2012 Spring 8U Results and Roster






2012 Spring Results
 
The First Pitch: Knoxville, TN; Knox County Sportspark; March 3-4
Game 1: Young Guns (Cookeville, TN) 8 - Heaters Baseball Club 6; LOSS (0-1)
Game 2: RBI Rangers (Knoxville, TN) 15 - Heaters Baseball Club 0; LOSS (0-2)
Game 3: Greeneville Wildcats (Greeneville, TN) 16 - Heaters Baseball Club 6; LOSS (0-3)

Tournament Outcome:  4th Place.  0-3 Record.  39 Runs Allowed.  12 Runs Scored

The Jim Herbert Memorial: Kingsport, TN; Domtar Park; March 16-18
Game 1: Jr. Pioneers (Jonesborough, TN) 11 - Heaters Baseball Club 5; LOSS (0-4)
Game 2: Heaters Baseball Club 13 - Northfork Riverdogs (Saltville, VA) 1; WIN (1-4)

Tournament Outcome: 3rd Place.  1-1 Record.  12 Runs Allowed.  18 Runs Scored 
NOTE: Tournament was canceled due to rain

The Indian Early Bird: Kingsport, TN; Domtar Park; April 7-8
Game 1: JC Thunder (Johnson City, TN) 15 - Heaters Baseball Club 9; LOSS (1-5)
Game 2: TNToppers (Tri-Cities, TN) 12 - Heaters Baseball Club 5; LOSS (1-6)
Game 3: Bambinos (Pikeville, KY) 22- Heaters Baseball Club 14; LOSS (1-7)

Tournament Outcome: 6th place. 0-3 Record. 49 Runs Allowed.  28 Runs Scored.

Scheduled Matchup: Wise, VA: Veldon Dotson Park; April 11
Game 1: Eastern Kentucky Outlaws (Hazard, KY) 22 - Heaters Baseball Club 5; LOSS (1-8)
Game 2: Eastern Kentucky Outlaws (Hazard, KY) 11 - Heaters Baseball Club 9; LOSS (1-9)

Scheduled Matchup: Wise, VA: Veldon Dotson Park; April 14
Game 1: Heaters Baseball Club 19 - Lee County Pirates 2 (Lee County, VA); WIN (2-9)
Game 2: Heaters Baseball Club 21 - Lee County Pirates 0 (Lee County, VA); WIN (3-9)

The Battle of Holston River: Kingsport, TN; Domtar Park; April 21-22
Game 1: Heaters Baseball Club 23 - Rogersville Storm 8u (Rogersville, TN) 2; WIN (4-9)
Game 2: Heaters Baseball Club 19 - Colonial Heights Rebels (Colonial Heights, TN) 10; WIN (5-9)
Semi-Finals: Mountain Expos (Hendersonville, NC) 18 - Heaters Baseball Club 14; LOSS (5-10)

Tournament Outcome: 3rd place finish out of 8 teams total.  2-1 Record.  30 Runs Allowed.  58 Runs scored.  The Heaters were the #2 seed following pool play and scored the most runs of any team in the tournament and had the highest run differential of the 8 teams entered.

The Northeast Tennessee Challenge: Kingsport, TN; Domtar Park; April 28-29
Game 1: Heaters Baseball Club 19 - East TN Select (Kingsport, TN) 3; WIN (6-10)
Game 2: Heaters Baseball Club 22 - Indian Springs Cougars (Indian Springs, TN) 0; WIN (7-10)
Semi-Finals: Volunteer Falcons (Church Hill, TN) 22 - Heaters Baseball Club 21 (7 innings); LOSS (7-11)

Tournament Outcome: 3rd place finish out of 7 teams total.  2-1 Record.  25 Runs Allowed.  62 Runs Scored.  The Heaters were the #1 seed following pool play and scored the highest number of runs per game in the tournament.  Unfortunately, the club still fell short of making it to the championship game.

Scheduled Matchup: Wise, VA: Veldon Dotson Park; May 7
Game 1: Heaters Baseball Club 21 - Norton Orange (Norton, VA) 1; WIN (8-11)
Game 2: Heaters Baseball Club 28 - Norton Orange (Norton, VA) 3; WIN (9-11)

Scheduled Matchup: Wise, VA: Veldon Dotson Park; May 16
Game 1: Heaters Baseball Club 13 - McClure Sharks (Castlewood, VA) 0; WIN (10-11)
Game 2: Heaters Baseball Club 15 - McClure Sharks (Castlewood, VA) 1; WIN (11-11)

Notes: Game 1 was kid pitch and stopped after 3 complete innings.  Maximum runs per inning was 5.  Game 2 was coach pitch with the maximum runs per inning at 5.

