The Chattanooga Warriors 99 softball team had won their five previous tournaments but had to settle for second place in the 14-under age group in the Scenic City Showcase.
The Birmingham Thunderbolts 99 won 9-1 in the title game Sunday at Frost Stadium, leaving the Warriors 5-2 for the weekend and making them the highest-finishing local team in the competition that also featured 16- and 18-under age groups.
Two Tennessee Fury teams advanced as far as quarterfinals in 16-under before losing.
The Warriors, a first-year 14-under team, had posted shutouts in their first two games Sunday. The first was a six-run victory over the Georgia Force in which Shelby Duggard pitched a no-hitter. She then teamed with Shonna Penney in the semifinal, which they won by four over the Tampa Mustangs.
Duggard threw 14 2/3 innings in the tournament and struck out 14. Penney had five strikeouts in her nine innings pitched. Both allowed 10 hits and one earned run.