It was all Team Travel Ball Select of Georgia in the Week #12 National American Tournament of Champions championship game as they defeated the Boys of Baseball National Travel Team of Alabama by a score of 11 to 1. David Boyle recorded the victory for Team Travel Ball Select, pitching 4 1/3 strong innings, striking out 5 while allowing just 1 earned run, a homerun off the bat of Jason Martin of the Boys of Baseball in the bottom of the fifth inning. Grayson Ivey came in to relieve Boyle, striking out 1 in his 1 2/3 innings of work to end the game. The scoring started early for Team Travel Ball Select as Jerrod Hathcock crushed a 3-run home run in the top of the first inning off of James Harbuck, who started for the Boys of Baseball. Hernando Sierra came in to pitch in the second inning for the Boys of Baseball and allowed a 3-run homerun to Matt Jervis. Team Travel Ball Select scored another run in the top of the second as David Boyle hit a sacrifice fly to score Tyler Alamo. In the top of the third inning, Carrington Bell scored another run for Team Travel Ball Select as a result of an error. Team Travel Ball Select made its statement in the top of the fifth inning as Kevin Wade, Jerrod Hathcock and Brett Henderson all scored unearned runs as a result of errors sealing the deal for Team Travel Ball Select and ensuring that they would be crowned the 2008 N.A.T.C. Champions.

The #2 seeded Boys of Baseball National Travel Team of Alabama, coached by Steve Cosgrove, faced some quality competition on its way to the championship game, first defeating the #34 Plainview Pythons of New York by a score of 12 to 0. It next defeated the #15 Southern California Bruins 11 to 1, advancing to next beat the #7 Long Beach Dirtbags of California by a score of 14 to 2. In the semifinals the Boys of Baseball defeated the ASD Bulldogs of California by a score of 16 to 4, paving its way into the N.A.T.C. championship game. The #4 Team Travel Ball Select of Georgia, coached by Shannon Ivey, steamrolled its way to the Week #12 Championship Game, opening elimination play by defeating the #29 Virginia Chargers by a score of 13 to 1. In the next round Team Travel Ball Select beat the #13 BB Academy Knuckleheads of California 14 to 1, moving on to beat the #5 Encinitas Reds of California by a score of 6 to 0. In its semifinal game, Team Travel Ball Select defeated the #16 Team Anderson from California 12 to 0, securing their spot in the 2008 championship game.

In a game that began as a pitchers' duel but became a power show, the California Lumberjacks defeated the Connecticut Cannons in a game that ended via the mercy rule by a score of 15 to 3. Brian Conley pitched a complete game to record the victory for the Lumberjacks, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits while striking out 3. The scoring started in the bottom of the second when Nick Bancroft hit a two-run homerun for the Cannons. The Lumberjacks answered in the top of the third, putting up a 5-spot against the Cannons. Robert Webber opened the scoring for the Lumberjacks with an rbi single, bringing in Tyler Johnson. Gary Fayard followed with an rbi single of his own, only to be followed by homeruns by Brian Conley and Kyle Blumer. Ryan Korb started for the Cannons, lasting 2 2/3 innings and allowed 4 hits on 4 runs while striking out 5. He was relieved by Trey Baur, who finished the third inning for the Cannons. The Lumberjacks exploded in the fourth inning against the Cannons' Cameron Fennel and Nick Bancroft for 9 runs. Enrique Brito had an rbi single for the Lumberjacks to open the fourth inning onslaught. He was followed by a three-run homerun by Justin Knight and an rbi single by Leonardo Duran. The remainder of the Lumberjacks' runs was scored by a number of errors committed by the Cannons. The Cannons fought until the end, however, putting up another run in the bottom of the fourth inning with a solo shot hit by Nick Bancroft. Chris Major ended the scoring for the Lumberjacks in the top of the fifth inning with an rbi single, enabling the mercy rule to take effect and virtually putting an end to the game.

