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**All Stars 2007**

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2007 WV Junior League State Tournaments at Bluefield State College:

July 21st:
District 8 Runner-Up vs. District 1 Champion – 4:30 PM
District 1 Runner-Up vs. District 3 Champion – 7:00 PM

July 22nd:
District 3 Runner-Up vs. District 4 Runner-Up – 2:00 PM
District 3 Champion vs. District 5 Runner-Up – 4:30 PM

July 23rd:
District 4 Runner-Up vs. District 2 Champion – 4:30 PM
District 3 Champion vs. District 6 Runner-Up – 7:30 PM

July 24th (Quarterfinals):
Winner Pool B vs. Runner-Up Pool C – 6:00 PM
Winner Pool D vs. Runner-Up Pool A – 8:30 PM

 

7/15/07 11:19 PM: The Junior League team has also been eliminated from the tournament. 

This year, Bluefield will have the honor of hosting some of the West Virginia Junior League state tournaments! For a complete schedule, go to www.eteamz.com/wvd4ll

 

7/10/07 11:49 PM: The Bluefield Minor League All-Star team has been eliminated from the tournament. Congratulations to them for making it to Round 2 and representing Bluefield well!

 

7/7/07 1:04 AM: The Minor and Junior All-Stars have made it to the district finals!!! The minor league team plays today (July 7th) at 8:00 PM against Princeton Blue at Sophia Little League, and the Junior League All-Stars play today at 4:30 PM versus Princeton at Princeton's Gardner Fields.

 

6/30/07 9:26 PM: Both Junior League games were rained out tonight. They will be rescheduled. We'll put the updated schedules here...

 

6/29/07 12:14 AM: Directions to all of the little league complexes being used in this year's tournaments are available by clicking here. They are also in the section.

Detailed tournament schedules and results are available at the West Virginia District 4 Little League website: www.eteamz.com/wvd4ll . Results for minor, major, and junior league tournaments will be here at bluefieldball.com as well. We need YOUR help to do this! E-mail me at marcus@bluefieldball.com to report tournament game scores, and some highlights of the game. We'll post them here...

 

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Schedules and results...

Minor League:

Game #	Team 1	Team 2	Time	Date	Location
3	Bluefield	Sophia	8:00 PM	June 29, 2007	Sophia LL
5	Princeton Red	Bluefield	1:00 PM	June 30, 2007	Princeton LL
8	Peterstown	Bluefield	2:00 PM	July 1, 2007	Princeton LL
10	Bluefield	Ronceverte/Fairlea	6:00 PM	July 3, 2007	Sophia LL
15	Bluefield	Trap Hill	8:00 PM	July 6, 2007	Princeton LL

(Click here for the complete schedule for West Va. District 4 Minor League tournaments)

Friday, June 29, 2007: Bluefield lost to Sophia 12-2

Saturday, June 30, 2007: Bluefield defeated the Princeton Red All-Star team by a final score of 12-10

Sunday, July 1, 2007: Bluefield beat Peterstown 11-2

Tuesday, July 3, 2007: Cody Goins tossed a two-hitter and every Bluefield batter got at least one hit and one run, leading the 9-10-year-old All-Stars to a four-inning 31-1 rout of Ronceverte/Fairlea on Tuesday evening.

Bluefield (3-1) in the District 4 pool play, will play Trap Hill on Friday at 8 p.m. at Gardner.

Friday, July 6, 2007: Bluefield defeats Trap Hill 7-4. Bluefield advances to the district finals as the #2 seed from Pool 1, and will play Princeton Blue on Saturday, July 7th at 8:00 at Sophia Little League.

Saturday, July 7, 2007: Bluefield beat Princeton Blue 12-11 in the district finals. Bluefield is now one win away from making history by making it to the minor league state tournament! Bluefield will play against Sophia on Monday, July 9, 2007, at Sophia Little League at 6 PM.

Monday, July 9, 2007: Bluefield loses against Sophia 18-5

Tuesday, July 10, 2007: Bluefield loses to Shady Spring 3-2. Bluefield is now eliminated from the tournament. Congratulations to the team for making it as far as they did! 

 

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Major League:

Game #	Team 1	Team 2	Time	Date	Location
2	Beckley East	Bluefield	8:00 PM	June 30, 2007	UKV LL
5	Bluefield	Fayetteville	8:00 PM	July 2, 2007	Sophia LL
9	Bluefield	Sophia	6:00 PM	July 6, 2007	Sophia LL
12	Bluefield	Princeton	6:00 PM	July 10, 2007	Princeton LL
13	Central Greenbrier/Alderson	Bluefield	6:00 PM	July 12, 2007	Sophia LL

(Click here for the complete schedule for West Va. District 4 Major League tournaments)

Saturday, June 30, 2007: Bluefield lost to Beckley East by a final score of 8-0

Monday, July 2, 2007: Bluefield lost against Fayetteville 24-9 

Friday, July 6, 2007: Bluefield lost to Sophia 8-4

Tuesday, July 10, 2007: Bluefield lost to Princeton 15-5

Thursday, July 12, 2007: Bluefield lost to Central Greenbrier/Alderson and is now eliminated from the tournament.

