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2007 WORLD SERIES RESULTS

FRESHMAN DIVISION (12 & under) Hopkinsville, Kentucky

CHAMPION: East Cobb Astros

RUNNER-UP: Cincinnati Flames

FINAL GAME SCORE: East Cobb Astros 7 vs. Cincinnati Flames 2

RECAP: The East Cobb Astros defeated the Cincinnati Flames 7-2 to win the National Amateur Baseball Federation Freshman Division (12U) National Championship. The title game was played at Hopkinsville, Kentucky in The Stadium of Champions, Tie Breaker Park. The Astros finished the World Series with a perfect 6-0 record during the four day event. Jamari Moore (Astros) was named the Rawlings World Series Most Valuable Player, finishing the series with a .700 batting average, hitting a total of three homeruns in the semi-finals and finals. Zach Bailey (Astros) was named the World Series Rawlings "Big Stick" Batting Champion, also finishing with a .700 batting average. Nick High, who hit only the third ever (out of the park) home run, during pool play, hit for the cycle in the semi-final win over the host team, the Christian County Triple C's.

2007 FRESHMAN ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

Jamari Moore (Rawlings MVP)

Zach Bailey (Rawlings "Big Stick" Batting Champion)

1B- HERBERT TRICE BALTIMORE BUZZ
2B- DION TANSEL ANTHONY WAYNE GENERALS
3B- JO JO MARLOW EAST COBB ASTROS
SS- TOM O'NEILL BALTIMORE BUZZ

C- EVAN RICHARDSON MACOMB MUD DOGS
C- BROOKS WARRENFELTZ FREDERICK HUSTLERS

OF- RYAN ROESKE MACOMB MUD DOGS
OF- ZACH BAILEY EAST COBB ASTROS (BATTING CHAMPION)
OF- GUNNAR BOWLING CLARKSVILLE ORIOLES
OF- JAMARI MOORE EAST COBB ASTROS (MVP)
OF- JAYCEN NEWSOME CINCINNATI FLAMES
OF- NICK HIGH EAST COBB ASTROS

P- TYLER POST OLNEY BUCS
P- BLAKE TIBERI CINCINNATI FLAMES
P- ERIC HENDERSON EAST COBB ASTROS
P- RYAN KNIGHT CHRISTIAN CO TRIPLE C'S
P- DANIEL MCKINNEY ANTHONY WAYNE GENERALS

INF- TRAVIS PERKOLA MACOMB MUD DOGS
INF- JUSTIN WAMPLER CINCINNATI FLAMES

DH- NICK FRANK ANTHONY WAYNE GENERALS

SOPHOMORE DIVISION (14 & under) Springboro, Ohio

CHAMPION: Glen Cove (NY) Cardinals

RUNNER-UP: Home Lending Solutions Gators

FINAL GAME SCORE: Glen Cove (NY) Cardinals 16 VS. Home Lending Solutions Gators 6

RECAP: The NABF Sophomore Division (14U) World Series invaded Springboro Ohio in beautiful Warren County on July 17th and an outstanding event followed.

The Opening Ceremonies started with the introduction of all teams and included a panoramic picture featuring all players and staff members and was followed by a complete skills competition that allowed participation from every player rostered in this prestigious event.

Steven Dankof, a member of the American Legion Post 165 team and graduate of Yale University honored us by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch.

Teams from Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Maryland, Upstate New York and Long Island provided an outstanding level of competition.

Outstanding crowds and delightful weather conditions allowed for a great tournament that saw the Glen Cove (NY) Cardinals knock off the Home Lending Solutions Gators, winners of the Ft. Wayne, Indiana Regional by a score of 16 – 6.

The Cardinals featured a solid team both offensively and defensively and were led by Series MVP James Cohan.

Grant Yoder of the Gators won the Series batting championship going 11 for 17.

