We wrap up our two-week look at the Top Softball Stories of 2024 by listing 30 other stories that were liked and considered for inclusion as one of our Top 10 Stories of The Year.

After launching our site in March of ‘24, Line Drive Softball published nearly 850 stories averaging over three per day with sometimes as many as five on particularly newsworthy days!

Click HERE to read the Top 10 Stories and their significance in softball in ‘24

Below you’ll find 30 other softball-related stories we produced that covered every possible topic… from performances on the field to major news off of it covering all ages and levels of fastpitch.

Despite publishing all of this content, we at Line Drive Softball would like to give YOU a chance to share YOUR OPINION on what was a top story last year!

Look over our Top 10 Stories of 2024, plus the 30 others that were considered (below) and write us sharing what you think was a top story over the last 12 months or even now in the present.

Who knows? Maybe it’s a great story we’ll write-up and make one of the Top 10 Softball Stories of 2025!

Write me if you have a great story idea to pass along! Brentt.Eads@LineDriveMedia.com

On a personal note, thanks for all those who supported me and my beautiful new bride, Shannon Eads, as we married in September (as covered in my self-reflecting article: Personal News From Line Drive’s Brentt Eads: “I’m Getting Married Tomorrow!” (Sept. 26, 2024)

I appreciate you all… let’s have a fantastic 2025 in the sport we all love!!!

— Brentt Eads/Line Drive Softball

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30 Other Stories Considered For Top 10 Softball Stories of 2024

College Spotlight: Freshman Paige Vickery Smashes 3 Grand Slams… in One Week! (Mar. 21, 2024)

The Purple Flying Dachshunds Team… Silly Name, Serious Talent (Apr. 14, 2024)

Impressive Prep Feat: Pennsylvania Senior Pitcher Lizzie Gaisior Surpasses 1,000 Career Strikeout Mark in 19-K Game (Apr. 25, 2024)

Club News: Six Top Texas Blaze Teams Join Athletics – Mercado Organization (May 2, 2024)

In Memoriam: Mitchell Schwartz… Jersey Intensity Coach, Paramedic & 9/11 Responder (May 15, 2024)

Breaking News: Head Coach Bev Smith Dismissed By South Carolina (June 8, 2024) 

High School News: Fisher Named Gatorade National Player of the Year (June 12, 2024)

Amazing Accomplishment: Freshman Pitcher Addison Deroche Wins Maine State Title Saturday with 21 Strikeout Performance! (June 17, 2024)

Family Affair: 2027 Standout Infielder Nia Melendez to Become Third Sister to Make Line Drive HOT 100… THIS YEAR! (July 13, 2024)

International News: Japan Defeats Team USA 6-1 in WBSC Championship Game, Canada Takes 3rd (July 21, 2024)

GoFundMe Set Up for National Champion Club Coach Whose Family Lost Everything In Fire (Aug. 7, 2024)

International News: Softball Back in L.A. Olympics (Aug. 11, 2024)

Off the Field: Softball Community Rallies Around Castorri Family After Devasting House Fire (Aug. 16, 2024)

Devaeh Crawford Update: 2029 Phenom Moves Up to 18U Batbusters – Stith Team… & She’s Only 13! (August 26, 2024)

Tragic News: Beloved Umpire Bobby Renteria Dies After San Antonio Shooting (Aug. 29, 2024)

International Events: USA Tops Canada 7-0 To Punch Ticket to 2025 World Cup Finals (Sept. 2, 2024)

Recruiting: Four Players Committed to Power 4 Programs This Weekend from One Tennessee Mojo Team (Sept. 9, 2024)

College News: New Look Pac-12 Picks Up Four New Members (Sept. 13, 2024)

Updated Story: Health of NAIA Head Coach Aly Bermudez Worsens… Please Support Her GoFundMe to Cover Cancer Treatment Costs (Oct. 8, 2024)

Breaking News: NCAA Eliminates National Letter of Intent Program (Oct. 9, 2024)

Buy A Beautiful Teal Shirt to Support Cancer Treatment Costs for NAIA Head Coach Aly Bermudez (Oct. 14, 2024)

USA Softball: 432 Athletes Invited to Attend 2024 HPP National Selection Event Dec. 12-15 in Vero Beach, Fla. (Oct. 17. 2024)

Topical Issue: The Newly Announced Women’s Pro Baseball League… Is It Good (Or Bad) For Softball? (Nov. 4, 2024)

What’s In a Photo? This Amazing Look Between 2029 Shortstop Peyton Guthrie & Head Coach Clint Watson (Nov. 10, 2024)

Taylor Cook, Pitcher for California Grapettes 14U, Triumphs Over Health Issues & 38 Surgeries (Nov. 14, 2024)

College News: Georgia State Softball Changes Quickly Pay Off With Commits of Top-Ranked Baronci Sisters! (Nov. 25, 2024)

USA Softball Announces Three-Tiered “25K Gold Fund” To Raise Money for National Teams (Dec. 4, 2024)

Day 3 at the 2024 NFCA Convention Highlighted by Three Hall of Fame Inductees, Four Announced for Next Year (Dec. 6, 2024)

Future Star Teal Hamman: This Five-Sport 2028 Athlete Decides Softball Will Be Her No. 1 (Dec. 16, 2024)

Christmas Miracle? Lexi Vernon Is Home & Safe or Now… & That’s All That Counts for This “Forever Inspirational” Player (Dec. 20, 2024)