2026 Smoky Mountain tournament report!

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2026 – 58th Smoky Mountain Classic

Maryville, TN

July 10-12

Joe Joe Bennett hitting for Dan Smith in the championship game against Juno.

Smoky Team List

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2026 Smoky Picture Album

YouTube Channel (Highlights and Condensed Games)

BallClubz Boxscores link

BallClubz Team Stat Reports link

Archived Livestream Games Link

USSSA Stats Link

Kut4 vs Worshams condensed game link

Legendz vs WestPoint condensed game link (when available)

I-57 Roofing vs Legendz condensed game link

Sal-8 vs Juno condensed game link

Resmondo vs Worshams condensed game link

Anarchy vs Dan Smith condensed game link

Dirty Vegas vs Worshams condensed game link (when available)

Legendz vs Juno condensed game link

Dan Smith vs Resmondo condensed game link

Winner’s Final – Dan Smith vs Juno condensed game link

Loser’s Final – Juno vs Shore OL condensed game link (when available)

Championship – Juno vs Dan Smith condensed game link (when available)

Friday Recap

Everett Park, Fishers vs Chop Shop

The 58th annual Smoky Mountain Classic was played in Marysville, Tennessee. There were 34 teams from 19 different states and 20 of the top teams from Conference USSSA led the field. It was warm and humid the entire weekend with temperatures in the mid and low 80’s but the expected rain held off for the most part. The action began at 10 am with 4 local teams playing 2 “play in” games at the famous Sandy Springs Park where they used the Dudley Hardcore ball on the show field #3 with its 315-340-350-336-315 dimensions, the traditional UNLIMITED home runs, and 80 foot bases. Field #4 next to the show field used the Dudley Pro-M China ball on its 310-310-274 dimensions. All of the outlying fields at Everett, Denso, and Springbrook also used the Pro-M China ball.

“Round of 32” which began at 11:15 am Friday morning is when the Conference teams began play:

I-57/Beloli SIS/All Hustle/JBL/Axe (IL-AA) went 34-42 as a team on base to beat Bases Loaded (TN-D) 27-2 and left them on the show field after hitting 11 home runs in 2 2/3rds innings.

At 12:15 on field #4 it was a battle of Conference ‘A’ teams as GREINERT – KOVAL – BAF from Maryland run ruled ACS/Easton from Florida 30-4 in just two at bats. Greinert scored 23 runs on 12 home runs in the bottom of the 1st and all 11 players homered in the two innings.

Back on the show field the first Major team made an appearance as ShoreOL/CheapSuits/Str8play/Rebel (CA-Major) jumped out to a 26-3 lead on FK47 Kustoms (TN-D) and won by the 20 run mercy rule 28-8 out homering FK47 15 to 1.

At 1:30 PM on field #4 the top ‘A’ team in the country DIRTY VEGAS / #TeamDawn from Texas made quick work of Riverside Baptist/King’s Men (TN-C) 29-3 in 3 innings, out homering them 9-1.

At 2 PM play began at Everett Park which has field #1 (dimensions 287 – 298 – 290) and Field #2 (dimensions 310 – 300 – 293) on your bracket. On field #2 SAL-8/PHP/BAF a non-conference ‘A’ team from Virginia scored 7 in the top of the 7th to separate (28-18) from Primetime/Marucci/Ballhawk (GA-A) and Sal-8 held Primetime scoreless in the bottom of the 7th to win. Former Conference Major player Kendall Welborn was 4-5 with 2 HR and 6 RBI and three hitter Donyell Garcia was 5-5 drawing 3 walks in the win.

Over on Everett #1 (the short field) at 2 pm CutThroat/ImpactEdge/CourseyRealty (WA-B) run ruled fellow Conference ‘B’ team Apex/CBB Athletics from Colorado 24-9.

