CHARLOTTE, NC
15u Bondo wins 1st fall championship!!
Sept 15th - The 15u Bondo team brought home the 1st Stampede championship of the fall season, winning the PG Coastal Fall Elite in Charlotte, knocking off USA Prime Coastal Scout in the title game 11-3.
The team started the weekend beating SBA Showcase - Lake Norman by the score of 7-6. Robert Jokinen went 3-3 and pitched 2 innings of 1 hit, shutout relief to lead the Stampede. Michael Roane, Sam Jobe, Ryan Joliff and Charlie Tonne each added a pair of hits to the 14-hit attack.
The Stampede lost game 2 to the RH Tide, 5-3. Walker Pearsall, C. Tonne and Jackson Jordan had the 3 hits for the Stampede in the loss.
On Championship Sunday, 15u Bondo started the day with a 6-2 win over Carolina Speed. The game was tied 2-2 going into the bottom of the 6th before the Stampede scored 4 and broke it open. Bennett Wilkie was dealing on the mound, allowing just 6 hits and 2 runs over 5 1/3 innings while striking out 4. Offensively, the team was led by C. Tonne with 2 hits.
In the semis, the Stampede beat the 5 Star Mafia Black in a hard-fought, 4-3 win. Jokinen was a beast on the bump, pitching a complete game 4-hitter while allowing zero earned runs. Joliff had 2 of the teams 7 hits and drove in 2 RBI's.
Game 3 of the day (the title game) saw the 15u Bondo team dominate the USA Prime team en route to an 11-3 win and the tournament championship. The team scored in 5 of the 7 innings, including putting up a 4-spot in the top of the 7th to ice the game. Tonne, Pearsall and Brooks Tucker combined to limit their opponent to 6 hits while striking out 7. The team pounded out 18 hits in the victory, led by 2 hits each from Jobe, Joliff, Jackson Hamilton, Wilkie, Jordan and Dillon Kasuganti. Wilkie and Tucker each added 2 RBI's while J. Hamilton and Henry Tonne each scored twice in the rout.
WELL DONE BOYS!!!
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Stampede Scout 16u finishes undefeated in Greensboro
Sept 15th - The Stampede Scout 16u team traveled to play in Prospect Select over the weekend and finished with a 2-0-1 record in the 3 game set.
In game 1, the Scout matched up with the elite Athletes Lab Scout team that beat them in late July in the semi-finals of the Champions Cup in Gastonia. This time around, the two evenly-matched teams ended in a hard fought 3-3 tie. Barrett Hicks led the offense with a pair of hits, while Evan Sears and Henry Earl collected the other two knocks in the game. Josh Stephens was strong on the bump, allowing 1 earned run and 4 hits in 4 innings while striking out 5.
Game 2 on Sunday saw the Scout offense come to life en route to an 8-1 over the GBC Prep Stars. Lucas Barga went 3-3 with 3 RBI's to lead the offensive charge, while Connor Ramey (2-4) and Sears (2-4, 2 runs) also had multiple hits. Cooper Morris scored twice, as did Farris Carinci in the convincing victory. On the mound, Earl was dominant. The big right-hander gave up 2 hits and no earned runs while striking out 8 in 5 innings of work. Barga and Carinci pitched the 6th and 7th innings, respectively, and struck out 3 while not allowing a hit in relief.
In the final game, the Scout dominated from start to finish, scoring in every inning before ending the game in 5 with an 11-2 win. Carinci, Ramey and Stone Johnson each collected 2 hits for the Scout. Ramey drove in 3 runs, while Hicks and Noah Shorts added 2 RBI's apiece. Owen Scoville, Earl, Carinci and Ramey each scored twice. Morris started on the bump and shrugged off some control issues to mow down Team Elite. He only allowed 1 hit in 4 innings with 8 k's and posted his highest velo of the young season and the highest in the entire tournament at 84 MPH. Ramey pitched a 1-2-3 5th and ended it with a strikeout.
The Scout is now 4-1-1 on the young season and heads to the Nationals in East Cobb, GA in a couple weeks.
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The Stampede Scout 15u team won the prestigious PBR Mid-Atlantic Program Invite tournament in Richmond, VA, capping off a strong pool play showing by winning 3 straight games on Sunday (June 15th) to clinch the title. Along the way, the Scout beat the #1 seeded Philly Scout team (who is a nationally ranked club) and #2 seeded Complete Game (also out of PA) to bring the championship back to Charlotte.
