A collection of hitting and home runs powered Team Anderson of Placentia, California to a 7-6 victory over the Peachtree City National Travel Team of Peachtree City, Georgia, to claim the National American Tournament of Champions (N.A.T.C.) title on Thursday night. Kenny Mathews led Team Anderson with two home runs and 3 RBI, while Andre Real, Slater Putland, Troy Prasertsit and Ty Moore each contributed with home runs. Prasertsit earned himself winning pitcher honors, as he struck out seven of the 17 batters that he faced. He only allowed five hits and one earned-run. Team Anderson earned the sixth seed in the 95-team single elimination tournament bracket. They knocked off the #38 seed California Golden Gaters on Wednesday evening, 12-0. Then, when on to defeat the #11 seed Arizona Landsharks and #30 seed Southwest Sidewinders (AZ) 13-0 and 5-0, respectively. In the final four they defeated the Franklin Square Huskies (NY), 17-11, to play in the N.A.T.C. finals. Jared Walsh led the Peachtree City National Travel team with two hits, including one home run and one RBI and Addison Russell added a solo shot to right field in the bottom of the first inning. Austin Neary of Peach tree City came on to pitch in relief to strikeout six batters and allow four hits and four earned runs. The Peachtree City National Travel Team, comprised of top-level ball players from Georgia, Maryland, Florida and Texas, earned the 4th seed in the single-elimination tournament. They defeated the #29 seed Metro Baseball Academy of Oregon, 13-1, then continued their run on Thursday morning beating the #13 seed California Yankees, 10-2; the #12 seed Team Rawlings Black, 3-2 and the #33 seed Boys of Baseball National Travel Team, 7-0, to reach the finals. The N.A.T.C. is a culmination of the top ball players from around the country and who have participated at Cooperstown Dreams Park during the summer of 2006. A players showcase event, giving the finest youth baseball athletes the opportunity to compete for a National Championship.

The Nevada Wildcats of Las Vegas, Nevada powered their way to the Week #10 championship over the Illinois team known as Full Package 9 to 1. The 17th seeded Wildcats, managed by Tim Oakley, opened up the game with a hit, a sacrifice, a hit batsman and then a three run home run by third baseman Alec Huff and never fell behind. The pitching of right hander Kenny Oakley was superb. Oakley faced 26 Illinois batters and struck out five, gave up only seven hits, walked none and gave up only one earned run to pick up the victory for the Wildcats who had to defeat their arch rival the Nevada Outlaws to get to the finals of the week ten championship. The top of the order for Nevada did most of the damage to 10th seeded Full Package's pitching with lead off man and right fielder, Zane Korth, going 2 for 3 and scoring two runs; second batter and centerfielder, John Sewald, one for three and two runs batted in; third batter and first baseman, Joey Gallo, scored three runs, hit two home runs and added three runs batted in and cleanup batter and third baseman, Alec Hutt, scored one run, homered and added three runs batted in. The top four batters accounted for six hits, six runs, three home runs and eight runs batted in. Other batters that got hits for the Wildcats included: Chris Johnson, Jordan Mason and Chris Blake. To get to the championship for week ten the Nevada Wildcats earned the 17th seed for tournament play by going 6-1 and allowing 3.14 runs per game in regular game action. When the tournament play on Wednesday started the Wildcats edged the 48th seeded South Jersey Mustangs of New Jersey 4-2 and then beat the 16th seeded Holly City Hornets of New Jersey 18-1. In the "Sweet 16" play for Thursday morning the Wildcats beat the top seeded team, the Upper Deck Baseball Club of Virginia, 7-4. The "Elite 8" competition found the Nevada team shutting out the 8th seeded Bainbridge Hurricanes of Washington 19-0. It was in the "Semi-Finals" where the Wildcats had to face their arch rival, the Nevada Outlaws, and beat them 14-9 to advance to the championship against Full Package of Illinois. The pitching performance of Kenny Oakley kept Full Package hitters off stride all night long and he was able to pitch out of several jams. All seven hits by Full Package players were singles with shortstop, Mike Stramich, driving in second baseman Kevin Egan during the third inning when Full Package scored their only run. The Wildcats got on the board first with the three run blast in the first inning, accounted for two more in the third and then the big inning, the fourth, when they scored four runs with the help of Gallo's second home run, to put the contest out of range on the way to the Week #10 championship. The game lasted one hour and thirty-nine minutes

