Nancy Chapman
The Youth Nationals Baseball Tournament is an annual event for players aged 9U (nine years or younger) to 16U, spanning two weeks of baseball and softball tournaments. These leagues are designated for travel ball players. In travel ball, the player's family finances their participation in tournaments. Players travel within their state and to neighboring states to compete in baseball or softball. Travel leagues typically operate year-round, with summer and winter tournaments marking the beginning of the new season each January.
Reno/Sparks hosted the Youth Nationals Baseball Tournaments at the Golden Eagle Sports Complex in Sparks. The week 1 tournament was held from June 13-19, and week 2 from June 20-26. The winners in week one of the baseball 13U tournaments were the Tigard, OR Mavericks-Demarini beating the Kauai, HI, Hanapepe-Lihue team in game one, with a final score of 7 to 5.
In game two, the championship game saw the Mavericks overtake The Rock, Roseville, CA 13U team with a final score of 11 to 3. The Mavericks would be crowned the 13U National Youth Baseball Tournament champions. The best players of each team will be selected for the Allstar Teams of their home state. Fallon 13U Hornets would go down in the second round of eliminations.
Week two of the tournament featured softball and the 12U Lady Scorpions – led by coaches Koren King, Jennifer Hargis and Colie Ellis –ended the tournament in third place. Coaches Koren and Jennifer grew up in Fallon and were honored that they led their team to third out of 15 teams in the 12U softball tournament from several different states.
Sutter Buttes Thunder, from Yuba City, CA took first place beating the Rohnert Park Rebels from California with a final score 6-3, giving Rohnert second place. The Lady Scorpions went up against Colorado Angels with a final score of 9-5, to finish the tournament in third place.
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