The Louisiana Blazers GOLD 18U Fastpitch Softball Team recently qualified to play in the 2009 Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) Gold National Championship Tournament to be held in Oklahoma City at Hall of Fame Stadium in August. The GOLD qualified by going undefeated in Tulsa, Oklahoma in June in a field of 93 teams representing 11 states in the Southern Territory. They are currently 36 - 5 and have played in Marietta, Georgia; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Beaumont, Texas; Edison, New Jersey; Atlanta, Georgia and locally in Baton Rouge and Crowley. The Louisiana Blazers will be competing in a 64 team field representing over 25 states at the ASA GOLD Nationals. The Louisiana Blazers GOLD are from left, top; Leslie Eastham (Woodlawn H.S./Louisiana College signee), Sara Portwood (Episcopal BR H.S.), Christina Hamilton (Rosepine H.S.), Jennifer Honore (Redemptorist H.S./Southern University signee), Lauren Houston (St. Thomas Moore H.S./LSU signee), Codi Covington (Walker H.S.), Hali Westmoreland (Walker H.S.) Bottom, Brooke Ort (Live Oak H.S.), Megan McCollum (St. Thomas Moore H.S.), Olivia Maher (East Ascension H.S./East Central Community College signee), Evan Babin (East Ascension H.S./ San Jacinto College signee), Bethany Pinkston (Brusly H.S./Copiah Lincoln Community College signee). Not Pictured: Kayla Maldonado (Mt. Carmel H.S./Belhaven College)
