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Day Date Time Opponent Location
Results

Record
Overall (Conf)

Sat May 17 11 AM Cary Colts Green Hope HS (home)
W 8-2
1-0 (0-0)
Sat May 17 1 PM Cary Colts Green Hope HS (away)
W 9-4
2-0 (0-0)
Sun May 18 1 PM N Nash N Nash HS
L 5-10
2-1 (0-0)
Sun May 18 3 PM N Nash N Nash HS
L 4-8
2-2 (0-0)
Wed May 21 7 PM Oxford Webb HS
W 9-8 (8)
3-2 (1-0)
Thu May 22 7 PM Oxford Green Hope HS
L 1-8
3-3 (1-1)
Sat May 24 11 AM Morehead City W Carteret HS
L 3-6
3-4 (1-1)
Sat May 24 1 PM Morehead City W Carteret HS
W 8-1
4-4 (1-1)
Sun May 25 1 PM Beaufort E Carteret HS
W 13-1
5-4 (1-1)
Sun May 25 3 PM Beaufort E Carteret HS
W 9-0
6-4 (1-1)
Tue May 27 6 PM Cary Colts Athens Drive HS
W 4-1
7-4 (1-1)
Thu May 29 5:30 PM W Johnston W Johnston HS
W 12-2
8-4 (2-1)
Thu May 29 7:30 PM W Johnston W Johnston HS
W 11-1
9-4 (3-1)
Sat May 31 11 AM N Nash Green Hope HS
W 12-2
10-4 (3-1)
Sat May 31 1 PM N Nash Green Hope HS
W 10-1
11-4 (3-1)
Sun Jun 1 1 PM Wilson Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC
W 11-2
12-4 (3-1)
Sun Jun 1 3 PM Wilson Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC
W 8-5
13-4 (3-1)
Tue Jun 3 7 PM Cary Colts Green Hope HS (home)
W 10-2
14-4 (4-1)
Thu Jun 5 7 PM Cary Colts Green Hope HS (away)
W 17-9
15-4 (5-1)
Sat Jun 7 1 PM Tarboro Green Hope HS
W 18-2
16-4 (5-1)
Sat Jun 7 3 PM Cary Colts Green Hope HS
W 14-4
17-4 (5-1)
Sun Jun 8 1 PM Tarboro Tarboro Stadium
W 11-4
18-4 (5-1)
Sun Jun 8 3 PM Tarboro Tarboro Stadium
W 9-3
19-4 (5-1)
Tue Jun 10 7 PM Leesville Leesville HS
W 12-4
20-4 (6-1)
Wed Jun 11 7 PM Oxford Green Hope HS
L 5-9
20-5 (6-1)
Thu Jun 12 7:30 PM Leesville Green Hope HS
W 2-0
21-5 (7-1)
Sat Jun 14 11 AM Wilson Green Hope HS
W 12-2
22-5 (7-1)
Sat Jun 14 1 PM Wilson Green Hope HS
W 8-1
23-5 (7-1)
Sun Jun 15 1 PM Morehead City Green Hope HS
W 6-5
24-5 (7-1)
Sun Jun 15 3 PM Morehead City Green Hope HS
W 12-2
25-5 (7-1)
Tue Jun 17 7:30 PM N Raleigh Green Hope HS
W 4-2
26-5 (8-1)
Thu Jun 19 7:30 PM N Raleigh Millbrook HS
L 6-7
26-6 (8-2)
Tue Jun 24 7:30 PM N Raleigh Millbrook HS
W 7-2
27-6 (8-2)
Thu Jun 26 7:30 PM Benson S Johnston HS
W 14-3
28-6 (9-2)
Sat Jun 28 11 AM Tarboro Green Hope HS
W 5-1
29-6 (9-2)
Sat Jun 28 1 PM Tarboro Green Hope HS
W 11-1
30-6 (9-2)
Sun Jun 29 12 noon Colts Green Hope HS
W 10-0
31-6 (9-2)
Sun Jun 29 2 PM Colts Green Hope HS
W 20-1
32-6 (9-2)
Tue Jul 1 5 PM Oxford Webb HS
L 7-8
32-7 (9-2)
Tue Jul 1 7 PM Oxford Webb HS
W 5-3
33-7 (9-2)
Wed Jul 2 7:30 PM Benson Green Hope HS
W 8-4
34-7 (10-2)
Tue Jul 8 7 PM N Nash N Nash HS
Rain
34-7 (10-2)
Wed Jul 9 7:30 PM N Raleigh Green Hope HS
Rain
34-7 (10-2)

