The #19 seeded New Jersey Hurricanes from Tenafly, New Jersey were led by Chase Champi who hit a pair of two run home runs in the 8-5 victory over the #5 seeded So Cal Rebels from Mission Viejo, California in the Cooperstown Classic at Little Majors Stadium.

The Hurricanes were a "category five" on the offensive scale in the first inning as they scored five runs on five hits including a leadoff home run by August Samek and two towering blasts by Jon Landaverde and Chase Champi. After Sameks' leadoff shot Nolan Jones singled to rightfield. With one out Landaverde drove a fastball deep over the centerfield wall to put the Hurricanes up 3-0. Eric Heater singled to leftfield and stole second base. With two outs Champi hit the first of his two monster shots out of the stadium to give the Hurricanes the 5-0 lead.

The So Cal Rebels scored a run in the bottom half of the first inning when Nick Pratto singled to centerfield and advanced on two wild pitches to third base. He ended up scoring on a passed ball to make the score 5-1.

In the third inning Nick O'Reilly reached on a fielder choice and scored when Chase Champi hit his second two run blast of the night. Steve Yelin followed with a solo shot over the right field fence to give the Hurricanes an 8-1 lead.

The Rebels put together a four run fourth inning as Hagen Danner singled to left field and Nick Pratto followed with a single to center. Danner and Pratto were balked to second and third and Justin McHale drove both runners home with a double into the rightfield corner. Parra came to the plate with McHale at second and hit a home run to dead centerfield to cut the Hurricane lead to 3 and make the score 8-5.

The Rebels Hagen Danner shut down the Hurricane offense in the fifth and sixth innings facing the minimum of six hitters and striking out four of the six. Nolan Jones was equally impressive in relief for the Hurricanes pitching 1 1/3 innings facing five hitters while giving up just one hit and no runs to preserve the win for the Hurricanes.

Will Farnham added two hits for the Hurricanes and Nick Pratto had two hits for the Rebels. The Hurricanes got home runs from Chase Champi (2), August Samek, and Jon Landaverde. Isaiah Parra homered for the Rebels.

Head Coach Paul Weldon led the So Cal Rebels to the championship game by defeating the #33 Federal Way Knights from the state of Washington 15-1, the #12 A-Turf Titans from New York 6-5, the #20 Hackensack Comets from New Jersey 9-6 and the #1 Team Rawlings from California 19-1.

The Hurricanes coached by Sammy Sujak got to the championship game by defeating the #14 Bayport Blue Point Bombers from New York 24-5, the #3 Titans Baseball Club of New Jersey 13-1, the #27 Team Anderson Black 9-8 from California and the #2 Bandits Baseball Club from California 10-4.

The "Cooperstown Classic" featured 95 teams from twelve states and Canada.

It took twelve weeks for a California team to win a championship in 2011 as the #13 seeded Hard 9 baseball club from Anaheim claimed the National American Tournament of Champions (N.A.T.C.) trophy 12-8 over the third seeded Eastern Massachusetts All Stars from Weston, Massachusetts.

It looked as though California teams were going to have to wait until week #13 or possibly go the entire 2011 season without winning at least one championship, which had never been done in the history of the Cooperstown Dreams Park, when the Eastern Massachusetts All Stars jumped out to an 8-0 commanding lead after the first two innings of play.

E.J. Perry lead the game off with a walk and Chris Lanzeili hit a lazer into the left field stands to put the All Stars up 2-0. Paul McGunigle hit a home run to right field to give the All Stars a 3-0 lead in the first inning. The second inning was an offensive onslaught for the All Stars as Perry once again lead off the inning with a walk, Lanzilli singled and McGunigle walked to load the bases. Jared Schuster hit a ground ball to the second baseman who threw to second base for the out which scored Perry. Stephen Salisbury had an RBI single to left field and Kyle Beaulieu followed with a three run homerun to put the All Stars ahead 8-0.

Out of nowhere the Hard 9 offense exploded and scored eight runs in the third inning to tie the game at 8. Brendan Beck walked, Ian Meyer singled and Justin McHale reached on an error to load the bases. Dailin Lee hit one of his two doubles to drive in two runs and cut the lead to 8-2. Kyle Mickelson hit a texas leaguer over the third baseman which did not allow any runs to score but did load the bases once again. Conner Clancy drew a walk and forced in a run and Nate Flores singled in a run to put the score at 8-4. With two outs Brendan Beck stepped up to the plate and hit a towering grand slam home run to centerfield which tied the game at 8-8. The fourth inning was more of the same as Dailin Lee doubled, Zach Bennett singled and Kyle Mickelson hit a three run blast to put Hard 9 ahead 11-8. Ian Meyer hit a solo homerun in the fifth inning for insurance and putting Hard 9 up 12-8.

