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2009 HIGHLIGHTS
July 19-20 - Both the 10u and 12u TABU Teams invaded Manteca for the USTBA "Go Deep" Tournament July 19-20. Both teams elected to play up in age to challenge themselves with the last tournament of the Spring/Summer Season. The 10u team playing in the 11u division was seeded #1 after 2 pool play games on Saturday. They came out victorious against a tough Clayton Valley Outlaws Team in the Semis before loosing to a tough Stanislaus Sting Team (that they had beat on Saturday). The boys battled the 115 deg heat on the turf in Manteca but came-up 1 game short of their goal. Great Season Boys!
The 12u TABU Team played in the highest age/division offered (13u Open). They took their 2-0 record (16 runs scored 1 run allowed) into championship play on Sunday. On Sunday in the semi's TABU started out slowly but ended up spraying the ball all around Fenway Park en-route to a 13-0 win versus the the Brentwood Boys. In the Championship Game, TABU would face-off against their long time friends, Davis Dynasty. The Dynasty started off strong while taking a 3-0 lead after 1 inning before the heat would slow them down. TABU would then take the lead in the 3rd inning and not look back winning 13-3 in a run shortened championship game. Great Job TABU!
May 9-10 - Sunnyvale, CA
TABU 12u WIN the 13u USSSA Twin Creeks Mothers Day Mayhem Tournament May 9-10. TABU goes 4-0 and only allowed 6 runs while scoring 24. The Team competed all weekend on the larger fields against older players on the way to the undefeated tournament. TABU led off on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over the Bombers Baseball Club. TABU then followed that up with a 5-1 victory over the NorCal Nationals. TABU received the #1 seed by only allowing 2 runs. TABU faced off against the Fremont Beasts in the Semi's and won easily 9-1. In the Championship, TABU faced off against the NorCal Nationals for the second time of the weekend. TABU would jump out to a 1-0 lead and then go down 2-1 before exploding for 4 runs to take a 5-2 lead. Bryce Dyrda would then hit a HR 310' to dead center to for a 7-2 lead. The game would end in a 7-3 victory for TABU! The team pounded out 20 hits in the 2 games on Sunday! Jake Sola was a rock on the mound all weekend and Bryce Dyrda pitched 4 outstanding innings versus the Nationals in the championship game.
April 17-19 - Manteca, CA
The Cougars game was one to remember.....Bryce Dyrda pitched an awesome game and TABU took a 1 run deficit into the bottom of the 6th inning. Lehman starts if off with a single and gets to 2nd on a botched pick-off play. He's then sacrificed in by a ball hit deep to left field by Sola. With 2 outs and the game tied, Stevenson steps up and hits a walk off homerun over the centerfielders head to win the game 3-2! TABU couldn't follow that up and with Sola pitching an awesome 5 innings vs Lamorinda their bats let them down again and lost to Lamorinda 1-0 forcing the "IF" Game. During the "IF" game, TABU got behind early but faught back to make it a game, loosing 9-4. Congrats Lamorinda, tally in the 5 games played this year, Lamorinda 3 Wins to TABU's 2 Wins!
April 13, 2009 - Woodland, CA
TABU 12u WIN USSSA SUPER NIT -On a sunny weekend in Woodland, CA the TABU 12u Team dominated their competition by going 5-0 and winning the last California Super NIT of the season. During the tournament, TABU outscored their opponents 42-3 while going undefeated. TABU used 10 pitchers during the weekend to shut their opponents down. This included a 1 hit shutout by Kaden Verdin vs Hard90 in Pool Play and a combined 4 hitter by Bryce Dyrda and Jake Sola versus Hard90 in the Championship Game. TABU was led offensively by Devin Lehman (.750 avg 3-3B, 1-2B), Elijah “Bear” Smith (.556 avg, 2B, 3B) and Kaden Verdin (.500 avg, 2B, 3B, HR). Lehman was named Offensive MVP. Cameron Smith was hard nosed behind the plate and was named defensive MVP. With the win, TABU earns a berth to the USSSA Elite World Series at Disney.