2007 SOPHOMORE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

P- Stefan Schwartz – Glen Cove (NY) Cardinals
P- Scott Haag – Home Lending Solutions (IN) Gators
P- Dave Roseboom – Troy (NY) Dodgers
P- Colin Mills – Carroll County (MD) Cougars

C- Will Remillard – Troy (NY) Dodgers
C- Zack Chrzan – Home Lending Solutions (IN) Gators

1B- Mitch Carlson – Home Lending Solutions (IN) Gators
1B- Tyler Yudiski – Carroll County (MD) Cougars
2B- Trace Dempsey – Huntington Hounds
2B- Phil Rizzo – Glen Cove (NY) Cardinals
3B- Brendan Dalcol – Troy (NY) Dodgers
3B- Dalton Davis – Kinect Sports
SS- Josh Ingram – Troy (NY) Dodgers
SS- Braden Price – Kinect Sports

LF- Grant Yoder – Home Lending Solutions (IN) Gators
LF- Billy Sager – Huntington Hounds
CF- James Cohan – Glen Cove (NY) Cardinals
CF- Danny Dotson – Kinect Sports
RF- Dylan Hardy – Troy (NY) Dodgers
RF- Nick Kennedy – Glen Cove (NY) Dodgers

JUNIOR DIVISION (16 & under) Northville, Michigan

CHAMPION: Greenbush-Shodack Devilcats

RUNNER-UP: Independence Hammers

FINAL GAME SCORE: Greenbush-Shodack Devilcats 6 vs. Independence Hammers 2

RECAP: The 2007 Junior Division World Series pitted a team making a second straight appearance at the World Series - Independence Hammers against a first time team, Greenbush-Shodack Devilcats from the Albany, New York area. Both teams came into the final game with identical 4-1 records; however, in pool play in the round robin format, the Devilcats beat the Hammers 18-3. The Devilcats had a very offensive team scoring twice the runs of another team in the tournament, so the Hammers knew going into the game that they had their work cut out for them.

The Devilcats wasted no time in putting runs up on the scoreboard. Bobby Peluso led off the game with a single, followed by a walk, a fielder’s choice and a fly-out. So with two outs and runners on first and second, Matt Montrose stepped to the plate and with the count going to 3 & 2, he smacked a three run homer. This, by the way, was his third consecutive home run having two in his last two at bats in the semi-final game leading the Devilcats to an 8-3 victory.

The Devilcats scored again in the 4th inning on hits by Tim Murdick - a single to left center and Bobby Peluso - a single to right field.

The Devilcats continued their offensive in the 5th scoring two more runs on a single by Patrick Puentes, a double by Jamie Schultz and a single by Mike Muia.

The Hammers tried to mount a comeback in the 6th inning, but fell short scoring two runs and leaving the bases loaded.

Jamie Schultz, the World Series Most Valuable Player, pitched an awesome game allowing only two hits and one earned run, striking out twelve. The final was outstanding as well as a phenomenal tournament.

Bryan Sanderson from the Forest, Virginia Cavaliers took home the batting title, hitting .625.

2007 JUNIOR ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

C- Parker Jones – Independence Hammers
C- Frank Colavito – Long Island Braves

1B- Steven Schleper – Independence Hammers
2B- Bryan Sanderson – Forest Cavaliers
3B- Kenneth O’Neill – Maryland Orioles
SS- David Richards – Independence Hammers

OF- Anthony Romeo – Long Island Braves
OF- Andrew Ruecking – Cincinnati Heat
OF- Bobby Peluso – Greenbush-Schodack Devilcats
OF- Matt Wallman – Forest Cavaliers

INF- Ryan Panas – Toronto Mets
INF- Jaime Schultz – Greenbush-Schodack Devilcats
INF- Kyle Asher – Northville Broncos

DH- Tyler Drinkard Maryland Orioles

P- Justin Burden – Cincinnati Heat
P- Jake Thomas – Astro Falcons
P- Matt Montross – Greenbush-Schodack Devilcats
P- Ryan Mullen – Northville Broncos
P- Matthew Christoffersen – Long Island Braves
P- Johnnie Johnson – Independence Hammers
P- Christian Meza – Southern California Outlaws

HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION (17 & under) Greensboro, North Carolina

CHAMPION: Kinect Nationals

RUNNER-UP: Chesapeake Clippers

FINAL GAME SCORE: Kinect Nationals 9 vs. Chesapeake Clippers 1

RECAP: The Kinect Nationals from Dayton, OH defeated the Clippers from Chesapeake, MD 9-1 to win the High School World Series. This is the second championship the Nationals have won, after they captured the 16 and under World Series one year ago. A five fun first inning, which combined hits, stolen bases, and errors paved the way for the Nationals ultimate triumph. Chuck Gheysels’ double drove in two runs and Mike Kindel also had an RBI single in the first inning. In the second inning, Jake Hibberd of the Nationals drove in one run with a double and Gheysels would drive in the second run with a sacrifice fly.

The Clippers would not get on the board until the top of the fourth inning. Brian Flannery would drive in the only run with a RBI single. Justin Good of the Nationals scattered four hits through seven innings and struck out four batters.

