Top Gun 12u Summer World Series Recap 2018

The 12u Top Gun Summer World Series featured a 19-team D1 division, a 22-team D2 division, and a 21-team D3 division. The D1 division had 8 of our top 20 teams as well as perhaps the top team in the state of Virginia in Team Dirty South Venom from Williamsburg, VA. Here we recap the games from another exciting SWS weekend.

D1

Friday Pool Play

Only 10 teams were slated to make the Gold bracket on Sunday, heightening the importance of each pool play game. #2 Legends Baseball went 2-0 on Friday with a 12-1 win over the York Young Revolution (PA) and a 13-5 win over the Sandhills Stingrays. #4 East Rowan went 1-1 on Friday with a 7-2 win over CB Elite and a 10-0 loss to Team Dirty South Venom. Team Dirty South also scored an 18-6 win over the Walkoff Wildcards on Friday to finish 2-0 for the day. #8 Canes Baseball NC - Harland went 2-0 on Friday scoring a 7-4 win over CB Elite and an 8-6 win over the Walkoff Wildcards.  #15 Sanford Cobras went 1-1 on Friday with a 9-6 win over Archers and a 13-11 loss to Xtreme Heights. #16 West Raleigh Blue went 1-1 on Friday with a 13-9 win over the Rawlings Prospects NC and an 8-4 loss to the York Young Revolution. #17 Carolina Titans - Wilson went 1-1 on Friday as well with a 13-3 loss to the New Bern Flames and a 10-9 win over Pirate Baseball. #18 Sandhills Heat went 0-2 on Friday with a 10-0 loss to Archers and a 10-4 loss to #20 NCDB Rivercats. The Rivercats fell 8-5 to Xtreme Heights in their other pool play game on Friday.

Saturday Pool Play

On Saturday, Team Dirty South went 2-0 with a 16-7 win over Canes - Harland and a 13-5 win over the Sandhills Stingrays and earned the #1 seed for bracket play. The NCDB Rivercats also went 2-0 on Saturday with a 7-1 win over the Sanford Cobras and a 17-1 win over the Sandhills Stingrays and earned the #2 seed for bracket play with a 3-1 pool play record. Legends Baseball went 1-1 on Saturday with a 13-3 win over the New Bern Flames and an 8-7 loss to Xtreme Heights, but still finished with the #3 seed for bracket play. The New Bern Flames topped the Archers 7-2 in their other game on Saturday and earned the #5 seed for bracket play. East Rowan earned the #4 seed with a 20-7 win over Rawlings Prospects NC and a 34-3 (!) win over the Walkoff Wildcards on Saturday. West Raleigh Blue went 2-0 on Saturday with an 8-7 win over the Sandhills Heat and an 8-2 win over the Walkoff Wildcards to finish with the #6 seed in the Gold bracket.

Bracket Play
#4 East Rowan defended their Winter World Series with a Summer World Series title after a 6-1 weekend.

The #1 and #2 seeds had a bye in the opening round of Gold bracket play on Sunday. In the opening round, #8 Xtreme Heights defeated #9 Carolina Titans - Wilson 9-7 and #7 D1 Performance - Long fell 7-1 to #10 York Young Revolution. In the quarterfinals, #1 Team Dirty South Venom scored an 11-3 win over Xtreme Heights, #2 NCDB Rivercats edged the York Young Revolution 8-7, #4 East Rowan edged #5 New Bern Flames 5-4, and #3 Legends Baseball fell 10-5 to #6 West Raleigh Blue. In the semifinals, West Raleigh Blue rolled to a 9-2 win over the Rivercats and East Rowan edged Team Dirty South 5-4. In the finals, East Rowan rolled to a 15-0 win over West Raleigh Blue defending their 2017 Winter World Series Crown.

 

 

D2

Friday Pool Play

11u #13 West Raleigh Blue played up this weekend in the 12u D2 division and went 2-0 on Friday with a 7-0 win over Zone Select - Wilson and a 15-6 win over the Carolina Yankees. The Wendell Nationals also went 2-0 on Friday with a 12-3 win over the HYAA Hawks and a 14-10 win over Rock Solid Blue. The Carolina Titans Blue also went 2-0 on Friday, notching a 12-2 win over the HYAA Hawks and a 19-9 win over the TopHand Reds National. The Carolina Predators went 2-0 on Friday with an 8-4 win over the RBI Raptors and a 10-5 win over the Union County Crush - Devore.

