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Tournaments  | Story | 7/1/2021

Consistent Plays Leads TBT to 14u Title

Sam Warren
Photo: TBT Ballers National (Perfect Game)
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- TBT Ballers National took home the 2021 PG 14u BCS National Championship title Thursday afternoon, defeating 5 Star National 14u RR, 6-1. Behind a steady pace of offensive production and a dominant performance on the mound, TBT was firing on all cylinders in the final bout, pushing them victoriously across the finish line.
 
With the taste of last year’s third-place finish in the 2020 PG 13u BCS National Championship still fresh in their mouths, TBT used the chip on their shoulder to blow through the competition. Accumulating a 9-0-1 record through pool and bracket play, the fifth-ranked 14u team in the nation compiled an impressive +63 run differential through six long days of baseball.

TBT head coach Stephen Clyne said he couldn’t be more proud of how his team performed on the ultimate day of the tournament.
 
“We knew it was going to be a long day, but we had a mission to accomplish,” Clyne said. “We’ve got dogs on this team. Their uniforms are all full of dirt, and they played their hearts out.”
 
While rain delays pushed back the game’s start time by almost four hours, the wait couldn’t cool down the red-hot TBT bats. In the bottom of the first, Jadyn Nunez got things going with a leadoff single. After Jackson Miller walked, Cameron Uzzillia made the first mark on the final matchup, lining an RBI single up the middle and scoring the game’s first run.



To pull out the win, Clyne believed it was vital that his team’s offense jumped on the opposition early.
 
“Scoring first was very important,” Clyne said. “We knew they were going throw a guy who threw mainly fastballs, so we were sitting dead red and able to get out in front.”
 
TBT kept things rolling in the second, as Gavin Richars kicked things off with a single. After Osjun Rivas singled, Nunez came around again for TBT, this time shooting an RBI single to right to score Richars. TBT then took advantage of some 5 Star struggles, as a pitch hit Miller, and Dayson Griffis walked then after, bringing around Rivas and extending their lead to three.
 
TBT continued to produce in the third due to some aggressive baserunning. After Mason Schirmer walked, Emery Coleman poked a single to center. The two baserunners put the pressure on the 5 Star defense, as a pickoff attempt missed its target. As Schirmer booked it for third, he got the signal to break for home, narrowly beating the 5 Star throw and giving his team a 4-0 lead.
 
While the TBT bats got to work at the plate, Griffis, TBT’s starting pitcher, was equally impressive on the mound. Through his first six innings of work, the 29th-ranked player in the class of 2025 struck out five, allowing no runs and just four hits. While he had struggled as of late, Clyne was confident in Griffis’s ability to clutch up for TBT when they needed it most.
 
“Dayson’s an absolute dog,” Clyne said. “The past few tournaments, he couldn’t get his breaking ball over for a strike, so we worked to adjust that in the bullpen. He found it on the mound today, and he dominated.”
 
Despite coming up empty in the fourth, TBT regained their offensive momentum in the fifth. Rivers Kurland began the inning with a leadoff walk, only to quickly advance to second on a Schirmer single. Coleman then came through for his team, shooting an RBI single to left to score Kurland. Schirmer then promptly scored on a Richars groundout, increasing the TBT lead to six.
 
While 5 Star made a final push in the seventh, plating their first run of the game on a balk, it was not enough. With two outs, TBT left fielder Kurland got the break on a line drive down the line, snaring the lineout and securing a complete game for Griffis and the victory for TBT.

After coming up short last year, Griffis felt retribution after Thursday’s title victory.
 
“Winning this means a lot,” Griffis said. “We came out with a chip on our shoulder. Winning is always our number one objective, and we got the win today.”
 
For his dominant performance in the championship bout, Griffis received MV-Pitcher honors for the tournament. The third-ranked 2025 player in the state of Georgia tossed seven innings for TBT, striking out five while topping out at 87 mph on his fastball. In the critical battle, Griffis believed his aggressiveness was key to his success.
 
“I went in there with confidence for every single hitter,” Griffis said. “I made sure to go after the first batter every inning and didn’t let up.”
 
Miller added to the already-hefty TBT hardware haul, taking home the MVP award for the tournament. The 43rd-ranked player nationally in the 2025 class was 11-for-19 on the week, blasting four extra-base hits and 13 RBI for his squad. The 4th-ranked player in Florida believed his performance was the culmination of a long grind so far this summer.
 
