South Florida Bandits (Back row) Justin Warren, Coach Mark Ursitti, Bryce Einstein, Manager Justin Einstein, Andrew Dailey, Weston Wiles, Coach John Dailey, Aaron Gebig, Matthew Powell and (Front row) Connor Gear, Dominic Ursitti, Jordan Bergmann, Aidan Bennett and Lucas Carr.



The 12u Division had the most teams from the West Coast with three teams while from the South we had three and one form the Treasure Coast a diverse pool of highly competitive teams and when it was all over, the Bandits stood tall. The Bandits defeated the Plantation Stars-Gold who were coming off an Impressive run and had held off a late charge by the Miami Mayhem 7-6 to move into the Championship Game against the Bandits.

The Bandits went 5-0 with wins over Miami, Naples, Port St. Lucie, Broward Panthers and Plantation. The Bandits outscored their opponents 64-18 and received outstanding pitching performances from Justin Warren, Bryce Einstein, Matthew Powell, Dominic Ursitti and Aaron Gebig.

The team hit the ball extremely well throughout the tournament averaging 14 hits and nearly 13 runs per game.  The championship team members are (Back row) Justin Warren, Coach Mark Ursitti, Bryce Einstein, Manager Justin Einstein, Andrew Dailey, Weston Wiles, Coach John Dailey, Aaron Gebig, Matthew Powell and (Front row) Connor Gear, Dominic Ursitti, Jordan Bergmann, Aidan Bennett and Lucas Carr. The Bandits look to continue their success at the USSSA Bound for Glory Super NIT event next weekend in Plant City.
 
Coach Justin Einstein Comments:


Thank you again for hosting a great event. The West Coast Fall National Championship tournament was well run and your umpiring staff was the best we have seen anywhere in our past 4 years of competition. Our team typically plays between a 50 and 70 game Summer/Fall schedule and  this was one of the few events that we have attended where the games ran on time and without incident. We plan to attend more of your events as this is the type of experience that we want to offer both our players and their families.