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.
Clemmons
8u
#8 Spartans – Allen were the favorites headed into this weekend, but there weekend got off to an inconsistent start with a 21-0 win over GRIT followed by a 10-5 loss to the Summerfield Stars. However they took care of business on Sunday, besting the SW Colts 7-6 in the quarterfinals, beating the Reidsville Luckies 13-5 in the semifinals, and taking out Summerfield Stars 8-3 in the rematch in the finals. Overall, Spartans – Allen finished 4-1 for the weekend. It was also a great weekend for the Summerfield Stars, who also finished 4-1 for the weekend. In addition to Spartans – Allen, the Stars beat the SW Colts 11-9 on Saturday. On Sunday, they dominated the Rivers Dogs 11-3 in the quarterfinals, crushed the Cyclones in the semifinals 11-0, but came up just a bit short in the rematch against Spartans – Allen in the finals.
10u
As noted in the preview, the Carolina Spinners appeared to be the favorite headed into the tournament. For the most part they performed just a like a favorite should, going 2-0 on Saturday with a 6-3 win over Spartans – Speaks and a 16-7 win over GBC Prospects. They started Sunday off with another win against the GBC Prospects (10-2). Much like the Summerfield Stars in the 8u division, they were not able to take out Spartans – Speaks in the rematch in the finals, this time losing their match up 8-4. Spartans – Speaks rebounded from an 0-2 Saturday that also included a 12-6 loss to the Summerfield Stars, to win their semifinals game against the Summerfield Stars by the score of 12-1, before beating the Spinners in the finals.
12u
There was a lot of action in this huge, 14-team field, and with none of our top 20 in the field, it was wide open. In the end, it was Sandlot Baseball who came out with the championship, going 4-1 for the weekend. They started off the weekend with a 7-3 win over Colts – Chappell and a 6-5 loss to 4G3 Training Facility on Saturday. On Sunday, Sandlot scored a 5-2 win over Spartans – Campbell in the quarterfinals, a 9-3 win over Carolina Voodoo in the semifinals, and a 1-0 win over Spartans – Keaton in the finals. Spartans – Keaton finished 3-2 for the weekend, going 1-1 on Saturday with a loss to Hutters 11u (6-5) and a win over Colts – Chappell (8-4). On Sunday, they took out the VA Reds American 8-6 in the quarterfinals and 4G3 Training Facility 10-8 in the semifinals before falling to Sandlot in the finals.
Oxford
9u
This division was just a two game matchup between the Carolina Tide and the NW Warriors. In the end, these two split, with the Warriors taking game 1 11-1 and the Tide taking game 2 8-0
10u
In what was the best age division at any AAU site this weekend, it was the #12 Youngsville Heat who ended the weekend, going 4-0 on their way to the championship. On Saturday, they bested #8 Alamance Patriots 9-6 and the Diamond Jaxx 16-7. On Sunday the Heat edged out #7 Carolina Thunder 11-10, and followed that up with a 3-1 win over North Wake Elite in the finals. The Patriots had a difficult weekend, going 0-2 on Saturday with losses to the Heat and the Carolina Tide (8-7). They did, however, go on to win the Silver bracket with wins over Diamond Jaxx (14-4) and the NW Bombers (8-0) in the Silver bracket finals. The Thunder finished 3-1 for the weekend, beating the NW Bombers (17-0) and the Carolina Outlaws (14-11) on Saturday. After losing to the Heat on Sunday, the Thunder rebounded with a 14-9 win over the Outlaws.