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The USSSA Wood Bat Tournament got underway last night and it was all about..............Pitching or the LUMBER.

Over on the west side, the West Boyton Thunder rallied in a 1-1 sixth inning tie game to score on a bloop single over second base to score three runs in that Inning and defeat Miramar 4-2. In a tight contest the11u Miramar Canes beat the Hollywood Thunder team 2-1, after allowing one run in the first ininng the Canes held the Thunder scoreless the rest of the way. The 13u Division had the Miami Suns leading 1-0 going into the top 6th when they would score a second run to beat the Florida suns 2-0

In the east side the Lumber was a bit more evident, where the 9u Bears beat the Cobras 4-1 the 11u Rattlers defeated the Nationals 12-0 and the Miami Cyclones took care of the SF Scorpions 6-3

A lot more action tonight...........

A terrific weekend of outstanding baseball in our first USSSA Wood Bat Tournament. Here are your tournament Champions! To view scores of these games and others go to the handout page.

To all the participants of this event Thank you all, and hope that you had as good of a time as we did. Special Thanks to Mike Deno for all of his hard work, Bill Spicer our on site Direcotr at PPO and George Hernandez & staff with Outwest Umpires for the superb work and profesionalism on and of the field.

Thanks to the Alex Fernandez's Strike Zone for Sponsoring this event and always being there for me. Thank you Alex !

Please go to our league site and participate in our Tournament Poll we'd like to hear from you. www.floridapremiersports.com

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Champions !!!

FPBL Teams continue to dominate local tournaments. In the Dynasty Elite Christmas Bash 5 of the 6 Divisions Champions were all teams that played this past season In the FPBL, the one division that the League team did not place first, the team came in second place.

Congratulations to all !!!!

FPBL Elite Squad Wins Again......

The Elite "Super 4" Invitational was nothing more than spectacular baseball among the four teams Invited. Team Mizuno looked everything like what you know about Team Mizuno, strong bats, outstanding arms and experienced ball players, put all of that together and you've got one tough cookie.Today the will of the FPBL Elite Squad was to much for Team Mizuno. Mizuno jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first two Innings, but a two run base hit by starting pitcher Andre Martinez put the Elite Squad back in the game. The game would remained tied until the 5th inning. With a runner on second base and no outs Team Mizuno Intentionally walks Albert Almora to face Stevan Puerta, Puerta blasted a 315 ft shot over the center fielder's head to give the Elite Squad 4-3 lead and that's all Wellington Warriors pitcher Darren Hansen needed, he was spectacular giving all of the Mizuno hitters fits with his off speed stuff.

Mizuno mounted a rally when a couple of errors were made in the bottom of the 6th Inning, but a spectacular play by 3rd baseman Devid Thompson with the bases loaded and one out on a slow grounder hit to him, Thompson quickly got the runner out at home plate for the second out and Darren would take care of the next batter by striking him out to end the threat.

The game ended when with two outs and runner on third base Darren threw a breaking pitch leaving the Mizuno hitter defenseless and took it for third strike call.

This is the second consecutive tournament win for the FPBL Elite Squad.

Thank you to all the teams that participated and for their sportsmanship throughout the tournament.

The Elite Squad defeated the Renegades in the morning game and then the much anticpated match against Orlando's Team Mizuno in which Elite Squad pitcher Ivan Pelaez was just masterful as he pitched 6 strong Innings allowing just one hit and no runs. The Elite Squad won the game 6-1 and will now face Team Worth who defeated Team Mizuno 9-1. All teams will have played everyone at least one game the end of the first round playoff game tomorrow morning. The seedings were worked out so that you did not play the same team in the playoffs.

FPBL teams show support in our USSSA Tournaments. 33 league teams participated in this weekend's Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot-Out. 65 teams played over the weekend and many of the favorites took a back seat to the newcomers.

In the 8-under Division the powerhouse Hialeah Crush cruised by the competition winning all of their games to capture the title.

The 9 Under division had the Miami Brawlers defeating the CS Sandlot to get their first USSSA Title. The Brawlers will be playing in the FPBL next season.

The 10U had the Parkland Pokers defeating the Dania Thunder 8-4

11 Under West Boca Panthers defeated the West Boyton Tornados 9-8 in a battle of former FPBL teams.

12Under Miramar Canes defeated a very good Tsunami team 6-4

13Under Margate Crossfire defeated the Florida Future in extra Innings 9-8

14 Under The South Florida Bandits beat the Dania Thunder 12-4

Congratulations to all !!!!!!!!! and Thank you for playing USSSA Baseball

The Weston Rattlers Steven Reznyk came in relief with a 2-1 lead and a runner on second base......but that's as far as he got, Reznyk pitched the last 2 2/3 Innings of scoreless baseball as the Rattlers took the first game 4-1 and tied the second game at 6-6 against the West Boyton Mustangs. The Rattlers climb to first place in their 14U Majors Division with 7-2-1 record just ahead of the Weston Hawks.

The Cobras traveled to Wellington and got a split in their doubleheader winning the first game 6-5 and loosing the second game 5-2. The Rattlers remain on top with 4 teams now tied for third place with 20-points each, the Hawks are alone in second place.