“Winning this means a lot,” Miller said. “I’ve been putting in a lot of hard work to get here. To win the tournament and this award shows that, but without my teammates, I wouldn’t be here.”
 
With plenty more Perfect Game events ahead of them, Miller said his team would enjoy this win, but they’ve already moved on to their next event, the 2021 WWBA 2025 Grads or 14U National Championship.
 
“Winning the BCS means everything, but we’re not done,” Miller said.
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Tournaments | Story | 1/9/2026

PG Leaderboard: Class of 2030
Jheremy Brown
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Complete PG Leaderboard Database PG Leaderboard: Class of 2026 | Class of 2027 | Class of 2028 | Class of 2029 Today we wrap up our reviews of the 2026 thru 2030 class where we looked back on some of the eye opening metrics we saw from around the country, both in a showcase and tournament setting. To those not inside the youth baseball world, some of the metrics below would seem truly unattainable from current 8th graders, from the pair of 90 mph heaters courtesy of Amani Tuiasosopo and Kingston George, to upper-80s velocity from all over the field and multiple players north of 90 mph on the exit velocity testing (with wood), this 2030 class is one that has a chance to be special as we continue to watch it unfold moving forward.  Top Fastball Velocity  Rk Player FB Event School Hometown 1 Amani Tuiasosopo 90 2025 WWBA 14U World Championship Renton...
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Tournaments | Story | 1/8/2026

PG Leaderboard: Class of 2029

Jheremy Brown
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College | Story | 1/9/2026

LSU Reloads & Returns; Opens No. 1

Vincent Cervino
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“How do you get to success? You have to honor the process that you built to get to that success…The standard is how we operate, train, and get better each day.”” Process-oriented leadership is a popular coaching strategy here in the mid-2020s but no one exemplifies that more than LSU head coach Jay Johnson. He’s won the Tigers two national titles during his time in Baton Rouge and expectations won’t be any lower in 2026 as LSU is the No. 1 team in the country in Perfect Game’s Preseason Top 25.  Johnson is heading into his fifth season at the helm in Baton Rouge and it’s fair to say that he has already experienced enormous success. There have been two national titles in four years (2023, 2025), a Golden Spikes winner (Dylan Crews, 2023), a first overall MLB Draft pick (Paul Skenes, 2023), and five first-round MLB Draft picks during...
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Press Release | Press Release | 1/7/2026

PG Announces Naming Rights in Chesterfield

Perfect Game Staff
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    667 Progress Way | Sanford, FL 32771 | 319-298-2923  www.perfectgame.org | facebook.com/perfectgameusa | @PerfectGameUSA      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    PERFECT GAME AND FIRST COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION ANNOUNCE CHESTERFIELD ATHLETIC COMPLEX    Landmark Partnership to Center on Community, Inclusion and Youth Sports    Chesterfield, Missouri (Wednesday, January 7, 2026) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, along with the City of Chesterfield, today announced  an exclusive naming rights partnership with First Community Credit Union (FCCU) for the Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex. Effective immediately, the venue will be known as the “Chesterfield First Community Athletic...
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College | Rankings | 1/8/2026

2026 Preseason Top 25

Vincent Cervino
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With an interesting and action-packed fall behind us, a new college season is just around the corner. The college game continues to prove it is alive and well as the Division 1 team count has now ballooned to 308 teams for the 2026 season. With new legislation allowing teams 5-weeks to prepare for opening day, many student athletes have returned to campus and will begin skill related workouts soon. Opening Day, as usual, will fall on Valentine’s Day weekend and it is just six weeks away. After a fall of evaluation and months of research and discussion, we are ready to release our annual Perfect Game pre-season Top 25 poll. After winning 53-games, hosting the NCAA Regional and Super Region, and sweeping their way through the College World, the LSU Tigers will debut the 2026 season as our No.1 ranked team. Head coach, Jay Johnson, has now led the Tigers to two national titles in the...
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College | Story | 1/7/2026