Brendan Beck,Zach Bennett, and Nate Flores combine to pitch the final four innings of shutout baseball for Hard 9. Flores was especially impressive as he came in and quickly pitched two innings striking out six of the seven hitters he faced.

Hard 9 was lead by Ian Meyer who was 3 for 3 with a double and a home run, Kyle Mickelson who was 3 for 4 with a home run and three rbi's and Brendan Beck who hit the grand slam which clearly shifted the momentum and won the game for Hard 9.

Chris Lanzilli, Paul McGunigle, and Kyle Beaulieu all hit home runs and Stephen Salisbury added two hits for the Eastern Massachusetts All Stars.

The #3 seeded All Stars were led by head coach Adam Wnukowski and got to the championship game by defeating the #30 So Cal Hawks from California 7-0, the #46 Atlee Eagle from Virginia 16-3, the #11 Chino Hills Coyotes from California 15-2 and the #10 SJ Young Guns from New Jersey 13-9.

Head coach Charles Chatman guided the #13 seeded Hard 9 through the Cooperstown Dreams Park championship tournament, which featured 102 teams from 16 states and Canada, and into the championship game by defeating the #20 Torrance Thunder from California 14-0, the #4 Team Sebring from Florida 7-1, the #28 James River Renegades from Virginia 10-3 and the #7 Tomateros De California/South Bay Dukes from California 14-1.

Four runs in the first and three more in the second inning was all the #11 seeded Cherry Hill Stars from New Jersey needed to garner an 8-3 win over the top seeded CT Hurricanes out of Hamden, Connecticut in the championship game at Cooperstown Dreams Park's Little Majors Stadium for Week #11.

The Sharks attacked early as Dillon Tassi led off with a double to left field and scored on a Brandon Roche home run to right field. Brian Gerber followed with a single and Jake Babroff hit a monsterous shot over the left field Pepsi Scoreboard to put the Sharks up 4-0. Mike Caruso hit a solo homerun for the Hurricanes in the bottom half of the first inning to make the score 4-1.

In the second inning the Sharks went right back to work. With one out Max Toplin-Steele, Tassi, and Joey Paolini all drew walks and Brandon Roche came up with a clutch single and run batted in. Tassi scored as the catcher tried to pick him off of third base and threw the ball into left field allowing him to come home easily. Brian Gerber came to the plate and hit a groundball to the second baseman to score Paolini and make the score 7-1.

The Hurricanes were able to score two more runs in the game as Kwadiir McIntyre doubled and scored on a wild pitch and an error in the third inning and Mike Caruso hit a solo home run in the fourth inning cutting the lead to 7-3. Nick Zipf hit a home run to right field in the fifth inning to make the final score 8-3.

Nick Zipf twirled a gem of a game as he pitched six innings giving up only 3 runs (2 earned) on four hits and struck out nine hitters without issuing a walk on his way to earning the victory.

Brandon Roche led the Sharks offense going three for three with a homerun and three RBI's.

Nick Zipf helped his cause by adding two hits including a homerun. Mike Caruso led the Hurricanes by going 2 for 2 with two home runs and Kwadir McIntyre added two hits including a double.

The Sharks were coached by Lawrence Padersky and got to the championship game by defeating the #22 OC Hawks Black from California 8-1, the #6 Valley Forge Rangers from Pennsylvania 14-3, the #19 Southern Tier Thunder from New York 10-8 and the #7 Encino Owlz from California 8-5.

The Paul Reynolds coached Hurricanes got to the championship game, which featured teams from twenty-two states and Canada, by defeating the #68 Clarkstown Stars from New York 15-4, the #48 Diamond Fusion from Michigan 16-2, the #9 Rocky Mountain Renegades from North Carolina 10-1 and the #4 Pacific Sea Dogs from California 8-3.

The 3N2 Knights from Charlotte, North Carolina scored 14 runs and pounded out fourteen hits en route to the 14-2 victory over the visiting 8th seeded Bombers Baseball Club from Kentfield, California to claim the week 10 championship at Little Majors Stadium.

