Nor - Cal 12U Spring Summer Rankings

[1st to 3rd]

This will be a results based ranking based on quality wins, over all record and facts not emotion!

1.) RR Gold - Miller: Best pitching staff, best athletes, best lineup 1-12. Best hitting team in NorCal hands down! In a class of their own but they are definately beatable. Will they play 14U all season and only drop down for the Fresno, Memorial, Association tourneys and Nationals? Heard they are not attending ASA Nationals now and were awarded a berth to Premier Nationals. Tied for 5th place at Fresno Force losing to a solid Sun Devils team but is still the team to beat in NorCal!

2.) [/b][/i]Mizuno - Garcia: 1 stud pitcher with solid support staff, solid defense, good lineup. Just not the WOW factor like RR Gold. Heard they will be focused on attending ASA Nationals in Illinois. 1st place in Sacramento March 3/4 beating Team Xtreme keeps them in second place! [b]Lost to Firecrackers La MIiada who ended up winning the tournament but still holding down the #2 spot in NorcalThey were awarded a berth to Premier Nationals. Will they take it?

Tie - 3rd. ) Team Extreme: Good line up, good defense, good baserunning. Catcher and SS are studs. But this team still some work to do. Not sure they have enough pitching to make it deep into big tournaments. Heard they will be focused on attending PGF Nationals in SoCal. [i]Made Championship game in Sacramento taking 2nd place keeps them in 3rd place! Team has went through alot of transition since my last update! Lost starting catcher and #2 pitcher but have managed to keep things together. Tied for 5th at Fresno Force playing good games against Sun Devils, while beating KG Tracy and SJ Sting on Sunday until finally falling to the 2nd place team.

Tie - 3rd) Grapettes - Norwood: As always Norwood aggressive baserunning and defense. They were awrded a berth to Premier 1st place in Stockton March 3/4beating Grapes - Kapp in International Tie breaker. Tied for 3rd at Fresno Force Classic. Pitching seems to be getting it done.

5.) Grapettes - Kappmeyer: Good pitching, good catcher, good hitting, good small ball. Still lots of work to do on defense to compete deep into sundays but put together a solid team on short notice. Attending Triple Crown and ASA Western Nationals. 2nd place March 3/4 in Stockton. Lost in International Tie breaker to Grapes - Norwood.Tied for 5th place at Fresno Force Classic losing to Grapes - Norwood.

6.) SJ Sting: Good Defense, good hitting. Have only seen them play twice but both performances were solid. Heard they will be focused on attending Premier Nationals in SoCal. Unless your RR- Miller you need to play to maintain your ranking. Knocked out 1st game Sunday by Team Extreme at Fresno Force Classic.

7.) KG Hitters - Tracy: Best 00' team in norcal. Will compete in every tournament and surprise/upset some people. Capable of beating any of the above mentioned teams. Heard they will be focused on ASA western Nats in Roseville.Did not play March 3/4)Knocked out 1st game Sunday by Team Extreme at Fresno Force Classic.

8.) Roseville Heat - LaGabed: Pitching?, Solid defense, average offense. Coach kids most out of his kids. Not sure about championship play plans.Lost in Semi-finals to Mizuno - Garcia in Sacramento March 3/4 Knocked out 1st game by California Crossfie at Fresno Force Classic.

9.) CC Dirtdogs - Mancha: Big hitters, good catcher. Still lots of work to do. Not sure about championship play plans. Didnt play March 3/4 Silver Bracket 2nd Place at fresno Force Classic.

10.) Modesto Crusaders: 1st place Silver Bracket at Fresno Force.

11.) Roseville Heat - Cota: 3-0 in pool play in Sacramento march 3/4 with a 5-0 win over Mizuno - Stone (who previously held the 10 spot). Gold bracket and 1st game win Sunday. Lost 1st game to Firecrackers - LaMirada at Fresno Force.

12.) California Breeze 00': 2nd best 00' team in NorCal. Made Gold Bracket in Sacramento March 3/4. Silver Bracket at Fresno Force Classic.

[SoftballSoccerDad]

This will be a results based ranking based on quality wins, over all record and facts not emotion!

1.) RR Gold - Miller: Best pitching staff, best athletes, best lineup 1-12. Best hitting team in NorCal hands down! In a class of their own but they are definately beatable. Will they play 14U all season and only drop down for the Fresno, Memorial, Association tourneys and Nationals? Heard they will be focused on attending ASA Nationals in Illinois. Did not play March 3/4 but is still the team to beat!

