Manchester Youth Baseball Team Wins State Tournament

The 2016 10U Longshots. Bottom Row(left to right) Tyler Craig, Jayden Fellers, Gaige Turner, Cole Pippenger and Boo Greene. Top Row(left to right) Brayden Williams, Beau Murray, Nolan Jernigan, Jayron Morris, Kyler Terry [Photo Provided]

The 2016 10U Longshots. Bottom Row(left to right) Tyler Craig, Jayden Fellers, Gaige Turner, Cole Pippenger and Boo Greene. Top Row(left to right) Brayden Williams, Beau Murray, Nolan Jernigan, Jayron Morris, Kyler Terry [Photo Provided]

The 10U Longshots Baseball team based out of Manchester traveled to Pigeon Forge this past weekend to the Ripken Experience to participate in the Ripken Big Bend State Tournament.   On Saturday, the Longshots went 2-0 during pool play.   On Sunday in the single elimination portion of the tournament, the Longshots went 3 and 0 to claim the title.

On Sunday, the Longshots defeated the North Georgia Bulldogs 2-0 in the opening round game. In the semifinals, they dropped the Carolina Reds 8-1 for a berth in the championship game.  In the title game, the Longshots were matched up against Minion Baseball from North Carolina.   The Longshots brought home the championship by a score of 5-3.

The Longshots are now 23-4 on the season.  In the 7 tournaments they have competed in, the Longshots have captured 4 championship trophies and 2 championship runner up trophies.