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One of the long-standing strengths and traditions of Sandy Springs Youth Sports (“SSYS”) as a youth sports program is its rich heritage of selecting highly competitive Summer Tournament teams to represent SSYS in district, state, regional and national tournaments throughout the summer. It should be understood by parents, coaches, players and league administrators that being selected to an SSYS Tournament team is an honor, and should be regarded as a serious commitment on the part of the players, coaches and parents. Each year SSYS selects Tournament teams ( for ages 7 through 12) to represent SSYS at various tournaments around Atlanta as well as to participate in the Dizzy Dean Tournament series.

The SSYS Baseball Tournament Team Committee, comprised of the SSYS President, the SSYS Vice-President of Baseball and the SSYS National League Director, is responsible for overseeing the selection of each of the SSYS Tournament teams, including managers, coaches and players. The SSYS Tournament Team Committee is also responsible for ensuring that the integrity of the selection process is maintained and that all procedures are followed.

To find out more information about each age group, visit the All-Star home page for each age group.

Thanks to all of the boys who tried out for the teams this season, you all did a great job! Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to the SSYS summer tournament teams for the 2012 season.

7 Year Old Storm

Dylan Holbrook

Jake Hutchens

Brandon Nelson

Justin Kornblum

Jack Janko

Evan Duval

Joseph Laurite

Mason Weeks

Jack Braswell

Henry Schmitz

Patrick Kinsey

Chase Alderman

8 year old Storm

Cole Allison

Will Allison

AJ Evangelista

Quinn Gooding

Walker Harris

Chandler Heath

Jayden Hector

Jaron Holzer

Ryan McTighe

Jack Mette

Jason Murphy

Ross Reynolds

8 year old Cyclones

Grant Alderman

William House

Tyler Jackson

Aidan Kresl

Wilson Long

Jason May

Jett Miller

Chip Nash

Jacob Panitch

Billy Roche

Alon Rogow

Sawyer Stock

9 Year Old Sandy Springs Storm

Christian Holloman

Cole Gabbai

Caden Long

Kurt Dames

Will Blair

Max Young

James McCoy

Henry Cozart

Simon Kwon

Mitchell Cohen

Neriyan Brown

Zivan Brown

9 Year Old Sandy Springs Cyclone

Andrew Altmann

Cooper Ashby

Ethan Ben-Moshe

Sinclair Eberlein

David Eberly

Cole Forrest

Andrew Frank

Ryan Grayson

Charlie Janko

Evan Sitzmann

Turner Templeton

Luke Vars

10 Year Old Sandy Springs Storm

Jack Downey

Dylan Duval

Robby Hardin

Matthew Houghton

Colby Kernan

Austin Margol

Hayden Maulding

Jordan Miller

Ben Nordin

Eddie Snelling

Jacob Tally

William Weltlich

10 Year Old Sandy Springs Cyclones

Edwin Acevedo

Wilson Bakke

Gannon Brown
Parker Carman

George Christman

Tyler Delrow
Esten Dunkerley

Thomas Mazziotti

Shane McCormick
Alex Mette
Chris Sharpe
Khalil Spooney
Marc Weick

11-Year Old Sandy Springs Storm

Pablo Alvarez

Will Bryson

Will David

Beau Foster

Ryan Kwon

Bret Madren

PJ McLaughlin

Brooks Mitchell

Jack Mullen

Evan Murphy

Michael Spear

Spencer Van Gundy

12-Year Old Sandy Springs Storm

George Bielan

Scott Braswell

Nathan Cohen

Christian Gilliam

Jack Hardin

Brady Mast

Jay Middleton

Drew Smith

Paul Stanley

Carter Tally

Eoghan Williams

Michael Williams

Jason Zarge

12-Year Old Sandy Springs Cyclones

Ben Blair

Bradley Crenshaw

Parker Echemendia

Jake Estroff

David Frank

Drew Gillett

Alex Hertz

Max Marion

Davis Moreland

Ben Moses

Adam Sitzmann

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2012 Dizzy Dean Tournaments - Dates and locations coming soon!

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 May 2012 )

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Tournament team dates announced for 2012

We know that many families look forward to the summer season. SSYS again plans to have summer teams for the 7 through 12 year old age groups. While we have not yet finalized how many teams we will have at each age group, we wanted to go ahead and post the relevant Dizzy Dean tournaments dates as we know them for each age group. The locations for the Dizzy Dean District and Dizzy Dean State tournaments in each age group will be made available on March 10 and April 15, respectively.