At 2:15 back on the show field the #1 seed Resmondo-SIS-Stub Term-RDD-S&S-LLC- (FL-Major) got in some batting practice against SEU/H&H (TN-D), beating them 28-3 in 7 outs. Resmondo out homered them 10-0 scoring 18 runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Kyle Pearson, Bradley Jones, Tyler Marshburn, Quincy Latimore, Cory Briggs, Brad Reckart, and Heath Barnes were all perfect 3-3 or 4-4 in the game.

At 3 PM on Sandy Springs field #4 Anarchy/Drawbridge/Selfmade (MI-A) scored 16 in the top of the 1st, 25 in the top of the 2nd, and 7 in the top of the 3rd to beat Conference ‘B’ team VIP/WICKED SPORTS from California 48-9 out homering them 21-3. Anarchy’s big left handed 1st baseman Michael Smith was 6-6 with 5 HR and Sean Ulmer was 6-6 with 9 RBI in the win.

At 3:30 PM over on Everett #1 Worshams/HM/S&E/Demarini/RedAthlete (NC-AA) trailed Great Ape Grips (GA-B) 25-22 going into the bottom of the 6th when Worshams scored 18 on 9 home runs to win by the run rule 40-25 leaving Great Ape on the field on a Dagmar Pena 3 run homer. The top 7 batters in the Worshams lineup were each on base 5-6 and Scott Hartling had 5 home runs and 10 RBI.

At 3:30 PM on Everett #2 Kut4Sports/Anchor Roofing/OR/HPS (AL-B) grabbed a 17-10 lead on BeHappy/StandardPlumbing (AZ-AA) in the bottom of the 3rd after holding BeHappy scoreless in the top of the inning. Then Kut4 scored 12 on 5 in the bottom of the 4th to win in 5 innings 29-12.

Back at the show field at 3:30 PM Juno Athletics / LSR (NJ-Major) made quick work of Major League Epoxy/ Kenjo/5Bros (TN-D) 34-2.

And at 4:30 PM on field #4 WestPoint (IN-AA) beat FYT/TOI/KiNgSMaN (TN/C) 25-4 in 4 innings, out homering them 6-0 after scoring 13 runs in the top of the 1st inning.

At 5 PM on Everett #2 Fishers/All Hustle/Leacock Sports (PA-B) separated from a 7-7 tie with Chop Shop/Prime Threadz/RFM/Toxon (IN-B) in the bottom of the 4th and outscored Chop Shop 16-2 to win by the run rule 23-8 in 5 innings. They out homered Chop Shop 7-3 as Nate Jess, Robert Holland, and Nate King each went 4-4.

At 5 PM on Everett #1 it was a powerful Legendz/Envy/ThirtyFour7/Schlabach (OK-AA) team scoring 11 in the bottom of the 2nd and 15 in the bottom of the 3rd to run rule DreamWorn/Lunar Steel (NJ-C) 35-15 in 4 innings. Legendz out homered DreamWorn 17-7 as rookie of the year candidate Chris Seise and pitcher Daniel Kirkwood each were on base 5-5.

At 6:30 PM on Sandy Springs #4 it was JPS/No Pressure/Blane Dunn Const (AR-B) scoring 20 in the top of the 1st and 19 in the top of the 3rd to beat fellow Conference ‘B’ team Combat MFG from Oklahoma 44-9 in 3 innings.

And to wrap up the “Round of 32” DanSmith/Proton/Thunder/RoofX/RF/BD, the #5 seed over on field #4 scored 19 in the top of the 1st, 11 in the 2nd, and 14 in the 3rd to beat Red Athlete / DBO (TN-D) 40-6 in 3 innings, out homering them 27-1. Jeremy Fry, Josh Riley, Joe Bennett, and Andrew Collins were all 5-5 on base and Austyn Dawe drove in 11 runs.

“Round 16” also Friday night:

The round of 16 began with the 5 PM game on the show field #3 as I-57 Roofing, the #1 ‘AA’ team in the country, run ruled Greinert 32-17 on the strength of 14 home runs. Marcus Yoder led the offense going 4-4 with 2 HR and 7 RBI.

