Some of the very best teams in the state of North Carolina were in action this past weekend in Charlotte. This included 3 of the top 5 teams from last year's final 9u rankings (Park Sharon Nationals, SBA Premier - Simmons, and SBA Premier - Pitts), as well as the #2 team from last year's 12u rankings (Dirtbags MVP). Here's a recap of this past weekend's games in Charlotte.
9u
SBA Premier opened up their fall campaign going 2-0 in pool play with a 13-4 win over the Lincoln County River Rats and a 15-0 win over the Carolina Reds. Team 24 Gamecocks (SC) also went 2-0 in pool play with a 13-3 win over the River Rats and a 14-2 win over the Reds. In the semifinals on Sunday, SBA Premier topped the Reds 19-3 and Team 24 scored a 11-4 win over the River Rats. In the finals, SBA Premier blanked Team 24 9-0 to finish 4-0 for the weekend.
10u
The 10u age group in Charlotte featured 3 of the top 5 teams from our final 2017-2018 rankings in the Park Sharon Nationals, SBA Premier - Simmons, and SBA Premier - Pitts. Reigning 9u #1 and USSSA Wilson Demarini Elite World Series champion Park Sharon Nationals opened up their fall season with a 13-0 win over Hutters and a 17-2 win over Union County Crush - Walker. SBA Premier - Simmons and SBA Premier - Pitts went head-to-head on Saturday, with SBA Premier - Pitts coming away with a 10-4 win over SBA Premier - Simmons. SBA - Simmons topped the Mission Vipers 17-1 in their other pool play game, while SBA - Pitts scored a 25-0 win over the Bulldogs. In the semifinals on Sunday, SBA - Simmons and SBA - Pitts again went against one another, with SBA - Simmons coming out on top with a 12-9 win over SBA - Pitts, and Park Sharon taking a 12-7 win over the Mission Vipers. The finals saw a match up of our top two teams from our final 2017-2018 9u rankings in the Park Sharon Nationals and SBA Premier - Simmons. Park Sharon went 4-0 against SBA - Simmons during the 9u seasons, and started off their 10u rivalry with a 19-3 win over SBA - Simmons, and finished 4-0 for the weekend.
11u
The Carolina Havoc, who finished #15 in our 10u rankings last year, went 2-0 in pool play with a 10-6 win over the LKN Dingers and a 10-6 win over the Venom Stars. The Tega Cay Titans (SC) went 1-1 in pool play with a 10-2 win over the Weddington Blue Ice and a 12-7 loss against the MARA Cobras. In the bracket play play-in games, the Blue Ice scored an 8-2 win over the LKN Dingers, the Venom Stars notched a 7-2 win over L-town, and the Tega Cay Titans edged past the Mara Cobras 6-5. In the semifinals, the Havoc rolled to a 9-1 win over the Blue Ice while the Titans scored a 7-3 win over the Venom Stars. In the finals, the Carolina Havoc finished off an undefeated weekend with a 12-11 win over the Tega Cay Titans.
12u
Dirtbags Charlotte went 2-0 in pool play with an 8-4 win over the Carolina Blue Sox, who finished #3 in our 2017-2018 11u rankings, and an 11-1 win over Ultimate Performance Red. The Weddington Warriors also went 2-0 in pool play with a 20-0 win over the Indian Land Braves and an 11-0 win over SBA Select - Wielechowski. The LBC Attack, who finished #7 in our 2017-2018 11u rankings, went 1-1 on Saturday with a 9-6 win over Park Sharon and a 5-3 loss against SBA Elite. SBA Elite fell 6-5 against Park Sharon in their other pool play game on Saturday. In the Gold bracket play-in games, the LBC Attack notched a 6-34 win over SBA Select - Wielechowski and SBA Elite scored a 13-2 win over the Park Sharon Nationals. In the semifinals, the LBC Attack scored a 13-3 win over the Weddington Warriors and Dirtbags Charlotte blanked SBA Elite 18-0. In the finals, Dirtbags Charlotte finished off an undefeated weekend with a 10-2 win over LBC Attack.
13u
Two Day 54/80
Team 24 Gamecocks - Miller (SC) went 2-0 on Saturday with a 16-7 win over OTK and an 8-4 win over Athlete's Warehouse. KM Storm went 1-1 against OTK and Athlete's Warehouse on Saturday with an 11-8 win over OTK and an 8-0 loss against Athletes' Warehouse. In the semifinals, Team 24 topped OTK 3-2 while Athlete's Warehouse scored a 14-3 win over the KM Storm. In the finals, Team 24 Gameocks - Miller completed a 4-0 weekend with a 6-2 win over Athlete's Warehouse.
One Day 60/90
Carolina Prime went 2-0 on Sunday in pool play with a 14-1 win over Aces and a 4-3 win over Team 24 Gamecocks - Stiles. They were joined in the finals by Team 24, who scored a 17-2 win over Aces in their other pool play game. In the finals, Team 24 got their revenge on the Carolina Prime with a 16-4 win to take home the 13u one-day crown.
Two Day 60/90
Dirtbags MVP, who finished #2 in our 2017-2018 12u rankings under the previous banner of Minion, went 2-0 on Saturday with a 18-4 win over Ultimate Performance - Griffin and a 7-3 win over Canes Baseball Charlotte. SBA Premier went 1-1 in pool play on Saturday with a 6-5 loss against Ultimate Performance - Griffin and a 9-3 loss against Canes Charlotte. In the semifinals on Sunday, Dirtbags MVP rolled to a 13-1 win over Ultimate Performance - Griffin, while Canes Charlotte blanked SBA Premier 6-0. In the finals, Dirtbags MVP finished off an impressive 4-0 weekend with a 16-5 win over Canes Charlotte.