The Knights wasted little time as the first four hitters all reached base and scored in the first inning. Ryan Lewis leadoff the inning with a single to right field and Joey Gorman drew a walk. Kale Ledford stepped to the plate and launched a three run blast over the centerfield fence to give the Knights a 3-0 lead. Chaney Rogers singled to left field and advanced to third on a passed ball and a wild pitch. Will Hardigree laid down a perfect squeeze bunt to extend the lead to 4-0.

Dawson Bacho leadoff the second inning with a solo homerun to rightfield for the Bombers making the score 4-1. The Knights answered back with four more runs as Max Mircovich reached on an error and Ryan Lewis hit a two-run home run to right field. With one out Ledford walked and Chaney Rogers hit another two-run blast over the centerfield fence bringing the score to 8-1.

Blake Berry leadoff the third inning for the Bombers with a solo homerun to centerfield making the score 8-2. The Knights scored one run in the fourth after a leadoff single and a stolen base by Will Lumpkin which was followed by a routine groundball to the third baseman which moved Lumpkin to third but a high throw by the first baseman trying to get Lumpkin at third sailed into the stands allowing the run to score.

The Knights entered the fifth inning leading 9-1. Joey Gorman leadoff the inning with a walk and moved to third following a passed ball and a wild pitch. Ledford singled to drive in the run. Rogers drew a walk and Lumpkin hit a towering three-run shot out of the stadium in centerfield. Hardigree walked and with two outs Mircovich had an infield single and Ryan Lewis hit a walk off single which scored Hardigree and secured the 14-2 victory for the Knights.

Chaney Rogers turned in one of the outstanding pitching performances of the 2011 season as he pitched five innings, giving up just two runs on three hits and striking out twelve Bombers to pick up the win.

The #2 seeded 3N2 Knights were coached by Troy Roberson and got to the championship game by defeating the #31 Union American from New Jersey 14-2, the #50 West LA Bruins from California 13-2, the #7 Las Vegas Baseball Academy Lightning from Nevada 9-1 and the #6 Club All Star Blue from California 10-3.

THe #8 Bombers Baseball Club led by head coach Ryan Sittauer defeated the #61 Manalapan Magic from New Jersey 11-3, the #9 New England Firebirds from Massachusetts 7-5, the #16 Central Penn Renegades from Pennsylvania 7-1 and the #5 Sherman Oaks Scorpions from California 14-5 en route to the championship game of the tournament which featured 104 teams from twenty-three states and Canada.

If one were giving out grades for tonight's championship game, South Oakland lived up to their name, as the A's from Madison Heights, Michigan beat the visiting Hit N Run Highlanders from Poughkeepsie, New York 15-6 to win the Cooperstown Dreams Park week #9 championship tournament played at Little Majors Stadium.

The A's were led by C.J. Drogosch who had two home runs and seven runs batted in and Alex Dyke who went 3 for 4 and scored four runs in the victory. The Hit N run Highlanders jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead as Nick Gastin singled and Tyler Kelder followed with a two-run blast over the left center field fence. The South Oakland A's answered right back as leadoff hitter Kyle Caltrysse walked, Christian Orr was hit by a pitch, and just like the Bash Brothers made famous by the Oakland A's, C.J Drogosch and Alex Dyke hit back-to-back home runs to give the A's a 4-2 lead.

The Highlanders scored two more runs in the 3rd inning as Tyler Kelder leadoff with a single to left and James Varian was hit by a pitch. After two strikeouts, three straight walks were issued to Josh White, Stephen Schoen, and Skyler Ohrvall accounting for the runs. The A's countered with one run in the second inning when Kyle Caltrysse walked and scored when Christian Orr doubled to center field and two more in the third inning as Alex Dyke reached on an error, Matt Held singled to center field, Trevor Campbell walked, Teddy Wujak walked to score Alex Dyke and Joey Cipriano drove a ball up the middle for a fielders choice and an run batted in making the score 7-4. With two outs in the fourth inning Alex Dyke singled, went to second base on a wild pitch and scored on a single to centerfield by Matt Held making the score 8-4.