March 9, 2009 - Manteca, CA
TABU played up in the 13u "Open" (Premier/Major) Division of the Nations Baseball March Madness Tournament at Manteca BLD on March 7-8. The tournament was sure to be a good one with 2 of the top 12u Teams in the nation in attendance (TABU and Lamorinda Cougars) in addition to two of the top 13u Teams in NorCal (East Bay Hackers and Club All Star). The first game of the tournament had TABU facing off against the Cougars at 8 a.m. Both teams were held scoreless by good pitching and "untimely" hitting until the 6th inning when Lamorinda would score on an RBI single by Bicker. This ended up being the difference as the Cougars would get the best of TABU 1-0. In the game, TABU would strand 8 runners (6 in scoring position).
TABU would bounce back against the 13u Sonoma County Mets Team. TABU still flat at the plate finally ended up getting there offense going in the 3rd inning and won the game easily 6-2. TABU pitching duties would consist of Ryan Milligan, Cal Stevenson and Matthew Tarantino. With the 1-1 record and only giving up 3 runs, TABU would earn the 3rd Seed going into Championship Sunday. Club All Star was the 1st seed, Cougars #2 seed and East Bay Hackers the #4 seed.
In the first semi-final game of Sunday, TABU would face-off against Lamorinda Cougars. The Cougars brought in two players from Southern California to battle TABU in this early season tournament. The pitching dual would have Daniel Slominsky(Cougars) against Jake Sola (TABU). Leading off the game Matthew Tarantino would hit a double over the outstretched arms of the left fielder. Devin Lehman would then come up and pound an inside fastball deep to right field for an RBI triple which scored Tarantino. Lehman would then score a few pitches later on a pastball. This is all that Sola would need as he threw 6 scoreless innings of 1 hit ball. Kaden Verdin would come in to close the game with an 8 pitch 7th inning. Cal Stevenson led TABU on offense going 2-3, double. With the win, TABU would advance to the championship against the East Bay Hackers. The Hackers would win a close game against Club All Star in the other Semi Final Game. In that game, Cameron Cotton would pitch a complete game to best Club All Star 2-1.
In the Championship Game, Kaden Verdin (TABU) would face-off against Tangui (Hackers). Verdin would go 3 innings being relieved by Cal Stevenson and Devin Lehman. TABU's catcher, Sean Nicholson would shut down the Hackers running game by throwing out 3 runners attempting to steal. TABU would take an early lead and win the game easily 5-0. Leading the way for TABU on offense was Devin Lehman 3-4, 2 doubles, Matthew Tarantino 2-4, Cal Stevenson 1-3, double, Cameron Smith 1-1, 2 BB's, Trevor Larnach 1-3 and Jake Sola 1-3, double.
Jake Sola was named the tournament MVP after throwing 10 scoreless innings over the course of the tournament. TABU will take a few weeks off before playing in another 13u Tournament at Manteca BLD March 21-22. GREAT JOB TABU!
March 2, 2009 - Manteca, CA
TABU started the tournament off with a commanding 18-1 victory over the BV Bombers. Bailey Gaither and Cameron Smith combined for a 2 hitter. All 9 TABU players had at least 1 hit with Devin Lehman going 2-4, HR, Jake Sola 2-4, 2B, Cal Stevenson 2-3, Cameron Smith 2-4 and Bailey Gaither 3-3, Grand Slam.
In game 2, TABU faced off against the Headfirst Gamers. Kaden Verdin and Jake Sola combined for a 2 hitter as TABU again came-out on fire with 15 hits on its way to a 10-2 win. Leading the way on offense were Matthew Tarantino 2-3, HR, Devin Lehman 2-3, HR, Jake Sola 2-3, 2B, Cal Stevenson, 2-3, Ryan Milligan 2-3 and Bailey Gaither 2-3, 3B.
