Paige Halstead, a 2015 graduate from Los Osos High of Rancho Cucamonga, is with Team USA’s junior national squad all week in Irvine, Calif., competing in the World Cup of Softball X.

The UCLA-signee is ranked No. 10 on FloSoftball’s Hot 100 list. She batted .568 with 36 RBI and led her high school team to its third consecutive Baseline League title in her senior season. She is considered one of the top defensive catchers in the nation.

Halstead, who played club ball with the Explosion (Calif.), will be blogging about her experiences at the World Cup for flosoftball.com. The junior national team dropped a 2-1 decision to Puerto Rico on Thursday, July 2.

Today we played Puerto Rico. It was a good game. It was awesome getting to play them they have a lot of talent!

Tomorrow we are playing Venezuela at 4:30! We have practice in the morning and then we will get ready to play our game!

This whole experience is amazing and it’s awesome to see all of our supporters! We are all really appreciative of our fans!

Go USA!

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