The 10U NYO Toros defeated the East Cobb Longhorns to capture the 2007 10U Summer Slam title. Toros defeated the Lightening in the semi-finals to qualify for the championship game and the Longhorns defeated the Gwinett Thunder. The Toros captured the title with a 7-2 win in the Championship game.
The NYO Toros took an early lead in the first inning going ahead 5 to 2. The remainder of the game was a head to head battle with the Longhorns only giving up 1 run in the third and 1 run in the 5th.
Congratulations to the NYO Toros.

The 11U Hobgood Heat defeated the FreeHome Roadrunners to win the2007 Disney Warm-Up title. The Roadrunners defeated Middle Valley Heat 12 to 3 to qualify for the championship game and the Hobgood Heat defeated NYO Drillers.
The Heat, along with most of the other participating teams, will be traveling to Orlando to play in the the AAU National 11U Championship at Disney World.
Best of luck to these teams. Bring home the AAU national title to Georgia!

The 8U NYO Longhorns All-Star team defeated the Sandy Plains Cougars to capture this early all-star season title. They were awarded their trophies by Preston Hurter, Chase Williams, Travis Isenberg and Robbie Knox of the 2004 Dizzy Dean District, State and WORLD SERIES Championship team the Hobgood Heat.
Fifteen All-Star teams completed during this 6 day tournament. In the semi-finals of bracket play the Cougars defeated the Kennesaw Lightning for a place in the championship and the Longhorns defeated the Shaw Park Storm. The Longhorns played 6 games to earn the title as the Dizzy District Warm-Up Champions.
These 8U All-Star teams will represent the Atlanta area well in the district and state tournaments.. We hope one of these teams brings home the National Dizzy Dean title to Georgia.

The Oregon Park Broncos All-Stars captured the first 10U Dizzy District Warm-Up Championship at All-Tournament Players Park. The 10U Buford Wolves All-Stars played a great tournament finishing as runners-up.
The tournament was host to some of the areas best 10U all-stars and all-star teams from area Dizzy Dean parks. The Atlanta area will be represented well in regionals and at the Georgia State Dizzy Dean championship tournament along with the Dizzy Dean World Series.
Congratulations to all the all-stars and best of luck at district tournament.

In true championship fashion the Colllins Hill Eagles and the Rockdale Rhinos battled neck and neck until the final at bat. The Rhinos put the first run on the board in the top of the first inning only to have the Eagles tie the game up in the bottom of the inning. In the 2nd inning the Rhinos posted three more runs to take the lead four to one but the Eagles battled back run by run. The Rhinos held the lead until the bottom of the sixth inning when the Eagles scored two runs to win the first 11U All-Tournament Players Park Spring Bash Championship.

Congratulations to the Eagles and the Rhinos for a terrific championship.

The Powder Springs War Eagles not only captured the 12U AAU State Championship but took home the title with wooden bats. The first wooden bat tournament held at the park was quite a battle. There were crowd thrilling home runs and crowd chilling lightening. In true championship style the War Eagles and the Astros battled to put runs on the board. After six innings the War Eagles defeated the Astros three to one. Both teams played an outstanding tournament.

Congratulations to all the teams for a terrific wooden bat tournament.

The 2007 10U East Cobb Astros took home the AAU Spring National Championship rings on Wednesday night at All-Tournament Players Park. In a national tournament that took 3 weeks to complete due to a rained out Sunday, the Astros fought through the quarter finals on Tuesday and the semi-finals and finals on Wednesday night. The Astros defeated the Home Plate Chili Dogs to qualify for the finals and defeated Team Wilson to capture the championship. Thanks to all the teams that came to play this week on a school night.

2007 9U Kennesaw Xtreme are crowned the Spring National AAU Champions. Congratulations to the first members of the Champions Club.

The Kennesaw Xtreme took home the AAU Spring National Championship rings in the opening tournament at All-Tournament Players Park. In a 2 1/2 hour battle the Kennesaw Xtreme and the East Cobb Longhorns played the kind of game that true championships are made of. The Longhorns tied up the game twelve to twelve in the sixth inning but gave up the winning run to the Xtreme with two outs on the board in the bottom of the sixth. It was a crowd thriller with a final score of thirteen to twelve.