The Mingo Bay Classic is a three week high school baseball tournament that brings teams from across the country. 54 teams competed this week in nearly a dozen tournament brackets. In the "A" Bracket of the Ashby Ward Division, two local teams emerged in the title game.
Saint James got two homeruns apiece from Gunnar Heidt and Robert Troiano to top Carolina Forest 10-7 in a game that was played in rainy conditions at the Panthers home field. The Sharks got on the board in the first with back to back homers from Heidt and Troiano to get out to a 3-0 lead. In the bottom of the first, Robert Gray got Carolina Forest on the board with an RBI single, but it was Heidt in the 3rd with his second blast to left field that made it a 4-1 Sharks lead. Saint James got a grand slam from Troiano and eventually built a 9-1 lead before Carolina Forest battled back. But it was the Sharks claiming the title and another in-season tournament win.
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Carolina Forest reached the title game thanks to a 12-1 win over Georgetown on Thursday night at home
WPDE 4/21 Sportscast: Carolina Forest 12 Georgetown 1
Eight local teams competed in championship games on Friday:
Ashby Ward Division
"A" Bracket - Saint James 10 Carolina Forest 7
"D" Bracket - St. Albans vs. Waccamaw, cancelled
Danny Isaac Division
"A" Bracket - South County 4 Myrtle Beach 2
"B" Bracket - Martinsburg 7 Loris 2
"C" Bracket - Elkins vs. Conway, cancelled
"D" Bracket - Immaculate Heart 12 North Myrtle Beach 10
Wilson Sporting Goods Division
"C" Bracket - Socastee 4 Musselman 3
