Congrats to the Canes North in winning the 16U WWB event.

Hey that is just SUPER!

Always love to hear that the Virginia Teams are doing well, great talent in this state....

Congratulations to all the players, coaches, their families and to the Canes Organization as a whole.

Chase Pinder is the bat boy. He has gotten some AB's. He should be a good '14 player.

Each Canes coach selects his own players. We ID players from the mid-Atlantic area. The North coaches are located in VA so have predominantly more VA kids. The South coaches are from NC and get most of their kids from that state.

We are very happy with our track record to date, not only in competing at high levels but also in getting kids seen (and signed) with high level programs.

rhobbs, Chase Pinder also has played in the field a couple of times, including having an assist.

The placement upon the North or the South team also can be a function of what positions are open or needed. There are Virginia players on the North Canes team (i.e., the 17U team)who were on the South Canes 16U team last year. There are now some Virginia players on some of the various South Canes teams (i.e., South Canes 16U and South Canes (which is a 17U team)). Just to confuse the issue more, sometimes the teams are remixed for certain tournaments and there will be a Canes Orange team and a Canes Green team.

Also, as with other organizations, players who are "league age eligible" (either because they "play up" or because of how their birthdays fall) were brought down from the older teams for the WWB. The Perfect Game roster was the "official roster" for the WWB. Some of the Virginia players on that roster play on the older Canes teams, both North Canes (i.e, the 17U team)and South Canes (i.e., the 17U team).

Richmond Braves National 2008 used to use Eric Mayers (a 2010) in the same vein. He was there with his brother and father anyway, so if someone got hurt or something, we were never short a player.

And when he got his chances, he HIT! And he grew into a strong player in his own right.

Not a bad way to run a team, it allows you to keep your roster small so that everyone who commits the time and money gets to play a lot.

But redbird, the Canes website shows three VA players on the North team, so it would seem to be mostly a NC and SC team.

As for Chase Pindar, I am certain that, with even a modicum of talent, the opportunity he is getting and will get will result in his success.

From PGCrosschecker.com:

Canes North Honored as 16U National Champs

Jim Ecker

Updated 16U Travel Team Rankings

16U Regional Travel Team Rankings

Jeff Petty likes his pitching staff. No, strike that. Jeff Petty absolutely loves his pitching staff.
“I think our pitchers are professional prospects and could pitch in college right now,” Petty told Perfect Game USA.

That’s saying quite a bit, because most of the pitchers on his Canes North 16U team are just entering their junior year in high school. One of them is just a sophomore, but Petty has evidence that confirms his pitchers are pretty special.

The Canes North rode the depth of their pitching staff to the title at the WWBA 16U National Championships in July, convincing the staff at Perfect Game to name the Canes the top 16-&-under team in the country this year.

“All the kids are happy with it,” Petty said. “With that honor comes a lot of responsibility. Everyone is going to be coming after you. That’s the thing we’ll be telling our kids. With that comes responsibility. That’s the challenge.”

Dillon Maples, a right-hander from Aberdeen, N.C., pitched a no-hitter against the Florida Mustangs in the championship game of the WWBA tournament in Georgia. Ronald Womack, a lefty from Raeford, N.C. with a 92 mph fastball, tossed a complete game against the Carolina Cyclones in the semifinals of that tournament, going all eight innings before the Canes prevailed on a tiebreaker. They are two of the top pitchers on the staff, but they were not alone.

Jake Cave, a left-hander from Hampton, Va., has committed to play at LSU after he graduates from high school in 2011. There’s also Tyler Beede (Auburn, Mass.), Michael Gilroy (Columbia, S.C.), Jordan Ramsey (Lexington, N.C.), Ryan Mayhew (Clemmons, N.C.) and Curt Britt (Laurinburg, Va.).

Petty, 27, lives in northern Virginia, and he has players from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts and Texas on his roster. Petty was a high school baseball coach at the tender age of 22 and started the Hurricanes program in 2006. He currently has eight teams, ranging in age from 15U through 18U.

“I just wanted to get high school all-star players who were college or professional prospects. That was the starting point,” he said. “I didn’t know it would turn into this.”

Petty does not coach high school baseball anymore, but he still teaches physical education at a school in Virginia. He’s the General Manager of Hurricanes Baseball and also is an associate scout for the New York Yankees.

The Canes North had more than pitchers on their team this year, of course.

“Offensively, I think we have more than a handful of hitters that I would say are (among) the top hitters in the country in this age division,” Petty remarked. “It’s not a deal where we have one or two superstars carrying the load. There are several kids who can swing it with the best of them.”

Petty listed Joshua Tobias (Greensboro, N.C.), Kyle Martin (Simpsonville, S.C.), Grayson Atwood (Mt. Pleasant, N.C.), Luke Dunlap (Walnut Grove, N.C.), Cameron Capell (Louisburg, N.C.), Nick Thompson (Chesapeake, Va.), Cave and Britt as some of the top hitters on the club. He called Landon Lassiter (High Point, N.C.) an outstanding shortstop, and listed Travis Myers (Heathsville, Va.) as a top prospect behind the plate with a strong arm.

Tobias, an infielder, has committed to the University of Florida. Capell, an outfielder and catcher, has committed to South Carolina. Daniel Gossett, a pitcher from Lyman, S.C., has committed to Clemson.

Congratulations to the Canes on continuing to build a great program. Any chance we can eliminate the quaint "South" and "North" names? Seems like 3/4 or more of this "North" team was from NC or SC. One kid from Mass and a few from VA don't quite fit the "North" description. Maybe come up with new identifiers to distinguish the teams (e.g., Green, Orange, White, Black)? In any case, they are in the elite category, battling the Dirtbags, Braves, Texas, and California elite teams for supremacy.

I think I have seen them distinguish themselves by orange and green when in tournaments, don't remember which was which though.

The "quaint" names are only intended to distinguish two different squads, and relate mainly to the home bases of the head coaches. It refers to the homes of the players no more so than, say, "New York Yankees". Or "Midland Redskins".

Anyone have any updates on Lansing Veeder, the PVI player who played for the Canes until mid-summer. I was told he was injured but that he would be back. I have not seen his name pop up on a Canes roster since the injury. Updates?

Lansing is playing for the NVTBL Stars Red.

Thanks, golfball. So does that mean he is 100% healthy and back to full speed? Will he return to the Canes?