Event News: Line Drive Softball/ AZ Last Blast All-Tournament Team & Order of Finish (Jan. 28, 2025)
By Carlos Arias & Brentt Eads
January 28, 2025
Event News: Line Drive Softball/ AZ Last Blast All-Tournament Team & Order of Finish (Jan. 28, 2025)
Last Friday through Sunday, the AZ Last Blast travel ball tournament took place in the Phoenix area and featured top teams nationally in the 18U, 16U, 14U and 12U age divisions.
Here is the 2025 Line Drive Softball/ AZ Last Blast All-Tournament Team as chosen by coaches whose teams played in the event (players listed in alphabetical order by last name):
18U
* Micayla Arlotto, OF/IF, LTG 18U – Henderson/Cat
* Ava Briski, IF, Tennessee Mojo 18U – Ramsey Fisher
* Kodi Crabtree, P, Arizona Rising 18U – Appel
* Emily Davis, P, Arizona Storm 18U – Sheehan
* Giana Galarza, Catcher, Warrior Academy McDonald
* Bailey Goldberg, IF/OF, Athletics 18U – Mercado/Smith
* Tae Holley, OF, Athletics 18U – Mercado/Smith
* Payton Kennedy, P, Arizona Storm Mathis
* Madeline Lawson, P/1B, LTG 18U – Henderson/Cat
* Kaelyn Moffitt, IF, Arizona Rising 18U – Appel
* Mila Reddy, IF, Athletics 18U – Mercado/Smith
* Charleigh Scheuttler, C, Arizona Storm Mathis
* Amanda Thompson, Pitcher, Firecrackers Wallace
* Payton Westra, OF, Arizona Rising 18U – Appel
* Coral Williams, P, Athletics 18U – Mercado/Smith
16U
* Natalie Brozaitis, OF, Lady Magic 16U – Munoz
* Eva Bustamante, OF, Athletics 16U – Hovermale/Tidd
* Alanee Calderon, IF, Arizona Storm 16U – Mendez
* Bree Carlson, IF, Athletics 16U – Hovermale/Tidd
* Mia DeMartini, UT/OF, Warrior Academy McDonald
* Hayden Downer, OF, ai Bandits 16U – Breer
* Lilly Harper, P/3B, Power Surge Walling SOS
* Hayden Huerta, IF, Athletics Mercado Hovermale Tidd
* Kendrick Jobe, IF, Lady Magic 16U – Munoz
* Micah Kennedy, P, Lady Magic 16U – Munoz
* Honesty Romero, IF, Athletics 16U – Hovermale/Tidd
* Kiley Sledge, SS, ai Bandits 16U – Breer
* Payton Sos, SS/P, Power Surge Walling SOS
* London White, P, ai Bandits Breer JRB
* Avery Wolf, P/IF, NW Vandals 16U – Terry
14U
* Brooklyn Ainsworth, OF/P, Lady Magic Asia
* Malia Davis, P, LTG 14U – Carda/Pettis
* Makayla “KK” Encinas, CF, Athletics Mercado Tidd 2010
* Julia Gordon, OF, Wildcats Holcomb/Knight
* Miley Guerrero, SS, Wildcats Holcomb/Knight
* Lela Heleta, 1B, Lady Magic Asia
* Sophia Hernandez, SS, Athletics Mercado Tidd 2010
* Kaydence Hinkle, P, IMG DePaulis/Langlois
* Mia Kiskurno, P, Newtown Rock Kiskurno/Garvey
* Paityn Miller, IF, Athletics 14U – Mercado/Mack
* Kendra Nelsen, LF, Athletics Mercado Tidd 2010
* Kali Ordiway, CF, IMG DePaulis/Langlois
* Rylee Silva, P, Wildcats Holcomb/Knight
* Nia Talataina, 3B, Athletics Mercado Tidd 2010
* Jade Torres, P/1B, Athletics 14U – Mercado/Walker
12U
* Payton Blons, CF, Arizona Rising 2013 Hatch
* Kailey Bommarito, SS, Firecrackers Leles/Garrett
* Hayleigh Burton, C/3B, Tennessee Mojo Ramsey/Holland
* Taryn Erickson, P/SS Washington Ladyhawks Apfel
* Alana Hart, SS/CF, Tennessee Mojo Ramsey/Holland
* Laila Joren, P/OF, Firecrackers Leles/Garrett
* Reese Leeper, P, Arizona Storm Beach
* Camie Parthemer, C/3B, Washington Ladyhawks Apfel
* Victoria Rodriguez, P, Arizona Storm Rodriguez
* Holland Schwarzkopf, C/1B, Tennessee Mojo Ramsey/Holland
* Kenna Scott, P, Tennessee Mojo Ramsey/Holland
