Western Little League: Tournament News

THANKS TO THE GOOD LORD ABOVE AND MOTHER NATURE FOR ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT FOR BASEBALL

GAME 1 :

CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT STARTED OFF IN GREAT FASHION WITH 2 TOUGH TEAM'S BATTLING IT OUT FOR THE TITLE. BRISTOL THE 2007 CHAMPION'S AND UNICOI COUNTY BLUE THE 2008 CHAMPION'S. UNICOI CAME INTO THIS GAME WITHOUT A LOSS AND WAS LOOKING TO END THIS TOURNAMENT IN ONE GAME BUT BRISTOL AS TOUGH AS THEY ARE WASNT GONNA LET IT HAPPEN. BRISTOL RAPPED OUT HIT AFTER HIT TO SCORE 10 RUNS IN THE FIRST INNING AND PUT UNICOI IN A HOLE THEY COULDNT GET OUT OF AS BRISTOL FORCE'S A SECOND GAME WITH A WIN BY THE SCORE OF 20 - 9.

GAME 2 :

WE CAME INTO GAME 2 TO CROWN THE 2009 CHAMPION. UNICOI BLUE'S BAT'S WERE ON FIRE IN GAME TWO . THIS TIME THEY WRAPPED OUT HIT AFTER HIT TO SCORE 10 RUN'S IN THE FIRST INNING .THIS TIME AROUND UNICOI PUT BRISTOL IN A HOLE THEY COULDNT CLIMB OUT OF AS UNICOI BLUE WIN'S THE CHAMPIONSHIP ,TO BECOME THE FIRST BACK TO BACK CHAMPION BY THE SCORE OF 22 - 12.

WAY TO GO UNICOI COUNTY BLUE 2009 CHAMPION'S

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE TEAM'S THAT COMPETED IN OUR TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR TO MAKE 2009 A BIG SUCESS.TO ALL THE PARENT'S'COACHE'S,AND PLAYER'S THANK YOU IT WAS AN HONOR TO WATCH YOUR KID'S PLAY.

TO ALL OF THE STAFF THAT PUT IN THEIR TIME TO HELP ME MAKE THIS A SUCCESS.I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL.IM NOT GONNA NAME NAMES BECAUSE I WILL FORGET SOMEONE AND I DONT WANT TO DO THAT.THANK YOU ALL.

THANKS TO  TRICITIES CAPTURED PHOTAGRAPHY, YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SOME MEMORIES WE WANT EVER FORGET.

THIS TOURNAMENT HAS GOTTEN BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR AND I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN IN 2010 FOR A BIGGER AND BETTER TOURNAMENT.

MYSELF AND MY STAFF PUT IN THANKLESS HOURS TO KEEP THIS TOURNAMENT GOING YEAR AFTER YEAR.AND TO SEE THE SMILE'S ON THE KID'S FACE'S WHEN YOU GIVE OUT PLAYER OF THE GAME AND THE TROPHIE'S AND MEDAL'S MAKE'S IT WORTH IT. WELL WORTH IT. AND LET'S ALWAY'S REMEMBER IT IS ALL ABOUT OUR CHILDREN, ALWAY'S.

THANK YOU

JOEY SMITH

ANOTHER GREAT DAY FOR BASEBALL

GAME 1 :

JOHNSON CITY AMERICAN BLUE CAME INTO THIS GAME LOOKING TO UPSET BRISTOL. BUT BRISTOL IS ON A QUEST, AND THAT QUEST IS TO TAKE THE 2009 TOURNAMENT TITLE. AND THEY GOT STARTED TODAY AND JUST NEVER LET UP AS THEY ADVANCE WITH A WIN BY THE SCORE OF 22-8.

GAME 2 :

WAITING FOR BRISTOL IN GAME 2 WAS JOHNSON CITY NATIONAL A TEAM THEY LOST TOO ALREADY BY THE SCORE OF 10 -9. AND AGAIN WHAT A GAME IT WAS BRISTOL STARTED OFF EARLY AND TRIED TO PULL AWAY BUT THIS SCRAPPY TEAM FROM JC NATIONAL INCHED BACK INNING AFTER INNING TO KEEP IT CLOSE.BUT IN THE 6TH INNING BRISTOL'S RIGHT CENTER FEILDER THREW A ROCKET TO 3RD BASE TO GET THE RUNNER GOING TO THIRD AND STOPPED A JC NATIONAL RALLY.BRISTOL HELD ON FOR THE WIN BY THE SCORE OF 10 - 7.

