The Brentwood PONY Lady Blast 12U softball team recently won back-to-back tournaments in Sacramento. In late February, the Blast rolled through three Saturday pool games, winning 10-2, 18-3 and 1-0. Strong hitting by Madison Jackson, Annie Lyons, Taylor Munson and Gabie Edwards combined with strong defense from Lyons and Michaela Foisy supported the outstanding pitching of Jackson, Foisy and Kit Kat Skym.

The hit parade continued Sunday as the top-seeded Blast rolled off victories of 10-0 and 7-0. Jackson did not give up a run the entire tournament. Skym and Jackson hit back-to-back homers.

In a tournament played in March, the Blast went 1-2 in the pool games on Saturday, featuring a game-winning home run by Gabie Edwards in a 7-6 victory. The No. 5 seeded Blast proceeded to win 5-4, 8-4, and 2-0 in the championship game. Jackson pitched all three Sunday contests and seemed to get stronger as the day went by. Maekayla Martin, who was named defensive MVP, stopped every ball hit anywhere close to third base.

Foisy (9-for-14, eight runs), Skym (7-for-15, four runs), Munson (6-for-14, four runs) and Lyons (4-for-11, three runs) were the hitting stars. Foisy led off the championship game with her first career home run, which proved to be the tournament winner.

– Contributed by Mike Foisy