The Connecticut Cannons, coached by Tom Brady, first defeated the #31 Hillsborough Hit Men of New Jersey by a score of 21 to 9 to open their set of elimination play. They continued to beat the #18 New Hampshire Diamond Devils 18 to 0, allowing them to play and defeat the #7 Tri-Valley Dawgs of California by a score of 10 to 9 in the quarterfinals. In the semis, the Cannons defeated the #3 San Diego Stars of California 12 to 11 in an extra inning thriller, allowing them to compete for the Week 11 championship. The Tim Sawyer coached California Lumberjacks opened tournament play by first defeating the #37 Mass Lawmen of Massachusetts by a score of 9 to 5. In the next round the Lumberjacks beat the #53 Austin Lone Stars of Texas by a score of 11 to 7. In the quarterfinals, the Lumberjacks defeated the #20 South Jersey Young Guns of New Jersey 6 to 5, allowing them to compete against the favored #1 Tidewater Drillers of Virginia, whom they defeated by a score of 10 to 3. As a result, the Lumberjacks were able to compete for and win the Week 11 Championship Game at Cooperstown Dreams Park.

In what proved to be a rather evenly matched contest, the Chicago North Shore Stars of Illinois defeated the Teels Ravens of Wyckoff, New Jersey by a score of 5 to 1 to win the Week 10 championship game at Cooperstown Dreams Park. Brian Goodling struck out eight on his way to recording the complete game victory for the Stars. The scoring started early for the Stars, who were able to put two runs on the board in the first inning off the bats of Brian Goodling and Derrick Barger, who hit a sac fly and a fielder's choice, respectively. The Ravens answered in the top of the second inning as Johnny Sebastian was able to cross home after a passed ball. That would be all for the Ravens, however, as Goodling would go on to shut them out the rest of the way. In the bottom of the third inning, Goodling hit a two run shot for the Stars, making the score 4 to 1. Tommy Hayes brought in the final run of the game, scoring Matt Ryan with a single in the bottom of the fifth inning to add an insurance won and help ensure the victory for the Stars.

The Teels Ravens, coached by Lou DiChiaro, faced some great competition on their way to the championship game, first defeating the #25 West Coast Federals of California 12 to 0 to open tournament play. They then went on to beat the #9 Westfield Wizards of Massachusetts in a nail-biter by a score of 3 to 1. In the quarterfinals the Ravens beat the favored #1 Hanover Sports of Virginia by a score of 11 to 6, allowing them to face and defeat the #5 Florida Cats by a score of 10 to 9, cementing their spot in the championship game. Coached by Bob O'Donnell, the Chicago North Shore Stars first defeated the #27 Sandlot of Florida by a score of 13 to 8 to open their set of elimination play. They next beat the #11 O.C. Jets of California in a thriller by a score of 6 to 5, allowing them to face and defeat the very strong #19 Team Coca Cola 11 to 6. In the semifinals the Stars beat the #10 California Smoke by a score of 6 to 3, allowing them to compete for and win the Week 10 championship game here at Cooperstown Dreams Park.

The Week 9 Championship Game at Cooperstown Dreams Park saw the underdog, 13th seed, Bayou Bombers from Kenner, Louisiana facing off against the heavily favored, second seeded, Katy Patriots from Katy, Texas in what proved to be a thrilling pitchers duel. Kiley Huddleston started pitching for the Patriots and went five strong innings, striking out six batters while giving up four runs. Derek Dickerson got the complete game victory for the Bombers, who beat the Patriots by a score of 4 to 0. Dickerson was nearly perfect in his six innings pitched as he allowed only one hit, walked only one batter and struck out a total of ten. Jose "Ricardo" Betancourt provided most of the offense for the Bombers, hitting two homeruns which accounted for three runs batted in. Joel Runnebaum brought in the only other run of the game, scoring Corey Avrard with his fourth inning single.