John Cepeda and Connor Clark hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning and gave the Highlanders a glimmer of hope as they cut the A's lead to 8-6. The A's came out in the sixth inning and put to rest any plans the Highlanders may have had on winning the game by scoring seven runs on five hits including a grand slam to centerfield by C.J. Drogosch making the score 13-6. Aaron Dyke would hit a two-run homer to complete the scoring and secure the championship for the A's.

This was the third championship for the #4 seeded South Oakland A's who were led this year by Head Coach Mike Held. The A's also won in 2005 and 2006! The A's advanced to the championship game this week by defeating the #29 San Carlos Riptide from California 7-1, the #13 Palos Verdes Waves from California 10-3, the #12 Barrington Stampede from Illinois 11-1 and the California Blue Devils from California 6-3.

Chris Schoen led the Hit N Run Highlanders through the tournament field which consisted of 104 teams from twenty-two states to the championship game as they defeated the #39 Mount Prospect Mavericks from Illinois 4-3, the #10 Renegades from California 16-8, The Steve Aille Community Starts from California 18-9 and the #11 Carolina Penguins from North Carolina 12-0.

Beaver Valley Red from Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania proved once again why their program is one of the best amateur baseball programs in the nation as they defeated the South Jersey Young Guns-Carolina out of Haddenfield, New Jersey 11-10 in the Cooperstown Dreams Park championship game at Little Majors Stadium. This marked the 7th time since 2001 that a Beaver Valley Red team has claimed the championship.

Beaver Valley wasted no time getting things going in the first inning when with one out left fielder Brady Gulakowski was hit by a pitch and catcher Jake Troutman launched a towering blast out of the stadium to give the Red a 2-0 lead. First baseman Cole Shinsky singled to center and third baseman Tristen Zimmer followed up with another two-run home run to put the Red up 4-0. Right fielder Christian Laffey walked and shortstop Cade Negley singled to right field and both advanced on a wild pitch. If it were not for a spectacular backhand play by Young Guns shortstop Jake Catalano and an equally impressive pick off throw by first baseman Zach Joseph the Beaver Valley Red would have scored another two runs in the inning.

Second baseman Dallas Hays took the first pitch of the second inning out the park and centerfielder Cory Saus did the same thing to the first pitch of the 3rd inning to give the Red what looked to be a commanding 6-1 lead. The lone Young Gun run coming on a solo homerun hit by third baseman Buddy Kennedy in the bottom of the first inning.

The game was quiet until the 6th inning when starting pitcher Jacob Fischbaugh singled to right field. With one out Gulakowski singled to center field and Trautman reached on an error which scored Fischbaugh. Shinsky stepped up to the plate and hit a lazer into the left field stands for a three-run home run. Cory Saus completed the Beaver Valley scoring with a solo home run to give the Red a 11-1 lead that looked insurmountable.

The Young Guns reloaded and put together the best single inning performance of the 2011 season. Second baseman Zach Evans doubled to left field and third baseman Buddy Kennedy hit a two-run home run to make the score 11-3. Zach Joseph singled and right fielder John Brady hit a long home run to right field to make the score 11-5. Pinch hitter Sky Duff walked, catcher Bryce Dixon reached on an error and both runners advanced. Alexander Dean hit a ground ball scoring a run. Catalano and Evans both walked to load the bases and Kennedy hit a grand slam, his third home run of the night and seventh run batted in, to bring the Young Guns to within one run 11-10. With two outs and the bases empty Zach Joseph hit a rocket line drive towards second which Dallas Hays snagged to end the game and secure the win for the Beaver Valley Red.

Starting pitcher Jacob Fischbaugh threw five strong innings for Beaver Valley giving up just one hit and striking out five hitters. Young Guns reliever Zach Evans was equally impressive by pitching 3 2/3 innings and striking out seven batters. Both teams combined for a total of ten home runs - 6 for Beaver Valley and 4 for the South Jersey Young Guns-Carolina.

The 6th seeded Beaver Valley Red, coached by Daniel Farrow, got to the championship game by defeating the #38 Blue Raiders out of Hopedale, Maryland 12-0, the #11 So Cal Outlaws from Chino Hills, California 16-15, the #3 Blue Rocks from Santa Clarita, California 18-6 and the #18 Nationals Baseball from Birmingham, Alabama 10-9.

The Pat Fisher coached South Jersey Young Guns defeated the #37 BCC Hurricanes from Bethesda, Maryland 14-2, the #12 Tallahassee Heat from Tallahassee, Florida 13-1, the #4 Dallas Patriots from Dallas, Texas 14-10 and finally the #9 Virginia Baysox out of Chesapeake, Virginia 7-3 en route to the championship game.

