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Grays Rally to Place 2nd at Longhorn


The Potomac Grays 12U team dug down deep to rally and make it into the Bronze Division Championship game on Sunday, but lost 4 – 3 in the bottom of the 6th inning in a hard-fought game against the Spotsylvania Hurricanes to place 2nd in the 8th annual Longhorn Stampede Tournament May 30-April 1, 2012.  Over 3 days, the Grays weathered 5 games and rallied from a rough 0-2 start to beat the WFC Longhorns and the Virginia Generals for a berth in the championship. Coaches Lippman, Williams and Bosch kept the boys focused and aggressive in the late games.

Grays make it to ODBL championship!

The 12U Potomac Grays entered the season ending ODBL Championship tournament looking forward to squeezing as much baseball out of the weekend as possible, given the many rainouts throughout the fall.

The two Saturday games determined the seeding for Sunday, with only the top 8 seeds qualifying to play for the Championship. The first game was against the Virginia Generals, who had beaten the Grays already twice this season. However, the Generals had not yet faced David Siegel and his superb pitching. Siegel struck out 12 batters in 4 2/3 innings and generally blew the ball past every batter. In the words of one parent, Siegel was “beast!” David added to his strong performance by hitting a triple in the 2nd inning and scoring the team’s first run. » Read more..

Generals go 2-1 at Ripken

The PTB 13u Generals recently traveled to Aberdeen to take part in the Ripken Around the Horn tournament. Facing a tough draw, the Generals dropped their first game to the Olney Pirates, 12-5. Needing to finish at least 2-1 in pool play to continue on to the four team knockout round, things weren’t looking so hot. The Generals were up to the challenge, however.

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12u Grays finish strong at the beach!

The Grays followed up there strong showing at Longhorn back in September with a successful finish at the Columbus Day Classic. The three day tournament, held at the Sports at the Beach complex near Rehoboth Beach, was a good test for the Grays. After a tough stretch in pool play, (1-3 with two 1-run losses), the Grays found themselves in Monday’s 12u consolation tournament. The team made the most of their situation, beating the TC Triplets in the semi-final (and avenging a pool play loss). In the final, the Grays battled with the Colts Neck Cougars before winning 4-3.

Congrats to the Grays on a great finish!

Generals win Columbus Day Classic Tourney at Rehoboth

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It was a great end to a beautiful three-day weekend at the Sports at the Beach complex near Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, as the 13u Potomac Generals recorded three consecutive upset victories during Monday’s knockout round to claim the Columbus Day Classic championship. Cameron Stork, who pitched six tough innings for the championship game win, was named Tournament MVP.

For their victory, the Generals players (pictured, above) each received a red Under Armour baseball windshirt emblazoned with “Sports at the Beach Tournament Champion” on the chest.

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13u Generals Finish 2nd at NOVA

The 13u Generals made a strong showing this weekend in Fredericksburg, finishing as runners-up at the USSSA NOVA Tourney. After a 13-3 win over the Stafford Generals and 3-0 win over the Stafford River Bandits, the Potomac Generals went into Sunday as the second overall seed. » Read more..

PTB enjoys big success at Longhorn Tournament

On a weekend that looked as if it might be washed out by bad weather, both Potomac Travel Baseball teams made strong showings at the Longhorn Stampede Tournament in Loudoun County, Virginia.

The 12u Grays went 3-0 in pool play, winning by scores of 6-2, 10-4 and 12-0. The showing was good enough to earn the team a spot in the 4 team (out of 16) knockout round. While they fell to the eventual 12u champion Olney Pirates, Coach Broyles’ squad had a great run in their first tourney of the season.

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Generals start fast

With just a few weeks to become accustomed to the new basepaths (90 feet) and 60’6″ pitching distance, no one would have been upset if the Generals struggled out of the gate. To the surprise of many, however, the new-look Generals turned in strong performances over a three game stretch that saw them win by scores of 8-2, 6-5, and 13-2.

Over the three games, all fifteen players contributed, with newcomers like Jake Abruzzi (FCKL) contributing quality innings at pitcher and second base and Aaron Buchwald (MLL) swinging a big stick at the plate.

During their win over the 14u Chain Bridge Vikings, the Generals showed they could battle in close games. After putting up six runs in the bottom of the second, the team made key plays to hold off the more experienced Chain Bridge crew.

The Generals look to get better as they face a tough Prospects 14u squad this week before heading to compete in the Longhorn Stampede Tournament over the weekend.

Welcome to the home of Potomac Travel Baseball!

Welcome to the new home of Potomac Travel Baseball! Our goal with this web site is to make our program a great source of information for our families, as well as a way of making our program more visible in the community.

We will keep updated rosters here, schedules, directions, links, forms, pictures, results…you name it! At the very least it will give us a way to centralize all of the information that we generate throughout the year.

Please send us your feedback by using the contact link up above. If there is something we are missing, let us know and we’ll get it added quickly.