Bold - Conference Games

Final Conference Standings

  1. Oxford (11-1)
  2. Cary Bulls (10-2)
  3. N Raleigh (7-5)
  4. Cary Colts (6-6)
  5. W. Johnston (4-8)
  6. Benson (3-9)
  7. Leesville (2-10)

Post Season

Conference Playoffs (Double Elimination, 2 teams advance)
Day Date Time
Game
 Opponent Location
Results
Fri 7/11 7:30 PM
1
 N Raleigh @ Cary Bulls Green Hope HS Cary Bulls 5 (35-7)
N Raleigh 3
Fri 7/11 7 PM
2
 Cary Colts @ Oxford Webb HS Oxford 7 (28-8)
Cary Colts 3 (8-18)
Sat 7/12 11 AM
3
 Cary Colts @ N Raleigh Millbrook HS N Raleigh 3
Cary Colts 1 (8-19)
Cary Colts eliminated
Sat 7/12 11 AM
4
 Cary Bulls @ Oxford Webb HS Cary Bulls 4 (36-7)
Oxford 1 (28-9)
Cary Bulls advance to District Playoffs
Sun 7/13 2 PM
5
 N Raleigh @ Oxford Webb HS Oxford 8 (29-9)
N Raleigh 5 (13-12)
Oxford advances to District Playoffs

Cary Bulls advances as #1 Seed, Oxford advances as #2 seed, Cary Colts and N Raleigh are eliminated

District Playoffs (Double Elimination, 2 teams advance)
Day Date Time
Game
 Opponent
Location
Results
Tue 7/15 7:30 PM 1 N Nash @ Cary Bulls Green Hope HS Cary Bulls 12 (37-7)
N Nash 2
Tue 7/15 TBD 2 Oxford @ Rocky Mount Rocky Mount Rocky Mount 12
Oxford 2 (28-10)
Wed 7/16 TBD 3 N Nash v Oxford Webb HS Oxford over N Nash
N Nash eliminated
Wed 7/16 7:30 PM 4 Rocky Mount v Cary Bulls Green Hope HS Cary Bulls 6 (38-7)
Rocky Mount 5
Cary Bulls advances to Eastern State Qualifier
Thu 7/17 TBD 5 Oxford v Rocky Mount Rocky Mount Rocky Mount 12
Oxford 2
Rocky Mt advances to Eastern State Qualifier

Cary Bulls advances as #1 Seed, Rocky Mount advances as #2 seed, Oxford advances as #2 Wild Card by virtue of overall record. N Nash eliminated

Eastern Qualifying Tournament (Double Elimination, 3 teams advance)

Two At-Large teams also advance to the State Qualifier
#1 - the non-qualifying team with the most total wins
#2 - the team with the highest winning percentage (minimum 20 games played)

