Region X D3 Tournament Recap & Post Season Awards
May 11, 2021
The Region X tournaments started on Friday May 7th with the Division 3 tournament being held at Moor Park in Mooresville, NC. Below is a full recap of the week with Rockingham CC losing their first game the coming all the way back to win the championship.
Tournament Seedings
1. Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute: 25-9 (15-0)
2. Rockingham Community College: 21-13 (10-5)
3. Surry Community College: 4-27-1 (3-10)
4. Thomas Nelson Community College: 5-22 (0-13)
Tournament Schedule and Results
Friday May 7
Game 1 at 3:00 pm: #3 Surry defeated #2 Rockingham - 14-5, 8 inn.
- Surry had 13 hits scoring in 6 of their 8 at bats
- Ethan McLain went 2-4 with 3 RBI’s for Surry
Game 2 at 6:00 pm: #1 Caldwell Tech defeated #4 Thomas Nelson - 17-9, 7 inn.
- Caldwell scored in every inning but the first
- Noah Love and Hayden Setzer homered for Caldwell
Saturday, May 8
Game 3 at 12:00 pm: #1 Caldwell Tech defeated #3 Surry - 16-6, 6 inn.
- Caldwell used an 11 run 2nd inning to send them to Sunday’s Championship
- Jermie Greene, Noah Love, and Hayden Setzer homered for Caldwell
- Hayden Setzer went 4-4 with 5 RBI’s
Game 4 at 3:00 pm: #2 Rockingham defeated #4 Thomas Nelson (eliminated) - 12-10
- Leadoff hitter Bennet Nooe led the way for Rockingham going 3-4 with 2 RBI’s and 2 SB
Game 5 at 6:00 pm: #2 Rockingham defeated #3 Surry - 10-0, 5 inn.
- Garret Hladilek drove in 3 runs as Rockingham used a 6 run third to take a commanding lead
- Trenton Wood tossed the 5 inning complete game allowing only 3 hits
Sunday, May 9
Championship Game at 12:00 pm: #2 Rockingham defeated #1 Caldwell Tech - 5-2
- With the game tied at 1 Rockingham scored 4 in the top of the 3rd to take the lead for good
- Bennet Nooe homered and drove in 2 runs for Rockingham
- Jonathan Todd tossed 8 innings punching out 15 for Rockingham
Championship Game at 3:00 pm: #2 Rockingham defeated #1 Caldwell Tech (eliminated) - 11-10
- Caldwell jumped out to an early 4-0 lead
- Rockingham then scored 4 runs in both the 4th and 5th and added 3 more in the 6th
- Each time Caldwell scored Rockingham answered with runs of their own
- Dylan Schultheiss homered and drove in 6 runs for Rockingham
District Tournament Schedule (Best of 3 Series)
**Winner Advances to the Division III JUCO World Series
May 14-16 Schedule TBA
Region X 2021 Awards
Player of the Year: Scott Meitzler, Rockingham
Pitcher of the Year: Seth Willis, Caldwell
Coach of the Year: Reece Honeycutt, Rockingham
First Team All-Region
Infield
Cole Hales, Caldwell
Noah Love, Caldwell
Garrett Hladilek, Rockingham
Colton Locklear, Surry
Outfield
Hayden Setzer, Caldwell
Gabe Duncan, Rockingham
Bennet Nooe, Rockingham
Catchers
Scot Meitzler, Rockingham
Pitchers
Seth Willis, Caldwell
Scott Meitzler, Rockingham
Hayden Setzer, Caldwell
DH
Tyler Bradley, Caldwell
Second Team All-Region
Infielders
Jermie Greene, Caldwell
Nakenje Jones, Thomas Nelson
Ethan McLain, Surry
Jarred Simpson, Rockingham
Outfielders
Michael Logan, Caldwell
Patrick Usher, Caldwell
Coty Locklear, Surry
Catchers
Colby Guy, Surry
Pitchers
Jonathan Todd, Rockingham
Daniel Sell, Rockingham
Trenton Wood, Rockingham
All-Region Defensive Team
C- Scott Meitzler, Rockingham
1B- Bryson Bebber, Surry
2B- Nathan Childers, Surry
3B- Pablo Veras, Thomas Nelson
SS- Garrett Hladilek, Rockingham
OF- Michael Logan, Caldwell
OF- Gabe Duncan- Rockingham
OF- Lemonte Johnson, Surry
P- Jonathan Todd, Rockingham