Thunderstorm gets in last word at Babe Ruth tourney

[jhofficial]

By Brandon Hughes
The Daily Reflector

Friday, August 10, 2007

WILSON — Pitt County's scheduled matchup with in-state rival Johnston County in the 12U Babe Ruth Softball World Series was postponed when thunderstorms rumbled through the area on Thursday.

Johnston County will attempt to enact some revenge, having been defeated twice by Pitt in the state tournament several weeks ago.

Johnston defeated Concord, Calif.,

3-0 and Luzerne County, Pa., by the same score to reach the winner's bracket finals.

Pitt mowed through pool play with a perfect 4-0 record and outlasted Angola, Ind., 2-1, in its first tournament game to get to this point.

The local squads boast the top two pitching staffs in the World Series. Pitt County hurlers have recorded a paltry 1.03 ERA and allowed just five earned runs.

Johnston's statistics are nearly as impressive with a 1.36 ERA and nine earned runs allowed.

Pitt County's Tyndall Brock (0.00 ERA, 18 K, 3 BB), Katarina Hudson (0.55 ERA, 11 K, 3 BB) and Johnston's Tricia Reffrow (0.60 ERA, 14 K, 2 BB) are among the pitching leaders.

Pitt County leads the 10-team field in on-base percentage (.444) and stolen bases (16).

Brock is also second in batting average at .636 and Shannen Adams is third with a .500 average. Adams leads all batters in on-base percentage (.750), runs scored (9) and stolen bases (8).

The game between Pitt and Johnston Counties has been rescheduled for 4 p.m. today.

[Lucky13]

Well if you know the some of the Pitt Co people like I do, they live for this. What I cant understand is they talk about how good they are, and they are but they never go to the ASA,NSA or USSSA nationals. I say go beat the best cause there is a difference between Babe Ruth and select ball.

[jhofficial]

Well if you know the some of the Pitt Co people like I do, they live for this. What I cant understand is they talk about how good they are, and they are but they never go to the ASA,NSA or USSSA nationals. I say go beat the best cause there is a difference between Babe Ruth and select ball.

A few years back the same group of girls that won the Babe Ruth world Series as 12 yr olds also won the USSSA and NSA 13yr old world the following year. 5 players off that team are currently playing Div 1 softball. You are correct in one sense there is a differeance in Babe Ruth and Slect Ball (I prefer to call it Daddy ball) one is the cost and the second is the area from which you draw your players. Select teams draw from all the state or other states. Babe ruth you have bounrdiers one more ways then some.

[Lucky13]

I will get with you on this at the track. I am going to leave in about 30 mins or so. Just want to make sure we are on the same page cause I have three of those Pitt Co girls on my team now and they aint won no Worlds. Talk to you in a lil bit

[jhofficial]

Jessie Odom, Nicole Nunamaker, Sam Murd(UNC) Anna Roberts(UNC) and there are two more but the names slips my mind are all in college playing softball right now. They won a Babe Ruth World Series as 12yr olds and turned around and won the USSSA and NSA World 13under the following summer. Actually the level of girls High School, Babe Ruth and Travel ball is no were close to competived as it was 5 years ago. To Many travel teams now, with way to many girls and Moma's and daddys being suckered in that little Suzie is gonna be able to play at the next level, when truth be known that wouldnt have even made a traveling team 5 years ago.

[Lucky13]

I gotcha. You are also correct about to many travel teams. That all comes from people getting pissed if their kid dont start and play every inning. They run pick up some kids that shouldnt even be on the field and start a team. If the people whould get along for the kids there would have been one or two more teams around here that would have won national championships. I almost had 2 but ended up with two thirds and three fifths.