37 teams were in action in the two-day competition, and 5 more competed in the 12u one-day Top Gun events in Charlotte this past weekend. Multiple Team 24 Gamecocks, LBC, and SBA teams faced off in some great early Fall season competition. Here we recap the weekend's games.
9u
The LBC Vipers, who finished #4 in our final 8u rankings this past spring, went 2-0 on Saturday with a 9-1 win over Titans Baseball (SC) and a 10-7 win over the Triple Crown Lookouts. The Lookouts scored a 15-9 win over Coul-Oak Diesel and the Titans notched a 13-10 win over the Diesel in their other pool play games on Saturday. The Lookouts earned the #3 seed while the Titans earned the #4 seed for Gold Bracket play on Sunday. The Anson Raptors earned the top seed for bracket play with an 11-1 win over the PR Regulators and a 14-6 win over the Union County Crush - Gadd. The Cabarrus Bandits earned the #2 seed for bracket play with a 24-8 win over the PR Regulators and a 23-5 win over the UCLA Cubs. In the Gold bracket semifinals, the Lookouts scored a 12-4 win over the Cabarrus Bandits and Titans Baseball notched a 14-10 win over the Anson Raptors. In the finals, the Triple Crown Lookouts notched a 13-3 win over Titans Baseball to finish 3-1 for the weekend.
10u
The OTK Saints earned the top seed for bracket play with a 16-1 win over the Union County Crush - Allen and a 10-3 win over SBA - Callahan. The Hurricane Hustle (WV) earned the #2 seed with a 12-7 win over Crush - Gadd and a 17-2 win over the Stealth Elite Eagles. Stealth Elite also scored a 6-4 win over SBA - Callahan in pool play and finished with the #3 seed for bracket play. In the bracket play play-in game, SBA - Callahan topped Crush - Allen 15-2. In the semifinals, the Hurricane Hustle notched a 13-6 win over Stealth Elite Eagles and the OTK Saints scored a 6-3 win over SBA - Callahan. In the finals, the Hurricane Hustle scored a 15-2 win over the OTK Saints to finish 4-0 for the weekend.
11u
RBA Blue earned the top seed for bracket play with an 11-6 win over Team 24 Gamecocks - Comer (SC) and a 10-2 win over the Davidson Force. The Carolina Spinners earned the #2 seed with a 4-3 win over the WV Knuckleheads and a 9-8 win over Gamecocks - Comer. The LBC Hammerheads earned the #3 seed with a 10-2 win over Aces - Hartsell and a 13-11 win over Team 24 Gamecocks - Bailey (SC). Gamecocks - Bailey scored a 9-4 win over the Knuckleheads to finished with the 6th and final Gold bracket spot. In the Gold bracket play-in games, #5 seed Aces - Harsell scored a 16-7 win over #4 seed Ultimate Performance and #6 seed Gamecocks - Bailey rolled to a 16-3 win over #3 seed LBC Hammerheads. In the semifinals, Aces - Hartsell blasted their way to a 15-2 win over top seed RBA Blue and Gamecocks - Bailey notched a 14-6 win over the Spinners. In the finals, Team 24 Gamecocks - Bailey scored a 19-5 win over Aces - Hartsell to take home the 11u title.
12u
The Carolina Astros finished 1-1 in pool play with a 10-3 win over the Vision Bandits and a 7-6 loss against SBA Elite and finished with the #2 seed for bracket play. The Charleston Revolution (SC) earned the top seed for bracket play with a 9-7 win over SBA Elite and a 14-6 win over Team 24 Gamecocks - Latham. SBA Elite earned the #3 seed with their 1-1 performance in pool play. In the #4/5 seed play-in game on Sunday the Vision Bandits topped Gamecocks - Latham 13-3. In the semifinals, the Revolution edged the Vision Bandits 4-3 while the Carolina Astros blanked SBA Elite 8-0. In the finals, the Astros scored a 6-3 win over the Revolution and finished 3-1 for the weekend.
12u one-day
The Cabarrus Bandits scored a 19-1 win over the Bulldogs and a 9-1 win over the Cabarrus Knights to earn a spot in the finals in this one-day event. They faced off against Team USA Diamond King who scored a 10-7 win over Elite Baseball EBC and a 22-5 win over Bulldogs. In the finals, the Cabarrus Bandits notched an 8-4 win over Team USA Diamond King to finish 3-0 for the day.
13u
Team 24 Gamecocks - Miller (SC) went 1-1 in pool play with an 11-1 win over Spartans Black and a 8-7 loss to SBA Elite and earned the #3 seed for bracket play. SBA Elite topped Hutters 16-1 in their other pool play game to finish with the top seed for bracket play. RBA White earned the #2 seed with a 9-1 win over Hutters and a 13-12 win over Team 24 Gamecocks - Brown (SC). In the Gold bracket semifinals, #2 seed RBA White fell to Gamecocks - Miller 10-5 and SBA Elite edged #4 seed SBA LKN - Chapter 9-8. In the finals, Team 24 Gamecocks - Miller got revenge against SBA Elite with an 11-9 victory.