The #2 Katy Patriots from Texas, coached by Daryn Ebrecht, defeated many good teams in tournament play, first beating the #31 New York Swing Away Starz by a score of 7 to 2. Next, the Patriots beat the #15 Sacred Heart Angels from New Jersey by a score of 20 to 3. Next up for the Patriots was the #7 Fresno Blue Devils from California who were defeated 11 to 4. In the semifinals the Patriots beat #3 Sal Urso's High Performance from Florida by a score of 6 to 3. The #13 Bayou Bombers from Louisiana, coached by Dave Fielding, took a similar path on their way to the Week 9 Championship Game, first defeating the #20 West Michigan Elite by a score of 17 to 2. The Bombers then went on to beat the #4 Algonquin Storm from Illinois by a score of 13 to 7. Next, the Bombers beat the #12 Wisconsin All Stars 6 to 2. In their semifinal game, the Bombers defeated the #1 Santa Clarita Dirt Dawgs from California by a score of 6 to 3 coming back from a one run deficit in the top the sixth inning with a grand slam home run., setting up their meeting with the Patriots for the Week 9 Championship at Cooperstown Dreams Park.

In a game that featured great pitching, defense and station to station runs the West Boynton Wolverines of Florida defeated the Desert Firebirds from Arizona by a score of 5 to 2. Devon DeRaad started strongly for the Firebirds, striking out the leadoff batter in the first inning while holding the high powered offense of the Wolverines to no runs. The West Boynton team had scored 184 runs during the week at Dreams Park including 59 home runs but could not manage a home run off the Firebirds pitching. Scott Murphy, who started for the Wolverines, allowed two runs in the first inning: one run was brought in off the bat of the Firebirds' Colter Kilgaur, who hit a single, and the other run scored after David Greer ran home on a delayed double steal. After allowing one run in the second inning as a result of Andy Mitchell's sacrifice fly, DeRaad shut the Wolverines out in the third. He allowed two more runs in the top of the fourth inning as both Erik Rogrinski and Scott Murphy hit rbi singles. Michael Ksobiech came in to pitch in the fourth inning for the Firebirds and lasted until the sixth; he was followed by Turner Lace, who allowed two more Wolverine runs to score, giving up another rbi single to Erik Rogrinski and an rbi walk to Scott Murphy. Gage Morey came in to pitch for the West Boynton Wolverines in the second inning and shut out the Firebirds for the rest of the game, striking out seven on his way to picking up the victory. Wolverines Morey, Roginski and Murphy all had two hits each in the Week #8 championship game.

The #1 Desert Firebirds from Scottsdale, Arizona, coached by Brent DeRaad, faced some good competition on their way to the Week 8 Championship Game, first defeating the #33 Legends Lightning from Texas by a score of 7 to 3. They next beat the #16 Houston Wranglers from Texas 5 to 3. In the quarterfinals, the Firebirds defeated the #9 Brentwood Storm from Tennessee by a score of 8 to 5. In the semifinal game, the Firebirds beat the Frozen Ropes Blast from Florida by a score of 7 to 6 in an 8-inning nail-biter. The #2 West Boynton Wolverines from Florida, coached by Kayne Mitchell, defeated the #31 Fresno Blue Devils from California by a score of 15 to 1 to open elimination play. In the next round, the Wolverines beat the #15 Upper St. Clair Panthers from Pennsylvania by a score of 14 to 1. In the quarterfinals the Wolverines defeated the #7 New Canaan Zooloos from Connecticut by a score of 15 to 2. In the semifinals, the Wolverines defeated the #11 Tustin Extreme from California by a score of 12 to 0, setting up the Championship Game meeting with the Desert Firebirds.

