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Last Updated March 24th, 2025
The Blacksox Nation came out on top this past weekend in both Divisions 11U and 14U. Congrats to both teams for finishing strong in their respective divisions. Both teams have the next 2 weekends off and will look to continue to grind and stay hot heading into April. We also have some very exciting news below regarding one of our Blacksox Alumni Players who has made his commitment to a local D1 College here in C A L I F O R N I A !
14U Division
The Blacksox 14U went (4-1) winning the NCTB Spring Slugfest beating EJ Sports Titans 6-1 in the Championship Game. Tournament MVP was awarded to Mils Klockner who led the team in Hits (7) and doubled twice finishing with a .438 Avg. Jaxsen Baker was clutch all weekend coming up with some big time at bats and finished with a .455 Avg. Cyrus Emanuelson played great defense for the Blacksox and hit .429 for the tournament. The Blacksox 14U have improved to a 10-3 record but have been troubled with injuries. They will be looking to add one more player to the roster to finish out the 2025 Spring Season. Message if interested.
11U Division
The Blacksox 11U went (4-0-1) winning the TPR Opening Day Weekend beating Norcal CGE 8-5 in the Championship Game. Tournament MVP was awarded to Dominic Staking who pitched great on the mound and hit the ball hard all weekend. Staking finished with a .438 Avg. Eddie De Lara hit an over the fence homerun 300+ft and finished the game hitting for the Cycle. Eddie has been recognized as one of the top 11U players in the area and hit .667 for this event. Akimo Horton was flashing the leather all weekend making great plays on both sides of the field. Akimo added 2 Doubles and 1 Triple finishing the weekend hitting .563. Mateo Christensen also made some great plays on the defensive side and closed out the game on the mound to help the Blacksox Nation win their 2nd Championship of the season. Mateo finished the tournament hitting .533 for the Blacksox 11U.
CONGRATULATIONS TO VINCE DELLA SANTINA ON HIS COMMITMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
Vince is a Class of 2026 at Clayton Valley High School.
He joined the Blacksox Nation during his 11U season and played for this organization for 3 Years winning Multiple Tournaments ever since.
Vince has had obstacles thrown his way that he has fought through and overcome which made him even smarter and stronger. We would like to wish Vince the best of luck for the remainder of his high school season and future with the California Bears!!
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Upcoming Event
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DATE:
April 12th-13th
LOCATION:
Twin Creeks
DIVISION:
11U and 14U
Blacksox Nation
WALL OF FAME
2015 8U International World Series
This was Blacksox Nations first ever Travel Ball team created in 2015. They were Ranked #3 in California for the 8U Major Division. They were the first Blacksox team to make the trip to SoCal for the Usssa International World Series.
2016 9U World Series Champions
The Blacksox 8U attended the AWS World Series in Reno. They did not run an 8U Division this year and was forced to play in the 9U Division. They battled and held their own to come out as Blacksox Nations first World Series Champions.
2017 Triple Crown Champions
This was the first time ever the Blacksox swept all 3 Divisions in the same tournament. The Blacksox won the 8U, 9U, and 10U Divisions all on the same weekend at Twin Creeks.
2017 10U World Series Champions
The Blacksox Nation 10U won the AWS 10U World Series in Reno, NV. This was the first World Series win for this specific age group.
2018 9UAA World Series Champions
The Blacksox Nation 8U played up in the 9UAA Division and won the AWS World Series in Reno, NV. This was the year that the Blacksox Nation did something that no other program has ever done. Blacksox were crowned World Series Champions in all 4 Divisions 9UAA - 9U - 10U - 11U.
2018 9U World Series Champions
The Blacksox Nation 9U won the AWS World Series in Reno, NV. This was the year that the Blacksox Nation did something that no other program has ever done. Blacksox were crowned World Series Champions in all 4 Divisions 9UAA - 9U - 10U - 11U.
2018 10U World Series Champions
The Blacksox Nation 10U won the AWS World Series in Reno, NV. This was the year that the Blacksox Nation did something that no other program has ever done. Blacksox were crowned World Series Champions in all 4 Divisions
9UAA - 9U - 10U - 11U.
2018 11U World Series Champions
The Blacksox Nation 11U won the AWS World Series in Reno, NV. This was the year that the Blacksox Nation did something that no other program has ever done. Blacksox were crowned World Series Champions in all 4 Divisions
9UAA - 9U - 10U - 11U.
2019 10U Youth National Champions
This was our programs first year ever attending the Baseball Youth Nationals. The Blacksox 10U went undefeated winning the Nationals 10U Division in Reno, NV.
2019 12U Youth National Champions
This was our programs first year ever attending the Baseball Youth Nationals. The Blacksox 12U won their respective division along with our 10U in Reno, NV.
2021 14U Youth National Champions
After a disaster year off because of COVID-19 the Youth Nationals was canceled in 2020. The boys decided to come back and defend their Championship in 2021 and did just that. The Blacksox 14U were back to back Champions at Youth Nationals in Reno, NV.
2021 11U PG West World Champions
The Blacksox 11U came into this event as Underdogs with a loaded bracket and some nationally ranked teams. They knocked off Lamorinda 11U in the Semi-Finals and then defeated Team Hype 11U in the Championship Game.
2021 12U PG West World Champions
This was the battle of the Top 2 teams clearly in Northern California.
Blacksox Nation Vs AllSport Outlaws
It was a back and forth game that ended in Extra Innings with the Blacksox coming out on top winning the 12U PG West World Series.
2022 13U PG West Memorial Champs
The Blacksox 13U traveled to Arizona and took First place out of 30 teams. They knocked off Nationally Ranked ZT Elite Cali (7-2) in the championship game.
2022 14U Youth National Champions
The Blacksox 14U made it a 3-Peat knocking off the Valley Bruins 5-4 in the Championship game. More than half of this squad has been playing together since 8U/9U and decided to do it one last time 6 years later.
2022 12U Cooperstown Blacksox
This Blacksox Nation 12U team is the first team to make the trip to NY and participate in Cooperstown in 2022. They represented NorCal to the fullest going (9-1) and taking 2nd place out of 52 teams. They also hit 51 Homeruns which was the most in the tournament for that weekend.
2023 Blacksox '27 National Team
This Blacksox Nation 27' National team went (7-1) and won the 2023 Baseball Youth Nationals in Sparks, NV. They held off a close battle from California Baseball out of Riverside Ca 7-4 to secure the Championship Game. Hats off to Coach Gomez for guiding these boys to another Championship.
2023 Blacksox 11U Winter World Champs
The Blacksox 11U went (4-1) winning the NCS Winter World Series in Sparks, NV. They lost the first game of Pool Play and came back to win the next 4 games to win the whole thing. They battled in pouring down rain and freezing conditions for a well deserved and hard earned World Series Championship.