16U EC Titans out scored their opponents 92-15 to go 9-0 in the 2011 AAU Underclass National Championships.
Mayo to Mabini to Friend double play to end championship game.
7-22-11
16U Titans Finish 3rd
EC Titans 16U played in the 2011 World Wood Bat Association
national tournament held in Atlanta Georgia. 216 teams
entered the tournament from all over the country. 36 pools
of 6 teams each competed to simply get out of pool play.
The Titan won their pool 4-0-1 tying in their last game of pool
play versus a competitive Flood City team from Johnstown, PA.
Only 48 teams entered championship play with the Titans ranked
#18 of the remaining field. The Titans defeated South
Florida Elite, Palm Beach PAL, South Charlotte Panthers, and
Mariucci Elite Ark-LA-Tex on their way to the semi finals.
This was an incredible team effort. Congratulation to the
16U Titans on an incredible run in the 2011 16U WWBA.
Titans finish in 3rd place out of 216 teams in the 16U WWBA
7-21-11
Titan's Hustle in Rain Delay
7-8-11
2011 14U Perfect Game BCS National
Champions
14u BCS title belongs to Titans
Published: Thursday, July 07, 2011
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The East Cobb
Titans 14u squad entered the playoffs of the Perfect Game
14u BCS Finals with
the No. 4 seed and a somewhat
modest 4-1-1 record.
The Titans went on to prove
they’re anything but modest when it comes to winning
championships.
Armed with an ability to come back
from early deficits and a tradition of winning that is
inherent in the East Cobb Baseball program, the Titans
rallied for a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to
salvage a 7-6 victory over No. 7 seed
Boca Thunder Baseball in the
championship game of the Finals on a rainy Thursday at City
of Palms Park.
The Titans (8-1-1) also rallied
from a 3-1-1 start to the tournament, winning their last
five games en route to
their first 14u BCS Finals
championship.
“This is the second year we’ve
brought a team down here and it’s a great tournament and I
love being down
here,” head coach Tim Ayers said
after his squad accepted the championship trophy and banner.
“The kids
love being down here and it was
good for them. They love playing in a big stadium – they
were talking about
how much better could it be than
being at an event like this and playing in a big stadium.”
At the conclusion of the
tournament, Titans right-hander Matthew Olson was named the
Most Valuable
Pitcher after (unofficially)
pitching 11 2/3 innings in two games and giving up seven
hits with a 1.85 ERA and
10 strikeouts. The Thunder’s
Joshua Parker was named the Most Valuable Player after
batting .458 (11-for-24)
with 10 RBI and 17 runs scored.
He also pitched well, striking out 12 in 12 innings pitched.
The Thunder jumped to an early
lead with two runs in the top of the first but the Titans
came right back
with four in the bottom of the
frame.
It remained 4-2 until the Thunder
pushed across a run in the top of the sixth, but the Titans
seemed to take
control in the bottom of the
inning when they scored twice on a deep sacrifice fly from
big Marcus Mitchel
l (5-10, 200) and an RBI single
from Logan Peterson.
With a 6-3 lead heading into the
top of the seventh, the Titans probably felt secure, but
Evan Schaffner
came up with a big two-run double
that tied the game at 6 in the top of the seventh.
The first two Titans couldn’t
reach, but Malcolm Boyce came up with a two-out single,
Landon Faulkner
drilled a two-out double, and
Matthew Broadhead delivered the game-winning RBI single as
the rain picked
up in intensity.
“You have to give credit to the
Thunder,” Ayers said. “We were up three and we had our best
pitcher on
the mound (right-hander Faulkner)
and we really thought he was going to shut them down. They
did a good
job of fighting back and coming
back.
“But getting the bases loaded and
Matthew Broadhead coming up with that base-hit was big for
us.”
The Titans were use to coming back
from early deficits.
“(Wednesday night in the
quarterfinals) we went down 2-0 and this morning in the
semis) we went down
3-0 and both times we came back
and answered,” Ayers said. “All we kept telling them was
‘pitch-by-pitch,
it’s a long game, so win each
pitch.’ They did and we came out winning.”
Jabin Smith was 3-for-4 with a
double, a triple and one run scored for the Titans in the
title tilt. Boyce was
2-for-3 and scored three runs,
Brayden Graham was 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two
runs, and Mitchell
finished 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Michael Spooner was 2-for-3 with a
double and triple, two RBI and a run scored for the Thunder.
