BCYL Majors eliminated from World Series
Published 6:57 pm Monday, August 7, 2017
- The BCYL Majors All-Star team represented Virginia over the weekend for the first time at the Dixie Youth Baseball Major League World Series. Virginia team members pictured include, from left, front row, Jake Carter, Desmond Vaughan, Dillon Kimberlin, George Hurt, Camden Allen and Braedyn Schaeffer; back row, Coach John Toney, Harrison Mitchell, Holden Tyson, Eli Bryant, Manager Ben Gormus, Cameron Newton, Daniel Farrish, Justin Gunter and Coach Walter Edwards.
The Buckingham County Youth League (BCYL) Majors All-Star team, representing Virginia, fell 18-4 to South Carolina on Monday, eliminating the squad from the double-elimination Dixie Youth Baseball Major League World Series in Oxford, Alabama.
Buckingham narrowly lost its World Series opener 3-2 to Arkansas on Saturday evening.
Virginia trailed only 3-1 to South Carolina on Sunday when heavy rain suspended play in the first inning. The game resumed at 1 p.m. EST on Monday, and South Carolina was able to substantially pull away.
Nevertheless, Buckingham finished the summer with an impressive 9-3 record, going 4-1 in its district tournament and 5-0 in its state tourney to clinch the first-ever state championship by a BCYL Majors squad.
