OKLAHOMA CITY –– USA Softball, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, is proud to announce that Heather Tarr (Redmond, Washington/Washington Softball Head Coach) has been selected as the Head Coach for the 2022 USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT). Selected by members of the USA Softball Women’s National Team Selection Committee (WNTSC), Tarr will lead the Red, White and Blue at the 2022 World Games in addition to various international competitions throughout the year. A historic selection for the USA Softball National Teams program, Tarr will be the sixth female Head Coach at the helm of the WNT following Rosalie Sorenson (1970), Marge Ricker (1982), Carol Spanks (1987), Shirley Topley (1991) and Margie Wright (1998).

The softball community is mourning the loss of Sophia Duong, who passed away from spinal cancer at the far-too-young age of 16. Sophia, a former California Cruisers pitcher, passed on Tuesday surrounded by her loved ones.

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

Find California Cruisers vs. Ohana Tigers Iwai/Alcala softball photo gallery from the 2021 PGF National Championship Premier 14U. Photos by John McCoy of USA TODAY Sports.

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Find the Nebraska Gold National softball photo gallery from the 2021 PGF National Championship Premier 18U. Photos by Kelvin Kuo 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.

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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.

Winning a national championship at any level isn’t easy. It’s even more challenging to win multiple times.

From July 9-11, some of the top clubs from around the country will compete at the Ohio Stingrays College Showcase. FloSoftball will be live streaming and following the 16U division.