National Takes Game 1 of Farm (AA) Championship Series

It is hard to imagine two more evenly matched teams than the 2016 All Stars Teams for Hartsville National and Hartsville Northern.  After playing two practice games that both went down to the wire, the familiar foes had another battle in Game 1 of the District 5 AA Championship Series.

Following an outstanding defensive play by third baseman Mauri Hadley to end the top of the 6th, Wells Bannister delivered a walk off hit to seal the 6-5 victory for National. 

Game 2 will be played on Friday, July 1 at 6pm at Byerly Park.  Game 3, if necessary, will be played at 8pm on July 1.  A National win in Game 2 will end the series.

Sub-District Scores from Byerly Park (June 24-29, 2016)

Farm (AA) Scores

Opening Round

Lee County 17  Marlboro County 7
Kershaw County West 18 Cheraw 8
Hartsville National 15 Kershaw County Northern 3

Second Round

Marlboro County 6 Kershaw County Northern 5
Hartsville National 11 Lee County 1

Third Round

Marlboro County 10 Cheraw 0
Hartsville National 13 Kershaw County West 0

Fourth Round

Hartsville National 15 Marlboro County 2
Kershaw County West 8 Lee County 7

Championship

Hartsville National 12 Kershaw County West 0

Minor League (AAA) Scores

Opening Round

Lamar 18 Kershaw County East 9
Hartsville National 8 Lee County 5

Second Round

Lee County 6 Kershaw County East 2
Hartsville National 8 Lamar 3

Third Round

Lee County 5 Lamar 0

Championship

Hartsville National 14 Lee County 1

Thanks to the Players, Coaches & Families of our Sub-District Participants

Hartsville National Dixie Youth Baseball and Byerly Park would like to thank the eight visiting teams that traveled to Hartsville for our Farm (AA) and Minor League (AAA) Sub-District Tournaments from June 24-29.  We saw some great baseball and the memories made will last a lifetime!

Farm League Sub-District Participants

Cheraw

Lee County

Kershaw County Northern

Kershaw County West

Marlboro County

Hartsville National

Minor League Sub-District Participants

Lamar

Kershaw County East

Lee County

Hartsville National

O-Zone All Stars Go 5-0; Clinch Sub-District Title

Congratulations to our 2016 O-Zone All Stars on winning their sub-district!  Coach Tim Jordan's crew outscored their opponents 79-8. 

O-Zone All Star Roster

Josh Irick

Seth Pittington

Cam Cannarella

Noah Hudson

Luke Johnson

Ryan Jordan

Bennett Meadows

Harrison Moore

Grayson Wint

Matthew Quinn

Brendan Lee

Ty'shun Richardson

Scores

National 23 Darlington 3

National 15 Cheraw 3

National 12 Chesterfield 0

National 15 Marlboro County 2

National 14 Cheraw 0

Minor League All Stars Win Sub-District Championship

Congratulations to our 2016 Minor League All Stars on winning their sub-district! 

Minor League All Star Roster

Ace Gibson

Javion Waiters

Rob Johnson

Andrew Askins

Cole Winburn

Dewsy Meadows

Grayson Weekley

Evan Young

Law Hope

Tagan Roscoe

Quez Hadley

McKendrie Douglas

Scores

National 8 Lee County 5

National 8 Lamar 3

National 14 Lee County 1

Farm League All Stars Capture Sub-District Title

Congratulations to our 2016 Farm League All Stars on winning their Sub-District Tournament!  The team compiled a 5-0 record during the tournament, while outscoring their opponents 66-6.

2016 Farm League Roster

Garrison Copeland

Marshall Wint

Wells Bannister

Gabe Chisholm

Hunter Griggs

Avery Fulwood

Casey Hawkins

Braxton Cannarella

Luke Holloman

Mauri Hadley

Aiden Valente

Bryce Walters

Scores:

National 15 Kershaw Northern 3

National 11 Lee County 1

National 13 Kershaw West 0

National 15 Marlboro County 2

National 12 Kershaw West 0

New Bat Rules to Govern Dixie Youth Beginning in 2018

USA Baseball, the national governing body for the sport of baseball in the U.S., in conjunction with participating national member organizations announced today the decision to adopt a new method for measuring bat performance in the testing of youth bats. Informed by the research of leading scientists on the USA Baseball Bat Study Committee, and supported by its NMOs, -- including the American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC), Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), Babe Ruth Baseball/Cal Ripken Baseball, Dixie Youth Baseball, Little League Baseball and PONY Baseball.

USA Baseball has concluded that recent advancements in science, engineering, technology, and the materials available to fabricate non-wood bats, now allow the manufacturers to construct youth bats that can perform at a wood-like level through the entire range of lengths and weights of youth bats.

The new USA Baseball bat standard (USABat), which will apply to bats that are classified below the NCAA and NFHS level of play, will be implemented on January 1, 2018, allowing the bat manufacturers sufficient time to bring these bats to the marketplace.

Click here for the official press release from USA Baseball.

HNDYB will post more information as it becomes known.

Day 2 Scores from the Minor League (AAA) Sub-District at Byerly Park

Scores from Day 2 of the District 5 Minor League (AAA) Sub-District at Byerly Park:

Lee County 6 Kershaw County East 2
Hartsville National 8 Lamar 3

Kershaw County East was eliminated.

Play will resume on Monday at 7pm with Lamar and Lee County battling it out in an elimination game.  The winner will play Hartsville National at 6pm on Tuesday.