Preseason Collegiate All-Americans

Vincent Cervino
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The transfer portal, JUCO gems, 6th year waivers and impact freshman; following the college game and figuring out rosters is basically a fulltime job nowadays. This is the new norm, and while the baseball purist may not like it, the college game has never been more exciting. It looks like 2026 is shaping up to be an incredible season with the balance of power seemingly spread out evenly from coast to coast. Like we seem to say every year, the depth and quality of talent has never been better, and the 2026 Perfect Game Pre-Season All-American teams will attest to that fact.With the 2026 College Baseball season is just around the corner, the Perfect Game college staff will have you loaded with coverage heading into the new year. On the heels of our Pre-Season Top 25 poll, the All-American list will be headlined by a banner sophomore class on the 1st team. The sweet lefthanded swings of...
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College | Recruiting | 1/6/2026

Recruiting Notebook: January 6

Michael Albee
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Griffin Boesen (‘27, IA) shoots this one backside down the line. Adds his second hit of the day. Picked up a base knock. Physical LH bat w/ an ability to drive the baseball here. @IowaPG @PG_Uncommitted @CanesMidwest #WWBAWorlds https://t.co/pmpIzaAbLz pic.twitter.com/Qz0CHiS3P1 — Perfect Game Scout (@PG_Scouting) October 13, 2025 Griffin Boesen, Class of 2027 Commitment: Duke Another top 100 prospect is off the board as the Corey Muscara led Duke Blue Devils picked up a physical two-way prospect in Boesen out of Florida recently. At 6-foot-5, 205 pounds, Boesen looks the part of a middle of the order type slugger and he's just that, showing lots of looseness and bat speed in his left-handed stroke and is coming off a Jupiter where he hit .700 (!!) as an underclassman while driving in 10 runs. The bat-to-ball skills are obvious as he simply hit at all the big stops in 2025,...
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Tournaments | Story | 1/7/2026

PG Leaderboard: Class of 2028

Jheremy Brown
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Complete PG Leaderboard Database PG Leaderboard: Class of 2026 | Class of 2027 Well, the fastball department is dominated by two arms in particular with Striker Pence and Dexter McCleon Jr. combining for almost 200 mph of velo between them on their peak heaters in 2025. That's just absolutely insane. The freakiness of the class continues down the boards with a 6.26 60-yard from Colton Fitzgibbon to the 88 mph hand cannon of Grant Arnold behind the plate to Christian Lux's 106 (!!!) mph exit velocity, this class has out of this world chart toppers. Even scarier? They don't graduate for another three years... Top Fastball Velocity Rk Player FB Event Commitment School Hometown 1 Striker Pence 101 2025 PG WWBA World Championship Uncommitted Santiago Corona, CA 2 Striker Pence 99 2025 PG 17U World Series - National Uncommitted Santiago Corona, CA 2 Striker Pence 99 2025 PG 16U WWBA...
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Showcase | Story | 1/6/2026

PG Leaderboard: Class of 2027

Jheremy Brown
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Complete PG Leaderboard Database PG Leaderboard: Class of 2026 To think this group still has another two years of high school is a scary thought given what some of the category leaders already are. Samir Mohammed up to 97 mph on the mound, Bryce Fontenot with a max exit velocity of 103 mph and a 6.22 60-yard out of Dylan Seward are all otherworldly numbers that you'd expect to find on a college campus, much less a junior in high school.  Below we check in on several categories for the Class of 2027 and will continue to do so through the week, taking in the top 10 for each, from both Perfect Game showcases and tournaments.  Top Fastball Velocity Rk Player FB Event Commitment School Hometown 1 Samir Mohammed 97 2025 PG WWBA World Championship Louisiana State Tampa Jesuit Trinity, FL 2 Connor Salerno 96 2025 PG WWBA World Championship Mississippi State Sun Valley Indian Trail, NC...
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Draft | Mock Draft | 1/9/2026

MLB Mock Draft: January 9

Tyler Henninger
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As we turn the calendar to 2026, we move one step closer to draft day. With the lottery behind us and the order now set, we wanted to take one final stab at a preseason mock draft before players take the field. The talent at the top of this class stands out and feels as deep as it has been in quite some time. There is solid depth in the first round, with real value extending later into the round. While things are certain to shift once the season gets underway, this is how we see things going for now.  1.  Chicago White Sox: Roch Cholowsky, SS, UCLA The White Sox come away with one of the most polished profiles in the class and one of the better draft prospects we’ve seen in a while. Cholowsky gives Chicago a high-level college shortstop with a refined offensive approach, quality in-game power, and advanced defensive actions. There’s a strong blend of floor and...
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