2020 Logo Challenge Pres. by Baum Bats
It is that time of Year Again! The 3rd Installment of the JBB Logo Challenge! Baum Bats has been awesome
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Division 2
Div 2-South Atlantic Preview (Reg. 8 & 10)
After making it out of Florida last year Pasco-Hernando headed up north to take on Region 10. They lost their first game in North Carolina then went on to rattle off 6 wins in 4 days to claim the South Atlantic District Crown. Once in Enid, they took care of Lackawanna, then lost to the #1 seed Pearl River. They then battled back through the losers bracket to face Pearl River again in which they one 13-12. In the Semifinals they took on the eventual National Champs NOC-Enid. They took the first game 12-11 in 10 innings and then lost in 7 15-6. They finished tied for 3rd
Previous Winners: ‘19 Pasco-Hernando, ‘18 Brunswick, ‘17 Pitt, ‘16 Brunswick
The Pre-Season Honors for this district go to Brunswick’s Kolby Mackinnon for the Pre-Season Player of the Year. While the Pre-Season Pitcher goes to Catawba Valley’s Blake Dockery (Charlotte)
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Div. 2-West District Preview (Reg. 1)
Just falling in last year's National Championship game, Mesa Finished the season as the second-best team in the country. They started the Tournament the second-ranked team and then had to fight their way through the losers bracket to make it to the Title game where they faced NOC-Enid “The Home Team” in a winners take all National Title.
This is another Region where the records do not tell the whole story as to how good these teams actually are. This region is a combined conference with the Division 1 Arizona teams. To truly illustrate how tough their yearly schedule is, they had to play 2 games apiece against the National Champion at the Division 1 level Central Arizona, as well as D1 top 20 ranked Pima, South Mountain, Arizona Western, Cochise, and Yavapai.
Previous Winners: ‘19 Mesa (National Runner-Up), ‘18 Scottsdale, ‘17 Phoenix, ‘16 GateWay (National Runner-Up), ‘15 Scottsdale, ‘14 Mesa (National Champs)
The Pre-Season Player of the Year goes to one of Mesas key contributors in last year's run Taylor Darden. While the Pre-Season Pitcher of the Year goes to Chandler Webster (Texas Tech) who is also on the Pre-Season All-American Team.
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Div. 2- Great Lakes District (Reg. 12) Preview
The Past 4 years Region 12 has been a dog fight, the top teams battling it out to decide who will take home the National Tournament bid. With Kellogg landing on top last year with 2 others taking the previous 3 years this is always one of the top Division 2 Regions.
Previous Winners: ‘19 Kellogg, ‘18 Sinclair, ‘17 Lansings, ‘16 Sinclair
This year the Pre-Season Player of the Year goes to Mott’s Andrew Fleming, While the Pre-Season Pitcher of the Year goes to Mark Manfredi (Dayton) of Sinclair.
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Div. 2- Central District Preview (Reg. 24)
For the first time in over 4 years, Parkland was not the team that made the trip to Enid. Lincoln Land made the trip last year and for good reason. Being led by a solid Freshman staff.
Previous Winners:’19 Lincoln Land, ‘18 Parkland (National Champs), ‘17 Parkland, ‘16 Parkland
This year's group is going to be interesting with not as much separation between the top and bottom. Parkland holds the Player of the Year in Trevor Burkhart while Lincoln Land returns one of their key pieces from last years run in Spencer Walker who is the Pitcher of the Year
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