At 6:30 PM on the show field it was the game of the night as Anarchy and Shore OL locked horns in one of the highest scoring games in Smoky history. After trailing Shore OL 14-10 after one inning, Anarchy scored 21 runs on 7 home runs all with 2 outs. 20 consecutive batters reached base safely. But Shore OL down 56-33 going into the bottom of the 5th promptly scored 24 runs on 15 home runs to take an unlikely 57-56 lead! However Anarchy outscored Shore 16-11 in the last two innings to win 72-68 even though Shore out homered them 42-33 for the game, which was 2 shy of the Smoky team home run record set by Resmondo in 2025. For Anarchy Sean Ulmer and Michael Smith each went 9-9 on base, making them each 15-15 on the day. Smith also hit 5 home runs and drove in 14. For Shore OL, John Radich was 9-9 on base and Joey Capparelli was 7-9 with 6 HR and 10 RBI.

Over at Everett field #1 it was Sal-8 trailing Dirty Vegas 35-30 going into the top of the 7th when Sal-8 scored 17 on 12 home runs, 9 of those runs after the second out, to take a 47-35 lead. DV managed to score 7 in the bottom of the 7th but came up 5 runs short. Jacob Chrismon was on base 7-7 and the last batter for Sal-8 – Cory Matherly, was 6-6 with 5 HR and 7 RBI in the win.

Also, at 6:30 PM on Everett #2 the wind was blowing in and across the field from left to right at 13 mph. Kut4Sports grabbed a 7-4 lead early on when their leadoff hitter Logan Hampton hit 2 home runs. The winds kept the scores in check most of the game as Worshams had a 22-18 lead going into the 6th inning. In that inning Worsham pitcher Justin Ogletree closed down the middle with a couple of defensive plays and held Kut4 to zero runs, and Worsham came in and put up 9 runs on 4 homers and Worshams pulled out a 31-25 victory. Josh Fyffe was 5-5 with 3 HR and newly acquired Cody Herring (from Juno) drove in 8 runs.

Joe Boland is mashing for Legendz now.

The 8 PM game on Everett #2 started an hour early and was affected by the sun in the right handed batters eyes for much of the game in a battle between 2 ‘AA’ teams. Legendz didn’t let the sun get to them early on as they jumped out to a 17-1 lead. WestPoint had to score in the bottom of the 5th and 6th innings to extend the game but Legendz increased their lead to 37-18 in the top of the 7th at one point collecting 11 straight hits. WestPoint made the score look respectable putting up a 10 spot in the bottom of the 7th but Legendz advanced to Saturday’s “Final 8” 37-28. Legendz leadoff hitter Carlin Yoder went 6-6 with 3 HR, 6 RBI, and 6 runs scored. Newly acquired Joe Boland (from Worshams) went 6-6 with 5 home runs including one homer that went 400 feet to dead center and hit way up on the road. And that was with a Pro-M, not the Hardcore that they were using on the show field.

Back at Sandy Springs it was Juno scoring 10 in the 1st and 18 in the 3rd to beat CutThroatSports 38-18 in 4 innings out homering them 23-6. Dan Herren and Erik Nevoso were each 5-5 in that one.

Over on field #4 Dan Smith jumped out to a 26-2 lead on Fishers before winning 40-17 in 4 innings. They out homered Fishers 26-9 as Jeremy Fry, Tyler Ervine, Andrew Collins, and Austyn Dawe all were on base 5-5. Everyone in the lineup homered.

And starting extra late Friday night due to that earlier 72-68 game, it was JPS and Resmondo. JPS jumped out to a 12-5 lead and it was 14-9 JPS going into the bottom of the 3rd when Resmondo scored 30 runs on 22 home runs including 8 straight home runs to leave JPS on the field 39-14. Kyle Pearson, Tyler Marshburn, and Phil Matte were all a perfect 5-5 on base and Pearson hit 4 home runs.

