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2004 IBC BASEBALL WORLD SERIES RESULTS

 THE 2004 SUMMER WORLD SERIES WAS HELD IN CLEARWATER, FL WITH 210 TEAMS
REPRESENTED FROM 31 STATES

 WEEK ONE

 HOSTED THE 12 & 14 - UNDER DIVISIONS

IN THE 12-UNDER DIVISION,

                             WILLS PARK KNIGHTS, SHOWED THEY MAY HAVE HAD ONE OF THE STRONGEST TEAMS IN THE TOURNAMENT, BY WINNING SIX GAMES, IN TWO DAYS, TO GET BACK TO THE FORTH PLACE GAME.  GLORY BASEBALL,  BATS WENT WILD IN THE FORTH PLACE GAME TO GET BY WILLS PARK KNIGHTS, THEN SCORE 14 RUNS TO BUMP-OFF ONE OF THE TOP TWO TEAMS IN THE TOURNAMENT THE CAHABA MUDCATS FROM ALABAMA.  IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TAMPA BLADES SHOWED WHY THEY ARE THE NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAM IN FLORIDA AND MAYBE IN THE COUNTRY BY BEATING  THE RED HOT GLORY BASEBALL TEAM  TO GO UNDEFEATED IN THE BRACKET AND BECAME THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPS.  WE HAD TWO PLAYERS IN THE TOURNAMENT THAT HAD  EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS, ONE AT THE PLATE FROM HENDERSONVILLE LIGHTNING ENGLAND SMITH. ON THE MOUND FROM TEXAS COUGARS, JONATHAN RILEY WAS THE HARDEST THROWING PITCHER IN THE TOURNAMENT.

  12-UNDER DIVISION

   1. TAMPA BLADES-FL

  2. GLORY BASEBALL - AL

  3. CAHABA MUDCATS - FL

  4. WILLS PARK KNIGHTS - GA

  5. TAMPA STIX - FL

  6. TAMPA RENEGADES - FL

  7. HAMMER BASEBALL - FL

  8. TEXAS COUGARS - TX

  9. KNOXVILLE IMPACT - TN

10. HENDERSONVILLE LIGHTNING - TN

TAMPA BLADES GAVE TO GLORY BASEBALL - MVP

BRANDON PADGETT - OFF PLAYER

HUNTER LIVENGOOD- DEF PLAYER

MIKE REED - GLORY BASEBALL

LYLE WILFONG - GLORY BASEBALL

BROCK WALTER - GLORY BASEBALL

TAMPA BLADES - TEAM

BRADLEY PAULSON - CAHABA MUDCATS

AUSTIN FREEMAN - CAHABA MUDCATS

WILLS PARK KNIGHTS - TEAM

TAMPA STIX - TEAM

JONATHAN RILEY - TX COUGARS

BASE RUNNING - JONATHAN RILEY

ACCURACY THROWING - DEVIN DURRY

AROUND THE HORN - TAMPA BLADES

HOME RUN DERBY - ENGLAND SMITH

IN THE 14 - UNDER DIVISION,

                                      THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE STRONGEST 34 TEAM 14-UNDER  WORLD SERIES IN THE COUNTRY. TOP TEN TEAMS WHO DO YOU PICK GA. TIGERS, GA BRONCOS, TENN COPPERHEADS, EASTSIDE RAIDERS, SARASOTA RAPTORS, SOUTH GA VOLCANOES, KNOXVILLE YARDDOGS, SAN ANTONIO GIANTS, TBSA LOBO'S AND WEST FLORIDA YOUNG GUNS. WE START OUT BY PLAYING ON TWO OF THE SWEETEST PRO COMPLEXS IN THE COUNTRY(PHILLIES, BLUE JAYS SPRING TRAINING SITE AND HISTORICAL JACK RUSSEL STADIUM. AT THE START GA BRONCOS,TENN COPPERHEADS,SAN ANTONIO GIANTS AND EASTSIDE RAIDERS HAD THE TOP EDGE GOING INTO THE BRACKET PLAY. AS THE WEEK HEATED UP SOUTH GA VOLCANOES MAY HAVE HAD THE TOUGHEST SCH OF THE WEEK GOING 5-3 FOR 5TH PLACE ONLY LOSING TO SAN ANTONIO GIANTS TWICE AND WEST FL YOUNG GUNS ONCE. KNOXVILLE YARDDOGS CAME FROM THE BACK OF THE LOSER'S BRACKET TO WIN SIX GAMES TO FINISH 4TH PLACE. THAT LEFT US WITH THREE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY SAN ANONTIO GIANTS, TBSA LOBO'S TEXAS'S TOP TWO TEAMS AND FLORIDA'S NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAM WEST FL YOUNG GUNS. IN THE END WEST FLORIDA YOUNG GUNS WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND GO UNDEFEATED IN THE BRACKET PLAY.

