Sting BBC Holiday Cash Winner's announced!!!

Congratulations to our two cash winners. Thanks to all who helped make this a successful fundraiser. Funds raised will help defray cost (indoor practice, tourney fees, uniforms, travel, etc.) for this up coming season.

Happy holidays to all!!!!

$750.00 Winner: D. Baker of Shreveport
$250.00 Winner: C. Traylor of Natchitoches

$1,000 Holiday Raffle

Winner's will be drawn at 7pm this evening. Best of luck!!!!

Championship Bracket

Friday, July 11
Sting started the morning with a 11:am game playing the 2nd seed Warriors from Murfreesboro, TN, which they also have no losses. Sting came out "flat" in this game losing to the Warriors 10-2. Dropping Sting to the Loser's bracket of play. Moving Sting to a 9:am Saturday game, 5 more games to the Championship Game on Sunday. Stay tuned as we climb back up the rankings.

Championship Bracket

Thursday July 10th
Sting started off the morning with a 9:am game playing the 3rd seed Louisville Thunder, KY. Another huge victory completed our morning with a 11-8 win.

A 3:pm hot afternoon of play, started with the 6th seed team, Quad City Redbirds, Iowa team a nail biter game for all the fans. Sting came ahead winning 5-3.

With these two wins, Sting placed two more teams in the loser's bracket, advancing us to the "Elite 8". A fantastic accomplishment, the World Series stated with 54 teams, now it is down to the only 8 teams left with no losses.

World Series - Championship Bracket

Wednesday, July 9th - 19th Seed
Start of bracket play, was a huge win for Sting Baseball. We played Men In Black 14th seed a Missouri Team. Austin Jordan hit a single run Homerun, clearing the 200+ fence to start the club off. Tyler McCain hit a 2 run Homerun overr the fence. He continued his streak by hitting a second homerun, to finishing up the MIB to a 13 - 5 win, moving Sting up the brackets. Dropping MIB to the Losers Bracket.

World Series: Day 2 Pool Play

SHAWNEE, KANSAS - Sting with another come from behind win over the Neosho Express (Missouri) begins winner bracket bracket play tomorrow. The game saw pitcher Jacob Walker once again throw a complete game--holding the Express to only a single after the first inning. The boys tied the game in the 3rd, again in the 4th and took the lead 6-4 into top of the 5th. With two outs catcher Hunter Bedgood bobbled the pitch which sent the runner from second on his way to third...Bedgood regained controlled and snap a throw to third baseman Bryant Bowen and the speedy tag was made to seal the victory.

The Sting face the Kansas City Men in Black today in their first game of winner's bracket play. Sting is currently seeded as the 19 seed. Good luck boys!

World Series: Day 1 Pool Play

SHAWNEE, KANSAS - Sting split day one pool play. Entering the 2008 World Series as the number four overall seed out of a 54 team field. The boys shot out of the blocks with a game one; run rule tally of 13-3 against the West side Warriors (Nebraska). The game saw stellar pitching from Austin Jordan who went 3 innings and in relief came John-Michael Boswell holding the Warriors to only 3 runs.

In game two the Sting just could not hit away from the Red Hawks (Kansas) gloves and not to mention just plain horrible officiating by the 12u umpire. Nevertheless, StingBBC fell to the Red Hawks by run rule score of 10-2 in the 5th inning. Pitching for the Sting included one inning by Tyler McCain and a four inning production by Crit Williams.

Tomorrow the Sting will round out the pool play with 9am match-up with the Neosho Express (Missouri) which is currently 0-2 in their pool play.

Stay tuned for daily World Series updates...

World Series Raffle Winner's Announced

Thanks to all who purchased raffle tickets in support of our world series fundraiser. These funds will help in travel expenses to Kansas City, KS and tournament entry fees. Without further delay the winner's are:

1st Prize: Lex G., Shreveport

2nd Prize: Carolyn R., Shreveport


Thanks again to you all for making this years effort a huge success!!!

World Series Bound!

Shreveport, LA - This week StingBBC begins preparation for their final 2008 season appearance...The USSSA 11u AAA World Series in Shawnee, Kansas. After a long tournament schedule which had many highs and lows -- also saw four tournament wins and five top three
finishes and rounding it out with runner-up honors at the Louisiana State 11u AAA Championships. StingBBC finished it's tournament schedule 23-13 (win pct. of .640) overall and 18-6 (win pct. of .750) in-class.

What a GREAT run boys! Now, let's bring home a World Series Championship!!!