Day Date Time Game Opponents
Location
Results
Sat 7/19 9:30 AM
1
 Wayne Co. North (18-10) @  Wayne Co. South (16-5) USA Baseball Complex Wayne Co. North 4
Wayne Co. South 1
Sat 7/19 10 AM
2
 Rocky Mt (16-4) @ SW Brunswick (23-5) USA Baseball Complex Rocky Mt  6
SW Brunswick 5
Sat 7/19 12 PM
3
 Oxford (30-11) @ Leland (20-6) USA Baseball Complex Leland 5
Oxford 4
Sat 7/19 12:30 PM
4
 Morehead City (23-5) @ Cary Bulls (38-7) USA Baseball Complex Cary Bulls 9
Morehead City 0
Sat 7/19 3 PM
5
 Wayne Co. South (18-11) v SW Brunswick (23-6) USA Baseball Complex SW Brunswick 5
Wayne Co. South 4
Wayne Co. South eliminated
Sat 7/19 3:30 PM
6
 Wayne Co. North (17-5) v Rocky Mt (17-4) USA Baseball Complex Rocky Mt  6
Wayne Co. North 5
Rocky Mt advances to State Tournament
Sun 7/20 12 Noon
7
 Oxford (30-12) v Morehead City (23-6) USA Baseball Complex Oxford 8
Morehead City 6
Morehead eliminated
Sun 7/20 12 Noon
8
 Leland (21-6) v Cary Bulls (39-7) USA Baseball Complex Cary Bulls 12
Leland 2
Cary Bulls advance to State Tournament
Sun 7/20 4 PM
9
 Leland (21-7) v SW Brunswick (24-6) USA Baseball Complex SW Brunswick 8
Leland 7
Leland eliminated
Sun 7/20 4 PM
10
 Oxford (31-12) v Wayne Co. North (17-6) USA Baseball Complex Wayne Co. North 8
Oxford 7
Oxford eliminated
Sun 7/20 7 PM
11
 SW Brunswick (25-6) v  Wayne Co. North (18-6) USA Baseball Complex SW Brunswick 14
Wayne Co. North 4
SW Brunswick advances to State Tournament Wayne Co. North eliminated

Cary advances as #1 East seed, Rocky Mt as #2 seed, W Brunswick as #3 seed. Southern Wayne, N Wayne, Morehead City and Leland eliminated

State Championship Qualifiers

West
#1 - Mooresville
#2 - Rowan
#3 - Cherryville
#4 - Pineville
East
#1 - Cary Bulls (44-7)
#2 - Rocky Mount (18-4)
#3 - SW Brunswick (26-6)
#4 - Kinston (Host)

Field Locations

Lenoir Community College (LCC) - 231 Highway 58 South Kinston, North Carolina 28502
Grainger Stadium (GS) - 400 East Grainger Ave Kinston, NC 28502

State Junior Legion Tournament (Double Elimination)
Day Date Time
Game
 Opponents
Location
Results
Wed 7/23 9:30 AM 1 Rowan v SW Brunswick LCC Rowan 11
SW Brunswick 9 (26-7)
Thu 7/24 1 PM 2 Cherryville v Rocky Mt LCC Cherryville 8
Rocky Mt 7 (18-5)
Thu 7/24 4:30 PM 3 Pineville v Cary Grainger Stad Cary 2 (41-7)
Pineville 1
Thu 7/24 7:30 PM 4 Mooresville v Kinston Grainger Stad Mooresville 4
Kinston 1
Fri 7/25 4:30 PM 5 SW Brunswick v Pineville LCC SW Brunswick over Pineville
Pineville eliminated
Fri 7/25 12:30 PM 6 Rocky Mt v Kinston LCC Rocky Mt over Kinston
Kinston eliminated
Fri 7/25 4:30 PM 7 Rowan v Cary Grainger Stad Rowan 4
Cary 3 (41-8)
Fri 7/25 7:30 PM 8 Cherryville v Mooresville Grainger Stad Mooresville 7
Cherryville 3
Sat 7/26 12:30 PM 9 Rocky Mt v Cary LCC Cary 3 (42-8)
Rocky Mt 2
Rocky Mt  eliminated
Sat 7/26 4 PM 10 SW Brunswick v Cherryville LCC Cherryville 4
SW Brunswick 2
SW Brunswick eliminated
Sat 7/26 12:30 PM 11 Rowan v Mooresville Grainger Stad Mooresville 3
Rowan 2
Sat 7/26 4 PM 12 Cary v Rowan Grainger Stad Cary 11 (43-8)
Rowan 1
Rowan eliminated
Sat 7/26 7 PM 13 Cherryville v Mooresville Grainger Stad Cherryville 15
Mooresville 7
Sun 7/27 1 PM 14 Cary v Cherryville Grainger Stad Cary 7 (44-8)
Cherryville 0
Cherryville eliminated
Sun 7/27 4:30 PM 15 Cary v Mooresville Grainger Stad Cary 5
Mooresville 2
Cary Bulls (45-8) State Champions