3RD PLACE TROPHIES AND MEDALS WERE AWARDED TO JOHNSON CITY NATIONAL.

THE 2009 SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WAS ALSO PRESENTED TO JOHNSON CITY NATIONAL.

THANKS TO THE COACHES,PARENTS,AND PLAYERS FOR EARNING THIS  AWARD. 

ANOTHER GREAT NIGHT FOR BASEBALL AND WE ARE DOWN TO THE FINAL 4

GAME 1:

UNICOI COUNTY BLUE AND JOHNSON CITY NATIONAL SQUARED OFF TONIGHT IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE WINNER'S BRACKET. WE ALL EXPECTED A BARNBURNER AND THATS WHAT WE GOT.THIS WAS A VERY GOOD DEFENSIVE GAME THAT WENT DOWN TO THE WIRE.UNICO BLUE'S QUEST FOR BACK TO BACK TITLES CONTINUED TONIGHT AS THEY WIN IN A TIGHT ONE BY THE SCORE OF 5 - 3.

GAME 2 :

JOHNSON CITY MAJOR AS BEEN ON A MISSION SINCE THEY LOST ON OPENING DAY BUT STANDING IN THEIR WAY WAS A VERY TALENTED BRISTOL TEAM WHO LOST TO JC  NATIONAL EARLIER BY 1 RUN. AGAIN BRISTOL LOOKED  LIKE THEY WANTED TO GET THE TITLE BACK THEY WON TWO YEARS AGO.THEY CONTINUED THEIR DEFENSIVE STAND HOLDING JC MAJOR TO 7 RUNS WINNING IN 5 INNINGS BY THE SCORE OF 20 - 7.

The rain holds off for some more great baseball

GAME 1 :

WE WILL HAVE A NEW KING OF THE MOUNTAIN AFTER TODAY'S FIRST GAME.ABINGDON BLUE CAME INTO THIS GAME LOOKING TO GET ANOTHER SHOT AT BRISTOL BUT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH A VERY TOUGH JOHNSON CITY AMERICAN BLUE TEAM. JOHNSON CITY STARTED OFF STRONG JUMPING OUT TO A EARLY LEAD AND NEVER LET ABINGDON BLUE RECOVER AS JOHNSON CITY AMERICAN BLUE PULLS OFF THE UPSET AND ADVANCES OVER ABINGDON BY THE SCORE OF 15 - 11.

GAME 2 :

BLOUNTVILLE SQUARED OFF AGAINST A JOHNSON CITY MAJOR TEAM THAT HAS JUST EXPLODED IN THE LAST FEW GAME'S. BUT BLOUNTVILLE IS NO PUSH OVER AS THEY KEEP THIS GAME CLOSE UNTIL THE 6TH INNING. JOHNSON CITY MAJOR PULLED AWAY THEN  AND ADVANCES WITH A WIN BY THE SCORE OF 13 - 8.

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR BASEBALL

GAME 1 :

BLOUNTVILLE CAME INTO THIS GAME STILL RED HOT FROM THE OTHER NIGHT AND JUST POUNDED THE BASEBALL.THEIR DEFENSE WAS GREAT THE WHOLE GAME AS THEY ADVANCE WITH A WIN BY THE SCORE OF 21 - O.

GAME 2 :

AGAIN JOHNSON CITY MAJOR HAS NOT LET UP SINCE THEY LOST ON OPENING DAY, AND TODAY WAS NO DIFFERENCE.THEY CAME OUT OF THE GATE STRONG AND NEVER LET UP AS THEY ADVANCE OVER THEIR CROSS TOWN RIVAL'S JOHNSON CITY AMERICAN RED BY THE SCORE OF 16 - 6

ANOTHER DAY OF WATCHING SOME GREAT 7 & 8 YEAR OLD BASEBALL

GAME 1 :

 WHAT A BASEBALL GAME. MARION BATTLED ABINGDON BLUE IN GAME ONE AND WHAT A BATTLE IT WAS. ABINGDON BLUE  JUMPED OUT EARLY 4 - 0 BUT MARION BATTLED BACK TO TIE IT AT 4. ABINGDON SCORED 7 MORE RUNS AND TOOK THE LEAD INTO THE 6TH INNING. BUT A VERY SCRAPPY MARION TEAM WASNT FINISHED THEY BATTLED BACK IN THE 6TH INNING TO ALMOST PULL OFF THE UPSET BUT THEY FELL A LITTLE SHORT AS ABINGDON BLUE ADVANCES BY THE SCORE OF 11 - 8.