The Titans have been together for
a year now, since they were 13-year-olds. Big things are
always expected
from the teams in the massive East
Cobb Baseball organization, but this BCS Finals championship
might have
been a bit of a surprise.
“One of the coaches back at East
Cobb called me and said, ‘If you would have told me back in
January that
you were going to be playing in
(the championship game) of the Finals, I would have told you
you were crazy.’
They’ve worked hard since January
and they’ve done exactly what they’ve needed to do to win.
All the
credit goes to those guys – they
did what they needed to do.”
The East Cobb Titans 14u reached
the championship game by beating the No. 13 seeded Tampa
Suns, 9-1, in
the first round of the playoffs
and knocking off No. 5 Meteors Baseball, 12-3, in the
quarterfinals. It was a
family feud when the Titans beat
the ninth-seeded East Cobb Tigers 14u, 10-9, in Thursday’s
semifinal round.
Olson was 2-for-3 with an RBI and
a run scored, Mitchell 2-for-4 with five RBI and two runs
scored and Smith
1-for-3 with two RBI and a run
scored in the win over the Tigers.
7-1-11
2011 Week #4 Cooperstown Champions - East Cobb Titans (Georgia)
Special Congratulation to the 12U
Titans who are Week #4 Champions of Cooperstown Dream Park.
The tournament consisted of 98 teams. The EC Titans
slugged their way finals scoring double digit runs in every game
except for the championship game where they won 5-2. Click
the link below for the full rundown on the tournament.
Congrats on a great accomplishment!!!!
2011 Triple Crown Battle of the South 18U
Congrats to the 16U EC Titans on a great weekend!
6-17-11 Congrats to TWO former Titans who will be
playing the 2011 College World Series.
Will Casey (USC)
Andrew Smith (UNC)
6-13-11
2011 Nations Baseball Georgia State
Champions!
Congrats to the 8U EC Titans for a hard fought victory
this weekend! Great job guys!!
6-7-11
Thesethreeformer Titans
were recognized on June 2 at Turner Field in the 755Club as part of the 2011Atlanta Braves High
School All Stars. The final 18 were chosen from 80
finalist and are considered to be the top player in the state of
Georgia. All 3 played for and won a National Championship in
Mckinney, TX as Titans - AABC World Series 2009
1TAT
11-9-10
Special Congratulation to the following current and former
Titans on the Awards at the 2010 East Cobb Baseball Awards
banquet.
2010 East Cobb Baseball Coach of the year - Todd
Harris
8-11 Yr Old Team of the Year Steve Vogel's 9U Titans
12-14 Yr Old Team of the Year Chris Mielnicki 12U
Titans
15 Yr Old Defensive player of the Year - Skye Overton
15 Yr Old Pitcher of the Year - Brian Kehner
16 Yr Old Defensive player of the Year - Sean
McLaughlin
18 Yr Old Pitcher of the Year - Johnnie Magliozzi
8-25-10
Going green at East Cobb
Park; PB&J drive successful
Congratulation to former Titan
Johnny Magliozzi on making the AFLAC Games.
Johnny Touched 97 5 times during his one inning of work
during the games!
8-13-10
Congrats to EC Titans on an
incredible year!
2010 Final records
14U
15U 40-15
16U 52-20
7-25-10
16U Titans Southeast Region
Champions. McKinney, TX bound!
7-19-10
Great day in the Titan Nation!
The 16U Titans made the Elite 8 and 15U Titans made the round
of the Sweet 16 from a field of 192 teams Nationally. An
incredible accomplishment. Congrats to both teams for a job well
done.
7-14-10
14U Titans Finish in Elite 8 of BCS
World Series
5-4-10
Life of a Father in Travel Baseball!
3-15-20
Former Titan - Sam Bragg strikes out
14 in a row and get following right up in Baseball America
Bragg Fans First 14
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Sam Bragg, a junior righthander for Wheeler High, Marietta,
Ga., was untouchable in the first 4 2/3 innings of his latest
start. Against Campbell High of Smyrna, Ga. on Wednesday night,
Bragg retired the first 14 batters he faced via the strikeout.
"In my 29 years as a head coach at Wheeler, this was the most
dominant performance I have witnessed," Dave McDonald said.
"Location was perfect on all pitches, with a fastball at 89-90
mph, breaking pitches and a straight changeup kept hitters off
balance the entire seven innings."
He finished the game with 17 strikeouts while allowing just
four hits and one walk. On Monday he threw two innings of relief
against Milton (Ga.) High, striking out five and allowing two
hits, giving him 22 strikeouts in nine innings this week.
