The St Louis Pirates defeated the Wisconsin Midwest Blazers in the Championship game 2-0.
It was a good tournament with lots of good players and great weather.
The scouting turn out was good but last year it was better. The U of Virginia recruiting coordinator probably traveled the farthest.
The final 8 teams according to the seedings included...
Pool Winner - Midwest Blazers #1 seed (Wisconsin) (overall pool record 4-0) Tournament Runnerup
Pool Runnerup - Big hitter Diamond Stars (Missouri)
Pool Winner - Cangelosi White #2 seed (Illinois) (overall pool record 4-0) Defeated in Quarter Finals
Pool Runnerup - 'Tie' Indiana Bandits (Indiana) and PG Iowa Navy (Iowa)
St Louis Pirates 16U #3 seed (Missouri)
(overall record 4-1) Defeated in Quarter Finals
Pool Runnerup - Hitters Baseball (Wisconsin)
PG Iowa #4 seed (Iowa)
(overall pool record 3-0-1) Defeated in Quarter Finals
Pool Runnerup - McHenry County Hurricanes (Illinois)
Cangelosi Blue #5 seed (Illinois)
(overall pool record 3-0-1) Defeated in Semi Finals
Pool Runnerup - Michigan Motor City Pride (Michigan)
Giants Scout Team #6 seed (Indiana)
(overall pool record 3-1) Defeated in Semi Finals
Runnerup - 'Tie' Prep Baseball Report (Illinois) and St Louis Red (Missouri)
St Louis Pirates 17U #7 seed (Champions)
(overall pool record 3-1) Tournament Champions
Runnerup '3 way tie' Longshots Baseball (Illinois), Cangelosi Baseball Academy (Illinois) and Wisconsin Braves (Wisconsin)
Michigan Motor City #8 seed (3-0-1) but lost their pool, so didn't qualify for playoffs.
Other Illinois area teams in the tournament.
Naperville Chargers (1-3)
Hard Knox (0-3-1)
Co Most Valuable Pitcher Award - Jake Powers (St Louis Pirates) 2 hit shutout in the playoffs and save in the championship game. Alex Belew (St Louis Pirates) No Hitter in opening game and winning pitcher of championship game, 2 wins, 13 IP, 3 hits.
Co Most Valuable Player Award - Josh Meade (Midwest Blazers) 9 for 15 with 5 doubles and 7 RBI. Jeff Jackson (Midwest Blazers) 9 for 14 and 7 runs scored. Outstanding defensive plays at critical times.
St Louis Pirates get the paid entry into Jupiter.
There are a lot of real good Illinois players that deserve to play in Jupiter. Here's hoping that some of them get a chance to be on a roster. We have heard there is possibly something being worked on with the Scout League and Bo Jackson Elite Sports.
fvcfan08-
Thanks. I saw them on the website but those things do change as we all know.
http://www.azfallclassic.com/senior/index.htm
I was looking for info on a friend who is playing in a JC showcase and ran into this site.
PG-
Both my kids have really enjoyed playing in your tourneys over the years. We all have enjoyed "mixing it up" from people/players from all over the country. Priceless.
Thanks. I saw them on the website but those things do change as we all know.
http://www.azfallclassic.com/senior/index.htm
I was looking for info on a friend who is playing in a JC showcase and ran into this site.
PG-
Both my kids have really enjoyed playing in your tourneys over the years. We all have enjoyed "mixing it up" from people/players from all over the country. Priceless.
Hats off to the St Louis Pirates...their 2 guys pitched a heck of a game in the Championship.
Very proud of our guys as well. 2 runs given up in 6 games (both in the championship) playing against the best in the Midwest is no small feat.
Thanks as always to PG for giving all these kids a great venue to show their skills. I know playing in these events makes our guys better ballplayers and that's what it's all about.
Once again a top notch event!
Very proud of our guys as well. 2 runs given up in 6 games (both in the championship) playing against the best in the Midwest is no small feat.
Thanks as always to PG for giving all these kids a great venue to show their skills. I know playing in these events makes our guys better ballplayers and that's what it's all about.
Once again a top notch event!
FVCFan08
The Hurricanes may be "lesser known" on this website, but I think that their reputation is definitely out there. They are well represented in the CFSL and they are definitely getting the scout's attention.
The Hurricanes may be "lesser known" on this website, but I think that their reputation is definitely out there. They are well represented in the CFSL and they are definitely getting the scout's attention.
I agree! It was a great tournament!
Hats off to the Blazers! Classy group of kids, Coaches and Parents! Good Luck the rest of the way!
What makes the Pirates win even more interesting is that not only were they playing their 7th game in 3 days, the kids only got about 5 hours sleep Sunday night because they were stuck on I-80 for 3+ hours in an accident-related traffic jam.
We got back to the hotel at 1:30 AM and had to get them dressed and fed to leave the hotel at 7:30 AM for the 9 AM game against the Giants.
The 4 hour drive home tonight was very quiet. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Hats off to the Blazers! Classy group of kids, Coaches and Parents! Good Luck the rest of the way!
What makes the Pirates win even more interesting is that not only were they playing their 7th game in 3 days, the kids only got about 5 hours sleep Sunday night because they were stuck on I-80 for 3+ hours in an accident-related traffic jam.
We got back to the hotel at 1:30 AM and had to get them dressed and fed to leave the hotel at 7:30 AM for the 9 AM game against the Giants.
The 4 hour drive home tonight was very quiet. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
pg did i read that right 13 inninngs pitched in 3 days.
looks like some great baseall played. For the Midwest Blazers to give up no runs in pool play and Cangelosi to give up 1 is outstanding. I see the Naperville Chargers team was 1-3 but lost two one run games, including one to Cangelosi's team that made the playoff round. Looks like they also had mostly 2010 and 2011 kids. Illinois teams looked like they had a very good showing. There's a few IL guys on that Blazers roster. I know there's always a ton of scouts and colleges here so I sure all the kids had a great deal of fun.
quote:pg did i read that right 13 inninngs pitched in 3 days.
Yes you read that correctly
Unfortunately we do not have any pitching limits. Seriously thinking about it though.
A pitch limit (IP_ would be a good thing. I think that most of these kids throwing are not in mid season form. Mine isn't....
I think the only thing in mid season form right now is my appetite during the football games...