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 16U games:

2028 P/SS/UT Gracie Rensley threw a complete game and Indiana-committed 2027 RHP/3B Ally Compton hit a two-run homer in Indiana Magic Gold-Carroll’s 9-2 win over Tampa Mustangs-Rene and Compton pitched four innings to earn the win and went 2 or 4 with two RBIs to help Indiana Magic Gold-Carroll to an 11-3 win over Impact Gold NTX National.

“We’ve proven that we can compete with the best,” IMG coach Brent Carroll said. “The key for us is staying healthy and continuing to play outstanding defense. Our girls are playing with a lot of confidence, right now, and it’s been fun to watch them succeed. They’re staying loose and enjoying the moment while maintaining a sharp focus on the task at hand.” …

Florida-committed 2027 RHP Addi Allaire (13 Ks, 0.07 ERA, .333 AVG, 7 RBIs), 2028 OF Paityn Donalson (.500 AVG, .600 OBP, 1.167 OPS, .667 SLG), 2028 OF Braylee Rano (.400 AVG, .508 OBP, 1.33 OPS, .800 SLG), 2028 OF/1B Sam Otano (.400 AVG, .571 OBP, 1.371 OPS, .800 SLG), St. Leo-committed 2027 2B Karsyn Walters (.500 AVG, .500 OBP, 1.000 OPS. .500 SLG) and 2028 C/UT Brigette Valdera (.500 AVG, .600 OBP, 1.100 OPS, .500 SLG) as Santa Fe Inferno-Nowling defeated Corona Angels-Edwards, 9-0, and Firecrackers Select Brashear, 11-3. …

2029 3B/SS/UT Addi Piotrovsky (2 for 4, 3 RBIs), 2028 MIF/3B Ali Raether (3 for 4, 3B), 2028 RHP/C/1B Brooklyn Martin (3 for 4) and 2028 P/3B Emory Whisner (5 IP, 4 hits) in Game 1 and 2028 OF Kamryn Stankus (HR) and 2028 P Casey Lyons (6 IP, 2 hits) in Game 2 as Turnin2-Pezz beat Louisville Lady Sluggers 09-Velotta, 7-6, and Midwest Speed National-Hall, 7-3. …

2028 CF/SS Eliana Phillips went 3 for 4 with three runs in Game 1 and 2028 C/OF/2B Addison Smith delivered a go-ahead double in the top of the 8th inning in Game 2 as Fury Platinum X-Higdon/Carr defeated EC Bullets 09-Lyons, 10-0, and ai Bandits-Breer, 8-4, ….

2028 1B Khloe Williams went 4 for 4 with two doubles, a home run and eight RBIs in Game 1 and 2028 3B Brooke Edevold went 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBIs in Game 2 as #3 Impact Gold-Jazz beat Carolina Elite National-Fusetti, 14-8, and #31 Fury Platinum X-Pickett, 3-2. …

2028 IF/OF/UT Kylen Knight and 2028 IF/OF Kaelyn Deckerd each hit a home run and drove in three runs in Game 1 and 2029 1B Addie Dunsmoor delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 7th inning in Game 2 as St. Louis Chaos 2010 National-Gill defeated AL Sparks Elite-Stewart, 9-5, and Empire State Huskies National-Porcelli/Roberts, 6-5. …

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In 18U games:

Alabama-bound 3B/1B Paige Stanfield hit a solo homer in the top of the 5th inning and an RBI double in the top of the 7th inning to give #45 Fury Platinum X-Higdon a 3-1 upset over #14 Corona Angels-Tyson in a Super Regional #6 game on Wednesday.

Florida State-committed 2027 C/UT Layna Ayala went 3 for 4 with a homer, two runs and five RBIs to propel Fury Platinum X-Higdon past Epic National-Smith, 9-1, in a Super Regional #6 game earlier in the day. 

“(I’m) proud of today’s wins,” Fury Platinum X coach Jeremy Higdon said. “We have a lot of work left to do this week.” …

Kentucky-bound MIF Annie Newman had four hits, including a home run, and three RBIs, Liberty-bound OF/IF Molly Hanock had three hits and three RBIs, Florida State-bound MIF McLaine Hudson had four hits, including an inside-the-park homer, Kentucky-OF/SS Brynley Erb and Western Kentucky-bound RHP/1B Layla Ogden both had a home run and three RBIs as #19 Louisville Lady Sluggers-Huecker/Norwood beat Fury Platinum-Roumelis, 10-1, and Colorado Batbusters National-Smith, 9-6. …

St. Thomas-bound 3B Bella Dowdall (4 for 6, 2B, 5 RBIs), Minnesota-bound 2B Jordyn Jones (3 for 5, HR, 3R, 3 RBIs), Minnesota-bound CF Carley Meyer (3 for 4, 1 run, 2 SBs), Iowa State-bound SS Trinity Jensen (2 for 4, 2 BBs, 3 runs, 3 SBs) and Wisconsin-bound P Piper Olson (6 IP, 7 Ks, 1 Win) helped Midwest Speed National-Holt beat Indiana Magic Gold-Bennett/Goddard, 11-6, and OC Batbusters-Black, 11-1. …

2028 OF/MIF/3B Michaela Landers (3 for 4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs), Florida-bound MIF Brooklyn Gidley (3 for 4, 1 run), Texas-bound MIF Anabela Abdullah (3 for 3, 1 run, 3 RBIs) and Missouri-committed 2027 RHP Cyarah Dotts (5 IP, 2 hits, 4 Ks) in Game 1 and Gidley (2 for 3, 1 run), Houston-bound 3B/RHP/SS Addison Otto (1 for 2, 1 RBI) and Texas-committed 2027 1B/P Brooklynn Hagerty (4 IP, 4 Ks) in Game 2 as #5 Texas Bombers Gold-Smith knocked off #18 Firecrackers Select-Rico/Brashear, 11-1, and Turnin2-Robeson/Long, 4-3. …

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