In the Semi’s, TABU faced off against the BV Bombers. This time Sean Nicholson and Jake Sola would combine for a No Hitter! The Bombers would keep the game close until the 4th inning when TABU would find it's rhythm and score 4 runs. TABU would then score 4 runs in the 5th to win the game 8-0. TABU had 8 hits with Ryan Milligan leading the way with 2-2, 2B. Kaden Verdin also came through with a 3B.
In the Championship Game, TABU would face off against the Delta Dawgs, which won a winner of a close 9-8 victory over the Gamers. Milligan of TABU would take the mound for the championship game. The Dawgs would take an early 1-0 lead with an unearned run in the bottom of the first. Both teams would go scoreless in the 2nd until TABU put up 5 runs in 3rd inning. Verdin would come in for relief in the 3rd to shutdown the Dawgs. TABU would score 5 more in the top of the 4th to take a commanding 10-1 lead. The Dawgs would score 3 in the 4th inning to cut the lead to 10-4 before Sola hit an off speed pitch off of the “Green Monster” to score the 11th and 12th runs of the game. Lehman would come in and close out the game with 6 pitches. Leading the way offensively was Tarantino 2-4, Sola 3-4, 2 3B’s, Verdin 2B and Stevenson 3B.
Feb 14-16, 2009 - Sunnyvale, CA
TABU participated in the 12u Major USSSA Presidents Day Super NIT February 14th. TABU shutout both the Santa Clara Young Guns and NorCal Grizzlies on their way to a 2-0 pool play record. TABU won the first game versus the Young Guns 5-0 and the second versus the NorCal Grizzlies 12-0 in a 4 inning game. TABU was the first seed after the first day of pool play. The weather would not cooperate and poured down on Saturday evening so the tournament had to be cancelled.
Next tournament is February 28 - March 1 in Manteca, CA www.mantecaheat.com
November 17, 2008
TABU 10u and 12u BOTH WIN USTBA TOURNEY
Manteca, CA - Three TABU Teams were in action Nov 15-16 at Big League Dreams - Manteca. Two teams (10u and 12u) came home with the championship trophies while the 11u Team lost a close championship game. The 10u Team outscored their opponents 47-7 on it's way to the 11-3 championship game win against Hard90. The 12u Team was even more dominating by outscoring their opponents 48-3! The 12u's finished off the weekend by beating the Santa Clara Young Guns 5-2!
The 12u's finished the fall season with a 24-5 record with 4 Championships (1-13u and 3-12u) out of 7 tournaments played! They will now take some time off before preparing to travel to SoCal for the MLK Super NIT in January.
The 10u's will continue to build on their 3rd Championship of the Fall and play in a few tournaments over the next month! GREAT JOB TABU AND KEEP IT GOING!
TABU OUTSCORES OPPONENTS 53-6 TO WIN 3rd TOURNEY IN A ROW!!!
Manteca, CA - TABU traveled to Big League Dreams in Manteca, CA to battle it out in a 16 Team 12u Super Series Tournament. Included in the tournament were the 12u Major Manor Jr. Dodgers which were undefeated in the fall season with 3 straight tournament championships. TABU went undefeated in Pool Play on Saturday by outscoring their opponents (EG Gunners and LBA Rangers) 25-1. With this, TABU were seeded #2 going into the 8 Team single elimination tournament on Sunday.
On Sunday, TABU would defeat Triple Play and PH Hawks to advance to the championship game. In the other Semi Final game, the Manor Jr. Dodgers defeated the Stockton Crushers 10-2 to advance to the championship game.
TABU would take an early 3-1 lead into the 5th inning against the Dodgers. In the bottom of the 5th, TABU would rally to score 6 runs and win easily 9-1! TABU is now riding a 12 game winning streak and 3 straight Championships into next weekends USSSA Tournament in Sacramento!
TABU WINS 12u MAJ FALL STATE TOURNAMENT
Sunnyvale, CA – On Oct 11-12 TABU brought a skeleton team of 10 players into the 12u Maj USSSA California Fall State Championships. In addition, two of the players hadn’t even picked-up a baseball since the Elite World Series at Disney the first week of August. That didn’t stop TABU from continuing on its winning ways. TABU would play 4 innings in its first game against the Vacaville Bulldogs in winning 10-0. The second game would have TABU facing off against Hard90 Baseball. This game was more of the same with TABU winning 10-1.
