Weekend Preview (3/7-3/8/20)

The spring season continues to rev up this weekend with dozens of ranked teams in action across this state. This includes the #1 team in the 11u (SBA Futures) and 12u (Rawlings Prospects NC) age groups seeing their first games of the spring. Here we highlight some of the biggest games of the upcoming weekend.

 

NCGameOn

9u

3 of our top 25 teams in North Carolina,#11 Spartans - Mullins, #13 Carolina Spinners, and #18 Carolina Hitmen, will all be in the 9u field in Clemmons this weekend. The Spartans will go against CBA Copperheads and the DC Bombers, the Spinners will face China Grove Hutters and GBC, while the Hitmen will take on Five Star Carolina - Secrist and the DC Bombers in pool play on Saturday.

12u

Our #7 team in North Carolina, Carolina Rockies/GRIT - Culler, is set to take on the GBC Prospects and #12 Athlete's Advantage Yard Goats in pool play on Saturday. The Yard Goats will go against the VA Surge in their other pool play game on Saturday.

 

Top Gun

8u

In Goldsboro, our #5 team in North Carolina, the Clayton RailRoaders, will go against TLP Baseball and the FV Wildcats on Saturday in pool play. #6 Area Stars Orange will be in the field in Fayetteville and will go against Team Ghost Baseball and the Lugnuts in their pool play games on Saturday. In Charlotte, #13 CBA Copperheads Black will be in action and take on the Carolina Reds (SC) and the Carolina Hammerheads (SC) in pool play.

9u

Our #19 team in North Carolina, the DB Raptors, will play up in the 10u age group this weekend in Charlotte. They will face Elite Baseball EBC and DDB in pool play on Saturday.

10u

The 10u age group in Holly Springs will feature a 5-team single round robin format this weekend. That means 3 ranked teams - #2 Dirtbags Black, #5 NCABC Fungo - Piscorik and #21 Area Stars Orange - will all get to face one another this weekend. #3 Triple Crown Lookouts will be in the field in Charlotte and take on DDB and the Belmont Bandits in their two pool play games on Saturday.

11u

In the 17-team field in Charlotte, our #15 team, the Carolina Bearcats, will be up against CBA Copperheads White and On Deck O's - Weddington in pool play on Saturday. #22 Union County Crush - Walker will face off against CBA Copperheads Black and the Kannapolis Krushers in the one-day event on Sunday in Concord.

12u

Our top two teams in the 12u age group, #1 Rawlings Prospects NC and #2 Canes Baseball NC - Foster, are both in the field in Holly Springs this weekend. The Prospects will go against Area Stars Orange and #22 Carolina Titans - Ambrose while the Canes will face the South Wake Storm and Carolina 35's 2026 in their pool play games on Saturday. We should hopefully be able to see these two matchup against one another on Sunday. In the 20-team field in Charlotte, #16 CBA Copperheads Red will be up against Fury Baseball and the Belmont Bandits. The Bandits have been a frequent name in the rankings in this age group in the past, but don't play in the fall so this will be our first look at this group since last summer. They will take on Fury Baseball in their other pool play game. Our #6 team in South Carolina, the Carolina Cannons, will also compete in the Charlotte field this weekend. They are scheduled to go up against On Deck O's Black and Legacy Baseball (SC) in their pool play games on Saturday. #23 Athlete's Lab 2025/2026 will compete in the 60/90 13u division this weekend in Charlotte. They will face  WCW Black and WCW Red in pool play on Saturday.

13u

Our #12 team in North Carolina, Rock Solid Red, will play up in the 14u age group this weekend and take on US Elite 2024 and Carolina Titans - Ambrose in their pool play games on Saturday.

 

 

USSSA

9u

Our #9 team in North Carolina, Area Stars Orange, will be in the field in Wilmington this weekend. They will go against Rock Solid Blue and Coastal Region #5 Cape Fear Sharks in pool play on Saturday. #20 Luckies Blaze will be in action in Greensboro this weekend. They will face Proehlific Power and DBA on Saturday and SML Sandlot (VA) on Sunday. In Charlotte, #12 Dirtbags LKN will take on the North Lincoln Destroyers and the Park Sharon Nationals in their first games of the spring. 9u #1 SBA Rowan will play up in the 10u age group and will take on Five Star Carolina Vipers - Hagen and 10u #18 Cherryville Baseball on Saturday.

10u

Two of our top 25 teams in North Carolina, #19 Coastal Cyclones and #22 Wilmington Wolfpack, will be in the 10u field in Wilmington this weekend. The Cyclones will go against NSA Select while the Wolfpack will take on Rock Solid Blue in pool play. In addition, these two ranked teams will face one another in their other pool play game. #10 Carolina Rockies - Sullivan will play up in the 11/12u division in Greensboro this weekend. They will take on 11u DBA and 11u Carolina Red Sox - Haynes on Saturday, followed by the 11u Kernersville Cyclones and 11u Triad Cardinals - Harris on Sunday. In Charlotte, #4 LBC Swarm will take on Five Star Carolina Vipers - Bray and #24 SBA Nationals in their pool play games on Saturday. The Nationals will face Five Star Carolina Vipers - Bray in their other pool play game. #18 Cherryville Baseball will face 9u #1 SBA Rowan and Five Star - Hagen in their two pool play games on Saturday.

11u

Our #11 team in North Carolina, the Summerfield Stars, will take on the Hickory Hurricanes and Triad Cardinals - Harris on Saturday in Greensboro. They will follow that up with games against the Kernersville Cyclones and 12u Triad Thunder on Sunday. #24 NC Young Guns is also scheduled to play in the umpire training event in Greensboro on Sunday. They will go against 12u Triad Thunder and the GBC Prospects in their games on Sunday. In Charlotte, #1 SBA Futures will play up in the 12u age group. They will take on 12u #8 MPC and MPC Blue in their two pool play games. #21 Mission Baseball - Reyer will compete at the Charlotte site this weekend. They will go against the SBA Senators and the SBA Prospects in their pool play games on Saturday.

12u

Our #3 team in South Carolina, East Coast Snipers - Clark/Hill, will go against the Coastal Cyclones and Topsail Cannons in their pool play games on Saturday. We expect the Wilmington Seahawks and Rock Solid Red to also provide some stiff competition. The Seahawks will go against the Palmetto Stix (SC) and the Rays (SC) and Rock Solid will go against the Coastal Cyclones and the Topsail Cannons in their pool play games. In Charlotte, the #8 team in North Carolina, MPC, will take on 11u #1 SBA Futures and the Carolina Regulators in their two pool play games.