12u #11 Canes Baseball NC - Harland continued a run of hot play this weekend, as did 10u #10 NCDB Rivercats as both teams went 4-0 on their way to tournament titles in Knightdale. 13u #4 NCDB Rivercats also went 4-0 this weekend and won a tournament title in Knightdale playing up in the 14u D1 BBCOR division. Check out our recap of the games from Knightdale and Rocky Mount this weekend.
Knightdale
10u
#10 NCDB Rivercats went 2-0 on Saturday with an 11-8 win over previously ranked Wendell Knights and a 16-4 win over #13 Youngsville Heat. Wendell scored a 18-8 win over the South Wake Storm and Youngsville notched a 10-5 win over the Cleveland Wildcats in their other pool play games. South Wake also topped the Wildcats 12-7 in their other pool play game. In the play-in game, South Wake again beat the Wildcats, but this time they got down 8-4 but scored 4 in the bottom of the 4th and 1 run in the bottom of the 5th to take a 9-8 win. In the semifinals, the Knights topped the Heat 14-9 while the Rivercats rolled to a 13-3 win over the Storm. In a great finals game, the Rivercats rode a hot start and solid pitching and defense to take a 4-1 win over the Knights and complete a 4-0 weekend.
12u
Open
#11 Canes Baseball NC - Harland dominated their way through pool play with a 8-0 win over 11u #16 NCDB Rivercats and a 25-1 win over West Raleigh Gray. The Rivercats topped West Raleigh Gray 17-1 in their other pool play game. #15 Sandhills Heat scored a 10-1 win over the TPA Nationals - Viracola and a 7-3 win over the TPA Nationals - Foster in their two pool play games. In the Gold bracket semifinals, Sandhills topped the Rivercats 9-5 and Canes - Harland scored a 5-1 win over Pirate Baseball. In the finals, Canes Baseball NC - Harland was able to roll to a 16-6 win over the Sandhills Heat.
D3
11u #10 Cleveland Wildcats Elite jumped up into the D3 12u division this weekend and started strong going 2-0 on Saturday with a 17-1 win over the Corinth Pirates and a 29-1 win over the Raleigh Rebels. The North Wake Hurricanes were also 2-0 in pool play with a 10-0 win over RBI Raptors Green and a 13-2 win over Zone Select and earned the #2 seed for bracket play. The Durham Blues earned the #3 seed for bracket play with a 9-6 win over 11u West Raleigh Grey and a 13-10 win over the OC Sluggers. In the Gold bracket play-in games, 11u South Johnston notched a 14-6 win over 11u West Raleigh Grey and the Durham Blues rolled to a 20-5 win over RBI Raptors Green. In the semifinals, the North Wake Hurricanes topped the Durham Blues 7-4 and the Cleveland Wildcats scored a 7-1 over South Johnston. In the finals, Cleveland Wildcats Elite finished a 4-0 weekend with a 21-6 win over the Hurricanes.
13u
54/80
Open
The North Wake Bandits earned the #1 seed for bracket play, going 1-1 in pool play with a 6-0 win over the RBI Raptors and an 8-6 loss to the Riptide. The RBI Raptors topped the South Wake Storm Red 17-3 in their other pool play game, while the Riptide fell 13-11 against the West Raleigh Warriors in their other pool play game. West Raleigh fell 11-9 to the South Wake Storm in their other pool play game. In the play-in game, West Raleigh fell 12-10 to the South Wake Storm Red. In the semifinals, RBI edged the Riptide 4-2 while the North Wake Bandits scored a 12-1 win over South Wake. In the finals, the RBI Raptors blasted their way to a 24-3 win over the North Wake Bandits.
D3
The Hammerheads went 2-0 on Saturday with a 19-0 win over Raleigh 9 and a 20-1 win over MVP Athletics. South Wake Storm Blue also went 2-0 on Saturday with a 10-0 win over MVP Athletics and a 19-1 win over Raleigh 9. The Sidewinders went 2-0 in pool play with a 20-8 win over the Carolina Makos and a 10-6 win over the Carolina Stars. In bracket play, the Sidewinders topped the South Wake Storm Blue 9-3 and the Hammerheads edged the Carolina Stars 8-7. In the finals, the Hammerheads completed an undefeated weekend with a 12-4 win over the Sidewinders.
Of note, 13u #4 NCDB Rivercats played up in the 14u D1 BBCOR division. They went 4-0 on their way to the tournament title. On Saturday, they defeated MVP Black 10-4 and Coach's Box Vipers 11-1. On Sunday, they scored a 6-2 win over TPA Nationals - Mitchell and a 9-5 win over the NSA Hitmen.
Rocky Mount
11u
#17 Carolina Pilots went 2-0 on Saturday with a 12-2 win over the TopHand Reds and a 13-7 win over the Perquimans Rivercats and earned the top seed for bracket play. Previously ranked Dirtbags East went 2-0 on Sundy with an 8-5 win over the TopHand Reds and a 12-5 win over the Carolina Titans. In the play-in game, the Rivercats topped the Reds 8-4. In the semifinals, Dirtbags East edged the Titans 5-4 while the Rivercats were able to pull out an 8-6 win over the Pilots. In the finals, Dirtbags East took a hard-fought 3-1 win over the Rivercats to take the 11u title.
12u
The Carolina Titans went 3-1 for the weekend with a 13-11 loss to the Wendell Nationals and a 10-6 win over Wayne County Arsenal on Saturday, and a 14-5 win over the Wendell Nationals and a 18-3 win over the Arsenal on Sunday. The Nationals topped the Arsenal 11-8 on Saturday and 21-9 on Sunday in their other games this weekend.
13u
60/90
5 teams played a single round-robin event this weekend in the 13u division. #5 Diamond Thieves went 1-1 on Saturday with a 20-2 win over the Heritage Rebels and a 3-1 loss to #15 Carolina Naturals. The Naturals fell 8-3 to Dirtbags Black in their other game on Saturday. The Dirtbags scored a 10-4 win over the West Raleigh Predators in their other game on Saturday. On Sunday, the Diamond Thieves topped Dirtbags Black 7-4 and West Raleigh 13-2 to finish the weekend 3-1. The Naturals scored a 17-0 win over the Heritage Rebels and a 10-0 win over West Raleigh on Sunday. Dirtbags Black topped the Rebels 12-4 in their other game on Sunday.