A lot going on right now with key events happening all over the nation. Here’s a look back at a big tournament last weekend, the start of high school playoffs in one state and two important club events happening this weekend.

 

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Firecrackers and TCS present: Showcase at Big League Dreams

Let’s start with the tournament that took place last weekend in West Covina and Chino Hills, Calif. Here’s a list of each “pool” and who had the best records:

18U
A: So Cal A’s/So Cal Choppers (4-1)
B: Firecrackers-Rico (3-0-2)
C: American Pastime Gold (4-1)
D: USA Athletics 18 Gold/AZ Killer Bees Gold (5-0)
E: Firecrackers-Brashear (5-0)
F: Washington Ladyhawks Miller Blue (3-2)
G: Explosion – Morgan (3-2)
H: American Pastime-SGV/San Diego Power Surge-Martinez (4-1)
I: So Cal A’s-Quarles (4-1)

16U
A: Suncats 98/So Cal A’s-McNee/Myers (4-1)
B: So Cal A’s-Quarles/NorCal Firecrackers-Baisdon (3-1-1)
C: Cental Cal Dirt Dogs-Team Mizuno/Pure Fastpitch-Jackson/Firecrackers-Lutterloh (4-1)
D: Firecrackers-Redmond (4-1)
E: So Cal Choppers-Baldwin (3-1-1)
F: Corona Angels-Perez (4-0-1)

14U
A: So Cal A’s TO-Mercado (5-0)
B: Firecrackers 2K/USA Athletics-Thompson (4-1)
C: Artesia Punishers/Firecrackers-Ensey/Mesa (5-0)

Two standout players of note:

— Outfielder Cayla Kessinger of the So Cal Choppers went 5-for-10 with a two-run home run, a three-run homer and walkoff grand slam to account for 11 RBI. She’s committed to Missouri.

— Pitcher Brittany Finney of Explosion gave up only four hits all weekend and no earned runs while limited the powerful Firecrackers-Rico team to two hits on Sunday. The Oklahoma commit also pitched a shutout Sunday versus the Washington Ladyhawks.

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Oklahoma High School Softball Playoffs

The Oklahoma High School Fastpitch State Tournament starts today for Small Classes 3A-B.

Here are the brackets with all games being played at The Ball Fields in Shawnee…

CLASS 3A

Quarterfinals Thursday (Field 4)
No. 3 Tahlequah Sequoyah (27-5) vs. No. 8 Bethel (28-5), 11 a.m.
No. 10 Kansas (27-8) vs. No. 2 Washington (36-2), 1 p.m.
No. 6 Verdigris (36-2) vs. No. 4 Marlow (32-4), 3 p.m.
No. 1 Henryetta (29-3) vs. No. 20 Vian (25-10), 5 p.m.

Semifinals Friday (Field 4)
Tah. Sequoyah/Bethel winner vs. Kansas/Washington winner, noon
Henryetta/Vian winner vs. Verdigris/Marlow winner, 2 p.m.

Final Saturday (Field 3)

Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.

CLASS 2A

Quarterfinals Thursday (Field 3)
No. 5 Wayne (26-5) vs. No. 7 Drumright (31-5), 11 a.m.
No. 12 Tushka (29-12) vs. No. 3 Oktaha (23-6), 1 p.m.
No. 1 Dale (29-6) vs. No. 14 Wister (20-4), 3 p.m.
No. 4 Hobart (29-5) vs. No. 8 Silo (28-6), 5 p.m. 

Semifinals Friday (Field 3)
Dale/Wister winner vs. Wayne/Drumright winner, noon
Hobart/Silo winner vs. Tushka/Oktaha winner, 2 p.m.

Final Saturday (Field 1)
Semifinal winners, 3:30 p.m.

CLASS A

Quarterfinals Thursday (Field 2)
No. 1 Rock Creek (28-11) vs. NR Maud (23-10), 11 a.m.
No. 5 Rattan (21-9) vs. No. 14 Porum (21-5), 1 p.m.
No. 9 Pioneer (34-4) vs. No. 11 Mooreland (29-11), 3 p.m.
No. 17 Davenport (19-14) vs. No. 3 Binger-Oney (28-10), 5 p.m.

Semifinals Friday (Field 2)
Rock Creek/Maud winner vs. Pioneer/Mooreland winner, noon
Rattan/Porum winner vs. Davenport/Binger-Oney winner, 2 p.m.

Final Saturday (Field 3)

Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.

CLASS B

Quarterfinals: Thursday (Field 1)
No. 9 Fort Cobb-Broxton (22-8) vs. No. 2 Red Oak (27-9), 11 a.m.
No. 3 Caney (29-7) vs. No. 7 Bowlegs (25-2), 1 p.m.
No. 4 Leedey (24-5) vs. No. 5 Asher (29-5), 3 p.m.
No. 1 Arnett (30-5) vs. No. 10 Cyril (25-6), 5 p.m.

Semifinals Friday
Arnett/Cyril winner vs. Leedey/Asher winner, noon, Field 1
Caney/Bowlegs winner vs. Fort Cobb-Broxton/Red Oak winner, noon, Field 5

Final Saturday (Field 1)

Semifinal winners, 10:30 a.m.

 

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There are two big club events this weekend to note:

— 17^th Annual Team New Jersey Fall College Showcase (18U & 16U)

Friday, October 10-12 at Edison and Bridgewater NJ

Click here to see the link listing the Attending Teams for the event.

Note: there are teams from 16 states and Canada with programs coming from as far away as California and Washington.

This is always a well-run tournament and Jim Barsalona makes it great for teams and coaches.

— Surf City Fall Showcase (18U, 16U)

Out West, this week’s event run by Surf City Tournaments features many of the top teams in California, Arizona and Washington.

Perennial top powers like the OC Batbusters, So Cal A’s, Corona Angels, So Cal Choppers, Explosion and from NorCal the Grapettes and All American Sports Academy plus many more elite teams will participate.

Here’s the link to the event… scroll down the page to the bottom to see Teams Participating and the schedule of games.

Play will start play Friday night at 5 pm and wrap up Sunday. This is the first of three weekends featuring Surf City tournaments—the next two are the October Showcase and the Halloween Showcase.