|A massive power display produced another Cooperstown Dreams Park champion as the #3 Miami Force defeated the #1 Thibodaux Terror by a score of 15 to 4. The visiting Force from Miami, Florida got off to a very early start against the Terror as they scored 6 runs in the opening inning. Danny Cepeda started the first inning rally with a single, followed by James Harbuck's single. After a wild pitch and a balk, the Force were up 1 to 0 until Joey Starling's fielder's choice scored another run. Hernando Sierra followed that with his first of three home runs. This two-run shot made the score 4 to 0. Brandon Leohner walked and was then brought in by Ramon Quintero's two-run home run. The Terror answered in the first inning with a homerun by Scottie Sanders off of Ramon Quintero, who recorded the victory. The Force would do the same kind of damage in the second inning, scoring another 6 runs on four home runs hit by James Harbuck (solo), Joey Starling (two-run), Hernando Sierra (solo), and another one by Ramon Quintero (two-run). The Force then continued the onslaught in the third inning, scoring another 3 runs on Hernando Sierra's third home run of the game. The Terror answered in the bottom half of the third inning: Christian Volion and Scottie Sanders began the third hitting back-to-back homeruns. Sam Houston was then brought in on Hunter Trahan's bases-loaded walk. That would cap off the scoring in the game as both teams then had shut-down relief appearances by some very fine pitchers; the Terror's Rusty Guidry and Christian Volion did their best to cool off the Force's bats while James Harbuck and Joey Starling were lights-out for the remainder of the game for the Force. A total of nine home runs were hit by both teams in the Week #7 championship.

The #1 Thibodaux Terror from Thibodaux, Louisiana, coached by Scott Sanders, rolled through the competition on their way to the Championship Game, first defeating the #32 OBX Riptide from North Carolina by a score of 15 to 3. They next went on to defeat the #16 San Mateo Dawgs from California 17 to 0. In the quarterfinals the Terror beat the #9 Orlando Bombers from Florida 13 to 10, allowing them to advance to the semifinals where they defeated the #5 Heat Baseball from North Carolina 17 to 4. The #3 Miami Force from Florida, coached by Ronnie Young, took a similar path on their way to the Week #7 Championship Game, first defeating the #35 RBI Angels from Maryland by a score of 13 to 1. They continued to beat the #14 Hill Country Tornadoes from Texas 13 to 1, going on to then defeat the #11 Louisiana Diamondbacks by a score of 8 to 2 in the quarterfinals. In their side of the semifinals, the Force defeated the #7 Team Maryland by a score of 7to 2, setting up their meeting with the Thibodaux Terror in the Week #7 Championship Game.

The Week #6 Championship Game at Cooperstown Dreams Park saw the #7 Beaver Valley Red facing off against the favored #1 Jax Storm in what proved to be a true pitchers duel as the Beaver Valley Red from Pennsylvania upset the top-seeded Storm from Florida by a score of 2 to 1. Beaver Valley Red started the scoring early as Brendan McKay hit a homerun in the top of the first inning during the second at bat of the game. No other run scored until the fourth inning when David Lyons scored on a D.J. Gati's fielder's choice for Beaver Valley in what proved to be the winning run. The only answer from the Jax Storm came in the bottom half of the fourth inning on David Boyle's monster solo shot; no other run would be scored throughout the duration of this very close game. Brendan McKay started for Beaver Valley Red and was relieved by Carrington Bell after 3 innings. McKay, who was awarded the victory, struck out six while allowing no runs and giving up only one hit. Bell allowed one run on one hit and struck out six to secure the hard-fought victory for the repeat champions from Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania. David Boyle, who started for the Jax Storm, pitched a complete game, giving up two runs on two hits while striking out eight.

Both teams took similar paths on their ways to the Week #6 Championship Game. The #7 Beaver Valley Red, coached by Brian Smith, first defeated the #26 Motor City Marlins from MaComb Township, Michigan, by a score of 12 to 0 to open elimination play. They continued to beat the #10 North Royalton Bears from North Royalton, Ohio, 14 to 2, allowing the Red to continue and defeat the #2 Hobgood Heat from Woodstock, Georgia, by a score of 6 to 4. In the semifinals, the Red upset the #3 Dirdin Dragons from Houston, Texas, 7 to 4. Coached by Alan Boyle, the #1 Jax Storm from Jacksonville, Florida, defeated the #33 Oregon Park Storm from Marietta, Georgia, by a score of 16 to 4 to open tournament play. The Storm then went on the beat the #17 St. Louis Silverhawks from St. Louis, Missouri, 15 to 3. Next, the Storm defeated the # 8 Flower Mound Warriors from Flower Mound, Texas, 13 to 0. In the semifinals, the Storm defeated Carrollton from New Orleans, Louisiana, by a score of 4 to 2 in a seven inning thriller that saw the Storm advance with a walk off home run in the bottom half of the seventh. This set up the Week #6 Championship Game match-up against Beaver Valley Red.

