The Alliance Fastpitch Championship Series (AFCS) is being held all week in Kokomo, IN (All rankings are Line Drive Hot 50 Club National Rankings):

In 18U Regionals:

Firecrackers Brashear rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the top of the 7th inning to pull out a 6-3 victory over #25 Athletics National 2024-Madden/Clemmer in the third round of Region #4 on Tuesday at Champion Park.

Cal State Fullerton-bound OF Briona Ferdman delivered a two-out, two-run single to tie the game, 3-3, UC San Diego-committed 2025 Victoria Hinostro hit a two-run shot and Michigan State-committed 2025 C/UT/CF Evun Seeforth added a solo blast for Firecrackers Brashear.

“(I’m) truly proud of this group,” Firecrackers coach Sean Brashear said. “They compete and grind. Oklahoma Nationals are an incredible team with tremendous athletes and great coaches, so a great win for our athletes and program.” …

Congrats to our Lightning Arm Challenge winners presented by High Level Throwing @Wass_Strength and @PocketRadar 16U: @RyleighPerks4 18U: Skylar Sterritt pic.twitter.com/4qmZZB9fUC

— The Alliance Fastpitch (@thealliancefp) July 23, 2024

Missouri-committed 2025 3B Addy Watts came through with an RBI triple with two outs in the top of the 8th inning as #7 Aces Fastpitch Club pulled out a 5-4 win over American Freedom National.

“A ton of fight and heart to battle that out,” Aces coach Ryan Taylor said. “A lot of loud outs that didn’t go our way. (Oklahoma-committed 2025 RHP) Allyssa Parker came in and was great. (Missouri State-bound OF/MIF) Brynn Romine (had a) huge two-out hit. (Missouri-committed 2025 1B/OF) Sid Forrester (had) ice in her veins, coming up clutch to tie it up in the 7th. Addy Watts gave us an insurance run in ITB!” …

Texas-committed 2025 IF Caigan Crabtree went 3 for 3 with a run and two RBIs and Arizona State-bound RHP Cambree Creager threw four hitless innings with two strikeouts as #6 Texas Bombers Gold-Smith took care of Texas Glory 2024, 12-0. …

2026 UT/RHP Jess Shuman had a three-run homer, uncommitted 2025 OF Kaycee Slovack had a three-run triple and Texas-committed 2025 IF/UT Jaycie Nichols had a two-run triple as #26 Epic National-Smith overwhelmed Wisconsin Lightning 2024/25, 13-2. …

Arkansas-bound RHP Cameryn Harrison, the Texas Gatorade State Player of the Year, allowed two hits and struck out nine in six innings as #16 Impact Gold-Jackson blanked Midwest Speed National-Hall, 2-0. …

2027 RHP Abigail “Abby” Ford pitched a two-hitter with seven strikeouts as OC Batbusters-Stith/Black dispatched Extreme Elite National, 7-0. …

Boise State-committed P Loula-Rae McNamara pitched four scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts and 2026 CF Shea Gonzalez went 3 for 3 with a run as #11 Firecrackers Select-Rico/Brashear beat EC Bullets-Cornett, 4-2. …

Indiana-bound RHP Jenae Berry had a well-pitched game and 2026 OF Kale’a Tindal and 2026 C Tessa Cowsill, who hit a three-run homer, had multi-hit games to lift #1 OC Batbusters-Stith over Thunder Elite Premier-Steiner, 7-0. …

Georgia Southern-bound 2B Kayla Christensen had a two-run double as #31 Tampa Mustangs-Rene rallied for three runs in the top of the 7th inning to to beat OC Batbusters-Stith/Maroon, 5-4. …

Florida State-bound RHP Jazzy Francik allowed one hit and struck out six in four scoreless innings as #21 Fury Platinum X-Higdon defeated Iowa Premier Gold, 10-0. …

Louisiana Lafayette-bound RHP Mallory Wheeler allowed two hits and struck out seven in four scoreless innings as #39 Louisville Lady Sluggers-Huecker beat Tri-State Thunder, 4-1. …

Toledo-committed P Olivia Signorino allowed two hits and one run and struck out three while walking seven in seven innings to get the win as #49 Indiana Magic Gold-Green defeated Starz Gold-Bigham, 6-1. …

Sam Houston State-committed 2025 MIF Avery Maurer went 3 for 3 with a triple, two runs and two RBIs to help Bombers Gold-Jacoby to a 13-0 win over #28 Virginia Glory National-Willemssen. …

