but we’re real deep in sophomores. We got some depth. We’re young and building in the hitting department.”

Timmerman and Bordi will add even more depth and experience to the pitching staff when they join the team for the Arizona Fall Invitational, a Team New Jersey event, Nov. 1-3 in Scottsdale, AZ.

Stith said his organization will be hosting a major event, the Summer Games, in July in Oklahoma City, OK.

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16U: BSC BENGALS-BRIGGS 16R 6, OC BATBUSTERS-STITH/AG 2

BSC Bengals-Briggs 16R knocked off OC Batbusters-Stith/AG, 6-2, in the 16U championship game of the Triple Crown/Firecrackers Big League Dreams Invitational on Sunday at BLD Chino Hills.

Kansas-committed 2026 CF Jocelyn Alatorre went 3 for 3 with two doubles, a run and two RBIs, 2027 RF Chloe Koenigshofer went 1 for 4 with two RBIs and 2026 C/3B Kylie Rocha went 2 for 2 with a home run and two RBIs for the Bengals in the finals.

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14U: BSC BENGALS-BRIGGS 14R 2, ATHLETICS MERCADO-ROMERO 2K11 1

2028 C/3B/1B Harlow Higgins drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 6th inning and BSC Bengals-Briggs 14R pulled out a 2-1 victory over Athletics Mercado-Romero 2K11 in the 14U championship game on Sunday at BLD Perris.

KK Murillo’s sacrifice fly gave Athletics Mercado a 1-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning. 2-28 OF Makenna Caffrey’s RBI triple in the bottom of the 5th inning helped the BSC Bengals tie it, 1-1.

2028 RHP Emily Yoon picked up the victory for the Bengals, allowing three hits and one run while striking out five in six innings.

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12U: OC BATBUSTERS 2012-BC 7, WILDCATS PREMIER-LAUKAT 0

OC Batbusters 2012-BC took care of Wildcats Premier-Laukat, 7-0, in the 12U championship game of the Triple Crown/Firecrackers Big League Dreams Invitational on Sunday at BLD Perris.

2031 P/UT Madison Collins pitched five scoreless innings with 13 strikeouts, 2030 2B Alyssa Juliani went 2 for 3 with two runs and two RBIs and 2030 C Cheryl Wang went 1 for 2 with three RBIs to pace the Batbusters in the finals.

— Carlos Arias, Line Drive Media (Follow Carlos on Twitter @los_stuff)