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2009 WORLD SERIES RESULTS 
SOPHOMORE DIVISION (14 & UNDER) Lynchburg, Virginia Champion: Up-to-Bat Titans Recap: By: Ted Allen of Lynchburg News and Advance Not too many 14-year-old players get to play two games at Lynchburg’s City Stadium on the same day. For Forest’s sophomore entry in the NABF World Series, the experience was bittersweet, and the outcomes of the two games like night and day. In the morning game against the Spring (N.Y.) Renegades, which had gone 4-0 and were seeded first after pool play, Forest scored 10 runs in the first inning and went on to cruise to an 11-3 victory. “We hit the ball well and got a solid pitching performance from Michael Carter,” Forest coach Troy Doss said. “He went seven innings and gutted it out.” That sent JF to the championship game against the Up to Bat Titans of Cleveland, Ohio, which also came out of its pool as the 2nd seed, beating Nothing But Baseball out of Pittsburgh, PA, 11-2 to advance to the final. But it was the Titans, not the Cavaliers, doing the pile-on celebrating inside the diamond as the sun set on Calvin Falwell Field on Saturday night, following their 4-1 championship victory. After a leadoff single in the top of the first by Reed Bryant, Forest had no hits in their next 16 at-bats against Titans pitcher Allan Medovic, who struck out six and allowed just one hit through the first five innings. “That pitcher was mixing up his pitches and kept us off balance all night,” Doss said. “We couldn’t get the timely hits when we needed them.” The Titans, who improved to 57-12 on the season, came through in the clutch at the plate and capitalized on a couple of Forest errors in the field. Leadoff batter Carl Lint scored on two unearned runs—first in the third after drawing a leadoff walk, stealing second and advancing to third on an error by the center fielder, and coming home on a sacrifice fly to shallow right. Then, in the three-run fourth, after Adam Vasil led off with a single and scored on a triple down the first-base line by Justin Aviles, Lint reached by error to bring home Aviles. He scored the final run on a single by Ben Szymczak to right when the relay throw home from first was too late. Szymczak later was named as the MVP of the tournament. The Cavaliers broke up the shutout with two outs in the sixth when Cal Hodgert and Cameron Byrd delivered back-to-back singles, scoring starting pitcher Mark Heideman, who had reached on a fielder’s choice after Bryant drew a one-out walk. Eighth batter Ben Stanley singled past second with two outs in the seventh before the Titans retired Zach Coleman for the third time on the night to end it. “It was just a privilege to be in the championship game,” said Doss, whose team finishes 4-2 in the tournament. For the Titans, this was their ninth tournament of the summer and they have now won five, but this was their first NABF World Series championship. “We’re a first-year team,” assistant coach John Vasil said, noting Up to Bat only advanced to Lynchburg after winning a five-state NABF Regional qualifier in Toledo, Ohio last Saturday, beating teams from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. MVP: Carl Lint- Up to Bat Titans Forest Cavaliers 000 001 0—1 4 2 W: Allan Medovic L: Mark Heideman. Records: Up to Bat 5-1, Forest 4-2. Highlights: F—Reed Bryant 1-2, walk; Cal Hodgert 1-3; Cameron Byrd 1-3; Ben Stanley 1-3. UTB—Ben Syzmczak 2-3, 2 RBIs; Adam Vasil 2-3, run; Justin Aviles 2-3, 3B, run; Carl Lint 2 runs. All Tournament Team
JUNIOR DIVISION (16 & Under) Northville, Michigan Champion: Long Island Titans Recap: It was anticipated that the Long Island Titans and the Dayton Dirtbags were going to have a slugfest in the World Series Championship game. Entering the game, the Dirtbags of Dayton had five players hitting over .400 and the Titans had four. In the five preliminary contests, the Dayton Dirtbags averaged 11 runs per game while the Titans averaged nearly 14 runs per game. The bats fell silent in Sunday afternoon’s championship game. The pitching aces for Dayton and Long Island matched each other pitch for pitch, strike for strike. After three innings, the score remained 0-0. It stayed that way until the bottom of the sixth inning. The tournament’s MVP Anthony Gatto hit a fading line shot to right that eluded a stretching fielder’s glove. Gatto