2003 WEEK #2 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Cooperstown Dreams Park

2003 WEEK #2
CHAMPIONSHIP

2003 WEEK #2 Championship Game

Championship Game - June 26, 2003 1 2 3 4 5 6 FINAL SCORE

North Alabama Vipers (AL)
0 1 0 0 0 2 3

Georgia Roadrunners (GA)
0 0 0 1 0 1 2

Pitchers:
Georgia Roadrunners: Drew Fithiam and Jordan Neese (5th)
North Alabama Vipers: Darron Barry, Bruce Maxwell (5th) and Cooper Mosely (6th)

Home Runs:
Taylor Edwards (North Alabama) 2nd inning, none on
Jordan Neese (Georgia) 4th, none on
Joe Ivey (North Alabama) 6th, none on

Game Started at 9:40 PM - Game Endd at 11:20 PM - GAME TIME 1:40

2003 Week #2 Championship Game Starting Lineups

NO	North Alabama Vipers (AL)	POS	NO	Georgia Roadrunners (GA)	POS
10	Cooper Mosely	RF	3	Drew Steckenrider	LF
12	Austin Golden	2B	10	Drew Fithiam	P
2	Joe Ivey	C	6	Cody Stubbs	1B
3	Bruce Maxwell	SS	5	Jordan Neese	SS
11	Taylor Edwards	CF	11	Tommy Corbin	2B
1	Arthur Strauss	DH	14	Colton Chapple	C
15	Darron Barry	P	1	Brian Adams	CF
7	Ryan Diehl	LF	4	Matt Plate	RF
13	Clay Wales	1B	2	Parker Jackson	3B
9	Joshua Carpenter	3B	13	Matt Ivie	EH

The opening pitch was thrown out by a young man who has been an avid participant of baseball for the last 13 years. At 16 years old, Tim Murray has been a part of the coaching staff for gthe Kentucky Kids from Villa Hills, Kentucky for the last three years. His players believe him to be the best coach ever!

Umpires: Home Plate: Kevin Smith (Lawrenceville, GA); First Base: T.C. Cameron (Ferndale, MI); Second Base: Mark Edes (Annapolis, MD); Third Base: Lou Margolin (Coconut Creek, FL); Left Field: Richard Turner (Ormond Beach, FL) and Right Field: Ed O'Dell (Whitman, MA)

Inning -By-Inning 2003 Week #2 Championship Game Information

First Inning:
North Alabama Vipers: Mosely walked and stole second base. Austin Golden struck out. Joe Ivey grounded out to first unassisted. Bruce Maxwell also grounded out to first. No runs, no hits, one left on base.

Georgia Roadrunners: Drew Stenkenrider struck out swinging. Drew Fithian flied out to center field. Cody Stubbs flied out to the third baseman in foul territory. No runs, no hits, no errors, noone left on base.

Second Inning:
North Alabama Vipers: Taylor Edwards hit a HOME RUN to left field. Arthur Strauss groundsed out shortstop to first. Ryan Diehl struck out. Clay Wales reached first base on an error by the shortstop. Joahua Carpenter grounded out to third base. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error & 1 man left on base.

Georgia Roadrunners: Jordan Neese grounded out third to first. Tommy Corbin struck out looking. Colton Chapple made it to second on an error by the leftfielder. Brian Adams struck out swinging. no runs, no hits, 1 error and 1 left on base.

Third Inning:
North Alabama Vipers: Cooper Mosely pops up to second. Austin Golden strikes out swinging. Joe Ivey grounds out second to first. no runs, no hits, no errors and no men left on base.

Georgia Roadrunners: Matt Plate strikes out swinging. Parker Jackson pops out to the pitcher. Matt Ivie gets Georgias first hit of the game down the 3rd baseline. Ivie takes second on a passed ball. Drew Steckenrider strikes out swinging. no, one hit, no errors and one man left on base.

Fourth Inning:
North Alabama Vipers: Bruce Maxwell hits hard ground ball to right center. Bruce Maxwell goes to second on a passed ball. Taylor Edwards gets on with a walk. Arthur Strauss strikes out swinging. Wesley Hughes bats for Ryan Diehl. Hughes lays down a sac bunt and is thrown out at first, Maxwell goes to third & Edwards goes to second. Jashua Cyr bats for Clay Wales. Cyr strikes out. no runs, 1 hit, no errors and 2 men left on base.

Georgia Roadrunners: Drew Fithian flies out to centerfield. Cody Stubbs strikes out swinging. Jordan Neese hits a HR to CF. Tommy Corbin grounds out short to first. 1 run, 1 hit, no errors and noone left on base.

Fifth Inning:
North Alabama Vipers: Now pitching Jordan Neese. Joshua Carpenter strikes out swinging. Cooper Mosely strikes out swinging. Austin Golden grounds out to the pitcher. no runs, no hits, no errors and noone left on base.

Georgia Roadrunners: Bruce Maxwell comes into pitch. Colton Chapple flies out to short center. Brian Adams walks. Adams steals second. Kevin Herlihy bunts to pitcher and is thrown out at first and Adams is then thrown out at home.