* Camille St Clair, 2B, Arizona Storm Beach
* Ava Thomas, LF, Arizona Storm Beach
* Tenley Tuschi, C, Arizona Storm Beach
* Maddie Walters, CF, Arizona Rising 2012 Weber
*****
Noteworthy:
The 16U champs, the Athletics – Hovermale/Tidd team, made an eight-run comeback to win in the title game and the hitters were on fire: Hayden Herta hit .667, Bree Carlson batted .707, Honesty Romero produced a .750 mark and Eva Bustamante compiled a sizzling .776 average… Kaelyn Moffit, a 2026 grad on Arizona Rising – Appel and a Boston College commit, batted .467 with four home runs and 13 RBIs for the weekend… Rising teammate Payton Westra, a 2026 commit to Oklahoma, hit .474 with two home runs, four doubles and eight RBs… Kodi Crabtree, a 2025 Boise State signee, went 2-0 in the circle with 27 K’s in 13.2 innings pitched, a 1.024 ERA and a .143 batting average against… The 14U champion Athletics – Mercado/Smith team had strong performances up and down the lineup including pitcher Coral Williams who threw a complete game no-hitter and had a 0.65 ERA with 28 K’s in 21.1 innings… A’s Mercado/Smith teammate Taelyn Holley hit .318 with a .375 OBP and also smacked two home runs… Bailey Goldberg, also on Head Coach Mark Smith’s team, hit .412 with a .524 OBP and smacked four homers… Mila Reddy was also hot for the Athletics as she batted .381 with a .409 OBP and had eight hits… Alanee Calderon of Storm – Mendez batted .667 with a .1547 OPS and defensively played multiple infield spots… Madeline Lawson, a Columbia commit was a standout at the plate and on the mound for LTG – Henderson/Catas she batted .566 with a 1.56 OPS and pitched 10 innings with 12 strikeouts with a 0.7 ERA… Also on LTG, Micayla Arlotto—a Cal Poly commit—hit .421 with a .476 on-base percentage and used her speed to steal bases… Jade Torres of Athletics 14U – Mercado/Walker pitched 16 innings with a 0.48 ERA and struck out 24 batters of the 66 she faced.
*****
AZ LAST BLAST V — ORDER OF FINISH
AT PHOENIX, AZ, JAN. 24-26
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18U
- 1. Athletics Mercado-Smith
- 2. Arizona Rising-Appel
- T-3. LTG-Henderson
- T-3. Arizona Storm National-Mathis
- T-5. Tennessee Mojo-Ramsey/Fisher
- T-5. Warrior Academy-McDonald
- T-5. Firecrackers-Wallace
- T-5. Arizona Storm-Sheehan
- T-9. Voodoo-Rhinehart
- T-9. Rock Gold-Garvey
- T-9. Top Gun National-Turner
- T-9. AZ Hotshots-Delsante/Carroll
- T-9. Washington Ladyhawks-Miller/Simpson
- T-9. Impulse-Nielson
- T-9. Arizona Storm-Downes
- T-9. NW Bullets-Campos
- T-17. Washington Ladyhawks-Seeley
- T-17. USA Athletics-Embrey
- T-17. Desert Thunder-Mazura
- T-17. Utah Fastpitch Club-Korth
- T-17. Breakers Labs-Bobby
- T-17. So Cal Athletics-Richardson
- T-17. Lil Saints Gold
- T-17. Arizona Rising-Vela
- T-17. LV Blast
- T-17. Lil Rebels-Gordie/TC
- T-17. Arizona Rising-GNR
- T-17. Wisconsin Lightning
- T-17. California Grapettes Gold-Kapp
- T-17. Arizona Storm-BW
- T-17. Power Surge-Walling
- T-17. White Rock Renegades
- T-33. Intensity-KOD/Haefeli
- T-33. USA Premier-Zepeda/Bowles
- T-33. Mojo NW-Rise
- T-33. Intensity National-KOD
- T-33. USA Athletics AZ-Kennelly
- T-33. NW Bullets-McGee
- T-33. NW Bullets-Qualls
- T-33. CO Altitude-DePlante
- T-33. Tennessee Mojo-Ramsey/Corey