Kingsport Summer Bash: Kingsport, TN; Domtar Park; May 19-20
Game 1: TN Toppers (Tri-Cities, TN) 20 - Heaters Baseball Club 3; LOSS (11-12)
Game 2: Heaters Baseball Club 28 - Colonial Heights 7u Rebels (Colonial Heights, TN)  9 ; WIN (12-12)
Semi-Finals: Jr. Pioneers (Jonesborough, TN) 12 - Heaters Baseball Club 11; LOSS (12-13)

Tournament Outcome: 3rd place finish out of 5 teams.  1-2 Record.  41 Runs Allowed.  42 Runs Scored.  For the 3rd consecutive tournament, we have scored more runs than we have allowed.

Scheduled Matchup: Wise, VA: Veldon Dotson Park; May 31
Game 1: Heaters Baseball Club 8 - Norton City All-Stars (Norton, VA) 0; WIN (13-13)

Notes: The game was kid pitch and the Heaters used 4 pitchers who combined to throw a no-hitter and struck out 12 batters in 4 innings.

Tribe Classic: Kingsport, TN; Domtar Park; June 2-3
Game 1: Heaters Baseball Club 16 - East TN Select (Kingsport, TN) 6; WIN (14-13)
Game 2: Heaters Baseball Club 16 - Tri-County All-Stars (Prestonsburg, KY) 7; WIN (15-13)
Semi-Finals: Heaters Baseball Club 19 - Volunteer Falcons (Church Hill, TN) 4; WIN (16-13)
Finals: Heaters Baseball Club 15 - Colonial Heights Rebels 8u (Colonial Heights, TN) 14; WIN 17-13)

Tournament Outcome: 1st Place finish out of 7 teams.  4-0 Record.  31 Runs Allowed.  66 Runs Scored.  Our first ever Championship!

Holding Memorial All-Star Tournament: Big Stone Gap, VA; Bullitt Park; June 8-10
Game 1: Heaters Baseball Club 3 - Big Stone Gap Orange (Big Stone Gap, VA) 0; WIN (18-13)
Game 2: Heaters Baseball Club 1 - Lee East All-Stars (Lee County, VA) 0 - Final 6; WIN (19-13)
Game 3: Heaters Baseball Club 9 - Pound All-Stars (Pound, VA) 0; WIN (20-13)
Championship: Heaters Baseball Club 9 - Big Stone Gap Orange (Big Stone Gap, VA) 0; WIN (21-13)

Tournament Outcome: 1st Place finish out of 9 teams.  4-0 Record.  0 Runs Allowed.  22 Runs Scored.  Tournament was kid pitch.  Five Heaters pitchers combined to allow 3 hits over 17 innings.  Second consecutive tournament Championship!

Queen City Invitational: Cincinnati, OH; West Chester Baseball Complex; June 15-17
Game 1: MTM Stars (Lorain, OH) 6 - Heaters Baseball Club 3; LOSS (21-14)
Game 2: NKY Wildcats (Independence, KY) 16 - Heaters Baseball Club 4; LOSS (21-15)
Game 3: Cincy Flames (Cincinnati, OH) 12 - Heaters Baseball Club 0; LOSS (21-16)

Tournament Outcome: 15th overall finish out of 16 teams.  0-3 record.  34 Runs allowed.  7 Runs Scored.  Based on runs allowed, we would have out placed one team.  Three teams finished with an 0-3 record after pool play.



Ashton Bolling #2
Age: 7
Throws: R
Hits: R
Position: OF
Favorite Player/Team: Albert Pujols/St. Louis Cardinals






Chris Branham #23
Age: 8
Throws: R
Hits: R
Position: P/1B/SS
Favorite Player/Team: Brandon Phillips/Cincinnati Reds






Braeden Church #11
Age: 7
Throws: R
Hits: R
Position: OF
Favorite Player/Team: Brain McCann/Atlanta Braves






Lucas Coffey #16
Age: 8
Throws: L
Hits: L
Position: P/OF
Favorite Player/Team: Chipper Jones/Atlanta Braves




Casey Dotson #4
Age: 7
Throws: R
Hits: L
Position: OF
Favorite Player/Team: Brandon Phillips/Cincinnati Reds





Cameron Foster #27
Age: 8
Throws: R
Hits: R
Position: C/2B
Favorite Player/Team: Chipper Jones/Atlanta Braves





Canaan Masters #22
Age: 8
Throws: R
Hits: R
Position: 3B
Favorite Player/Team: Mark Texeira/New York Yankees





Matt Peters #10
Age: 8
Throws: R
Hits: R
Position: SS
Favorite Player/Team: Alex Rodriguez/New York Yankees





Logan Sartin #7
Age: 8
Throws: R
Hits R
Position: P/1B/SS
Favorite Player/Team: Nolan Ryan/New York Yankees





Ethan Summers #5
Age: 8
Throws: L
Hits: L
Position: OF
Favorite Player/Team: Derek Jeter/New York Yankees





Tyson Tester #15
Age: 8
Throws: R
Hits: R
Position: 3b/ C
Favorite Player/Team: Dustin Pedroia/Boston Red Sox





Robbie Wilson #17
Age: 7
Throws: R
Hits: L
Position: P/OF/2b
Favorite Player/Team: Jay Bruce/Cincinnati Reds