TABU would take their 2-0 Pool Play Record (20 runs scored – 1 run allowed) into Sunday as the 1st seed in their pool. The 2nd seed would be Hard90 followed by the Bulldogs. In Pool B, the Stockton Crushers would take a perfect record into Sunday as the 1st seed while the Davis Dynasty would be the 2nd Seed followed by the Oakland Bulldogs. The Dynasty and Vacaville Bulldogs would face off in the 1st rd game on Sunday morning with the Bulldogs winning by a score of 15-5. In the other early game, Hard90 would take down the Oakland Bulldogs 12-4. This would set-up semi-final games of TABU vs Vacaville Bulldogs and Stockton Crushers vs Hard90.
The Bulldogs played TABU tough until the 4th inning when TABU would pull ahead for the win 7-3. In the upset of the tournament, Hard90 would beat the Stockton Crushers 8-0 to advance them to the finals against TABU. TABU would score 4 runs in the top of the first highlighted by triples and a double. Hard90 would respond with 3 runs of their own in the bottom of the 1st. TABU would score another run in the 2nd inning to take a 5-3 lead before Hard90 would comeback to tie the game 5-5. At that point, TABU scored 9 runs to win the game easily 14-5 in 5 innings. Anthony Robbins would be named Tournament MVP while smashing 3 triples Championship Sunday. Jake Sola would also hit the ball hard and add 2 doubles in addition to Cal Stevenson hitting a triple of his own during the championship game. TABU is now 5-0 vs 12u Teams and 6-2 vs 13u Teams (3-2 vs 13 Maj) during the 2008 Fall Season!
TABU WINS 13u OPEN TOURNAMENT IN ELK GROVE
Elk Grove - During the weekend of September 27-28 the TABU 12u Team invaded the 13u USSSA Tournament in Elk Grove, CA. This tournament was sure to be a test for the younger TABU Team. In the first game of the tournament, TABU would loose to the tough 13u Maj Elk Grove Bulldogs 3-2. In the second game of the tournament, TABU handed the East County Maniacs a 13-1 loss. This led to a first round playoff game against the 13u Maj Elk Grove Thunder. The younger TABU Team wouldn't be intimidated by the much larger Thunder Team. Devin Lehman would only allow 3 hits and 1 earned run through 5 innings. Mitch Hart would come in to close the game out with 4 k's in the last 2 innings. TABU would win the game 4-2 and advance to the Championship Game against the EG Bulldogs. The Championship would be a battle until the end. 3 TABU pitchers (Hart, Sola and Robbins) would combine to keep the Bulldogs in check. TABU would leave 12 runners on base but were still able to win the game by a score of 2-1! Winning a tough tournament against very good 13u Competition would show why TABU is one of the premier 12u Teams in the Country!
August 25, 2008
TABU 12u #3 RANKED TEAM IN UNITED STATES
USSSA Super NIT Presidents Day Tournament Write-up
February 21, 2008 TRAVELBALL SELECT PRESIDENTS DAY WRITE-UP
TABU's FINAL 2008 RECORD 100-23-1
August 18, 2008 TABU Baseball is a highly competitive 11u baseball team based out of Northern California. Although only an 11u Team, TABU plays mainly 12u tournaments. TABU currently has an overall record of 100-23-1 since the beginning of the 2008 Season (9/1/08). This includes a 38-7-1 record against there own age group (11u) and 62-16 "Playing up" against 12u competition(AAA and Major).
