Alliance Fastpitch Championship Series (AFCS) Is July 20-26 at Westfield/Kokomo, IN (All rankings are Line Drive’s Club National Rankings):

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In 18U games:

Kentucky-bound OF/SS Brynley Erb hit for the cycle and drove in seven runs, Kentucky-bound MIF Annie Newman went 2 for 4 with a solo home run and Miami-bound C/3B Kendall Brown went 2 for 4 as #19 Louisville Lady Sluggers-Huecker/Norwood took care of #29 Team NC-Hinde, 13-2. …

Missouri-committed 2027 C/1B/OF Emily Souders, Texas Tech-bound OF/1B Sydona Meiser, Arkansas-committed 2027 C/1B/3B Hutton Adrian, Kansas-bound SS Mackenna Jackson and Texas Tech-bound RHP/OF Avery Howerton hit home runs to pace #8 Texas Glory to a 14-0 over #46 Tampa Mustangs-Fowler. …

Texas Tech-committed 2027 MIF Londyn Bond went 2 for 3 with a homer and three RBIs, 2028 MIF Marcela Attar hit a two-run homer and UTEP-bound C/1B Brooklyn Wells, Southern Nazarene-bound C/2B Kaitlyn Bryant and Southern Nazarene-committed 2027 3B/OF Kaylee Baxter had two hits apiece as the Oklahoma Athletics 26/27-Madden/Brown beat Louisville Lady Sluggers-Huecker/M/B, 11-2. …

Tennessee-committed 2027 RHP Kaylee Hodges went 2 for 3 and closed the game with eight strikeouts in four hitless innings of relief as #41 Team NC-Bowman beat Ohio Outlaws-Williams, 3-2. …

Monmouth-bound P/1B Madison McDougall went 2 for 3 with three RBIs and went 7 innings for the win, Stetson-bound C/OF Brennah DeWald was 2 for 3 with two runs and 2028 1B/OF Addison Aleski went 2 for 2 with a home run to help #27 Unity-Torres/Slezak past Colorado Batbusters National-Smith, 8-7. …

Western Kentucky-bound RHP Kaylor West (4.2 IP, 2 ER), Florida State-bound P/1B Harleigh Price (1.2 IP, 0 R), College of Charleston-committed 2027 OF Brooklyn Jones (2 doubles, 1 triple, 6 RBIs, 2 runs), Oklahoma State-bound C/SS/UT Kinleigh Russell (3 for 3, 1 double, 4 runs) and Florida State-committed 2027 C/Ut Layna Ayala (3 for 4, HR, 4 runs, 3 RBIs) were the leaders for #45 Fury Platinum X-Higdon in a 9-2 win over NJ Pride-Stern. …

Stanford-bound OF Kale’a Tindal went 3 for 4, 2028 1B/LHP Lelei Salue went 2 for 4 with a two-run homer, 2028 OF Caelyn Campos had 2 hits, including a home run and Washington-committed 2027 RHP Abby Ford pitched a 5.2 innings for the win as #7 OC Batbusters-Stith beat Idaho Batbusters National-Dwyer, 11-2. …

Illinois-bound 1B/3B Hailey Schuffenhauer had two doubles and 2026 P/1B Avery Huh pitched 3.2 scoreless innings for #39 ai Bandits-Breer in a 10-0 win over #37 Epic National-Smith. …

Northwestern State-bound 1B Anayah Walker-Small (2 for 3, 3 RBIs), Boston College-committed 2027 P Maddie Richey (2.2 IP, 2 Ks, save), Oklahoma Baptist-committed 2027 OF Emma Cuellar (2 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 run), Texas-San Antonio-committed 2027 1B/OF Reagan Hill (1 for 3, 3 RBIs), Abilene Christian-committed 2027 SS/UT Lauren Kavanaugh (1 for 3, 2 RBIs, 2 runs) and Texas Women’s-committed 2027 C/3B Meredith Davidson (1 for 3, 1 RBI) helped Texas Glory Gold in a 10-7 win over Indiana Magic Gold-Green. …

