All-Star tournaments start June 19th.  Click read more below for State Tournament Information.

8 yr. olds - District 1 Champions
9 yr. olds - District 1 Champions
10 yr. olds - District 1 Champions
11 yr. olds, 60' - District 1 Champions, STATE Champions
11 yr. olds, 70' - District 1 Champions, STATE Champions
12 yr. olds, 60' - District 1 Participation
12 yr. olds, 70' - District 1 Champions, STATE Champions
13 yr. olds - District 1 Champions
15u yr. olds - District 1 Runner-up

The  11 70-foot All Stars faced three teams in double elimination in the State tournament in Winchester, VA.  With four consecutive wins to earn the State title, the team will travel to Mobile, AL, on Tuesday, July 20^th, to compete for the Southeast Regional Championship.  To win the State tournament, in game one Luc Lipcius was on the mound, pitching a complete game no-hitter with 11 strike outs for the 4-1 victory vs. the host Winchester team.  The offense was helped by key bunts by Brad Vandygriff and Braden Troy Wilson, singles by Chris Lansford, Mitch Barrick, Braden Troy Wilson, and a triple by Luc Lipcius. Andre’ Lipcius caught the game.

In game two vs. Rockville, James West took the mound for Williamsburg in the 17-2 victory with eight strike outs and a complete game one-hitter. The offense was on fire with singles from Chris Lansford, Preston Goodbar, Brad Vandygriff, Luc Lipcius, James West, and Braden Troy Wilson.  Preston Goodbar, Luc Lipcius, and Andre’ Lipcius also had doubles.  Brad Vandygriff was catcher for the win.

Williamsburg also handled the Arlington team with a 15-5 win.  Andre’ Lipcius pitched all four innings of the game with Chris Lansford catching. In that contest, Williamsburg went ahead early 4-0 with walks by Chris Lansford and Preston Goodbar, followed by hits from Brad Vandygriff, Luc Lipcius, Mitch Barrick, and James West.  The offense never stopped, adding singles by Chris Lansford, Preston Goodbar, Andre’ Lipcius, Mitch Barrick, Garrick Colorado, and doubles by Braden Troy Wilson, Brad Vandygriff, and Andre’ Lipcius.

 Williamsburg entered the final day of play unbeaten, but first had to beat the host team Winchester for the title.  Luc Lipcius, who hurled the first three innings, and James West, who pitched the next two, combined on a five-hitter for the 12-4 win.  The Winchester pitcher was in trouble early hitting two batters, Chris Lansford and Preston Goodbar, which was followed by a single by Andre’ Lipcius in the first inning to give Williamsburg an early 2-0 lead that they would not surrender.  Williamsburg added three more runs in the second inning on a walk by Trey Drummond, an error allowing Andrew Barrow on base, a hit by Chris Lansford, a double by Preston Goodbar, and a sac fly by Brad Vandygriff. The offense continued for seven more runs with singles by Andre’ Lipcius, Brad Vandygriff, Garrick Colorado, Luc Lipcius, and Ryan Jones. Doubles were added by Braden Troy Wilson, and Andre’ Lipcius, who also caught the game.

In special awards, Williamsburg’s Luc Lipcius, who pitched two of the winning games and went 9 for 16, was selected as the tournament’s MVP.  Winchester received the Tournament’s Sportsmanship Award.

Article provided by Bob Vandygriff.  Articles published when provided to williamsburgbaseball@cox.net. 

Williamsburg 12s win District Crown with         10 HR outburst

Inspired by injured clean-up hitter Luke Bruce, the Williamsburg 12s bashed their way to a 4^th straight District championship by getting 10 HRs from six different players in taking 2 games against the visiting Varina squad.  Christopher Jones led the way with 3 HRs and Braden Ricks and Reeves Trott added 2 each.  Williamsburg exploded for 28 runs in 14-0 and 14-4 victories that included a no-hitter.

In game 1, Evan Lowery picked up the team’s 1^st hit and scored the initial run to break open a scoreless game in the 3^rd.  Ricks followed with the 1^st of his 2 HRs before Sean Hughes added an RBI double and Austin Cohn followed with a 2-run homer.  Kent Klyman’s RBI double gave the club an insurmountable 5-0 lead.  After Lowery and Ricks picked up their 2^nd hits of the game, Trott added an RBI before Jones hit his first HR of the weekend, a 3 run blast.  The offense continued to roll when Cole Jones and Noah Scruggs added hits before Ricks picked up his 5^th RBI with a 3-run homer.  Roger Romero closed out the scoring with a 2-run homer.  The box score for game 1 showed Ricks at 3-3, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs; Christopher Jones 2-3, HR, 3 RBIs; Cohn 2-4, HR, 2 RBIs; Romero 1-4, HR, 2 RBIs and Klyman, Hughes and Trott had a hit and an RBI each.  Lowery had 2 hits, with Cole Jones and Noah Scruggs adding 1 each.

The 2^nd contest started in a similar fashion as Trott led off the game with the first of his 2 HRs.  Christopher Jones hit his 2^nd HR of the weekend in the 2^nd inning.  The team went homerless in the 3^rd but got a 2-RBI single by Ricks.  Williamsburg picked up 2 HRs in the 4^th inning when Jones had a solo shot and Hughes hit a 2-run homer.  Trott led off the final inning with solo HR before Hughes added an RBI single and Cole Jones finished the game with an RBI single.  In the game 2 box score, Trott 3-4, 2 HRs, 3 RBIs; Christopher Jones 2-3, 2 HRs, 3 RBIs;  Hughes 3-4, HR, 3 RBIs; Ricks 1-3, 2 RBIs; Cole Jones, 1-3, RBI; Cohn 4-4; and Romero added 2 hits.

Manager Phil Jones’ pitching staff was thin due to the absence of hurler Ryan Mason, but game 1 winner Kent Klyman and reliever Sean Hughes quelled Jones’ fears by combining for a no-hitter to open the series.  Klyman struck out 8 hitters in 3 innings while Hughes added 3 strikeouts in 2 innings of work.  The pair’s 11 strikeouts included only 3 walks in a dominating performance that saw only 4 outs recorded by the defense.  Game 2 winner Noah Scruggs pitched effectively by scattering 5 hits and yielding 3 runs in 3 innings of work.  Trott relieved by striking out 2 and giving up 1 run.  Cole Jones closed out the game by seeing only 3 hitters, striking out the last man he faced.

The team will play for the state championship in Big Stone Gap, VA July 15-19.

Article provided by Kevin Hughes.  Articles published when provided to williamsburgbaseball@cox.net. 

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