GAME 2:

JOHNSON CITY AMERICAN BLUE'S QUEST FOR THE TITLE CONTINUED TONIGHT AGAINST A DAMASCUS TEAM THAT BARELY SQUEEKED BY OUR WESTERN TEAM THE NIGHT BEFORE. JC AMERICAN BLUE STARTED OFF WITH THE BATS AND JUST DIDNT LET UP. THEY SCORED 12 RUNS IN THE 1ST INNING AND COULDNT SEEM TO MAKE ANY MISTAKES AS THEY ADVANCE OVER DAMASCUS BY THE SCORE OF 33 - 7.

THE RAIN FELL FOR A COUPLE OF HOUR'S BUT THINKS TO MOTHER NATURE AND THE GOOD LORD ABOVE DAY 7 IS COMPLETE

GAME 1:

BLOUNTVILLE LOST ON OPENING DAY IN A CLOSE ONE,THEY CAME BACK TONIGHT TO TAKE ON COLONIAL HEIGHT'S IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE NIGHT.BLOUNTVILLE WAS ON FIRE FROM THE FIRST PITCH MAKING SOME GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY'S AS THEY ADVANCE WITH THE WIN BY THE SCORE OF 10 - 4.

GAME 2 :

JOHNSON CITY MAJOR HAS BEEN ON FIRE WITH THEIR BATS SINCE THEY LOST ON OPENING DAY AND TODAY WAS NO DIFFERENT,BUT MAN WAS THE DEFENSE THEY STOPPED EVERYTHING THAT WAS HIT TO THEM BY UNICOI COUNTY WHITE AND NEVER LOOKED BACK FROM THE OPENING PITCH AS THEY ADVANCE WITH A WIN AGAIN IN 4 INNING,S BY THE SCORE OF 14 - 0.

GAME 3 :

BRISTOL CAME OUT TONIGHT LOOKING TO ADVANCE TO PLAY UNICOI BLUE . BUT STANDING IN THEIR WAY WAS JOHNSON CITY NATIONAL.IT LOOKED AS IF BRISTOL WOULD WALK AWAY WITH THIS GAME TAKING A  EARLY  7 - 0  LEAD.BUT HOLD ON JOHNSON CITY NATIONAL HAD OTHER PLAN'S THEY CHIPPED AWAY AT THE LEAD TO TAKE THIS GAME  INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING TRAILING 9 - 6. THEY SCORED 4 RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH TO ADVANCE BY THE SCORE OF 10 - 9. DO WE HAVE A NEW KING OF THE MOUNTAIN,WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL JULY THE 15TH TO SEE ( YOU DONT WANT TO MISS IT.)

ANOTHER GREAT NIGHT FOR BASEBALL

GAME 1:

MARION CAME INTO THIS GAME AFTER SUFFERING A LOSS IN THEIR FIRST GAME AGAINST AVOCA WERE THEY DIDNT START HITTING UNTIL THE 4TH INNING.WHAT A DIFFERENCE TODAY, MARION WRAPPED OFF HIT AFTER HIT TO SCORE 17 RUNS AND ADVANCED WITH A WIN OVER TAZEWELL BY THE SCORE OF 17 - 7.

GAME 2;

THE HOME TEAM WESTERN LOOKED GREAT TO START THE GAME AND TOOK A 8 RUN LEAD INTO THE 5TH INNING BUT DAMASCUS DIDNT GIVE UP AND BATTLED BACK TO FORCE 7 INNINGS AND HOLD OFF WESTERN TO ADVANCE WITH A WIN BY THE SCORE OF 22 - 20.