The team started the tournament by routing the Canes Prospects team out of VA by a score of 11-1. Farris Carinci, Noah Shorts and Connor Ramey each had a pair of hits in the contest, while Carinci, Max Puckett and Banks Stevenson scored 2 runs apiece. Ramey led the team with a pair of RBI's to pace the offense. On the bump, Henry Earl and Khalil Boyd combined on a 3-hitter, allowing only 1 ER while striking out 7.
In game 2, the Scout were dealt their 1st loss of the season at the hands of the Richmond Braves Platinum team, a powerhouse program in the host city. The Scout struggled early, but were the better team the last 4 innings despite losing 6-3. The team was held to just 4 hits (Cooper Morris, Noah Shorts, Farris Carinci, and Evan Sears), but one of those was a bomb off the bat of Sears for his first HR in a Stampede uniform. Max Puckett and Khalil Boyd provided masterful performances out of the bullpen, throwing a combined 4 2/3 innings and allowing just 2 hits.
Game 3 saw the Scout return to their winning ways, blowing out a strong Rawlings Prospects team out of Maryland by the score of 12-0. Four Scout pitchers (Josh Stephens, Chase Biermann, Stone Johnson and Connor Ramey) combined on a 1-hit shutout to secure the win. Offensively, the team threw a hit parade, pounding out 14 in just 5 innings. Max Puckett, Cooper Morris, Banks Stevenson and Connor Landers had 2 hits each while 6 other players also had hits. Stevenson, Stone Johnson and Morris had 2 RBI's apiece, while Landers, Evan Sears and Puckett scored 2 runs each.
Next it was on to bracket play. Only 8 of the 26 teams MADE the bracket....and the Stampede were the 4 seed.
Game 1 saw the Scout matched up with the Keystone Bombers National Team.....and saw the Stampede score early and often to send the 5 seed packing with a 10-2 win. 6 different players had hits in the contest, led by a pair from Chase Biermann, who scored twice and had 2 RBI's. Evan Sears continued his hot hitting with a bases loaded double in the 1st inning to get the Scout off to a strong start. On the mound, Cooper Morris and Henry Earl held the Bombers to 5 hits and 2 runs to secure the victory.
The Semi-Final game saw the Scout matched up with the Nationally-ranked Philly Scout team out of PA, the #1 seed in the tournament. The Stampede scored 3 in the opening inning and 1 in the 2nd and held on for a 4-0 win. The story of this game was the phenomenal pitching of Josh Stephens. Stephens pitched a 7 inning, complete game shutout against a team that was averaging 10 runs per game in the tournament. The Philly team could only muster 5 hits in the contest, and Stephens struck out 5 while walking only 1. Cooper Morris and Evan Sears paced the offence with 2 hits apiece and the Scout defense played a flawless game to pull off the upset of the tournament.
Finally, CHAMPIONSHIP GAME! The Scout matched up with Complete Game out of PA, the #2 seed. Each team scored all their runs in the very first inning, with the Scout taking a 2-1 lead that they never relinquished on their way to the title. Stone Johnson and Khalil Boyd were impressive on the bump, limiited a strong hitting team to just 3 hits while striking out 5.
For the tournament, Evan Sears was a monster, leading the team with a .625 avg with 3 XBH, 5 runs scored and 5 RBI's. Cooper Morris led the team in hits (7), Max Puckett led in runs scored (7) and Puckett, Sears, Connor Ramey and Banks Stevenson all tied for the team lead with 5 RBI's. The team stole a whopping 24 bases on the week, averaged 7 runs per contest and finished with a .338 team batting average. The pitching was elite as well, finishing the week with a 2.12 ERA while striking out 35 in 33 IP and allowing only 22 hits. Add to that a defense that made only 6 errors in 6 games (and only 1 in the 3 games on Championship Sunday) and you have a complete weekend of outstanding baseball by the Scout!
Well done guys. The Stampede organization is proud of you. Way to bring a title back to the Queen City!!!
Congrats to 14u Miller for winning their bracket title at the Let's Go Bananas Perfect Game tournament in Charlotte this weekend.
In the semi-final, Arlo Kirschner had a pair of hits, scored twice and drove in 2 runs to lead the team in their 12-10 win over On Deck.
In the final, the Stampede threw a hit parade, pounding out 16 hits on their way to a 13-6 victory over the Weddington Wildcats. Wade Prince led the offense with 3 hits, while Josiah Johnston, Juan Hernandez, Jayden Basic, Kaden Murphy and Drake Howard each added a pair of knocks. Murphy, Howard and Mason Ratliff also added 2 RBI's apiece to the offensive onslaught. Murphy pitched the final 1 2/3 innings of 1 hit ball to secure the win.
GREAT JOB GUYS!!!
15u Stampede Scout finish weekend as top team