7-Year Old Dates: Practice will begin on Monday, May 21 and continue through Sunday, June 3. The Early Summer Break (no practices/games) will take place from Monday, June 4 through Sunday, June 10. Practices will resume on Monday, June 11. The Dizzy Dean District tournament will take place beginning on Friday, June 22 and the Dizzy Dean State tournament will take place if the team qualifies beginning on Friday, July 6. The end date for the summer will be no later than Friday, July 13.

8-Year Old Dates: Practice will begin on Monday, May 21 and continue through Sunday, June 3. The Early Summer Break (no practices/games) will take place from Monday, June 4 through Sunday, June 10. Practices will resume on Monday, June 11. The Dizzy Dean District tournament will take place beginning on Thursday, June 21 and the Dizzy Dean State tournament will take place if the team qualifies beginning on Thursday, July 5. The end date for the summer will be no later than Thursday, July 12.

9-Year Old Dates: Practice will begin on Monday, May 21 and continue through Sunday, June 3. The Early Summer Break (no practices/games) will take place from Monday, June 4 through Sunday, June 10. Practices will resume on Monday, June 11. The Dizzy Dean District tournament will take place beginning on Friday, June 15 and the Dizzy Dean State tournament will take place if the team qualifies beginning on Friday, June 29. The end date for the summer will be no later than Friday, July 6.

10-Year Old Dates: Practice will begin on Monday, May 21 and continue through Sunday, June 3. The Early Summer Break (no practices/games) will take place from Monday, June 4 through Sunday, June 10. Practices will resume on Monday, June 11. The Dizzy Dean District tournament will take place beginning on Friday, June 22 and the Dizzy Dean State tournament will take place if the team qualifies beginning on Friday, July 6. The Dizzy Dean World Series will take place in Southaven, Mississippi beginning on Friday, July 20. The end date for the summer will be no later than Friday, July 27.

11-Year Old Dates: Practice will begin on Monday, May 21 and continue through Sunday, June 3. The Early Summer Break (no practices/games) will take place from Monday, June 4 through Sunday, June 10. Practices will resume on Monday, June 11. The Dizzy Dean District tournament will take place beginning on Friday, June 15 and the Dizzy Dean State tournament will take place if the team qualifies beginning on Friday, June 29. The end date for the summer will be no later than Friday, July 6.

12-Year Old Dates: Practice will begin on Monday, May 21 and continue through Wednesday, May 30. The team will depart for Cooperstown, New York on Friday, June 1 and participate in the Cooperstown Dreams Park Tournament through Friday, June 8. Practices will resume in Atlanta on Wednesday, June 13. The Dizzy Dean District tournament will take place beginning on Friday, June 22 and the Dizzy Dean State tournament will take place if the team qualifies beginning on Friday, July 6. The Dizzy Dean World Series will take place in Southaven, Mississippi beginning on Friday, July 20. The end date for the summer will be no later than Friday, July 27.

Tournament Team News

Sandy Springs Youth Sports is proud to be hosting the 10 Year Old Dizzy Dean District Tournament at Morgan Falls Park this weekend. Our 10 year old team has their first game Friday night at 8:00pm. For a full schedule, you can check out our website at www.sandyspringsbaseball.com. Come on out and cheer on the home team! Go 10U Storm!

We are proud of our 9U and 11U Storm teams who have already claimed the title of District 4 Dizzy Dean Champions this season. Good luck at the State tournament boys!! Here is an update on how our tournament baseball teams have been doing this Summer:

12 Year Old Sandy Springs Storm

The 12-year old Sandy Springs Storm took last weekend off in preparation for its upcoming Dizzy Dean District 4 Tournament which is being held this weekend at NYO (Chastain Park

11-Year Old Sandy Springs Storm

The 11-year old Sandy Springs Storm captured the Dizzy Dean District 4 Championship last weekend defeating the Sandy Plains Cougars 9-2 in Sunday afternoon’s championship game at Wills Park. After outscoring the competition 44-10 over the weekend in the district tournament, the Storm will play in the Triple Crown Summer Shootout this weekend in Cumming, Georgia in preparation for the Dizzy Dean State Tournament, which begins on Friday, July 1 in Blue Ridge, Georgia. The Storm used 7 different pitchers in the district tournament, including throwing four different left-handed pitchers in Sunday’s championship game.