Cooperstown Dreams Park played host to 104 teams from twenty-seven states and Canada during the Week #8 competition.

As the heat rose in Cooperstown during week #7, so did the cream of the Cooperstown Dreams Park championship tournament when the #1 Agoura Thunder from Agoura Hills, California met the #2 Olney Pirates from Olney, Maryland in the championship game at Little Majors Stadium. The Pirates won 8-6.

It didn't take long for Pirates starting pitcher Myles Mensah to get things going as he lifted a towering shot over the centerfield fence to put the Pirates up 1-0 in the first inning. The second inning started with walks to Pirates catcher Joey Goodwin, first baseman Andrew Brown and left fielder Owen Peters. Thunder pitcher Michael Fontyn retired the next two hitters, but third baseman Patrick Lightner walked with the bases loaded to push across the second run of the game for the Pirates a 2-0 lead. With two outs and the bases loaded Mensah then blasted the first pitch he saw for a grand slam to give the Pirates a 6-0 lead. In the third inning the Pirates added two more runs on a Randy Bednar single and a two-run home run by Goodwin to make it an 8-0 game and the lead that the Pirates would not relinquish.

The Thunder swung the bats very well as witnessed by the team's twelve hits and a number of hard hit outs, but could not get a timely hit when they needed one. The Thunder loaded the bases in the 1st, 3rd and 5th innings but were only able to come away with a pair of runs in the firth as catcher Adam Kerner walked, third baseman Nick Spencer was hit by a pitch and left fielder Chris Clarke laid down a perfect bunt for a base hit. After two quick outs were recorded Matt Wolfe singled into the hole at shortstop to score the first run and a miscue by the first baseman allowed Spencer to score. The Thunder made the game interesting in the bottom of the sixth as Kerner drew a walk with two outs, Spencer singled and Chris Clarke belted a three-run home run to right field to bring the final score to 8-6.

Myles Mensah had three hits including two home runs and five runs batted in. Joey Goodwin and Randy Bednar each had two hits for the Pirates. Nick Spencer and Chris Clarke had three hits apiece. Adam Kerner and Jonathan Deluca had two hits each for the Thunder. Matt Wolfe provided the pitching highlight of the night by pitching the fifth and sixth innings for the Thunder while striking out six hitters.

The Pirates coached by John Goodwin got to the championship game by defeating the #34 Diamonds Black Angels of Michigan 15-2, the #15 McHenry County Hurricanes from Illinois 10-4, the #10 Lonestar Cougars of Texas 8-6 and the #6 Harrisburg Junior Senators from Pennsylvania 13-5. The Eric Kerner coached Thunder beat the #32 Severna Park Green Hornets of Maryland 6-1, the #17 Pittsburgh Jaguars from Pennsylvania 14-2, the #8 Wasco Wildcats of Illinois 4-3 and the #4 Louisiana Rip Seniors from Louisiana 7-3.

The championship tournament played host to 102 teams from twenty-five states and Canada.

Tennessee Naturals starting pitcher Lathon Whittington pitched four innings while striking out seven hitters en route to the 4-3 victory over the visiting Louisianna Force in the week #6 Cooperstown Dreams Park championship game played at Little Majors Stadium. Whittngton retired the first six hitters he faced. His only miscue came on a leadoff walk to Louisiana Force first baseman Tyler Singletary which was followed by a two-run home run by catcher Kevin Stretzinger in the third inning.

The Tennesse Naturals jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first as Trace Lindeman laid down a perfect bunt single and moved to second as Steven Jennings was awarded first base on catchers interference. Whittington loaded the bases with a single to left. Naturals firstbaseman Dawson Hamilton and centerfielder Seth Gardner both hit sacrfice fly's to score Lindeman and Jennings. Pinch runner Chandler Sulcer scored the third run of the inning on an errant throw from the outfield on the Gardner fly ball. Tennessee would score one more run in the fifth inning which would turn out to be the crucial winning run as Jennings, Whittington, and Hamilton all singled to load the bases and Jennings scored on a wild pitch.

