2010 WORLD CLASSICS RESULTS

Southaven, Mississippi Classic Championship Series
Snowden Grove Park
ROOKIE DIVISION

10 & Under Division Classic Championship Series Site: Southaven, Mississippi

WINNER: Dairy Queen Crushers – Conway, AR

RUNNER-UP: Banditos Black – Tomball, TX

Final Game Score: Dairy Queen Crushers 4 vs. Banditos Black 3

Summary of Game: By Chris Van Tuyl
 
DQ Crushers pitcher Jordan Wicks had likely been wearing out the calendar as he looked for his revenge against the Banditos Black.
 
"He lost to them last year," said coach Scott Stroth, "so his mindset ... he couldn't wait to face them again."
 
The opportunity came July 8 in the National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF) World Classic 10-year-old championship at Southaven's Snowden Grove Park. It was an opportunity that wasn't wasted.
 
Wicks, a southpaw, tossed a complete game to lift the Crushers to a 4-3 victory. Now, Wicks can mark his calendar for the National Youth Baseball Championships, starting Aug. 26 at the First Tennessee Fields in Cordova, Tenn.
 
"He threw the pitches exactly where I called them," Stroth said. "He threw on their hands all day. They've got some of the best hitters around."
 
The Banditos proved it in the top of the first inning. Alerick Soularie and Gunnar Hoglund both singled. That loaded the bases after Dylan Massengale reached on an error to lead off the game. Wicks, though, escaped the early jam, including a strikeout and a groundout to second.
 
For his heroics, Wicks was rewarded with two runs in the bottom of the first. Ty Johnson singled and later scored on a wild pitch, while Connor McCullough also collected a base hit and came home on a passed ball.
 
The Banditos loaded the bases once again in the second inning, only to watch their side of the scoreboard go unchanged.
 
"Lefties are sometimes a little funny," said Stroth. "(Wicks) may come out a little lackadaisical and get base runners on, and then he gets serious. He did a great job."
 
The lead, however, changed hands in the top of the fifth inning. Massengale and Soularie scored on an error to tie the contest at 2. Two batters later, the Banditos grabbed a 3-2 advantage on Shane Jessen's solo homer.
 
"We scratched and clawed and that's one positive thing: Our kids didn't quit," Banditos coach Steve Hoffart said. "We played a little bit of small ball and Shane hit that real big home run that helped us. He's a big hitter. I think that was his third one of the (tournament)."
 
The excitement in the Banditos dugout was temporary, as the Crushers, based out of Conway, Ark., promptly responded. McCullough hit a single that scored Parker Gavazzi. Andrew Hreha's RBI groundout proved to be the game winner.
 
"It's a great feeling seeing our kids battle through it," Stroth said. "When we got down, no one dropped their head. That's pretty impressive for 10-year-olds."
 
Wicks retired the side in order in the top of the sixth, setting off a dog pile celebration inside the grass along the third-base line. The win capped a perfect 7-0 tournament run. The Crushers outscored their opposition, 72-20.
 
"It feels really good knowing the competition that was here," said Stroth. "The Banditos and the Cincy Flames are two of the best teams in the country, so that alone, just winning the tournament, is a great honor, but going to represent the NABF feels pretty special."
 
Rylan Kaufman took the hard-luck loss for the Banditos.
 
Said Hoffart: "Rylan pitched his butt off. That kid is phenomenal."

10 & Under Division All-Tournament Team

Rylan Kaufman Shane Jessen    Alerick Soularie Gunnar Hoglund Nick Northcut  Cam Swanger   Keegan Fish     Nick Erwin       Will Huber        Connor Dorsey Hunter Goodman Evan Crenshaw

Banditos Black Banditos Black Banditos Black Banditos Black Cincinnati Flames Cincinnati Flames Cincinnati Flames Cincinnati Flames Arlington Tigers Arlington Tigers Arlington Tigers Arlington Tigers

 

FRESHMAN DIVISION

12 & Under Division Classic Championship Series Site: Southaven, Mississippi

WINNER: Banditos Black – Tomball, TX

RUNNER-UP: Chet Lemon’s Juice – Eustis, FL

Final Game Score: Banditos Black 5 vs. Chet Lemon’s Juice 4

Summary of Game: By Chris Van Tuyl
At 6-foot-1, the Tomball, Texas-based Banditos Black affectionately call Ty Kilbourne “Tiger.”
On July 8 at Southaven’s Snowden Grove Park, the eye of the Tiger was exceptionally good. Kilbourne laced the first pitch he saw in the bottom of the sixth inning for an RBI single to propel his team to a 5-4 victory over Chet Lemon’s Juice for the National Amateur Baseball Federation World Classic 12-year-old championship.