The 4th seeded Chicago North Shore Stars were shining Thursday night as they defeated the 10th seeded Arizona Stealth 6-2 to win the Week #9 Championship at Cooperstown Dreams Park. Key hits and great pitching produced the victory for the Stars. Cody Campbell and Collin McEnery set the tone for the Stars as they went back-to-back with home runs to lead off the top of the first inning and put the Illinois team up to stay. Campbell, who also started on the mound for the Stars, kept the Stealth off stride as he went 5 1/3 innings, struck out 10, walked only three and gave up two hits to gain the victory. Jack Czeszewski mowed down the last two hitters in the bottom of the sixth to finish up the pitching chores in the Stars victory. The Chicago North Shore Stars, managed by Bob O'Donnell, went 7-0 and an average of only 2.14 runs allowed per game in the regular game play to gain the 4th seeded position in the Week #9 tournament championship which featured 96-teams from around the country to play for the championship. The Stars then defeated the #20 seeded Big Six Blaze of Pennsylvania 19-4 in "Sweet 16" play, the #12 Nevada Bulldogs of Nevada 13-5 in the "Elite 8" and the number 8 seeded Susquehanna River Raiders of Pennsylvania 11-1 in the "Semi-Finals" to reach the finals. For the Arizona Stealth, managed by Dwayne Boxwell, they were 6-1 with an average of 2.14 runs allowed per game in the regular game play and as the 10th seeded team had to defeat the #56 seeded South Jersey Sand Sharks of New Jersey 16-2, the #23 seeded Los Alamitos Heat of California 12-1, the #7 seeded Homestead Storm of Florida 7-6, the #2 Bad Company Baseball Club of California 9-0 and then the #6 seeded Raleigh Redwings of North Carolina 19-1 to get to the finals. The Stars from Illinois garnered eight hits in putting the six runs on the board for the victory against three Stealth pitchers. They were led offensively by left fielder Collin McEnery with two hits and one run batted in. Also with hits were Campbell, Czeszewski, Sam Travis, Tommy Schutt, Jason Goldstein and Chris Stout. The runs batted in were produced by Campbell, McEnery, Travis, Schutt, Goldstein and pinch hitter Chris Stout who singled and drove in the run in his only appearance at the plate in the championship game. While Cody Campbell kept most of the Arizona Stealth hitters off stride shortstop Ryan Benedict did homer in the top of the third inning with no one on to get the Stealth on the board for their first run.

The Texas Tarheels Baseball Club of Round Rock, Texas continued their run on Thursday evening by defeating the top-seeded Virginia Crush Orange of Chesapeake, Virginia, 7-2, to capture the Week #8 Championship Game at Cooperstown Dreams Park. The Texas Tarheels finished the regular scheduled play as the sixth seed, posting a 7-0 record, while allowing 2.43 runs per game. This was the second straight year for Head Coach Greg Harris and his Texas Tarheels traveling to Cooperstown Dreams Park. Their team moto was … GOD… FAMILY… EDUCATION… then BASEBALL. Tyler Wilson led the Tarheels with two home runs and 5 runs batted in. Mark LeBlanc and Joseph Washington added two hits apiece, while Kyle Rodriguez, Cameron Wilson, Charles Nwankpa and Deondre Lankford all contributed with one hit each. The Crush finished regular game play also with a 7-0 record, allowing .57 runs per game. This game was dominated by the pitching performance by the Texas Tarhells hurler, Kyle Rodriguez, who kept the Virginia Crush bats quiet all night long. Rodriguez earned the victory pitching a complete-game, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out 13 of the 25 batters he faced. Brandon Dogget let the Virginia Crush with two hits. Dogget came on in relief and in his short stint recorded nine strikeouts in the eighteen batters he faced. Alden Lawrence of the Crush also contributed with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to finalize the scoring.

