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Spots filling up for one of Summers Best Events: VBC

In 2011 ProspectSelect and Hardball teamed up to do put on an event where players could participate in a showcase that really catered to both College Coaches and Professional Scouts. One huge difference from other showcases, was the addition of a tournament (VBC) held right after that allows players to re group with their travel team and allow these coaches/scouts to continue to follow them the rest of the week.

With torrential downpours in 201, the Hardball/Prospect Select staff worked around the clock to get all of the games in and resulted in a 16u and 18u Championship at the end of the tournament. This year, the staff has been at work to make it an even better event for everyone involved. The Vero Beach classic is back! and this time around, it’s bigger & better!

The Vero Beach Classic has extended the tournament from 3 full days to 5 full days allowing more flexibility, Live results will be posted using point streak technology to update teams and fans with all the scores and pool standings, The Prospect Select Eastern Topps showcase will run the days before tournament play begins and will once again one of the best amatuer showcases in the country. Last but not least, in the first year (2011) there was 60 different travel teams that participated in the Innaugural Vero Beach Classic with over 70 colleges and pro scouts in attendance. This year there are already over 80 teams registered which include the very best travel teams in the state of FL, Puerto Rico and Curacao!!!!

 

The 2012 Vero Beach Classic is shaping up to be one of the best amateur events of the 2013 summer!!!!

Vero Beach Classic 2013

The 2nd annual Vero Beach Classic will be held on June 7-11th at the Vero Beach Sports Village (Formerly Dodgertown) and its surrounding fields and venus. ProspectSelect and Hardball Team up to host one of the states very best events in terms of competition and scouting attraction as last year over 60 college coaches and pro scouts attended the event over the Fri – Sun event.

 

This year, to improve the experience of teams, players, and scouts we have expanded the event over 5 overall days instead of just a weekend, with June 12th being a make up day in case of rain. (Games will be played after the Eastern T.O.P.P.S. showcase).

Last Years Participants included : FTB, SF Elite, Orlando Scorpions, Palm Beach Pal, SWFL, Florida Hardballers, Atlanta Blue Jays, Score International, Palm Beach Select, and many more………….

Fall Showcase Tournament!

The Fall Showcase Tournament is a 4 game guarantee wood bat event. Games will begin the night of Friday October 19th. Some of the best teams in the state will be in attendance like FTB Teams, Orlando Scorpions, SF Elite Squad, SWFL Baseball and many more. ( We will update the list as commitments come in)

 

 

 

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SF Elite Squad Captures both 18u and 16u titles.

The South Florida Elite Squad 16u Red captured the first championship of the afternoon by defeating a very good and scrappy Palm Beach Shockers team. The Shockers had beat both the Elite Squad 16u White and 15u before the Championship game. The South Florida Elite Squad 16u Red  has had a pretty impressive summer and has certainly gotten pretty hot over the last few weeks. Congratulations to 16u Champions!

The SF Elite Squad 17u White got a rematch against the SF Breakers 18u, this time the Squad came out on top. These two teams matched up against each other at the Vero Beach Classic earlier this summer. To add a little bit of spice to the match-ups a lot of the Breaker 18u players played for the SF Elite Squad last year (Elite does not carry 18u teams).  So many of the players are familiar with each other and have a friendly rivalry every time they match up. In the first matchup the breakers won off a walk off double from a former Elite Player, this time around it wasn’t so dramatic. Elite built an early 6-0 lead and held on for a 8-5 victory.

Congratulations to all final four teams on a terrific tournament!

 