stood up at third. A well hit ball off the fence scored Gatto easily for the winning run. The Dirtbags were retired in order in the top of the seventh. Final score, 2-0. Champions, Long Island Titans. Long Island Ace Michael Kaufman faced only 22 batters. Some would say his curve ball was lethal. But it was not nearly as deadly as the south paw’s pickoff move to first base where he picked off five Dirtbags in seven attempts. The Dayton Dirtbags are a very good team. Their hitting is very solid. On this day, the pitching, hitting, and fielding of the Long Island Titans was better. Hail to the champions. Hail to the Titans, the NABF 2009 Junior Division Champions. All Tournament Team
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION (17 & Under) Lynchburg, Virginia Champion: Virginia Barnstormers Recap: By: Ted Allen of Lynchburg News and Advance Virginia Barnstormers shortstop and pitcher Kenny Towns found out last November that he is diabetic. “It doesn’t hold him back too much,” Barnstormers coach Chris Warren said. Monday afternoon at City Stadium, the rising junior at Lake Braddock High School in Fairfax was named the Most Valuable Player of the National Amateur Baseball Federation High School World Series Championship game. Towns tossed a complete-game five-hitter, striking out four in a 3-0 victory over the previously unbeaten Maryland Orioles (7-1). Though he went 0 for 3 in the final, Towns also was one of Virginia’s offensive catalysts. “He hit in the No. 3 hole throughout the tournament and scored a ton of runs for us,” Warren said. In the championship game, the Barnstormers’ regular shortstop showcased his arm and his glove from on the mound, workout out of jams in the second, third and fourth innings to preserve a 1-0 lead. The Orioles put runners on third with one out in all three frames and failed to score the tying run. Maryland’s Mike Schmidt (no relation to the former Philadelphia Phillies’ Hall of Fame third baseman) and Christian Wolfe opened the second inning with back-to-back singles before Russ Patti drew a one-out walk to load the bases for Kodi Beckwith. Towns induced him to ground into an inning-ending 1-2-3 double play. “I got really excited after that one because I knew that was big to get through that,” he said. Towns then snared a hard comebacker by Brandon Franke with runners on second and third in the third before somehow getting a glove on and batting down another hard-hit ball by Sean Doyle in the fourth, throwing to first for the second out. “(That) one almost took my head off,” Towns said. “Their pitcher had two line drives hit right at him and made plays on them both,” Maryland coach Gary Fratantuono said. “That was the difference in the ballgame because if either of those gets through, we score.” Adam Forrer made a nice play on a shot lined into the hole near second base by Russ Patti, holding Wolfe at third with two outs in the fourth, before Beckwith flew out to center to end the threat. “A couple innings, they had some runners on and I had to bear down and get some outs and let the defense work behind me,” Towns said. Virginia (8-0) mounted a two-out, two-run rally in the bottom of the fourth, with John McGillicuddy singling home Ryan Lindemuth and scoring on a double into the gap in left center by Beau Fitzpatrick for a three-run lead. “Going up 3-0 made it easy to go out there and throw strikes,” said Towns, who didn’t allow a runner past first base in the final three innings, retiring the Orioles in order in the seventh. Not normally a starting pitcher, Towns wanted to finish what he started on Monday. “He typically throws in relief but we couldn’t have pried the ball out of his hands in the seventh inning if we wanted to,” Warren said. “I wanted to stay in there,” Towns added. “I felt confident I could shut them down one more inning.” Considering his quick reflexes and endurance on the mound, it’s hard to tell he has to deal with a medical condition like diabetes. “It doesn’t affect me that much,” said Towns, who makes sure his blood sugar levels stay high enough during games by drinking plenty of Gatorade. “I don’t even think about it.” Both teams dominated their opposition throughout the tournament’s pool play and into Sunday’s single-elimination bracket competition. Going into the championship game, Maryland (23-7 this summer) had outscored its opponents by a 