The Nationals, who were the runner-up in Pool E with a 2-1 record, made an impressive run in the Championship Bracket to get to the finals. They ended the World Series with a 6-1 record. Their most impressive win was a 1-0 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays of Ontario, Canada. Tournament Most Valuable Player Cory Hough blanked the explosive Blue Jay offense in the semi-finals to get to the Championship Game.

MVP: Cory Hough, P, OF, 1B (Kinect Nationals)

Batting Champion: Kieran Flannery, .478 average (Chesapeake Clippers)

2007 HIGH SCHOOL ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

C-Kieran Flannery – Chesapeake Clippers
C-Peter Bako – Ontario Blue Jays
C-Jon Bacher – Maple Zone Diamonds

1B-Willie Staso Chesapeake Clippers
2B-Jake Hibberd Kinect Nationals
3B-Justin Lamborn Maple Zone Diamonds
SS-TJ Jones Kinect Nationals

LF-Dan Telford – Ontario Blue Jays
CF-Matt Kloos – Revolution Baseball
RF-George Agaypong – Mensah Ontario Blue Jays

INF-Chris Kubajha – Lexington Bulldogs
INF-Robbie Medoff – HCYP Raiders
INF-Jeff Spicuzzi – Macomb Storm
INF-James Vena – N. Shore Vikings
INF-Derek Buehler – Chesapeake Clippers

OF-Phillip Kaye – N. Shore Vikings

P-Nick DaSilva – Ontario Blue Jays
P-Chris Terry – Moneta VA
P-Danny Schmiemann – N. Shore Vikings
P-Stephen Rivera – Staten Island Padres
P-Cory Hough – Kinect Nationals
P-Austin Poretz – Chesapeake Clippers

SENIOR DIVISION (18 & under) Jackson, Mississippi

CHAMPION: Houston Heat

RUNNER-UP: Evansville Razorbacks

FINAL GAME SCORE: Houston Heat 4 vs. Evansville Razorbacks 2

RECAP: The Houston Heat Red (5-1) of Texas defeated the Evansville Razorbacks (4-2) of Indiana 4-2 in the Championship game of the NABF Senior Division World Series held in Jackson, MS. The Houston Heat were lead by RHP Seth Dornak, who pitched 7 strong innings for the complete game victory. He gave up 2 runs on 5 hits and struck out 4. He kept the Razorbacks off balance all day.
The Heat were lead offensively by 3B John Alexander’s 2 doubles and 2 RBI's. 1B Kyle Roliard was 2-2 with two singles and CF Chris Ballov drove in a run with a triple.
The Razorbacks were lead offensively by 3B Kolbrin Vitek's 2-2 day. He had a triple and an RBI. LF Cole Sturgeon also had a hit and an RBI.
The Heat would jump out to a 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning with two outs. Chris Wisdom would walk and then score on Chris Ballov's RBI Triple. John Alexander would then hit a Double to drive in Ballov.

The Razorbacks would come back in the top of the third inning with a run. Zach Noonan woul hit a one out triple and Cole Sturgeon would drive him in with a sacrifice fly to centerfield.
The Heat would come back and score single runs in the bottom of the third and fifth innings to expand their lead to 4-1. The Razorbacks would answer in the top of the sixth inning with a single run to cut the Heat lead to 4-2. But in the top of the seventh inning, the Razorbacks could only muster one base runner before they would ground out into a fielder’s choice to end the game.

Tyler Vick of the Mississippi Prospects won the annual NABF Senior Division World Series Homerun Derby at Smith-Wills Stadium tonight. Vick launched one homerun into the dusk to advance to the final round where he belted two more homeruns to claim the crown.

Rawlings Big Stick Batting Champion- David Renfroe, MS Prospects .468 AVG

Rawlings MVP Award- David Gallant, Houston Heat

2007 SENIOR ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

C Dan Pellegrino SoCal Renegades
C Alex Andrews NVA Barnstormers

1B-Caleb Reed Jackson 96ers
2B-David Hoffman Norwood Blues
3B-John Alexander NVA Barnstormers

SS-Stephen Lombardozzi Columbia Reds

INF-Matt Discon Jackson 96ers
INF-David Renfroe MS Prospects

OF-Zach Noonan Evansville Razorbacks
OF-Cole Sturgeon Evansville Razorbacks
OF-Fernando Frias NY Nine
OF-Cody Goulger Houston Heat
OF-Bryan Shelton Seattle Chaffey Baseball
OF-Clint Tompson Topeka Stars

