The Triple Crown Bomber Shootout was held Feb. 28-March 1 in College Station/Bryan, TX:

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14U: BOMBERS GOLD FUTURES-MALPASS 8, IMPACT GOLD NATIONAL 2012-CAVE 2

Bombers Gold Futures-Malpass, the reigning 14U Tier 3 Alliance national champion, cruised to an 8-2 victory over Impact Gold National 2012-Cave in the 14U championship game o the Triple Crown Bomber Shootout on Sunday at Travis Fields at Bryan Midtown Park.

2030 1B Blanca Gonzales, 2031 OF Kaliyah Martin and 2030 3B/UT Sophie Montemayor led a lineup that scored 46 runs for the tournament.

In the circle, it was a complete staff performance. All four pitchers — 2030 P Layla Werner, 2030 P Aubrey Prescott, 2030 P Nora Griffin and 2030 P Kourtney Eargle — finished with an ERA under 2.00.

“This event is always one of the stronger tournaments of the spring season and this young group showed real growth, maturity and toughness all weekend long,” Bombers coach Kristi Malpass said. “After dropping Game 1 on Saturday, they responded the right way — not losing another game the rest of the weekend. That kind of bounce-back shows growth. It shows maturity starting to surface in this group.”

Bombers Gold Futures-Malpass defeated Wow Factor National 2K12, 7-1, Texas Blaze United-Cain, 6-4, and Impact Gold National 2012-Cave, 8-2, in bracket games.

“The Gold Bracket was fun,” Malpass said. “Lining up against three other top young teams in Texas and battling game after game — that’s what makes you better. Going from one tough matchup to the next and finishing on top says a lot about who they’re becoming.”

Impact Gold National 2012-Cave beat Impact Gold NTX-Ones, 6-1, Glory Adkins Gold, 3-1, and lost to Bombers Gold Fututes-Malpass, 8-2, in bracket games.

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12U: IMPACT GOLD-OSTARTICKI 4, BUZZ UTURES 0

Impact Gold-Ostarticki blanked Buzz Futures, 4-0, in the 12U championship game of the Triple Crown Bomber Shootout on Sunday at Veterans Park.

Impact Gold-Ostatricki hit .400 as a team for the tournament and were led by 2030 P Maci Allen (.718 AVG), 2031 3B Brynlee Zahirniak (.625 AVG) and 2031 P Kyla Cochran (.500 AVG).

Allen, Cochran, 2032 P Camry Mark and 2032 P Maddie Locke had a team ERA of 1.68 for the tournament.

“It was so fun to watch the girls make those amazing plays and hit as well as they did,” Impact Gold coach Margo Ostarticki said.

Impact Gold Ostarticki defeated Blaze Academy STX National 2032, 14-1, Texas Bombers Gold, 8-5, Texas Rage-Guerrero, 2-0, and Buzz Futures, 4-0, in bracket games.

Buzz Futures defeated Impact Gold 2K13, 15-4, Texas Synergy 2K13-Myers, 9-2, Bombers Gold American, 5-3, and lost to Impact Gold-Ostarticki, 4-0, in bracket games.

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10U: BOMBSHELLS 6, IMPACT GOLD 2K15-JUREWICZ 4

The Bombshells took down Impact Gold 2K15-Jurewicz, 6-4, in the 10U championship game of the Triple Crown Bomber Shootout on Sunday at Bee Creek.

2033 P/SS Alena Hernandez (.444 AVG, .500 OBP, 1 HR, 9 RBIs, 1.02 ERA, 13 Ks), George Kahlig (.421 AVG, 5 RBIs, 0.75 ERA, 10 Ks), 2033 P/1B Lynlee Gerik (0.67 ERA, 13 Ks) and 2033 C/UT Kimberlyn Oliver (.550 AVG, 11 hits, 5 RBIs) were the leaders for the Bombshells.

“Winning this tournament means every practice, every tough loss (and we had a couple on Saturday), every extra rep and every moment we chose to work hard paid off for our girls,” Bombshells coach Mike Cox said. “It shows what happens when a team believes in each other and refuses to quit. Our girls fought to the very end and this win proves the GRIT the Bombshells have.”

Bombshells defeated Bombers STX Junior Academy-Grey/Chavez, 11-0, Bombers CTX-Shoemaker, 11-0, ETX Bombers Gold National 2033, 5-3, and Impact Gold 2K15-Jurewicz, 6-4, in bracket games.

Impact Gold 2K15-Jurewicz defeated Impact Gold 2033-Serna, 7-1, Bombers Gold SETX, 6-2, and lost to Bombshells, 6-4, in bracket games.

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