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Tournaments  | Championship | 4/23/2017

Four champs at PG Invitationals

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EMERSON, Ga. – South Dekalb Tribe-Gold jumped out to an early lead and continued to pile on en route to a 11-5 victory over the Gainesville Braves and secured the championship of the 2017 PG 11u Invitational Major Division. The game had a bit of back and forth, but South Dekalb was able to pull away toward the end of the game and stave off the Braves.

Jordin Johnson led the offense from the leadoff position and was absolutely dynamic in the championship final. Johnson went a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBI, two runs scored, and three stolen bases on the day. He wasn't just getting on base, but he was putting himself in scoring position almost immediately upon arriving at first base. Three of Johnson's hits were singles while the other hit was an inside-the-park-HR.

The starting pitcher gave up three runs and Tai Peete came into the game in a relief role. Peete was nothing short of fantastic in relief as he tossed 3.2 innings of shutout baseball while allowing only three hits and no runs.

After jumping out to an early 4-0 lead, the Braves fought back. They put up five unanswered runs to take back the lead in the middle innings. Following that, South Dekalb put up seven runs to close out the final two innings and secure the 11-5 lead and victory over the Braves.

Jordin Johnson was named MVP of the tournament. In addition to the numbers he put up in the championship game, Johnson batted .800 and stole eight bases with two RBI and nine runs scored. Jeramie Favors was named the MV-Pitcher for South Dekalb and he threw four shutout innings during the tournament while striking out four and only allowing two hits.


2017 PG 11u Invitational (Major Division) champions: South Dekalb Tribe-Gold



2017 PG 11u Invitational (Major Division) runner-up: Gainesville Braves



2017 PG 11u Invitational (Major Division) MVP: Jordin Johnson



2017 PG 11u Invitational (Major Division) MV-Pitcher: Jeramie Favors





EMERSON, Ga. – In a game that featured explosive offenses and a combined total of 32 runs, the Green Hornets outlasted the Acworth Warriors by a score of 21-11 in the championship game of the 2017 PG 11u Invitational Minor Division. Both offenses were clicking on all cylinders as it is not often that an offense puts up eleven runs and loses. 

Jadon Lundt and Jacob Meador both only had one hit in the game, but each of their hits turned out to be an inside-the-park-HR. The offense as a whole drove in twenty-one runs which all came in four innings of scoring. The four separate innings saw the offense put up two, five, five, and nine runs.

The defense worked very effectively for the Hornets as they only committed two errors and recorded all of the outs as the pitching staff did not record a strikeout.

Colin Phillips of the Green Hornets came away with MVP honors after hitting .400 for the tournament and driving in four RBI with seven runs scored. Jacob Lundt was named MV-Pitcher for the event as he threw five innings while only allowing three earned runs. 



2017 PG 11u Invitational (Minor Division) champions: Green Hornets



2017 PG 11u Invitational (Minor Division) runner-up: Acworth Warriors



2017 PG 11u Invitational (Minor Division) MVP: Colin Phillips



2017 PG 11u Invitational (Minor Division) MV-Pitcher: Jadon Lundt





EMERSON, Ga. – In a back and forth affair that finished a one-run game, the Motor City Hitdogs outlasted the Memphis Tigers by a score of 12-11 in the final game of the 2017 PG Invitational Major Division. It was a tale of two halves of the game as the Hitdogs fought off a tremendous comeback attempt by the Tigers to hold on to the lead.

The Hitdogs hit three home runs during the game which came off the bats of Blake Grimmer, Sebastian Jaimes, and Ryan McKay. Grimmer led the offense as a whole as he collected two hits, including the home run, and knocked in four runs on the game. 

The Hitdogs jumped out to a big 9-5 lead after the third inning of the game after putting up eight runs in the bottom of the third inning. The Tigers would fight back by scoring runs in each of the next three innings and, in the top of the sixth, the Tigers had the game-tying run on second base with two outs. The Hitdogs bore down and got a ground out to secure the championship victory. 

Blake Grimmer of the Hitdogs came home with MVP honors. Grimmer had an absurd four home runs during the event which included a .600 batting average and fourteen RBI. Owen Geiger for the Tigers won the MV-Pitcher award and he threw 5.2 innings while only allowing two earned runs and striking out three batters.



2017 PG 12u Invitational (Major Division) champions: Motor City Hit Dogs



2017 PG 12u Invitational (Major Division) runner-up: Memphis Tigers



2017 PG 12u Invitational (Major Division) MVP: Blake Grimmer



2017 PG 12u Invitational (Major Division) MV-Pitcher: Owen Geiger





EMERSON, Ga. – In yet another one-run game, Powermill Baseball defeated the Paulding Patriots 2-1 in an extra inning thriller that saw Powermill take the championship game in the final inning. A late inside-the-park-HR allowed Powermill to score a clutch run and win the 2017 PG 12u Invitational Minor Division.

Both starting pitchers threw very well and only allowed one run apiece. The defenses were playing excellently as well, there were only a combined two errors in the game. Kieran Hemenway came through in the top of the seventh inning with a big time inside-the-park-HR. 

Kieran Hemenway came away with MVP honors for Powermill Baseball. He batted .429 for the tournament with two RBI and six runs scored which included his home run in the championship game. Bradley Hurst of the Paulding Patriots won the MV-Pitcher award as he tossed six innings while only allowing one earned run.



2017 PG 12u Invitational (Minor Division) champions: Powermill Baseball



2017 PG 12u Invitational (Minor Division) runner-up: Paulding Patriots



2017 PG 12u Invitational (Minor Division) MVP: Kieran Hemenway



2017 PG 12u Invitational (Minor Division) MV-Pitcher: Bradley Hurst





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