Sting finishes runner-up in Louisiana State Championships

Lake Charles, LA - StingBBC entered the State Championship number one in power ranking and 2nd seed overall. The team suffered it's first shut-out of the year to hands of the Slidell Vipers 5-zip in the first game of pool play. In the second game of pool action the Sting swarmed Bengal Baseball by a run rule route of 12-4 in five innings. Heading into the elimination round StingBBC was seeded 7th overall.

After tearing through the three elimination games: 8-0 run rule of the Capitol City Cubs which saw a complete game thrown by Austin Jordan, a 1-0 nail biter win over the Vermillion Vipers which featured a gun-slinging duel and complete game performance by Tyler McCain, and another run rule performance of the Rayne Heat (11-3) which included a single homer by Tyler McCain.

Game 4!!! Not meant to be... With the Thibodaux Thunderbolts jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead the Sting never was able to muster their bats for a rally. Having bases loaded and no outs in both the 5th and 6th inning and with the heart of the line-up at the plate was not enough to tip the win to their favor. A true "heart breaker" to say the least.

"One and done!" at Dallas Super NIT

With a fast start in pool play StingBBC made quick work of the Texas Star's by run rule score of 15-3 in near gale force winds. Sting BBC fell to the Texas Sliders 11-9 in the second pool game and came up short once again in the single-elimination round to the Sliders 9-4. Sting Baseball finished in 5th place overall for the tournament.

Sting Win's MVP Super Series event

After loosing both pool play games on Saturday, Sting basball roared back to a 10-5 victory over the Dallas Bulls and 10-nil run rule over the tournament host team MVP Muckdogs.

Best defensive player for weekend, voted on by the players, was awarded to middle infielder Austin Stegall with the over all batting title going to John-Michael Boswell with a .500!!!

Nice work boys!!!

StingBBC finishes third in govenors games

Lake Charles, Louisiana- After ripping threw pool play 2-0, beating both the Louisiana Gators and GT Yellow Jackets by the score of 6-3, Sting Baseball was seeded number one heading into single-elimination play.

On Sunday, Sting eliminated the Cajun Heat (Crowley, LA) by the score of 8-7 and headed into the semi-finals game which included a rematch game with the Louisiana Gators. The Gators would ultimately walk away with a 6-5 victory, but not without a hard last inning charge by the Sting.

Sting back atop of RANKings!!!

Well there has been many happenings for TEAM Sting over the past 20 days... Sting Baseball hit a wall in Baton Rouge with the completion of the "Baton Rouge Open V" tourney. For the first time this season Sting Baseball was "one and done" after being eliminated by the Baton Rouge Astro's.

Off the heels of the Baton rouge tourney Sting entered into the "City of Lights" tournament in Natchitoches, LA. For some of the team members this was an opportunity to show off their skills to a home crowd.

Dropping the first game in seeding pool play, Sting tore threw the competition for the next three games; which included an 8-0 victory in the tournament championship game. Seeing the return of the 'power-style' hitting was a very welcoming sight to all...Way to chalk another tourney win boys!

BACK ON TOP! Sting Baseball Club is back atop the state and national rankings after being dropped back down to the "AAA" classification. Now back, the Sting will head to Lake Charles, LA to compete in the Governors Games being held this weekend. Stay tuned to find out how they here at "the Hive". Good luck boys!!!

Baton Rouge Open: Sting splits 1-1 seeding

Baton Rouge, LA- Sting Baseball splits tourney seeding... First game of seeding was won by Sting versus' the Metarie Ranger's (#3 ranked team in state) 12-10. Sting Baseball showed it's muster against one of the toughest opponents in 11u Major devision in the state. Highlights of the game was a 4-6-3 double play by Austin Jordan, Crit Williams and completed by Tyler McCain. In the outing the Sting posted nine consecutive hits in a single inning, lifting them to victory.

In the second game of seeding the Sting Baseball Club fell to the Thunder Baseball (Southwest Louisiana) 6-5. Sting baseball had ample opportunity to closeout the Thunder but failed to deliver the winning runs.

At this writting we are awaiting final seeding results... Good luck Sting!

Sting gets BUZZZZZZZZZed!

Not exactly HAPPY HOUR!!! Sting drops all three games over the weekend. Hymenoptera's (wasp and bee insect family) evidently do not like rain...

Weekend highlights:
Hunter Bedgood - 2 homeruns (see video)
Bryant Bowen - 1 homerun



YES! a grand salami!!!

Thunder Rolls: Sting drops MVP Tournament Championship Game

Sting Baseball club headed into championship Sunday as the number one seed after sweeping their pool play opponents on Saturday (23-3 totals). In semi-final play the Sting pounded the Shreveport Gents to an 8-1 victory. The action was capped off by a "in the park" homer by Brian Metoyer, a superbly placed line-drive to left field corner. Other standouts were Austin Jordan and Bryant Bowen both turning double plays in route to the victory.