Saturday Recap

Legendz LF Carlin Yoder 5-5 with 4 HR and 3 great plays vs I-57.

Quarterfinals:

The quarterfinals, semifinals, and winner’s final were all played on the famous show field #3 at Sandy Springs Park back to back starting at 9:15 AM and ending after midnight. The day began with a battle between top ‘AA’ teams I-57 and Legendz. Legendz pitcher Dan Kirkwood got a strike out looking to end the top of the 1st. In the 2nd I-57 put up 9 runs but Legendz came in and scored 14 on 9 homers to go up 21-12. Legendz left fielder Carlin Yoder was catching hard knuckleballs, balls on the fence, and making diving catches to hold I-57 in check and Legendz used what looked like a strong power advantage to leave I-57 on the field in the bottom of the 4th 35-15. They out homered I-57 18-9. Carlin at lead off was again 5-5 with 4 home runs as the top of the lineup including Chris Seise, Joe Boland, and Argen Dodds were a combined 20-20 with 13 HR, 21 RBI, and 19 runs scored. Zach Sterry at the bottom of the lineup was also 5-5 on base.

Sal-8’s DonyellGarcia hits a grand slam vs Juno.

In quarterfinal #2 Juno Athletics got out to a lead early on scoring on a bunch of 2 run homers. But Sal-8 stayed in the game with some good pitching by Brandon Belton and Jacob Chrismon hit a grand slam in the 4th and Donyell Garcia hit a grand slam in the top of the 5th to close the lead to 28-23 before Juno escaped to a 38-23 run rule win.

Resmondo sets records against Worshams.

Quarterfinal #3 started in the early afternoon on Saturday which was a beautiful day for softball. This game was one for the record books. Resmondo who rested starting pitcher Travis Clark on Friday night after his muscle pull in Chicago, then started Clark against Worshams. And Resmondo trailed Worshams 10-5 after one inning. But in the 2nd inning Resmondo scored 6 runs before 2 consecutive outs and then went on a run for the ages scoring 36 more runs after the 2nd out as they hit 30 home runs in the inning. Many of the home runs were over 470 feet! Remember the all-time record for home runs in a game was 44 and they hit 30 homers in the top of the 2nd alone! In the top of the 3rd Resmondo kept it going as they scored 24 runs before the first out, meaning on 1 out in this game they scored 54 runs between the end of the 2nd and the beginning of the 3rd inning. In the third they hit 23 more home runs and scored 41 more runs to set an all-time single game record for team home runs with 55 and runs scored 88. The old records were 44 and 86. Resmondo won the game 88-24 in 3 innings as Travis Clark, Kyle Pearson, Bradley Jones, Tyler Marshburn, Everett Williams, and Steele Lewis all went 9-9 in the game. The top 5 in the order were 45-45 with 26 HR, 43 RBI, and 45 runs scored. Resmondo as a team for the game was 90-97 on base with 55 HR and 88 RBI.

Softball players across the country are getting “Yodered”.

In quarterfinal #4 Dan Smith jumped out to a 12-4 lead and center fielder Brandon Yoder robbed an Anarchy home run bid in the top of the 3rd but Anarchy tied the game 12-12 on a Jake Hathaway 3 run homer. In the bottom of the 3rd Dan Smith power hitter Josh Riley hit a grand slam, and Anarchy answered that in the 6th with a Nick Follo grand slam of their own. But Andy Purcell pitching for Dan Smith gave his defense a chance throughout the game to make plays and Anarchy never could quite get over the hump as Dan Smith scored in every inning and won 34-27 out homering Anarchy 15-12. Jeremy Fry 5-6 and Austyn Dawe 5-5 led the offense and Joe Bennett was 4-5 with 3 HR and 6 RBI in the win.

Anarchy’s Nick Follo hits a grand slam against Dan Smith.

