Carolina Crush Baseball!

Welcome to the 11U/12U Carolina Crush website. We are a premier travel baseball team based out of the Lake Norman, NC area. As an organization, we are committed to providing an environment in which all of our players can progress their skill levels through fundamentals, new challenges, and hard work...all while having a great time doing it. Our coaches are all family-oriented individuals with a commitment to helping each child become better at all facets of the game of baseball.  It is our goal to be considered one of the finest baseball organizations in the country. We hope to achieve this recognition not only by winning baseball games, but also by helping our children become better people.

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We will be playing Nations, USSSA, and Triple Crown tournaments throughout the 2012 season, as we prepare to head to Cooperstown again in Spring of 2013.

To learn more about the team, or to schedule a tryout, please contact :

Coach Jim Barberio at jimbarberio@bellsouth.net , or call 704-517-0270

Coach Rick Thress at thress@att.net, or call 704-737-7612 

Overall 2012 Record: 28-10

• 2012 Nations Test of the West Runner Up - 9/18/11
• 2012 Nations Hardball Championship CHAMPS - 10/16/11
• 2012 Nations Battle of the Carolinas Runner Up - 3/10/12
• 2012 Nations American Select Championship Runner Up - 3/24/12
• 2012 Spring Premier Super Regional Runner Up - 4/14/12
• 2012 PONY Interlock Runner Up - 4/21/12
• 2012 May Blast Runner Up - 5/5/12

Overall 2011 Record: 36-17-2

• 2011 Nations Orange Crush Invitational NCI CHAMPS - 8/29/10
• 2011 Nations Brawl on the Diamond Runner Up - 9/12/10
• 2011 Nations Cheerwine Championship Runner Up - 10/10/10
• 2011 Nations Mayday Mayhem 11U Runner-UP - 4/29/11
• 2011 Nations Bat Wars Bronze 11U CHAMPS - 5/14/11
• 2011 Nations Rawlings SuperSelect Gold CHAMPS - 7/31/11

Overall 2010 Record: 48-28 

• 2010 Nations WNC Summer Championship Runner Up - 8/27/09
• 2010 October Fest Runner Up - 10/4/09
• 2010 8th Annual Halloween Challenge NCI Runner Up - 10/31/09
• 2010 Winter World Series 3rd Place - 11/15/09
• 2010 Nations Ultimate Super Regional CHAMPS - 3/26/10
• 2010 Grand Slam NCI Runner Up - 4/10/10
• 2010 May Day Mayhem CHAMPS- 4/30/10
• 2010 Central Zone State 10U Runner Up - 6/6/10
• 2010 Nations North Carolina Elite State Championship Runner Up - 6/26/10 
• 2010 Nations National Championship Elite Consolation Champions - 7/15/10

Overall 2009 Record: 51-18

• 2009 RC Cola CHAMPS - 8/10
• 2009 Carolina Back to School CHAMPS - 8/23
• 2009 Orange CRUSH Invitational CHAMPS - 8/31
• 2009 A&W Rootbeer NIT Runner Up - 9/13
• 2009 KFC Fall Championship Runner Up - 9/28
• 2009 Fall Atlantic Coast Select CHAMPS - 11/1
• 2009 WNC Winter Championships CHAMPS - 11/16
• 2009 WNC Spring State Championship Runner Up - 3/21
• 2009 Cheerwine Grand Slam NCI CHAMPS-4/4
• 2009 Gatorade Spring Championship Runner Up - 4/24
• 2009 Mother's Day Classic Runner Up -  5/8
• 2009 Top Gun Triad Area Super NIT CHAMPS - 5/16
• 2009 Bases Loaded NCI Runner Up - 5/30
• 2009 State Games of the Carolinas CHAMPS - 6/27
• 2009 Freedom Classic CHAMPS - 7/4

Crushin' the competition!