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TABU 11u 2008 Accomplishments - Overall Record 95-22 (14 Championships)
12u Record - 62-16 ---- 9 Tournament Championships
12u Major BPA Summer Championships
11u Record - 38-7-1 ---- 5 Tournament Championships
SoCal - MLK USSSA Super NIT Champions
NorCal - Presidents Day USSSA Super NIT Champions
11u Maj California State Champions
2nd Place East Cobb, GA Tournament of Champions
3rd Place USSSA 11u Elite World Seris
#2 Power Ranked Team in the country by USSSA
#2 Ranked Team in the country by TravelballSelect
USSSA ELITE 24 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
August 6, 2008 TABU takes 3rd place at the 11u USSSA Elite World Series at Disney in Orlando Florida Aug 3-10.
TABU would dominate both games against Team Rattlers. The two wins would redeem the two losses they had against the Rattlers from last years Elite 24(scores below).
In the Semi-final game, TABU faced off against the Lamorinda Cougars (also from NorCal). TABU took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the 5th when a few untimely errors and a key hit allowed the Cougars to take the lead 4-2. Daniel Slominsky, the Lamorinda pitcher held the TABU hitters down to finish the complete game and take them through to the championship game.
Game #1 - TABU vs Oklahoma Jammers 11-3 (WIN)
Game #2 - TABU vs Texas Prospect Americans 5 - 5 (TIE)
Game #3 - TABU vs Armour Baseball 9-1 (WIN)
Game #4 - TABU vs Simi Valley Predators 9 - 4 (WIN)
Game #5 - TABU vs Team Rattlers 7 - 3 (WIN)
Game #6 - TABU vs Team Rattlers 14 - 6 (WIN)
Game #7 - TABU vs Lamorinda 2 - 4 (LOSS)
July 22, 2008 TABU WINS 12u BPA SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP
TABU Baseball faced off in the 12u Open BPA Summer Championship July 16-19 at the Twin Creeks Sports Complex in Sunnyvale, CA. This tournament hosted 14 teams that included the 12u NorCal Grizzlies (2007 Elite 24), 12u SV Yankees (2008 Elite 24 and #16 ranked Team in the US), 11u Lamorinda Cougars (#7 ranked team in US) and the Puyallup Cardinals (Washington).
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TABU now focuses their attention on traveling to Disney in Orlando, Fl for the USSSA Elite World Series which will crown the National Champion of travel ball in the 11u age division. Thousands of elite travel/tournament teams throughout the United States strive to make it to Disney but only 24 qualify to compete for the crown. Good luck TABU!!!!
TABU WINS 12u TOURNEY BY OUTSCORING OPPONENTS 44-4
TABU traveled to Davis, CA for a 12u Open tournament hosted by USSSA. There were 10 - 12u Teams and 2 - 11u Teams participating in this tournament. TABU got off to a fast start in their first pool play game of the tourney by beating the Loomis Pirates 14-1. TABU then followed up the win with a convincing 17-0 win over the Rio Linda Warriors. During pool play TABU pitched 5 pitchers on it's way to the #1 seeding.
With the #1 seed, TABU would have a 1st round bye in the Gold Bracket. TABU faced off against the determined 12u - Davis Blue Devil Team. Davis would have home field advantage but that wouldn't detour the talented TABU 11u Team. TABU jumped out to an early lead and took a 6-1 lead into the top of the 6th. The Blue Devils would score 2 runs during the 6th inning rally but TABU would cut it short on it's way to the 6-3 victory.
In the other semi final game, the 12u Maj Backyard Boys would face off against the 12u LBA Admirals. This would be a pitchers dual through most of the game with the Admirals having their hard throwing lefty on the mound and the BYB having their ace righty on the mound. The game was tied 2-2 going into the bottom of the 6th inning when the Admirals mounted a rally and ended the game on a squeeze bunt. The win would take the Admirals to the Championship Game against TABU.
TABU would dominate the game from the beginning. The TABU pitcher was rolling into the 3rd inning until a hard comebacker would richochet off his foot and take him off of the mound. With only 9 players, the pitcher would have to move to a position and TABU would bring in their ace pitcher to finish the game. TABU would spread 10 hits across 6 innings while shutting out the Admirals 7-0! While going 4-0 in the tournament, TABU outscored their 12u opponents 44-4! This was an outstanding weekend of baseball with the TABU team being shorthanded with only having 9 players available to play.