2028 OF/MIF/3B Michaela Landers (2 for 3, 1 HR, 2 runs, 3 RBIs), Ole Miss-bound OF Avery Tucker (3 for 3, 1 HR, 2 runs, 2 RBIs) and Auburn-committed 2027 1B/P Gisela Boitmann and Texas-committed 2027 1B/P Brooklynn Hagerty combined on four hits and seven Ks for #5 Texas Bombers Gold-Smith in a 13-1 victory over Indiana Magic Gold-Bennett/Goddard. …

2028 3B/OF Dailynn Battee went 2 for 3 with a homer, Stanford-committed 2027 OF Ivy Burnham went 2 for 3 with a two-run homer and Arizona-committed 2027 P/1B Arri Romero pitched three scoreless innings of relief for the win as #14 Corona Angels-Tyson beat Indiana Magic Gold National-Estes, 5-2. …

Ohio State-bound C/OF/1B Grace Cary went 2 for 2 with a homer and two RBIs as Turnin2-Robeson defeated Indiana Magic Gold-Moore/Neace, 10-1. …

Arizona-bound OF/1B/P Lilly Hauser went 4 for 5 and drove in the winning run as Firecrackers Select-Rico/Brashear beat Glory Adkins Gold, 8-7. …

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In 16U games:

2028 OF Aniya Law went 3 for 4, 2028 1B/OF Kelsey Smith went 3 for 3 with two RBIs and 2029 LHP Jennifer Faraimo and 2027 RHP Isabella Frausto (3 scoreless innings of relief with 3 Ks) combined for the win as Corona Angels-Edwards upset #10 Texas Glory, 5-4. …

2027 P/OF London White allowed one earned run in six 6 innings pitched and 2028 OF/C Shaina Starnicky had two hits, including the game-winning double, as ai Bandits-Breer knocked off Louisville Lady Sluggers-Huecker/Peyton, 3-2. …

2028 MIF/UT Lydia Hamrick (2 for 3, triple, 1 run), 2028 MIF/UT Wesley Thornton (2 for 3, double, 2 runs, 1 RBI), 2028 UT Madden Lutze (2 for 3, 1 run, 1 RBI), 2028 UT Bella Waldrop (2 for 3, 1 run, 1 RBI), 2028 OF/IF Breeze Bentz (2 for 3, 2 doubles, 3 RBIs) and 2028 P/UT Ainsley Minchew pitched a complete game as Athletics Gold Tamborra-Vallery beat Impact Gold-Vaughn/Jackson, 7-6. …

2028 P Rory Fitzgerald tossed a complete game with 76 pitches, allowing two hits and striking out six to lift Louisville Lady Sluggers 09-Velotta over Empire State Huskies National-Porcelli/Roberts, 2-0. …

Clemson-committed 2027 SS/IF/UT Taylor Workman hit a grand slam and drove in six runs as #2 Warrior Academy-McDonald/Mullins beat Lady Dukes-Mayfield/Lamar, 12-5. …

Tennessee-committed 2027 C/1B Kamryn Potts, 2028 C/OF Eva Martinez and Kentucky-committed 2027 C Lauren Daugherty led the offense as Tampa Mustangs-Rene beat United National, 8-2. …

2028 P Allison Coleman pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts and allowed only two hits to help Impact Gold National NTX past Aces Fastpitch, 2-1. …

2027 P Brenna Edwards allowed six hits and struck out seven in 7.0 innings as AL Sparks Elite-Stewart beat NC Challengers Premier-Renzi, 6-1. …

2028 CF/SS Eliana Phillips went 4 for 4 with three runs and a stolen base and 2028 OF/2B Suzanne “Sis” Cabe went 3 for 3 with a run and two RBIs as Fury Platinum X-Higdon/Carr defeated Carolina Elite National-Fusetti, 12-0. …

Fresno State-committed 2027 RHP/3B/OF Addison Brown tossed a shutout with seven strikeouts and she had a sac-fly to help Firecrackers Select Brashear beat Starz Gold-Bunn, 2-0. …

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