Day 2 Scores from the Farm (AA) Sub-District at Byerly Park

Marlboro County's All Star Team

Scores from Day 2 of the District 5 Farm League (AA) Sub District at Byerly Park:

Marlboro County 6 Kershaw Northern 5
Hartsville National 11 Lee County 1
Marlboro County 10 Cheraw 0
Hartsville National 13 Kershaw West 0

Kershaw Northern and Cheraw have been eliminated.

Kershaw West and Lee County will play on Monday at 6pm. Hartsville National and Marlboro County will play on Monday at 8pm.

Day One Sub-District Scores from Farm & Minors

Scores from June 24:

Farm League

Lee County 17 Marlboro County 7
Kershaw West 18 Cheraw 8
Hartsville National 15 Kershaw Northern 3

Minors

Lamar 18 Kershaw East 9
Hartsville National 8 Lee County 5

National 3-0 after the Sub-District Opening Round

Hartsville National All Star Scores from 6/24:

Farm League

National 15 Kershaw Northern 3

Minors

National 8 Lee County 5

O-Zone

National 23 Darlington 3

Great job, boys!

All Star Sub-District Play Starts June 24

District 5 Sub-District play gets underway for Farm, Minors and O-Zone on Friday, June 24.  Our Farm League All Stars are hosting their sub-district.  The tournament starts at 4pm on Friday, with our team playing against Kershaw County Northern at 8pm. 

Like our Farm Leaguers, our Minor League All Stars are also hosting their sub-district at Byerly Park.  Lamar and Kershaw County East play in the opener at 6pm.  The Lee County All Stars will face off with our team at 8pm.

Our O-Zone All Stars will travel down 151 for a battle with the Darlington All Stars.  Darlington is hosting the sub-district at its Blue Street fields.  Game time for the Battle of 151 is 8pm.

Tournament scores and updates will be posted periodically on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the Hartsville National website, hartsvillenational.com. 

O-Zone All Stars Go Undefeated in Cheraw

On June 17-18, our O-Zone All Stars picked up three big wins at the Cheraw Invitational.  The good guys were victorious over Jefferson, Pageland and Lee County. 

Coach Tim Jordan's squad will take the field next during their Sub-District Tournament on June 24.  They'll go against the host, Darlington, at 8pm.  Also in their Sub-District are Cheraw, Lamar, Marlboro County and Chesterfield.

2016 O-Zone All Stars:

Josh Irick

Seth Pittington

Cam Cannarella

Noah Hudson

Luke Johnson

Ryan Jordan

Bennett Meadows

Harrison Moore

Grayson Wint

Matthew Quinn

Brendan Lee

Ty'shun Richardson

Minor League All Stars Go 4-0 in Cheraw

On June 17 and 18, our Minor League All Stars traveled to Cheraw for four games.  They came back home with a 4-0 record.  Of the seven teams competing in the Cheraw Invitational, Coach Lawrence Hope's crew was the only team to finish with an unblemished record.

Scores from the Cheraw Invitational:

National 13 Chesterfield 3

National 10 Darlington 3

National 7 Hartsville Northern 4

National 14 Marlboro County 0

2016 Minor League All Stars:

Ace Gibson

Javion Waiters

Rob Johnson

Andrew Askins

Cole Winburn

Dewsy Meadows

Grayson Weekley

Evan Young

Law Hope

Tagan Roscoe

Quez Hadley

McKendrie Douglas

Sub-District Brackets for 2016

We Love Our Sponsors!

We couldn't do it without our sponsors!  Thanks to all of our 2016 sponsors!

CSC Pharmacy

Hartsville Surgical Center

Morphis Pediatrics

The Children's Group

F3

Flowers Welding

Marvin Odom, CPA

Saleeby & Cox

Galloway Auto Glass

Arborworks

AO Smith

Jiffy Print

MKA Mechanical

Palmetto Precision Products

SPC Credit Union

Allstate

F3

The Lions Club

The Masons

Novolex

Darlington Packing Company

First Citizens

Kiwanis Club

Pennington & Meadows

2016 All Star Rosters

Congratulations to our 2016 All Stars!

O-Zone Roster

Josh Irick

Seth Pittington

Cam Cannarella

Noah Hudson

Luke Johnson

Ryan Jordan

Bennett Meadows

Harrison Moore

Grayson Wint

Matthew Quinn

Brendan Lee

Ty'shun Richardson

Minors Roster

Ace Gibson

Javion Waiters

Rob Johnson

Andrew Askins

Cole Winburn

Dewsy Meadows

Grayson Weekley

Evan Young

Law Hope

Tagan Roscoe

Quez Hadley

McKendrie Douglas

Farm Roster

Garrison Copeland

Marshall Wint

Wells Bannister

Gabe Chisholm

Hunter Griggs

Avery Fulwood

Casey Hawkins

Braxton Cannarella

Luke Holloman

Mauri Hadley

Aiden Valente

Bryce Walters

Brackets for Minors & Farm Sub-Districts to be Posted on June 16

Above:  2015 O-Zone District Bracket

Beginning on June 24, Hartsville National will be hosting two Sub-District tournaments (Farm and Minors).  The brackets for District 5's Sub-Districts hosted by Hartsville National at Byerly Park will be posted on June 16. 

Farm League All Stars Win Greenwood Invitational

Our Farm League All Stars went undefeated in the 2016 Greenwood Invitational held at Greenwood Park in Florence.  The three-day tournament saw our team go 4-0, winning by scores of 13-4, 14-1, 10-9 and 16-3.

Great job, Farm League All Stars!

2016 Hartsville National Farm League All Star Roster:

Garrison Copeland

Marshall Wint

Wells Bannister

Gabe Chisholm

Hunter Griggs

Avery Fulwood

Casey Hawkins

Braxton Cannarella

Luke Holloman

Mauri Hadley

Aiden Valente

Bryce Walters