14-UNDER DIVISION             

1. WEST FLORIDA YOUNG GUNS - FL

2. TBSA LOBO'S - TX

3. SAN ANTONIO GIANTS - TX

4. KNOXVILLE YARDDOGS  - TN

5. SOUTH GA VOLCANOES - GA

6. SARASOTA RAPTORS - FL

7. EASTSIDE RAIDERS - GA

8. TENN COPPERHEADS - TN

9, GA BRONCOS - GA

10. GA TIGERS - GA

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

VINNY LALLY - WEST FL YOUNG GUNS - MVP

JAMISON SWEAT - WEST FL YOUNG GUNS - OFF PLAYER

JOHN ZULE - SAN ANTONIO GIANTS- DEF PLAYER

JACOB ROGERS - WEST FL YOUNG GUNS

RYAN GARDER - WEST FL YOUNG GUNS

RYAN SYDER - WEST FL YOUNG GUNS

RYAN FLOWERS - TBSA LOBO'S

JOSH JAHNS - TBSA LOBO'S

JONATHAN PEREZ - TBSA LOBO'S

ORY KALENKOSKY - TBSA LOBO'S

TY MARRON - SAN ANTONIO GIANTS

J P RAMIREZ - SAN ANTONIO GIANTS

NICK SHERROD - KNOXVILLE YARDDOGS

BRADLEY PACE - KNOXVILLE YARDDOGS

BEN BURGUESS - TENN COPPERHEADS

RYAN VOYLES - EASTSIDE RAIDERS

HOMERUN DERBY - J P RAMIREZ 

ACCURACY THROWING - GRANT SHUEMUTE

BASE RUNNING - RICK FRANKLIN

AROUND THE HORN - SAN ANTONIO GIANTS

WEEK TWO

 HOSTED THE 10 &  11 &  13 - UNDER DIVISIONS

IN THE 10 - UNDER  DIVISION

                                  IN THE 10-UNDER DIVISION THE TAMPA CANNONS AND PBG REDS PROVED TO BE THE FRONT RUNNERS  ALL WEEK. THEN ON THURS. AND FRI THE FRIENDSWOOD MUSTANGS WON FIVE GAMES IN A ROW TO GET BACK TO THE FINALS AGAINST THE TAMPA CANNONS. IN THE FIFTH INNING THE MUSTANGS RAN OUT OF HITS AND THE CANNONS WON THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP.

10 - UNDER DIVISION

1. TAMPA CANNONS

2. FRIENDSWOOD MUSTANGS

3. PALM BEACH GARDENS REDS

4. KOTCHMAN BASEBALL

5. KNOXVILLE YARDDOGS

6. CHATTANOOGA TITANS

7. PLANT CITY PLANTERS

8. REGGIE WILLIAMS BASEBALL

9. POWDER SPRINGS INDIANS

10. HENRY CO TIGERS

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

LANCE McCULLERS - TAMPA CANNONS - MVP

DREW MADHE - TAMPA CANNONS - OFF PLAYER

TYLER DEMENT - FRIENDSWOOD MUSTANGS - DEF PLAYER

VICENT LETO - TAMPA CANNONS

KENT TAYLOR - TAMPA CANNONS

DERRICK MARTIN - TAMPA CANNONS

CONNOR O'BRIEN - TAMPA CANNONS

LANCE McCOKERS - TAMPA CANNONS

WILL HIBBS - FRIENDSWOOD MUSTANGS

GUNNER HOLLE - FRIENDSWOOD MUSTANGS

JONATHAN WHITE - FRIENDSWOOD MUSTANGS

RUDY DE HOYOS - FRIENDSWOOD MUSTANGS

BOBBIE PUYOL - PALM BEACH GAEDENS REDS

TAYLOR HUMAN - PALM BEACH GARDENS REDS

JOSH TOWNSEND - KOTCHMAN BASEBALL

CHRIS RAHEA - KOTCHMAN BASEBALL

CHATTANOOGA TITANS - TEAM

KNOXVILLE YARDDOGS - TEAM

IN THE 11 - UNDER DIVISION

                               THE II-UNDER TOURNAMENT WAS POWERED BY THE GEORGIA MUSTANGS. THEY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME UNDEFEATED. THEN THE MIAMI CURVE,  BATS PROVED THAT NOBODY COULD STOP THEM. THE CURVE WON SIX GAMES IN TWO DAYS TO BEAT THE MUSTANGS IN THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THIS WAS THE BIGGEST COME BACK IN IBC BASEBALL HISTORY TO WIN THE TITLE.

