P-15's eliminated: Sumter was ousted from the American Legion World Series on Monday night. For more, click here.
Sumter advances to World Series: The P-15's defeated the host team from Shelby 4-3 in dramatic fashion on Monday night after emerging from the loser's bracket. For more info, click here.
Price twirls regional no-no: Sumter's Matt Price (left) threw a no-hitter against Fort Pierce, FL in the Southeast Regional Saturday to advance Post 15. For more, click here.
Mauldin's Cox perseveres through loss: The Greenville News recently ran an article on the the passing of Chris Cox's grandfather. To view, click here.
Sumter wraps up Legion title: Post 15 concluded another American Legion state championship run on Sunday with a 9-7 win over Goose Creek at Legion Field in Florence, Tyler Smith paced the Sumter offense. Goose Creek's Aaron Preston was named the tourney MVP. For more info, click here.
District 7 wins Big League World Series: South Carolina District 7 defeated Puerto Rico 5-4 in walk-off fashion Saturday on ESPN! For more info, click here.
Diamond Devils 17u upend 18u Devils for title: On Friday at Patriots Point, the 17u South Carolina Diamond Devils defeated their older team twice to claim the 2008 CABA 18u Wood Bat World Series crown. The 18's had run through the week-long tournament undefeated but fell victim to the 17's 12-8 and 12-9 to earn the program's second national championship this month. Award winners for the tourney: MVP-Brison Celek (DD 17, Bishop England HS, left), Most Outstanding Pitcher-Greg Harrison (DD 17, Hilton Head HS) and Most Outstanding Hitter-Evan Marzilli (DD 17, Bishop Hendrickson HS, RI).
Diamond Devils claim WWBA crown; Cisco, Aldrich honored: Last week the South Carolina Diamond Devils
won their pool in a 192 team field. By virtue of earning a berth into the next round after a rain-infested spell in Atlanta, they won five consecutive games on Monday to nail down the 17u Perfect Game title en route to their third National Championship! Individual accolades went out to Wando HS teammates Drew Cisco and Daniel Aldrich for Most Valuable Pitcher and Player Awards, respectively.
Lake returns to CSU: After accepting the position Saturday, Charleston Southern officially named Stuart Lake (left) as their new head coach on Monday morning. Lake was a player for the Buccaneers until 1994 and has coached at The Citadel, Ole Miss, College of Charleston and South Carolina before taking the CSU post. For more, click here.
Diamond Devils post 32 runs: On Saturday morning against the Georgia Cobras, the SC Diamond Devils threw up a 32-5 victory at South Cobb HS. They set a WWBA record with their offensive output in the 5 inning win en route to outscoring all but four other clubs during pool play, but it took the others 4+ games to eclipse that total.
Bombers place third, Westmoreland claims award: The South Carolina Bombers recorded a third place finish in the 18u World Wood Bat Championships held in Marietta, GA. After an undefeated run through eight games, they lost in the Final Four to eventual champion Flordia Bombers. Brookland-Cayce's Adam Westmoreland (right) took home the Most Valuable Pitcher Award for the tourney after tossing two complete game shutouts during the week.
Lee accepts top job at alma mater: USC recruiting coordinator Monte Lee (left) will be the next head coach at the College of Charleston. On Tuesday, the Gamecock assistant was offered, and accepted, the top job at the school that he starred for between 1996-1999. Thursday the hiring was announced at a morning press conference. For more, click here.
Daily Feature: Each day last week, the Spartanburg Herald Journal featured a professional baseball player with ties to the Upstate. DP will link you to each interesting excerpt about life in pro ball and some names you may know: Marcus McBeth / Jared Locke / Kevin Lynn / Brad Correll / Charles Vartanian / Chris Nowak / Lee Gronkiewicz
Landrum's Henson takes North Greenville post: For the past nine seasons, Travis Henson has been the Landrum Cardinals' skipper. On Monday he accepted the top baseball job at North Greenville College. For more, click here.
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