In a game for the Week #5 Championship that pitted the #1 Team Rawlings from Lakeland, Florida against the #7 Miramar Canes of Miramar, Florida, the power surge came from a total of six home runs as the Canes dominated 13-1. Logan Browning, a hard throwing lefty, started the game for Teams Rawlings and struck out seven en route to recording a complete game victory. The Canes started the scoring in the top of the first inning as Carlos Cartaya Jr., who was hit by a pitch, scored on Brian Gonzalez' single. Team Rawlings took over in the bottom of the first inning and dominated the remainder of their 4-inning mercy rule victory. Logan Browning hit a solo home run to open the floodgates, as he was followed by Brooks Wilson's three-run homerun and Troy Howe's solo shot. Team Rawlings continued the onslaught in the bottom of the second as Logan Browning again hit a two-run homerun and was followed by Micheal Rivera, who added a two-run shot of his own. Troy Howe led off the third inning for Team Rawlings with a single and then advanced to third on Landon Hutchinson's double. Howe then scored as a result of a balk, Hutchinson advanced to third and scored on Joseph Starling's single, and Starling was brought in by a Logan Browning single. The game ended in the bottom of the fourth inning as Troy Howe hit a solo, two-out shot to trigger the victory.

The #7 Miramar Canes from Miramar, Florida, faced great competition on their way to the Week #5 Championship Game. Coached by Carlos Guzman, they began elimination play by defeating the #39 HCYP Raiders out of Ellicott City, Maryland. The Canes next defeated the #10 Mac-N-Seitz Indians from Kansas City, Kansas, and continued to upset the #2 Georgia Titans from Austell, Georgia, and the #3 Paulding County Vipers from Dallas, Georgia, to set their Championship Game meeting with the #1 Team Rawlings. Coached by Ronald Howe and based out of Lakeland, Florida, Team Rawlings first defeated the #32 Mid-Cities Cobras from Dallas, Texas. They continued to beat the #17 Charlotte Hurricanes from Charlotte, North Carolina, continuing on to defeat the #9 Spartanburg Phillies out of Spartanburg, South Carolina. In the semifinal round, Team Rawlings defeated the #5 American Avengers from Houston, Texas, to stage their meeting with the Miramar Canes in the Week #5 Championship Game at Cooperstown Dreams Park.

After a stirring flag folding ceremony by members of the Milford, New York American Legion Post 1566 and a spectacular Pre-4th of July fireworks demonstration a packed house at Cooperstown Dreams Park saw an exciting Week #4 Championship Game which pitted the #1 New York Outlaws from Long Island against the #2 East Cobb Stallions of Marietta, Georgia. New York reined supreme with a 3 to 0 victory. The two starters, Justin Dunn for the Outlaws and south paw Andrew Maxwell for the Stallions, matched each other inning for inning until the Outlaws scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the fourth as Matt Vogel was off and running on the pitch and scored from second base on a perfect sacrifice bunt by Johnathan Tenaglia. Pat Madigan put the game away in the bottom of the fifth inning for the Outlaws, hitting a two-run home run off of Chase Sloan to finish out the scoring. The lack of any strong offensive output by both teams is a testament to the quality of pitching both teams had. Justin Dunn pitched 4 2/3 innings for the Outlaws, allowing no runs while striking out four batters. He was relieved by right hander Matt Vogel in the bottom of the fourth inning. Vogel, who was dominant on his way to recording the victory, pitched 2 1/3 innings, allowing no runs and striking out seven batters. The pitching of the East Cobb Stallions was nearly as good; Andrew Maxwell started the game and pitched four strong innings, allowing one run while striking out seven batters. He was relieved by Chase Sloan who, with the exception of the Madigan's two-run homer in the fifth, pitched very well also, striking out one Outlaw batter.

