SHOCKWAVE Baseball

The ShockWave will have tryouts at 10 a.m. Aug. 4 at Alston Middle School for its 10U, 11U and 12U traveling baseball teams. For more information, contact Junior Barnhill (12U) at 200-4207, John Knowles (11U) at 834-2459 or Brad Murray (10U) at 514-3969. 10U players cannot turn 11 before May 1, 2008 11U players cannot turn 12 before May 1, 2008 12U players cannot turn 13 before May 1, 2008

SHOCKWAVE Baseball capped a successful first season as the 3rd & 5th ranked AA team USSSA-AA teams in South Carolina! Great job Shockwave!! The new season begins next month (August) and there will be 5 ShockWave teams playing full-time Fall schedules until mid-November.

The 13u capped an incredible weekend of baseball in Lexington with a 3 to 1 victory over the Blythewood Blues to win the Lower State championship. In the tournament the Shockwave went 4-0 and outscored their opponents 34-11.

in Atlanta, GA for the Annual All American Wood Bat Classic held Memorial Day weekend. The 12U ShockWave finished two days of pool play as the #1 seed to advance to the semi-final game on Monday. The ShockWave defeated the Sandy Springs Storm in the semi-final game 4-1 with a exceptional performance by the entire team. The win sent the ShockWave to the Championship game vs Dekalb Tigers. The ShockWave defeated the Tigers 8 – 0 in pool play on Saturday but the Tigers came out strong after a big win vs the Brooklyn, NY Bonnies and the ShockWave had to settle for being the Runner-Up. The ShockWave were the only 12U team from SC in the tournament which included 12U teams from 5 states (NY, KY & FL, GA & SC). The 13U ShockWave also competed in the tournament and advanced to semi-final game but can up just short, falling 2-1 to the Apopka (FL) Avalanche. The tournament included an exciting “Parade of Dreams” where the teams made a parade lap around the warning track of Turner Field just before the start of the Atlanta Braves game Friday night. The ShockWave will next compete in the ChuckTown ThrowDown Father's Day Frenzy Qualifier being held in Charleston, SC June 15-17.

The 12U Shockwave won the USSSA "Spring Fling" tournament held in Summerville April 21-22. They went 3-1, defeating the Goose Creek Diamondbacks, the Bluffton Eagles, and won the championship by beating the Lake Murray Titans 7-2. Hayden Heflin hit for the cycle against the Eagles, and Adam Blocker hit a tape measure homer against the Titans in the Championship game. Sarah Montei pitched a complete game in the championship, scattering 5 hits while striking out 5 over 6 innings.