Semifinal #1

Juno gets a key double play vs Legendz.

The semifinals started early Saturday evening as it became obvious that the games were going to go long into the night. Both teams would have big innings offensively and 1-2-3 innings defensively. Juno put up 15 in the bottom of the 1st and Legendz Orlando Castillo hit a grand slam in the top of the 3rd. The game was long and slow paced until the top of the 6th when Legendz made a base running error getting caught off of first base on a line out to shortstop with the game tied at 33-33. In the bottom of the 6th Juno’s power came alive as they hit 7 consecutive home runs to start the inning, had 12 batters in a row reach base, and Greg Connell hit a grand slam home run, and the next thing you knew Juno had won by the 15 run rule 48-33!

Semifinal #2

Semifinal #2 began as the sun went down and there was some tension in the air as the two mega powers of softball Resmondo and Dan Smith squared off! This game just had a different feeling than all of the games before it and all of the games after it. This game is also the most watched condensed game on the USSSA Slowpitch YouTube channel in its first 24 hours in the history of the channel. You can watch it here before you read about it. Dan Smith threw the first punch out scoring Resmondo 11-5 in the first inning and tying Resmondo 10-10 in the second. Purcell was again giving his defense 4 to 5 out opportunities per inning early on. Dan Smith won again in the 3rd inning 7-4 as Joe Bennett made a diving play to hold the Resmondo offense in check. But Dan Smith opened the door scoring just 1 run in the top of the 4th and Resmondo came in and homered 4 straight times to start the inning and went on to score 13 runs to take their first lead 32-29. In the top of the 5th Resmondo pitcher Travis Clark got 2 quick outs before Dan Smith hit 4 straight home runs and then Arlis Miller hit a 3 run homer to grab a 38-32 lead going into the bottom of the 5th. Then Resmondo refocused and put up a very business-like 20 runs on 14 home runs to take what felt like a commanding 52-38 lead and they actually had one at bat to try and win it by the 15 run rule but the long flyball to left field fell short. In the top of the 6th Dan Smith came out of the gate scoring 10 runs before the 1st out with Ryan Harvey leading the way. They grabbed a 53-52 lead on a 2 out 3 run homer by Arlis Miller, then proceeded to score 13 more runs on 2 outs to make it 28 runs for the inning and a 66-52 lead! They went from 14 runs down to 14 runs up in a half inning. In the inning Ryan Harvey was 4-4 with 3 home runs and Faron Fry off the bench was 3 for 3. He was also the new pitcher as they had burned Andy Purcell and backup Justin Mucciarelli for pinch hitters. Faron on the mound got 2 key outs and although Resmondo scored 9 runs to make it 66-61, they left the bases loaded. This game lasted 3 hours and 8 minutes and I’m not sure how there was any adrenaline left but Dan Smith reached deep to score 12 on 8 home runs to go up 78-61 and they held off Resmondo who scored 9 more in the bottom of the 7th and Dan Smith won 78-70. Both teams hit 47 home runs which is the 2nd most in Smoky history. For Dan Smith, Austyn Dawe was 10-10 on base with 10 runs scored. Tyler Ervine and Joe Bennett were each 9-10 with 7 home runs and Ervine had 14 RBI. In one of the most clutch performances Faron Fry came off the bench to go 5-5 with 4 home runs and 9 RBI and closed out the come from behind victory on the mound. For Resmondo Daniel Cayton set a new single game home run record at the Smoky with 8. He was 10-10 with 8 HR, 14 RBI, and 10 runs scored. The two teams combined for 94 home runs, 148 runs scored, and were a combined 157-199 on base.

Dan Smith middle infielder Jeremy Fry lays out.

Resmondo’s Daniel Cayton breaks the Smoky single game home run record with his 8th bomb!

Winner’s Final Recap

Ryan Harvey went 7-7 in the winner’s final for Dan Smith.

