NO

2

Wilkinson, Todd

2B

7

Stacks, Kendall

C

1

Cole, AJ

P

12

Mejia, Jonathan

CF

11

East, Evan

C

9

Ewing, Skyler

3B

3

Hatfield, Austin

LF

13

Wall, Carter

1B

4

Rapiere, Anthony

1B

5

Adame, Aris

SS

8

Houk, Clay

CF

2

Bolton, Jordan

2B

7

Jeffery, Connor

SS

11

Davis, Jonathan

P

5

Green, KJ

RF

8

Smith, Cameron

RF

1

Mendenhall, Trevor

LF

12

Basque, Jim

10

March, Preston

13

Luna, Alex

4

Geisler, Cory

10

Lundborg, Andrew

3

Hammerly, Brandon

14

Crownover, Matthew

6

Myers, Hayden

6

Leeth, Luke

Hatfield, Steve

Brown, Randy

Jeffery, Tony

Metoyer, Tony

Morgan, Morgan

First Inning
Rocket City Stingers : Jonathan Davis on the mount for the Falcons. Todd Wilkinson singled to centerfield. A.J. Cole singled to left field with Wilkinson advancing to second base. Evan East grounded into a double play short to first base with Wilkinson taking third base. Wilkinson scored on a wild pitch. Andrew Dennis lined out to the shortstop for the third out. One run, two hits, and none left on base.

Friendswood Falcons: A.J. Cole was pitching for the Stingers. Kendall Stacks reached first base on an error by the right fielder. Brandon Hammerly was the courtesy runner for Stacks. Jonathan Mejia grounded into a fielders choice with Hammerly out at second base and Mejia safe at first base. Mejia stole second base. Skyler Ewing walked. Mejia advanced to third base on a passed ball. Carter Wall struck out swinging for the second out. Aris Adame was hit by a pitch. Jordan Bolton grounded back to the pitcher who threw home for the force and the third out. No runs, no hits, and three left on base.


Second Inning
Rocket City Stingers: Austin Hatfield lined out to the second baseman. Anthony Rapiere walked. Clay Houk grounded to third base who forced Rapiere at second base. Houk safe at first base. Connor Jeffery reached first base on an infield hit with Houk advancing to second base. Houk and Jeffery stole third base and second base. K.J. Green lined out to the first baseman. No runs, one hit, and two left on base.

Friendswood Falcons: Jonathan Davis stuck out swinging. Cameron Smith was thrown out by the catcher on a bunt attempt. Trevor Mendenhall lined to the shortstop for the third out. No runs, no hits, and none left on base.


Third Inning
Rocket City Stingers: Todd Wilkinson struck out swinging. A.J. Cole hammered a home run over the left field wall. Evan East struck out swinging. Andrew Dennis singled to left field. Austin Hatfield reached first base on an infield hit to short and Dennis took second base. Brandon Hammerly was brought in to pitch for the Falcons. Anthony Rapiere lined a pitch to right field and was thrown out at first base by right fielder, Cameron Smith. One run, three hits, and two left on base.

Friendswood Falcons: Kendall Stacks reached first base on an error by the second baseman. Jonathan Mejia grounded to the shortstop and threw to second base but the second baseman failed to tag the base for his second error. Stacks went to third base on a passed ball but the catcher attempted to throw him out and threw wild past third base. The left fielder threw out Stacks attempting to take home. Mejia ended up at third base. Skyler Ewing struck out for the second out. Carter Wall tied the score at 2-2 with a home run to left, scoring Mejia. Aris Adame reached first on a throwing error by the shortstop. Jordan Bolton flew out to center for the third out. Two runs, one hit, and one left on base.


Fourth Inning
Rocket City Stingers: Clay Houk walked. Connor Jeffery walked. K.J. Green bunted to advance Houk and Jeffery to second base and third base. Todd Wilkinson was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Corey Geisler in to pitch for the Falcons. A.J. Cole popped out to third base for the second out. Evan East walked on four straight pitches scoring Houk. A wild pitch by Corey Geisler scores Jeffery. Andrew Dennis grounded out pitcher to first base. Two runs, no hits, and one left on base.

Friendswood Falcons: Jonathan Davis grounded out pitcher to first. Cameron Smith struck out swinging. Corey Geisler flied out deep to center to end the inning. No runs, no hits, and none left on base.


Fifth Inning
Rocket City Stingers: Austin Hatfield singled to left field pass the shortstop. Alex Luna pinch hit for Anthony Rapiere and grounded into a double play second base, to short, to first base. Jim Bass pinch hit for Clay Houk and reached first on an infield hit. Andrew Lundborg hit for Connor Jeffery and lined out to short for the third out. No runs, one hit, and one left on base.

