15U AAU National Championships

I just wanted to wish all the teams from NC that are going down to Cocoa Beach, FLA for the national championships good luck and represent our state well. To get game updates and news from the tournament you can go to http://www.aaubaseball.org/pages/2003tournaments.html , then just scroll down to 15U. Here is some info on the 2 teams going from Carolina

G'boro Batting Center - Won the 2003 HYSA World Series, 2002 fall state champs, has lots of size and power www.eteamz.com/greensborobattingcenter

Charlotte D'backs - Won the 2003 NCAAU state championship, won the 2003 USSSA state championship. Brings a record of 26-1 so far this spring/summer. www.eteamz.com/diamondbackbaseball

 

good luck guys, go get 'em!!! ill be sure to keep updated on the scores

 

Great post!!....Thanks

 

NC: great showing in 15U AAU nationals

from Cocoa Beach Florida

the Charlotte Observer is useless. despite being emailed and phoned they couldn't get scores in but here is the story of a great showing for the future of NC baseball:

#1 Greensboro Batting Center
#2 FL Hitmen
#3 East Cobb
#4 Texas Outlaws
#7 Charlotte Diamondbacks
#9 Richmond Cty Rockies

 

great job NC!
one correction... the texas team was called the Texas Blackhawks, not the Texas Outlaws

 

DeputyDawg
Did you go?
Where did you get info?

Dynasty...did you go?

 

i got to see it. one of the best tournament locations for a family you could have (Space Coast FL: Cocoa Beach).

 

Hey Squid
Please give us a rundown of some of the games you saw!

 

1. format was initial pool play w/ 34 teams
2. top 2 from each pool went fwd; bottom 2-3 went to a consolation bracket
3. the bottom 4 of the top 10 played for the last 2 slots of the final 8
4. losers of the final 8 went to the 5-8 bracket; winners to 1-4 bracket

Teams were from CT to Utah to TX and east.

the final 4 teams were, man for man, superior to the rest of the field and should have been there; the final 4 were teams characterized by cherry picked players (big, strong & fast) from a wide geography. FLHitmen were from Tampa, Orlando, Jax, Cocoa as an example. GBC won "easily" over the Hitmen something like 7-3 in the final. GBC went on a rampage early, out 5, then 7 runs. The GBC pither took advantage of a wide strike zone and never put it over the middle of the plate leading to "colorful" reactions from fans as frustrated and non-adjusting Hitmen were stymied. No team went undefeated. GBC, E Cobb and Hitmen lost their very first game in the first round. A big flamethrowing lefty from CT beat E Cobb in the 1st round, never to be heard from during the remainder of the Tourney. There were some very good players but few that really, clearly stood out as "off the charts".

the 5-8 teams were solid clubs. Charlotte Diamondbacks wound up 6-3 for the tournament. They beat (what was eventually) the #6 team TNE in the second rnd on a beauty of a pitching performance by King (Piedmont HS) winning 2-0, but lost in the bottom of the 7th 4-3 in the first rnd of the final 8 (on a little overthrow to the pitcher from the catcher) in Space Coast Stadium (Expos) vs the eventual #5 team CT Titans.

FYI: the D'backs beat GBC as well as Carolina (Kernersville) Cardinals (I heard came in #2 in the USSSA nationals) for the NC AAU title a few weeks back. they are a solid team that can beat just about anyone on a given day, but not everyone all the time.

One other thing, the D'backs won the team sportsmanship award over all 34 teams. The tourn director said it was voted on based on the team, coach and fan character / behavior.

Simpsonville SC (SC AAU champs) didn't make it to the top 10.

I didn't see the #9 Richmond Cty Rockies (except at Ron Jon) but they must be solid getting to the final 10.

All in all, with GBC, D'backs, Rockies and Cards doing well in nationals, NC was well represented in the 15U age bracket. Then, when you take into acct the 16U On Deck O's (which are basically all 15 yr olds) it looks like a good crop of baseball kids.

http://www.aaubaseball.org/score/div1/15u/results.asp

 

Following another post, found out that Greensboro Batting Center(GBC) earned the title of 2003 AAU 15U National Champs in Cocoa Beach last week. Congratulations GBC!!!
http://www.eteamz.com/greensborobattingcenter

Way to bring the GOLD back to NC!