JJK in Myrtle Beach

They beat us out at VA Beach in Big League... I remember that chant as their big firstbaseman sent one out by the big blue water tower off me lol.

I remember beating Louisa in senior league when I was 16, they had a real classy bunch.

They were really good in the late-1990s. I think they went to the AA semifinals and lost to a loaded Virginia High team one of those years.

We beat VA High in 1996. The year they won the AA title. We beat them 1-0 on a 1 hitter thrown by Brett Maggard. It was the first game I ever got to play in, it was pretty darn exciting.

Southwest Virginia baseball was pretty dominant back in the day.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: royalflush</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Southwest Virginia baseball was pretty dominant back in the day. </div></div>

i think those days may come back around. with va. high dropping and the formation of the clinch mountain district baseball could return to swva. i think powell valley will get back on track. kelly and burton both have good talent. coeburn and castlewood are good programs out of the cumberland. honaker and haysi is always pretty good out of the black diamond.

All three area teams lost. South fell 9-7 to Powhatan (Va). Like in that game, South lead heading into the final inning of each of their last three losses. Va High lost to St. James (S.C.), 6-5 (Stout took the loss, giving up only 4 hits, took both losses which were error-filled). Don't think Roark pitched in any of the games in the tourney.

Hidden Valley (Va), state runner-ups in AA last year, beat Georgetown, 6-0.

Kelly defeated Calvary Baptist of Winston Salem, NC today 7-6, coming home on Saturday.

All in all,JJK represented the LPD well,going 4-1. Not bad at all.

J.J. Kelly completed its trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. in a winning fashion Friday by holding off a furious rally to beat Calvary Baptist (N.C.) 7-6 on Friday.

The Indians scored five runs in the third inning to take a 7-2 lead before Calvary Baptist scored four in the seventh off Alex Maine (1-0). Nick Roop gave up a double before getting the last out.

Cody Bentley went 3-for-4 with a double, and Matt Dotson, Justin Wilson, Griffin Kopp and Will Strength each had two hits for J.J. Kelly (5-2).

Louisa County made it to the championship game losing to AAAA Conway, SC 10-0. Conway finished the tournament 6-0 outscoring it's opponents 62-10.

Conway senior pitcher James Floro was named the tournament's MVP after winning starts on Monday and Saturday. He threw a no-hitter in the opener against Powhatan (Va.) and followed it with five-hit, 64-pitch shutout against Louisa County.

Conway benefited from Louisa County's fielding problems. The Lions, a powerhouse back home in the commonwealth, committed six errors, including three to begin the bottom of the fifth inning that allowed Conway to score four runs to end the game via the mercy rule.

"They came out and pounded the ball and we couldn't field it," said Lions coach Kevin Fisher.. "The only thing I attribute it to was not coming ready to play. It's a lot of games in six days, but [Conway] did the same thing and they came out and fielded the ball.