Sterlington, Louisiana…….July 28, 2021……...JPRD East, Louisiana (5-0) emerged with the 2021 Dixie Boys World Series title in winning the coveted “Bubba Brasher Championship Award.” The team gave up a total of 19 runs and only 16 total hits in the 2021 event. The win by JPRD East follows a 2019 Dixie Boys World Series title. In an evenly matched championship game, JPRD defeated Union County, South Carolina 5-4. Both of the Union County (4-2 record) losses came against JPRD. It was clear that the Union County team could hit the baseball as they totaled 61 runs in their six games. Tanner Hardin of Union County, SC led the charge as he had two grand slams in the tournament breaking a record held beginning in 1977 and ending at the 2021 World Series. 50 plus players were listed as tying the record until Hardin’s two grand slams. Hattiesburg, Mississippi and East Montgomery (EMCA), Texas remained in contention to the last day. James Tidwell, EMCA entered the record books as he recorded four doubles in one game to become the all-time leader in doubles in one game. Tidwell also tied a World Series record with a total of five hits in one game. Kingston, Tennessee received the “Jim Thornton Sportsmanship Award.” Commissioner/CEO J. Sandy Jones commented, “We witnessed an outstanding Boys World Series with record-setting performances, extra inning games and a very deserving championship title winner in JPRD East, Louisiana. The last three of the twenty-two tournament games played were all one-run games. Congratulations to all teams participating in our 2021 Boys World Series. Discover Monroe-West Monroe was an excellent host for our 65th Anniversary events.”