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What's on deck this week-
Coming this week!!
May 13-20, 2012
New Highlights Posted in Recent Headlines Below!! (Scroll Down)
2012 Showcase Events -click here
Upstate Region Previews/Rankings
Prep/High School Playoff Coverage
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Class of 2012 Rankings (Top 100) posted below
Class of 2013 Rankings (Top 100) posted below
Class of 2014 Rankings (Top 100) updated 5/11
Class of 2015 Rankings (Top 60) updated 5/10

Missed a Prep Game?? We may have covered it...
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Recent Baseball/Fastpitch Softball Headlines Below:
5/15- Coming Soon State Finals
Byrnes vs Ashley Ridge

5/10- 4-AAA Upper State Finals
Mauldin/Boiling Springs mix it up...

Boiling Spring's Cory Cremonese, Mauldin's Ramon Osuna
In a Winner Advance/Loser Go Home matchup stakes were riding high for two teams late in the year vying for a comeback for the upper state championship..We'll take you there in our game recap/notables...

Class of 2014 (Sophomore) -Rankings


Greenville's Clark Scolamiero, Wade Hampton's KJ Bryant, Blue Ridge's Hunter Wheeler, Emerald's Bradley Dixon, Greenville's Cody Mitchell, Easley's Brandon Hood
These top 100 have produced in the Sophomore spot this year..See the top 100, click here

Class of 2015 (Freshman) -Rankings


BHP's Jake Crawford, Pendleton's Tyler Fuhr, Mauldin's LT Tolbert, Trav. Rest Carson Barrett, Spartanburg's David Dunlavey, Trav. Rest Joseph Gillespie
These top 60 have produced in the Freshman spot this year..See the top 60, click here


5/2- 2-AA/3-AAA District Finals
Parker, Cooper deliver

Palmetto's Blake Cooper, Wayne Parker
District Championship time all across the Upstate of SC..
An intense game to say the least in 2-AA play..We've got
your game highlights..Palmetto vs. Broome

5/2- 3-AAA District Finals
Hughes Shines

Union County's Recus Hughes
Union County/Nation Ford squared off in a winner take all division final game..Would Nation Ford force a game 2 Wednesday Night..we've got your game highlights

4/30 3-AAA District II Playoff Action
Greenville delivers, ousts Seneca

Greenville's Cody Mitchell, Taylor McCuen
Greenville needing a must win to secure a chance for the District Title, same for Seneca as this was a barnburner for sure..Back and forth in a battle..Game Recap/Prospect Info


4/30- 3-AAA District III Playoff Action
Yellow Jackets hold off Greer

Union County's Mark Jeter, Recus Hughes
Union County needed a win to put themselves in the drivers seat for the District III title..These two young men above had something to do with that. A total team effort
Click here for game recap

4/27- 3-AAA District III Playoff Action
Union County drops Nation Ford

Union County's Josh Simpson, Cal Arnold
Winning that first playoff game is ever important..It most likely sets you up for better things to come and gives teams a chance to shake those first game jitters/nervousness..Union County did just that Friday Night..Click here for Game Recap

4/26- Playoff Action 3-AAA

Travelers Rest' Wil Vaughn Seneca's Kyle Edwards
With many games postponed, Hardball Elite found
one game that was complete Thursday Night..What a
pitchers duel it was..These two young men above had
something to do with that.. We got your Game Recap
Coming Soon.......Travelers Rest vs Seneca

4/23-Region Action
Berea wins "dogfight", plays spoiler role

Berea's Kevin Dobbins, Blake O'Malley
Many teams taking a couple days off before Playoff time,
Hardball Elite was taking in some Region makeup action in Greenville..Berea, playing their final game of the season, looking to build on something..Travelers Rest wanting to win bragging rights..We'll take you there in our
Game Recap/Prospect Info

4/20-Region Action
Union County seeks Region Title

Union County's Cal Arnold, Jake Walton
Union County squared off Friday Night against a Greer team that has played some great second half of baseball this season..A win for Union County meant a repeat for Region Champions in Region III 3-AAA..Hardball Elite was on hand for this matchup..
Click here for recap, prospect info

4/17-Region Action
Union County one win away from repeat

Union County's Cal Arnold
Two top contenders for the top spot in Region III 3-AAA mixed it up Tuesday night in Clinton, SC..Both clubs sent their gunslingers to the mound in hopes of making their chances that much better..Check out the game recap

Easley, Laurens in classic pitcher's duel

Easley's Tucker Burgess, Laurens Shannon Smith
Hardball Elite was treated to a good old fashioned pitchers duel Tuesday Night..4-AAAA Region coming down to the wire..Two top pitchers on the mound for their clubs..It doesn't get any better than this..Check out our game recap

4/13-Region Action
Easley shuts out TL Hanna

Easley's Stephen McKnight TL Hanna's Chase McCroskey
A couple of Region 4-AAAA noted programs in this one
Lefty vs. Righty..Pitching a plenty in this contest..
TL Hanna send's 90+ to the mound against a dominant
lefty from Easley..Check out our game recap

4/10- Region Action
Travelers Rest wins 3-AAA region contest

Travelers Rest Chris Timms, Carson Barrett
As the season winds down, 3-AAA Region II games are becoming even more key each pitch..Check out the fight for Region Rankings in this one. Click here for recap

4/10- Region Action
Lovorn fires 1 hitter in 2-AA Region Contest

Pendleton's Garret Lovorn Liberty's Caleb Roberts
Hardball made a stop in Liberty, SC to take in some
2-AA Baseball..We were not dissapointed, One Senior topping out at 89mph and a sophomore topping out at 86 mph..Check out what we took in, click for game recap

4/5- Spartanburg Co. Spring Break Tourn.
Union County shines in tournament

Union County's Mark Jeter
Union County took 2 games last week in the Spartanburg County Spring Break Tournament..With schools from South Carolina and North Carolina present this shaped up to be a great event..Check out two of their game highlights

4/5- Non Region Action
Belton-Honea Path Edges Emerald

Emerald's Bradley Dixon , BHP's Jake Crawford
Hardball Elite stopped by the beautiful park in Belton
to check out some non region action between two proven
clubs in the Anderson/Greenwood area..Lot of tradition,two young guns took the mound in this one, both of these young men above squared off, see how they fared in our game recap

8th Graders-Varsity Programs


l-r Walhalla's Tristan Hightower, Greer's Bobo Roberts, BHP's Blake Holliday, Hanna's Chase McCroskey, Picken's Dillon Lockaby,
Berea's Blake O'Malley
Due to Middle School Baseball now coming into existence more and more statewide..Many 8th Graders who are good enough to play Junior Varsity have basically one option, play middle school or Varsity level at the High School..Hardball Elite has compiled a list of several of statewide players who are making an impact on Varsity Levels already at such a young age..Some of these young men are making such an impact many opponents do not even notice the 8th grade notoriety..Check out our list we have compiled, click here

April 4- Forest Acres Classic Action

Greenville's Josh Wright, Grant Cox
Greenville has impressed many in the Columbia Area this week with key wins against Columbia area schools in blanking Spring Valley 10-0 and AC Flora 1-0..The Red Raiders have allowed 1 run in the last 3 games they have played, 5 of their last 7 games have been shutouts. Let's get to both games, click here for recap...

April 4- Greenville County
Spring Break Championship
Riggs, Gillespie impress on the mound

JL Mann's Matt Riggs, Travelers Rest's Joseph Gillespie
Greenville County Tournament Championship on the line in this one. 4-AAAA vs. 3-AAA, Senior vs. Freshman on the mound, however you want to put it, Spring Fever hit Eastside High School Wednesday Night as Travelers Rest and JL Mann took a nailbiter into the 7th inning..Hardball Elite was on hand, click here for recap

April 3- Greenville County
Spring Break Tournament Action

Travelers Rest's Brian Peek, Wil Vaughn
Travelers Rest and Eastside locked horns once again, this time in tournament play..with 4 lead changes and runs scored, this was a wild finish..Check out their game recap