Sixth Inning:
North Alabama Vipers: Joe Ivey hits a HR to CF. Bruce Maxwell grounds out to first base. Taylor Edwards hits a 1B to CF. Edwards steals second. Arthur Strauss walks. Ryan Diehl strikes out swinging. Clay Wales hits an RBI 1B to CF. Edwards scores. Wales goes to second on an error, Strauss to third. Josh Carpenter flied out to the shortstop. 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error and 2 left on base.

Georgia Roadrunners: Hunter Beach strikes out. Drew Steckenrider hits a 1B to RF. Drew Fithian singles. Cooper Mosely comes into pitch. Runners advance on a passed ball. Cody Stubbs was intentionally walked. Jordan Neese hits into a force out at second base scoring Steckenrider. Neese steals second. Tommy Corbin strikes out and is thrown out at first when the ball gets away from the catcher, 1 run, 2 hits, no errors and two left on.

FINAL SCORE:
#4 North Alabama Vipers (Huntsville, Alabama) 3
#2 Georgia Roadrunners (Alpharetta, Georgia) 2

2003 Week #2 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FINAL BOX SCORE

North Alabama Vipers (Alabama)

NO NAME POS AB R H 2B HR RBI'S

10
Cooper Mosely
RF/SS 2 0 0 0 0 0

12
Austin Golden
2B 3 0 0 0 0 0

2
Joe Ivey
C 3 1 1 0 1 1

3
Bruce Maxwell
SS/P 3 0 1 0 0 0

11
Taylor Edwards
CF 2 2 2 0 1 1

1
Arthur Strauss
DH/RF 2 0 0 0 0 0

15
Darron Barry
P 0 0 0 0 0 0

7
Ryan Diehl
LF 2 0 0 0 0 0

8
Wesley Hughes
PH 0 0 0 0 0 0

13
Clay Wales
1B 2 0 1 0 0 1

14
Joshua Cyr
PH 1 0 0 0 0 0

9
Joshua Carpenter
3B 3 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS

23 3 5 0 2 3

NO PITCHING IP AB K BB H R ER

15
Darron Barry (Winning Pitcher)
4 15 6 0 2 1 1

3
Bruce Maxwell

1 1/3
5 1 0 2 0 0

10
Cooper Mosely
2/3 2 1 1 0 1 1

TOTALS
6 22 8 1 4 2 2

Georgia Roadrunners (Georgia)

NO NAME POS AB R H 2B HR RBI'S

3
Drew Steckenrider
LF 3 1 1 0 0 0

10
Drew Fithiam
P/3B 3 0 1 0 0 0

6
Cody Stubbs
1B 2 0 0 0 0 0

5
Jordan Neese
SS/P 3 1 1 0 1 2

11
Tommy Corbin
2B 3 0 0 0 0 0

14
Colton Chapple
C 2 0 0 0 0 0

1
Brian Adams
CF 1 0 0 0 0 0

4
Matt Plate
RF 1 0 0 0 0 0

12
Kevin Herlihy
PH 1 0 0 0 0 0

15
Hunter Beach
PH 1 0 0 0 0 0

2
Parker Jackson
3B/SS 1 0 1 0 0 0

TOTALS

21 2 4 0 1 2

NO PITCHING IP AB K BB H R ER

10

Drew Fithiam
4 15 5 2 2 1 1

5

Jordan Neese
2 9 3 1 3 1 1

TOTALS 6 24 8 3 5 3 2

OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER : STEPHANIE BANKS

2003 Week #2 Championship Game Notes:

North Alabama Vipers:

Ranked #1 nationally in USSA Baseball for 2003

The Vipers are being featured in the July/August edition of Junior Baseball Magazine.

Joe Ivey, who has hit 6 home runs this week, set a Cooperstown Dreams Park record for most assists by a catcher in one week with five (5).

Taylor Edwards and Bruce Maxwell each hit four home runs this week, Austin Golden has 3, Arthur Strauss had 2 and Josh Carpenter and Cooper Mosley each have 1.

Georgia Roadrunners:

Jordan Neese has let the team offensively batgting 24-for-33 with 17 singles, 2 doubles and 5 home runs.

Drew Steckenrider has 4 home runs, including a 2-run walk-off dinger to win the semi-final game.

Colton Chapple has 2 grand slams.

Drew Fithiam hit a grand slam this week.

Matt Plage, Cody Stubbs and Tommy Corbin have each hit home runs.

Cody Stubbs pitched 6 scoreless innings in the semi-final game.

How The Championship Teams got to the Championship

North Alabama Vipers Opponents and Scores
defeated #29 Exton Eagles (PA) 13-1
defeated #13 Norcross Blue Devils (GA) 5-1
defeated #5 Florida Seadogs (FL) 2-1
defeated #9 Oak Forest Storm (IL) 7-0

Georgia RoadrunnerOpponents and Scores
defeated #62 BP Bombers (PA) 13-1
defeated #46 Utah Mudcats (UT) 5-2
defeated #10 McHenry County Hurricanes (IL) 7-0
defeated #3 Ocee Stars (GA) 3-1

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2003 Week #2 Champions - NORTH ALABAMA VIPERS (Huntsville, Alabama)

2003 Week #2 Runnersup - GEORGIA ROADRUNNERS (Alpharetta, Georgia)

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