Kentucky-bound RHP Carson Fall threw a one-hitter with six strikeouts in seven innings to lead #9 Texas Glory past OC Batbusters-Lara, 3-0. …

Congrats to our Geri Ann Glasco Home Run Derby winners Presented by @sluggerFP @NWfoundation - 16U Champ: @haley_mennenga and 2x Champ from the 18U division: Stefini Ma'ake! pic.twitter.com/K3LZJcO9RU

— The Alliance Fastpitch (@thealliancefp) July 23, 2024

In 16U Regionals:

2026 SS McLaine Hudson went 4 for 4 with a double, a triple, four runs and an RBI as #34 Louisville Lady Sluggers-Wathen knocked off #11 Iowa Premier National-Dickel/James, 11-3.

“We really got our bats going today,” Hudson said. “Our lineup can really swing it from top to bottom, so it was good for us to get going in a big game like that. (Central Florida-committed 2025 RHP) Tori (Payne) and (Northern Kentucky-committed 2025 LHP) Abigail (Byrd) really were tough today and I’m really proud of how our defense stepped up.” …

2026 1B/P/OF Ella Kate Smith had two hits, two RBIs and pitched three scoreless innings to lead #4 Impact Gold-Jazz past Corona Angels-FTS7-2. …

2026 RHP/SS Madelyn “Madi” Doty allowed one hit and struck out 10 in five innings and she hit a homer as #20 Texas Glory-Shelton 8, St. Louis Chaos National-Roth, 8-0. …

Pitt-committed 2025 RHP Amelia Long tossed a four-hitter with four strikeouts in seven innings to lead #44 Starz Gold National-Bunn to an 8-0 win over Finesse-Munoz. …

LSU-committed 2025 P Cali Deal allowed one hit and struck out four in three scoreless innings as #31 Texas Bombers Gold-Serie handled Glory Adkins Gold, 12-1. …

Murray State-committed 2025 RHP Brianna Knochelman tossed a four-hitter with five strikeouts in seven innings as Unity-Slezak upset #30 Louisville Lady Sluggers-Huecker/Norwood, 1-0. 2026 1B Danielle Audet homered in the bottom of the 2nd inning for Unity’s run.

“It’s a huge win for our girls,” Unity coach Keith Slezak said. “We have an immense amount of respect for the Sluggers organization. One swing of the bat got us the W. It was a hard-fought game by both teams. We’re on the fortunate side of this one. Knochelman just threw an unbelievable performance. The outfielders covered a lot of ground. Some great plays by our (Southeast Missouri State-committed 2025) 3B Sydney Miles. (Murray State-committed 2025 C) Allison Waldron caught a girl stealing.” …

Ohio Outlaws National-Shepherd/Abraham scored two runs in the top of the 6th inning to beat #5 Firecrackers Select-Brashear, 4-2. …

2026 3B/SS/C Gracie Britton had three hits and drove in four runs to lift #10 Aces Fastpitch Club over Impact Gold-Vaughn/Jazz, 11-5. …

Washington-committed 2025 P Allie Thompson pitched allowed one hit and struck out two in 3.2 scoreless innings to lead ai Bandits-Breer over Midwest Speed National-Wagner, 3-2. …

2025 SS Alyssa Davenport went 2 for 3 with a double, a triple and three RBIs as Fury Platinum National-Davenport defeated Turnin2-Robeson/Long, 3-2. …

Houston Christian-committed 025 C Chloe Phe went 1 for 3 with three RBIs as Texas Glory 2025 defeated Firecrackers Leles 2026, 6-1. …

2026 2B/OF Addison Young went 2 for 4 with a triple, two runs and three RBIs in #24 Buzz Gold’s 11-5 win over Bombers Gold National-Wollin. …

2026 P Peyton May allowed four hits and one run and struck out six in seven innings as Corona Angels-Slye defeated Iowa Premier National-Carroll, 3-1. …

2025 OF/UT Alyssa Platero hit two homers and drove in three runs to propel Empire State Huskies National-Porcelli past Texas Glory 2026, 9-8. …

2026 3B/MIF Emilia Andrews went 1 for 3 with a homer and three RBIS to lift Iowa Premier National-Shannon over Impact Gold National 07-Wilmore, 9-1. …

Indiana-committed 2025 RHP Aubree Hooks pitched a two-hitter with six strikeouts in seven innings to help Impact Gold Premier 2025-Warrick upset #20 Fury Platinum X-Hutchins/Helton, 5-0. …

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