Right after that historic semifinal ended at midnight, the winner’s bracket finals began. And that large pro-Resmondo crowd headed for the exits. Juno Athletics threw the first punch winning the 1st inning 17-6 and they led 22-12 after 2 innings. But the Dan Smith lineup came alive grabbing the lead on a Faron Fry 3 run homer and scoring 16 runs in the top of the 3rd inning to go up 28-22. Andy Purcell on in relief of Fry (who moved to middle infield) in the first inning basically with the help of his defense shut down Juno the rest of the way as Juno scored just 11 runs total in the 2nd thru 4th innings. When Dan Smith got a grand slam from Joe Bennett in the top of the 5th that led to 23 runs on 13 home runs, they went up 51-28 and a deflated Juno put up a zero in the bottom of the 5th and the game was over. Tyler Ervine, Ryan Harvey, and Joe Bennett were each 7-7 in the win and Bennett had 7 home runs and 12 RBI as they out homered Juno 32-17.

Loser’s Bracket Recap

The loser’s bracket played out all day long on Saturday and all the way until 4:30 AM Sunday morning even though there were no weather delays. In the bottom of the loser’s bracket Dirty Vegas knocked off DreamWorn 48-8, CutThroat 22-11, Worshams 39-30, WestPoint 60-41, and Legendz 46-43 to make it the Sunday Final 4. In the top half of the loser’s bracket Shore OL beat BeHappy 41-15, Fishers 49-24, I-57 56-50, an impressive Kut4Sports team 38-30, and at 4 am in the morning Sunday they sent home Resmondo 67-43. They out homered Resmondo 31-26 in that one and scored 25 runs in both the 3rd and 5th innings. Marc Wik at lead off for Shore OL was 9-9 with 6 HR and 15 RBI.

Sunday Recap

Sam Campbell came on strong for Juno on Sunday after coming over from Worshams.

On Sunday morning in the 8 am 4th place game, a banged up Dirty Vegas team took to the field but forfeited after one batter. They say they were too banged up to play but I believe they had flights they didn’t want to change. You know how I hate forfeits. 🙁

So, the loser’s final started early at 9:15 am. Shore OL who barely had any sleep and a “fresher” Juno team fighting to get to the championship game and play Dan Smith. Juno opened with 30 runs on 15 home runs! The rest of the game was Shore OL trying to score enough to avoid the mercy rules, which they did by scoring 15 runs in both the bottom of the 3rd and 4th innings. Shore OL’s Joey Capparelli hit a home run in his first at bat which was his 28th home run of the tournament, two shy of the Smoky record. But Juno intentionally walked him 4 straight times and he didn’t get to go for the record. Meanwhile Juno scored 28 runs on 15 home runs in the top of the 5th to go up 75-39 and they eventually won the game 75-42. They out homered Shore OL 38-23 and the offense was led by Greg Connell who was 9-9 with 6 HR, 10 RBI, and 9 runs scored.

Championship Recap

Nevoso went head over heels trying to force an “if” game.