11-UNDER DIVISION

1. MIAMI CURVE

2. GEORGIA MUSTANGS

3. REGGIE WILLIAMS BASEBALL

4. JACKSONVILLE REBELS

5. ALABAMA OUTLAWS

6. CHEROKEE REDS

7. HOUSTON TITANS

8. SAN ANTONIO SIDEWINDERS

9. KNOXVILLE THUNDER GOLD

10. BARTOW BULLDOGS

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

SPENCER THOMAS – MIAMI CURVE   -  MVP

ALEX DIAZ – MIAMI CURVE  - OFF PLAYER

DANNY PEREZ  - MIAMI CURVE – DEF PLAYER

BRYAN BLAIR – MIAMI CURVE

JERROD MEDEROS – MIAMI CURVE

KEVIN RODRIQUEZ – MIAMI CURVE

G C MIRABAL – MIAMI CURVE

MIKE BENETIZ – MIAMI CURVE

GA MUSTANGS – TEAM

REGGIE WILLIAMS BASEBALL – TEAM

JACKSONVILLE REBELS – TEAM

WILLIAM FRIDLENDER – CHEROKEE REDS

IN THE 13 - UNDER DIVISION

                               IN THE 13-UNDER WE HAD THE BEST FROM CALF. TO FLORIDA. WE HAD 14 TEAMS THAT COULD HAVE WON THE TOURNAMENT ON ANY GIVEN DAY. TOP OF  THE FIELD CALF. DREAM, MIAMI RAIDERS, SAN ANTONIO WILDCATS, TEAM MEMPHIS, SHILOH GRIZZLIES,CHEROKEE REDS, HOUSTON INDIANS, ROSWELL STAMPEDE AND HOUSTON HEAT. AFTER POOL PLAY WE HAD HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS,MIAMI RAIDERS, HOUSTON INDIANS AND WELLINGTON WARRIORS LEADING THE WAY. AS THEY BATTLED IT OUT FOR TWO DAYS . THE MIAMI RAIDERS AND CALF. DREAM BOTH RUNNING ON A 90 GAME WIN STREAK, WHERE PUT IN THE LOSERS BRACKET BY THE SAN ANTONIO WILDCATS AND WELLINGTON WARRIORS,  WHO WHERE LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE THE TEAMS TO BEAT. THE MIAMI RAIDERS CAME BACK TO FINISH FORTH AND THE SHILOH GRIZZLIES TURNED IN A GREAT WEEK BY FINISHING IN THIRD PLACE. THAT LEFT ONLY THE TWO BEST TEAMS OF THE WEEK SAN ANTONIO WILDCATS AND WELLINGTON WARRIORS TO PLAY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.  THE WELLINGTON WARRIORS FINISH THE WEEK AT 9-0 TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP.

