Many of the top 16U & 18U teams in the country were in Orange County, CA, from July 22-29 for the PGF Nationals. Here are some of Monday’s highlights:
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In 16U:
2025 RHP Peyton Hardenburger pitched all nine innings for the complete game win and 2025 MIF/OF Audri Youngblood went 3 for 5 and had the game-winning hit as Select Fastpitch-Salazar/McCoy escaped with a 5-4 victory over Beverly Bandits Premier-Holloway in the second round. …
2025 OF/MIF Grace Peffley delivered an RBI single in the top of the 9th inning and LTG Lions-Henderson pulled out a 3-2 win over LLG Elite-Corn in the second round. …
LSU-committed 2024 OF Destiny Harris hit two homers and drove in three runs, 2025 OF Rylie Johnson went 2 for 3 and LSU-committed 2024 LHP Jayden Heavener pitched a shutout with 17 Ks in seven innings as Virginia Unity-Johnson/Ross defeated Rogue FC 25/26-Kaye, 4-0, in the second round. Unity-Johnson/Ross is the defending Triple Crown Colorado 4th of July 16U National Power Pool champion, Triple Crown Nationals champion and Atlanta Legacy Showcase Invitational champion. …
2025 RHP Brookelyn Taylor pitched a three-hitter with 6 strikeouts as Texas Riptide defeated Top Gun National-MC, 1-0, in the second round. …
2025 RHP Saylor Timmerman struck out 10, 2026 MIF Ana Cisek went 3 for 4 with three runs, 2025 MIF/3B Teagan McCue scored the go-ahead RBI in 8th, 2025 OF Megan Piotrowski went 1 for 4 with a diving catch on a line drive and 2025 C Kiyah Chavez threw out a runner trying to steal 2nd as Sparks Premier-Harvey knocked off 5, Ohio Hawks National 2024-Joseforsky, 5-4, in the second round. …
2024 Mikayla Derks and 2025 Sofia Calderero combined on a two-hit shutout as Sox Fastpitch National beat Firecrackers-Wallace, 1-0, in the second round. …
Southern Miss-committed 2024 OF Hannah Christian went 2 for 3 with a triple and an RBI, 2025 MIF/UT Madison Duffel went 2 for 3 with an RBI, 2024 3B Vic Spencer went 3 for 3 with two RBIs and 2024 RHP Grace Kelley pitched four scoreless innings, allowed one hit and struck out two as Georgia Impact Premier-Maher took care of Washington Ladyhawks-Seeley, 9-0. …
2026 RHP Karly Meredith tossed a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts as Beverly Bandits Futures-Page beat Empire State Huskies National, 6-0, in the second round. …
2026 OF Brooke Stang and and 2026 2B/UT Bella Del Real led the offense with three hits apiece and 2026 LHP Ava Lorenzatti pitched 6.1 innings, allowing no runs and one hit, as Beverly Bandits Premier-Moran beat Mojo-Sherrill, 5-3, in the second round. …
2026 UT Trinitey Spencer had three hits to help Hotshots National-Nelson beat Finesse-Langlois/DePaulis, 5-3, in the second round. …
Texas Tech-committed 2024 SS/UT Hailey Toney went 3 for 4 with a double and a triple, 2025 2B/P/IF/3B Valeria Feeney went 2 for 3 with a double, Louisiana Lafayette-committed 2024 UT Raenna Liscano went 2 for 4 with a double and 2025 RHP Keira Crosby gave up three hits with eight strikeouts in six innings as Texas Sudden Impact-Jones, the 16U Longmont IDT champion, beat California Grapettes-McNair, 9-2, in the second round. …
Cal Baptist-committed 2024 MIF Lexi Lopez went 1 for 3 with an RBI, uncommitted 2024 OF/C Caitlyn Esteves went 2 for 3, Utah State-committed 2024 3B Alex Garcia went 1 for 3 with an RBI, Cal Baptist-committed 2024 OF/2B Savannah Gatewood went 2 for 3 with an RBI and Hawaii-committed 2024 RHP Mattie Beliveau allowed zero earned runs and struck out four in seven innings to help I-5 Softball-Snyder/Fitz defeat Breakers Labs Gold-Vega, 5-2, in the second round. …