GM #	DATE	DAY	POOL	TIME	TEAM	SCORE	TEAM	FIELD
1	2-Aug	Thur	A	9:00 AM	Florida Extreme 16u		Mavericks Baseball	FAU Stadium
7	2-Aug	Thur	A	2:00 PM	Mavericks Baseball		SF Elite Squad 16u	FAU Stadium
11	2-Aug	Thur	A	4:30 PM	Florida Extreme 16u		SF Elite Squad 15u	FAU Auxiliary
17	3-Aug	Fri	A	11:30 AM	Mavericks Baseball		SF Elite Squad 15u	FAU Stadium
19	3-Aug	Fri	A	11:30 AM	Florida Extreme 16u		SF Elite Squad 16u	Lynn University
24	3-Aug	Fri	A	4:30 PM	SF Elite Squad 15u		SF Elite Squad 16u	FAU Auxiliary
2	2-Aug	Thur	B	9:00 AM	SF Elite Squad 16u White		South Florida Clippers 16u	FAU Auxiliary
4	2-Aug	Thur	B	11:30 AM	Hardcore Baseball Black 16u		Palm Beach Schockers	FAU Stadium
12	2-Aug	Thur	B	4:30 PM	Palm Beach Schockers		South Florida Clippers 16u	Lynn University
16	3-Aug	Fri	B	9:00 AM	Hardcore Baseball Black 16u		SF Elite Squad 16u White	Lynn University
21	3-Aug	Fri	B	2:00 PM	Palm Beach Schockers		SF Elite Squad 16u White	FAU Auxiliary
23	3-Aug	Fri	B	4:30 PM	Hardcore Baseball Black 16u		South Florida Clippers 16u	FAU Stadium
3	2-Aug	Thur	C	9:00 AM	Mizuno Edge		SB Baseball 17u	Lynn University
5	2-Aug	Thur	C	11:30 AM	Florida Xtreme 18u		Hardcore Baseball Black 18u	FAU Auxiliary
8	2-Aug	Thur	C	2:00 PM	Florida Xtreme 18u		SF Breakers 18u	FAU Auxiliary
15	3-Aug	Fri	C	9:00 AM	Hardcore Baseball Black 18u		Mizuno Edge	FAU Auxiliary
20	3-Aug	Fri	C	2:00 PM	Florida Xtreme 18u		Mizuno Edge	FAU Stadium
22	3-Aug	Fri	C	2:00 PM	SB Baseball 17u		SF Breakers 18u	Lynn University
25	3-Aug	Fri	C	4:30 PM	Hardcore Baseball Black 18u		SB Baseball 17u	Lynn University
28	4-Aug	Sat	C	9:00 AM	Mizuno Edge		SF Breakers 18u	FAU Auxiliary
30	4-Aug	Sat	C	11:30 AM	SB Baseball 17u		Florida Xtreme 18u	FAU Stadium
35	5-Aug	Sat	C	2:00 PM	Hardcore Baseball Black 18u		SF Breakers 18u	Lynn University
31	4-Aug	Sat	Conso	11:30 AM	Pool A 3rd Place		Pool B 3rd Place	FAU Auxiliary
34	4-Aug	Sat	Conso	2:00 PM	Pool A 4th Place		Pool B 4th Place	FAU Auxiliary
6	2-Aug	Thur	D	11:30 AM	Hardcore Baseball Red 18u		South Florida Clippers 18u	Lynn University
9	2-Aug	Thur	D	2:00 PM	Hardcore Baseball Red 18u		Renegades 17u	Lynn University
10	2-Aug	Thur	D	4:30 PM	South Florida Clippers 18u		SF Elite Squad 17u White	FAU Stadium
13	2-Aug	Thur	D	7:00 PM	Renegades 17u		The Field House Bluejays	FAU Stadium
14	3-Aug	Fri	D	9:00 AM	Hardcore Baseball Red 18u		SF Elite Squad 17u White	Lynn University
18	3-Aug	Fri	D	11:30 AM	Renegades 17u		SF Elite Squad 17u White	FAU Auxiliary
26	3-Aug	Fri	D	7:00 PM	The Field House Bluejays		South Florida Clippers 18u	FAU Stadium
27	4-Aug	Sat	D	9:00 AM	Renegades 17u		South Florida Clippers 18u	FAU Stadium
29	4-Aug	Sat	D	9:00 AM	SF Elite Squad 17u White		The Field House Bluejays	Lynn University
32	4-Aug	Sat	D	11:30 AM	Hardcore Baseball Red 18u		The Field House Bluejays	Lynn University
33	4-Aug	Sat	Playoffs	2:00 PM	Pool A #1		Pool B #2	FAU Stadium
36	4-Aug	Sat	Playoffs	4:30 PM	Pool B #1		Pool A #2	FAU Stadium
37	5-Aug	Sun	Playoffs	9:00 AM	16u Championship		Game	FAU Stadium
38	5-Aug	Sun	Playoffs	9:00 AM	Pool C #1		Pool D #2	FAU Auxiliary
39	5-Aug	Sun	Playoffs	11:30 AM	Pool D# 1		Pool C # 2	FAU Stadium
40	5-Aug	Sun	Playoffs	2:00 PM	18u Championship			FAU Stadium

Breakers claim VBC title in Walk off Fashion

The championship game would take place between 2 undefeated teams on Sunday. The # 2 seed SF Breakers and the # 4 seed SF Elite Squad 17u White. Having a bye in the first round the Breakers defeated Hardcore Baseball Black in the semi final and the Elite Squad took on Renegades Baseball 18u the #1 overall seed before defeating them 6-0.

 

In the final matchup of what was a rain shortend weekend two lefties (Jimmy Wright ’12) Breakers and (Michael Mediavilla ’14) for the Elite. Both pitchers got comfortable early on and dominated the game allowing 0 runs on both sides.

 

The game remained tied going into the bottom of the 7th inning. After a walk issued to the lead off batter Elite pitcher picked up 2 straight outs off of Breaker hitters. Coming down to the last and final out 2012 catcher John McNamara smacked a game winning single to deep LF to score the winning run resulting in a 1-0 walk off win to claim the championship.

 

Congratulations to the 18u SF Breakers on winning the 18u Vero Beach Classic.