Top Gun was able to get in games at a handful of sites on Saturday with the Charleston Shipyard location completing play on Sunday. A number of ranked teams were in action. Here we highlight an excellent weekend of games across the Top Gun tournament sites.
Charleston
9u
The #3 team in North Carolina, Dirtbags Black, went down to Charleston this past weekend and earned the #1 seed for Sunday with a 12-2 win over East Coast Snipers - Hardie (SC) and a 12-1 win over the #8 team in Virginia, the LDA Bombers. North Carolina #19 DB Raptors went 0-2 in pool play, falling 6-1 against Berkeley Baseball (SC), and an 11-8 loss against Brewzers (VA). In the gold bracket semifinals on Sunday, Dirtbags Black rolled to a 15-5 win over Brewzers and Berkeley Baseball topped East Coast Snipers - Hardie 3-1. In the finals, Dirtbags Black finished off an undefeated weekend with a 4-1 win over Berkeley Baseball.
10u
The Summerville Vapor (SC) earned the top seed for bracket play with a 4-3 win over the LDA Bombers (VA) and a 19-4 win over the St. Andrew's Rocks (SC) in pool play. The LDA Bombers rolled to a 24-0 win over the Holy City Crushers (SC) in their other pool play game. In the #4/5 play-in game, the Holy City Crushers topped the St. Andrew's Rocks 13-3. In the semifinals, the LDA Bombers blanked Team Vinci 3-0 and the Summerville Vapors topped the Holy City Crushers 13-6. In the finals, the LDA Bombers got some revenge on the Vapor with an 11-3 win to take home the 10u title.
11u
The Charleston Revolution (SC) earned the top seed for Sunday with a 12-1 win over Combat Baseball (GA) and a 14-9 win over the LDA Bombers (VA). The DB Raptors went 1-1 in pool play, falling 4-1 against the Pee Dee Landsharks (SC) and scoring a 7-3 win over the Carolina Yard Dawgs. In the Gold bracket semifinals, the Revolution edged the Yard Dawgs 7-6 and the Raptors notched an 8-5 win over the Landsharks. In the finals, the Revolution finished off a 4-0 weekend with a 9-1 win over DB Raptors - Justin.
12u
The #1 team in South Carolina, SC Dirtbags Prime, earned the top seed for Sunday with an 11-1 win over Canes Baseball SC - Staats and a 12-4 win over South Carolina #3 East Coast Snipers - Clark/Hill. The Snipers fell 3-2 against the Oakleaf Knights (FL) in their other pool play game. The Knights notched an 8-5 win over 910 Select in their other pool play game and earned the #2 seed for Sunday. In the #4/5 play-in game, the East Coast Snipers got past 910 Select 4-1 to reach the semifinals. In the semifinals, the Oakleaf Knights edged Canes - Staats 7-6 and SC Dirtbags Prime notched a 4-1 win over East Coast Snipers - Clark/Hill. In the finals, the Oakleaf Knights finished off a 4-0 weekend with a 6-3 win over SC Dirtbags Prime.
Goldsboro
8u
The #14 team in North Carolina, Greenville Athletics, were the lone 2-0 team on Saturday with a 16-6 win over the East Coast Bombers 252 and a 14-7 win over #13 Wilmington Seahawks. The Seahawks edged the EC Diamondbacks 13-12 in their other pool play game.
12u
GameTime Prospects - Davis was the lone undefeated team on Saturday with a 16-5 win over the Clinton Colts and a 12-8 win over US Elite South.
Indian Trail
8u
The SBA Nationals were the only undefeated team in the field on Saturday, scoring a 10-8 win over Union County Crush - Ridings and a 20-5 win over CBA Copperheads White.
9u
The #25 team in North Carolina, Union County Crush - Roadcap, finished the weekend 2-0 with a 7-6 win over Tomberlin Blue Rays - Efird and a 15-5 win over SBA Rowan Red.
10u
The Anson Raptors finished Saturday with a 2-0 record after they defeated the Carolina Cannons by the score of 15-7 and the Stanly County Stars by the score of 14-3.
Laurinburg
10u
NSA Select went 2-0 on Saturday with a 15-0 win over the Palmetto State Copperheads (SC) and a 12-1 win over Team Ghost.
11u
Area Stars Orange was 2-0 on Saturday, notching a 7-2 win over East Coast Snipers - Willoughby (SC) and a 5-4 win over the Carolina Diamondbacks (SC). The Hartsville Chargers (SC) also went 2-0 on Saturday with a 4-3 win over the Snipers and a 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks.
12u
In the 4-team 12u division, all 4 teams finished 1-1 on Saturday. The Sandhills Heat scored an 11-8 win over the NC Heat before falling 12-9 at the hands of Area Stars Blue. Area Stars gray fell to the NC Bandits by the score of 8-6 and notched a 5-1 win over Area Stars Blue.
13u
The East Coast Hitmen were the only 2-0 team on Saturday in the 13u age group. They bested the Sandhills Xplosion by the score of 7-4 and rolled to a 14-1 win over Area Stars White.
Triangle Region
9u
The #5 team in North Carolina, Dirtbags East, went 2-0 on Saturday with a 16-2 win over C35 and a 18-0 win over GameTime Prospects - Hicks. #24 Carolina Titans - Ricks also went 2-0 on Saturday with a 15-0 win over the Garner Generals and an 18-0 win over the Holly Springs Atoms. Spartans Baseball - Long was the final 2-0 team on Saturday, scoring a 12-2 win over the GameTime Prospects and a 20-13 win over C35. No games were played on Sunday.
10u
The #20 team in North Carolina, Dirtbags East, went 2-0 in pool play on Saturday. They topped the Garner Generals Blue 15-0 and notched a 12-2 win over the Carolina Copperheads. GameTime Prospects - Fricks also went 2-0 on Saturday with a 10-0 win over GBI Express 28/29 and a 19-7 win over RBI Raptors Green.
11u
D1
A loaded D1 field included 3 ranked teams - #7 Rock Solid Red, #17 Garner Royals, and #18 Smash Baseball. The Garner Royals went 2-0 in pool play with a 9-4 win over Smash Baseball and a 10-7 win over Rock Solid Red. Smash fell 4-2 against Canes - Wiggins in their other pool play game while Rock Solid fell 11-3 against Dirtbags East in their other pool play game. Both Canes - Wiggins and Dirtbags East finished 2-0 on Saturday with the Canes topping Area Stars Gray 6-5 and the Dirtbags also scoring a 6-5 win over the Area Stars.
D2
Carolina Rampage Baseball went 2-0 on Saturday with a 10-4 win over Wilson Baseball and an 11-1 win over the Winterville Knights.
13u
The #23 team in North Carolina, North Wake Shockwave, went 2-0 on Saturday with a 6-4 win over the Hillsborough Hawks and a 6-2 win over the South Wake Storm. GameTime Prospects - Holland also went 2-0 on Saturday with a 4-2 win over the Greensboro Nationals and a 7-5 win over Carolina Rage Red.