Although there were fewer teams playing at the AAU sites than normal this weekend, there was still some excellent baseball that was played. The 10u Youngsville Heat had the most impressive weekend, going 4-0 with wins over two of our top 15 teams to win the championship in Oxford. Here’s a rundown of this weekend’s AAU results.
It was an exciting Day 1 of the Winter World Series. Most of our top teams ended up with wins and put themselves in position for Gold Bracket spots on Sunday. Some of the highlights included 10u # Evoshield Canes NC- Gilchrist taking out 11u #6 Cleveland Wildcats 6-5, 13u #3 East Coast Clippers dominating 13u #9 Dirtbags Black 16-0, and 13u #1 Evoshield Canes NC- Gallaher rolling over 13u #11 Holly Springs Rage Black – Ferreira 15-2. Check out the rundown of scores from Friday.
Still some good baseball going on this weekend in Top Gun outside […]
What? You didn’t think we’d forget there’s other baseball going on this weekend outside of the Top Gun Winter World Series, did you? Not many teams going in AAU this weekend, so here’s your brief preview of this weekend’s AAU events.
The Top Gun Winter World Series is set to take place in Rocky Mount from October 20-22. This is the first of a two weekend World Series event for Top Gun, with the 8u, 9u, 11u, 13, and 15u age groups in action this weekend. 210 teams will be in action this weekend, hailing from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. Annually this is one of the biggest baseball tournaments in the state of North Carolina in the fall. Here we provide a preview of the upcoming World Series.
Lots of great baseball was played across the state this past weekend and there were some significant changes made to the rankings. Two new #1s were selected and many new teams made appearances across different age groups. Check out the rankings and read more to see our thought process. Don’t agree with these rankings? Let us know.
It was another outstanding weekend of baseball at the Top Gun Fall Zone qualifiers. Several teams were able to make statements before the 8u, 9u, 11u, and 13u Winter World Series taking place next weekend. Here we recap the weekend results and highlights.
There were a number of games between top 20 teams in both Clemmons and Oxford this weekend. Several favorites proved their worth, while a few underdogs made big statements this weekend. Overall, the most impressive performance had to the 9u Carolina Titans in Oxford. They went 4-0 for the weekend including a win over 9u #6 NCDB Rivercats in finals and outscored their opponents a combined 69-2 for the weekend.
The second weekend of Fall Zone Qualifiers takes place this weekend in preparation for the upcoming Top Gun Winter World Series (8u, 9u, 11u, 13u, 15u 10/20-10/22, and 10u, 12u, 14u, and HSU 11/3-11/5). Top Gun has 9 sites going this weekend including 6 in North Carolina. Here we preview the action in the state of North Carolina. Note: schedule for Charlotte and Concord are not yet posted. We’ll update this post when those schedules are posted.
There is an increasing trend towards sports specialization at younger and younger ages in America. While the rationale for this has been increased focused training, earlier attainment of the “10,000 hour rule” popularized by Malcolm Gladwell, pursuit of a college scholarship or professional contract, as well as the competitive instincts we experience as parents and coaches to see our kids “be the best.” We see other kids and teams doing it, so we think our child will fall behind if our children don’t specialize as well. Despite this growing trend, there is ample evidence to suggest this specialization does more harm than good, and multiple academic, physician, and governing sport organizations have come out against this practice.