13U West Pines Cobras........... on top of the 13U Majors with a 7-1 record. But the CS Diamonds are Coming !

The West Pines Cobras 13u team has been playing ball without making a loud noise, but recently they've been taking care of business on the field. Last night the Cobras took care of the Broward Scorpions 6-2 and last week defeated the PPO Bengals 10-6 in a rematch of their only loss of the season. The Cobras will now get a test against the CS Diamonds when they host them next week. The Diamonds fresh over their Triple Crown Championship Win against our own PPO Bengals who will get their rematch against the Diamonds this coming friday. This all sets up pretty nicely for what's to come in the FPBL Championship.

So, who will take the FPBL Crown in this star- studded field of teams and who will have a shot at playing in the USSSA Florida League Championship? Hey, last season's Champ is struggling and the runner-up is already thinking about next season just like the Dolphins. I guess we will have to wait and see...................my pre-season prediction is NOT looking so hot now.

Mission Accomplished!!.............lead by Coaches Richie Palmer, Ed Marti, Mike Koos and 17 of the finest 14U players in the league, the FPBL Elite Squad came back home as 14u USA Champions Program Tournament Champion.

Dean Lockwood knew yesterday that he would be in a position to make a difference on this team, Dean asked Coach Mike Koos on Saturday that when we would get to the Championship Game he wanted the ball........this was after a 5-1 loss to the SF Snappers in our second game, well Dean Lockwood got his wish today and he did not disapoint his teammates or Coaches. "Rambo" as he is called by his teammates took the mound today and was just superb ! Dean pitched the Elite Squad to a 1-0 decision over the SF Snappers going seven Innings allowing just 3 hits in the game with one walk,"this was one of the best pitching performance I have ever witness in this age group" says League President Gaspar Palmer, this was awesome !

The Squad score their only run on a throwing error by the pitcher...........Christian Correa lead off the fifth Inning with a double and Michael Klement, after failing twice to bunt the runner over to third was asked to bunt again but with two strikes and this time he executed the bunt beautifully ! the ball was bunted to the left side of the infield forcing the pitcher to field the ball, but in trying to throw out Michael, the Snappers pitcher threw the ball wide to first and that allowed Christian to race home from second base and score the only run of the game. The rest of the damage was done by Dean as he kept the Snappers big guns off balance.

This was an exceptional game played by two terrific teams............the Snappers are a great team, we were just a bit better today than they were. The Snappers played in the league last season and many of the kids in their squad are playing in the league this season, but with other teams throughout the league.

A special Thanks to the FPBL Coaching staff of Coach Richard Palmer, Ed Marti, Mike Koos. These guys not only did a terrific job in winning this tournament, but they represent what this league is all about, we have the best Coaches, Parents and Players in South Florida...........we are truly the " Premier Baseball League" in South Florida and these guys are a major reason why. Thanks again guys !


Congratulations to the three players that now will get a chance to play for the USA National Team, Dean Lockwood from the Wellington Warriors, Michael Klement from the Weston Hawks and Andre Martinez from the West Pines Cobras were Invited to come out to the USA National Team tryouts, more Info to follow, but Congratulations again to all of these players.

The success of this team this weekend could not have been accomplished without the hard work and effort of all the players in this team and they're all worth mentioning. Steven Reznyk was simply outstanding with the bat and on the field whether it was at short stop, center. left or right field he was as they say " Money", David Thompsom pitching performance on Saturday was superb and the bat and defense was solid too, Brandon Lopez was the quite leader on this squad, solid all tournament, Christian Correa's bat was on fire ! awesome tournament, Ivan Pelaez was a key part of this team whether he pitched or play the outfield he was solid......Esteban Puerta play at first base and with the bat was what the doctor ordered fro this team, Jordan Gleicher was the spark plug in this team, Chris Guerra was solid when asked to bat or pitch, he was 3-3 in first three at bats, The rest of the team was outstanding..........David Koos, Victor Marin, Ryne Saxner, Luca Rispoli, Jared Tosner and Tyler Marti.

Coaches,

Any player added to the roster after October 15th............is NOT eligible for the playoffs. Teams wanting to add a player after the Deadline will have to have it add it by the office. Rosters will be locked as of October 16th. Team schedules MUST be completed as well Including all make up games. Games played and NOT on the league's schedule will NOT count.

The 12U West Pines Cobras swept the season series against the cross-town rival PPO Bengals. The Cobras were led by Adam Murray, who pitched 4 innings of no-hit baseball before finally giving up a run. The Cobras jumped out to a 5 to 0 lead. Key hits by Zack Smith and Adam Murray led to most of the Cobras scoring. This Cobra team has only been together for 2 months, but pitching and defense will win us a lot of ball games. After an 0 and 2 start, the Cobras have gone unbeaten in their last 4 games.

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It's a coin flip in this division............ Your votes are In, here is mine

Your pick ............Coral Springs Sandlot 46%

My pick.................West Pines "Nike" Cobras

Wild Card.............Dade Eagles

Your Pick...............CS All-Americans

My Pick................... West Pines Cobras

Wild Card.............. Panthers Baseball

Your Pick..........................Plantation Stars

My Pick..............................Hialeah Crushers

Wild Card..........................Broward Barons