Triple Crown Colorado 4th of July was held June 30-July 5 in Denver Metro area, CO (All rankings are Line Drive’s Club National Rankings):

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In 18U National Power Pool games:

#24 LLG DPS defeated Tampa Mustangs-Rene, 7-2, and Firecrackers Select-Rico/Brashear, 8-3, to reach the Elite 8. Missouri-bound MIF Katie Guilliam (.800 AVG, HR) and James Madison-committed 2027 MIF Braelyn Baulsir and East Carolina-bound C/UT Bella Moussa were right behind her, combining for six hits, including two doubles, to pace LLG DPS. The pitching by Stanford-bound RHP Lydia Berent, Michigan State-bound RHP Cat Schreiber and Florida Atlantic-committed 2027 RHP Brooklyn Tyson combined to keep opponents to under three runs per game and a .282 BAA.

#45 Fury Platinum X-Higdon took down Colorado Batbusters National-Smith, 6-4, Impact Caymol, 13-8, and Arizona Storm National-Mathis, 7-4, to reach the Elite 8. Western Kentucky-bound RHP Kaylor West (6 IP, 2 ER, 5 Ks), Western Kentucky-bound C/UT Chezney Whipker (3 for 3, HR, 1 RBI, 2 runs), uncommitted 2026 2B/OF Ruby Collins (HR, 3 RBIs) and College of Charleston-committed 2027 OF Brooklyn Jones (2 for 2, RBI, 1 run) led Fury Platinum X-Higdon in the Round of 16.

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In 16U National Power Play games:

Armor Elite Premier 28/29-Lynch defeated Texas Riptide, 2-1, Lady Dukes-Mayfield, 6-5, and #12 Athletics Mercado-Walker/Hovermale, 2-1, to reach the Elite 8. 2029 C/UT Finley Thomas (3 for 3, HR), 2029 P/1B Faith Doolen (7 IP, 4 hits, 11 Ks) for Armor Elite against Texas Riptide, 2029 OF/P Nicole Gooden (2 hits), 2028 C Peyton Currie (2 hits), Thomas (2-run HR), 2028 P/OF Dakota McDaniel (4.2 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 6 Ks) and 2028 P Hadley O’Kelley (1.1 IP, 3 hits, 3 runs, 3 Ks) for Armor Elite against Lady Dukes-Mayfield and Doolen (6.2 IP, 5 hits, 1 run, 1 BB, 10 Ks), Gooden (2 hits), Currie (1 hit, 2 CS), 2028 OF Chloe Hamlin (1 hit, 1 run), 2029 SS/IF/C Savanna Sowell (1 hit, 1 run) for Armor Elite against Athletics Mercado. …

Troy-committed 2027 C/1B/3B Keren Leal (.667 AVG, 2 HRs), Georgia-committed 2027 LHP/1B Morgan Maxwell (.667 AVG), Georgia Tech-committed 2027 MIF Ella Grace Kramer (.626 AVG), 2028 OF/C Kelsey Griggs (.571 AVG, HR) and 2028 OF Peyton Ushery (.429 AVG, 2 HRs) as #9 Armor Elite Premier 27/28-O’Neal beat Turnin2-Pezz, 18-5, and Georgia Impact Premier-Crenshaw/Burrell, 15-1, to reach the Elite 8. …

2028 CF Bella Hernandez (.750 AVG), 2028 C MJ Fikes (.571 AVG, 6 RBIs) and 2029 LHP Kiyomi Dunlap (9 IP, 0.81 ERA, 10 Ks, 2 BBs) led Suncats Jimenez-Gutierrez to wins over Glory Adkins Gold, 13-2, Top Gun National 2028, 11-8, and Louisville Lady Sluggers-Huecker/Peyton, 4-1, to reach the Elite 8. …

2028 RHP Bianka Fisher (7 IP, 0 ER, 6 Ks), 2028 OF Ana Rocha (2 for 2, 1 2B, 2 RBIs), 2028 OF Emi Yumiba (2 for 3, 2 runs), 2028 OF Mads Sekera (RBI triple, 2 runs) and 2027 IF Alice Han (2 for 2, 1 2B, 1 RBI) helped #2 Warrior Academy-McDonald/Mullins beat #22 LLG Elite, 6-2, in the Round of 16. …

2027 3B/2B/1B/UT Ariana Lugo (.750 AVG, 1 HR, 4 RBIs), 2028 SS/UT Aubrey Shelton (.750 AVG, 1 HR, 1 RBI) and 2028 RHP/IF Sophie Strugar (.500 AVG, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs) led #5 Unity-Amsler/Johnson beat past Tampa Mustangs 28/29-Bedanbaugh, 10-2, and Power Surge National, 6-4, to reach the Elite 8. …

2027 C/1B Kensey Ross (2 for 2, 3 RBIs, walk-off 3-run HR), 2028 MIF/3B/C Tita Kutz (3 for 4, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs) and 2028 MIF/1B/3B/C/CF Bailey Uhlenhake (2 for 2, 2 RBIs, in Game 1) as Epic National-Smith beat #30 LTG-Henderson/Buck, 7-6, and Indiana Gators Premier-Lloyd, 11-8, to reach the Elite 8. …

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In 14U National Power Pool games:

2029 P/1B Juliette “Juju” Merilees got the complete game victory with seven Ks in 6.0 innings and she went 3 for 4 as #46 Firecrackers Premier RTY Red upset #5 OC Batbusters-Black/Garcia, 8-5, in the Round of 16. …

2029 1B/C Jillian Gonzales (.700 AVG, 7 hits, 3 HRs, 7 RBIs), 2029 MIF Brooklyn Cline (.625 AVG, 1 HR, 5 RBIs), 2029 1B/OF Reese Madsen (.571 AVG, 2 HRs), 2029 RHP Brynli Reynolds (0.00 ERA, 5 IP, 13 Ks) and 2030 RHP Layla Werner (0.00 ERA, 3IP, 5 Ks) led #2 Texas Bombers Gold-Malpass past #39 Iowa Premier National-Dickel/Paz, 12-3, #30 Impact Gold NTX National, 9-0, and #24 Top Gun National-Kim, 10-2, to reach the Elite 8. …

2029 P/UT Maddy Benzler hit three home runs in three games, 2029 SS/UT Tamiayh Ward had a defensive master peace, 2029 2B/OF Reese Litherland with outstanding defensive plays and a clutch home run and 2029 LHP Lauren Klomp pitched a shutout and got a save with bases loaded and no outs and got out of it with no runs scored as #6 LTG 2029-Henderson/Buck defeated Foothill Gold-Bissing, 12-5, #15 Texas Glory Gold, 10-0, and #21 Athletics Mercado 2029-Christie/Zito, 3-2, to reach the Elite 8. …

2029 LF Briona Bravo (.667 AVG, 8 hits, 3 HRs, 8 RBIs, 6 runs), 2029 OF/SS Mercedes Marquez (.500 AVG, 1 HR, 3 RBIs, 4 runs) and 2029 RHP Laeney Harris (2 Wins, 9 IP, 7 Ks, 4 runs) to lift #9 Lady Magic 2029-Allen over LTG Lions 29/30-Quiroz, 19-3, Epic National-Dawson/Smith, 10-8, and #7 Athletics Mercado-Cook/Drew, 5-2, to reach the Elite 8. …

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