13 - UNDER DIVISION

1.      WELLINGTON WARRIORS - FL

2.      SAN ANTONIO WILDCATS - TX

3.      SHILOH GRIZZLIES - GA

4.      MIAMI RAIDERS - FL

5.      HOUSTON INDIANS - TX

6.      TEAM MEMPHIS - TN

7.      CHEROKEE REDS - GA

8.      HOUSTON HEAT - TX

9.      CALIFORNIA DREAM TEAM – CA

10.    ROSWELL STAMPEDE – GA

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

BRANDON KING – WELLINGTON WARRIORS – MVP

 BRIAN FLYNN – WELLINGTON WARRIORS – OFF PLAYER

 DERRICK WALLS – SAN ANTONIO WILDCATS – DEF PLAYER

BRYAN ADAMETZ – WELLINGTON WARRIORS

 PAUL CARIGNAN – WELLINGTON WARRIORS

 NICK FERRARES – WELLINGTON WARRIORS

 JONATHAN BOSTLEY – WELLINGTON WARRIORS

 JOHN PISER – WELLINGTON WARRIORS

TYLER OGLE – SAN ANTONIO WILDCATS

 CORDON OAKES – SAN ANTONIO WILDCATS

 ROGER ZAMARRIPA – SAN ANTONIO WILDCATS

 JEREMY WILLIAMS  - SHILOH GRIZZLIES

JARRETT RIVERA – SHILOH GRIZZLIES

 BLAKE HOLTZMAN – MIAMI RAIDERS

 RITCHIE GONZALEZ – MIAMI RAIDERS

 BLAKE DYAS - TEAM MEMPHIS

 HOUSTON INDIANS – TEAM

WEEK THREE

 HOSTED THE 16  & 18 - UNDER DIVISIONS

IN THE 16 - UNDER DIVISION

                                  THE 16-UNDER TOURNAMENT WAS A FOUR TEAM RACE NEW ORLEANS SPICE,BALLPARK BOMBERS, EAST BAY REDS AND VIR. BARNSTORMERS. UNTIL THE LA WRATH AND COASTAL THUNDER CAME FLYING OUT OF THE LOSER'S BRACKET TO GET BACK TO THE FORTH PLACE GAME. WHAT A GAME THAT WAS WITH THE COASTAL THUNDER WINNING IN THE LAST INNING TO ADVANCE ON TO THE THIRD PLACE GAME AGAINST THE EAST BAY REDS. EAST BAY REDS REGROUPED AND BEAT THE THUNDER TO GET IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS GAME AGAINST THE ONLY TEAM THEY LOST TO ALL WEEK,  UNDEFEATED VIR. BARNSTORMERS THE STRONGEST TEAM IN THE 16-UNDER.  EAST BAY REDS CAME ALONG WAYS FOR THIS GAME. THEY PLAYED THE BEST GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT AT THE RIGHT TIME TO BEAT THE BARNSTORMERS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

16-UNDER DIVISION

1. EAST BAY REDS - CA

2. VIR. BARNSTORMERS - VA

3. COASTAL THUNDER - FL

4. LA WRATH - LA

5. BALLPARK BOMBERS - NY

6. NEW ORLEANS SPICE - LA

7. EAST COBB TIGERS - GA

8. VIR OUTLAWS - VA

9. TRI-STATE ARSENAL BLUE - NJ

10. WESTSIDE WIZARDS - OH

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

MATT LANGSETH - EAST BAY REDS -MVP

MIKE TAYLOR - EAST BAY REDS - OFF PLAYER

JOSH TREJO - EAST BAY REDS

BRIAN ROSS - EAST BAY REDS

JOHN McNUTTY - EAST BAY REDS

CHRIS HYLAND - EAST BAY REDS

BRADY HESS - EAST BAY REDS

VIR. BARNSTORMERS - TEAM

COASTAL THUNDER - TEAM

LA WRATH - TEAM

NEW ORLEANS SPICE - TEAM

IN THE 18 - UNDER DIVISION

                                18-UNDER  TOURNAMENT TURNED INTO A SIX TEAM RACE BETWEEN RIPTIDE BASEBALL, FROZEN ROPES, BASEBALL FACTORY NORTH, BASEBALL FACTORY EAST, KANSAS CITY HORNETS AND EAST BAY REDS. AS THE WEEK WENT ON THE HORNETS AND REDS KEPT ON WINNING. WITH FROZEN ROPES COMING OUT OF THE LOSER'S BRACKET TO GET BACK TO THE THIRD PLACE GAME AGAINST THE KC HORNETS. THE HORNETS WERE A LITTLE TO MUCH FOR THEM. THE HORNETS GO TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO FACE THE ONLY UNDEFEATED TEAM LEFT IN THE TOURNAMENT. EAST BAY REDS MADE IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LAST YEAR TO LOSE BY ONE RUN, THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. REDS AND HORNETS GAME WAS A GREAT PLAYED GAME BY BOTH TEAMS WITH THE EAST BAY REDS COMING OUT ON TOP.

18-UNDER DIVISION

1. EAST BAY REDS - CA

2. KANSAS CITY HORNETS - KS

3. FROZEN ROPES - MD

4. BASEBALL FACTORY NORTH - MD

5. RIPTIDE BASEBALL - WA

6. BASEBALL FACTORY EAST -  CA

7. LISLE LONGSHOTS - IL

8. JACK CITY WHITE - GA

9. NEXT LEVEL BASEBALL - TX

10. CLEARWATER HS - FL

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM