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.”

The DBB Child Protection Plan was developed to protect our minor participants and assist the leagues in complying with the Safe Sport Act. This overview (see attachment) is a brief summary of the DBB Child Protection Plan that will give you the tools to protect the youth in our leagues and help you become compliant with Federal Law. The complete plan that a league must adopt is located the “League Risk Management” tab on the DBB website at www.dbbusa.org.

The Safe Sport Act requires our league affiliates to report suspected child abuse (including sexual abuse) within 24 hours to law enforcement, to establish procedures to limit one-on-one interactions between an amateur athlete who is a minor and an adult (who is not the minor’s legal guardian) at an event or facility under the jurisdiction of the league, to provide consistent training to all adult members who are in regular contact with amateur athletes who are minors. And subject to parental consent, to provide information for parents to train their children regarding prevention and reporting of child abuse. DBB and its affiliated leagues must prohibit retaliation against any individual who makes a report under the Safe Sport Act.

Taking steps to protect our youth is paramount in the DBB program. The purposes of this risk management plan is to reduce and/or prevent the occurrence of misconduct in DBB and affiliated league baseball programs as well as to reduce the liability potential for DBB and its leagues. Misconduct can negatively impact participants, league officials/staff members, family, friends, and the sport.

The document Overview_of_the_DBB_Child_Abuse_Risk_Management_Plan.pdf was attached to this post.

Mrs. Laurie Parker wife of State Director Jason Parker was officially inducted into the DBB Hall of Fame. Laurie has been instrumental in the Dixie Majors program within the State of Louisiana as well as served in many official offices from the local league all the way to the state office. Laurie is fun to work with and can quote you the rule book on just about any rule. Laurie has set in press boxes across the southern United States a many of hours keeping the books for many Dixie World Series and definitely has been an asset to the DBB organization as a whole. Congratulations and God Bless. Picture with her family and DBB officials.

Player Wesley Moroni from JPRD EAST throws a perfect game in Louisiana State DBB Majors Tournament

In Photograph Left to Right

State Director Jason Parker
Wesley Moroni
Assistant State Director Rick Berry