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BlackSox Nation
Nor-Cal Travel Baseball
Est. 2015
Updated June 24th, 2026
The Blacksox Nation 12U & 14U Spring Season has officially come to an end. With both teams wrapping up their final tournaments in Reno at the Baseball Youth Nationals. The Blacksox 14U team went undefeated winning their Division and the 12U finished up in 3rd.
The Blacksox 16U kicked off their first event of the Summer going (4-1) winning the NCS State Championship. Congrats to those young men for that accomplishment.
We also have a set date for our Blacksox Nation Fall Ball tryouts which take place Saturday July 11th.
For more info see down below.
16U DIVISION
In the 16U Division, The Blacksox 16U beat Lincoln Lightning 9-1 to win the NCS State Championship. Tournament MVP was awarded to Fernando Alvarez who led the team with a .667 Avg to go along with 2 Doubles and a team high 8 Runs Scored. Brody Abbott pitched great and led the team with 8 RBI's and a .636 Avg. Jaxsen Baker doubled and finished with a .500 Avg.
14U DIVISION
In the 14U Division, The Blacksox 14U beat HD Bulldogs (SoCal) 9-1 to with the Baseball Youth Nationals in Reno.
Jadon Hart led the team with a .667 and avg and pitched great for the Nation. Ethan Wrangham has been one of Blacksox 14U's hottest hitters all year and finished with another strong tournament batting .636. Legend Dorham homered once and hit 3 Doubles hitting .545 for the Sox. Harlem Williams doubled twice and finished with a .444 Avg. Andrew Huerta pitched some key shut down innings and also finished hot at the plate hitting .429.
12U DIVISION
In the 12U Divison, The Blacksox finished the Nationals in 3rd place coming up short in extra innings.
Colton Galey caught fire and led the team with a .421 Avg.
Akimo Horton hit 2 Doubles, 2 Triples, and Homered once hitting .400 to go along with great plays on defense. Henry Corwin and Connor Kamhi both had a great week at the dish finishing the tournament hitting .333 for the Nation.
Upcoming Events
DATE
July 2nd-5th
LOCATION
Sacramento
DIVISION
16U & 18U
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.
2023 Blacksox '27 National Team
This Blacksox Nation 27' National team went (7-1) and won the 2023 Baseball Youth Nationals in Sparks, NV. They held off a close battle from California Baseball out of Riverside Ca 7-4 to secure the Championship Game. Hats off to Coach Gomez for guiding these boys to another Championship.
2023 Blacksox 11U Winter World Champs
The Blacksox 11U went (4-1) winning the NCS Winter World Series in Sparks, NV. They lost the first game of Pool Play and came back to win the next 4 games to win the whole thing. They battled in pouring down rain and freezing conditions for a well deserved and hard earned World Series Championship.
2026 Blacksox 14U National Champions
The Blacksox 14U went (6-0-1) winning the 2026 Reno Youth Nationals. This was the 4th time in the last 5 years that the Blacksox have secured the Championship at Nationals in the 14U Division.
2026 Blacksox 16U NCS State Champions
The Blacksox 6U went (4-1) winning their first Summer Tournament of the 2026 Season. Most of these boys have been a part of the Blacksox Program since they were 9 years old. Great to see them continue playing together years later and winning champioships.