BYBA 2029

07/17/2025

We went 1-2 in a hard fought 2 days at the Perfect Game SEC Triangle-Triad Wood Bat Classic. Our last tournament of the season and our boys played their hearts out in their first wood bat event as a team. Big shout-out to these guys who were named All-Tournament Team. We will start off with our All-Tournament pitching nominations.

Derek Hamelinck our Captain, who sets the tone for us playing everywhere he is asked with a smile on his face, at a high level week in and week out was named All Tournament for BOTH pitching and hitting. This is Derek's 3rd AT team selection for hitting and 2nd for pitching! On the bump D-Rock went 3 IP, allowing 0 ER on 3 hits and 3 k's. Derek had a .000 ERA, 2.00 WHIP, and a .250 BAA. At the dish Derek hit .333 with 2 RBI, 1 run and 1 SB. Keep up the great work Derek, can't wait to see your development and success continue!

Myles Smeltz-Pepicello our clean-up hitter, and a Pitcher on the rise was named to his first All-Tournament Team for pitching after being named AT for hitting FOUR times this season! Consistency is the goal and Myles has been an example of just that! Myles was a DOG on the mound going 5 IP, allowing 1 ER on 6 hits, and 4 k's. Myles finished Sunday's outing with a 1.80 ERA, and a 2.20 WHIP.

Noah Eckstein was technically a guest player for us this weekend but has joined our squad full-time going forward and we are blessed to have him. Playing up in age Noah went 3 IP, allowing 1 ER on 3 hits, and 3 k's. Noah ended the day with a 2.33 ERA, 2.00 WHIP and a .232 BAA. Noah found himself in a pressure situation starting the first game of the weekend on a new team and handled it great! He battled through adversity allowing only 1 earned run in 3 innings in which he had runners on and pressure every inning. Way to step up and show fight and confidence Noah!

Nathan Breed has been our emotional and energy Leader all season and was named All-Tournament Team for the third time this season. Nathan hit .400 on the weekend with a .700 OBP, and 4 runs, 4 BB, and 2 SB. Nathan also gets an honorable mention from us for his pitching where he went 2 pressure packed innings giving up 0 hits, 1 ER and 2 k's. Nathan has been a consistent force for us in the lineup, at CF and at 1B. Keep up the great work and Leadership Nathan!

Caleb Deese earned his second All-Tournament selection. Caleb has been consistently building his game, even through a position change and has handled it all extremely well. Caleb went .600 on the weekend with a .714 OBP and 1 RBI in his first wood bat tournament. Keep up the hard work Caleb, can't wait to see your growth in the OF after the hard work you have put in and the great play you had in LF!

Will Stephenson played with us this weekend and what a baller this young man is! This is Wills 3rd All-Tournament selection in a row, the others coming with his squad, SBA NC East Showcase. Will hit .500, had a .750 OBP, 1 Double, 2 RBI, 4 BB, and 1 SB. Not only can Will hit, and pitch but his defensive game in the infield is also incredible. What a blessing it is to watch Big Will play this game!

Congratulations again to all our guys, including the ones who weren't named All-Tournament Team but battled so hard as a unit this weekend. We only go as far as the sum of all parts will take us. ALL OF US!!

06/28/2025

Not a great day score wise, but tomorrow is when the work gets done in Bracket play, and when the tournament really begins. Pitching is set up for us to do some damage!

Harford Community College has an awesome facility.

06/25/2025

Congratulations to the 5 dudes who made the All-Tournament Team in the Perfect Game SEC Triangle-Triad Father's Day Classic! Our entire team had an incredible run especially at the plate. The hardwork is paying off and showing results, keep with the process, keep aiming to improve with every at-bat.

had a great weekend hitting .800 with an OPS of 2.075. Cadens confidence was on full display with 2 doubles, 4 RBIs, 3 runs, 3 BB and a SB. Keep working Caden 💪🏻

had yet another All-Tournament performance and has been a consistent star all season. Myles hit .667 with an OPS of 1.937. Myles had 3 doubles, 1 triple, 11 RBI, 3 runs and 4 BB. Blessed to be a part and witness of your success this season!

