Congratulations to the 12 Year Old MARA Majors Baseball All-Stars for winning the 2009 Western North Carolina Babe Ruth / Cal Ripken State Championship Series on July 14th, 2009 in Asheville, NC.
Here are some pictures from the State Championship in the beautiful mountains of Ashville, NC.
The 2009 Southeast Regional Tournament, Staunton, VA.
July 22nd, 2009 - July 28th, 2009
Timmy Rutkowski and the team went on to Staunton, VA to play in the 2009 Southeast Regional Championship Series which opened on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009.
Timmy did a great job in the 2009 Home Run Derby, coming in 2nd place with an amazing 5 Home Runs. The first place winner had 6 Home Runs and the next best behind Timmy had 2. There were 10 competitors chosen to participate in the event, 1 from each of the 10 teams.
Even though Timmy came in 2nd place, the coaches reported he had the longest home runs by far. One of Timmy's home runs was slammed left-center out of their field, over another field and wound up in a creek, an estimated 340-350 feet!! That's a home run in some parts of Yankee Stadium!!
Here is a satellite view of the hit!!
Click here for an article from The News Leader which covered the event. Timmy got some press!
The first team we faced was Nassau,
Bahamas on Thursday, July 23rd at 5pm.
Teams in the Tournament were from:
Gaffney, SC
Cookeville, TN
Rainbow City, AL
Staunton, VA
Glen Allan, VA
Jefferson Co., North FL
New Bern, Eastern NC
South Daytona, South FL
Nassau, BS
AND Matthews, Western NC (That's us!)
Some pictures from Jerry May Field, Gypsy Hill Park, Staunton, VA.
Unfortunately the team lost to Nassau 18-2. Timmy had the only runs scored for our team in that game by hitting a 2 run homer.
They also lost to Gaffney, SC 11-1 on Friday, July 24th, 2009. Timmy also scored the only run in that game with a solo home run. He was also named MVP of the game!
Timmy's MVP Award!
Congratulations to the team for a great effort and another exceptional year! Special congratulations to Timmy for an excellent performance in the tournament!!
Click here for an article from The News Leader which covered the event. Timmy got some more press!!
Click here for the Tournament Bracket
Click here for the Southeast Regional Link