Top Gun saw a handful of other ranked teams in action at the Fayetteville, Greensboro, and Indian Trail sites. The ranked teams performed well with 9u #4 East Rowan, 11u #7 Dirtbags Black, and 12u #5 Canes Baseball NC - Simpson all taking home titles this weekend. Here we recap this past weekend's Top Gun game from the Fayetteville, Greensboro, and Indian Trail sites.
Fayetteville
10u
The Suffolk Surge Elite (VA) went 2-0 on Saturday, scoring a 10-5 win over the NSA Braves and a 3-0 win over C35 2027, and earned the top seed for bracket play. C35 scored an 11-9 win over the Braves in their other pool play game and earned the 6th and final spot in the Gold bracket. Rocky Mount Marshals 2027 - Boswell earned the #2 seed with a 9-5 win over the Carolina Diamondbacks and a 13-2 win over the Carolina Raiders. In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, NSA Straight Gas topped the Carolina Avengers 6-3. In the #3/6 play-in game, C35 2027 scored a 10-2 win over the Robeson Eliminators. In the semifinals, C35 edged past the Rocky Mount Marshals 2027 4-3 while the Suffolk Surge Elite blanked NSA Straight Gas 10-0. In the finals, Surge Elite completed an undefeated weekend with a 9-3 win over C35 2027.
11u
The NSA Prospects went 2-0 this past weekend, notching a 6-0 win over Carolina Elite (Gold) and a 10-3 win over Grays Creek Thunder. The JG Sluggers/Next Level also went 2-0 in pool play, scoring a 19-5 win over the Carolina Slammers and a 12-2 win over the NSA Creek Nationals. In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, the Slammers topped the NSA Creek Nationals 11-7. In the semifinals, the JG Sluggers scored an 11-8 win over Grays Creek and the NSA Prospects topped the Slammers 11-8. In the finals, the NSA Prospects edged past JG Sluggers/Next Level 11-9 to take home the 11u crown.
12u
#5 Canes Baseball NC - Simpson went 2-0 on Saturday, notching a 16-1 win over Warhawks Blue and a 12-4 win over Team Ghost. NSA 06 Elite also went 2-0 in pool play and scored the #1 seed for Gold bracket play with an 11-1 win over Warhawks Blue and an 18-1 win over the Carolina Raiders. In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, Sandhills Stingrays - Mark notched a 9-1 win over the Carolina Stars. In the semifinals, Canes - Simpson blanked the Sandhills Xplosion 15-0 and NSA 06 Elite rolled to a 15-0 win over the Stingrays. In the finals, Canes Baseball NC - Simpson finished off a dominant weekend with a 12-2 win over NSA 06 Elite.
Greensboro
10u
The Luckies went 2-0 on Saturday, scoring a 12-3 win over the SouthWest Ripperz and a 15-3 win over NCBA Gray. The Kannapolis Krushers also went 2-0 in pool play with a 7-4 win over Reidsville Luckies Gold and a 14-13 win over Phoenix Elite. In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, NCBA topped Luckies Gold 9-4. In the #3/6 play-in game, the Ripperz edged past Phoenix Elite 8-7. In the semifinals, the Ripperz rolled to a 13-2 win over the Krushers and the Luckies topped NCBA 11-1. In the finals, the Luckies finished off a 4-0 weekend with a 7-6 win over the SouthWest Ripperz.
11u
#7 Dirtbags Black and #14 Alamance Patriots were the headliners in this field in Greensboro and they faced off in pool play on Saturday, with the game ending as a 12-12 tie. The Dirtbags scored a 12-5 win over the Carolina Patriots while the Alamance Patriots topped Spartans - Speaks 15-4 in their other pool play games. In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, the Carolina Patriots edged past Spartans - Speaks 9-8. In the #3/6 play-in game, Dirtbags Black scored a 10-6 win over the Carolina Outlaws. In the semifinals, Dirtbags Black topped the Alamance Patriots 11-6 and the Carolina Patriots rolled to a 14-6 win over Luckies - Taylor. In the finals, Dirtbags Black scored a 9-4 win over the Carolina Patriots to take home the 11u title.
Indian Trail
9u
#4 East Rowan dominated their way through pool play scoring a 17-5 win over the UCLA Cubs and a 15-1 win over Inferno Baseball/Wayne Automatic Fire. The MARA Spartans also went 2-0 in pool play with a 17-10 win over the Anson Raptors and a 13-12 win over the Carolina Storm. The Weddington Wolves were also 2-0 in pool play after a 22-10 win over the Storm and an 8-4 win over the Anson Raptors. In the semifinals, the Wolves edged past MARA 10-9 while East Rowan scored a 10-2 win over Inferno Baseball. In the finals, East Rowan finished off a dominant 4-0 weekend with a 13-2 win over the Weddington Wolves.
10u
The Stanly County Renegades went 2-0 in pool play, scoring a 10-9 win over Anson Baseball and a 7-4 win over CBA Copperheads - Duke. The MARA Thunder also went 2-0 in pool play and earned the #1 seed in the Gold bracket after a 15-3 win over the Cabarrus Bandits and a 15-6 win over the Carolina Combat. In the Gold bracket semifinals, the Renegades edged past the Bulldogs 8-7 and the MARA Thunder blasted their way to a 16-1 win over the Copperheads. In the finals, the Stanly County Renegades completed an undefeated weekend with a 10-9 win over the MARA Thunder.
11u
Aces - Edwards went 2-0 on Saturday, notching a 15-0 win over Union County Crush - Henry and a 6-4 win over Ultimate Performance. The On Deck O's East also went 2-0 in pool play with a 21-2 win over Crush - Henry and a 9-3 win over Aces - Hartsell. In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, Ultimate Performance topped Crush - Henry 9-4. In the semifinals, Aces - Edwards scored an 11-3 win over Ultimate Performance and Aces - Hartsell topped the On Deck O's East 11-9 to make it an all-Aces final. In the final, Aces - Edwards was able to pull out a close 5-3 win over Aces - Hartsell.
13u
Four teams faced off on Saturday with everyone going 1-1. The Gold Hill Miners scored an 11-1 win over Concord Athletics - Wynens but fell 6-4 against Concord Athletics - Teeter. The Mooresville Biscuits fell 8-1 against Athletics - Wynens but topped Athletics - Teeter 7-6. In the semifinals on Sunday, Athletics - Wynens scored a 7-4 win over Athletics - Teeter while the Gold Hill Miners notched a 7-1 win over the Biscuits. In the finals, Gold Hill was able to pull off a 6-5 win over Athletics - Wynens to take home the 13u crown.