It was a big weekend this past weekend at Shipyard Park in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Some of South Carolina's best were in action, and the 11u age group was perhaps the best individual age group in the region this weekend. Take a look at our recap of the weekend's action.
9u
Talon Blue earned the #1 seed for bracket play with a 20-3 win over the Sun Devils (SC) and a 10-4 win over SC #5 Carolina Titans in pool play. The Titans topped the Sun Devils 11-8 in their other pool play game and earned the #4 seed for bracket play. The Myrtle Beach Rays earned the #2 seed for Sunday with an 8-4 win over VA #10 LDA Bombers and a 9-7 win over Coul-Oak Diesel (NC). The Bombers topped Coul-Oak 9-7 in their other pool play game and scored the #3 seed for Sunday. In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, Coul-Oak topped the Carolina Titans 7-4. In the #3/6 play-in game, the LDA Bombers rolled to an 11-6 win over the Sun Devils. In the semifinals, Talon Blue was able to get past Coul-Oak 6-5 while the LDA Bombers blasted their way to a 13-2 win over the Myrtle Beach Rays. In the finals, Talon Blue completed an impressive 4-0 weekend with a 15-0 win over the LDA Bombers.
10u
The Carolina Yard Dawgs (SC) scored the #1 seed for Sunday after a 14-2 win over the LDA Bombers (VA) and a 7-4 win over the Charleston Revolution. Chapin Talon also went 2-0 on Saturday with a 7-1 win over the Summerville Vapor and a 7-6 win over Union County Crush - Walker and earned the #2 seed for Sunday. In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, Union County Crush - Walker topped the Summerville Vapor 8-2. In the #3/6 play-in game, the Charleston Revolution edged past the LDA Bombers 8-7. In the semifinals, the Yard Dawgs entered the final inning up 13-8 and hung on to pull out a 13-12 win over Crush - Walker. In the finals, the Yard Dawgs completed a 4-0 weekend with a 5-1 win over Chapin Talon.
11u
D1
The 11u D1 division at Shipyard was perhaps the best division in any age group in the region this past weekend. SC #3 Charleston Revolution - Whittle earned the top seed for bracket play with an 11-1 win over SC #4 Predators Columbia NE and an amazing come from behind win in which they scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to secure an 18-17 win over NC #9 Canes Baseball NC - Naylor. The Predators scored a 12-11 win over Canes - Naylor in their other pool play game and earned the #5 seed for pool play. With two losses, Canes - Naylor fell to the #6 seed for bracket play on Sunday. SC #1 East Coast Snipers - Clark/Hill went 1-1 in pool play, falling 10-6 against Rip City (VA) before scoring a 3-2 win over SC #6 Carolina Titans. The Snipers earned the #3 seed for bracket play. Rip City fell 7-5 against the Titans in their other pool play, which left Rip City with the #4 seed and the Titans with the #2 seed for bracket play.
In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, Predators Columbia NE topped Rip City 8-4. In the #3/6 play-in game, the East Coast Snipers blanked Canes - Naylor 3-0. In the semifinals, the Charleston Revolution scored an 11-4 win over Predators Columbia NE and the Titans edged past the East Coast Snipers 3-2. In the finals, Charleston Revoluition - Whittle finished off an impressive 4-0 weekend with a 9-3 win over Carolina Titans SC to make the first big statement in South Carolina in the 11u age group.
Open
In the Open division, the Ditch Chickens (GA) earned the #1 seed with an 18-2 win over the Tri State Grizzlies (WV) and an 8-4 win over the LDA Bombers. Summerville Vapor Pink - Welch (SC) scored the #2 seed for bracket play with a 15-3 win over the Low Country Gators and a 9-6 win over the LDA Bombers. In the #4/5 play-in game on Sunday, the LDA Bombers got past the Tri State Grizzlies with a 10-8 victory. In the semifinals, Summerville Vapor Pink - Welch blanked the Gators 8-0 while the Ditch Chickens notched a 12-7 win over the LDA Bombers. In the finals, Summerville Vapor Pink - Welch completed a 4-0 weekend with a 12-0 win over the Ditch Chickens.
12u
NC 12u #11 Carolina Astros posted a 2-0 record in pool play with a 13-3 win over the Charleston Militia and a 9-4 win over the Charleston Revolution and earned the top seed for bracket play. Prodigy (GA) scored the #2 seed for Sunday with a 5-1 win over the Tri State Grizzlies (WV) and a 17-8 win over the Bulls Bay Bandits (SC). In the semifinals on Sunday, the Revolution avenged their loss on Saturday with a 4-1 win over the Astros and Prodigy again defeated the Grizzlies, this time by the score of 7-2. In the finals, Prodigy finished off a 4-0 weekend with a 4-3 win over the Charleston Revolution.