The fields in Cary several strong performances including several teams testing themselves up an age group. Teams from NCDB took home both the 12u and 13u age groups with undefeated weekends, and we also saw the 11u team from the Northern Virginia (NoVA) Canes program come compete against teams in our 12u age group. Take a look at the recap of the weekend's games.
11u
10u Eastern Impact played up this weekend and impressed, going 4-0 for the entire weekend. On Saturday, they scored a 20-2 win over the Triangle Sports Hawks and a 7-6 win over DPC Baseball Black. DPC topped the Hawks 12-1 in their other game on Saturday. On Sunday, Eastern Impact again notched an 11-7 win over DPC Baseball Black and a 22-7 win over Triangle Sports Hawks. DPC again topped the Hawks on Sunday by the score of 12-6 to finish 2-2 for the weekend.
12u
The 12u NCDB Rivercats, who finished #15 in our final 11u rankings this past spring, went 1-1 in pool play with a 13-3 loss against 11u Canes Baseball - Cheetham (VA) and a 14-0 win over the Carolina Stingers and earned the #3 seed for bracket play. The North Wake Shockwave earned the top seed for bracket play with a 10-0 win over the Carolina Stars and a 12-4 win over the South Wake Storm. The 11u NCDB Rivercats, who finished #7 in the final 10u rankings this spring, finished 1-1 in pool play with an 11-10 win over Canes Baseball - Cheetham, and a 7-5 loss to the Dirt Devils, but were relegated to the Silver bracket for Sunday play. The Dirt Devils scored a 14-3 win over the Carolina Stingers in their other pool play game to finish with the #2 seed for bracket play. On Sunday, the 12u Rivercats topped the Dirt Devils 14-8 while the North Wake Shockwave edged Canes Baseball - Cheetham 11-9. In the finals, the 12u NCDB Rivercats scored a 12-0 win over the North Wake Shockwave to finish 3-1 for the weekend.
13u
In the 13u age group, the NCDB Rivercats - B went 2-0 in pool play with a 14-0 win over the RBI Raptors - Landerl and a 5-4 win over the Carolina Stars and earned the top seed for bracket play. The Carolina Stars scored a 5-4 win over the RBI Raptors in their other pool play game and earned the #3 seed for bracket play. The Carolina Rage also went 2-0 in pool play with a 19-4 win over the Garner Generals and an 11-5 win over the Carolina Boys and earned the #2 seed for bracket play. In the bracket play play-in games on Sunday, the Carolina Boyz toped the RBI Raptors 10-8 and the Stars topped the Generals 13-0. In the semifinals, the Carolina Rage topped the Carolina Stars 5-4 while NCDB - B topped the Carolina Boyz 9-6. In the finals, NCDB - B scored a 14-3 win over the Carolina Rage to finish 4-0 for the weekend.