Team: Roman Baldwin, Ryan Barber, Jake Easton, Kaden Frei, Luke Jacobson, Nicholas Kinget, Matt Kurek, Ethan Lawton, Steven Louiselle, Henry Walker, Shane Walsh, Coach Dan Barber, Coach Erik Frei, Coach Tom Walsh, and Ump Lew Satulsky.
Summit Junior Baseball & Softball at Cooperstown tournament
Submitted by Head Coach Tom Walsh
Congratulations to the Summit 12U Scorpion team. They had a very successful week in Cooperstown All Star Village during August.
A record 64 teams from across the country competed with our boys, a new high for Cooperstown’s All Star Village. The Scorpions had a terrific run, advancing to the round of 16, further than any all-Summit team we’ve had compete in the tournament. While final standings are still being formulated (at this writing), after beating the #14 seed and losing to the overall winner, the Scorpions look to have finished 12th overall in the field of 64.
Notable highlights of the week are below.
- The Scorpions finished first in the field of 64 for the fastest double play, one of the 4 skills competitions held on opening night.
- During pool play, the Scorpions finished 4-2 with wins over teams from 4 different states. Pool play losses came from the #2 and #4 overall seeds. The pitching staff and defense was notably strong during the pool play round, ranking 7th in fewest runs allowed across the pool of 64 teams.
- The Scorpions hit 13 HRs in the tournament, hitting more HRs last week than all season combined
- The performance led to a 19 seed, the 2nd highest seed for all NJ teams in the tourney.
- Following pool play, the Scorpions beat a hot San Diego team that was 3-0 in the playoff round, to then play a very tough 14th seed team out of Philadelphia. In what was the most exciting game of the tournament, the Scorpions pulled out a gutsy team win in extra innings.
- Summit was finally eliminated in the quarterfinals by a team out of Los Angeles, who went 10-0 to win the entire tournament.
- The biggest highlight was the smile on every players face, the team building in the barracks and over meals, and seeing the names of those SJBS teams that came before us on the bunks in our dorm. This team faced adversity and adversaries leading up to and through this tournament, both on and off the field. They stayed together and played their best baseball of the summer last week.
Many thanks to all of you who supported our teams via live stream and made the trip to attend in person. Your participation in fundraising, from 50/50 ticket purchases to all of our money raising events made the trip possible. A special thanks to Thompson Sporting Goods, who spent the afternoon the day before the trip to customize a batting glove for a player that sustained a last minute injury. A true community effort here!
For more information about Summit Junior Baseball & Softball visit SummitSJBS.org or facebook.com/PlaySJBS.
