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(“Who’s Coming” has teams in Line Drive Hot 50 Club National Rankings)

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PGF NATIONALS

AT ORANGE COUNTY, CA, JULY 29-AUG. 3

Who’s Coming: 14U Premier — #1 Athletics Mercado 09-Tidd, #2 Lady Magic 09-Munoz, #4 Hotshots National 09-Nelson, #5 Unity-Amsker/Johnson, #8 Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2027-Alford/Rocky, #9 Breakers Labs 09-Keusch, #10 Arizona National-Kobasew, #12 Beverly Bandits Premier 09-KAM, #15 Athletics Mercado-Hovermale, #16 Georgia Impact Premier 09-O’Neal, #17 Athletics Gold Tamborra 09-Hamilton, #22 Explosion Kim/Saunders, #23 LTG Lions 2027-Buck, #24 Sorcerer 09-Torres/Khalatyan, #28 Beverly Bandits Premier-Lewis, #29 Rhode Island Thunder National-Lotti, #30 Tampa Mustangs Rene 09-Pynes, #30 Central Cal Dirtdogs 2027, #33 Top Gun National 2027-Velotta, #33 So Cal Choppers-Fausett, #38 Warrior Academy-K. McDonald, #39 LLG Futures VA-Wools, #42 Cal Nuggets-Woods, #49 TN Mojo 2027-Pardue and #50 Impact Gold National-Siegel;

14U Platinum — #18 Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2028-Brashears.

2023 Champions: 14U Premier — Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2026-Thompson; 14U Platinum — Tampa Mustangs 09-Pynes; 12U Premier — BSC Bengals-CKM; 12U Platinum — Firecrackers Medina; 10U Premier — Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2030-Wilkerson.

Finals: 10U Premier — At Bill Barber Park on Saturday, Aug. 3, on FloSoftball.com; 14U Platinum — At Bill Barber Park on Saturday, Aug. 3, on FloSoftball.com; 12U Platinum — At Bill Barber Park on Sunday, Aug. 4, on FloSoftball.com; 12U Premier — At Bill Barber Park on Sunday, Aug. 4, on FloSoftball.com; 14U Premier — At Bill Barber Park on Sunday, Aug. 4, on FloSoftball.com.

Follow the tournament online HERE.

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ALLIANCE FASTPITCH CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (AFCS)

AT CHINO HILLS, CA, JULY 21-28

Who’s Coming: 14U Tier 1 —– #3 Impact Gold 2K9 National, #6 Corona Angels-Tyson, #7 Texas Bombers Gold-Malpass, #11 OC Batbusters-Stith/Garcia, #25 Oklahoma Athletics 09-Madden/Ashbaugh, #26 OC Batbusters 09-AG, #31 St. Louis Chaos 09-Perone/Beatty, #32 Aces Fastpitch National, #36 EC Bullets 2027-Cornett, #38 Warrior Academy-K. McDonald, #43 Iowa Premier National-Paz, #45 Bombers Gold Futures-Malpass, #46 Texas Glory Gold and #48 Impact Gold National-Mata.

2023 Champions: 14U Tier 1 — OC Batbusters-K. Stith/Black; 14U Tier 2 — Texas Glory Naudin; 12U Tier 1 — Oklahoma Athletics 2010-Madden; 10U West — Athletics Mercado-Martinez.

Finals: 14U Tier 1 — At Chino Hills on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 9 a.m.; 14U Tier 2 — At Chino Hill on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 9 a.m.; 12U Tier 1 — At Chino Hills on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 9 a.m.; 12U Tier 2 — at Chino Hills on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 9 a.m.

Follow the tournament online HERE.

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ALLIANCE FASTPITCH CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (AFCS)

AT WESTFIELD/KOKOMO, IN, JULY 29-AUG. 4

Finals: 12U —At Kokomo, IN, on Sunday, Aug. 4; 11U — At Kokomo, IN, on Sunday, Aug. 4; 10U — At Kokomo, IN, on Sunday, Aug. 4; 9U — At Kokomo, IN, on Sunday, Aug. 4.

Follow the tournament online HERE.

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