Greensboro teams win baseball championships
Special to the Peacemaker / July 26, 2018
The 2018 MJBL 12-under champions are the Greensboro Big Cats. Board member Mike Berry (far left)shakes hands with Brayden Jeffries, who won the Pee Wee Robinson Award.
The Greensboro Bison are the 15 and under champs of the the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League Inner City Classic
On Saturday the Greensboro Bison slid by the Illinois Panthers 17-16 to take the 15-and-under title at Smith High. The Bison head coach is Clint Miller. In the 12-and-under match, the Greensboro Big Cats defeated Shiloh of Greensboro 10-2. The Cats, coached by Reggie Tatum, used a six-run fifth inning to secure the victory.
In other games the Red Sox Prime of Cedar Grove, N.C. won the 17-and-under age group, defeating Charlotte’s Next Level 7-1. The Red Sox, coached by the Torrey Pettiford, scored six runs in the fourth inning to break the game open. In the closing game Sunday, the Charlotte Crushers cruised by the Camden, N.J. Braves 6-1 for the 19-and-under championship. The Crushers, coached by Raymond Isaacs, held Camden scoreless until the final inning.
The MJBL also offers the Pee Wee Robinson Award, which goes to a player in the 12-and-under division who displays leadership on and off the field. This year’s winner is Brayden Jeffries of the Greensboro Big Cats.
In the Home Run Derby, Isaiah Meaders of the Charlotte Black Sox won the 12-and-under division, while Luis Bahamundi of the Illinois Panthers took the 15-and-under.
While open to everyone, MJBL continues to be the only national youth league geared toward inner city African American athletes.
2018 MJBL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SCORES
19-and-under
Charlotte Crushers 6
Camden (N.J.) Braves 1
17-and-under
Cedar Grove (N.C.) Red Sox 7
Next Level (Charlotte) 1
15-and-under
Greensboro Bison 17
Illinois Panthers 16
12-and-under
Greensboro Big Cats 10
Greensboro Shiloh A’s 2