Even though the O Town Sportscenter Baseball Academy didn't stay on the park premises for the past two days, it seems as if they never left the park. O Town, the #5 seeded team from Orlando, Florida, defeated the #7 seeded Mudville Pilots from Seattle, Washington for the week #7 Cooperstown Dreams Park title 7-2. O Town Baseball Academy, managed by Steve McClellan, finished the regular game schedule 7-0 with 1.00 average runs against and earned the fifth seed. In a game that was not dominated by homeruns and RBI's O Town found ways to score to win the championship game. After a scoreless first inning by both teams, O Town scored first in the second when pitcher, Austin Gomber, singled to right as the ball went past the rightfielder and T.J. Binder scored all the way from first. O Town scored another run in the second before ending the inning. O Town additionally scored two runs in the third, two in the fourth, and one in the fifth inning to gain the victory. Mudville scored their runs in the forth inning when Danny Rawlings homered with a man aboard. The winning pitcher for O Town was Austin Gomber who started and went four strong innings allowing only one walk, four hits and two earned runs while striking out six. He was relieved in the 5th inning by Walker Weickel who gave up only one hit and two base on balls over his solid, two inning stint while facing only eight batters. In the hitting department the O Town Baseball Academy was led by left fielder, Auston Martin, who was 2-2 with a double and 2 runs batted in. Third baseman T.J. Binder finished 2-2 with one RBI and centerfielder Connor Lien went 2-3 with 1 RBI. Daniel Shemelya was the only other player on the team to have a hit. The Mudville Pilots, managed by Bill Audycki, were led by centerfielder Danny Rawlings who went 3-3 with one homerun and 2RBI's. Sam Szpak, Nick Kassuba, Lukas Audycki, and Ryan Pollock each finished the game with one hit each for the Pilots. For the Mudville Pilots, pitcher T.J. Whitby hurled four innings facing eighteen batters, striking out five, walking two, giving up six hits, and five earned runs. He was relived after the fourth inning by Adam Jelinek. O Town Baseball Academy made the trip from Orlando,Florida very worthwhile as they head back home the Week #7 Cooperstown Dreams Park Champions.

A strong offensive performance backed up by an excellent pitching performance from Brandon Compton helped the #6 seeded Hit After Hit Baseball Academy of Nashville, Tennessee defeat the #5 seeded West Pines Cobras of Pembroke Pines, Florida for the week #6 Cooperstown Dreams Park title 13-1. Hit after Hit Baseball Academy, managed by Chris Mercado, finished the regular tournament 6-1 with 2.43 average runs against and earned the six seed. Hit after Hit Baseball Academy scored at least one run in each of the five innings while only limiting the Cobras to one run in the fourth inning. Leading 2-0 after the second inning, Hit after Hit Baseball Academy outscored the Cobras 11-1 in the last three innings of the game. Zack Jenkins had the first hit of the game as he lined a ground rule double that bounced over the right field. They scored another run in the second but scored 5 in the third, 3 in the fourth, and 3 in the fifth inning. Hit after Hit Baseball Academy had 3 homeruns, 15 hits, and 9 RBI's in the game while the Cobras could only muster one hit the entire game. Mike Walker, Zack Jenkins, and Brandon Compton each had a homerun for the Hit after Hit Baseball Academy. As the Hit after Hit Baseball Academy continued to dominate on the offensive side, P Brandon Compton wouldn't allow a miracle to happen from West Pines. He kept the Cobras in check the whole game as he only allowed one hit, which resulted in no homeruns, runs, or RBI's. He pitched the whole game and showed what a great pitcher he is. The Hit after Hit Baseball Academy were led by RF Mike Walker who was 3-3 with two homeruns. 3B Zack Jenkins went 3-4 with one homerun, a double, and two runs batted in. P Brandon Compton went 3-4 with one homerun to go along with his great pitching game. CF Austin Clements and LF Kyler Fleet each had two hits while 1B Parker Cantrell and C Matt Barrett had one hit each. The West Pines Cobras, managed by Mike Franzen, was led by SS Taylor Gushue who was 1-3. He was the only player on the Cobras to have a hit as the team couldn't figure out a way to deal with Hit after Hit Baseball Academy's P Brandon Compton. Starting Hit after Hit Baseball Academy's pitcher, Brandon Compton, went five strong innings facing seventeen batters, striking out nine, giving up only one hit, walking four, and didn't give up any earned runs. For the West Pines Cobras, Billy Golding pitched 2.3 innings facing 13 batters, striking out two, walking one, giving up seven hits, six runs, and six earned runs. Dylan Segula, Kyle Schmidt, David Thompson, and Kevin Fenster relieved Golding of his pitching duties for the game. Hit after Hit Baseball Academy came in as the underdog but showed why it doesn't matter what number you are as long as you can play the game of baseball.

