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“Once again the Sluggers would like to take a moment to thank all the staff of Crystal day on Saturday and barely squeaking ULTIMATE NCI Carolina Sports and Nation’s Baseball for yet another great weekend of top notch baseball,” by in the second game to come back to said Jeff White of the 9U Carolina Sluggers. “The competition is always tough and to date, the field and play as solidly and as Team photos courtesy of Sky’s the Limit all have shown great sportsmanship. You guys and gals attract some great teams and we enthusiastically as they did on Sunday. Photography; action shots - Baseball The Magazine are proud to be a part of it. Especially having to play the same team To prove how tough the competition was, after losing the first game of the day to a very that beat you the day before and not t was a perfect weekend for strong 29ers team, the Sluggers barely made the Gold round by winning a nail biter that being intimidated says a lot for these youth baseball as teams con- went into extra innings against a tremendously talented Carolina Prowlers. If we hadn’t had kids. Iverged on the Charlotte, North a great catch in right field by Gavin Barker, who in turn threw a strike to Marshall Raper at Once again, I would like to thank our Carolina area for Nations Baseball’s home, blocking the plate to get the runner tagging from third. Also we had some great pitch- sponsors Auto Bell, Hinson’s Electric of Ultimate NCI on April 17th through ing by Justin Jarvis and Davis Hurd. Without that, we would have never made it to the Gold Kannapolis, and Tony’s Garage of April 19th, 2009. round on Sunday. Kannapolis. They truly are a great group “What an event!” Tournament On Sunday the Sluggers came to play with tremendous pitching performances by Brian of sponsors and great friends of kids. I Director Don Mason said. “The teams McKinsey, Gavin Barker, Matt Stevens, and Jason White. There were stellar defensive plays encourage anyone in the area of these by Drew Lord, Davis Hurd, Austin Hyde and Ryan O’Kelly, and the hot bats of and key hits businesses to use their services and played hard. The players gave it their Carolina Sluggers Wildcat Baseball all. It was truly a great baseball week- by Matt Stevens, Jason White, Drew Lord, Justin Jarvis, Austin Hyde and Gavin Barker. support them when possible.” The final end. With a paid National I was extremely proud of how our boys bounced back from losing the first game of the results for the 9U were: 1. Carolina Championship berth up for grabs in Sluggers 4-1; 2. Wildcat Baseball 3-2; each division it was exciting! We 29er Prep 3-1; 4. Carolina Twins 2-2; 5. would like to thank the City of Garnet Crush 3-1; 6. Charlotte Gastonia Parks & Recreation, Gaston Hurricanes 2-2; 7. Lake Norman County Parks & Recreation, and Copperheads 2-2; 8. Carolina Prowlers 1- Mecklenburg County Parks & 3; 9. East Coast Crew 1-3; 10. Rutherford Recreation for the tremendous job County Pirates 0-4. they did in making this tournament a In the 10 Select division, the huge success.” Cherryville Roadrunners crushed the In the 9U division, the Carolina Lake Norman Bears 10-0 in their first Sluggers went 4-1 for the weekend, game. The damage continued as they scoring forty-nine and only allowing defeated the Southside Charlotte Royals thirty-seven to cross the plate. Wildcat 11-1 in the first meeting and 6-1 in a re- Baseball settled for second as they match. The East Lincoln Mustangs were posted a 3-2 tournament record. 29er Prep Carolina Twins working their way through the bracket as they went undefeated in their first four games, taking on the Lake Norman Bears 12-1, the North Carolina Titans 10- ULTIMATE NCI 2, and in a re-match, the Lake would like to thank all of the kids for their hard forward to our next opportunity to play Nations Norman Bears 12-2 and the West work leading up to the tournament and the Baseball.” Union Warriors by a close 4-3 win. parents for all of the support they provide the The final results for the 10U Select were: 1. The next game would be between kids and coaches on a daily basis. We look Cherryville Roadrunners 4-0; 2. East Lincoln the two undefeated teams still stand- ing, the East Lincoln Mustangs and the Cherryville Roadrunners. The Roadrunners would keep the momentum moving forward as they defeated the Mustangs 13-1 to win all