By Andy Villamarzo
Hernando Sun sports contributor
The annual Leopard Slam tournament took place at Tom Varn Park in Brooksville over Spring Break and the tourney featured many of the best softball teams in the Tampa Bay Area. Among the schools that took part in the tournament were Hernando County teams Hernando High and Nature Coast. With plenty of good softball action taking place during the Leopard Slam, we have scores from the week and the All-Tournament Team.
2021 Leopard Slam All-Tournament Team
Georgia Krohn, P, Bloomingdale
Mattie Linhart, SS, Inverness Citrus
Tiyahnna Hopkins, P, Crystal River
Gabby Miller, LF, East Bay
Brook Roberts, SS, East Lake
Olivia Townsend, P, Hernando
Kaleigh Nonnenmacher, SS, Lecanto
Sydney Fowler, 3B, Mitchell
Izzy LaRoche, 3B, Nature Coast
Brooke Blankenship, SS, River Ridge
DaNia Brooks, 3B/P, Sickles
Alexis Adams, 3B, Bushnell South Sumter
Emily Chiarella, CF, Steinbrenner
Ava Blakely, LF, Wesley Chapel
Day 1 scores (early day)
Hernando 7 – Nature Coast 4
Wesley Chapel 11 – Crystal River 2
Mitchell 17 – Crystal River 2
Wesley Chapel 12 – Lecanto 1
Day 1 scores (afternoon)
River Ridge 4 – East Lake 2
East Lake 6 – Lecanto 2
River Ridge 16 – South Sumter 0
Steinbrenner 8 – East Bay 0
Day 2 scores (early scores)
Bloomingdale 9 Nature Coast 7
Lecanto 6 South Sumter 3
Wiregrass 16 Citrus 0
Championship bracket semifinals
Steinbrenner 8, Hernando 0
East Lake 12, East Bay 2
Championship final and 3rd place/4th place game
Steinbrenner 16, East Lake 1
Hernando 11, East Bay 1
Andy Villamarzo can be reached at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @avillamarzo.