Next tournament is scheduled for July 12-13!
TABU WINS 11U MAJOR CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Less then a week after placing 2nd in the East Cobb, GA TOC Tournament TABU wins the 11u Major Califoria State Championship!
Still being a bit worn out by playing 9 games, 2500 miles away from home the week before, TABU started out slowly in pool play but beat the Stockton Crushers 12-3 on Saturday. Then, in the second pool play game of the day TABU surrenders 7 unearned runs in the 5th inning to loose to the Lamorinda Cougars.
On Sunday, TABU would dig deep and wouldn't allow a run on its way to their 2nd straight California State Championship! The first game of the day had TABU facing off against the Stockton Crushers. TABU outlasted the Stockton Crushers and won the game easily 4-0.
Lamorinda would be playing in the other semi-final against the NorCal Grizzlies. The Grizzlies would take a 10-5 lead into the bottom of the 6th inning. Lamorinda would battle back on 4 infield hits, a few walks and errors before loading the bases down 10-8. The Grizzlies would make a pitching change and on the first pitch, the Lamorinda hitter would ground out to 3rd base to end the game with the Grizzlies winning 10-8.
The long awaited showdown between TABU and Lamorinda would not take place based on Lamorindas loss in the Semi Finals. TABU would face the NorCal Grizzlies in the Championship Game. TABU jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the 1st inning and add 10 more over the next 2 innings to win the game easily 15-0 in 3 innings. The 3 inning no hitter would give TABU their 2nd straight California State Championship!
TABU will be back in action June 21-22 in a 12u Open tournament at Manteca Big League Dreams.
TABU TAKES 2ND PLACE IN THE 24 TEAM TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS AT THE BEAUTIFUL EAST COBB BASEBALL COMPLEX IN MARIETTA, GA.
TABU Baseball made the 2500 mile trip to East Cobb, GA to play in the East Cobb 11u Tournament of Champions. Five of the top ten 11u Teams in the
Country participated in this tournament(9 others were ranked or honorable mention). The tournament began with TABU winning both pool play games easily (11-0 and 8-1). TABU was the #4 seeded team after pool play based on the 17 run differential (only 1 run allowed). This allowed TABU to receive a bye in the 1st round of tournmament play. With the Virginia Storm beating the East Cobb Braves TABU would face off against the Storm. This game would end up being a classic with both teams battling it out into the 7th inning. TABU ended up winning the game in the 7th inning. With the win, TABU would face off against the Chiefs Baseball Club (winners vs N. Florida Hurricanes).
In a rematch of last years Cooperstown Championship Game, TABU would face off against the Chiefs. Behind a 1 hitter by Bryce Dyrda, TABU would beat the Chiefs by a score of 6-3 in 5 innings. This would set-up a match between TABU and the Florida Fire (winner of a game vs Homeplate Chili Dogs). TABU would take a 1-0 lead against the Florida Fire in the top of the 1st inning only to see the Fire score 4 in the bottom of the 1st. The Fire would prove the long ball on the small fields (225' fence) would be the difference maker. With time running out in the 5th inning, the Fire would be victorious 10-4. With the game finishing after 11 p.m., TABU would go back to the hotel for 6 hours sleep and be right back at the ballpark to battle the Mississippi Royals.
TABU would have the bats blazing and hit 3 homeruns (Bailey Gaither, Mitch Hart and Bryce Dyrda) and a few others off the wall to outlast the Royals 10-3. This would set-up a rematch between TABU and the Chiefs. A few rain delays in this game couldn't slow TABU's bats as they beat the Chiefs 10-2. In the game, Karsten Lee pitched 3 strong innings and Devin Lehman came in to pitch 2 innings in relief. Cameron Smith would have a HR and Bryce Dyrda would have 2 HR's and 6 RBI's.
With the win, TABU would have a re-match against the Florida Fire (loosers to the EC Astros 9-8). Behind a strong pitching performance by Bryce Dyrda, TABU would send the Fire home with a 10-3 win. In the game, Dyrda would hit his 4th homerun of the day!
