Bellefonte Baseball Inc. 2011 Summer Tournament Recap

The 2011 summer tournament season was a huge success. The summer was hot and teams were exceptional, starting with our Memorial Day Weekend tournament that saw two Canes teams Green and Orange advance to the tournament championship game held at Medler Field on the Penn State Campus with the Canes Green team beating the Canes Orange team 8-3.

The next tournament was our second Maryland open wood bat championship tournament. This tournament for a second year tournament could have been the most competitive of all the tournaments in recent years. One team out of eighteen finished with a perfect 4-0 record and was the top seeded team and six teams finished with a 3-1 record all deserving of a spot in the championship round but we could only take three. With a break here or there any of twelve teams out of the eighteen entries could have played in the championship game. The semi finals played at Shipley Field on the Campus of the Univ. of Maryland saw the only undefeated and # 1 seed Triple threat from Pa. Defeat the # 4 seed Baltimore Panthers 3-0. In the second semi final game saw # 2 seed Dewey Lowman Md. Post 109 defeat the # 3 seed La Plata Md. Post 82 by a score of 2-1. The final game turned out to be another pitcher's duel with Triple defeating Dewey Lowman Post 109 by the score of 2-1 when the winning run scored on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The youngest tournament was followed by the granddaddy of all the tournaments the 29th Pennsylvania open wood bat championship tournament for both 16U and 19U teams. In 2011 this tournament had forty-five entries in two divisions. This tournament, year in and year out draws very highly competitive teams from all over the east coast and Canada and as far away as California and Puerto Rico. This year for the second time the championship games were played at Medler field on the Penn State Campus. The 16U semi finals saw the # 1 seed Celtics defeat the # 4 seed Delaware Sabers 7-4, in the other semi final game saw the # 2 seed Go Wags defeat # 3 seed Corning Red 13-4. The 16U finals saw the Celtics team defeat Go Wags by the score of 1-0. The 19U semi final game saw # 1 seed Big Springs Pa. Defeat # 4 seed Towanda Mr. Dirt 3-2 and the #2 seed Edinboro Albion Post 957 defeat the # 3 seed Philipsburg 8-4. The finals saw the Edinboro Albion Post 957 team defeat Big Springs by a 4-1 score.

In our Nittany Mountain open series we saw for the second time this year two teams from the same academy advance to the championship game. This time the teams were from Northern Va. With the Prospect Stars Red defeating the Prospect Stars Blue 13-5.
The second of three Nittany Mountain Open Tournaments for 14U teams saw the teams play between rain drops which caused the championship round on Sunday to be eliminated and was replaced by round robin play, the champion Capital District Storm from Albany NY was the only team to finish the tournament with a 3 - 0 record.

The third and final summer tournament of the year the Nittany Mountain Open tournament for 15U teams saw play halted after the Saturday games because of heavy rains and has not yet been rescheduled.

Bellefonte Baseball Inc. 2012 Summer Tournament Schedule

Bellefonte Baseball Inc. will be hosting one, spring baseball tournament. This tournament will be our third Bellefonte Baseball High School Junior Varsity Tournament (BBCORE metal bats or wood bats only) Saturday May 5th.

The first of six summer tournaments will be the Memorial Day Weekend, Wood Bat Championship V for 14U teams, May 26-28. Followed by the Maryland Open Wood Bat Championship III for 19U teams. Games will be played on Shipley field on the campus of the University of Maryland, Catholic University of America baseball field plus others, June 15-17. The third tournament, our Pennsylvania Open Wood Bat Championship XXX for 19U and 16U teams, June 22-24. The fourth event will be the July 4th Fest Open Wood Bat Fire Cracker Championship for 19U for 19U teams June 29 Thru July 1.

The final two wood bat tournaments of the summer will be our Nittany Mountain Open for 16U teams August 10-12 and the Nittany Mountain Open for 14U teams August 17-19.

The six summer tournaments will be run with the same format, round robin play with each team playing four games, weather permitting with a championship round for the qualifying teams. The championship round participants could vary depending on the number of teams entered in that particular division and will be communicated to the teams prior to the start of each tournament. The spring JV tournament will be a two game round robin one-day tournament with no championship round.

Tournament Entry Fees

The entry fee for the Memorial Day weekend wood bat championship 14U, Maryland Open Wood Bat Championship 19U, Pennsylvania Open Wood Bat Championship 19U & 16U, July 4th Fest Open Wood Bat Fire Cracker Tournament 19U, Nittany Mountain Open Wood Bat Tournament for16U and the Nittany Mountain Open Wood Bat Tournament for 14U will be $650.00.

The fee for the spring Bellefonte Baseball High School Junior Varsity tournament will be $200.00.

Early Signing Bonus

Any team that pays their entry fee in full on or before February 1st will receive a $75.00 discount or two free Wood bats. (This offer does not extent to the High School Junior Varsity tournament)

All entry fees will be due by May 1st. A non-refundable $100.00 deposit will hold your spot until June 1st. A $100.00 late fee will be assessed to any fee paid after the tournament schedule has been completed. You can reserve your spot in any of Bellefonte Baseball tournaments by going to the Tournaments web site: www.bellefontebaseball.com and completing the tournament application and remitting your entry fee. No team will be entered into the tournament until fee is paid in full.

Bellefonte Baseball Presents Coaches vs. Cancer Check at State College Spikes games

Pictured above are Penn State Men's Head Basketball Coach - Ed DeChellis, Coach - Mark Bush, Coaches vs. Cancer Committee Chair - Steve Greer