The championship began on a perfect weather afternoon. In the top of the 1st inning Juno hit 4 straight singles to start the inning and Mason Farmer hit a grand slam homer as they scored 9 runs on 3 HR. Dan Smith scored 7 on 4 straight homers in the middle of the bottom of the 1st. Then in the top of the 2nd Faron Fry playing middle infield made a top 10 plays type diving stop, Andy Purcell hit a 2 out 2 run homer in the bottom of the 2nd, and Jeremy Fry made a diving stop in the top of the 3rd playing shortstop and suddenly Dan Smith pulled out to a 31-18 lead after 3 innings. But Juno playing without John Williams who injured himself fielding on Sunday morning and their best power hitter Donnie Walsh who tore his Achilles in Utah, got a grand slam from Buddy Wolf, scored 10 in the 3rd, 11 in the 4th, and 13 in the 5th to take an unlikely lead 52-51 going into the 7th. Both teams had some defensive gems in that 6th inning as Faron Fry made another nice play, Anthony Acevedo filling in defensively at third picked a hot shot, and for Juno Dan Herren made a Derek Jeter like stop and jump throw for an out. So, it all came down to the 7th inning. Juno made two quick outs and then scored 5 runs to go up 57-51, so Dan Smith needed 6 to tie and 7 to win in the bottom of the 7th. Ryan Harvey started things off with a single. Then Juno left fielder Erik Nevoso sold out and made a leaping catch on the short foul territory fence flipping completely on his head but holding onto the ball for out number 1. Austyn Dawe then hit a 2 run homer, Faron Fry a solo shot, Brandon Yoder drew a walk, Tyler Storey hitting for Purcell who was burned hit a 2 run pinch hit homer, and Arlis Miller tied the game on a solo homer 57-57. Jeremy Fry then walked and Tyler Ervine was intentionally walked, before Josh Riley hit a one out walk off 3 run homer to win the Smoky Mountain Classic 60-57! Dan Smith had out homered Juno 33-32 and Riley was 7-9 with 6 HR and 14 RBI in the game. Arlis Miller at lead off was also 8-9 with 5 HR and 11 RBI. It was Dan Smith’s 3rd Smoky tournament win as a sponsor.

Filip Washington almost got “Yodered”.

Dan Herren did his Derek Jeter impression.

Josh Riley hits the game winning homer in the championship!

Historic Smoky Mountain Classic Winning Teams List:
2026 DanSmith/Proton/Thunder/RoofX/RF/BD – Indiana
2025 Resmondo-SIS-Skoni-StubTerm-RDD-S&S – Florida
2024 Resmondo/All American Restoration/O – Florida
2023 Resmondo/SIS/All American/Menosse – Florida
2022 Monsta/Albicocco/Racks/Nitro Circus – California
2021 SmashItSports/Newbreed/TDB/RF/BD/T3 – North Carolina
2020 Dan Smith/Menosse/Steven Smith/FAI – California
2019 Resmondo/SIS/Thunder/RDD/H.Auto/Sprizzi/Easton – Florida
2018 Resmondo/RDD/H.Auto/All In/Sprizzi/Easton – Florida
2017 Smash It Sports/TDB/Miken/Worth – New York
2016 Resmondo Specialty Tank Worth – Florida
2015 Smash IT Sports/Compound Athletics/H Auto/ASP/Laservision/Easton – New York
2014 Resmondo Specialty Tank Worth – Florida
2013 Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth – Florida
2012 Resmondo-specialty tank worth – Florida
2011 Resmondo-specialty tank / worth – Florida
2010 Resmondosport/specialty/phonemaster – Florida
2009 Resmondo-specialty tank-worth – Florida
2008 Resmondo/specialty tank/worth – Florida
2007 Bellcorp/belcher/tai/backman – Florida
2006 Resmondo – KME Softball – Florida
2005 Bell Corp/Backman/Taylor/Easton – Tampa, Florida
2004 Resmondo/Hague/Taylor/Sunbelt – Florida
2003 Hague / Resmondo / Taylor Brothers – Florida
2002 Dan Smith / Backman / Menosse / Easton – California
2001 Long Haul / Taylor Bros. / Shen Corp. / TPS
2000 Team TPS/Louisville, KY
1999 Team TPS, Louisville, Kentucky
1998 Sierra/TPS, Reno, NV
1997 Ritch’s/Superior/Tri Gems/Beloli/TPS, Windsor Locks, CT
1996 Sunbelt/Easton, Centerville, GA
1995 Ritch’s/Superior/TPS, Windsor Locks, CT
1994 Ritch’s/Superior/TPS, Windsor Locks, CT
1993 Ritch’s/Superior, Windsor Locks, CT
1992 Bell Corp, Tampa, FL.
1991 Bell Corp, Tampa, FL.
1990 Steeles Silver Bullets, Grafton, OH
1989 Superior-Apollo, Windsor Locks, CT
1988 Starpath Systems, Monticello, KY
1987 Steeles Sports, Grafton, OH
1986 Steeles Sports, Grafton, OH
1985 Elite Coatings, Gordon, GA
1984 Elite Coatings, Gordon, GA
1983 Elite Coatings, Gordon, GA
1982 York/Ken Sanders, York, PA
1981 Howards Western Steer, Denver, NC
1980 Jerry’s Caterers, Miami, FL.
1979 Campbell’s Carpet, Concord, CA
1978 Dave Carroll Sports, Sherrills-Ford, NC
1977 Howards Furniture, Denver, NC
1976 Howards Furniture, Denver, NC
1975 Nelson Painting, Oklahoma City, OK
1974 Howards Furniture, Denver, NC

