Hickory Flat Bash

June 11th - 13th 2010

The Oregon Park (9U) Raptors are the champions of the Hickory Flat

Bash Tournament held June 10th through the 13th at Thomas Field in

Canton, GA. The Raptors came out of pool play seeded second, then

defeated the Dawsonville Tigers in the first round of tournament play.

On Sunday the first seed Eastside Strikers, the team that had handed

the Raptors their only defeat in pool play defeated their opponents

and then watched as the Raptors dispatched a scrappy Shaw Park Dragons

team. Sammy Millard pitched a very efficient three-hit shutout and

the Raptors bats delivered for a final score of 13 - 0. Despite the

very hot and humid conditions the Raptors only had a 30 minute break

to rest and rehydrate before taking the field against a rested

Strikers team. The Raptors managed to put up two runs early and

steadily added to their lead. Two plays in the second set the tone

for the defense as on successive plays the Raptors Right Fielder and

First Baseman hooked up to erase what could have been singles. The

real story of the game was the pitching of Hayden "Haydo" Green, who

tossed a complete game no-hitter defeating the Strikers 9-0. In the

end the Raptors had vanquished two teams in less than four hours,

giving up only three hits and no runs while committing only one error

to earn the mantle of Tournament Champions.

Jim Thomas Field

4360 Hickory Road

Canton, Georgia 30115

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