The record for consecutive strikeouts in a game is 22, set by
Jim Peterson of Sonora, Calif. in 1973.
2-28-10
14U Titans Win Season Opening Triple Crown Spring
Frost
The Triple Crown Spring Frost
Tournament hosted at ECB was true to its name during the
weekend of February 26-28. Cold weather proved to be as
tough an opponent as any of the teams the Titans faced on their
way to being crowned champs of their season opening
tournament. Tournament MVP honors went to center fielder, Matt
"Mullet" McGuire, who led off for the Titans and batted .750
plus for the weekend. Heavy lumber notoriety also goes to
Michael Chavis for the team's inaugural bomb on field 3 in game
#1 on Friday night, and to Thomas "Leap-Year" Gaines, who
celebrated his birthday on Sunday in game #3 with a blast on
field 2 that may still be rolling around in the Kell High
School parking lot.
The Titans managed to keep
their parents on edge in the bleachers during most of the
tournament and the semi-final game was no exception. Eli
Sepnieski pitched 5 outstanding innings, when without
warning, a tough EC Stallions came to bat with bases loaded, one
out and trailing by only one in the bottom of the seventh.
In an exciting finish, the Titans rolled a 6-4-3
(Datoc-Cancelliere-Desmond) double play to seal the win,
securing their chance to vie for the hardware by taking on
favored Paulding County Vipers in the championship game.
"There is one thing that you
have done this weekend that they (Paulding County Vipers) have
not," Coach Beam was heard telling his players in the pre-game
huddle, "and that's come from behind." Injuries plagued
the Titans with three strong offensive players sidelined, but
reminders from Coach Beam that "teams win ball games...not
players," proved to inspire a winning attitude. Once again
left to biting their fingernails in the stands, parents watched,
as the very capable-of-winning-in-the-eleventh-hour-Vipers came
to bat in the bottom of the seventh trailing by only one run.
Holding onto Coach Beam's pre-game sage morsels, "...they have
not come from behind," the Titans managed to grind out three
outs and a tournament championship, due in large part to
tenacious pitching by closer, Brandon Sattenfield, who struck
out two batters with runners in scoring position.
When asked to comment on the tournament, Coach Beam
had this to say: "I want to congratulate the guys that were
there this weekend as you over came a great deal of adversity
and found a way to win. While for Feb we played well, we are
still a long way away from being successful in June and July.
It is a long process with much work yet to be completed."
Special Congrats to the 15U Titans
We had 12 out of 17 kids make their Varsity
team and are starters right now.
Titan Family mourns the lose of 2007 MVP BCS World Series
Champion Antonio Burke
Florida A&M Students hold vigil to remember friend Antonio
Burke
Florida A&M students gathered Friday night to mourn the
death of fellow student, Antonio Burke. A candlelight vigil
was held in honor of the former baseball player Friday
night.
Family members could not be reached for details
regarding his death. A cause of death has not been
officially released.
Burke, 20, was an outfielder for the Rattler baseball
team during the 2008-2009 season. The Atlanta native had
plans to return to Tallahassee in the fall and play for
Florida State University.
The candle light vigil took place at the FAMU baseball
field at 7 p.m. Not even 19-degree weather could keep
students from paying tribute to one of their own. Students
huddled together in attempt to keep warm as well as comfort
one another in this time of sorrow.
Joseph Agboola, 21, a third-year graphic design student,
England led the memorial service.
“He was a Rattler and students would want to come out and
show support,” Agboola said.
Student Body Vice President Calvin Hayes, 21, a public
relations student from Orlando opened the service.
“We all may not be able to hit a home run, but we know
how to run home to haven when it is time,” Hayes said. “Time
like these come to teach lessons and unify our student
body…we all may not be able to hit a home run, but we know
how to run home to heaven when it is time.”
Fellow baseball players, campus organizations, clubs and
students who never had the opportunity to meet Burke, were
all in attendance to show support.
Burke’s friends were given a segment to speak and
reminisce on memories of Burke.
Dominique Key, 20, a junior biology student from Orlando
said Antonio had a great sense of humor, which always kept
her smiling.
“He was so funny, always had me laughing, he always
cracked jokes whether it was about me, or something else,”
said Key. “He was just always fun to be around. Every
time he would see me he would give me big hug and just make
me feel loved.”
Devin Iverson, 20, a second-year public relations student
from Atlanta, said Burke had a desire to make everyone
happy.
