I’m biased but those Texas teams are overrated, lived in Texas a little bit and was not impressed. That Tennessee team is impressive but they pull players from multiple states.
If you take the top player from each of the SoCal team below, you’ll have the top 12u team in the nation by far.
12U Explosion - Denio/Serrano
Athletics Mercado Ornelas
Batbusters-Garcia 2024
Corona angels Tyson 06
FIRECRACKERS WEIL 06
I-5 Softball North 12u
OCBB Mascarenas
Power Surge Berndes
So Cal Athletics Terrones/Medina/Briggs
Suncats Natividad/Lee-Walker
The hardest part for some of these team will be figuring out who the best player would be. Since most of these girls play multiple positions, I’m pretty confident you’ll end up with the top pitching/catching combos, the top fielding team, and the biggest bats. Might not have the fastest team but it will definitely be the scariest and the most talented team.
If you’ve been around the 06 teams for a while, you would probably know the names or know the numbers of most of these girls.
Since Mascarenas was the last SoCal coach to win PGF at the 12u level, she’ll be my number 1 pick to coach the team, but I wouldn’t mind having Garcia, Weil, or Briggs on the coaching staff.