Record turnout for Orlando Meltdown

With 72 registered teams, the 11th Annual Orlando Meltdown softball tournament was the largest in history. Teams from around the country descended on Orlando for the annual tournament during the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend.

With high temperatures in the 60s and 70s, the Orlando Meltdown offered traveling teams a taste of Florida weather for the first time in several years.

Orlando teams took the first place position in all three open divisions and two Tampa teams placed in the top three.

In the B-division, the Orlando Force took first, followed by the Fort Lauderdale Alibi Sundevils in second and the Atlanta Avengers in third.

The Orlando RPMs won the C-division after beating second-place Orlando Gay Pages Shock. Third place went to the Tampa Riptide.

In the D-division, the Precious Little Miracles of Orlando took first, and the Tampa Crocs placed second. The Orlando Blue Devils finished third in the division.

Several women’s teams competed in the Women’s Recreation division this year. The Go! Girls of New York took first, followed by the Storm of Fort Lauderdale. Orlando’s Ain’t Miss Behavin’ took third.

In the women’s competitive division, the Fort Lauderdale Alibi Blaze took home the first place trophy, followed by the Orlando Rockstars in second and the Orlando Screaming Eagles of Orlando.

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