Joplin, Mo Premier Junior Championship

Sunshines Mom,

We just hope you can live up to your log-in name . Please, no more rain!!!!

Thanks

Sunshinesmom,

No, I'm not in Joplin. I choose to attend the University of Nebraska tournament in June instead. However, my mother is out there with my little brother Stewart, #13....he's a lefty pitcher and plays 1B. They arrived in Joplin around 4pm today. They are all staying at the La Quinta. There are two Arlington A's teams there....my little brother is playing on the 17U A's Allen team. They are in the same division as the McKinney Marshalls. I know...I hope you guys have good weather this time. I did see there were a bunch of Texas teams in the tourney. Well, feel free to meet my mother Beverly; however, I must warn you...she will talk your ear off.

Good luck to you guys too!! I know my brother's team has a double header tomorrow...first game at 10:30 and the next at 1pm.

thanks Pirate Padre

My son's team is at the LaQuinta too.Our games are at 1 and 7 tomorrow. I stayed in the room and did not go to the opening banquet. I would have asked around for your mom and brother-hopefully I an find them tomorrow. I'll keep in touch

My mom and brother were at the opening banquet. Well, it doesn't look we will face you guys until the Championship or Consolation rounds. We only play the Burkburnett Blacksox (seed #13) in your bracket. Good luck to you guys today!

SCORES?

Anyone have scores yet? Nothing updated on Premier website yet.

the only two score I know are:
Dulins Dodgers-5
Sioux City Bancrofts-4

the game before us was 8-0 and I don't know who was 8 and who was 0. It was the Burkburnett Blacksox and the Columbia Angels.

we have another game at 7 at the same place. Is there a certain team you are wanting scores-I will try and find out for you.

Any updates on some of the area teams such as the Marshals, Arlington A's or Mustangs?

Columbia Angels 8
Blacksox 0

The McKinney Marshals defeated the Arlington A's this morning 11-2 behind a great pitching performance by Daniel Fails. Not sure of the line(he had a perfect game through 3 until a walk), but he pitched a heck of a game and the Marshals hit pretty well .

Next Mashals game tonight at 7 pm vs. Kyle Chapman. Will update later tonight.

Thanks!

Houston Heat 8
Dallas Mustangs-Lamonte 4

McKinney Marshals 11
Arlington A's-Allen 2

Arlington A's-Olivo 2
Austin Slam Senators 1

KC Sluggers 11
Arlington A's-Allen 8

Midwest Natls 7
Waco Storm Angels 6

Arlington-A's Allen-2
McKinney Marshalls-11

Arlington A's Allen-8
Kansas City Sluggers-11

Dallas Mustangs LaMounte-4
Houston Heat-8

I am trying to get the others-I'll keep in touch

thanks 643

you got the scores before me-thanks for posting them

No problem...good luck this week!

The McKinney Marshals 17U team split today with a win earlier and a loss tonight against Houston Kyle Chapman in front of 12-16 college guys...it sounds like our boys pooped the bed as they made 3-4 errors...We play the KC Sluggers manana to see if we can escape the pool in one piece...

Dallas Mustangs - Randle 17U
The team is 2-0 and currently first in their pool. They won over Austin Slam 10-1 in 5 innings (Cameron White -Win) and beat the KC Blue 9-8 in a tight one..

thanks 643,

We lost 3-1 last night to the Columbia Angels. So we are 1-1. We play at noon today again the Burkburnett Blacksox.
We have trouble batting against smaller pitchers that pitch in the low 70's-throws us all off until one of our guys will hit it just right and out the park it goes-which only happened once last night!!

Take Care

From what I can tell, these are the teams that are advancing to the "championship bracket":

Midwest Natls
Houston Heat
Houston Kyle Chapman Blue
McKinney Marshals
Austin Slam Senators
Arlington A's-Olivo
Columbia Angels
Dulins Dodgers 17u
Indiana Bulls Black
Wichita Sluggers
South Tx Sliders
Pittsburg ??
Rawlings Prospects-Reed
Dallas Mustangs-Randle
Austin Wings Black
Baxter Springs

I'm not sure if they are using a wildcard format this week. It was used last week in Cincinnatti, based on record & runs allowed.

643,

I think you are correct. the coaches are having a meeting tonight and we were told the schedules that are posted for tomorrow are not correct.
We are in the championship bracket-how do they decide what teams we will play tomorrow? Am I correct in saying now we will play outside our original pool? the houston heat is in the hotel with me and they are huge-I would hate to have their grocery bill-somewhere our tennessee boys missed the meeting on eating starches and vegetables!!

I saw the Heat 18s last week...and they are big boys as well!

If I remember correctly, the pool winners are seeded 1-8...2nd place in pools 9-16..both based on W's and runs allowed...or something to that affect.

If I hear anything "official" tonight-i'll let you know!!

My son's team won this event last summer and it was well run, well officiated and overall a great event. We loved Joplin. That old park in Joplin has a lot of history. What a great place to play.

Marshals win 2 today. They beat the Midwest Nationals and the SoTEX Sliders. Play Houston Heat tomorrow night at 730. Winner goes to final four...Yea!

Congrats to Ostroff and Company. Keep it going!

Marshals defeated Houston Heat tonight 5-2 in a game with start delayed a few hours by rain.

Marshals vs Austin Wings Black at 1130a Sun in the semis.

Been raining for several hours. Forecast is scattered rain throughout the night until morning. Hopefully the semis will get started as scheduled.

The Marshals dream is d e a d...lost to the Austin Wings 8-3...semi's for the second year in a row...

Catcher,

You're wrong...the dream lives on, but the season is over.

The boys had a great run this year, we are proud of all of them, and wish them all the best in the upcoming months. Hard to believe the 17U year is over......

Panorama of historic Joe Becker Stadium in Joplin, MO. Site of the 2008 Premier Baseball Junior Championship tournament.

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.rockdad