We continue our look at the top 100 players in the 2018 class… we’re spotlighting 10 each day as we count down from 100 to No. 1. These current freshmen were chosen based on input and feedback from college and club coaches who’ve seen them play all across the nation.

Criteria for choosing and ranking the players including performances at the club and high school levels and projecting how they will play at the collegiate level.

Today we feature players No. 70 to 61 with standout players from Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas (2).

Check out more of 2018's HOT 100: 100-91, 90-81, 80-71

No.	Player	Position	Club	College
70	Sidney Sikes	C/IF	Texas Glory	uncommitted
		Sidney is solid in every facet of the game: on defense she has a strong arm and at the plate has a dangerous bat. She's a line drive in the gaps hitter and runs well. Sidney is also a game who plays 110 percent all of the time and has aggressive leadership skills. A great athlete, Sidney is a standout volleyball player and has caught, played short, third, second and the outfield all at a high level. One coach called her a "difference maker."
69	Taylor Young	MIF/OF	Beverly Bandits	DePaul
		Taylor is a versatile player who can line up at second, first or in the outfield. She's a lefty hitter with speed and good bat control. Taylor hits the ball with authority and a high average. She plays on one of the top high school teams in Illinois where she is one of five Div. I committed players including two others headed to DePaul. Taylor, though only a freshman, is already a great leader on the field and commands the respect of her teammates and opponents. She committed in January.
68	Lexi Wagner	OF	Ohio Outlaws	Pittsburgh
		Lexi is a workout warrior who dominates in the weight room and in Crossfit training. She has used her workouts to develop enhanced physical tools, strength and athleticism, so much so that her coach calls her "the Beast" (for example, she can bench press 140 pounds). Lexi has played up on older teams for four years with three of those being at the 18U level. Last summer she hit 12 home runs for the Outlaws with an average over .400 and finished third on the team in RBI and homers... all as an eighth grader playing 18U.
67	Kassidy Krupit	P/3B/IF	Georgia Impact - Lewis	uncommitted
		Kassidy is a power-hitting pitcher and third baseman who led her club team in home runs last year while hitting mostly in the cleanup spot. As a freshman last fall she set the school record in doubles while hitting .462 with a 1.51 ERA. She earned 1st Team All-Region and All-County honors and has taken unofficial visits to Georgia, Auburn, Mississippi State, College of Charleston and camped at Kentucky, Missouri and Georgia State. Kassidy is also active in basketball, Crossfit and yoga.
66	Peyton Blythe	OF	Texas Glory	uncommitted
		Peyton is a slapper with excellent speed and great all-around athleticism shown by her playing basketball, volleyball and even running track. She was the team captain last year for her school's basketball and volleyball 8th grade teams (and lettered in volleyball last fall for the varsity team). Peyton was also the district champ in the long jump and triple jump. In softball, she is a great hitter and has batted close to .600 through the first part of this season with a .698 on-base percentage and has gone 16-for-16 in steals.
65	Adeline Reese	3B	Wichita Mustangs 16U	uncommitted
		Adeline has phenomenal hands at third and hits for average and power. She batted .428 last summer and stole 18-of-20 bases. A heady, instinctive player, Adi thinks a play or two ahead and knows what to do when the ball comes to her. She'll move up to the 16U team this year and her skills on offense and defense have teams from all over the country interested including Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-10 schools whom she impressed last year at the TC/USA Nationals.
64	Emma Clark	OF	Firecrackers - Lutterloh	Notre Dame
		Emma is a lefty slapper with speed that few in her class have, but that is not all she brings to the plate. Emma can slap for a hit the first two times up and then hit a home run in the third at-bat. Even being a speedster, she's one of the top home run hitters on the Firecrackers. Early in the 2015 season she is hitting .571 with a .625 on-base percentage. In the outfield she gets good jumps on the ball and covers an exceptional amount of ground.
63	Elizabeth Lindsey	C/3B	Mizuno Hawks - Judge	Central Florida
		Elizabeth hits with great power to all fields and has an outstanding arm behind the plate. She also has a presence as a backstop that college teams look for. Elizabeth originally played for the Birmingham Thunderbolts 99 team before moving to the Hawks in Illinois. Her high school team is one of the best in the East and travels to Alabama and Florida to play elite competition. Elizabeth had originally committed to Kentucky before visiting to Central Florida and deciding to verbal there.
62	Jessica Lynch	P/1B	Firecrackers AZ - Hinkle	Arizona State
		Jessica has good size and levers that give her great spin and increasing velocity. What has everyone excited is her potential; she's drawn comparisons to local product Dallas Escobedo and also Oklahoma standout freshman Paige Parker. Jessica is throwing in the low 60's now but is expected to be in the mid 60's soon. She has a good mental make-up, is solid physically and strides out strong. On offense she has a good stick and is a line-drive hitter while also putting up power numbers.
61	Hailey Hilliard	P	Birmingham Thunderbolts	uncommitted
		Hailey is a power pitcher with great velocity and control. She thrives in the spotlight and excels at the highest level of competition. The Illinois freshman helped her team finish in the top 20 at ASA Nationals in 2013 in part because she's also an excellent hitter with pop in her bat and has the ability to knock the ball out of the park on any pitch. College coaches like her talents in the circle and the plate and she'll likely do both at the next level.