Billy Creger came on in relief of Whittington for the Naturals in the fifth inning and struck out the side. The sixth inning started with the fourth strikeout in a row by Creger, but a single to left field by centerfielder Daniel Cabrera, a two out single by Austin North and Stephen Sepcich was hit by a pitch to load the bases for the Force with two outs. Tyler Tarrh hit a soft pop up to the first baseman which looked like the third out, but it somehow spun out of the glove and allowed a run to score and left the bases loaded. With the standing room only crowd on its feet Creger delivered a 2-2 fastball past the swinging Singletary to record his sixth strikeout and earn the save and the win for the Naturals.

Tyler Tarrh pitched much better than his fate as he went five innings giving up two earned runs and allowing only one walk.

The road to the championship, which was comprised of 104 teams from twenty-eight states and two representatives from Canada, was a hard fought battle for both the Louisianna Force from Mandeville, Louisianna and the Tennessee Naturals from Shelbyville, Tennessee.

The Force, coached by Michael Sepcich, got to the championship game by defeating the #30 Franklin Heat out of Tennessee, the #55 Elkridge Hurricanes from Maryland, the #11 Scorpion Baseball from Georgia nad the #2 Mac-N-Seitz Indians from Kansas. The Chris Ellis coached Naturals championship run included victories over the #33 Virginia Crush from Virginia, the #16 Tampa Bay Bulls from Florida, the #8 Blaze Baseball from Ohio and the #4 3N2 Bombers also from Florida.

Little Majors Stadium at Cooperstown Dreams Park was the place to be on Thursday night as the Huntsville Baseball Club from Alabama defeated the visiting Team U.S.A. from Tampa, Florida 11-9 in arguably the most exciting championship game of the season. Huntsville Head Coach Charlie Rogers said “ pitching, baserunning, defense and mental toughness are the strengths of the club”. It was the baserunning that proved to be the difference in the game as Huntsville racked up seven stolen bases including a pivotal steal of home plate in the second inning to tie the game 7-7.

Team U.S.A jumped out to a 2-0 lead as Graham Hoffman hit a two out, two-run home run. Huntsville, in the manner of a heavyweight championship fight, counter punched by manufacturing three runs in the bottom half of the first inning lead by Reid Powers who had a two out, two RBI single to give Huntsville a 3-2 lead. Team U.S.A answered right back with four hits in the second inning including a three-run home run by Ethan Thomas which swung the momentum clearly over to Team U.S.A and put them back on top 7-3.

Momentum can sometimes be a little fickle and most certainly was on this night as the Huntsville Baseball Club put the first five hitters of the inning on base with four hits, a walk and with two outs and the score 7-6 in favor of Team U.S.A. as Collin Rogers stole home to tie the game. Momentum shifted back to the Huntsville Baseball Club as they came right back with four runs in the third inning lead by Reid Powers who hit a two-run blast and Glen Whitaker who had a single and an RBI. Anthony Cassos and Thomas let the crowd know that Team U.S.A was not going to go down without a fight as both homered in the fourth inning but that proved to be the last runs they would score in the 11-9 loss.

Brett Barbee provided the pitching highlight of the night as he pitched the first three innings for the Huntsville Baseball Club and left the mound with an 11-9 lead. He was once again called on in the 6th inning to get the last two outs of the game and seal the victory for Huntsville. For Barbee he picked up the win and also the save!

The Huntsville Baseball Club defeated the #71 Chain Dirtdawgs of Georgia 8-1, #15 Futures Baseball of Texas 11-5, #10 All-Star Bombers of Florida and the #14 O.C. Thunder of California en route to the championship game. Team U.S.A. Baseball was equally as impresive in their march to the championship game by deafeating the #65 Bolton Wildcats from Tennessee, the #13 Tidewater Drillers from Virginia, the #12 Ohio Glaciers of Ohio and the #8 Sharon Springs Spartans Blue from Georgia. The championship tournament consisted of 104 teams from twenty-six states and two teams from Canada.

On a cool, clear night inside Little Majors Stadium at Cooperstown Dreams Park it took just one pitch to heat things up as the East Cobb Titans from Marietta, Georgia defeated the visiting Clifton Park Knights of New York 5-2 to win the week #4 Cooperstown Dreams Park championship tournament.

The Knights shortstop Kevin Huerter took the first pitch of the game from Titans starter Justin Fields deep over the left field wall for a solo home run. Unfortunately for the Knights that would be the only run that Fields would allow in four innings of four hit ball while striking out three batters on his way to the win. Weston Bizzle came on in relief for the Titans in the 5th inning striking out the first four hitters he faced and five overall while allowing only a single run in the 6th inning.