2008 State Bracket

Final Results

Champion:     Cary Bulls
Runner-Up:       Mooresville
3rd Place:        Cherryville
4th Place:         Rowan
5th Place:         SW Brunswick
                          Rocky Mt
7th Place:         Pineville
                          Kinston

All-Tournament Team

Grant Shambley - MVP
Nolan Poythress
Jake Milinichik
James Todd
Wade Woodworth
Blair Betts

Stats

Name
GP
PA
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
TB
OBP
SLG
AVG
Shambley, Grant
52
185
147
52
79
13
1
0
35
20
94
0.600
0.639
0.537
Poythress, Nolan
51
162
129
48
53
14
3
4
36
17
85
0.509
0.658
0.410
Snotherly,Ben
51
139
120
36
53
9
3
0
37
7
68
0.477
0.566
0.441
Hamm, David
49
145
111
40
40
12
1
0
20
23
54
0.471
0.486
0.360
Betts, Blair
51
125
107
28
38
15
1
4
35
16
67
0.443
0.626
0.355
Milinichik, Jake
44
121
104
33
42
9
3
2
41
13
63
0.475
0.605
0.403
Pistacchio, Joe
49
123
102
31
34
6
4
5
27
13
63
0.411
0.617
0.333
Rudio, Dillon
52
119
98
25
29
9
2
2
33
14
48
0.393
0.489
0.295
Ruth, Matt
50
100
81
23
26
7
0
0
12
13
33
0.408
0.407
0.320
Nusbaum, Matt
41
78
67
12
17
4
0
0
17
3
21
0.324
0.313
0.253
Woodworth, Wade
46
82
65
20
25
3
3
0
15
10
34
0.468
0.523
0.384
Boghosian, Adam
43
78
65
15
20
4
0
1
10
8
27
0.423
0.415
0.307
King, Michael
44
73
62
13
19
7
1
2
18
10
34
0.41
0.548
0.306
Colantino, Anthony
51
82
61
18
16
2
1
0
14
16
20
0.419
0.327
0.262
Fisher, Jesse
40
65
52
25
15
2
1
0
4
5
19
0.377
0.365
0.288
Vangenderen, Gerrit
38
48
41
16
13
5
0
0
12
6
18
0.404
0.439
0.317
Todd, James
37
48
39
14
17
6
0
1
9
8
26
0.541
0.666
0.435
Totals
1451
449
536
127
24
21
375
202
774
0.456
0.533
0.369

Bold denotes team leader

GP Games Played AB Official At Bats
R Runs Scored H Hits
RBI Runs Batted In TB Total Bases
K Strike Outs    
OBP On Base %    
AVG Batting Average    

 

Name
GP
IP
BF
R
ER
H
2B
3B
HR
BB
K
B
S
ERA
OBA
Betts, Blair
29
57.1
248
17
11
38
2
0
0
35
83
396
610
1.34
0.181
Milinichik, Jake
18
50
206
19
16
39
5
1
0
13
58
225
474
2.24
0.213
Todd, James
22
44.1
188
15
9
29
5
1
0
27
52
274
439
1.42
0.188
Poythress, Nolan
17
41.1
156
12
6
24
3
0
1
5
39
184
368
1.01
0.169
Vangenderen, Gerrit
23
38.2
177
26
24
45
6
1
1
17
20
210
334
4.34
0.292
Ruth, Matt
16
29
121
13
7
22
5
0
0
12
18
159
247
1.68
0.205
Boghosian, Adam
20
28.2
122
9
6
18
2
0
0
15
31
193
266
1.46
0.18
Woodworth, Wade
11
18
96
23
12
24
5
0
0
10
14
134
192
4.66
0.292
Snotherly, Ben
11
16.2
85
15
13
15
2
0
0
18
16
148
170
5.46
0.238
King, Michael
7
9.2
54
10
5
15
0
0
0
8
12
81
121
3.62
0.333
Colantino, Anthony
7
9.2
34
3
2
5
0
0
1
0
8
34
74
1.44
0.151
Hamm, David
1
1
6
2
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
11
15
0
0.5
Totals
182
344.1
1493
164
111
276
35
3
3
162
352
2049
3310
2.25
0.211

