Updates from the World Series!

Read about Storm 10-Black's trip to the World Series here in the Gazette Leader.

Storm 10-Black World Series Fun Facts...

• Storm advanced to the Babe Ruth World Series by winning the Southeast Regional in a game-ending triple play!
• The Babe Ruth 10YO World Series was held in Crown Point, IN where 25 teams from around the world competed.
• Storm advanced to the playoff bracket with a 3-1 record in pool play, including one mercy win.
• Storm won their first playoff game with a come-from-behind surge and walk-off run in the bottom of the 6th inning.
• Storm advanced to the quarter finals where they lost to the championship team, Muscle Shoals, AL.
• Storm played an epic 13-inning game against Muscle Shoals and lost 0-1.
• The 13-inning game set a Babe Ruth record for the most innings played in a playoff game.
• The game trended on Tik Tok with more than 700 people watching at one point.
• Dexter Hinkle won the Home Run Derby skills competition, finally breaking a tie that continued for 5 extra rounds. 
• Bryce Donnelly caught all 13 innings of the final game and earned a Golden Glove award from the tournament directors.
• Ryan Potter scored the game-tying 2 runs in the walk-off win.
• Game announcers really liked Matthew Ryan's eye black artistry. They called him Matty Ice.

Aug 15

Unfortunately, Storm's World Series run ended today with an epic 13-inning game against the eventual tournament champs, Muscle Shoals. Final score 1-0. 

Aug 14

ABR Storm 10-Black advanced to the playoff bracket  with a 3-1 record in pool play. The first playoff game ended with a HUGE walk-off win for Storm. Down by 2 in the bottom of the 6th, Arlington scored 2 to tie it. With 2 outs--ground ball to center scored the winning run. Walk-off win! Play continues tomorrow.

Click the photo on the left to watch the walk-off action!

Aug 12

Another knock-out! Arlington beat Wenatchee, WA today 10-0 in five innings. This game confirmed that Arlington will advance to the championship bracket.

Tomorrow Arlington will play Southeastern KY. Both teams are the only undefeated teams in their division in pool play. There are 6 undefeated teams  at this point. There are 25 teams competing.

Aug 11

Arlington Storm beats Moravia, Czech Republic, 2-1, with a great play at the plate to keep Monrovia from tying the score!

Aug 10

Arlington Storm won the first game of pool play, beating Vincennes, IN 5-3 in their opening game!

Aug 9

Dexter Hinkle won the Home Run Derby and the World Series! He qualified to advance straight to the final round and competed with two others in a 10-swing round that ended in a tie. The next 5-swing round also ended in a tie. After five rounds of sudden death, Dex emerged as the champion!  Watch his final swing here!

ABR Storm 10-Black World Series Bound!

ABR Storm 10-Black, the 10u All-Star team, won their Southeast Regional tournament and are heading to the Babe Ruth World Series in Crown Point, Indiana.

They stormed through the tournament as the only undefeated team after pool play. They clinched the title with a 4-3 win over Bartow, FL on a game-ending triple play! Click the photo on the right of the team cheering to watch the triple play in action. Read more about this exciting tournament here in the Gazette Leader.

World Series events begin Aug. 8 and continue through Aug. 18. 

Here's how you can follow along...

All of the World Series events will be streamed on YouTube by Region Sports Network.

Here is a link to the tournament bracket on Tourney Machine.

Check out the slideshow of photos at the bottom of the page.

ABR Storm 12-Black hosted the Babe Ruth Cal Trail Virginia State Tournament, July 3-7. Sixteen teams from all over Virginia participated. Pool play games were played here in Arlington and also in Herndon. Playoff games were played in Arlington at Barcroft Park. More pictures are in the slide show at the bottom of the page.

GO STORM!

ABR Storm ended the first day of pool play at the top of the leader board for their division with 2 wins against Williamsburg and Radford. Next game Friday, July 5 against Greene County at noon on Barcroft 1.

Pictured above, Miles Quinn sliding into home to score the first run in a tight game against a perennial powerhouse, Williamsburg. Arlington won the game 2-1.

Storm finished pool play as the only undefeated team in their division. They will begin the playoff bracket tomorrow morning.

Storm defeated Gloucester 11-1 in the first playoff game and will advance to the semi-final game at 12:30 today.

Unfortunately, Storm's bid for the state championship ended today with  a loss to neighbor Pioneer, 11-7. Lots of action and great plays throughout the week from this team. Take a look at the slideshow below.

...had a tough draw for their state tournament. After a great first-game win over Stafford, they fell to Williamsburg and then to Peachtree to end their tournament early.

...won their Southeast Regional tournament and are heading to the Babe Ruth World Series in Crown Point, Indiana. They won 4-3 on a game-ending triple play!

World Series events begin Aug. 8 and continue through Aug. 18. Check back for a link to follow the team!

...advanced to the semi-finals in their state championship undefeated before falling to Winchester. They earned the sportsmanship award and a bid to their southeast regional where they were undefeated in pool play. They lost to West Raleigh in the championship game.

...advanced to the semi-final game of their state tournament played in Winchester, before losing to a strong Peachtree team, the state champions.