The top seeded New York Outlaws from Long Island, New York were coached by Ken Honce. They had to beat some quality teams on its way to the Week #4 Championship Game. The Outlaws first defeated the #33 Emmorton Eagles of Bel Air, Maryland, for a chance to advance to face the #68 Wills Park Panthers of Alpharetta, Georgia, whom they also beat. In the quarter-finals the Outlaws defeated the #9 Naples Mustangs of Naples, Florida. They then went on to defeat the #5 Westlake Coyotes of Westlake, California, in the semifinals for a chance to compete for the Week #4 Championship. The #2 East Cobb Stallions of Marietta, Georgia, coached by Scott Pederson, took a similar path to the Championship Game, first beating the #34 Sandy Plains Wildcats of Marietta, Georgia, to open elimination play. They then went on to defeat the #18 McDowell Mud Dogs of Marion, North Carolina, to move on to the quarter-finals. In that round they defeated the #10 North Carolina Baseball Academy of Greensboro, North Carolina. Finally, the Stallions defeated the #3 Kentucky Rockers of Versailles, Kentucky, in the semifinals to stage the meeting with the New York Outlaws, setting up an exciting game that boosted the two top seeds for the Week #4 Championship.

In a game that began as a pitcher's duel but became more of a power showcase, the South Florida Tsunami defeated the Germantown Giants of Tennessee by a score of 5-3 in the Week #3 Championship Game at Cooperstown Dreams Park. In spite of a leadoff homerun hit by Jonathan Phipps of the Giants, Tsunami starter Dash Winningham kept himself composed and dominated the Giants hitters for the remainder of the game, striking out 12 en route to a complete game victory. Phipps, who started for the Giants, was able to answer Winningham inning for inning, shutting out the Tsunami until the bottom of the third when their bats awoke for 1 run on 3 hits to tie the game. The Giants took the lead again in the top of the fourth inning as Montel Johnson hit a solo homerun. The Tsunami answered in the bottom of the fourth inning with 4 runs on 3 hits, highlighted by back-to-back homeruns hit by Luis Corrales and Isaias Jasso, to take the lead for good. The Giants fought to the end, however, as they scored one more run in the top half of the sixth inning and managed to have the tying run on second base with two outs before Winningham closed out the game with a strike out.

The #6 seed Germantown Giants of Germantown, Tennessee, coached by Mike Fitzsimmons, battled throughout the tournament to get a chance to play in the Championship Game, beating the #27 seed Motor City Hit Dogs of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan to open elimination play. The Giants then proceeded to defeat the #50 seed Virginia Crush of Chesapeake, Virginia, and the #14 seed Florida Freeze of Orlando Florida. In the semifinal round, the underdog Giants found themselves playing and defeating the #2 seed Viper Baseball Academy of Huntsville, Alabama to set up the Championship Game match-up. The South Florida Tsunami of Miami, Florida, coached by Alfredo Iser, opened elimination play by defeating the #16 seed Edge Baseball Club of Plainfield, Illinois. The Tsunami then went on to beat the #9 seed Memphis Tigers of Memphis, Tennessee, to setup their semifinal meeting with the #5 seed Charlotte Megastars of Charlotte, North Carolina, whom they beat for a chance to compete against the Giants for the Week #3 Championship.

Two teams with a recent history of competitive games in their home town of Miami, Florida found themselves facing off in the Week #2 (10 & Under) Championship Game at Cooperstown Dreams Park on a chilly Thursday night, June 19th , in Cooperstown.. In a lopsided victory, the #5 seed Leon Medical Center Baseball Team defeated the #10 seed Miami Playmakers with strong pitching, solid defense and an extremely potent offensive attack in the11-2 victory. Pitcher Clayton Kwiatkowski started the game for Leon Medical Center, walking two batters and allowing one single to load the bases. Juan Hillman, having already thrown sixty pitches in a 6-0 victory in the quarterfinals, was brought in to relieve Kwiatkowski and quickly pitched himself out of the jam, striking out the first five batters he faced. Catcher Zachary Roberts started the offensive onslaught for Leon Medical Center with a three-run homerun in the bottom of the first inning. William Aguilar followed this with a two-run homer of his own in the bottom of the third, but the flood gates truly opened in the bottom of the fourth inning as Leon Medical Center exploded for six runs. Not going down without a fight, the Miami Playmakers were able to stop the bleeding and end Leon Medical Center's offense behind good relief pitching by Reynaldo Rivera. Eli Marrero was very strong behind the plate for the Playmakers, throwing out runners at both second and third for timely outs, putting dents in Leon Medical Center's momentum. Rivera also came up with a big hit in the top of the sixth inning, connecting for a two run single and putting a stop to Leon Medical Center's bid for a shutout.