April 2- Greenville County
Spring Break Tournament Action

Travelers Rest's Austin Mapes, Blue Ridge's John Mason Reynolds, Eastside's Zach White
Hardball Elite was stationed at Eastside High School Monday Afternoon for two Greenville County rivalries..
Four prep clubs with a history of some great games check out what we saw in game recaps below...
Now Posted-
Travelers Rest vs. Blue Ridge / Eastside vs. Hillcrest

April 2- Forest Acres Classic
-Greenville vs Mauldin-

Greenville's Rooke Crouch
Greenville made the week long trip down to the heavily touted Forest Acres Classic Spring Break Tournament..In game 1 they squared off against Upstate 4-AAA powerhouse Mauldin..see how they fared click here

3/31 Region Action -Easley vs. Wren-

Wren's Tyler Jackson Easley's Tucker Burgess
Two of the State's best above squared off on the mound in a Region makeup game Saturday due to rain during the week
The Hardball Elite staff were treated to pitching clinics to say the least..See who fared in our Game Recap


3/30 Region Action
Union County splits Region this week

Union County's Jake Walton
Union County had a busy week in one of the state's top uncommitted signing with Spartanburg Methodist and two tough region games..Union County had a lot of excitement this past week.. Check out highlights from both games

Jackson wins with one swing of the bat

Eastside's Weston Jackson, Travelers Rest's Austin Mapes
Eastside took sole posession of second place in Peach Blossom Region 3-AAA with one swing of the bat in Weston Jackson (2012, Presbyterian) Friday Night in Greenville, SC..In probably what has been the best game intensity wise in the Region to date this year let's take you to the game.. Click here for Game Recap

3/29 Non Region Action
Greer cools hot Devildog Bats, hold off Devildogs

Greer's Austin Cashwell, Taylor Williams
Many times teams take a while to get started in the short, quick high school season..In the last meeting Travelers Rest came out on top..Greer had other things in mind this time around..Check out their Game Recap

3/28 Region Action
Travelers Rest faces Berea in Key Region Rivalry

Travelers Rest's Bradley Jones, Berea's Blake O'Malley
Region Rivalry Tuesday was in existence with many clubs fighting for positions/rankings in regions all across the
Upstate, SC..This game was no different as a cross-town
rivalry and region rivalry was at stake. We'll take you
there with our Game Recap/Prospect Info.

Daniel routs Blue Flame in Region rivalry

Daniel's Dalton Pilgrim, Neil Monaghan
Almost halfway through the season for many, region
contests are ever so important..Hardball Elite made a familiar stop in Pickens, SC for a Western AAA nightcap..
Daniel took the win and we did see some prospects on both sides of the diamond..Check out our
Game Recap/Player Notables

Friday 3/23- Region Action
Union County gets crucial Region win...hits pair of HR's

Union County's Mark Jeter, Cal Arnold
Heavy rains all afternoon dropped many clubs games...Blue Ridge and Union County stuck it out to complete an official game even though it was called in the bottom of the sixth the Hardball Elite staff was in for a treat, including some of the top uncommits in the state..
Game Recap/Prospect Info

Thursday 3/22- Non Region Action
McCuen homers twice, delivers 5 RBI's in win-

Taylor McCuen (2012, USC Sumter) is one of the state’s most consistent power threats.  The Greenville senior homered twice and drove in five runs leading the Red Raiders over Greer Thursday night at Greenville.  A week ago he delivered the tying run base hit @ Travelers Rest that Greenville eventually won in later innings..
For game recap click here


Woodmont wins in wild finish, 3 lead changes in win..

