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2003 N.A.T.C. CHAMPIONSHIP
National American Tournament of Champions

"The Crown Jewel of Youth Baseball"

"Where the finest of youth baseball athletes compete
for the N.A.T.C. Championship"

N.A.T.C. Championship Game Scoreboard

*2003 N.A.T.C. Championship Game -* August 28, 2003	1	2	3	4	5	6	SCORE
#10 Team South Carolina (SC)	2	0	3	3	0	2	10
#4 Corona Yankees (CA)	2	2	2	2	0	0	8

Pitchers:
Corona Yankees: Adam Salazar; Matt Lollis (4th)
Team South Carolina: Garrison McLagan; Madison Younginer (3rd) (winning Pitcher);

Home Runs: McCrae Norton (Team South Carolina) (1st) (none on); Matt Pegler (Team South Carolina) (1st) (none on); Adam Salazar (Corona Yankees) (1st) (one on); Joel Licon (Corona Yankees) (2nd) (one on); McCrae Norton (Team South Carolina) (3rd) (none on); Luke Tollison (3rd) (one on); Brandon Magee (Corona Yankees) (4th) (one on).

Game Started at 9:35 PM - Game Ended at 11:43 PM - Game Time 2:08

Championship Game Starting Lineups

NO	Team South Carolina (SC)	POS	NO	Corona Yankees (CA)	POS
3	Norton, McCrae	LF	4	Magee, Brandon	LF
1	Pegler, Matt	SS	15	Meza, Christian	CF
15	McLagan, Garrison	P	8	Lollis, Matt	C
7	Tollison, Luke	3B	6	Salazar, Adam	P
5	Howard, Blake	C	5	Madrid, Tyler	1B
6	Younginer, Madison	CF	2	Romanski, Jake	3B
8	Darr, Evan	1B	14	Flores, Mike	2B
10	Dalton, Blaine	2B	9	Hahn, Cory	RF
2	Young, T.J.	RF	1	Licon, Joel	SS
			7	Williams, Kevin	EH

	*Manager: Jim Pegler*			*Manager: Andy Romanski*

	Substitutes		Substitutes
14	Gullickson, Justin	11	Guerra, JC
		8A	Romanski, Jason
		3	Baird, Nickolas
		13	Squillace, Mike
		12	Denucci, Mike
		10	Torres, Joey

Phil Kehr interviews both managers for the webcast of the championship game (left) Team South Carolina Manager, Jim Pegler and (above) Corona Yankee Manager, Andy Romanski

The opening pitch for the N.A.T.C. championship game was thrown out by Matthew Parker of the Connetquot Chiefs out of Long Island, New York. Matthew waited three years to compete at Cooperstown Dreams Park, passing up two opportunities to play with different teams so he could participate with the Chiefs. Unfortunately, due to a baseball injury he suffered just ten days before his arrival at Cooperstown Dreams Park, Matthew was unable to compete this week. He threw out the first pitch from the mound to his father, Andy Parker. The above picture shows Matthew Parker (left) with unpire Jon Krug (right) of Jacksonville, Florida.

Umpires: Home Plate: Bob Nichols (Waverly, NY); First Base: Jon Krug (Jacksonville, FL); Second Base: Josh Lesser (Demarest, NJ); Third Base: Wayne Beaumier (Houston, TX); Left Field: Miqdad Jaffer (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) and Right Field: Iqbal Jaffer (Brampton, Ontario, Canada)

Hitter

Inning -By-Inning Championship Game Information

First Inning:
Team South Carolina: McCrae Norton led off with a home run to right field. Matt Pegler followed with a home run to center. Garrison McLagan lined back to the pitcher for the first out. Luke Tollison flied out to left field. Blake Howard flied out to the second basemen. Total: two runs, two hits and none left on base.

Corona Yankees: Brandon Magee struck out swinging on a dropped third strikes, the catcher threw to first for the out. Christian Meza grounded out to the pitcher. Matt Lollis singled. with Jason Romanski relieving himes as a courtesy run. Romanski stole second. Adam Salazar hammered a two run home run to tie the score at 2. Tyler Madrid struck out on a called third strike. Total: two runs, two hits and none left on base.

Second Inning:
Team South Carolina: Madison Younginer struck out on a called third strike. Evan Darr struck out swinging. Blaine Dalton struck out on a called third strike. Total: no runs, no hits and none left on base.

Corona Yankees: Jake Romanski grounded out shortstop to first. Mike Flores was out on a called third strike. Cory Hahn singled and stole second. Joel Licon hit a two-run home run. Kevin Williams walked. Brandon Magee struck out swinging. Total: two runs, two hits and one left on base.

Third Inning:
Team South Carolina: TJ Young struck out on a called third strike. Mcrae Norton hammered a solo home run. His second of the game. Matt Pegler struck out swinging. Garrison McLagan singled. McLagan went to second on a balk. Luke Tollison homered scoring McLagan and himself. Blake Howard walked. Madison Younginer struck out swinging. Total: three runs, three hits and one left on base.

Corona Yankees: Christian Meza grounded out second to first. Matt Lollis singled. Jason Romanski courtsey ran for Lollis. Adam Salazar singled, with Romanski going to second. Romanski & Salazar both advanced on a passed ball. Madrid singled scoring Romanski and sending Salazar to third. Jake Romanski struck out on a called third strike. Mike Flores walked. Cory Hahn walked with Salazar scoring. Madison Younginer now pitching for Team South Carolina. Joel Licon struck out on a called third strike. Total: two runs, three hits and three left on base.