Carter consistently got things started out of the leadoff spot. Carter hit .333 with an OPS of 1.181 with 2 doubles, 4 RBI, 5 runs, 7 BB and 3 SB. It is so fun to see Carter's success, while playing up in age at a high level.

guest played with us and we were blessed to have him. Cale hit .286 with an OPS of 1.044 with 1 double, 6 runs, 5 BB and 3 SB. Cale has a great attitude and plays the game the way it is supposed to be played. Keep it up Cale!
trent ended his time in NC with another great pitching performance on Sunday. Vinny started our day with a great game where his ERA was 2.86 and a WHIP of 1.400. Vinny went 5.0 innings, with 6 Ks, 1 BB, 6 hits and 2 ER. We will miss you Vinny and we have been blessed to be part of your growth and success. We have no doubt that you will do great in whatever you choose to do!

06/24/2025

Good evening everyone! Ripken Experience does not allow devices to be hung behind home plate on-site, but they do allow them at Harford Community College where we are playing Friday afternoon. HiCast is what Ripken offers(roughly $20 for the week) and we will be streaming on Game Changer(free but no promises on views) if you would like to watch. Will share the schedule Saturday and Sunday when that time comes.

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06/18/2025

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06/18/2025

What a finish for our Day 1 guy Vinny Trent at the Perfect Game SEC Triangle-Triad Father Day Classic being named MVPitcher! Vinny has had such an amazing season and finished his final local tournament in North Carolina in true VTJ fashion!

Vinny started Sunday off for us just how we needed it
5 IP
6 K
2 ER
6 H
1 BB

VTJ has been with us for two full years, 4 seasons. He has played up in age the entire time and worked so hard to become a great player, with a great attitude! He is one of the most coachable young men there is and it shows. We will miss VTJ and Coach Vinny as they make their move out of state. These two awesome gentlemen were day 1 guys that gave everything they had to this team, even through hard days and growing pains. They showed loyalty, bought in, and we all became better for it. We will miss you both so much, let's finish strong at the Ripken Experience next week!!!

06/16/2025

These guys were on 🔥 this weekend! Huge shout-out to Myles Smeltz-Pepicello for being ranked #1 on the top performers list this weekend! We had 8 guys in the top 26 with a few others just outside.

We have worked a lot on our approach and we showed it!

06/16/2025

What a run for these boys this weekend in the Perfect Game SEC Triangle-Triad Fathers Day Classic! Went 3-2, only losing to the eventual Champ twice. They played 5 games over a span of 24 hours, getting done at 10pm Saturday and being right back out there at 7am the next morning with the 3rd game of the day, the Championship game 8 hours later. That's a lot of baseball and they showed heart and effort until the very end.

Asked one thing of them on Sunday. That was don't give up, give each other everything they have and leave it all out there. They did exactly that. Well done fellas!

06/13/2025

📢📢 Word of the day, CONSISTENCY!!

Congratulations to Myles Smeltz-Pepicello, Derek Hamelinck, and Vinny Trent for being named to the All-Tournament Team in the Perfect Game SEC Triangle-Triad Big South Invitational.

When I say CONSISTENCY, these young men have shown it all season long. 3rd time for Myles, 3rd time for Derek, and 4th time for Vinny.

Myles went 6 for 11, .545 avg and OPS of 1.220 with 3 runs and 3 RBI. For the season MSP is batting .500, OPS of 1.212 with 5 doubles, 13 runs and 20 RBI. CONSISTENCY!

Derek went 8 for 11, .727 avg and OPS of 1.477! He also had 2 runs, 2 RBI and a stolen base. For the season D-Rock is batting .434, OPS of .991 with 10 runs, 11 RBI, and only 3 strikeouts in 65 plate appearances!!!!! CONSISTENCY!

Vinny went 4.2ip giving up only 5 hits, 2 ER, striking out 2 in a very fun, competitive game. Here is Vinny's stat line in 5 of his 6 starts.....in which he threw a no-hitter, and a 6.1 inning shutout where he only scattered 5 hits.
21 innings
2.55 ERA
1.28 WHIP
CONSISTENCY!

Our TEAM has shown a lot of heart and growth this season, and with guys like these three among those Leading our squad, it's no wonder why.

06/02/2025