GAME 3 :

AVOCA'S RUN FOR THE TITLE WAS CUT SHORT TONIGHT DUE TO THEM WINNING THEIR STATE TOURNAMENT AND HAVING TO LEAVE FOR FLORIDA FOR THEIR REGIONAL TOURNAMENT.AVOCA CAME INTO THIS GAME ALREADY GIVING THE WIN TO UNICOI BLUE BY FORFEIT, BUT THEY BOTH WANTED TO PLAY A SCRIMMAGE GAME .AVOCA STAYED HOT SCORING 8 RUN,S AND PLAYED SOME GREAT DEFENSE TO HOLD UNICOI TO ONE RUN BEATING UNICOI BLUE 8 - 1 IN A 4 INNING SCRIMMAGE.UNICOI ADVANCE ON TO PLAY BRISTOL OR JOHNSON CITY NATIONAL.

WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH AVOCA THE BEST OF LUCK AT REGIONAL'S.

GOOD LUCK!!!!

GAME 1 :

JOHNSON CITY MAJOR SQUARED OFF AGAINST ABINGDON WHITE IN GAME 1 OF THE NIGHT.JOHNSON CITY MAJOR WAS HOT FROM THE START THEY HIT AND MADE SOME GREAT PLAYS AND ADVANCED WITH A WIN BY THE SCORE OF 14-4. ABINGDON WHITE IS ELIMANATED.

GAME 2 :

JOHNSON CITY NATIONAL CAME INTO THIS TOURNAMENT AFTER FINISHING 3RD AT BLOUNTVILLE WITH HOPES OF GETTING ANOTHER SHOT AT BRISTOL AND ABINGDON.STANDING IN THEIR WAY WAS A TOUGH JOHNSON CITY AMERICAN BLUE TEAM THAT HAD HIGH HOPES OF THEIR OWN,THEY STARTED OFF WITH A BIG LEAD BUT JUST COULDNT PULL OFF THE WIN AS JOHNSON CITY NATIONAL ADVANCES WITH THE WIN BY THE SCORE OF 16 - 15.

GAME 3 :

BRISTOL AND ABINGDON BLUE HAVE BEEN A HOT ITEM THE LAST FEW DAYS MEETING EACH OTHER FOR THE 4TH TIME IN LESS THAN A WEEK.EVERYONE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GAME.BRISTOL JUMPED OFF EARLY AND LED 7 - 0 BUT DONT COUNT OUT ABINGDON AS THEIR BATS FINALLY STARTED TO WORK AND THEY BATTLED BACK BUT JUST COULDNT OVERTAKE BRISTOL AS BRISTOL ADVANCES WITH THE WIN BY A SCORE OF 10 - 7. BOTH TEAMS WITH SOME FANTASTIC DEFENSE TONIGHT.

THE SUN CAME OUT TO MAKE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR BASEBALL

GAME 1:

THE TAZEWELL BULLDOGS CAME INTO THIS GAME AFTER SUFFERING A LOSS IN THE FIRST ROUND BUT WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES TAZEWELL CAME OUT LOOKING LIKE A DIFFERENT TEAM AND ADVANCED WITH A WIN OVER JOHNSON COUNTY BY THE SCORE OF 11 - 1

GAME 2 :

UNICOI COUNTY BLUE STAYED ON COURSE FOR THEIR SECOND TITLE FACING A JONESBOURGH TEAM LOOKING FOR AN UPSET BUT THEY JUST COULDNT STOP THIS TRAIN AS UNICOI BLUE ADVANCES TO MEET AVOCA BY THE SCORE OF 13 - 3

GAME 3 :

JOHNSON CITY AMERICAN RED CAME IN TO THIS GAME LOOKING TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND BY BEATING A VERY SOUND AVOCA TEAM.AVOCA AGAIN STARTED OFF STRONG BUT AMERICAN RED HUNG TOUGH THE WHOLE GAME BUT IN THE END AVOCA ADVANCES WITH A WIN BY THE SCORE OF 19 - 8

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY WE HAD FOR BASEBALL TODAY

GAME 1 :

JOHNSON COUNTY CAME DOWN FROM MOUNTAIN CITY READY TO PLAY BALL,BUT THEY RAN UP ON A BUZZ SAW IN JOHNSON CITY AMERICAN RED.JC'S BAT'S WERE ON FIRE AND ADVANCED WITH A WIN BY THE SCORE OF 20 - 2.

GAME 2 :

UNICOI COUNTY BLUE'S QUEST FOR BACK TO BACK TITLE'S AT WESTERN CONTINUED TODAY AS THEY CAME IN WITH GUN'S A BLAZEN AGAINST DAMASCUS.DAMASCUS JUST COULDNT COME TOGETHER AS UNICOI LIT UP THE SCOREBOARD ADVANCING WITH A WIN BY A SCORE OF 26 - 1.

