The Texas Hoedown is Softball Austin’s LGBTQ+ softball tournament, played at Krieg Softball Complex in Austin. It began in 2005 as the Texas Shootout and took its current name in 2023. The 2026 Hoedown is November 7 and 8.

2026 tournament details · Registered teams

From Texas Shootout to Texas Hoedown

2004: The Softball Austin Spectacular, a C and D tournament at Del Valle fields, brings 16 teams from Texas and Oklahoma.
2005: Softball Austin joins NAGAAA and holds its first sanctioned tournament, the Texas Shootout, over Labor Day weekend, with teams from Texas and Oklahoma.
2012: 65 teams register across the B, C and D Divisions. Rain cancels Sunday’s games.
2015: 67 teams play, the most in any year on record.
2016: Softball Austin hosts the NAGAAA Gay Softball World Series in August, with more than 5,000 players and fans.
2018: The Shootout moves to Memorial Day weekend: 56 teams from Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Tulsa, New Orleans, Orlando and Seattle.
2019: The Shootout adds an E Division.
2020 to 2022: No tournament. The COVID-19 pandemic canceled public events in Austin through the first half of 2021.
2023: The tournament returns as the Texas Hoedown: 34 Open teams on Memorial Day weekend, and a Women’s Division the following Saturday.
2024: 45 teams across four divisions.
2025: 31 teams play 103 games over two days.
2026: The Hoedown moves to the fall: November 7 and 8.

Hoedown History

Past Champions

2025

31 teams, Memorial Day weekend. Results and brackets.

Open C
Homo La Flor
Runner-up OKC Hunty Badger
Final 12⁠-⁠1
Open D
San Antonio SLAM
Runner-up ATX Fusion
Final 19⁠-⁠10
Open E
Twisted Tea
Runner-up Ball’rz Too
Final 8⁠-⁠6
Women’s
Austin Angels
Runner-up Nola Lagniappe
Final 3⁠-⁠1

2024

45 teams, May 25 and 26. Results and brackets.

Open C
ATX Iron Bear Ghostrunners
Runner-up ATX Fusion C
Final 17⁠-⁠2
Open D
Not on record
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Open E
Not on record
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Women’s
Austin Angels
Runner-up Cleats and Cleavage
Final 9⁠-⁠8

2023

The first Texas Hoedown: 34 Open teams on May 27 and 28, 7 Women’s teams on June 3. Results and brackets.

Open C
DFW Swamp Donkeys
Runner-up Dallas Rhinos
Final 10⁠-⁠2
Open D
Houston Pitch, Please!
Runner-up Texas Strong
Final 7⁠-⁠6
Open E
ATX Polar Bears
Runner-up Houston Legends
Final 12⁠-⁠4
Women’s
DFW HeartBreakers
Runner-up Austin Angels
Final 8⁠-⁠4

2019 Texas Shootout

Memorial Day weekend. Results posts: C, D, E.

Open C
Texas THOTS
Runner-up Houston Hustle
Open D
Dallas DIVE! D
Runner-up Houston Boomerangs
Open E
Dallas DIVE! E
Runner-up Houston Electric Hits

2018 Texas Shootout

56 teams, Memorial Day weekend. Results post.

Open C
Orlando Fury Unleashed
Runner-up New Orleans Southern Belles
Open D
San Antonio Leftovers
Runner-up Austin Blaze

2017 Texas Shootout

48 teams, April 28 to 30. Results post.

Open C
Austin Outlaws
Runner-up Austin Rough Riders
Open D
Austin ASSault’D
Runner-up Las Vegas Wranglers

2016 Texas Shootout

Two fewer city fields that year. Results post.

Open C
Austin Outlaws
Final 12⁠-⁠5
Open D
Austin Battle Wolves
Final 8⁠-⁠7

2015 Texas Shootout

67 teams. Results post.

Open B
Austin Hot Flash
Runner-up Houston Bomb Squad
Open C
Austin Pride Reign
Runner-up Houston Knights
Open D
Austin Polar Bears
Runner-up Dallas Devils

2014 Texas Shootout

Results posts: C, D Competitive, D Recreational.

Open C
Dallas Woody’s Wreckin Crew
Runner-up Oklahoma Rampage
D Competitive
Houston Divers
Runner-up Dallas Dive
D Recreational
Austin Los Tigres
Runner-up Brass House Ballrz

2013 Texas Shootout

Results post.

Open C
Austin Bat Boys
Runner-up Houston Toros
Open D
Houston Toros
Runner-up Long Beach Queen Mary’s

2012 Texas Shootout

65 teams registered. Rain canceled Sunday’s games, and these standings were posted that day. Results post.

Open B
Houston Hellraisers
Runner-up Portland Brewers
Open C
OKC Stampede
Runner-up Austin Shady Ladies
Open D
Houston Divers
Runner-up Dallas Eagle Assassins

Results from 2005 to 2011 are not on record yet.

Help Fill In the Record

We put this history together from Softball Austin’s league records, the tournament’s Facebook posts, and the TourneyMachine brackets. If you have results, photos, or stories from an earlier Shootout or Hoedown, or see something we got wrong, contact the Hoedown team, mention this page, and the error or issue.