It’s not often that club or high school fastpitch is televised so Friday is a big deal for fans of softball.

For the third straight year the CBS Sports Network will televise nationally two events live today (Friday, Oct. 25) from Central Park in Plantation, Fla.:

• TC Rising Stars 16U Elite Eight Championship (1 pm EST)
• All-American Game (immediately following the Elite Eight)

 

The Elite Eight

Using the National Club Rankings list, the 16U Elite Eight bracket features six teams ranked in the rankings’ top 100 and three in the top 20:

• No. 9 Impact Gold-Taylor (Texas)
• No. 15 Mizuno Storm-Beach (Ariz.)
• No. 20 Gold Coast Hurricanes (Fla.)
• No. 40 Jacksonville Storm-Palmer (Fla.)
• No. 70 Vienna Stars (Va.).
• No. 72 Houston Power Gold-Glowacz (Texas)
• No. 111 Birmingham Thunderbolts (Ala.)
• NR TC Tremors Gold (N.Y.)

Teams will play in a single elimination format starting on Friday at 8am, with the semifinals at 10am. Winners will then face off on national television.

 

All-American Game

To appear in the All-American game, the 120 teams playing in the event were nominated by their club coach and then selected by the TC Rising Stars Selection Committee.

A total of 51 players representing 13 states made the cut and will play in a seven inning game. This year’s All-American Game is centered around a Halloween theme, it will be the Wicked Web vs. the Monster Mash.

“This is arguably the most talented field of players we have ever selected for the game,” said Janette Rodriguez, TC Rising Stars Director. “Not only will players get a chance to play in front of a national audience, but college coaches will also be on hand looking for future recruits. This will be an experience these players will never forget.”

Thad Anderson (play-by-play) and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Michele Smith (analyst) will be calling both games. Amanda Scarborough, former Texas A&M pitcher, will be the Dugout Reporter offering insights and interviewing players and coaches.

Anderson, Smith and Judge will be live tweeting during the games and interact with fans who can tweet using #TCSports.

Here are the team rosters:

Monster Mash
YR	Pos	#	First	Last	Team Name	ST
2015	P	1	Brieanna	Baker	TC Tremors	NY
2014	P	12	Shannon	Brantley	Delaware Cobras	DE
2015	P	00	Stephanie	Bryden	Jacksonville Storm	FL
2014	P	9	Haley	Wiseman	Team Mizuno	FL
2017	P	33	Denae	Chatman	Arizona Storm - Mizuno	AZ
2014	P	24	Mahalia	Gibson	Louisiana Voodoo	LA
2014	P	22	Kirstyn	Thomas	Texas Impact Gold	TX
2014	C	93	Courtney	Shea	Birmingham Thunderbolts	AL
2014	C	22	Shelby	Stracher	East Coast Firecrackers	MA
2015	C	23	Brooke	Clemens	Team Mizuno	FL
2017	C	5	Sarah	Crawford	Team Mizuno	FL
2016	1B	12	Shelby	Barrick	Impact Gold	TX
2014	1B	10	Rachel	Taylor	Team Mizuno	FL
2015	2B	24	Leah	McGovern	TC Tremors	NY
2015	2B	33	Logyn	Lilley	Team Mizuno	FL
2015	2B	3	Megan	Obier	Florida Power Black	FL
2016	3B	44	SarahBeth	Wengerd	Sarasota Heat	FL
2015	3B	23	Mary Kathryn	Bonamy	Birmingham Thunderbolts 16U	AL
2014	SS	8	Brooke	Hardy	East Coast Firecrackers	MA
2015	SS	27	Jocelyn	Myers	American Freedom	TX
2014	SS	00	Emily	Lochten	Gators Gold	FL
2015	SS	15	Cynthia	Meringer	NJ Pride	NJ
2014	OF	21	Nikki	Alden	ROCK Gold	NJ
2015	OF	22	Marisa	Gergel	ROCK Gold	NJ
2015	OF	7	Katrina	Polcari	Lady Bandits	FL
2014	OF	1	Donna	Conrad	Top Gun Gold	NJ

Wicked Web
YR	Pos	#	First	Last	Team Name	ST
2015	P	15	Kayla	Smith	Washington LadyHawks	WA
2016	P	3	Madison	Canby	Gold Coast Hurricanes	FL
2014	P	18	Amber	Grove	Texas KAOS	TX
2014	P	11	Ashley	LaGuardia	SJ Mystics	NJ
2014	P	23	Nicolette	Michalowski	SJ Mystics	NJ
2014	P	44	Audrey	Weller	SJ Mystics	NJ
2014	C	18	Alexandra	Miller	Tampa Mustangs	FL
2014	C	10	Lauren	Newmark	Gold Coast Hurricanes	FL
2016	C	54	Kurstin	Martin	Houston Power	TX
2014	C	22	Katlyn	Huffman	Virginia Lady Eagles	VA
2015	C	00	Megan	Lane	Clearwater Bombers	FL
2014	1B	22	Katie	Wenger	Philadelphia Spirit	PA
2016	2B	2	Olivia	Markopoulos	Vienna Stars 16U	VA
2014	2B	5	Morgan	Tolle	Tampa Mustangs	FL
2014	2B	15	Gianna	Arrizurieta	Gold Coast Hurricanes	FL
2016	2B	29	Natalie	Cutright	NJ Breakers	NJ
2015	3B	32	Berkley	Calapp	TC Stars	CO
2014	3B	23	Chandler	Middlebrook	Wagners Sports 55	FL
2016	SS	44	Haley	Donaldson	TC Stars	CO
2015	SS	1	Samantha	Lageyre	Miami Lady Canes	FL
2017	SS	12	Natalia	Rodriguez	JR. Pride	FL
2017	OF	15	Reese	Guevarra	Hudson Valley Hurricanes	NY
2015	OF	1	Kiara	Jenkins	Legends Elite	VA
2015	OF	5	Kylan	Becker	Miami Stingrays	FL
2014	OF	12	Dani	Joosten	Texas Shockwave Demarini	TX

The events on CBS Sports Network are available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 221and Dish Network Channel 158.

Fall Showcase, it is just one of many events featured this year. In all, 120 teams representing 16 states will compete in three different age groups (16U A, 18U A, and 18U Gold). The showcase-style format will give teams and players the opportunity to play in front of over 200 college coaches.

Besides the two televised games, the Rising Stars Fall Showcase in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. will have 120 teams competing at the 16U A, 18U A, and 18U Gold divisions from Friday through Sunday. Here’s a list of the 120 teams that will compete…