The softball community is mourning after the loss of Coach Bill Hicks.

Find the Unity vs. Grapettes softball photo gallery from the 2021 PGF National Championship Premier 14U. Photos by John McCoy of USA TODAY Sports.

Japan captured its second consecutive gold medal with a  2-0 win over the United States at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Yukiko Ueno provided six shutout innings and her squad scored single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to earn the shutout victory.

As the 2021 summer travel softball season winds down, the best 16U teams from across the nation will converge on Southern California to compete in the Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championship tournament. A quick look at some of the top teams competing is below.

Give us the ocean cool breeze, the fruit lady, and late nights of amazing softball. Premier Girls Fastpitch Nationals is finally here. FloSoftball will be streaming all eight fields from Huntington Beach Sports Complex from July 27-30 and from July 30-31 we will stream the Platinum Championships. Below we take a look at some of the top teams that will be playing over the weekend.

During a one-week span beginning at the end of June and finishing up on the 4th of July, over 800 softball teams will arrive in the greater Denver area. This year the Colorado 4th of July tournament is celebrating its 52nd anniversary, and as always, will feature some of the top club softball teams from across the country.

Here's how to watch the 2021 TC Nationals softball tournament.

Avery Relph joined the California Cruisers Sievers/Caouette 16U team in the summer of 2019. She had seen them play numerous times during her stint with SoCal Athletics, so she already knew many of the girls had played together for a number of years. It would have been easy for them to be protective of their inner circle, even cliquish.

Here's how to watch the 2021 PGF National Championships 14U Premier on FloSoftball.

Here's how to watch the 2021 PGF National Championships 16U Premier on FloSoftball.

Here's how to watch the 2021 PGF National Championships 16U/18U on FloSoftball.

Here's how to watch the 2021 PGF National Championships 12U Premier on FloSoftball.

Here's how to watch the 2021 PGF National Championships 18U Premier on FloSoftball.

Here's how to watch the 2021 Easton Invitational on FloSoftball.

Here's how to watch the 2021 Judi Garman Classic on FloSoftball.