EMPORIA — The Kansas Smoke 18 & Under fast-pitch softball team earned championship honors at the 2017 Kansas ASA Class C State Softball Championships in Emporia on July 7-9, 2017.

The team has won state titles in the 12&Under Class, 14&Under Class and now the 18&Under Class.

The Smoke was undefeated at the event and recorded wins over the Heat (Newton), Topeka Lady Warriors, and two wins over Motley Crue (Haysville). The team is currently on a 7-game winning streak.

Complete tournament results are available at: http://gfp.tournamentusasoftball.com/i!/brackets/Results.php?TID=12351&BSID=38316

The Smoke will close their season at the USSSA National Fast Pitch Championships in Topeka July 20-22.

Front row, from left: Emily Schulte, Lexi Gottschalk, Malynn Plumer, Cora Milbourne, Brooklyn Staab and Kayla Garvert. Middle row, from left: Sidney Duvall, MacKenzie Fagan, Alison Helget, Britney Beck, and Kaitlyn Brown. Coaches, from left: Scott Staab, Ryan Gottschalk, and Randy Gottschalk