“I thought they were going to pitch around him,” Banditos coach Tom Greene said. “I didn’t think he was going to see a strike, but they gave him that first pitch fastball and boom, he jumped all over it.”

After jumping all over each other in celebration, the next realization for the Banditos was that they had advanced to the National Youth Baseball Championships, Aug. 27-30 at the First Tennessee Fields in Cordova, Tenn.

“It’s a chance to play the best in the country from every other sanction,” said Greene. “We had a chance when we were 10; we had the bid but we couldn’t go, and it’s been hanging on us ever since. So this time, we really get to go.”

Among others, the Banditos will have Matt Muhleisen in their pitching arsenal. Against the Juice, the right hander allowed one unearned run through the first five innings.
“Matt pitched a great game,” Greene said. “He pitched his booty off. I couldn’t be more proud of him.”

Starting in the third inning, the Banditos gave their hurler some run support. Following Ryan Hoffart’s RBI squeeze bunt, they tacked on two more in the fourth. Muhleisen helped himself with an RBI single, while Eric Moll contributed a run-scoring double.

The lead grew to 4-1 on solo homer to right center by William Aguilar.

“It’s just surprising opposite-field power,” said Greene. “Every home run he hit this week went that way. For a 12-year-old to be able to do that, it’s amazing.”
The joy of hitting it over the fence, however, was also shared by a pair of sluggers in the opposing dugout. Zach Watson and Garrett Milchin hit back-to-back homers to fuel the Juice’s sixth-inning rally. With Eric Blanc at the plate five batters later, Austin Bergner raced home on a wild pitch to tie the contest at 4.

Christian Sanchez led off the bottom of the inning with a single and was standing on third with two outs, awaiting Kilbourne’s heroics.

“This is why you play baseball at this level. This is what it’s supposed to be,” Greene said. “Two very good teams fighting to the very last pitch of the game – it just doesn’t get any better than that.”

Said Lemon, a former MLB outfielder and 1984 World Series champion,: “The Banditos played really good baseball today. They got some timely hitting. They had a little bit more in the tank than we did today, but I’m proud of our kids.”
The Banditos went 8-0 in the tournament, averaging 10.8 runs per victory.

12 & Under Division All-Tournament Team

Matt Muhleisen Christian Sanchez Kevin Roliard   Ty Kilbourne    Preston Blount  Jacob Gonzales Donavan Mozzee Isaac Olson      Michael Smith   Keone Givens   Mason Thompson

Banditos Black Banditos Black Banditos Black Banditos Black Team Patriots Team Patriots Team Patriots Team Patriots Team Twelve Rawlings Team Twelve Rawlings Team Twelve Rawlings

 

13 & Under Division Classic Championship Series Site: Southaven, Mississippi

WINNER: Mississippi Royals – Southaven, MS

RUNNER-UP: Louisiana Bayou Bandits – Choudrant, LA

Final Game Score: Mississippi Royals 7 vs. Louisiana Bayou Bandits 4

13 & Under Division All-Tournament Team

Austin Riley      Jacob Wilcher  Collin Coates    DallasWoolfolk Chris Reid        Dilian Ridgway Jake Staughter  Noah Croft       Jack Oremus    Chris Botsoe    Thomas Ako Justin Rodriguez Jake Greer                   Von Watson                 Colin Kilgore                James Sherman Muse