Woodmont's Kody Spencer, Jay Lester
Shawn Turner hit a game tying home run in the bottom of the 7th and Baxter Ballinger stole home in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Devildogs 6-5 in non-region play..3 lead changes in this game plus a wild finish in Southern Greenville County..couldn't ask for anything better in high school baseball..Click here for game recap

Tuesday 3/20- Region Action
Greenville outlasts Travelers Rest in Peach Blossom match

Greenville's Josh Wright, Cody Mitchell
Two region workhorses toed the mound in a Peach Blossom 3-AAA matchup Tuesday Night hoping to give their team a chance first-half region play...Both Greenville's Josh Wright and Travelers Rest's Wil Vaughn were summoned to cool both clubs red hot bats...
Let's take you there, click here
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Rolling Out The Rankings- Prep Class of 2013


picture l-r.Bradley Jones, Glenn Batson, Mark Jeter
Kyle Van Hoff, Kyle Foster, Tucker Burgess
Arguably one of the best, highly touted classes in South Carolina in a very long time. Many of these committed in this class did so last year as Sophomores. The Junior Class will carry the load this year. Many of these players representing teams going deep in the playoffs. We know that there are a "ton" of prospects in this class but we could only go to 100 of the Top in the State. click here

Class of 2012 Upstate Uncommitted Rankings

As signing day nears for many of these young men, their are many different situations that have occured on these players paths..Many have waited on offers to come in and are making a final choice. Some have been injured and are still in the healing stages before they will begin collegiate careers next year somewhere. Let's just say for many it is not a lack of choices here to sign but many are choosing to utilize their last year to sign. As always there is nothing wrong with that and the staff here at Hardball Elite has ranked the top in the 2012 Class in the Upstate, SC area.
Click here for Rankings

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Rolling Out The Rankings- Prep Class of 2012
Overall (Top 100)

pictured l-r- Nation Ford's Kyle Whitman,
Eastside's Austin Mason, Palmetto's Trey Hayes
One of the most controversial issues in any sport is Rankings. The 2012 Class will not dissappoint, this list compiled showcases some of the tops in their respective class. Many of whom have already committed to a D1 or DII school. Check out this list of the top 100 overall
Click here
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Region 2-AA
The 2-AA Region is one of the toughest regions to predict, but one of the easier ones to find talent due to Class Size...Last year the Lower State took the crown in Bishop England in 2011..The Upper State is loaded this year with Baseball Clubs vying for the crown..Check out the All-Region Picks/Players to watch from the Region below
Region I-2AA
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Region 3-AAA
The 3-AAA around the Upstate is not to be outdone, many prospects in this Classification....The Hardball Elite staff has laid eyes on many a Division I or II prospect from these Regions below..This Classification is sure to bring many a highlight to the 2012 campaign and we've unveiled our All-Region/Players to Watch in the Regions below!!
Region I-3AAA Region II-3AAA Region III-3AAA
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Region 4-AAAA
The Region 4-AAAA around the Upstate boast some of the best Pro-Prospects in the State of South Carolina...This Classification is "loaded" to say the least. Division I and II prospects already have signed in the early signing periods along with many others on are Watch Lists and All-Region picks who will sign soon. Regions I, II, and III 4-AAAA are stacked from top to bottom in the Upstate of South Carolina. The Hardball Elite Staff has compiled information and unveiled our picks for All-Region and Region finishes for the 2012 Campaign. Click below!!
Region I 4-AAAA Region II 4-AAAA Region III 4-AAAA
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2011 Middle School Select Game
Sunday, November 27, 2011, 2:00pm
@ Furman University's Latham Stadium
-Updated Information below 12/12-
      
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Check out the recaps of the game including our Award Winners from the Games, Full Evaluations of Pitcher, Position Players, Game Highlights from the honorary Select Game, Top Times including Exit Speeds, Radar Gun Readings, Arm Strength, Pop, and 60 Times. Also check out Video from this event including our Roster Video
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2011 Hardball Elite High School Select Games
6:30pm @ Wofford College
Classes 2014-2016- Wednesday October 26, 2011
Classes 2012-2014- Thursday October 27, 2011
Wednesday Rosters
Thursday Rosters
**Thank You to all who participated in this event below is information containing both High School Select Games including Game Highlights, Top Times (60/Exit Speed), Player Position/Pitcher Evaluations, Award Winners and much more....Items will be updated daily.
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