The Blacksburg Baseball Association is a self-funded organization developed to provide players in the Blacksburg school district with the opportunity to participate in competitive baseball. The BBA is an official franchise of Dixie Youth Baseball.
Each Spring, BBA Dixie Youth teams from Blacksburg participate in a local league consisting of teams from Auburn, Christiansburg, Radford, and Shawsville. Each age group division is comprised of about 18-20 area teams. Teams will typically play each other once, resulting in a 18-20 game schedule.
In cooperation with the Town of Blacksburg's Parks and Recreation Department, the BBA is also the franchise holder of the Dixie Boys (13-14 year-olds), and NABF wood Bat league (15-18 year-olds) baseball programs for Blacksburg.
Additionally, the BBA runs a developmental Fall Baseball Program, and a Middle School Program in the Spring for players at Blacksburg Middle School. The BBA also plays a major support role for the BHS Varsity & JV programs.
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Rustburg beat Blacksburg O-Zone 6-3 on Sunday night with solid pitching from their ace left hander who went the distance, scattering three hits. The Bruins would rally in the 6th for three runs, but came up short.
Nottingham's perfect bunt propells Bruins to win
The Blacksburg O-Zone team beat Bedford 7-6 in dramatic fashion on Saturday night. If there was such a thing as "ESPN Classic Youth Baseball Games", this one would certainly qualify. In a game full of drama, the Bruins would preserve the win when Ethan Goforth scored on a suicide squeeze with two outs in the last inning.
Bryce Nicolau's HR preserved the win for the Bruins
In front of several hundred Madison Heights fans, the Blacksburg O-Zone team beat the host team 12-6 in the opening round of the State Tournament.
Blacksburg Baseball has accomplished a lot in just ten Dixie seasons.
Blacksburg claims 7th District Championship
The Blacksburg O-Zone team beat Montgomery County 13-1 to claim the District three 11-12 year old O-Zone Championship. Pitchers Hal Hughes and Bryce Nicolau combined to give up just six hits and registered 4 Ks.
Randolph Park
Behind strong pitching from Grant Johnston, the Blacksburg Minors beat Radford 11-7 to advance to the Championship game vs Pulaski on Thursday.
Ethan Goforth
The Blacksburg O-Zone team bounced back from yesterday's tough loss to beat Christiansburg 7-2 in a rematch. Ethan Goforth pitched a complete game to get the win for the Bruins.
A strange night unfolded at Shelor Motor Mile Park on Monday. The 6pm game between Radford and Montgomery County took nearly four hours to complete, thus causing the 8pm game between Christiansburg and Blacksburg to not start until almost 10pm. The night cap was filled with lots of drama as Christiansburg outlasted the Bruins in 8 innings, in a game that didn't end until after midnight.
The Blacksburg Minors have made a habit of rallying from behind in this year's district Tournament and probably should be nicknamed the "cardiac kids." Tuesday would be no different as the Bruins would rally from a five run deficit to beat Christiansburg 10-7.
The Blacksburg minors stranded 10 runners in a close loss to Pulaski. The Cougars rallied late to beat Blacksburg 5-4 on Monday night.
The Blacksburg O-Zone team displayed a complete team effort on Monday, utilizing offensive firepower, solid pitching, and good defense to beat Montgomery County 12-4. The Bruin's bats pounded out 14 hits, and Head Coach Mike Goforth called upon three different pitchers to keep Montgomery County off balance.
The Blacksburg minor All-Stars trailed 7-0 before rallying to score 17 unanswered runs to defeat Patrick County via slaughter rule.
The Blacksburg O-Zone team received no favors in their random draw of the district tournament, assigned to play defending tournament champion and World Series qualifier, Christiansburg. The Bruins rallied from behind in the bottom of the 6th inning to advance to the second round of the tournament on Monday.
The Blacksburg 9-10 All-Star team opened the 2010 District 3 Dixie Tournament by beating Radford 12-2.
L-R: Cordell Croy, Matt Freel, Luke Goforth, Ben Freel, Dom Hughes, Tiquest Terry, Cole Epperley
2nd Row: Eric Wiles, Jacob Lucus, Jared Madigan, Craig Weaver, Hunter Radford, Charles Johnston, Davis Roberson
Back row: Coach Brad Epperley, Coach Mike Freel, Manager Mike Madigan
L-R: Seb Cianelli, Justin Snyder, Hal Hughes, Ethan Goforth, Andrew Roberson, Jake Verniel
2nd Row: Ryan Anderson, Jack Madigan, Jacob Nottingham, Adam Linkous, Bryce Nicolau, Aaron Lucus, Grayson Shelton
Not pictured: Parker Walters
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