Exellent summer season ending travel baseball will be played this weekend starting Thursday as the 1st Annual Diamond Sports Promotions World Series Begins.
Teams selected to participate at the JV level were
St Louis Games Blue, Decatur, FCA Torchbearers, Chicago Jacks Black ,Team Pro Player, St Louis Gamers Gray, Longshots Baseball and the St Louis Sting.
In the Varsity Division there will be 14 teams participating. Springfield Statesmen 17u, Gamers Gray, Decatur Commodores, Dupage Outlaws, Gamers Blue, Rockford Hard Knox, Longshot BAseball 2010, Longshots BAseball 2009, Springfield Rush, McHenry County Hurricanes 17u, Midwest Elite, Central Illinois Outlaws, BNBA Gold and the Illinois Sparks.
This tourney will begin Thursday at 3pm and conclude on Sunday with the finals. Majority of the games will be played at Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan. It is a double elimination championship event with the teams after losing two games moving into a consolation championship tourney.
Both the JV Winners and Varsity Champions will receive Championship rings for their players. TEAMS HAD TO QUALIFY TO play in this event-- not just pay their way in.
Pairings may be found on the DSP website WITH ALL OF THE RESULTS OF THE TOURNEY
Saturday- Team Pro Player 16u advances to 4:30 championship undefeated by beating the st louis gamers 12-2 in 6 innings.. Someone must beat Pro Player two times in order to take the title away from them... They have played excellent baseball and have alot of pitching left
SATURDAY AT vARSITY LEVEL... BIG BATTLE TONIGHT AT ILLINOIS STATE WITH THE LONGSHOTS 09 FACING THE LONGSHOTS 2010 battling one another to see which one advances to the championship game undeafeated...
GREAT SITUATION FOR THE LONGSHOT BASEBALL PROGRAM
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