Friendswood Falcons: Kendall Stack was hit by a pitch. Jonathan Mejia struck out. Skyler Ewing took a called third strike. Carter Wall was also called out on a third strike. No Runs, no hits, and one left on base.


Sixth Inning
Rocket City Stingers: Cameron Smith came in to pitch for the Falcons. Luke Leeth, pinch hit for K. J. Green and walked. Todd Wilkinson walked, Leeth to second base. A.J. Cole was safe at first base on a fielder's choice, second base to short with Wilkinson out at second base and Leeth advancing to third base. Cole stole second base. Evan East grounded out to the first baseman unassisted. Leeth scoring on the out. Andrew Dennis grounded out second baseto first for the third out. One run, no hits, and one left on base.

Friendswood Falcons: Aris Adame struck out for the first out. Jordan Bolton was called out a third strike. Preston Marsh pinch hit for Jonathan Davis and struck out swinging. No runs, no hits, and none left on base.

FINAL SCORE:

ROCKET CITY STINGERS (AL) 5 - FRIENDSWOOD FALCONS (TX) 2

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FINAL BOX SCORE

ROCKET CITY STINGERS (ALABAMA)

NO	NAME	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI'S
2	Wilkinson, Todd	2B	2	1	1	0	0	0
1	Cole, AJ	P	4	1	2	0	1	1
11	East, Evan	C	3	0	0	0	0	2
15	Dennis, Andrew	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0
3	Hatfield, Austin	LF	3	0	2	0	0	0
4	Rapiere, Anthony	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	Luna, Alex	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Houk, Clay	CF	1	1	0	0	0	0
12	Basque, Jim	CF	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	Jeffery, Connor	SS	1	1	1	0	0	0
10	Lundborg, Andrew	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	Green, KJ	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	Leeth, Luke	RF	0	1	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS		23	5	7	0	1	3

NO	PITCHING	IP	AB	K	BB	H	R	ER
1	Cole, AJ ( Winning Pitcher )	6	22	10	1	1	2	2
	TOTALS	6	22	10	1	1	2	2

FRIENDSWOOD FALCONS (TEXAS)

NO	NAME	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI'S
7	Stacks, Kendall	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	MEjia, Jonathan	CF	3	1	0	0	0	0
9	Ewing, Skyler	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	Wall, Carter	1B	3	1	1	0	1	2
5	Adame, Aris	SS	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bolton, Jordan	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	Davis, Jonathan	P	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	Preston, March	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Smith, Cameron	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	Mendenhall, Trevor	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	Geisler, Cory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS		22	2	1	0	1	2

NO	PITCHING	IP	AB	K	BB	H	R	ER
11	Davis, Jonathan	2 2/3	13	2	1	6	2	2
3	Hammerly, Brandon	2/3	2	0	2	0	2	0
4	Geisler, Cory	1 2/3	6	0	0	2	0	0
8	Smith, Cameron	1	3	0	2	0	2	0
	TOTALS	6	25	2	5	8	6	2

OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER - Stephanie Banks

Championship Game Notes: #4 Rocket City Stingers (Alabama) 2003 USSSA "Runner-up" champions in the World Series with a 70-13 record 2004 USSSA South Regional World Series champions with a 70-15 record 2005 USSSA Alabama State champions with a current record of 75-7 11 tournament championships so far this season This week the team has hit 50 home runs with 11 of the 14 players hitting at least one home run Pitching staff includs the following number of wings, Evan East has 2, Jim Basque has 3 with a complete game semi-final, AJ Cole has 1, Matthew Crownover has 1 and Luke Leeth has 1, which was a complete game #2 Friendswood Falcons (Texas) Won USSSA Super NIT in Sulphur, LA, qualifying the Falcons for the USSSA Elite 24 in Olrgando, FL One of the top USSSA teams in the country USSSA Texas Fall State champions How The Teams got to the Championship #4 Rocket City Stingers (Alabama) defeated #45 Broward Blaze (FL) 18-3 defeated #13 Maryland Red Dogs (MD) 7-3 defeated #5 Texas Rattlers (TX) 12-7 defeated #1 McDowell Mountain Yankees (AZ) 5-3 #2 Friendswood Falcons (Texas) defeated #47 Kennesaw Steam (GA) 14-1 defeated #15 Piedmont Baseball (DE) 11-3 defeated #10 Jacksonville Royals (FL) 2-1 defeated #19 Lakeland Renegades (FL) 18-3 2005 WEEK 3 Runnersup - FRIENDSWOOD FALCONS (TX) 2005 WEEK 3 Champions - ROCKET CITY STINGERS (AL)

Photos by Bill and Will Hallada