In a tournament pool consisting of 97 very strong teams from around the country, the two teams from Miami took similar paths to the Week #2 Championship Game. Coached by Andy Garcia, the Miami Playmakers kicked off tournament play by defeating the #54 seed Sykesville Cyclones of Maryland. The competition continued in the next round as the Playmakers defeated the #23 seed Beaver Valley Red from Pennsylvania, allowing them to continue on and defeat the #7 seed Palm Desert Crush of California. In the quarterfinals, the Playmakers then beat the #18 seed Texas National Team, setting up a meeting with the #3 seed Las Vegas Baseball Academy Lightning of Nevada, whom they defeated for a trip to compete for the Week #2 Championship. The Leon Medical Center Baseball Team and head coach Humberto Bencomo kicked off tournament play by defeating the #28 seed Big Red Machine from Florida, continuing on to next beat the #12 seed Kennesaw Xtreme of Georgia. In the quarterfinals, Leon Medical Center defeated the #4 seed San Diego Stars North of California, allowing them to defeat the #9 seed GBC Team Acceleration of North Carolina in the semis, setting up the Championship Game against their hometown rivals, the Miami Playmakers.

Two heavy hitting teams found it tough to get by some outstanding pitching in the opening championship game for 2008 at Cooperstown Dreams Park. The Thursday, June 12th thriller found the Nevada Wildcats defeating the favored Team Miami 2-1 with the game featuring outstanding pitching, great fielding and a couple of early home runs that proved to be the difference. The star of the game was Michael Blasko of Nevada. Blasko struck out 12 Team Miami players and gave up only two hits in the complete game victory. He also gave the Wildcats their first run with a bases empty home run in the first inning. Catcher Joshua McCollum provided the winning run with a home run in the second inning. The Team Miami run came in the second inning on back to back walks, a hit batsman and a wild pitch as Anthony Gonzales scored making it 2-1 which stood up the rest of the way. Ricky Marrero started for Team Miami and was relieved in the fourth inning by Spencer Levine. Both pitchers pitched well with Marrero giving up only two hits, both home runs, in his three innings of play and Levine only giving up one Wildcat hit in his three innings on the mound. Team Miami came into the championship with a 116-0 record and had a shot in the final inning to win it with the bases loaded and two men out but couldn't manager to drive in the runs.

The week #1 championship found the #2 seeded Nevada Wildcats from Henderson, Nevada, managed by Tim McCollum, the underdog to the #1 seeded Team Miami from Miami, Florida, managed by Wilfredo Gonzalez. The Wildcats, who allowed only 1.86 runs per game in going 7-0 in preliminary play, got to the championship in tournament play by defeating the Easton Dirt Devils of Arizona, 15-1; #18 North Glendale WolfPack of Arizona, 12-5; #7 Arizona Gauchos of Arizona, 8-4 and #11 Team Slugger of Florida, 10-6. For the undefeated Team Miami they allowed only 1.29 runs per game in their 7-0 preliminary play and then defeated the #32 North Jefferson Bulldogs of Colorado, 14-2; #16 Las Vegas Coyotes of Nevada, 12-0; #8 Tallahassee Slam of Florida, 4-1 and then the #21 seeded Jupiter Diamondbacks of Florida, 12-7. The tournament started with 98-teams from around the country vying for the championship.