68-7 count and Virginia held a commanding 64-10 advantage in runs scored. The Barnstormers (27-8-1) were participating in their fifth tournament of the summer, though the first four were showcase events with no champion declared. “Everything we did this summer prepared us for this,” Warren said. “The kids played outstanding. They scored a lot of runs with two outs, had a lot of hits with two strikes and made plays in the field in key situations.” Lindemuth, a William & Mary recruit and rising senior teammate of Towns at Lake Braddock, pitched a two hitter in a 4-1 semifinal win over the Rangers Select. He tied the game at 2-2 with an RBI single in the third before Patti singled and scored the winning run in the fourth on consecutive hits by eighth batter Chris Peltz and Shillenburg. Brandon Franke pitched a complete game for Maryland, striking out 11 in a four-hitter. MVP: Kenny Towns, Virginia Barnstormers
W: Kenny Towns. L: Steve Shillenburg. Records: Maryland
7-1, Virginia 8-0. All Tournament Team
SENIOR DIVISION (18 & UNDER) Champion: Maryland Monarchs (MD) Recap: The 2009 NABF Senior Division Championship game featured the Jackson 96ers Blue team playing in their third title game in six years and the Maryland Monarchs, who were playing in their first NABF Championship Game. The Maryland Monarchs would jump out to a 8-0 lead in the first two innings on 5 walks and 6 hits. The Jackson 96ers would battle back and score 2 runs in the second and fifth innings and a single run in the sixth inning to make the score 8-5. The Monarchs would put the game away with 2 runs in the sixth inning and single runs in the eighth and ninth innings to make the score 12-5. This would be the Maryland Monarchs first NABF Senior Division World Series Championship and the Jackson 96ers 2nd Runner-up finish in six years. All Tournament Team
COLLEGE DIVISION (22 & UNDER) Champion: Crystal Lake Cardinals (IL) Recap: The Crystal Lake Cardinals (Illinois) shut down some
of the hottest hitting bats in the 2009 National Amateur Baseball Federation
College Division World Series when they defeated the Dix Hills Dodgers
(Long Island, N.Y.) 3-0 in the championship. In the final, Cardinals starting pitcher Matt Huck held the Dodgers scoreless through eight innings and allowed only one hit through six innings and two more in the seventh. For his performance against the best hitting team of the series, Huck was named the World Series MVP. After two Dodgers reached base in the ninth against closer Scott Spinelle, a long outfield fly ball struck by Dodger hitter Alexander Aurrichio (Columbia) nearly cleared the fence and would have tied the game, but Cardinal left fielder Darcy Doyle made the grab at the warning track to bring Crystal Lake to within one out of the championship. Spinelle got the next batter to hit into a fielders'
choice for the final out, and the Cardinals celebrated after winning
their fifth game of this year's wood bat College World Series by piling
into a celebratory "dog pile" in nearly 90-degree heat. In the sixth, Moylan made his own case for MVP by clearing the fence with the only home run of the game. For most teams playing against the Dodgers in the World Series that would not have been enough to win the ballgame, but in this contest it was more than enough thanks to Huck's pitching. In the seventh, the Cards got another insurance run after Dave Hoffman singled, reached second on a wild pitch, and scored on an RBI single by Cory Phillips. All Tournament Team
MAJOR DIVISION (UNLIMITED) Champion: Detroit Jet Box (MI) Recap: The final game pitted the two time champion Detroit Jet Box against the Beecher Muskies who were seeking their first championship. The Detroit Jet Box rallied from a 4 to 2 deficit in the bottom of the ninth with three runs to win the championship 5 to 4. Led by the offensive power of Matt Viggiano (3 for 4 at the plate, 1 RBI and two runs scored) and Drew Churchward (2 for 3 at the plate and two runs scored.) Jet Box emerged victorious in one of the best played championships in recent memory. The MVP was Drew Churchward who batted .529 on 9 hits in 17 plate appearances. Churchward, also, had two homeruns and 11 RBI’s. The 2009 batting champ was Rich Berich with the Ft. Wayne Shady Nook. Berich hit .625 with a 10 for 16 performance. All Tournament Team
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