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BlackSox Nation
Nor-Cal Travel Baseball
:Updated October 3rd, 2022:
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It was a Pink Weekend for the Blacksox Nation as they competed in Martinez and Susin City for the Breast Cancer Awareness October Classic. Our Blacksox 11U took 1st in Suisun City and our Blacksox 12U won it all in Martinez. The Blacksox 14U came up short in the Semi-Finals.
11U DIVISION
In the 11U Division, The Blacksox 11U went 4-0 beating Vacaville Bulldogs (15-7) in the Championship Game. The boys focused on hitting before this weekends tournament and finished with an impressive .568 Team Avg. Tournament MVP went to lead off hitter Wyatt Wrighton who hit .667 and a team high 10 Runs Scored along with 7 Stolen Bases. Jax Krupa finished with a .750 Avg and led the team with 11 RBI's. Dylan Hall doubled twice and ended the weekend hitting .636. The Blacksox Nation 11U have played in 3 events so far this fall and battled their way to the ship in all 3. This is their First Championship of the season and very well deserved. Good job boys!!!
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12U DIVISION
In the 12U Division, The Blacksox 12U went 4-0 beating NorCal Oaks 8-3 in the Championship Game. Tournament MVP went to Liam Santos banged 3 Doubles and led the team with a .600 Avg and 8 RBI's. Damon Rios hit .571 and pitched great throwing 5 Strong Innings allowing just 1 Run. Ben Sorensen and Lelan Stone both hit .500 for the Blacksox 12U. These boys have now won 2 out of 3 tournaments in the fall and improve their season record to 14-2.
12U DIVISION
In the 14U Division, The Blacksox 14U went 2-1-1 coming up short in the Semi Finals to Lamorinda 14U (1-3). Blacksox lead off hitter JT Broas Jew finished with a team high .444 Avg. Gael Esquivel played great behind the plate and finished with a .400 Avg. Vince Della Santina hit .364 and played great defense at 3rd Base. The bats were cold this weekend for the 14U but the pitching and defense made up for it as they only allowed 5 Runs in 4 Games total.
Upcoming Events
Date: October 8th & 9th
Division: 10U & 13U
Location: Mistlin Complex
Blacksox Nation
WALL OF FAME
2015 8U International World Series
This was Blacksox Nations first ever Travel Ball team created in 2015. They were Ranked #3 in California for the 8U Major Division. They were the first Blacksox team to make the trip to SoCal for the Usssa International World Series.
2016 9U World Series Champions
The Blacksox 8U attended the AWS World Series in Reno. They did not run an 8U Division this year and was forced to play in the 9U Division. They battled and held their own to come out as Blacksox Nations first World Series Champions.
2017 Triple Crown Champions
This was the first time ever the Blacksox swept all 3 Divisions in the same tournament. The Blacksox won the 8U, 9U, and 10U Divisions all on the same weekend at Twin Creeks.
2017 10U World Series Champions
The Blacksox Nation 10U won the AWS 10U World Series in Reno, NV. This was the first World Series win for this specific age group.
2018 9UAA World Series Champions
The Blacksox Nation 8U played up in the 9UAA Division and won the AWS World Series in Reno, NV. This was the year that the Blacksox Nation did something that no other program has ever done. Blacksox were crowned World Series Champions in all 4 Divisions 9UAA - 9U - 10U - 11U.
2018 9U World Series Champions
The Blacksox Nation 9U won the AWS World Series in Reno, NV. This was the year that the Blacksox Nation did something that no other program has ever done. Blacksox were crowned World Series Champions in all 4 Divisions 9UAA - 9U - 10U - 11U.
2018 10U World Series Champions
The Blacksox Nation 10U won the AWS World Series in Reno, NV. This was the year that the Blacksox Nation did something that no other program has ever done. Blacksox were crowned World Series Champions in all 4 Divisions
9UAA - 9U - 10U - 11U.
2018 11U World Series Champions
The Blacksox Nation 11U won the AWS World Series in Reno, NV. This was the year that the Blacksox Nation did something that no other program has ever done. Blacksox were crowned World Series Champions in all 4 Divisions
9UAA - 9U - 10U - 11U.
2019 10U Youth National Champions
This was our programs first year ever attending the Baseball Youth Nationals. The Blacksox 10U went undefeated winning the Nationals 10U Division in Reno, NV.
2019 12U Youth National Champions
This was our programs first year ever attending the Baseball Youth Nationals. The Blacksox 12U won their respective division along with our 10U in Reno, NV.
2021 14U Youth National Champions
After a disaster year off because of COVID-19 the Youth Nationals was canceled in 2020. The boys decided to come back and defend their Championship in 2021 and did just that. The Blacksox 14U were back to back Champions at Youth Nationals in Reno, NV.
2021 11U PG West World Champions
The Blacksox 11U came into this event as Underdogs with a loaded bracket and some nationally ranked teams. They knocked off Lamorinda 11U in the Semi-Finals and then defeated Team Hype 11U in the Championship Game.
2021 12U PG West World Champions
This was the battle of the Top 2 teams clearly in Northern California.
Blacksox Nation Vs AllSport Outlaws
It was a back and forth game that ended in Extra Innings with the Blacksox coming out on top winning the 12U PG West World Series.
2022 13U PG West Memorial Champs
The Blacksox 13U traveled to Arizona and took First place out of 30 teams. They knocked off Nationally Ranked ZT Elite Cali (7-2) in the championship game.
2022 14U Youth National Champions
The Blacksox 14U made it a 3-Peat knocking off the Valley Bruins 5-4 in the Championship game. More than half of this squad has been playing together since 8U/9U and decided to do it one last time 6 years later.
2022 12U Cooperstown Blacksox
This Blacksox Nation 12U team is the first team to make the trip to NY and participate in Cooperstown in 2022. They represented NorCal to the fullest going (9-1) and taking 2nd place out of 52 teams. They also hit 51 Homeruns which was the most in the tournament for that weekend.