USSSA Beast of the East Preview 10/28-10/29/17

It’s here. The first USSSA Select 30 qualifier for the 2018 season in the state of North Carolina is here. These select 30 qualifiers attract some of best fields around with teams coming from all over to compete. Here’s our rundown of the top NC teams who will be in the field this weekend in Charlotte.

AAU Preview 10/28-10/29/2017

There’s only 1 age group going in Clemmons this weekend but Oxford is loaded with talented teams all looking to make a name for themselves. There are several ranked teams in the fields as well as several other teams playing up an age group looking for a challenge. It should be a great weekend of baseball at the AAU sites. Here’s the preview:

AAU Preview 10/21-10/22/17

What? You didn’t think we’d forget there’s other baseball going on this weekend outside of the Top Gun Winter World Series, did you? Not many teams going in AAU this weekend, so here’s your brief preview of this weekend’s AAU events.

Top Gun Winter World Series Preview 2017

The Top Gun Winter World Series is set to take place in Rocky Mount from October 20-22. This is the first of a two weekend World Series event for Top Gun, with the 8u, 9u, 11u, 13, and 15u age groups in action this weekend. 210 teams will be in action this weekend, hailing from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. Annually this is one of the biggest baseball tournaments in the state of North Carolina in the fall. Here we provide a preview of the upcoming World Series.

Top Gun Preview 10/14-10/15/17

The second weekend of Fall Zone Qualifiers takes place this weekend in preparation for the upcoming Top Gun Winter World Series (8u, 9u, 11u, 13u, 15u 10/20-10/22, and 10u, 12u, 14u, and HSU 11/3-11/5). Top Gun has 9 sites going this weekend including 6 in North Carolina. Here we preview the action in the state of North Carolina. Note: schedule for Charlotte and Concord are not yet posted. We’ll update this post when those schedules are posted.

AAU Preview 10/14-10/15/17

There will be several intriguing match ups this weekend across the state in AAU. Although many of the top teams will either be idle or participating in a Top Gun Fall Zone qualifier this weekend, the outcome of some of the AAU age groups could lead to some shake ups in next week’s rankings. Here’s the preview of this weekend’s action.

AAU Preview 10/7-10/8/17

Although many of the top teams will be playing elsewhere or off this weekend, the AAU schedule this weekend. has a chance to bring some new teams into the mix for consideration of inclusion in our rankings. Games will be played in both Clemmons and Oxford this weekend.

Top Gun Preview 10/7-10/8/17

This is a big weekend for Top Gun as the Zone Qualifiers for the Winter World Series are in full swing. Top Gun has 10 different sites going this weekend. Please note, at the time of writing, the schedule for the Charlotte Site has not yet been published.