Week 1 of the PGF Nationals officially began on Friday night with a Coaches Dinner and then action over the weekend featured Pool Play in the four age divisions competing this week:

• 18U Premier

• 18U Platinum

• 16U Premier

• 16U Platinum

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Heading Into Bracket Play (Today & Tomorrow)

Below you’ll find the standings coming out of the weekend pool play and how teams did in each age group (all game results courtesy of PGF).

Bracket games start for a handful of Platinum teams today with all participants competing in brackets on Tuesday. You can see the team schedules for each division by clicking on the link titled “Bracket.”

Also, we’re listing the top team and record in each of the pools coming out of the weekend; Note: there ARE some pool play games being played today so the pool records are subject to change but the schedules for bracket play look set for the most part.

Finally, to see ALL pool play records, click on the Pool Play Top Records link for each division:

18U Premier

• Bracket A Schedule
• Bracket B Schedule

Pool Play Top Records (as of Monday am)

• Pool A: Select – Jones (3-0)
• Pool B: Nebraska Gold & Georgia Impact Taylor (tied @ 2-1)
• Pool C: Hotshots – Nelson (3-0)
• Pool D: Birmingham Thunderbolts (2-0-1)
• Pool E: USA Athletics Gold (3-0)
• Pool F: Firecrackers – Wallace (2-0-1)
• Pool G: Tennessee Mojo – Ramsey/Fisher (3-0)
• Pool H: Athletics Gold – Tamborra/Legere & Lady Lightning Gold – Corn (2-1)
• Pool I: Southern Force – Palmer (2-0-1)
• Pool J: Northwest Bullets – Camps (3-0)
• Pool K: Texas Riptide & Wildcats – Weil (2-1)
• Pool L: Lady Magic – Walling (3-0)
• Pool M: San Jose Sting (2-0-1)
• Pool N: Sparks (3-0)
• Pool O: Impact – Caymol (2-0-1)
• Pool P: Suncats – Jimenez (3-0)
• Pool Q: So Cal Athletics – Gumataotao (2-0-1)
• Pool R: LK Black Hawaii (2-1)

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18U Platinum

• Bracket A Schedule
• Bracket B Schedule

Pool Play Top Records (as of Monday am)

• Pool A: Lil Rebels – Gordie (3-0)
• Pool B: Washington Angels – Benson/Sitsler (1-0-2)
• Pool C: Empire Premier (3-0)
• Pool D: BSC Bengals – Gurule (3-0)
• Pool E: Washington Acers – Anderton (2-0-1)
• Pool F: So Cal Athletics – Lastrapes (2-0-1)
• Pool G: New Lenox Lightning (2-1)
• Pool H: ZT Del Campo (3-0)
• Pool I: Tennessee Mojo – Ramsey/Holland (2-0-1)
• Pool J: California Grapettes – Kapp (3-0)
• Pool K: Universal – Macias (2-1)
• Pool L: Colorado Stars – deThouars (3-0)
• Pool M: West Coast Lady Dukes – Blanco (2-0-1)
• Pool N: Arizona Thundercats – NTX (3-0)
• Pool O: Team North Carolina – Baylog/Tracy (3-0)
• Pool P: Athletics – Mercado/Sabo (2-1)
• Pool Q: Las Vegas Blast (2-0-1)
• Pool R: Fusion – Unruh/Greenwood (2-0-1)
• Pool S: SoCal Sting – Thomas/Grimm (2-0-1)
• Pool T: Mojo – Pikas (3-0)

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16U Premier

• Bracket A Schedule
• Bracket B Schedule

Pool Play Top Records (as of Monday am)

• Pool A: Nebraska Gold – Boyer (2-0-1)
• Pool B: Unity – Joynson (1-0-2)
• Pool C: Hotshots – Knight (3-0)
• Pool D: Firecrackers – Leles (2-0-1)
• Pool E: Mojo – Lewis (2-0-1)
• Pool F: Arizona Rising – Appel/Hamel (2-0-1)
• Pool G: Impact Gold – Siegel (2-0-1)
• Pool H: Athletics Mercado – Hovermale/Tidd (3-0)
• Pool I: Top Gun (2-0-1)
• Pool J: Athletics Mercado – Mangini/Okayama (3-0)
• Pool K: Peoria Sluggers – Gass (3-0)
• Pool L: I-5 Softball – Snyder (2-1)
• Pool M: Beverly Bandits – Otto (2-0-1)
• Pool N: Select Fastpitch – Wieligman (3-0)
• Pool O: Athletics Mercado – Hovermale (2-0)
• Pool P: Texas Blaze United – Robertson (3-0)
• Pool Q: Sorcerer Gold – T/K (3-0)
• Pool R: Fury Premier – Robinson (2-1)
• Pool S: Arizona Storm – Mendez (3-0)
• Pool T: Birmingham Thunderbolts (3-0)

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16U Platinum

• Bracket A Schedule
• Bracket B Schedule

Pool Play Top Records (as of Monday am)

• Pool A: Valley Waves – Lindvall/Platt (2-1)
• Pool B: Hotshots Premier – Torres/Castilla (3-0)
• Pool C: Watson Wolfpack (2-0-1)
• Pool D: Mafia Athletics – Bateman (3-0)
• Pool E: Breakers Labs – Lara (2-1)
• Pool F: Hotshots Premier – Winn (3-0)
• Pool G: Wildcats – Weil/DKJ (3-0)
• Pool H: Tennessee Mojo 2027 – Pardue (3-0)
• Pool I: So Cal Athletics – Marinakis/Schimmel (2-1)
• Pool J: Firecrackers Premier RTY – Richardson (3-0)
• Pool K: USA Explosion – Thompson (1-0)
• Pool L: Explosion AZ – Pacho (3-0)
• Pool M: Foothill Gold – Griffin/Robinson (3-0)
• Pool N: I-5 – Snyder/Pugliese (2-0-1)
• Pool O: San Jose Sting (3-0)
• Pool P: Rogue FC Camacho (3-0)
• Pool Q: Sparks Softball Red – Bailey (3-0)
• Pool R: Team Hustle – LaDrigue (3-0)
• Pool S: Suncats – Jimenz (2-1)
• Pool T: BSC Bengals – Holton (3-0)
• Pool U: Soar Athletics (3-0)
• Pool V: Crossfire – Garrett (2-0-1)
• Pool W: USA Athletics – Mathis (3-0)

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Here is what each team is working towards—title games to be held on Friday and Saturday:

Championships – Week 1

Note: all championships games will be played at Deanna Manning Stadium in Bill Barber Park located in Irvine, Calif. All game times are Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Friday July 25, 2025

The Platinum Championships for both 16U and 18U will be played on Friday and streamed live on ESPN+ per these times:

• 16U Platinum Championship (5 pm PST)
• 18U Platinum Championships (7 pm PST)

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Saturday July 26, 2025

Saturday’s action will go from morning to evening with four contests played: two champions followed by a pair of talent-laden All-Star Games:

• 16U Premier Championship (8:30 am, streamed live on ESPN+)
• 18U Premier Championship (noon, nationally televised live on ESPNU)
• PGF High School (Futures) All-American Game (3 pm, streamed live on ESPN+)
• PGF High School (Seniors) All-American Game (7 pm, nationally televised live on ESPNU)