P-Dallas Gallant Houston Heat
P-Anthony Drobnick Seattle Chaffey Baseball
P-Dan Kiekhefer Evansville Razorbacks
P-Sam Dickstein Norwood Blues
P-Seth Dornak Houston Heat
P-Joe Devine Evansville Razorbacks

COLLEGE DIVISION (22 & under) Rising Sun, Maryland

CHAMPION: Long Island (NY) Astros

RUNNER-UP: Lower Bucks (PA) Indians

FINAL GAME SCORE: Long Island (NY) Astros 8 vs. Lower Bucks (PA) Indians 1

RECAP: For the third straight year, the 2007 National Amateur Baseball Federation College Division World Series was won by the team that was the runner-up the year before. The Long Island Astros (Federation of Amateur Baseball League, New York), 2006 runner-up, returned to defeat the Lower Buck Indians (Harry Startzell League, Pennsylvania) 8-1. Astros’ outfielder Nick Testani was chosen the World Series Most Valuable Player after getting three hits in the championship game.

The 2007 College World Series was hosted by Cecil County Baseball and held in Rising Sun/Northeast, Maryland, near Chesapeake Bay at three fields – Cecil Community College, Cecil County Sports Complex, and Cecil Johnnies’ Field.

In 2006, in Toledo, the Astros were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pandas (Tri State Baseball League) in the championship game. In 2005, the Pandas were runner-ups to the champion Michigan Bulls (Livonia Collegiate League), and in 2004, the Michigan Bulls were runner-up to the Twin City Scrappers (Central Illinois Collegiate League).

This year, the Pandas won the Youngstown, OH regional for the third straight year and returned to win the Group A tiebreaker as three teams ended pool play with a 3-1 record. The Astros were runner-ups and the Long Island Mariners, from the same league as the Astros, won the Bethlehem, NY regional to qualify for the World Series, also finished 3-1.

The other two teams in Group A were the Canton Cubs (Livonia Collegiate League), 1-3, and Cincinnati Force (Southwest Ohio Baseball League) at 0-4.

In Group B, the Lower Buck Indians were 3-1 in pool play, losing to the Canton Terriers, who were undefeated at 4-0. At 2-2 was the host Cecil County Reds; the Louisville Orangemen (Derby City Baseball, Kentucky regional winner) followed at 1-3; and the Clearfield Dingers (Continental Baseball League, Pennsylvania) followed the pack at 0-4.

In the nightcap at Cecil County Sports Complex, the Lower Buck Indians pounded out 19 hits as they defeated the Pittsburgh Pandas 13-6 and ruining the Pandas’ hopes of defending its championship. In the late afternoon semifinal, the Canton Terriers undefeated run came to an end as the Astros defeated the Canton Class A Champion.

In the final at the College World Series, Nick Testani, the centerfielder from the Astros, led Long Island to a 4-0 lead after the third inning and the Astros never looked back there after.

MVP: Nick Testani, Long Island Astros
Batting Champion: Rob Piervinanzi, Long Island Astros

2007 COLLEGE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

C Joe Silva Long Island Astros
C Alex Phillipi Lower Buck Indians

1B Michael Barsotti Lower Buck Indians
2B Nate McCullough Pittsburgh Pandas
3B Tony Donofry Lower Buck Indians

SS Michael Boyland Lower Buck Indians

P Mike Flynn Long Island Astros
P Pat Delvin Lower Buck Indians
P Ryan Cassidy Lower Buck Indians
P Jimmy Norvell Louisville Orangeman
P Mike Meyers Long Island Astros

OF Justin Grestley Lower Buck Indians
OF Zack Duggan Pittsburgh Pandas
OF Frank Intagliata Long Island Astros
OF John Donahue Long Island Astros
OF Rob Piervinanzi Long Island Astros
OF James Early Pittsburgh Pandas

DH Chris Chiavappa Long Island Astros
DH Brandon Steinberger Long Island Astros

MAJOR DIVISION (unlimited age) Louisville, Kentucky

CHAMPION: Jet Box Baseball Team, Detroit, MI

RUNNER-UP: St. Johns-Lambros, Pittsburgh, PA

FINAL GAME SCORE: Jet Box 5 vs. St. Johns-Lambros 1

BATTING CHAMPION: Jim Jaskowski, St. Johns-Lambros, Pittsburgh, PA
(.633 average)

M.V.P.: Adam Echlin, pitcher, Jet Box Team, Detroit, Michigan (2 wins, no losses)

RECAP: The NABF Major Division 2007 World Series took place August 16-19, 2007 at Derby City Field in Louisville, Ky. Derby City Baseball, Inc. once again served as the host of this prestigious event. In one of the most balanced tournaments in years every team felt the pain of defeat and every team enjoyed the joys of victory.

