Greensboro saw some great action this past weekend. Several teams made statements for inclusion in our first fall rankings that come out next week. Here we recap the games from this past weekend in Greensboro.
8u
Luckies Orange went 2-0 in pool play with a 12-0 win over GRIT - Culler and an 18-3 win over the BadBoyz. The Davidson Crush also went 2-0 in pool play with a 10-5 win over Rogue and an 11-3 win over the GBC Prospects. GRIT went 1-0-1 on Saturday in pool play with a 9-9 tie against the GBC Prospects and an 11-10 win over Rogue. In the bracket play play-in games on Sunday, GBC Prospects notched a 16-4 win over GRIT - Culler, GRIT scored an 8-6 win over Rogue, and the Davidson Crush topped the BadBoyz 15-0. In the semifinals, Luckies Orange edged past the GBC Prospects 7-6 and GRIT scored a 13-5 over Davidson Crush. In the finals, GRIT scored an 8-1 win over Luckies Orange.
9u
NC Rogue scored two wins in pool play with an 8-6 win over GRIT and a 7-4 win over Luckies Gold, and earned the top seed and the only bye for bracket play. The HPT HiToms also went 2-0 in pool play with a 12-11 win over the Triad Cardinals Baseball Club and a 15-8 win over the Carolina Impact. In the bracket play play-in games on Sunday, GRIT scored a 6-3 win over Triad Cardinals Baseball Club, Luckies Gold edged past the Summerfield Stars 8-7, and the HPT HiToms notched a 9-6 win over the Carolina Impact. In the semifinals, NC Rogue notched a 6-3 win over GRIT and HPT HiToms blanked Luckies Gold 8-0. In the finals, HPT HiToms finished off an undefeated weekend with a 9-1 win over NC Rogue.
10u
Smash Baseball, who finished 13th in our final 9u rankings last year, went 2-0 in pool play with a 12-1 win over the Kernersville Cyclones and a 16-1 win over NCBA Gray. The Summerfield Stars also went 2-0 in pool play with an 18-3 win over Davidson Crush and a 7-6 win over Carolina Red Sox - Jones. Red Sox - Jones scored a 14-1 win over NCBA Gray in their other pool play game. In the quarterfinals, Carolina Red Sox - Jones scored an 11-4 win over the Davidson Crush, the Summerfield Stars topped Dirtbags Camo 11-3, the Luckies edged past the Cyclones 10-9, and Smash Baseball blanked NCBA 15-0. In the semifinals, Red Sox - Jones scored an 11-3 win over the Summerfield Stars and Smash Baseball blanked the Luckies 15-0. In the finals, Carolina Red Sox - Jones was able to get past the Smash with an 11-7 win to take home the 1ou title in Greensboro.
11u
The Carolina Wildthings went 2-0 in pool play on Saturday, scoring a 4-3 win over the VA Squires Navy and a 2-1 win over GBC Prospects - Tagliaferro and earned the top seed for bracket play. GRIT also went 2-0 in pool play with an 11-3 win over NCBA USA and a 16-2 win over the Summerfield Stars. The Randolph Regulators also went 2-0 in pool play, notching a 7-6 win over the VA Squires Navy and a 9-6 win over GBC Prospects - Tagliaferro. In the bracket play play-in games, the Summerfield Stars scored a 7-5 win over VA Squires Navy, the Regulators edged past GBC Prospects - Tagliaferro 2-1, and GRIT rolled to a 12-1 win over NCBA USA. In the semifinals, the Summerfield Stars blanked the Wildthings 6-0 and GRIT scored an 11-1 win over the Regulators. In the finals, GRIT finished off an undefeated weekend with an 8-0 win over the Summerfield Stars.
12u
Proehlific Power was the only 2-0 team on Saturday, scoring an 8-5 win over the Diamond Deacons and an 11-2 win over KO Sports Knockouts. The Piedmont Patriots and the GBC Prospects both went 1-0-1 in pool play. The Patriots tied Big Cats Baseball 4-4 and topped GRIT - Idol 7-6, while the Prospects tied Spartans - Hutchens 11-11 and topped Big Cats 8-2. In the quarterfinal games, GBC Prospects scored a 10-6 win over Big Cats Baseball, the Piedmont Patriots notched a 7-2 win over Spartans - Hutchens, GRIT - Idol got past KO Sports 9-7, and the Diamond Deacons rolled to a 9-1 win over Proehlific Power. In the semifinals, the GBC Prospects scored a 5-2 win over the Piedmont Patriots and GRIT - Idol notched a 9-1 win over the Diamond Deacons. In the finals, GRIT - Idol slugged their way to a 10-6 win over the GBC Prospects to take home the 12u title.
13u
The 13u division was played as two, one-day pool play event. On Saturday, All 5 teams went 1-1 with Proehlific Power scoring an 8-6 win over the Carolina Voodoo and falling 5-1 against NCS. The Voodoo topped NCBA Green 12-6 in their other game on Saturday. Sandlot Baseball scored a 6-5 win over NCS but fell 10-2 against NCBA Green. On Sunday, Proehlific Power went 1-0-1 with a 15-1 win over NCAB Green and a 3-3 tie against Sandlot Baseball. Sandlot fell 14-2 against the Voodoo in their other game on Sunday. NCS fell 7-1 against NCBA Green and 9-3 against the Voodoo in their two games on Sunday.