There were several “Championship Cups” that were awarded on Sunday: the soccer world watched Germany beat Argentina for the World Cup in that sport, the USA knocked off Canada to win the World Cup of Softball IX in Irvine, Calif. and only a hundred yards away the Champions Cup, a well-run ASA-produced tournament, saw the Arizona Hotshots-SE beat the Corona Angels in club action.

Additionally, over the weekend a very good Tampa Mustangs-TJ team beat the Gold Coast Hurricanes-Norman squad at the Rising Stars 16U Regional Showcase in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

This week sees each of the three major club event producers – Amateur Softball Association (ASA), Premier Girls Fastpitch (PGF) and Triple Crown Sports (TCS) kick off their major National Championships which will run over the next two weeks.

 

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Here’s the list of the major national tournaments to watch (listed chronologically):

 

July 14-17, 2014

Triple Crown/USA Nationals (Atlanta, Ga.)
10 teams to beat: Firecrackers-Rico, Corona Angels, Texas Glory, EC Bullets, Wichita Mustangs, Gold Coast Hurricanes, TX Impact Gold, Atlanta Vipers-Giles, TX Bombers-Smith, Miami Stingrays

July 19-25, 2014

PGF National Championship – 14U & 16U (Orange Co., Calif.)
10 teams to beat (16U): Beverly Bandits, Birmingham Thunderbolts 97, EC Bullets –Bass, Explosion-Greg, Firecrackers-Brashear, Gold Coast Hurricanes-Frank, Lady Magic-Havey, So Cal A’s-Myers/McNee, So Cal Choppers, Sorcerer, Texas Glory-Naudin

 

July 20-26, 2014

ASA 18U GOLD Nationals (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
10 teams to beat: TX Sudden Impact Gold-Dutton, Wichita Mustangs, St. Louis Chaos, Atlanta Vipers-Loveless, Oklahoma Exclusive, Louisiana Voodoo-Brignac, Wagners 3n2, Wagners Gold-Dunn, So Cal Wicked, Beverly Bandits-DeMarini

July 21-26, 2014

ASA 16U GOLD Nationals (Broken Arrow, Okla.)
10 teams to beat: Tulsa Elite 98, Tennessee Fury 98, Oregon Breeze, Texas Firecrackers-King, Texas Bombers-Smith, Nebraska Gold, Texas Glory-Adkins, Impact Gold-Jackson, High Intensity, Las Vegas Rage

 

July 26-August 2, 2014

PGF National Championship – 18U Premier, 18U Platinum, 12U
10 teams to beat (18 Premier): OC Batbusters, Texas Glory, Firecrackers-Rico, So Cal A’s, Gold Coast Hurricanes, EC Bullets, Sorcerer Gold, Beverly Bandits, Explosion, NC Lady Lightning, Corona Angels

 

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Note to players, family & coaches… we’ll be covering all of these Nationals best we can, but if you’d like to be our “eyes and ears” wherever you are, please feel free to send info, including photos, to brentt@studentsports.com and it will likely be used!