Greenbrier Christian senior pitcher Matt Matthews out dueled Cape Henry star pitcher Jack Wynkoop in the TCIS Championship game at Old Dominion. Matthews threw a masterpiece 10 innings allowing no earned runs and striking out nine. He didn’t register any 90+ fastballs on the ODU scoreboard radar gun but he threw enough breaking balls to last the rest of the season. “My curve all is probably my second best...
Border Wars Champions In their first full tournament since the North Carolina Super NIT, the Richmond Braves National got back on the winning track by winning the Triple Crown VA/NC Border Wars this past weekend in Rocky Mount, NC. The newly formed Braves have won three of the four tournaments they have played in and are now 24-3 on the season. Thirty-six of the top teams from Virginia and North Carolina showing up...
13u Braves National Win Capital City Invitational April 24, Richmond – The 13U Braves National team rallied through an accelerated Saturday schedule to win the Triple Crown Capitol City Invitational. With a stacked deck of the top mid-atlantic 13U elite teams, Triple Crown planned a full blown double-elimination bracket after pool play seeding, that was sure to test pitching depth and offensive firepower. The...
Danny Hultzen (LHP Braves 08′), continues to impress. Below is a snippet from MLB.com on Danny winning the Minor League Player of the Week award last week. Go Braves! A number of pitching prospects are doing impressive things in the Minors of late, but it’s hard to find anyone who was more impressive in the past week than the Mariners’ Danny Hultzen. Seattle’s first-round pick (No. 2 overall)...
Youth1 National Rankings Youth1.com has released it’s first National 12u Major Rankings poll and the Braves come in at #22! Not a bad start to the season for a brand new group! Let’s see where they end up by May! http://www.youth1.com/baseball/baseball-rankings-april-12u-25-21.html Kyle Horton, Ryan Kennedy, and Wesley Clarke were also named to the National ‘Players to Watch’...