Pool play began on Thursday morning and continued until completion on Saturday morning. Seven of the ten teams were still eligible to qualify for single elimination as late at Saturday morning. At the end of pool play four teams stood ready to move to single elimination play.

Results of Pool Play
Pool A

Team	Wins	Losses
Addison Braves	1	3
Pittsburgh St Johns Lambros	4	0
Leib’s Buffalo N.Y.	2	2
Toledo All American Coach	2	2
Orlando Cardinals	1	3

Pool B

Team	Wins	Losses
Detroit Jet Box	3	1
Atlantic Coastal Drillers	1	3
A Plus Plumbing	3	1
Hackensack N.J. Troasts	1	3
Louisville Riverrats	2	2

With the completion of Pool Play the pairings were set for the semi-final round. In the first semi-final game Pittsburgh St. Johns took on A Plus Plumbing from West Haven, Ct. Led by Brandon Federicci’s pitching performance and the timely hitting of Rick Satcho, Pittsburgh St. Johns defeated A Plus Plumbing 5 to 0 in the opening game of single elimination. Federicci pitched eight scoreless innings giving up only two hits and striking out seven. Satcho went 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBI’s. This victory propelled Pittsburgh St. Johns into the championship on Sunday afternoon.

The nightcap easily could be called the most exciting game of the tournament. This game pitted Detroit Jet Box against Toledo All American Coach. Led by Mike Borkowski’s 5 1/3 innings of relief, where he gave up only one earned run and Travis Kochan’s two hits and two RBI’s, Detroit Jet Box came back from a 4 to 1 deficit with two runs in the eighth and two runs in the bottom of the ninth to win 5 to 4 and advanced to championship Sunday.

The championship game matched Detroit Jet Box (4-1) against Pittsburgh St. Johns (5-0) for the Major Division championship. Making his second appearance of the tournament, Adam Echlin pitched seven innings with no earned runs and six strikeouts. This performance led Detroit Jet Box to a 5 to 1 victory over Pittsburgh St. Johns. This outing coupled with Echlin’s first outing of 9 complete innings giving up 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts earned him MVP for the tournament. Echlin finished 2-0 pitching 16 total innings, giving up one earned run and striking out 12.

Jim Jaskowski of Pittsburgh St. Johns won the batting title with average of .633 going 12 for 19.

TOURNEY NOTES: For the first time in sixty-seven years, a team representing Greater Pittsburgh Baseball Federation reached the final game of an NABF National Championship Series. In 1940 Birmingham Acipos of Alabama defeated the Pittsburgh-Wilkinsburg team 10-2. This was the second championship by the Jet Box team of Michigan. Jet Box won the 1997 championship by defeating the Fairfield Connecticut Sounders 8-3.

A huge thanks goes out to the host organization for a well run tournament and the tremendous effort on Thursday evening getting the fields playable after a hard storm. This effort enabled the tourney to remain on schedule for the remainder of the tournament.

2007 MAJOR ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

C- Cory Brownsten Leib’s Buffalo, NY
C- Alberto Blasini Orlando Cardinals

1B- Rick Satcho Pittsburgh St. Johns
2B- Jon Zilles Pittsburgh St. Johns
3B- Jeff Martin Pittsburgh St. Johns
SS- Dan Watchowski Detroit Jet Box

P- Adam Echlin(MVP) Detroit Jet Box
P- Kyle Hill Detroit Jet Box
P- Brandon Federici Pittsburgh St. Johns
P- Mark Messina Leib’s Buffalo NY
P- Kevin Quick Louisville Riverrats
P- Scott Bailey Addison Braves

OF- Nate Thimens Pittsburgh St. Johns
OF- Todd Sedlar Toledo All American Coach
OF- Chris Flynn A Plus Plumbing
OF- Ryan Jablonski Leib’s Buffalo NY
OF- Mark Demena Hackensack NJ Troasts
OF- Brandon McCabe Atlantic Coastal Drillers

INF- Ricky Clinton Louisville Riverrats
INF- Butch Bellinger Hackensack NJ Troasts

DH- Jim Jaskowski (Batting Champion) Pittsburgh St. Johns