Long Bomber of the Week!

There were dozens of 450 to 475 foot shots and right hand batters get the short end of the stick at the Smoky because you can’t see where a ball to left field lands. So I am giving Buddy Wolf the Long Bomber of the Week for going completely over the tennis courts in right field estimated at 490 to 500 feet hitting the hardcore ball on Friday night. I give an honorable mention to Joe Boland of Legendz who hit the Pro-M China ball 400 feet over at Everett #2. And of course honorable mentions to Joey Capparelli for hitting the most homers (28) and Travis Clark for winning the Thursday home run derby.

Smoky Results and Awards

MVP – Dan Smith IF/OF – Joe Joe Bennett

Defensive MVP – Dan Smith Pitcher Andy Purcell

Offensive MVP – Juno 2nd Baseman Greg Connell

Shore OL’s Joey Capparelli hit the most HR – 28

Team by Team Notes

1st Place – DanSmith/Proton/Thunder/RoofX/RF/BD

CA-Major Record 6-0

Dan Smith wins their first tournament of the year. Ironically they won after letting Jason Kendrick their manager go. They pulled all the right strings and Andy had an MVP performance on the mound. They won all of those long 2 to 3 hour long games. They came from behind, they finished strong, and everyone on the team stepped up at some point. Dan Smith finally moves into the top 4 in Conference Points.

Purcell homered in the championship game.

Faron Fry was a key contributor offensively and defensively off the bench for Dan Smith.

2nd Place – Juno Athletics / LSR

NJ-Major Record 5-2

Juno finishes 2nd again. You wonder what the result would have been if they had Donnie Walsh who tore his Achilles in Utah. They moved different players around defensively, probably walked too many of their opponents, but persevered to finish 2nd and almost force the “IF” game. Juno pulled out of the Seattle Dual and their next tournament will be the Evansville Dual.

3rd Place – ShoreOL/CheapSuits/Str8play/Rebel

CA-Major Record 7-2

Shore OL lost their 2nd game, that slugfest with Anarchy. Then ran the loser’s bracket to finish 3rd. Wik was back and mashing it. Ryan Honeycutt left after getting injured on Friday night. PKC and Vitcak did the pitching. Joey Capp, John Radich and others all hit over 20 HR. If Dirty Vegas had not forfeited, more than likely multiple Shore OL players would have broken the Smoky home run record.

4th Place – DIRTY VEGAS / #TeamDawn

TX-A Record 6-2

Dirty Vegas lost on Friday night and ran the loser’s bracket to a 4th place finish where they forfeited. DW doesn’t like forfeits so that is all I have to say about this team. 🙂

They did have the best uniforms though on the show field.

Faces in the Crowd / More Pictures

Travis Clark pictured on the right won the Thursday Home Run Derby. The other finalists were Kyle Pearson and Mason Farmer.

As predicted the Dudley Hardcore ball was WAY too much ball for the Smoky main field and the number of records broken and the highest scores in Smoky history prove it. The tournament needs to use the China Pro-M on all fields in my opinion before we embarrass the game anymore than we already have. Resmondo’s top 5 in their lineup going 45-45 against a ‘AA’ team is silly.