Rightfielder Chaz Wittingham provided the offense for the Titans going 2 for 3 with two home runs and two RBI's. Grayson Harbin added a solo home run in the first and later reached on an error, stole second and scored on a line drive single to centerfield by Bizzle.

The Knights who had won four games en route to the chamionship game by virtue of a walk off home run looked to make late game magic once again in the top half of the sixth. With one out Mike Spulnick walked, Nik Malachowski singled to rightfield and Mike Jeffers followed with an rbi single to rightfield but Bizzle struck out Payton Johnson and Ian Anderson hit a soft groundball to third baseman Harbin who stepped on the bag to end the game.

This marked the third time in a three weeks that a team from the state of Georgia had claimed the weekly championship since the RBI Rangers of Tennessee won the week #1 championship.

The Titans and the Knights both posted 10-0 records in tournament and regular schedule play which featured 104 teams from twenty-seven states and a team from Canada on their way to the championship game. The Titans, coached by Chris Mielnicki, defeated the #35 Cincinnati Riverbats from ohio 18-11, the #19 Texas ARaider from Texas 12-1, the #6 St. Lucie Mets out of Florida 14-7 and the #2 Charlotte Megastars from North Carolina 14-7 to get to the Championship game. Equally as impressive were the Knights from Clifton Park, New York and coached by Tom Huerter as they beat the #21 Mavericks from California, the #5 Charlotte Hurricanes from North Carolina, the #13 Caldwell Spartans of North Carolina and the Cooper City Cowboys from Florida.

Rylan Goede threw four innings of no-hit baseball to lead the 6-4-3-DP Cougars from Marietta, Georgia to a 5-0 win over the visiting Beaver Valley Reds from Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania in the 10&U championship game. “Throwing strikes, playing good defense and keeping Beaver Valley from having a big inning will be the keys to us winning’ said head coach Danny Pralgo in the pre-game interview and he proved to be on target.

Pralgo could not have asked for a more masterful performance as Goede faced just two batters over the minimum, both walks, and struck out five giving the Cougars the pitching performance that Pralgo knew he needed to beat a tough Beaver Valley team.

With a 5-0 lead in the 4th inning and Goede in total command with a no hitter in tact Pralgo made a pitching change. “I knew he (Goede) had a no-hitter going, but he had thrown enough pitches and this kid has a bright future in front of him so I made the right decision and did the right thing”. The “right thing” turned out to be relief pitcher Kurtis Royalty who came in and pitched two scoreless innings and secured the victory for the Cougars.

The Cougars got a hit from eight of the ten starters with the big inning coming in the bottom of the 2nd inning. With two outs Drew Miller, Luke DiPiero, Max Pralgo, Ross Malmgren and Kyle Gray strung together five straight hits scoring four runs and for all intents and purposes putting the game away.

The Beaver Valley Reds made an impressive run at the Week #3 championship title by defeating the #18 Cheshire Reds from Cheshire, Connecticut., the #4 Florida Pokers out of Coral Springs, Florida, #5 Kings Baseball from The Woodlands, Texas and the #1 ranked Santa Ynez Titans from California. The Cougars had a great week as they knocked off the team that everyone thought was going to walk away with the championship. The Beaver Valley program has won the 12U championship six times at Cooperstown Dreams Park and won a national championship, "but win or lose, having our 10 year old group be in this game is the greatest thing that this program has achieved” said head coach Brian Smith just minutes before the championship game.

The 6-4-3 DP Cougars got to the championship game by defeating the #36 SGV Cobras from South Pasadena, California, the #16 Team Mizuno out of Houston, Texas, the #10 San Diego Stars North from San Diego, California and the #20 and pre-tournament favorite LaMorinda Spartans from Walnut Creek, California.

The week #3 10U championship at Cooperstown Dreams Park tournament saw 83 teams from twenty states competing for the title.

On a perfect night for baseball in Cooperstown, left handed pitcher Tucker Bradley flirted with perfection of his own for three and two thirds innings as Bandits Baseball of Ringgold, Georgia defeated the Memphis Outlaws from Eads, Tennessee 12-0 in the week #2 championship game.