 

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Junior League

Game #	Team 1	Team 2	Time	Date	Location
1	Bluefield	Oak Hill	6:00 PM	June 29, 2007	Bluefield State
3	Bluefield	Western/Ronceverte	1:30 PM	June 30, 2007	Bluefield State
7	Upper Kanawha Valley	Bluefield	6:00 PM	July 2, 2007	Princeton
7	Bluefield	Oak Hill	6:00 PM	July 3, 2007	Bluefield
10	Trap Hill	Bluefield	8:30 PM	July 5, 2007	Bluefield

(Click here for the complete schedule for West Va. District 4 Junior League tournaments)

Friday, June 29, 2007: Bluefield (Home) vs. Oak Hill (Visitors) at Bluefield State College
RAIN OUT. The game has been reschedules to Tuesday, July 3rd.

Saturday, June 30, 2007: Bluefield All-Stars defeat the Greenbrier County All-Stars 8-5
Bluefield was led at the plate by Donnie Robbins, who went 2 for 2 with 2 RBI's, and Brad Fox, who got an outstanding 3 RBI triple. Marcus Constantino was the winning pitcher for Bluefield. He pitched for 5 and 2/3 innings, and was assisted by Donnie Robbins for 1 and 1/3 inning.

Bluefield will play Upper Kanawha Valley on Monday, July 2, 2007 at Princeton's Gardener Fields at 6:00 PM

Monday, July 2, 2007: Bluefield defeats Upper Kanawha Valley 8-1
The Bluefield 13-14-year-old All-Stars beat Upper Kanawha Valley 8-1 Monday in District 4 first-round pool play at the Little League junior level.

Estel Shumate was the winning pitcher, throwing a one-hitter with 10 strikeouts in six innings. Matt Keczan led Bluefield in hitting, going 2-for-2 and scoring three runs, with two walks. Shumate batted 2-for-3.

Bluefield plays today (July 3rd) at 6 p.m. against Oak Hill at Bluefield State College.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007: Bluefield falls to Oak Hill 10-8
Kyle Colon had four hits, including a triple, as Oak Hill defeated Bluefield in a 13-14-year-old Junior League contest on Tuesday at Bluefield State College.

Cody Copley led Bluefield with two hits. Bluefield is 2-1 in tourney play, and will host Trap Hill on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. That game will be preceded at 6 p.m. by Oak Hill and Upper Kanawha Valley.

Thursday, July 5, 2007: Bluefield comes from behind to defeat Trap Hill 11-10
Bluefield was down 7-2 in the 4th inning, but that didn't stop them from coming back to beat Trap Hill 11-10. Aaron Bailey was the winning pitcher for Bluefield, pitching through five of the seven innings. Bluefield's performance at the plate helped them to their victory. Bluefield finishes District play with a 3-1 record, and will enter the regional tournaments as the #2 seed from pool 1, taking on Princeton on Saturday, July 7th at 4:30 PM at Princeton's Gardner Fields.

Saturday, July 7, 2007: Bluefield defeats Princeton 6-3
Bluefield came from behind to defeat Princeton at Gardner Field Saturday in 13-14 Junior League baseball. Andrew Shaw, Estel Shumate, and Aaron Bailey led Bluefield at the dish.

Corey Quick led Princeton with three hits.

Donnie Robbins only threw 20 pitches, but got the win for Bluefield. Marcus Constantino threw four strong innings for Bluefield.

Bluefield is now 1 win away from the Junior League state tournaments! They will face off against Shady Spring on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at Princeton's Gardner Fields at 6 PM.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007: Shady Spring rallies to defeat Bluefield 9-5
Marcus Constantino went 3-for-3 with a double and two singles. Matt Keczan was 2-for-4 with a double and a single, and Donnie Robbins was 2-for-2 with 2 singles. Estel Shumate, Aaron Bailey, and Tim Goss each contributed one single apiece.

Bluefield plays against the winner of the game between Princeton and Oak Hill, for a final shot at the state tournament. The Princeton and Oak Hill game is July 11, 2007 at Gardner Fields, and the Bluefield game is July 12, 2007 at 6:00 PM at Gardner Fields.

Thursday, July 12, 2007: Bluefield falls to Princeton 7-3, and is eliminated from tournament
Michael Fortner, Marcus Constantino, and Matt Keczan contributed at the plate. Bluefield is now eliminated from the tournament. 

 

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The 2007 Junior League All-Star team

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Junior League All-Stars

Aaron Bailey
Marcus Constantino
Cody Copley
Michael Fortner
Brad Fox
Tim Goss
Matt Keczan
PJ Purdy
Donnie Lee Robbins
Andrew Shaw
Estel Shumate
Drew Simon
Coaches: Mike Shumate and Donnie Robbins

Bluefield Area Little League wishes the best of luck to all of the all-star teams!