In TABU's 4th game of the day, they would face off against the East Cobb Astros in the Championship. With 6 hours of sleep and 8 hours of baseball under their belts, TABU would run out of "gas" and loose to the Astros by a score of 8-0.
Overall, TABU goes 7-2 and beat the #3,#7(twice)and #10 teams in the country.
We would like to thank the East Cobb Astros and everyone involved in this tournament as it was a great experience for the TABU family. The East Cobb Baseball Complex is second to none and all the boys and family had a great time!
FINAL SCORES FOR TABU
POOL GAME #1: WIN (11-0) vs EAST COBB BRAVES (GA)
POOL GAME #2: WIN (8-1) vs VIPERS BASEBALL Academy (AL)
WIN (7-6) vs VIRGINIA STORM (VA)(RANKED #10)
WIN (6-3) vs CHIEFS BASEBALL (GA)(RANKED #7)
LOSS(10-3) vs FLORIDA FIRE (FL)(RANKED #3)
WIN (10-3) vs MISSISSIPPI ROYALS (MS)
WIN (10-2) vs CHIEFS BASEBALL (GA)(RANKED #7)
WIN (10-3) vs FLORIDA FIRE (FL)(RANKED #3)
LOSS (8-0) vs EAST COBB ASTROS (GA)(RANKED #2)
TABU PLACES 2nd IN 12u TOURNEY
Tabu battles through 100+degree weather to place 2nd in the 11 Team 12u Triple Crown Tournmament 5/18-19. The team got off to a slow start on Saturday with a 8-2 loss in the first pool play game. They then rebounded and won the 2nd pool play game 13-1.
TABU ended as the #7 seeded team after pool play. They faced off against the EG Thunder in the first game on Sunday. With a dominating pitching performacne TABU took an 8-0 lead going into the 6th inning. TABU would win the game easily 8-2. In the Semi-Final Game TABU faced off against the LBA Admirals. This game was a pitchers duel that ended in a TABU Win 4-2. During the game, the TABU pitcher had a dominating performance with 13 K's!
The Championship Game had TABU facing off against the Danville Renegades (Renegades beat the 11u Lamorinda Cougars 12-6 in the Semis). With TABU having to play back-to-back games (3rd of the day) in VERY HOT temperature they battled to a 1-1 tie through 4 innings. The Renegades then scored 3 runs with 2 outs in the 5th inning to take a 4-1 lead. TABU battled back in the bottom of the 5th to close the gap to 4-2. Neither team would score in the 6th inning as the Renegades won the game by a score of 4-2.
Playing through the heat and facing 2 of the top 12u pitchers in NorCal (throwing 72 mph+) was a good test for TABU going into the TOC at East Cobb, Ga (May 29-June 1)! The boys played well and had 2 dominating pitching performances of their own on Championship Sunday.
TABU WINS USSSA 12u OPEN TOURNAMENT BY GOING 5-0 AGAINST THE COMPETITION (May 10-11)
Tabu outscores the competition in this 12u tournament 40-7 on the way to its 11th Championship of the 2008 Season! TABU had their bats blazing with 51 hits, including 16 extra base hits in the 5 game tournament! TABU's pitching was fierce and defense was even better.
One tournament left before taking the trip to East Cobb Georgia for the Tournament of Champions Tournament! Great job boys and keep the momentum rolling!
TABU WINS 12u TRIPLE CROWN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!!!
12u TRIPLE CROWN TOURNAMENT - 4/19-20
TABU faced off against 2 tough SoCal 12u Teams and the always tough 12u Major SV Bulldogs from NorCal this weekend in the Paso Robles Triple Crown Tournament. TABU ended 2-0 in pool play after beating the SGV Cobras 5-4 and the Ventura Pirates 12-6.
The SGV Cobras won a tight 7 inning contest against the SV Bulldogs in the first semi-final game of the day. TABU proceeded in beating the tough minded Ventura Pirates by a score of 3-2.