The championship game match up was set once the Game Time Thunder thumped the MVP Muckdogs 10-nil. Game Time Thunder, a seasoned travel club, controlled most of the play with their "thundering" bats routing the Sting in there first ever outing between the two 8-4. Sting's starting pitcher, Jacob Walker, entered Sunday's match up poised for yet another complete game, but fate would not have it. After 3 2/3 inning he had allowed four runs on six hits. In relief for Walker was Crit Williams, who threw for two innings allowing four runs, and in to wrap things up was John-Michael Boswell allowing one hit and no runs. According to coach Scott Cooksey, "cold bats... great defense has to be followed by great offense. Our bats were not there for us in this outing". Once again, stand-out infielder Austin Jordan stepped up and delivered defensively. On a positive note the Sting improved their overall record to 15-3-1.

MVP Academy Tournament; April 19-20th

Let friends and family know we will be playing at home this weekend. First game will be at 10am at Tinsley park in Bossier City, with second to follow at 12:15p. Tournament web page can be found here. (this is a Super Series Tournament so you will not see this under USSSA website)

Our next tournament will be on May 4-5th, in Beaumont, TX at SOUTHEAST TEXAS BASEBALL ACADEMY. Looks to have 3 major division teams in the que already. Hope to see more sign up as the date gets closer.

"Major Sting"

It has been a wild couple of weeks since we have all been together as a team and family (due to rain out). The boys have been practicing and seem to have enjoyed the short break in tournament play. Speaking to some of the player families they are all ready to hit the field, now. Let's hope so.

Our reclassification to "majors" was a real surprise this early into the season and it has only invigorated the team as a whole. The boys feel like they are ready for the challenge and have heard little to no negative comments concerning the reclassification from them. There has been some concern as to "can we complete at this level?" I feel perfectly ready to make the USSSA - Louisiana staff look like geniuses. Besides, we have the LA USSSA Watch Dog Committee working on our behalf to make sure all other teams are treated fairly. As I was told by a director, "reaching the 1200+ power ranking in just 3 tournaments grabbed a lot of attention quickly".

Looking forward to the return of tournament play this weekend!

APRIL 5-6th Tourney:

We will be playing in Shreveport, LA this weekend at the "April Fools Invitational III". This my be the only tournament we play in our home town, so please invite friends and family to come out and see the boys. View game times here.

-- TOURNEY CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER --

STING BBC 2 for 3 in March; RANKED #1!

Off the heels of the "Crawfish Classic VI - NIT" tournament win (Breaux Bridge, LA) Sting BBC traveled to Beaumont, TX where we were successful in our try at the "Best of the Best" tourney. The tournament featured 13 ranked "AAA" teams from South Louisiana and South Texas. We seeded fourth after Saturdays matches where Sting BBC went 1-0-1. On Sunday we defeated the Highland Cyclones (7-5) for the first match-up of the day and continued the campaign on through the Kingwood Krush (6-3) and Bullet Baseball (12-2 in 5 innings) to take the tournament win! (second of the month).

Highlights from the championship game were: Jacob Walker's complete game (pitching), Hunter Bedgood's 3-run homer in the 3rd inning and John-Michael Boswell's 3-run shot in the fifth inning to seal the game winner.

Sting BBC is ranked #4 in the Nation and #1 in the state of Louisiana for the first week of April 2008.*
* based on power ranking

Sting Baseball Club

The Sting Baseball Club is an organization made up of incredible 11 year old boys from across the Ark-La-Tex who excel and love the game of baseball. The team is supported by incredible parents, friends and the community. They are managed by Jay Bowen and coached by Scott Cooksey, Shane Stegall & Sam Bedgood. Through the teamwork, sportsmanship and faith of these young boys – they are having the time of their life!!

• Hunter Bedgood, #7, Natchitoches, LA
  
• John Michael Boswell, #15, Shreveport, LA
• Bryant Bowen, #29, Shreveport, LA
• Dalton Cooksey, #11, Keithville, LA
  
• Austin “AJ” Jordan, #00, Bossier City, LA
• Tyler McCain, #6, Natchitoches, LA
• Austin Stegall, #2, Shreveport, LA
• Jacob Walker, #8, Hallsville, TX
• Crit Williams, #4, Natchitoches, LA
• Brian Matoyer #10, Natchitoches, LA
• Zack Pickett #18, Arcadia, LA