Miami, Ohio — Bryce Blevins and Blue Fletcher, both set to enter 8th grade at Louisa Middle school this year helped lead the 14U Appalachia Aces to a championship in the Kings Island invitational this past week. Sixteen teams from Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Indiana participated in the tournament.
2017 Kings Island Champs
The Aces went 6-0-1 to capture the title in a loaded field of youngsters.
Scores from this past week.
Aces 8 Hamilton Joes 2
Aces 16 Westfield Rocks 6
Aces 2 Athletics Baseball 2 ( called for rain after 2 innings )
Aces 9 Columbus Sharks 1
Aces 7 Indy Groove 3
Aces 13 Cincy Baseball Club 10
Championship Game
Aces 13 Athletics xx
The kids on the team are from Lawrence, Johnson, Carter, Pike, Knott, Lewis and Hebron in Kentucky as well as Nitro, Ripley, and Logan in WV.
The team will play in Gulf Shores, Alabama this week for a Global World Series and the next week playing the 14U National Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. which contains teams from all over the continental US as well as Canada.
They will end up playing somewhere around 35 games. The main goals of the ACES team is to play against top level competition at various venues across the Eastern part of the United States and to begin to get some of the players names out there who will undoubtedly go on to play after High School at some level.
The Aces have played a combination of Perfect Game, USSSA, Gameday, and pastime tournaments against some of the best competition there is to play at the 14U level. The 14u Aces is the premiere 14U travel team in the Tri-State area.
Coach Ben Blevins
COACH’S COMMENT
“… The weekend at Kings Island was awesome. It was filled with great competition and everything for our team just clicked. We had stellar pitching and defense and absolutely wore the baseball out at the plate. This group of young men are fun to be around and they love the game of baseball. People should take note as these kids will go on to have great high school careers and several will play after high school at some level.
“… The kids have gained valuable experience in a variety of settings which will make them more comfortable in a high school varsity setting. Has been a pleasure to Coach these kids as well as have such a great group of parents to deal with.”