This set-up a championship contest against the SGV Cobras. The Cobras had their ace pitcher on the mound throwing to face off against the younger TABU 11u Team. This game went back and forth before TABU took a 6-1 lead going into the 4th inning. The Cobras would proceed to hit the ball hard to crawl back into the game 6-4. In the top of the 6th with the game still at 6-4, TABU would strike out the 1st hitter but he would reach on an error. The TABU pitcher would proceed to get himself out of it by throwing a 4-6-3 double play ball. The last Cobra hitter would ground out to 1st base. With that, TABU would take home the hardware with the 6-4 win over the SGV Cobras!!!
Great job boys, only 3 more tournaments before traveling to Georgia! Keep working hard and good things will come! Don't forget your homework assignment!
Results From the April 12-13 USSSA 12u Tournament in Fremont, CA
TABU won 3 pool play games on Saturday 4/12 (Atwater Thunder 10-1, SV Mustanges 13-5 and Delta Dawgs 6-1) before being seeded #1 for Championship Play on Sunday.
On Sunday, TABU faced off against the Delta Dawgs for the 2nd time in as many games. This time, the Dawgs would go down "swinging" and battled TABU to a 4-4 tie through 5 1/2 innings. In the bottom of the 6th Inning, TABU led off with a triple and a sac fly would secure the victory. In the Championship, TABU would face-off against the Danville Renegades who had just beat the Folsom Flames 15-2. The Renegades would have the momentum and their ace pitcher on the mound to face off against TABU. Both teams played well and with a tie game in the top of the 6th inning, the Renegades would hit a towering pop-up in the infield that was lost in the sun. The ball fell helpless and allowed the Renegades to take the lead 3-2. TABU would have the "hammer" but couldn't manufacture a run in the bottom of the 6th and lost 3-2. This was a good game in VERY HOT weather. TABU still holds a 2-1 victory edge against the Renegades but when these 2 teams step on the field you know it will come down to the wire.
Results From the April 5-6 Triple Crown 12u Major Tournament
The TABU 11 Year old team played in a highly competitive 12u Triple Crown Tournament this past weekend (4/5-6). Participating in this tournament is the top 4 - 12u Major Teams in Northern California (SV Yankees, Backyard Boyz, SV Bulldogs and NorCal Grizzlies). Also playing in this tournament is the Danville Renegades and the 12uAAA Presidents Day Super NIT Champions - East Bay Hackers!
TABU began the tournament with a 6-1 win over the Danville Renegades. TABU then faced off against the #2 - 12u Team in the country(SV Yankees - based on USSSA points). The SV Yankees are also the #1 12u Team in Norcal and qualified to play in the 12u Elite WS. TABU fought back from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game 3-3 only to loose 8-3. Even though TABU outhit the Yankees they made a few crucial errors that helped the Yankees to victory.
As the #3 seeded team after pool play, TABU faced off against the SV Bulldogs. The Bulldogs are the #2 Ranked 12u Team (3rd in power ranking) in Norcal. The Bulldogs got on the board first but TABU battled back and tied the game 6-6 in the bottom of the 6th. TABU held the Bulldogs in the 7th and then finished the game on a 270' bomb with 2 on in the bottom of the 7th!
With the win, TABU would take on the #3 ranked 12u Team in Norcal - Norcal Grizzlies. The Grizzlies had there ace pitcher on the mound for this semi-final match. TABU tied the game at 2 in the 5th inning only to watch the Grizzlies score in the bottom of the 5th to hold on to a 3-2 victory.
TABU showed that as an 11 year old team, they can compete and win against any 12u Team in Norcal!
TABU Baseball was featured on the www.Travelballselect.com website Friday 2/29/08. Select the following link to take you to the article: TABU Article on Travel Ball Select
TABU ends March Madness Tournament with a 4-1 record and a runners-up finish of the 12u AAA Tournament. This ends TABU's run of 5 straight tournament championships. TABU outscored opponents in the tournament 64-16 but fall short 5-4 during a spirited championship game. Next tournament is March 22-23!!!!