There was an excitement and a buzz felt throughout the standing room only crowd at Cooperstown Dreams Park's Little Majors Stadium created by the electric performance of Bradley as he struck out the first six Memphis Outlaws hitters of the game. He also mowed down ten of the first eleven hitters, before finally giving up a single to Hayden Leatherwood of the Outlaws, which passed just under the glove of a diving shortstop, Gavin Roberson, with two outs in the third inning. Bradley finished the game with twelve strikeouts while allowing just one hit and one walk to secure the victory and the championship for the Bandits.

Equally as impressive on the offensive side for the Bandits was first baseman Chaney Rogers, who opened the scoring with a two-run home run in the first inning and followed it up with a towering grand slam in the second inning which gave the Bandits an 8-0 lead. After manufacturing one run in the third inning, Lee Kay lead off the fifth inning with a Bandits double. Kobie Cowan worked Outlaws relief pitcher Dreeser Winn for a walk and third baseman Cole Shelton came to the plate to finish off the game with a walk-off three-run blast to give the Bandits the final margin of victory.

After compiling a 6-0 record through the regular schedule of games, head coach Chip Pleasant guided the Memphis Outlaws through an impressive road to the championship game by beating #37 Gamewear Nationals of Florida 11-8, #12 So Cal Terror of California 12-4, #13 Miami Titans out of Florida 15-2 and a 13-1 win over the #1 ranked West Pines Cobras of Florida.

Bandits Baseball of Georgia, led by head coach Troy Roberson, also went 6-0 through the regular schedule and had wins over #74 Orland Park Magic from Illinois 12-0, #14 West Boynton Cobras of Florida 17-2, #6 Lamorinda Diablos of California 10-2 and a 23-6 win over the Rocket City Roadrunners from Alabama.

A total of 104 teams from twenty-two states were represented for the week #2 action at Cooperstown Dreams Park.

The sixteenth season at Cooperstown Dreams Park started with some key home runs and great pitching as the #19 Tennessee RBI Rangers from Knoxville, Tennessee won the week 1 championship. They defeated the # 4 seeded South Florida Orphans 8 to 5. After a big offensive second inning by both clubs where they combined to score nine of the thirteen runs Rangers pitcher David Beam outlasted the Orphans to seal the victory with 4 scoreless innings and the victory for the June 9th, 2011 opener.

The bright lights and roaring crowd in Little Majors Stadium did not seem to bother either team as the Rangers started off the offense with a four-run second inning lead by Justen Freeman solo home run to right field. The South Florida Orphans from Vero Beach, Florida fought back with five runs in the bottom of the second lead by Koa MacDougall and Mike Dean's back-to-back home runs. Noll Davis would also add to the Orphans scoring with a home run giving them a 5-4 lead after two innings. David Beam, the starting and winning pitcher for the RBI Rangers, answered back quickly in the top of the third blasting a home run. The Tennessee team would never look back. Two costly errors in the fourth inning would help the Rangers seal the victory with two additional runs. Beam pitched the last four innings holding the Orphans scoreless while giving up only one hit and striking out nine. For the game Beam allowed only five hits while striking out eleven.

Other notable highlights from the game included: Stokes Needham going 2-3 with one run scored for the Rangers. R.J. Sheltra for the RBI Rangers would help put his team on top with a home run of his own in the bottom of the second and Nate Hinkley provided some superb relief pitching for South Florida. He gave up two earned runs while striking out five and walking none in the four and two-thirds innings that he worked.

For the Tennessee RBI Rangers from Knoxville managed by Billy Anderson it was not an easy road to get to the championship game. They had victories over: #46 Edwardsville Tigers of Illinois 15-2, #14 Helena Wildcats from Alabama 16-3 and three straight heavy hitting Florida teams: #3 North Palm Beach Witecaps 10-6, #6 South Florida Sandlot 14-8 and a big win over the #2 SWFL Team Xtreme 13-10. Unlike the Rangers, the South Florida Orphans, managed by Miguel Cruz, relied on pitching throughout the tournament to get them past the #74 Nashville Prospects of Tennessee 13-2, #45 Regulators Baseball of Florida 6-5, the #12 West Boca Panthers from Florida 4-2 and the #8 Riverside Riot Baseball of California 9-7.

The week #1 extravaganza provided the 103 teams from twenty-two states a great opportunity to enjoy baseball at its finest with plenty of sunshine and warm days at the home of baseball in Cooperstown, New York.