“Antonio always focused on the positive side of life,”
Iverson said. “My brother was a good student and an even
greater baseball player. There weren’t many days that went
by that he didn’t do something to perfect his craft.”
Iverson said she met Burke in her seventh biology class
and they remained friends for eight years.
“I will miss him as my big brother figure in my life…he
always looked out for me,” Iverson added. “I am proud to say
I knew Antonio and his memory will make me smile forever.”
Steven Pargett, 20, a third-year marketing student from
Los Angeles said the vigil opened his eyes to the
significance of life.
“What this said to me is that it is important for us to
be living our dreams today and celebrate life everyday,”
Pargett said.
Memorial services for Burke will be held at the Faith
Cathedral, 212 Riverside Pkwy., in Austell, Ga., on Jan. 15
at 11 a.m.
8-9-9
16U Titans Win AABC World Series and named National
Champions
Congrats to our 16U East Cobb Titans who claimed AABC Mickey
Mantle National Championship. The Titans played incredibly
well finishing the week 5-1 this past week. This past week
was one of the most impressive team performances that I have
ever seen. With the Titan down 2 run in the bottom of the
7th they scored the lead of hitter on a single to center field
cutting the lead to 4-3. Then with runners on 2nd 3rd with
a 1-2 count on the hitter, Caden Bailey singled up the middle.
midland's shortstop made an incredible stop throwing the ball to
first base missing his mark. Titan plated both runs on
that play winning the game in exciting fashion. The
Championship game was between the Dallas Patriot and EC Titans.
Titans got behind early trailing 1-0 after the 1st. Then
in the top of the 3rd the Titan scored 8 to cruise to a decisive
victory and its 5 National Championship in 4 years.
The 16U Titans played incredibly well this week. Sweeping
both their 1st and 2nd pools to advance to the Elite 8. In
the elite a double elimination bracket was formed. The 16U
Titans won their bracket in a playoff game on Sunday, having to
play Nor Call twice. In the 2nd game the 16U Titans swung
the bat incredibly well winning decisively in 3 innings 16-1.
The finals match East Cobb Astro's and East Cobb Titans with the
Astros winning the game and the CABA National Championship.
7-25-9
16U Titans Sweep AABC Regional at Pike County
The 16U Titans won the Southeast Regional Gaining a birth to the
AABC World Series in McKinney Texas by run ruling all teams in
the South East Regional Held at Pike County High School.
7-6-9
16U Titans reach Sweet 16 of 18U WWBA
The 16U Titans completed a tremendous run in the 18U World Wood
Bat Associations tournament held at East Cobb over the July 4th
week. The 16U Titans finished the tournament 5-1-1 making
the championship round of Sweet 16. The was a huge
accomplishment as the tournament consist of a 192 teams total.
Congrats gentlemen on your hard work and determination.
6-21-9
16U Titans Win 18U Winthrop Wood Bat Classic
The 16U Titans capped off a perfect weekend completing the 18U
Winthrop Wood Bat Classic with a 5-0 record holding on to
a victory in the Championship game versus Team Georgia at
Winthrop University Baseball Stadium
6-8-9
16U Titans Win BCS Regional Presented by Reebok
16U Titans went 7-0 during the tournament and 3-0 on
Championship Sunday. Defeating Knoxville Baseball Development,
Franklin Mustangs and the Tennessee Twisters for the
Championship. The game down to the final out and the
Titans won in nail biting fashion. Congrats 16U Titans!
6-1-9
14U TITANS Win CABA State
The Titans reach the finals by good hard work and a never
say die attitude, they were tied in the first game by a real
good Sandy Plains Team, and the next game they put away the
Georgia Prospects. The Titans entered
the third and most important game against a VERY good
Atlanta Wildcats Team and there they were equal to the task
and defeated them also. They had timely hitting good
defense, with a good mixture of pitching and beat a VERY
Strong 13 Year old Astros Team, it took 9.5 innings to win
this Championship and the win was a total team effort. All
of the players need to be congratulated on their efforts.
The EC Titans 14U record for this tournament was 4-0-1. The
Titans now have won 2 Championships and have one runner-up
spot to their credit for this young Spring/Summer 2009
Season.
The Team is Managed by Red Martin and Coached by Scott White
and Tony Dudek
Again
Congratulations EC Titans 14U
5-25-9
15U TITANS Finish 2nd in USSSA
16U Smoltz Grissom Wood Bat Classic
The 15U EC
Titans went 5-1 finishing 2nd in the USSSA 16U Smoltz
Grissom Wood Bat Classic. The Titans had to win 3 games on
Sunday in bracket play to get invited to the championship game
which was played at Turner Field on Memorial Day.