2025 SS/P/CF Aubrey Jones hit a solo homer, North Dakota-committed 2024 RHP Unity Nelson pitched six scoreless innings and 2024 LHP/OF Bekah Duck scored the winning run on 2024 OF Chloe Lackey’s single in the 8th inning as Mojo 2024-Abernathy defeated Wildcats CHI, 2-1, in the second round. …
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PGF NATIONALS
(Monday, July 24, Results)
16U PREMIER
BRACKET A
WINNER’S BRACKET
FIRST ROUND
- LTG Lions-Henderson 5, Prolific Fastpitch 1
- Georgia Impact-Holcombe 2, Fury Premier 2024-Sewell 0
- Velocity National 6, Carolina Cardinals Nationals-Garner 1
- Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2024-Kaplan 2, Top Gun National-JS 0
- USA Athletics-Rogers/Gunnar 4, Wildcats-Holcomb/Knight/Kingery 2
- Lady Magic 07-Walling 3, BSC Bengals-Nichols 0
- NW Vandals-Trickel 3, PA Chaos National 2
- Universal Fastpitch-Macias 3, Rhode Island National-Lotti 1
SECOND ROUND
- Sparks Premier-Harvey 5, Ohio Hawks National 2024-Joseforsky 4
- LTG Lions-Henderson 3, LLG Elite-Corn 2
- BSC Bengals-Greene 2, Georgia Impact-Holcombe 0
- I-5 Softball-Snyder/Fitz 5, Breakers Labs Gold-Vega 2
- Texas Sudden Impact-Jones 9, California Grapettes-McNair 2
- 5 Star PlayMakers-Siofele/Mulipola 6, Velocity National 2
- Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2024-Kaplan 7, Ohana Tigers-Quarles 0
- Mojo 2024-Abernathy 2, Wildcats CHI 1
- Carolina Elite SC National-Fusetti 10, I-5 Softball-Fitz/Boshae 0
- Texas Blaze United-Robertson 9, USA Athletics-Rogers/Gunnar 2
- Lady Magic 07-Walling 7, Jersey Intensity-BOD 1
- Texas Riptide 1, Top Gun National-MC 0
- Sorcerer-Gann 3, So Cal Choppers-Fausett 0
- D1Vision Softball National 11, NW Vandals-Trickel 0
- Universal Fastpitch-Macias 3, Unity-Smith 0
- Beverly Bandits Futures-Page 6, Empire State Huskies National 0
BRACKET B
WINNER’S BRACKET
FIRST ROUND
- Beverly Bandits Premier-Freeland 11, Cal Cruisers-Caouette 0
- Georgia Impact-Caymol 6, Arizona Storm Premier-Captain/Monte 4
- Wisconsin Lightning 2024 9, Nebraska Gold National-Anderson 5
- Beverly Bandits Premier-Moran 5, Texas Thunderbolts Premier-Whiddon 1
- Beverly Bandits Premier-Holloway 3, Warrior Academy-Gutierrez 2
- Central Cal Dirtdogs-Vazquez 3, So Cal Athletics Premier-Thomas/Grimm 0
- Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier 2025-Kemp 8, Power Surge-Berndes/Trammell 7
- Cal Nuggets-Woods 1, Atlanta Vipers-Tamborra 0
SECOND ROUND
- Tampa Mustangs-Seymour 4, LK Black Hawaii 1
- Beverly Bandits Premier-Freeland 8, Titans-Buettner 2
- Georgia Impact-Caymol 2, Virginia Gloy National-Mertz/Gagliardi 1
- BSC Bengals-Briggs 7, Lady Dukes Premier-Vega/Lamar 1
- Sox Fastpitch National 1, Firecrackers-Wallace 0
- Wisconsin Lightning 2024 9, AASA-McCafferty/Novitske 2
- Beverly Bandits Premier-Moran 5, Mojo-Sherrill 3
- Virginia Unity-Johnson/Ross 4, Rogue FC 25/26-Kaye 0
- Georgia Impact Premier-Maher 9, Washington Ladyhawks-Seeley 0
- Select Fastpitch-Salazar/McCoy 5, Beverly Bandits Premier-Holloway 4
- Hotshots National-Nelson 5, Finesse-Langlois/DePaulis 3
- Empire Fastpitch Premier Elite 2, Fury Premier 2025-Moyer/Perry 1
— Carlos Arias, Dugout Chatter (Follow Carlos on Twitter @Los_Stuff and Threads @los_stuff)