Mississippi Royals Mississippi Royals Mississippi Royals Mississippi Royals Louisiana Bayou Bandits Louisiana Bayou Bandits Louisiana Bayou Bandits Louisiana Bayou Bandits Gravel Baseball Gravel Baseball Gravel Baseball Gravel Baseball Germantown Giants Germantown Giants Germantown Giants Germantown Giants

 

14 & Under Division Classic Championship Series Site: Southaven, Mississippi

WINNER: The Juice, Collierville, TN

RUNNER-UP: Dallas Stars, Rockwall, TX

Final Game Score: The Juice 10 vs. Dallas Stars 0

Greater Nashville, Tennessee Classic Championship Series

14 & Under Division All-Tournament Team

Codi Sartain                 Austin Johnson Seth Young                  Clay Casey                   Brandon Montgomery   Geoffrey King               Lowell Hanley              Chris Taylor                 Cody Cooper               Bailey Burford  Alex Coveny                Joe Long Breck Ruddick

The Juice The Juice The Juice The Juice The Juice Lewisburg Patriots Lewisburg Patriots Lewisburg Patriots Lewisburg Patriots MidSouth Mariners MidSouth Mariners MidSouth Mariners MidSouth Mariners

 

15 & Under Division Classic Championship Series Site: Greater Nashville, Tennessee

WINNER:  Troy Renegades, Troy, NY

RUNNER-UP:  Tennessee Baseball Club, Brentwood, TN

Final Game Score:  Troy Renegades 6 vs. Tennessee Baseball Club 3

MVP:  Joe Foran (Troy Renegades)

Batting Champion: Andrew Towns (Tennessee Baseball Club)

Recap: After a cool and rainy Saturday, the championship game heated up on Sunday between the Troy Renegades and the Tennessee Baseball Club. Both teams advanced through the semi-finals earlier that day in highly contested games, leaving both teams gasping for good pitching, good defense, and good offensive execution.

Both teams started the game off with good pitching. Greg Hoteling started for Troy only allowing runs in the third and fourth innings. Tennessee Baseball Club started Andrew Towns who had done a lot of damage with the bat during the tournament but was called on to stop a potent offense of Troy. He began the game doing very well, striking out 3 and only allowing 1 hit. But in the third, the Troy offense began clicking and hitting Towns. Troy got 4 consecutive hits from the top of the lineup starting with Hoteling leading off with a single. Joe Foran, the tournament’s MVP, followed with a double scoring Hoteling. From there, McGrath and Gallacchi each followed with doubles of their own. In total, Troy scored 4 runs that proved to be the big inning they needed.

Tennessee Baseball Club answered with 2 runs of their own in the fourth but could not get to Hoteling for the duration of the game. After adding one more run in the sixth, Hoteling hoped to close out the game by stopping the cooled off bats of the Tennessee Baseball Club but that proved not to be the case.

In the seventh inning, Hoteling walked two batters which then brought the tying run to the plate. The long fly ball fell short, giving Troy the championship of the 2010 15u Classic in White House, Tennessee.

Both teams played very well during the tournament. Tennessee Baseball Club had been undefeated leading up to the championship game and Troy had only lost one game which was against the Worth Bulldogs from Tennessee. Both the Tennessee Baseball Club and Troy finished 5-1 but Troy won the most important one.

Andrew Towns won the tournament’s Big Stick Award from Tennessee Baseball Club while Joe Foran was the tournament MVP.

15 & Under Division All-Tournament Team

Tyler McCord Jason Gallachhi Elijah Nkansah Kent Frentz  Randy Baugher Tanner Walker Jack Bundy  Chris Jansen Jake Bennie  Jamie Young Aaron Cain  Bobby Kenney Austin Kretzer Matthew James Jason Trott  Ryan McGrath John Bolton Michael Poole Bryan Framer Chris Mullins Zack Harvath

HRS Express Troy Renegades Advantage Aces BNBA Gold Frederick Hustlers TN Baseball Club HRS Express Johnny Mac Baseball TN Baseball Club Worth Bulldogs Diamond Boys Advantage Aces Johnny Mac Baseball BNBA Gold Frederick Hustlers Troy Renegades TN Baseball Club Diamond Boys Frederick Hustlers White House Devils Worth Bulldogs

 

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