the marbles. Coaches Heath Jackson, Greg Crocker, Chris Brooks, and Ron Treadway wrote in to tell us, “The Cherryville Roadrunners are a 10U team formed with eleven kids from our local area. We have a great group of boys who love baseball and work really hard to learn the game. We try to teach the boys the basic fundamentals of baseball that will NC Force Carolina Heat help them prepare for middle and high school ball. These boys really have bonded as a team and not only are becoming better ball players but better young men. Baseball is a game of up and downs and you have to react to all situations, just as in life, so we stress good sportsman- ship, manners, and most of all respect for the game and all people who take their time to promote base- ball. The NCI was a great experience for our team and we played some great teams. Nations Baseball and Crystal Carolina really are doing a Carolina Storm Gastonia Rangers great job in providing tournaments for our boys to take part in. We would like to thank Crystal Carolina and all the people involved in mak- ing dreams like these come true. We would also like to tell all our spon- sors and friends thank you for the donations of time, money, and resources to help these boys become better ballplayers. To the families of our boys, we want to say thank you for your time and dedica- tion to your kids and you are blessed to have young men with the work ethic and determination to become Cherryville Roadrunners good people as well as better base- Huntersville Hawks ball players. Last but not least, we want to tell all the kids how proud we are as coaches and how we enjoy the time we spend with them. The Cherryville Roadrunners look forward to the rest of the season and the challenges ahead. GO ROAD- RUNNERS!” Mark McGinnis of the East Lincoln Mustangs had this to say, “This was the team’s first experience playing in the Ultimate NCI tourna- ment. The baseball was great and the teams were great. We could not have enjoyed ourselves more. I East Lincoln Mustangs GC Mudcats ULTIMATE NCI Mustangs 4-1; 3. West Union Creek Clash 3-1; 3. Steele Creek Rage 2-2; 5. Norman Dawgs 1-3; 11. Carolina Warriors 1-3; Warriors 2-2; 3. South Charlotte East Rowan Red Sox 2-2; 5. Tigers 3-1; 7. 12. Lake Norman Cobras 0-4. Royals 3-2; 5. North Carolina Titans 2- Upper Cleveland Crushers 2-2; 7. Matthews In the 11U Open division, the Carolina Heat 2; 5. Carolina Saber Cats 0-4; 5. Lake Grizzlies 1-3; 9. Carolina Knights 2-2; 10. Lake were the team to beat as they burned up the Norman Bears 0-4. In the 10U Open division, the tough NC Force dropped their first game against the Southside Americans 8-5, but rallied back to win three straight against the Carolina Copperheads 10- 6, KM Blue Sox 10-0 and the Carolina Storm 9-1. Settling for a second place win, the Carolina Storm worked the Carolina Bulldogs 4-1, KM Blue Sox 9- 2 and Southside Americans 7-4 before losing their last game to the Force. Robbie Pope of the 10U NC Force commented, “Great Weekend! The NC Force guys played well. The Ultimate NCI was a good tournament, which anytime you are playing baseball is Carolina Copperheads Stix Baseball great. The guys really played good on Sunday, defeating a good Carolina Storm team in the Championship game.” The final results for the 10U Open were: 1. NC Force 3-1; 2. Carolina Storm 3-1; 3. Southside Americans 3- 2; 4. KM Blue Sox 1-4; 5. Carolina Copperheads 2-2; 6. Carolina Bulldogs 1-3. In the 11U Select division, the Carolina Copperheads posted wins over the Steele Creek Rage 15-4, Carolina Warriors 10-1, East Rowan Red Sox 11-9, Mallard Creek Clash 12-2 and the tough Rowan Longhorns Rowan Longhorns Southside Bombers 7-6 to capture the crown. The Rowan Longhorns were working hard in the bracket also, but managed a 3-2 record to secure second place and Mallard Creek Clash weren’t too far behind posting a 3-1 record for the weekend putting them in the third spot. Walt Bundy from the Mallard Creek Clash expressed, “Nothing beats a sunny spring day at the ballpark and it was an especially great time at the Ultimate NCI Tournament. Our pitch- ers were bringing heat and our batters were getting hits from both sides of the plate. Although we didn’t achieve Mallard Creek Clash Alexander Cougars our goal of winning the tournament, it was still a good learning experience for the boys. We’ll be back stronger next time.