The 12U South Florida Hitmen travel baseball team from Royal Palm Beach went to Cooperstown, N.Y., July 19-26 to compete in the 2015 Cooperstown Dreams Park World Series Tournament.
There were 104 teams from 26 different states and Canadian provinces competing for the championship. The South Florida Hitmen represented Palm Beach County in grand fashion by going 11-0 and winning the Cooperstown Dreams Park Champions title.
After six pool-play games, the South Florida Hitmen earned the tournament’s No. 2 seed.
The championship game was played at Little Major League Field in front of a crowd of more than 2,500. The contest was also televised over the Internet and watched by more than 85,000 viewers worldwide on Thursday, June 25.
The South Florida Hitmen faced the No. 4 Richmond Braves North (Va.) in the championship game.
Blake Kendall Jr. crushed two homers at the plate, earning four RBIs, and Chandler Marsh dominated on the mound.
The South Florida Hitmen went on to win 7-3 in six innings, and earned the South Florida Hitmen’s induction as champions into the Youth Baseball Hall of Fame, part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
ABOVE: (Front row) Blake Kendall Jr., Chandler Marsh, Jacoby Long and Malachi Smart; (back row) Austin Tonks, Jackson Hugus, Matthew Horton, Joey Guelli, Cameron Smith, Luis Delgato, Max Martzolf, Luke LeMond and Kyle Barnowski.