Bold denotes team leader

GP Games Played IP Innings Pitched H Hits allowed
R Runs Allowed ER Earned Runs Allowed K Strike Outs
BB Walks ERA Earned Runs Allowed per 7 innings    

Name
Innings
TC
PO
A
E
DP
FLD%
Shambley
308.1
63
61
1
1
0
0.984
Betts
209
180
156
20
4
11
0.977
Colantino
222.2
235
202
27
6
0
0.974
Todd
68.2
31
14
16
1
2
0.967
Snotherly
244.2
61
50
9
2
3
0.967
Boghosian
158.1
30
20
9
1
0
0.966
Pistacchio
150
107
80
23
4
1
0.962
Nusbaum
109.1
93
79
10
4
0
0.956
Poythress
273.1
154
93
54
7
9
0.954
Vangenderen
83.2
52
36
13
3
3
0.942
Rudio
229.2
121
52
60
9
9
0.925
Milinichik
212.1
47
35
8
4
1
0.914
Hamm
273.1
148
40
93
15
16
0.898
Ruth
205
78
31
38
9
4
0.884
Woodworth
161.1
48
17
25
6
1
0.875
King
83.1
55
35
13
7
3
0.872
Fisher
61
3
2
0
1
0
0.666
Totals
344.1
1506
1003
419
84
63
0.944

Bold underline denotes team leader

 

TC Total Chances PO Put Outs
A Assists E Errors
DP Double Plays PB Pass Balls

 

 

Notes

The Bulls played in 15 different parks this season.

  1. Green Hope High
  2. West Johnston High
  3. Oxford Webb High
  4. West Carteret High
  5. East Carteret High
  6. Millbrook High
  7. Leesville Road High
  8. South Johnston High
  9. Northern Nash High
  10. Athens Drive High
  11. Fleming Stadium in Wilson
  12. Tarboro Stadium
  13. USA National Training Center in Cary
  14. Lenoir Community College
  15. Grainger Stadium

The Bulls .....

won the 350 game in team history against the Cary Colts on May 17th.

played the 450th game in team history against Oxford on May 21st.

lost our 100th game in team history at Morehead on May 24th.

played 17 different opponents.

played the most games in team history (53) and won the most in team history (45).

were 22-2 at Green Hope High, 15-5 in away games and 8-1 at neutral sites.

were 34-7 in regular season games, 10-2 in conference games and 11-1 in tournament games.

did not lose a series this season. lost consecutive games twice this season.

had winning streaks of 17games, 9 games, & 6 games twice this summer.

were 5-3 in one-run games and 4-0 in two-run games.

shut out their opponent 5 times without being shut-out.

scored 10+ runs 20 times and allowed 10 only once.

won 16 games by the 10-run rule and did not lose by it.

scored 20 runs against the Colts on June 29th and 30th in a DH against them that day.

hit 21 HRs and 8 different players hit at least one.

scored a team record 439 runs and averaged 8.5 runs per game.

had 14 players that had 70+ plate appearances and 9 that had 100+.

had 12 players take the mound, and 7 that threw 20 or more innings.

included players from Athens(8), Green Hope(6), Gibbons(2), Apex(1), had two left-handed throwers and three left-handed hitters.

had one switch-hitter.

had 9 players born in 1991, 8 born in 1992.

had 4 rising seniors, 10 rising juniors, 3 rising sophomores.

had 5 returning players and 12 first-year players.

set or tied 11 team and 14 individual records.