Parks and recreation : 2008 Senior Tar Heel AllStars Information for Baseball

2008 Senior Tar Heel All-Stars

Team Members: Caleb Clark, Aaron Crowe, Brett Ciaschini, Jordan Kale,

Garrett King, Adam Mellon, Mason McCullough, Daron Reeves,

Anthony Stiles, Kyle Stroud, R.J.Ussery, Cody Whisnant,

Coaches: Brian Arnold, Jeff Deaton, Randy Piercy, Bradley Willis,

Shelby Senior All-Stars Finish Second in State Tournament

Sunday, July 27th - Championship

Johnston County - 12  Shelby - 10

SMITHFIELD - The Shelby City Park Senior Tar Heel All-Star squad suffered a 12-10 loss to Johnston County in the championship game of the state tournament.

Shelby finished the tourney with a 3-2 mark and entered the game needing to beat Johnston County twice to win the state crown.

Cody Whisnant slugged three home runs to lead the Shelby offense in the title game. R.J. Ussery added two hits, including a home run, while Caleb Clark also homered. Mason McCullough posted one hit.

Saturday, July 26th

(Game 1) Johnston County - 17  Shelby - 9

(Game 2) Shelby - 15  Central Harnett - 2

SMITHFIELD - And then there were two ...
Shelby City Park's Senior Tar Heel all-star baseball squad bounced back from a 17-9 loss Saturday afternoon against Johnston County to post a 15-2 win over Central Harnett and advance to the championship round today in the state tournament.

Shelby and Johnston County hook up for a 2 p.m. contest and if Shelby wins, there will be a winner-take-all duel at 4 p.m.
In the loss to Johnston, Shelby got home runs by Caleb Clark, Cody Whisnant and Anthony Stiles but it wasn't enough. Kyle Stroud, Clark and Whisnant supplied two hits apiece. Mason McCullough, who got the win in Shelby's opening tournament game, suffered the mound decision.

In the second game rout, Stiles worked three innings for the win with Adam Mellon finishing up on the mound.
Aaron Crow and Whisnant each had three hits and a home run apiece. Stiles contributed two hits and McCullough two.

Friday, July 25th

Smithfield - Shelby remains undefeated by downing Wilder's Grove 7 -6. The winning pitcher was Cody Whisnant and the offense was led by Caleb Clark who homered and Anthony Stiles with 2 hits. Shelby will now wait on the winner of Williamston and Johnston County for a matchup of unbeatens at 2:00 Saturday.

Thursday, July 24th

Smithfield - The Shelby City Park Senior Tar Heel Baseball All-Stars (ages 15-to-17) captured a 6-1 win against Central Harnett in the opening round of the State Tournament.
The victory puts the Shelby all-stars against Wilder's Grove in an 11 a.m. contest today.

Cody Whisnant was the winning pitcher with Mason McCullough and Garrett King also drawing mound work.
Caleb Clark led the winners' at the plate with two hits. Whisnant, Anthony Stiles, Aaron Crow and Adam Mellon also contributed hits.

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