Teams to Watch
New England: RI Cumberland National - CT Fairfield Am.
Mid-Atlantic: NY Stony Point - PA Council Rock Newtown
Southeast: FL Viera/Suntree - GA Columbus
Great Lakes: IL Moline - OH West Side
Midwest: N/S Dakota- MN Plymouth/New Hope
Southwest: E.TX Pearland White - W. Texas Eagle Pass
Northwest: WA Auburn - OR Murrayhill
West: S.CA Ocean View - HI Waipio
Canada: BC Little Mountain - ON Windsor
Rundown
New England: Vermont got a critical win against Maine 8-5 but Rhode Island continues it's dominance with a 15-5 victory over Massachusetts. All the teams are playing for - besides pride - is a good enough record to make it into the sudden death semi's.
Mid-Atlantic: Toms River National handed Stony Point their first loss with a 5-2 showing leaving the "home town" team Council Rock Newtown (PA) as the only team with a 4-0 record. Railroaders (MD) went to a 2-2 record with their defeat of 0-3 Brandywine (DE) in 8 innings 5-4.
Southeastern: Yesterday's consolation games in advance of today's semi-finals saw two shu-touts. Alabama beat Tennessee 14-0 to get their only win and leave Spring Hill (TN) winless in the tournament and SYA (VA) beat Carolina Forest (SD) 9-0. Fast forward to earlier today, the 'home town' team, Columbus Northern from Georgia, kept a perfect 3-0 record with a 9-3 win over Ripley from West Virgina to earn a spot in Friday's Championship game. Now playing, undefeated Viera/Suntree (FL) is battling 2-1 Carolina Forest (SC) for the chance to play Georgia's best baseball team.
Great Lakes: Day off. Today, 3-1 Moline National (IL) face 2-2 Burlington (WI) and 3-1 West Side (OH face 2-2 Terre Haute North (IN) to determine Saturday's Championship Game. All games are on ESPN2.
Midwest: Plymouth/New Hope (MN), the top seed with a 4-0 record, will be playing Daniel Boone American (MO) after beating Grandview (IA) 11-3. To its credit, Daniel Boone American beat 0-4 Kearney (NE) 12-2 to earn a semi-final slot on Thursday. Canyon Lake (ND) also earned a coveted spot in the semi-finals by keeping Riverton Area (KA) winless with a close 11-10 victory. Even though Minnesota is the clear favorite to win, ESPN is only covering Thursday's Iowa/Dakota match up.
Southwest: A Texas v Texas gunfight in Waco is set up for Thursday as Pearland White keeps a perfect record as it knocks out Orchard Mesa (CO) with a 10-0 shutout. Arkadelphia's perfect 3-0 record didn't help it in the semi-final elimination round after Eagle Pass beat them 5-4. Championship is on ESPN at 6 p.m.
Midwest: Plymouth/New Hope (MN), the top seed with a 4-0 record, will be playing Daniel Boone American (MO) after beating Grandview (IA) 11-3. To its credit, Daniel Boone American beat 0-4 Kearney (NE) 12-2 to earn a semi-final slot on Thursday. Canyon Lake (ND) also earned a coveted spot in the semi-finals by keeping Riverton Area (KA) winless with a close 11-10 victory. Even though Minnesota is the clear favorite to win, ESPN is only covering Thursday's Iowa/Dakota match up.
Southwest: A Texas v Texas gunfight in Waco is set up for Thursday as Pearland White keeps a perfect record as it knocks out Orchard Mesa (CO) with a 10-0 shutout. Arkadelphia's perfect 3-0 record didn't help it in the semi-final elimination round after Eagle Pass beat them 5-4. Championship is on ESPN at 6 p.m.
Northwest: (Tues.) In what may be a preview Saturday's Championship game, Auburn (WA) shut out Murrayhill (OR) 7-0 becoming the only undefeated team in the region. North Boise came out on top 9-7 as it faced Boulder Arrowhead (MT). In today's games (Wed) Washington allowed only one run by Juneau's Gatineau Channel team winning 16-1. North Boise kept it's hopes alive with a 17-4 decision over Laramie.
West: In a surprise win, Napa beat Ocean View by 5-4 ensuring every team has at least one loss in the tournament. Ocean View dominated most of the game and the score was tied in the final inning. Napa had the home team advantage and was able to get a walk off win (I watched the nail-biter in San Bernardino). Mountain Ridge (NV) finally got a win at North Scottsdale's expense with a 8-7 win keeping their hopes live for a spot in Friday's semi-finals. Seeding is extremely important as no one wants to face Hawaii.
Canada: Little Mountain (BC) continues to get big results with it's 16-0 victory over NDG (Quebec). Calgary Rocky Mountain chalked up another win against Glace Bay 11-6. Windsor improved it's seeding for Friday's semi-finals by defeating the 'home team' Ancaster TWP 2-1. Seeding for Friday's semi-final is still up in the air as four teams will be playing Thursday to make up for Monday's rainouts.
European: Proving that the team with the best W/L record going into the Semi-Finals is not guaranteed to win - it is baseball, after all - out of 11 teams from Ukraine, Belarus, Czech Republic, Moldova, Netherlands, Belgium, England, Lithuania and Germany-US (Ramstein Air Base), only Italy had a perfect 5-0 record. In the 7th game of the tournament for both, Germany-US (KMC American) won the privilege of playing for Europe by shutting out Italy 4-0. I'll repeat that - the kids of Americans working on the U.S Air Force Ramstein Air Base are representing the Europeans. Doesn't that make the defeat of the Third Reich that much sweeter?
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