- T-33. Washington Ladyhawks-Gonzalez
- T-33. Arizona Storm-Walding
- T-33. Vanquish Fastpitch-Lichtner
- T-33. BSC Bengals-Gurule
- T-33. Oregon Blaze-Boynay
- T-33. New Mexico-Zias
- T-33. USA Prime-Zappa
- T-33. GenuWin Reign National-KW
- T-33. Arizona Storm-Westover
- T-33. AZ Hotshots-Georges/Honea
- T-33. Prodigy-Steinhauser
- T-33. Rogue FC-Kaye
- T-33. Tennessee Mojo-Ramsey/Holland
****
16U
- 1. Athletics Mercado-Hovermale/Tidd
- 2. Lady Magic-Munoz
- T-3. ai Bandits-Breer
- T-3. Power Surge-Walling/SOS
- T-5. Arizona Storm-Mendez
- T-5. NW Vandals-Terry
- T-5. ai Bandits-Breer/JRB
- T-5. Warrior Academy-McDonald
- T-9. Arizona Rising-Appel/Thies
- T-9. Athletics Mercado-Mangini/Okayama
- T-9. Tennessee Mojo-Ramsey/Morales
- T-9. Rogue FC-Camacho
- T-9. LTG-Henderson/Buck
- T-9. Rogue FC-J. Decker
- T-9. Level Up
- T-9. Breakers Labs-Keusch/Guzman
- T-17. Athletics Mercado-Hovermale
- T-17. AZ Hotshots Gold-Petersen
- T-17. Windmills 09
- T-17. Valley Waves-Lindvall/Platt
- T-17. GenuWin Reign-TM
- T-17. LTG-Carda
- T-17. Athletics Mercado 08-RC
- T-17. Arizona Rising-Appel/Hamel
- T-17. Athletics Mercado-Mack
- T-17. Absolute Blast-Pettit/Jaske
- T-17. Absolute Blast-Rafferty
- T-17. NW Bullets-Hornback
- T-17. Arizona Rising 27s-Mabrey
- T-17. Arizona Storm-Captain
- T-17. Select Fastpitch-Wieligman/Dragon
- T-17. Athletics Mercado-East Valley
- T-33. Arizona Storm-Romero
- T-33. Washington Acers-Trippy
- T-33. Breakers Labs-Vega
- T-33. Team Hustle-Williams
- T-33. Team Hustle-Roman
- T-33. Mound Time
- T-33. Arizona Storm-Hill/Royer
- T-33. Wisconsin Lightning 26/27
- T-33. Firecrackers AZ-Adsuara/Roth
- T-33. Intensity-KOD/KP
- T-33. Explosion-Pacho
- T-33. Power Surge-Walling/Pearlstein
- T-33. So Cal Athletics-Colon/Richardson
- T-33. Team Hustle-LaDrigue
- T-33. Tucson Rebels-Wild/Sztan
****
14U
- 1. Athletics Mercado 2010-Tidd
- 2. Wildcats-Holcomb/Knight
- T-3. IMG-Langlois/DePaulis
- T-3. Lady Magic-Asia
- T-5. Newtown Rock-Kiskurno/Garvey
- T-5. LTG-Pettis
- T-5. Athletics Mercado-Walker
- T-5. Athletics Mercado-Mack
- T-9. Arizona Storm-Pomeroy
- T-9. Arizona Rising 29s-Mabrey
- T-9. ai Bandits-Breer
- T-9. Breakers Labs-Avalos/Garcia
- T-9. Washington Ladyhawks-KCZ
- T-9. Arizona Cats 28/29-Boone
- T-9. Tennessee Mojo-Ramsey/Holland
- T-9. Arizona Rising-Lopez
- T-17. Rogue FC-Ketchum
- T-17. Am 28/29
- T-17. Arizona Storm-Lavine
- T-17. Rogue FC-Choate
- T-17. Arizona Storm-Schoeneweis
- T-17. Rogue FC-Martinez
- T-17. Arizona Storm-Nicoletti/Allred
- T-17. Explosion-Indian
- T-17. Washington Lady A’s
- T-17. Las Vegas Blast 2011
- T-17. Athletics Mercado-AZ 2K11
- T-17. Intensity National
- T-17. Washington Shock
- T-17. Lil Saints
- T-17. NW Bullets-Campos/Jackson
- T-17. NW Bullets-Keith
- T-33. Washington Ladyhawks-Campbell
- T-33. AZ Hotshots-Keezer
****
12U
- 1. Tennessee Mojo-Ramsey/Holland
- 2. Arizona Storm-Beach
- T-3. Firecrackers Leles-Garrett
- T-3. Washington Ladyhawks
- T-5. Arizona Rising 2012-Weber
- T-5. Arizona Storm-Rodriguez
- T-5. Arizona Rising 2013-Hatch
- T-5. Breakers Labs-Mejia
- T-9. AZ Blaze-Flores
- T-9. Arizona Storm-Babe
- T-9. AZ Impact 2012s-Pollock
— Carlos Arias, Line Drive Media (Follow Carlos on Twitter @los_stuff)
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