Congratulations to the ECB Titans 15U for an outstanding opening
tournament against some good 16U travel teams.
Congratulation to 14U East Cobb Titans Champions of 2009
East Cobb USSSA World Series Qualifier
Timely hitting and great pitching and good defense help the
14U EC Titans defeat a great 14U EC Astros Team Sunday in
the Championship Game of the USSSA World Series Qualifier
Tournament @ the East Cobb Complex.
The game was a see-saw affair and no one new until the last
out was made who the victor would be.This was a tremendous
ballgame between 2 of the BEST teams that you will see
anywhere in the 14 and under Division.
The Titans on the way to the Championship Game defeated the
EC Braves 10 to 4, the Alabama team 12 to 3 and shut out a
good Sandy Plains team 4 to 0 and defeated the Astros 10 to
9 for the Championship Game.
The E C Titans 14U are Managed by Red Martin , Coached by
Scott White and Tony Dudek
Coach Beam and former Titans after Georgia Tech vs Georgia
Southern game in Atlanta. (Left to Right) Matt Skole -Ga.
Tech, Evan Martin -Ga. Tech, Jarrett Didrick - Ga. Tech, and
Collin Snow - Ga. Southern. Not pictured also at played
during this game were Chris House and Tony Plagman from Georgia
Tech and Roman Grimaldi from Georgia Southern.
Former Titan -2006 and now Georgia Tech
stand out Matt Skole Named ACC Baseball Player of the Week
The freshman hit .667 with 11 RBI
last weekend
March 23, 2009
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Georgia Tech third baseman
Matt Skole has been named Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball
Player of the Week, while Duke's Andrew Wolcott was recognized
as the league's Pitcher of the Week for the period of March
15-22.
Skole, a freshman from Woodstock, Ga., went 10-for-15 (.667)
with three home runs and 11 RBI in last weekend's three-game
series at Virginia Tech. Skole's three-run homer highlighted a
six-run ninth-inning comeback in the Yellow Jackets' 10-9 win
over the Hokies in the series opener.
Skole also posted a career-high four hits, including his
second home run of the series, in Saturday's game. He then added
another three-run homer in the fourth inning of Sunday's series
finale, which was the hit that gave the Yellow Jackets the lead
for keeps. Skole finished that game 4-for-5 with five RBI.
For the week, Skole compiled slugging percentage of 1.043 in
the five games, helping Georgia Tech to a 4-1 record. He batted
.565 (13-for-23) with three homers, two doubles and 12 RBI. A
true freshman that has started every game at third base this
season, Skole currently leads the team in homers (7) and stands
second on the squad with a .389 batting average and in RBI (25).
Duke's Wolcott beat his second straight top-10 opponent
Saturday after holding No. 1 North Carolina to one earned run
over seven complete innings. Wolcott held the Tar Heels
scoreless for his first six innings before allowing two unearned
runs in the bottom of the seventh. The unearned runs ended a
streak of 15 consecutive scoreless innings.
Georgia Tech will return to action this week when it hosts
Georgia State (Tuesday, 6 p.m.) and No. 1 Georgia (Wednesday, 7
p.m.) for a pair of midweek contests. The Yellow Jackets will
then travel to Coral Gables, Fla., to face No. 4 Miami for a
three-game ACC series beginning Friday at 7 p.m. All five games
this week will be televised.
Matt Skole had three homers and two
doubles in five games last week.
Congrats
to
Luke Bole
Louisville Slugger Pre- Season 2nd Team All American
Special Congratulation
to the following Titan teams being ranked Nationally by
PGCrosschecker.com
14U EC Titans being ranked 25th
15U EC Titans being ranked 29th
16U EC Titans being ranked 21st
18U EC Titans being ranked 43rd
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Congrats to
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the third and most important game against a VERY good
Atlanta Wildcats Team and there they were equal to the task
and defeated them also. They had timely hitting good
defense, with a good mixture of pitching and beat a VERY
Strong 13 Year old Astros Team, it took 9.5 innings to win
this Championship and the win was a total team effort. All
of the players need to be congratulated on their efforts.
The EC Titans 14U record for this tournament was 4-0-1. The
Titans now have won 2 Championships and have one runner-up
spot to their credit for this young Spring/Summer 2009
Season.