10-Year Old Sandy Springs Storm

The 10-year old Sandy Springs Storm spent last week at All Tournament Players Park in Marietta at the Dizzy Dean District Warm-Up Tournament. Early in the week, the 10-Year Old Storm went 2-0 in pool play knocking off the Roswell Renegades by a score of 14-6 and the Oregon Park Titans 16-2. On Sunday, the 10-Year Old Storm won its first two bracket games and advanced to the tournament’s championship game by defeating the Roswell Renegades 7-2 and the Wills Park Eagles in the semi-final game. The 10-Year Old Storm lost a close game in the tournament’s championship by a score of 6-3 to the Eastside Thunder. After closing out the weekend, the 10-Year Old Storm has spent the week preparing to host the Dizzy Dean District 4 Tournament which begins at Morgan Falls tonight. The 10-Year Old Storm will open up against the NYO Mustangs on Friday, June 24 at 8:00 p.m. on Field 1.

9-Year Old Sandy Springs Storm

The 9-year old Sandy Springs Storm captured the Dizzy Dean District 4 Tournament Championship hosted by NYO at Chastain Park earlier this week. The 9-Year Old Storm defeated the Buckhead Braves in the district tournament’s championship game on Tuesday night. Throughout the tournament, the team had wins over the Eastside Extreme, Druid Hills Vipers, Buckhead Bucks and Buckhead Braves (twice).

The Storm won their last tournament, the Dizzy Dean District Warm-Up Tournament at All Tournament Player’s Park from June 3 through June 5, by going undefeated in 5 games of pool play and bracket play. The Storm beat the Hopewell Heat 11-0, the NYO Stealth 11-10, Hopewell Heat 24-3, NYO Bulls 18-3 and Buckhead Bucks 14-13 to take the title. The 9-Year Old Storm will advance to the Dizzy Dean State Tournament which begins on Friday, July 1 in Rome, Georgia.

9-Year Old Sandy Springs Cyclones

The 9-year old Sandy Springs Cyclones recently finished as the runners-up in the Jefferson Classic during the weekend of June 4. The Cyclones have had a successful summer season showing improvement each and every week. The Cyclones will wrap up its summer season this weekend at All Tournament Players Park in Marietta. The Cyclones have already defeated the Midway Bombers and Wills Park Raiders earlier this week at All Tournament Players Park and are looking forward to bracket play which begins on Saturday.

8-Year Old Sandy Springs Storm

The 8-year old Sandy Springs Storm finished 2-2 in the Dizzy Dean District Warm-up Tournament at All Tournament Players Park in Marietta last weekend. After losing a heartbreaker in its first game to the Paulding County Storm by a score of 9-8, the Storm was able to battle back defeating the Acworth Warriors Blue and the Wills Park Raiders in its next two games. In its second bracket play game, the Storm ran up against the Paulding County Storm again and lost another close game by a score of 10-6. The 8-Year Old Storm are preparing this week for the Dizzy Dean District Tournament which begins on Friday night at Wills Park. The Storm will take on the Fullers Park Thunder in the first round of the district tournament on Friday, June 24 at 6:00 p.m. at Wills Park (Field 2).

8-Year Old Sandy Springs Cyclones

The 8-year old Sandy Springs Cyclones finished 2-2 in the NYO Shootout held over the weekend at Chastain Park. It was a great tournament with 12 teams in attendance. The Cyclones started off the tournament with a 19-13 victory over the Buckhead Bombers. The Cyclones came back on Saturday and lost to the number one seed Ocee Stars by a score of 24-4. With time to regroup, the Cyclones played the Macedonia Mustangs and won by a final score of 19-11. The Cyclones were seeded 7th out of 12 teams headed into bracket play. In bracket play, the Cyclones played the number two seed Southwest Wildcats in the quarter finals and lost in a close game 11-8. Southwest went on to win the entire tournament and we are proud of the way our boys played. The Cyclones finished its summer season with a .500 record with much improvement by all of the boys throughout the summer season.

7-Year Old Sandy Springs Storm

The 7-year old Sandy Springs Storm went 1-2 at the Dizzy Dean District Tournament this past weekend at Harrison Park (Sandy Plains) in Marietta. The Storm lost to the undefeated Eastside Titans in its first game, but were able to defeat the Druid Hills All-stars 19-8 in the second game. In its 3rd game, the Storm took on Wills Park in a closely contested game which was 4-3 in the 5^th inning. Unfortunately, the Storm was edged out by a final score of 8-4 with both teams playing extremely well on defense in the game. The Storm plays this weekend in the Dizzy Dean Pre-State Warm-Up Tournament at All Tournament Players Park in Marietta.

Great job Cyclones and Storm! Best of luck to you all as you finish out your tournament season.