The Top Gun Elite 20 Spring Invitational was held April 11-13 in Overland Park, KS:

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18U: ACES FASTPITCH CLUB-TAYLOR 5, SELECT FASTPITCH-JONES 2

Aces Fastpitch Club-Taylor cruised to a 5-2 win over Select Fastpitch-Jones in the 18U championship game of the Top Gun Elite 20 Spring Invitational on Sunday at Blue Valley Recreation Center in Overland Park, KS.

Oklahoma-bound RHP P Allyssa Parker gave up three hits and one earned run while striking out five in 5.0 innings and Missouri-bound LF Sidney Forrester, 2027 SS Ella Carmack and Central Florida-bound P/1B/OF Reagan Vokoun homered to lead Aces-Taylor in the championship game.

Aces-Taylor defeated Nebraska Wave-Pinkelman, 12-0, Iowa Premier-Anthony, 10-0. Epic National-Burnett/Smith, 6-5, and Select Fastpitch-Jones, 5-2, in bracket play games.

Select Fastpitch-Jones beat Select Fastpitch Regional-Christ, 5-0, Diamond Club-Miller, 7-0, Iowa Premier National-Dickel/James, 7-0, and lost to Aces-Taylor, 5-2, in bracket play games.

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16U: SELECT FASTPITCH-WIEGLIMAN/DRAGON 6, IOWA PREMIER NATIONAL-SHANNON/PAZ 5

Select Fastpitch-Wiegliman/Dragon held on for a 6-5 victory over Iowa Premier National-Shannon/Paz in the 16U championship game of the Top Gun Elite 20 Spring Invitational on Sunday at Blue Valley Recreation Center in Overland Park, KS.

2027 RHP Molly Jones allowed seven hits, three earned runs and struck out six in 6.0 innings to get the victory for Select Fastpitch. 2027 CF Madison Rust went 2 for 3 with a run, 2028 C Joe E Younce went 1 for 3 with two RBIs and 2027 1B Emma Dragon went 2 for 3 with an RBI to pace Select Fastpitch in the final.

2027 O/MIF Kate Sandvick and 2027 C/1B Avery Sciezinski homered or Iowa Premier.

“Our team had a decent start to the tournament going 2-1-1 in pool play,” Jones said. “We were hitting well, but we knew we could do better. We stepped on the field for our first bracket game and we were hitting great straight out of the gate. Emma Dragon and Kya Yoakum started our day with home runs and it only kept going.

“Fast forward to the championship game, Iowa Premier had some great hits and Coach Wigs (Rich Wiegliman) told me I needed to make adjustments. I made them and started seeing a lot of groundballs and strikeouts. The true domination came from our offense after being down 4-1 and making an incredible comeback to be up 6-4 in the final inning.

“Overall, this tournament meant a lot to us. It was the first time playing with this group of girls (with half of our team in high school season) and we not only played for the win, we played for each other. Every girl put their heart into every game and it was more than worth it.”

Select Fastpitch-Wiegliman/Dragon defeated Nebraska Thunder-Brower, 17-0, Nebraska Thunder National-Taylor, 6-5, Oklahoma Athletics-Zodrow, 7-4, and Iowa Premier Nationa-Shannon/Paz, 6-5, in bracket games.

Iowa Premier National-Shannon/Paz beat Louisville Lady Sluggers-Hartman, 19-0, LC Phoenix-Bock, 5-0, Top Gun National-Kim, 7-1, and lost to Select Fastpitch-Wiegliman/Dragon, 6-5, in bracket games.

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