Saturday Pool Play

On Saturday, 11u West Raleigh Blue again went 2-0 with a 12-2 win over TopHand Reds National and a 10-3 win over Crush - Devore and finished with the #1 seed for bracket play. The #2 seed went to the Wendell Nationals who went 4-0 in pool play including a 22-2 win over the Carolina Tide and a 12-7 win over the Carolina Freedom on Saturday. The Carolina Predators finished with the #3 seed after going 4-0 overall in pool play including an 8-7 win over the TPA Nationals - Viracola and a 16-6 win over Copperheads - Shabosky on Saturday. The Carolina Titans Blue went 1-1 on Saturday with a 16-0 win over West Raleigh Grey and a 5-3 loss to West Raleigh Red and finished with the #5 seed for bracket play.

Bracket Play

In the opening round bracket play games, #8 seed Copperheads - Shabosky scored a 10-8 win over #9 seed Zone Select - Wilson and #7 seed Deep River Elite topped #10 Carolina Freedom 5-1. In the quarterfinals, #3 Carolina Predators beat #6 West Raleigh Red 3-1, #4 Washington River Rats fell 10-9 to #5 Carolina Titans Blue, #1 11u West Raleigh Blue edged Copperheads - Shabosky 4-3, and #2 Wendell Nationals scored a 9-3 win over Deep River Elite. In the semifinals, Carolina Titans Blue rolled to an 18-7 win over 11u West Raleigh Blue and the Wendell Nationals edged the Carolina Predators 10-9. In an anticlimactic final, Carolina Titans Blue rolled to a 24-2 win over the Wendell Nationals.

 

 

D3

Friday Pool Play

The OC Sluggers went 2-0 on Friday with a 10-3 win over the Carolina Rage and a 9-5 win over the Trent River Stingrays. Gettin Dirty went 2-0 on Friday with two shutouts, including an 8-0 win over the Corinth Pirates and a 12-0 win over Hammerheads - Purple. The Orange County Crushers went 2-0 as well on Friday with a 14-1 win over the Carolina Stars and an 11-7 win over the Bandits. Rock Solid White scored two wins on Friday with a 14-2 win over the Southwestern Wake Sliders and a 6-3 win over the Titans.

Saturday Pool Play

Gettin Dirty went 2-0 on Saturday and 4-0 overall in pool play with a 15-2 win over the North Raleigh Tsunami and a 13-7 win over the North Wake Hurricanes and earned the top seed for bracket play. The Orange County Crushers finished 4-0 in pool play with a 19-9 win over the CB Venom and an 11-5 win over Wayne County Arsenal and finished with the #2 seed for bracket play. The #3 seed went to Rock Solid White who went 1-1 on Saturday with a 15-1 win over the Carolina Stars and a 10-4 loss to the Trent River Stingrays. The OC Sluggers topped the Southwestern Wake Sliders 10-2 but fell 8-5 against the Bandits on Saturday to finish 3-1 in pool play and earned the #4 seed for pool play.

Bracket Play

In the play-in games, #8 Seed Corinth Pirates fell 11-4 against #9 seed Greene County Rams and #7 Bandits scored a 15-5 win over #10 Hammerheads - Purple. In the quarterfinals, #1 Gettin Dirty scored a 12-3 win over the Greene County Rams, #2 Orange County Crushers edged the Bandits 7-5, #3 Rock Solid White scored a 1-run 11-10 win over #6 Trent River Stingrays, and #4 OC Sluggers topped #5 North Wake Hurricanes 6-4. In the semifinals, the OC Sluggers edged Gettin Dirty 4-3 while Rock Solid White scored a 9-8 win over the Orange County Crushers. In the finals, the OC Sluggers rolled to a 16-6 win over Rock Solid White to take home the D3 title.