GAME 3:

THE HOME TEAM CAME INTO THE FIRST ROUND HOPING TO NOTCH A WIN IN FRONT OF THE HOMETOWN CROWD BUT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH A VERY TOUGH JONESBOURGH TEAM TO GET IT.IT WAS BACK AND FORTH THE WHOLE GAME WITH JONESBOURGH HOLDING ON TO WIN BY THE SCORE OF 7 - 5.

GAME 4 :

JOHNSON CITY NATIONAL CAME INTO THIS GAME AFTER TAKING A TOUGH LOSS TO BRISTOL AT THE BLOUNTVILLE TOURNAMENT TO FINISH 3RD DOWN THERE. THEY HAD TO FACE A YOUNG COLONIAL HGTS TEAM.THE STARTED OFF EARLY IN THE GAME AND NEVER LET UP WINNING BY THE SCORE OF 22 - 1.

GAME 5 :

BLOUNTVILLE FACED OFF AGAINST JOHNSON CITY AMERICAN BLUE IN A NAIL BITER.EVERY INNING WENT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.THIS GAME CAME DOWN TO THE VERY LAST OUT WITH JOHNSON CITY GETTING THE WINNING RUN ACROSS THE PLATE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 6TH INNING TO WIN BY THE SCORE OF 13 - 12.

GAME 6:

ABINGDON WHITE CAME INTO THIS GAME WITH HIGH HOPE'S OF UPSETTING A VERY TIRED BRISTOL TEAM WHO HAD PLAYED 3 GAMES ALREADY TODAY AT BLOUNTVILLE. BUT WHAT A SUPRISE BRISTOL CAME OUT ON FIRE AND WRAPPED OUT 15 RUNS IN THE FIRST INNING AND WENT ON TO WIN 26 - 6.

GAME 7 :

ABINGDON BLUE CAME INTO THIS GAME ALSO PLAYING A COUPLE OF BIG GAME'S AT BLOUNTVILLE.WERE THEY HELD OFF BRISTOL TO BE CROWNED CHAMPION'S AT BLOUNTVILLE TO TAKE ON A SCRAPPY BUNCH FROM UNICOI WHITE,WHAT A GAME THIS WAS IT WAS NECK AND NECK UNTIL THE 5TH INNING WHEN THE SLEEPING GIANT AWOKE ABINGDON SCORED 8 RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 5TH TO END THE GAME AND WIN BY THE SCORE OF 12-2.

THE 2009 TOURNAMENT GOT UNDERWAY LAST NIGHT WITH 3 GAME'S.

JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT.

NOW TO THE UPDATE'S

GAME 1 :

UNICOI COUNTY'S BLUE TEAM IS BACK TO DEFEND THEIR HARD EARNED TITLE FROM 2008,THEY CAME INTO THIS GAME WITH HIGH HOPE'S BUT HAD TO GO THROUGH A TOUGH JOHNSON CITY MAJOR TEAM.UNICOI STARTED OFF EARLY AND DIDN'T LET UP AND ADVANCE WITH A WIN BY THE SCORE OF 14 - 4.

GAME 2 :

JOHNSON CITY AMERICAN BLUE AND TAZWELL BATTLED IN GAME 2,IT WAS BACK AND FORTH FOR THE FIRST FEW INNING,S BUT TAZWELL JUST COULDN'T PUT THE FIRE OUT OF JC AMERICAN BLUE AS JC ADVANCE'S WITH A WIN 21 - 9.

GAME 3 :

IN THE NIGHT CAP AVOCA TOOK ON MARION,AVOCA CAME OUT WITH GUN'S A FIRING.THEY JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD,BUT MARION BATTLED BACK LATE TO SCORE 8 RUN'S IN THE 4TH BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH AS AVOCA ADVANCE'S WITH A WIN BY THE SCORE OF 20 - 8

DAY 2 BEGIN'S SAT. MORNING AT 11:00 AM

2009 - Western 7 & 8 Machine Pitch Tournament

The 2009 Tournament has come to an end. 

Unicoi County Blue was crowned our first back to back champions.

Bristol VA put up a great fight and was awarded the second place trophy.

You can obtain the final bracket by clicking HERE.

We want to take the time and say a big

THANK YOU to JOEY SMITH

Our Tournament Director!