2.) [/b][/i]Mizuno - Garcia: 1 stud pitcher with solid support staff, solid defense, good lineup. Just not the WOW factor like RR Gold. Heard they will be focused on attending ASA Nationals in Illinois. 1st place in Sacramento March 3/4 beating Team Xtreme keeps them in second place!

3.) Team Extreme: Good line up, good defense, good baserunning. Catcher and SS are studs. But this team still some work to do. Not sure they have enough pitching to make it deep into big tournaments. Heard they will be focused on attending ASA Nationals in Illinois. [i][b]Made Championship game in Sacramento taking 2nd place keeps them in 3rd place!

4.) Grapettes - Norwood: As always Norwood aggressive baserunning. Average pitching at best will make it challenging to compete deep into Sundays. Not sure about championship play plans. 1st place in Stockton beating Grapes - Kapp in International Tie breaker moves them into 4th place.

5.) Grapettes - Kappmeyer: Good and deep pitching, good catcher, good hitting, good small ball. Still lots of work to do on defense to compete deep into sundays but put together a solid team on short notice. Not sure about championship play plans. Move into 5th place after making championship game March 3/4 in Stockton. Lost in International Tie breaker to Grapes - Norwood.

6.) SJ Sting: Good Defense, good hitting. Have only seen them play twice but both performances were solid. Heard they will be focused on attending Premier Nationals in SoCal. Unless your RR- Miller you need to play to maintain your ranking.

7.) CC Dirtdogs - Mancha: Big hitters, good catcher. Still lots of work to do. Not sure about championship play plans. Didnt play March 3/4

8.) Roseville Heat - LaGabed: Pitching?, Solid defense, average offense. Coach kids most out of his kids. Not sure about championship play plans.Lost in Semi-finals to Mizuno - Garcia in Sacramento March 3/4

9.) KG Hitters - Tracy: Best 00' team in norcal. Will compete in every tournament and surprise/upset some people. Capable of beating any of the above mentioned teams. Heard they will be focused on ASA western Nats in Roseville.Did not play March 3/4)

10.) Mizuno AA - Stone: Average team, lots of work to do.[b]Won Silver Bracket in Sacramento March 3/4[/b}

Roseville Heat (Cota) beat Mizuno AA (Stone) 5-0 on Saturday. Heat Cota was in the gold bracket on Sunday.

[onlooker]

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[AdmittedBias]

Love the disclaimer about this not being based on emotion..

[neighborsherry]

Any play by play updates on the Mizuno and Extreme finale on Sunday? How did the teams look? Was the intense rivalry that I witnessed last fall when they were Demarini still there? Were the overcharged parents for one side still overcharged?

[MommysPitcher]

So I've seen Grapettes - Kappmeyer playing '00 teams. Is that good for his kids to be playing down? Also saw they lost too Breeze '00. Not so good I guess..

[Sftball Junkie]

I mentioned the Heat Cota as a surprise on another post. I also mentioned they beat 99 breeze on Sunday. I would have to say (not knowing KG Tracy talent), that as of now, based solely on games played to date THIS year, Cota would jump KG and Stone would fall out. if I recall Cota went on to a DF championship game last year and showed up against an older 98 team with a 99 P if I recall the story. So maybe this was expected and I totally missed it coming. I would have thought the best '00 team was Hype Cobian. this makes next year look intriguing already.

I saw you put Hype Cobian up pretty high earlier somewhere as well and didn't get it but thought well we will see, maybe the looker sees something I don't.

KG Hitters Tracy, Heat Cota and Breeze 00 are with out a doubt the best 00 teams out there right now and were during Fall (They should be they have the most multi year returning players then any other 00 team and a team that stay's together wins together) Hype Cobian got pounded by KG Hitters Concord 00 which I think is another average 00 team. It's hard to rank these young 12u teams Normally the younger teams will bounce all over early in the year. looking like ball players and a team one minute then like a rec team the next. As you know this is a hard transition from 10s to 12s and it takes time but no way would I put Hype ahead of those top 4 teams and after looking at the score of the Stone - Hype game on Sunday I would say they are at best a mid pack 00 team like the rest of the newbies.

[Journey17]

Doesn't Heat Cota have a lot of 99 players??

[onlooker]

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[MommysPitcher]

I saw Stone's scores from Sunday. They runruled all the team they played.