The Sanford Babe Ruth All Stars sent nine teams to the District 4 Tournaments held in Ormond Beach last weekend and all nine teams made it to the championship game of their respective tournaments.
Five of those teams came home with District 4 Championships _ 8U, 9U, 10U (outscoring its foes 60-14), 11U and 18U, while the 6U, 12U, 13U and 16U each finished as District 4 Runner-ups.
The five District Champions all earned automatic trips to their respective State Tournament and the 13U team also received an invitation to represent District 4 at the 13U state tournament by virtue of its runners-up finish to New Smyrna Beach, which was already assured of a spot in the tournament as it will be the host team.
Here are the Head Coaches and the State tournament dates for the six teams:
* 8U _ Head Coach Lee Oliver, June 10–to-14 in Live Oak.
* 9U _ Head Coach Tyler Prom, June 17–to-21 in Lake City.
* 10U _ Head Coach Chris Crouse, June 17–to-21 in Lake City.
* 11U _ Head Coach Justin Donston, June 17–to-21 in Jacksonville Beach.
* 13U _ Head Coach Jeremy Price, June 24–to-28 in New Smyrna Beach.
* 18U _ Head Coach Matt Andrew, June 17–to-21 in Lake City.
The 8U team has already completed play in Live Oak, but at the time this story was finished (because of an early deadline), the team had completed Pool Play with a 2-0 record, whitewashing Melrose, 10-0, on Thursday and easing past the Santa Fe Diamond Pigs, 14-2.
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