Fourth Inning:
Team South Carolina: Matt Lollis in to pitch for the Corona Yankees. Evan Darr singled. Darr went to second on a passed ball. Blaine Dalton struck out on a called third strike. TJ Young singled, moving Darr to third. McCrae Norton singled scoring Darr and moving Young to second. Young & Norton advanced on a passed ball. Matt Pegler struck out swinging. Garrison McLagan singled scoring Young and then Norton scored on an error. Luke Tollison grounded into an inning ending forceout at second. Total: three runs, four hits and one left on base.

Corona Yankees: Kevin Williams reached on an error by the first basemen. Brandon Magee hit a two-run home run. Christian Meza struck out swinging. Matt Lollis lined out to first. Adam Salazar grounded out short to first. Total: two runs, one hit and none left on base.2

Fifth Inning:
Team South Carolina: Blake Howard grounded out short to first. Madison Younginer flied out to the centerfielder. Evan Darr poped out to short. Total: no runs, no hits and none left on

Corona Yankees: Tyler Madrid walked with Jason Romanski pinch running. Romanski went second base. Jake Romanski grounded out to first with the second baseman covering first and Jason Romanski moving over to third base. Romanski was out trying to steal home. Joey Torres grounded out third for the final out of the inning. Total: no runs, no hits and none left on base.

Sixth Inning:
Team South Carolina: Blaine Dalton singled to open the inning. Justin Gullickson struck out swinging. McCrae Norton singled moving Dalton to third base and Norton going to second on the throw. Matt Pegler poped out to the catcher. Garrison McLagan singled driving in Blaine Dalton and McCrae Norton. Luke Tollison grounded out short to first. Total: two runs, three hits and one left on base.

Corona Yankees: Cory Hahn poped out to the second basemen. Joel Licon flieds out to center field. Brandon Magee struck out and the catcher threw hime out on the dropped third strike. Total: no runs, no hits and none left on base.

FINAL SCORE:
Team South Carolina 10 - Corona Yankees 8

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FINAL BOX SCORE

Team South Carolina (SC)

NO	NAME	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI'S
3	Norton, McCrae	LF	4	4	4	0	2	3
1	Pegler, Matt	SS	4	1	1	0	1	1
15	McLagan, Garrison	P/1B	4	1	3	0	0	2
7	Tollison, Luke	3B	4	1	1	0	1	2
5	Howard, Blake	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	Younginer, Madison	CF/P	3	0	0	0	0	0
8	Darr, Evan	1B	3	1	1	0	0	0
10	Dalton, Blaine	2B	3	1	0	0	0	0
2	Young, TJ	RF	2	1	1	0	0	0
14	Gullickson, Justin	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0


	TOTALS		30	10	11	0	4	8

NO	PITCHING	IP	AB	K	BB	H	R	ER
15	McLagan, Garrison	2 2/3	16	5	3	7	6	6
6	Younginer, Madison (Winning Pitcher)	3 1/3	11	3	1	1	2	2
	TOTALS	6	27	8	4	8	8	8

Corona Yankees (CA)

NO	NAME	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI'S
4	Magee, Brandon	LF	4	1	1	0	1	2
15	Meza, Chrisitan	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0
8	Lollis, Matt	C/P	3	2	2	0	0	0
6	Salazar, Adam	P/C	3	2	2	0	1	2
5	Madrid, Tyler	1B	2	0	1	0	0	0
2	Romanski, Jake	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0
14	Flores, Mike	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	Torres, Joey	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	Hahn, Cory	RF	2	1	1	0	0	1
1	Licon, Joel	SS	3	1	1	0	1	2
7	Williams, Kevin	EH	1	1	0	0	0	0

	TOTALS		26	8	8	0	3	7

NO	PITCHING	IP	AB	K	BB	H	R	ER
6	Salazar, Adam	3	14	6	1	5	5	5
8	Lollis, Matt	3	16	3	0	7	5	5
	TOTALS	6	30	9	1	12	10	10

OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER - Stephanie Banks

Championship Game Notes:

Team South Carolina

Tied the Cooperstown Dreams Park record for most home runs in an inning by a team with six home runs.

Set a Cooperstown Dreams Park record for biggest come back in a semi-final game. Down by 11 runs at one point, the team cam back to win 18-17.

Corona Yankees

The organization won the 1999 N.A.T.C. and was runnerup in 2001.

The Corona Yankees were formed in 1997 and have won three National championships.

This is a group of kids who never quit, have been together for four years and have played over 100 games to get to this point.

Brandon Magee hit two home runs in one inning to tie a Cooperstown Dreams Park record.

How The Teams got to the Championship

Team South Carolina Opponents and Scores
defeated #19 Boys of Baseball National Travel Team (AL) 9-1
defeated #6 California Lumberjacks (CA) 12-2
defeated #2 Star Maker Select (CA) 18-17
defeated #26 Ventura County Redbirds (CA) 10-4

Corona Yankees Opponents and Scores
defeated #29 Virginia Diamonds (VA) 5-2
defeated #13 Eastern Massachusetts All Stars (MA) 8-3
defeated #8 SGV Hurricanes (CA) 11-8
defeated #1 San Diego Stars Baseball Academy (CA) 4-0

2003 N.A.T.C. Champions - Team South Carolina

Champions - Team South Carolina (South Carolina)

2003 N.A.T.C. Runnersup - Corona Yankees (Corona, California)

Runnersup - Corona Yankees (Corona, California)

Photos by Bill Hallada

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Coaches

Coaches

Jerry Howard

Gary McLagan

John Williams

Russel Tollison

John Younginer