BLEVINS AND FLETCHER COMPETE IN GLOBAL WORLD SERIES
Gulf Shores, Alabama — Two local standout baseball players from Lawrence Co. represented the Appalachia Aces recently in the USSSA Global World Series. Louisa Middle School students Bryce Blevins and ‘Blue’ Fletcher came up just short as the Aces finished runner up, losing to a team from Mobile, Alabama in the championship game.
The Aces played eight games in four days and went 7-1 for the tournament with wins over teams from Ohio, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas and had outscored their opponents 79-25 and entered the championship game by winning their last 14 games.
The Aces finished 25-10 on the year and all of the players gained valuable experience during the summer.
Aces Coach Ben Blevins
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… What an awesome four days of baseball. The Global World Series featured teams from different parts of the country and our Aces team had an extremely good showing. Hated that we came up shy in the championship game but 7-1 over the course of the tournament was a lot of fun.”
“…We pitched it well, had solid defense, and absolutely tore the cover off the baseball. We hit all 11 kids on our roster and we don’t have an easy out.”
