South Charlotte Panthers

The South Charlotte Panthers brought home the BRONZE medal from the USA BASEBALLJUNIOR OLYMPICS held in Jupiter, Florida.

The Panthers completed the week long 72 team event 7-2. In the first round of pool play the Panthers finished 2-1 with wins over Southwest Florida Baseball 5-2 and the Dupage Diamondbacks 5-2. The lone loss was 2-3 to the Columbus Explorers.

The Panthers advanced to the 48 team championship pool play and finished 2-0 with a 10-4 win over the Broward Bulldogs and a come from behind 6-5 win over the Carolina Blue Jays.

The wins advanced the Panthers to the Championship Round of 32 where they faced a very strong Texas Stix team and locked up in an 11 inning pitchers duel. The Panthers took the hard fought 1-0 win and advanced to the SWEET 16 where they faced the Orlando Baseball Academy and won 3-0. In the ELITE 8 the Panthers came from behind to beat the Orlando Scorpions 3-2 to advance to the FINAL 4. In the finals the Panthers lost an early lead and fell to the Palm Beach PAL 7-4. The BRONZE medal game was rained out and the medal was shared by the Panthers and the Richmond Braves.

Leading hitters for the week were SS Richie Shaffer 13 for 29 (.448); C Tyler Tewell 13 for 30 (.433); CF Tyler Miller 12 for 33 (.364) and 1B Spencer Shuey 10 for 29 (.345) including 12 RBI and a Grand Slam HR.

Corey Roberts (1-0) led the pitching staff including a nine inning no hitter with no decision versus Texas. Chris Fogleman pitched 9 innings in relief and earned 3 wins and 2 saves for the week.