A strong offensive performance by the #2 seeded Houston Heat of Houston, Texas carried them past the #1 seeded Central Florida Express of Winter Springs, Florida for the Week #5 Cooperstown Dreams Park title 9-5. The Heat, managed by Charlie White, finished the regular tournament 7-0 with 1.33 average runs against and earned the second seed. Houston took the lead early with two in the first and one in the third for a 3-nothing lead. They finished the game by outscoring the Central Florida Express 6-5 over the last two innings although the Express tried to come back in the bottom of the sixth inning with a mighty rally. Jacob Sarabia started the scoring when he hit a two run home run in the first to make it 2-0. Along the way Boomer White and Jared Green hit homeruns also homered for Houston. White also had five runs batted in for the game. It looked like it would be a defensive battle until both teams combined for eleven runs in the fifth and sixth innings. White, Green, and Central Florida's Chris Frey each had home runs during the two innings. With the Heat leading 9-1 in the sixth, it looked liked the game was all but over. But the Express wouldn't quit and scored four runs before bowing 9-5. The Heat were led by shortstop Boomer White who went 2-4 with a homerun and five runs batted in. Third baseman Jacob Sarabia went 2-3 with a homerun and two runs batted in. Left fielder Garrett Marsolf had three hits, first baseman Michael Boriboun and second baseman Jonathan Bravo each had two hits. The Central Florida Express, managed by Ben Nichols, was led by pitcher Chris Frey who was 2-3 with one homerun and three runs batted in. Centerfielder Jesse Winker and left fielder Zac Ryan were the only other players to have a hit on their team. Starting Houston Heat's pitcher, Jarod Green, went four strong innings facing 13 batters, striking out four, giving up only two hits, walking one, and giving up only one earned run. He was relieved in the fifth inning by Michael Boriboun who finished up the game by striking out three, giving up two hits, walking one, and allowing four runs. Green picked up the win for the Heat. For the Central Florida Express, Chris Frey pitched five innings facing 24 batters, striking out nine, giving up eight hits, walking two and giving up five earned runs. Jarrod Petree and Jesse Winker relieved Frey over the last inning and half. It was a night of outstanding performances as the two best teams this week faced each other in a game fitted for champions.

A two run eighth inning by the #6 seeded South Oakland A's of Michigan, led by Brad Schalk's homerun, helped them past the #4 seeded Southern California Hurricanes of California for the 2006 Week #4 Cooperstown Dreams Park title 4-2. The A's, managed by Buster Sunde, finished the regular tournament 7-0 with 2.43 average runs against and earned the six seed. Leading 2-0 after the second inning, the A's tried to distance themselves from the Hurricanes but the Hurricanes scored a run in the bottom of the third. The Hurricanes scored again in the fifth and the game remained tied at 2-2 until the eighth inning. The game was dominated by two strong defensive performances. After a scoreless six and seventh inning, the A's decided to take matters into their own hands. Brad Schalk's homerun to lead off the 8th gave his team a 3-2 lead and Jared Doss single drove in Danny Zuchowski to make it 4-2. An outstanding pitching performace with a couple of defensive gems kept the Hurricanes under control the rest of the way. The A's were led by shortstop Jared Doss who went 2-4 with two runs batted in (RBIs). First baseman Brad Plec and leftfielder Brad Schalk each had a homerun and a RBI. Rightfielder Danny Zuchowski and pitcher Scotty Taylor each had one hit apiece. The Southern California Hurricanes, managed by Brandon Montemayor, were led by leftfielder Brian Mundell and catcher Nick Lombardi who each had a hit and an RBI. Shortstop Josh Brown was the only other Hurricane player to have a hit. Starting South Oakland A's pitcher, Scotty Taylor, went six strong innings facing 20 batters, striking out 13 batters, giving up only 3 hits, walking three and two earned runs. He was relieved in the seventh inning by Connor Harvey who finished up the game giving up zero hits, walking none, and not allowing any additional Hurricane runs. Harvey picked up the victory for South Oakland. For the Southern California Hurricanes they got a stellar performace from pitcher, Matt Taylor, who went seven inning while facing 25 batters, giving up only three hits, two base on balls, striking out ten batters and giving up only three earned runs. It was a night of outstanding performances by both championship teams which left everything on the field, in the first championship extra inning game during the 2006 season at Cooperstown Dreams Park.

