Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Final All-Stars Update (7)

Congratulations to Blake and the 8U Blue all-star team as they won the 8U Cal Ripken Southeast Regional tournament in Martin, TN this past weekend!!! The regional included teams from North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Florida and 8U Blue came out on top!!!

This marks the end of the all-stars season for Blake and 8U Blue as there is no Cal Ripken world series at the 8U level, so Blake and 8U Blue went as far as they possibly could!!! Congratulations to 8U Blue as they won Cal Ripken Area, State and Regional titles this summer, as well as won three local area travel tourneys and finished runners up in a fourth!!

Congratulations to Jacob, Matthew N. and the 8U Red all-star team for a great run in the PONY South Region Zone tournament in High Point this weekend!!! 8U Red went 3-1 in Pool play, and lost in bracket play by 1 run to a strong Western Branch Gold team.

This marks the end of the all-stars season for Jacob, Matthew N. and the 8U Red team. Congratulations to 8U Red as they advanced out of the PONY Piedmont sectional to the Pony South Region Zone tournament, as well as won three local area travel tourneys and finished runners up in a fourth!!

Congratulations to Caleb and the 7U Blue all-star team as they won the Silver bracket of the NC AAU 8U Summer World Series in Oxford this weekend!!! Editor’s Note: 7U Blue got a raw deal as due to weather, they were only able to play one pool play game – a game they lost to the eventual gold bracket champions by one run - whereas most other teams played two, thus were seeded based off one game and assigned to the Silver bracket. Nonetheless, 7U Blue took care of business in the Silver bracket to bring home the hardware and win their second 8U tournament this summer.

This marks the end of the all-stars season for Caleb and the 7U Blue team. Congratulations to 7U Blue as they won Cal Ripken Area and State titles this summer, as well as two 8U local area travel tourneys!! In fact, 7U Blue compiled a 20-2 record this summer (10-0 in Ripken play) with the two losses both coming to 8U teams by 1 run each!!

Here is the official team picture of your 7U State Champions!!!

Congratulations to all Riverdogs who participated in a very successful summer all-stars season!!

All-Stars Update (6)

Congratulations to Blake and the 8U Blue all-star team as well as Jacob, Matthew N. and the 8U Red all-star team as they finished champions and runners-up respectively at the NC AAU 4th Annual Oxford Ring Championship July 9-10. Both teams were undefeated in Pool play as well as bracket play and met for the championship in the Gold bracket, with 8U Blue prevailing over 8U Red in a well-played game. Congratulations to both teams on representing West Raleigh well in the tournament.

Caleb and the 7U Blue all-star team did not play this weekend. The Capital City Tigers team did play this weekend, however Carter and Matthew D. were not available to play.

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

All-Stars Update (5)

Congratulations to Caleb and the 7U Blue all-star team as they won the 7U Cal Ripken State tournament in Wilson this past weekend!!! Much like 8U Blue, 7U Blue did it in dominating fashion as they went 6-0 for the weekend and outscored the opposition 126-2!!!!

There is no Cal Ripken regional tournament at the 7U level, so Caleb and 7U Blue went as far as they possibly could! Caleb and 7U Blue will play 1-2 local tournaments in July to extend their season a little bit and keep the fun going. Stay tuned for updates!

Congratulations to Blake and the 8U Blue all-star team as they won the NC AAU Firecracker Classic in Clemmons this weekend!!! 8U Blue went 4-0 on the weekend to take the title!