1) Summer time is showtime for softball players (Boca Raton News)For softball players, summer time is showtime. It?s a time when they compete against some of the best players in the state in travel ball, while also trying to get attention from college scouts.

2) Hoffman wraps up softball career (Collinsville Herald)Although she's played her last year of college softball, former Collinsville Kahok Jenifer Hoffman found a way to stay on the field.

3) Now at the plate: Softball's Carpenter Cup (The Philadelphia Inquirer)Nearly 260 players are scheduled to begin the third Carpenter Cup softball tournament today at FDR Park at Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, near Citizens Bank Park.

4) Ex-Leopard Gaffney signs with Polk Community College (Hernando Today)The Hernando High softball team graduated five seniors this year. Recently, the fifth graduate, third baseman Alex Gaffney, recently signed with Polk Community College at Hernando High.

5) Rapids native Jensen ends softball career in style (Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune)When Nikki Jensen was a young girl, she set a goal of playing college softball and focused on that.

6) All-Times softball first team (Contra Costa Times)First-team selections for All-Times softball team. Hannah Williams SCHOOL: Foothill YEAR: Sophomore POSITION: Pitcher THE SKINNY: In her first full season as the Falcons' No.