A strong offensive explosion by the #1 seeded Miami Force of Miami, Florida carried them past the #2 seeded Rocky Mountain Steel of Highlands Ranch, Colorado for the 2006 Week #3 Cooperstown Dreams Park title 15-4. The Force, managed by Rick Hernandez, finished the regular tournament 7-0 record giving up an 1.14 average runs against per game and earned the first seed for the tournament. Rocky Mountain scored three runs in the first to take the lead but the Force came back with three of their own in the bottom half. After the game was deadlocked 3-3 the Force went on an offensive tear as they outscored the Rocky Mountain Steel 12-1 in the next four innings. Along the way, four players from the Force hammered homeruns: Justin Guzman, Troy Fratina, Hutch Cunningham, and Christian Correa. The Force was led by pitcher, Troy Fratina, who went 2-4 with 2 homeruns and 7 runs batted in (RBIs). Catcher, Christian Correa, went 4-4 with 1 homerun and 2 RBIs and third baseman, Hutch Cunningham, hit 1 homerun and counted 2 RBIs while shortstop, Justin Guzman, chipped in 1 homerun and an RBI. The Rocky Mountain Steel, managed by John Cronican, were led by pitcher, Jackson Lockwood, who went 2-3 while second baseman, Zach Bothwell, and first baseman, Wills Hirchburg, each had 1 hit apiece. Miami Force pitcher, Troy Fratina, was the winning pitcher. He went the first three innings giving up two hits and four runs, two earned, while striking out three and walking three. Fratina was relieved in the fourth inning by Jeff Sneed who finished up the game giving up only two hits, walking none, and not allowing any additional Steel runs.

This was a night where Mother Nature couldn't stop West Boynton from showing their offensive talent as they won their first Cooperstown Dreams Park 12-and-under title. The fourth seeded West Boynton Gators defeated the eighteenth seeded Lakeland Rawlings Renegade of Lakeland, Florida 12-0, on Thursday night, June 29th. The Gators finished the regular tournament 2-0 with .50 average runs against and earned the fourth seed for the tournament. After Mother Nature forced a delay, the thunderstorms still didn't stop the Gators from showing their offensive skills. Three players hit a home run for the Gators: Trea Turner, Alex Leighton, and Robbie Comas. The Gators were led by Trea Turner who was 1-2 with one homerun and 3 RBIs. Maxx Smith was 2-3 with 2 RBIs and Alex Leighton was 2-3 with one homerun and one RBI. The Lakeland Rawlings Renegade offense was led by Dugan McElroy who was 1-1. The only other player to have a hit was Carson Fulmer, who was 1-2.

A seven run first inning helped the San Diego Stars North from San Diego, California to clinch its six Cooperstown Dreams Park 10-and-under title. The fifth seeded San Diego Stars North defeated the seventh seed Viper Baseball Academy (Huntsville, Alabama), 8-0, in the Thursday night, June 22, contest. San Diego, which finished the regular tournament 7-0 with .86 average runs against, had an explosive first inning and never looked back. After the Vipers flew out twice and struck out once, San Diego showed the poise of a five time Cooperstown Dreams Park champion. With a mixture of errors and walks by the Vipers, plus some hitting by San Diego, the Stars managed seven runs. Ramsey Romano started it off with a single and then a Jordan Qsar walk moved Romano into scoring position. An error by the Viper's right fielder allowed Matt Jarvis to reach base and he eventually scored. After three San Diego players reached base and one struck out, C.J. Chew doubled in two runs and eventually scored. Romano had another turn and hit another single. The combination of errors, walks, and hits died after Romano flew out and another batter struck out. Viper Academy held San Diego to seven hits but could only muster two hits of their own. After the first inning was over, there wasn't much offensive displayed from any of the teams. San Diego managed to place another run in the third inning while holding the Vipers scoreless. San Diego's third baseman Ramsey Romano finished the game 4-for-4 with 2 RBIs while 2B Josh Morgan and 1B C.J. Chew also had 2 RBIs each. Brett Henderson had fourteen strikeouts and pitched a complete game shutout for the win. The Viper Baseball Academy offense was led by pinch hitter Hayden Evans who was 1-for-1. The only other player to have a hit was 2B A.J. Stevenson, who was 1-for-3. he Viper Baseball Academy current overall record is 62-2. The Vipers were the VPA Alabama State Champs and won the Week #2 Championship in 2003. The Vipers have brought a team each year for the past 9 years, but this is the first team for the 10 year old week.