Goldsboro
8u
The 8u age group in Goldsboro featured 6 teams, 5 of whom are ranked in our top 16. This included #4 Clayton RailRoaders, #5 Area Stars Orange, #13 Carolina Thunder, #14 Greenville Athletics, and #16 NCDB Rivercats. Area Stars Orange earned the top seed for Sunday after they posted a 13-11 win over Greenville Athletics and a 19-6 win over the EC Diamondbacks. The Clayton RailRoaders scored the #2 seed with a 15-13 win over the Carolina Thunder and a 13-4 win over the NCDB Rivercats. The Thunder edged the Rivercats 12-11 in their other pool play game.
In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, the Thunder again defeated the Rivercats, this time by the score of 7-3. In the #3/6 play-in game, Greenville Athletics edged the EC Diamondbacks 4-3. In the semifinals, Greenville Athletics notched a 12-10 win over the RailRoaders and the Area Stars topped the Thunder 9-5. In the finals, the Area Stars out-slugged Greenville Athletics 16-12 to finish the weekend 4-0.
9u
5 teams competed in the 9u age group this weekend in Goldsboro. This included #5 Dirtbags East, #15 NCDB Rivercats, and #22 Carolina Titans - Ricks. Carolina Titans - Ricks earned the top seed for bracket play with a 7-0 win over Dirtbags East and a 5-0 win over Clayton RailRoaders Maroon. The East Carolina Bombers also went 2-0 on Saturday with a 9-4 win over the Rivercats and a 7-6 win over RailRoaders Maroon. In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, Dirtbags East scored a 10-2 win over Clayton RailRoaders Maroon. In the semifinals, the East Carolina Bombers topped the NCDB Rivercats 11-7 and Dirtbags East edged Carolina Titans - Ricks 8-7. In the finals, the Bombers finished off a 4-0 weekend with a 5-4 win over Dirtbags East.
10u
7 teams battled it out in the 10u age group in Goldsboro this past weekend, including #2 Dirtbags Black, #4 NCABC Fungo - Piscorik, #6 Canes Baseball NC - Harris, #19 NCDB Rivercats Sandlot, and #21 Dirtbags East. Carolina Rampage Baseball scored the top seed in the Gold bracket after a 17-2 win over Dirtbags East and an 8-3 win over NC Heat on Saturday. Fungo - Piscorik earned the #2 seed going 2-0 on Saturday with a 13-3 win over Canes - Harris and a 7-3 win over Dirtbags Black. The Rivercats earned the #3 seed finishing 1-1 on Saturday with a 9-4 win over Canes - Harris and a 4-3 loss to Dirtbags Black, who finished with the 4th and final spot in the Gold bracket.
In the semifinals on Sunday, Fungo - Piscorik rolled to a 7-1 win over the Rivercats and Dirtbags Black blasted their way to an 11-1 win over Carolina Rampage Baseball to set up an "early season" match up of top 5 teams. In the finals, Dirtbags Black avenged their loss on Saturday with an 11-2 win over Fungo - Piscorik in the finals.
11u
6 teams faced off in the 11u age group in Goldsboro this past weekend. #15 Garner Royals earned the top seed for Sunday after they posted a 13-3 win over TPA Nationals - Cosgrove and a 12-0 win over Rocky Mount Marshals - Ward. US Elite South also went 2-0 on Saturday with an 11-2 win over the Winterville Knights and a 13-9 win over Clayton RailRoaders (Maroon).
In the #3/6 play-in game on Sunday, Rocky Mount Marshals scored a 5-4 win over the TPA Nationals. In the #4/5 play-in game, the Winterville Knights rolled to a 9-4 win over Clayton RailRoaders (Maroon). In the semifinals, the Garner Royals notched a 13-5 win over the Winterville Knights and US Elite South edged Rocky Mount 12-11. In the finals, the Garner Royals finished off a 4-0 weekend with a 13-4 win over US Elite South.
12u
Two ranked teams (#11 Dirtbags East and #12 DPC Academy Gold) headlined the 6-team 12u D1 division in Goldsboro last weekend. Dirtbags East earned the #1 seed for Sunday with a 12-2 win over East Carolina Bombers and a 7-3 win over Area Stars Orange. DPC Academy Gold earned the #2 seed after they edged Area Stars White 10-8 and defeated 910 Select by the score of 10-6. In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, 910 Select topped the East Carolina Bombers 11-9. In the #3/6 play-in game, Area Stars Orange defeated Area Stars White 9-8. In the semifinals, Dirtbags East rolled to a 9-2 win over 910 Select and DPC edged Area Stars Orange 5-4. In the finals, DPC plated 4 runs in the top half of the last inning and held on for an 8-6 win over Dirtbags East to finish the weekend 4-0 in Goldsboro.
13u
54/80
10 teams faced off in the 13u 54/80 division this past weekend. The Garner Nationals earned the #1 seed for Sunday with a 4-0 win over EC Diamondbacks - Ferrell and a 14-0 win over the Carolina DirtDawgs. The Clayton RailRoaders earned the #2 seed with a 4-2 win over the Carolina Fireballs and a 5-4 win over North Johnston. The Clayton Cubs finished with the #3 seed for Sunday after going 1-0-1 on Saturday with 4-2 win over the Crystal Coast Surge and a 5-5 tie against the Cleveland Wildcats.
In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, EC Diamondbacks - Ferrell blasted their way to a 19-3 win over the Crystal Coast Surge. In the #3/6 play-in game, the Clayton Cubs edged Hit & Run Select 7-6. In the semifinals, the Garner Nationals scored a 1-run 8-7 win over the Diamondbacks, and the Clayton Cubs notched a 15-6 win over the Clayton RailRoaders. In the finals, the Garner Nationals finished off a 4-0 weekend with a 9-1 win over the Clayton Cubs.
60/90
5 teams competed in the 60/90 division last weekend. #17 Carolina Titans Blue was the only ranked team in the field and went 2-0 on Saturday with a 3-2 win over GameTime Prospects - Holland and an 18-0 win over the Bomb Squad. This earned them the top seed for Sunday. In the #4/5 play-in game, the Bomb Squad edged TPA Nationals - Zuber by the score of 6-4. In the semifinals, Pirate Elite scored a 6-3 win over GameTime Prospects and Carolina Titans Blue rolled to a 9-2 win over Bomb Squad. In the finals, Carolina Titans Blue finished off a 4-0 weekend with an 11-1 win over Pirate Elite.