So after fives games this weekend, it's all over… JCBI wrapped up its season today with a second place finish at the Show Me State Games. And to get to the championship game they had to get through the Rippers, who finished 2nd at state a few weeks ago. And boy did they get through – beating the Rippers 7-1. Wow! The boys were pumped and poured their hearts and souls into that game. Unfortunately, to win it all they had to face the St. Joe Astro's and a win just wasn't in the cards. The Astro's are a 12U AAA team and a darn good one, with lots of USSSA points and tournament victories under their belt. It was hardly a fair contest, but that's how it goes sometimes.
Anyway, I'm proud of the boys. I think they surprised a lot of people. They worked hard and improved greatly over the course of the season. And my hat goes off to the younger players – they had a mountain to climb to keep up with some of these boys and climb they did! Ross, Erick, Brenden – awesome job boys!
Show Me State pictures are being posted, you'll find them here. There's about 90+ plus pictures in this batch so it'll take awhile before they're all uploaded. Still working on the Sizzler pics.
Updated 8/1/2007: JCBI won all 3 pool games defeating the Kirksville Lightening 10-2, the Fulton (CMAA) All-Stars 16-1, and the Florissant Redbirds 7-6. In bracket play on Sunday JCBI beat the St. Louis Johnny Mac Thunder 12-2, and beat the Nixa Rippers 7-1 before losing to the St. Joseph Astros 17-0 in the championship game. In the 10-2 win over the Lightening Joey Smith pitched a complete game picking up 3 strikeouts and allowing one walk. Corey Beard and Brenden Ogletree each had 2 RBI, Dan Haynes was 3-3 with 1 RBI, Dylan Brauner was 2-3, Sam Atkinson had a triple and 1 RBI, Alex Johnson and Erick Standlee also adding 1 RBI each for JCBI. In the 16-1 win over Fulton Dylan Brauner pitched a one hitter with 3 strikeouts and a walk and picked up the win. Rylie Klosterman, Standlee and Johnson each had 3 RBI. Atkinson had a triple and 1 RBI, Haynes had a pair of doubles and 2 RBI, Brauner had 2 RBI and Beard added 1 RBI. In the 7-6 win over Florissant Haynes was the starting pitcher with 8 strikeouts and 1 walk. Corey Beard got the last batter and picked up the win. Ross Shelton picked up 1 RBI for JCBI, Haynes had 3 RBI including the game winner in the bottom of the fifth driving in Atkinson. Atkinson had a triple and Ogletree doubled for JCBI. On Sunday JCBI opened bracket play with a 12-2 win over the Johnny Mac Thunder. Corey Beard picked up the complete game win allowing 4 hits and 3 walks over 5 innings. Haynes had 5 RBI on two hits with a double, Klosterman had 3 RBI on 2 hits with a double, Johnson had 2 hits with a triple and RBI, Brauner had 2 hits with a double and RBI, Smith had 2 hits and an RBI, and Ogletree had an RBI. In the semi-final game JCBI beat the Nixa Rippers 7-1. Nixa had finished 2nd and JCBI finished 5th in the Missouri State tournament at Joplin. Smith was the starting pitcher and pitched 2 innings allowing just 1 run. Alex Johnson picked up the win with 4 innings in relief, 6 strikeouts and 1 walk. The game was tied 1-1 through 4 innings before Joey Smith doubled in the fifth inning and drove in Atkinson; Nixa had a pair of throwing errors on the play that also allowed Smith and Haynes to score. JCBI added 3 runs in the 6th. For the game Smith had 3 hits and 2 RBI including the game winning RBI, Haynes had 3 hits and 1 RBI, Standlee and Klosterman each had an RBI. Brauner had 2 hits with a triple, Atkinson had 2 hits and Corey Beard doubled for JCBI. In the championship game and third game of the day JCBI lost to the AAA St. Joseph Astros 17-0. Johnson was the starting pitcher and took the loss with Beard and Brauner pitching in relief. Sam Atkinson had 2 hits. For the season JCBI 12U finished with 26 wins and 27 losses. The team was coached by Bob Cardwell with Assistant Coaches Robert Holden, Jake Johnson and Dave Schreimann.
John Haynes –
JCBI 12U took 2nd place and received the Silver Medal in the State Show-Me Games Tournament last weekend. The team won 5 and lost 1 in the single elimination tournament.
